Refrigerated sales cabinet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10285512-B2
Application number	US-201715629942-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Sep 24, 2012
Publication date	May 14, 2019
Grant date	May 14, 2019

Abstract

A refrigerated sales cabinet ( 20 a ) includes a cabinet body ( 22 a ) providing a refrigerated sales space for supporting refrigerated goods to be presented therein; a door frame ( 21 a ) having a top post ( 34 a ), a bottom post ( 36 a ), and at least two upright posts ( 32 a ); wherein at least one of the posts ( 32 a, 34 a, 36 a ) comprises an air duct allowing to conduct air through the post ( 32 a, 34 a, 36 a ), and wherein at least one fan ( 18 ) is fluidly connected to the air duct in order to convey ambient air through the air duct.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A refrigerated sales cabinet, comprising:
a cabinet body providing a refrigerated sales space for supporting refrigerated goods to be presented therein;
a door frame having a top post, a bottom post, and at least two upright posts;
wherein at least one of the upright posts comprises an air duct allowing to conduct air through the upright post, and
wherein at least one fan is fluidly connected to the air duct in order to convey ambient air through the air duct formed in the at least one upright post;
wherein the at least one fan is configured for conveying air from the top of the refrigerated sales cabinet to a lower portion of the refrigerated sales cabinet through the air duct.

2. The refrigerated sales cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the at least one fan is located on top of the cabinet body.

3. The refrigerated sales cabinet of claim 1 , comprising an air-liquid-separator for separating condensation water from the air-liquid-mixture exiting the air duct.

4. The refrigerated sales cabinet of claim 3 , wherein a liquid outlet of the air-liquid-separator is fluidly connected to a drain of the refrigerated sales cabinet.

5. The refrigerated sales cabinet of claim 1 , wherein the refrigerated sales cabinet is configured to cool the refrigerated sales space down to freezing temperatures below 0° C.

6. The refrigerated sales cabinet of claim 5 , wherein the refrigerated sales cabinet is configured to cool the refrigerated sales space down to freezing temperatures below −15° C.

7. A method of reducing condensation at the front of a refrigerated sales cabinet comprising:
a cabinet body providing a refrigerated sales space for supporting refrigerated goods to be sold therein;
a door frame having a top post, a bottom post, and at least two upright posts;
wherein the method includes blowing ambient air through an air duct provided in at least one of the upright posts;
wherein the blowing ambient air comprises conveying air from the top of the refrigerated sales cabinet to a lower portion of the refrigerated sales cabinet through the air duct.

8. The method of reducing condensation at the front of a refrigerated sales cabinet of claim 7 including operating at least one fan for blowing air through the air duct.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Mille Sophie
• Wang Zhenyu

Classifications

• Y10T29/49359

  Cooling apparatus making, e.g., air conditioner, refrigerator · CPC title

• A47F3/0426

  Details · CPC title

• A47F3/0404

  Cases or cabinets of the closed type (A47F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47B87/002

  Combination of tables; Linking or assembling means therefor · CPC title

• A47F3/0434

  Glass or transparent panels · CPC title