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Ice-cap prevention barrier for an ice bank

US5054298A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 1990
Grant dateOct 8, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D3/005
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A thermally insulated ice-cap prevention barrier in an ice bank, extending across the container thereof above a brine-conducting tube bundle immersed in a phase-change material, to prevent freezing of the phase-change material in an expansion space above the barrier and below a cover on the container.

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