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Cold storage device

US12292232B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 2019
Grant dateMay 6, 2025
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D2400/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An ice-lined cold storage device (10) comprising: a cold storage compartment (15) arranged at an interior of the ice-lined cold storage device; an ice-lining (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d) configured to absorb heat from the interior of the cold-storage device; a cooling circuit (16) configured, when in operation, to remove heat from the ice-lining; an inner liner (22) arranged between the cold storage compartment and the ice-lining, the inner liner comprising a sheet material (23) having a major surface which faces towards the cold storage compartment and a major surface (27) which faces towards the ice-lining; is provided with an electrical heating element (26) arranged at one of the said major surfaces of the inner to provide heat to the interior of the cold storage device.

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