Cabinet
US5671991A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 30, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2400/10
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A temperature-controlled cabinets, particularly, refrigerators, freezers, fridge-freezers and drinks coolers (chillers) which, in order to overcome the problem of inferior insulative properties of alternative polyurethane foams used to reduce the emission of CFC's during injection and setting of foamed polyurethane, provides a cabinet within which a controllable stable temperature may be maintained. This cabinet includes an inner container (25a), an outer shell (10a), and a thermally insulating material (45a) sandwiched therebetween, wherein at least a portion of a front side (50a) of the outer shell (10a) has a panel (85a) which is displaced outwardly from the rest of the front side (50a) of the outer shell (10a). In a preferred embodiment, the cabinet forms a chest freezer (5a).
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