| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 062378000 | ARTICLE MOVING MEANS | 19 |
| 20080302124 | Keg refrigerator - Keg refrigerator with an insulated refrigerator housing where the major portion of the housing is rectangular in shape but the front hinged door portion of the housing is curved to match the shape of a standard cylindrical keg which can snuggly reside within the refrigerator housing. A standard refrigerator mechanism including compressor and refrigeration coils keeps the keg within the housing cool. A standard fluid connection connects the contents of the keg to a spigot located above the top surface of the refrigerator housing. A set of castor wheels mounted to the underside of the refrigerator housing allows the refrigerator to be easily rolled from one location to another. A preferred embodiment includes the refrigerator housing is sized to snuggly retain a keg that is approximately twenty three and one quarter inches tall and seventeen inches in diameter. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090188272 | AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR STORING BIOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL SAMPLES AT ULTRA-LOW TEMPERATURES - An automated storage and retrieval system stores containers, typically containing biological or chemical samples, at ultra-low temperatures, i.e., from about −50° C. to about −90° C., preferably about −80° C. under normal operating conditions. Dry gas air flows are used to reduce moisture and the consequential frost within the freezer compartment. A custom insulated door is provided with an access module and a tube picking compartment as well as servo motors for controlling a robot within the ultra-low temperature freezer compartment. The robot automatically places sample storage containers in stationary storage racks within the freezer compartment. Magnetic couplings are used to transmit mechanical power from outside of the freezer compartment to the robot inside of the freezer compartment. The robot has a simplified mechanical configuration. The custom door can be readily attached to standard freezer bodies. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090255292 | Refrigeration Device having a Height-Adjustable Carrier for Refrigerated Goods and a Safety Cut-Off System - A refrigeration device includes an interior space enclosed by a heat-insulating housing and a carrier for refrigerated goods that can be vertically displaced inside the interior space by means of a drive device. The refrigeration device includes a force sensor that detects a change in force acting upon the carrier for refrigerated goods in the direction of displacement and a control which is adapted to stop the carrier for refrigerated goods when a change in force is detected. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20110197621 | DEVICE FOR FREEZING AND/OR COOLING-DOWN PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a device for freezing and/or cooling-down products comprising a cooling chamber ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20160082440 | LOW-TEMPERATURE STORAGE DEVICE WITH CASSETTE HANDLER - The storage device is adapted to store a plurality of objects, such as sample tube holders, at low temperatures, e.g. at −80° C. It comprises a storage chamber with a plurality of storage cassettes arranged in its bottom section. A cassette lift in its top section can be used to lift individual storage cassettes up and to move them to an access opening, where the contents of the storage cassette can be accessed. | 03-24-2016 |
| 062379000 | Solid refrigerant | 2 |
| 20120151956 | Ice Pusher - An ice pusher is provided. The ice pusher incorporates a cam and a linear actuation arrangement for removing ice from an evaporator plate of an ice-making machine. The cam provides a helix shaped ramp structure having a cam surface. The linear actuation arrangement has an input end and an output end. The input end is in slidable contact with the cam surface such that the linear actuation arrangement linearly moves relative to the housing upon rotation of the cam to effectuate the removal of ice from the evaporator plate. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130067947 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet including a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment door opening or closing the refrigerating compartment, a dispenser disposed at the refrigerating compartment door to dispense water or ice pieces. The refrigerator also includes an ice bank disposed at a back surface of the refrigerating compartment door to supply the ice pieces to the dispenser, an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment to make the ice pieces, and an ice transfer device disposed in the freezing compartment to transfer the ice pieces supplied from the ice maker into the ice bank. The ice transfer device includes a piston pushing the ice pieces supplied from the ice maker and an ice chute guiding the ice pieces supplied by the piston to the ice bank. | 03-21-2013 |
| 062380000 | Continuous longitudinal-type conveyor | 5 |
| 20080196438 | Freezing System - A freezer housing for a freezer for cooling and/or freezing of products lying on a conveyor belt, and which are conveyed through a freezing zone for the freezing, where upper ejector plates are provided above the conveyor belt and lower ejector plates are provided below the conveyor belt for inflow of air into the freezing zone while applying an impingement principle, where the ejector plates are provided with transverse air return ducts. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20100199703 | APPARATUS FOR THERMAL GAS TREATMENT - Apparatus for thermal gas treatment of objects carried on an endless conveyor, in particular food items, where said apparatus comprises: a housing separated in two or more sections ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20130118202 | CO2 FREEZING APPARATUS - A freezer apparatus for a product includes a chamber; a mechanical refrigeration assembly having a portion thereof disposed within the chamber for reducing a temperature of the product; and a cryogen injection assembly disposed within the chamber for reducing the temperature of the product and operatively associated with the mechanical refrigeration assembly to provide power to move a flow of cryogen refrigerant through the mechanical refrigeration assembly. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125576 | FREEZER APPARATUS - A freezer for a product includes a housing having a space therein, and an inlet and an outlet in communication with the space; a conveyor having a first side for conveying the product through the space, and a second side opposite to the first side; an agitating apparatus disposed proximate the conveyor for contacting the conveyor at select intervals to agitate the conveyor and displace the product at the first side; a first longitudinal member disposed proximate the first side of the conveyor and having at least one hole extending therethrough; and at least one circulation device disposed in the space proximate the longitudinal member for directing a cryogenic substance through the at least one hole onto the product. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20150075207 | SHEET CONVEYOR, COOLING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveyor includes a first conveyance belt, a second conveyance belt, a first driving roller, a second driving roller, a first gear, and a second gear. In switching between sandwich and separation states, an axial center of a rotation shaft of the first or second gear moves on a movement plane substantially perpendicular to a direction in which the first conveyance belt and the second conveyance belt convey a sheet. Where L represents diameter of a tooth edge circle of the second gear in unit of millimeter and T | 03-19-2015 |
| 062381000 | Rotary about fixed axis, e.g., rotary shelf or scraper | 4 |
| 20100229591 | CRYOGENIC DEEP-FREEZING DEVICE FOR PRODUCTS USING A POROUS CONVEYOR BELT - The invention relates to a device for freezing articles, that comprises a conveyor with a porous belt maintained in position inside the device by drums, and a means for impregnating the belt of said conveyor with a cryogenic liquid, wherein the impregnation of the belt is carried out by partially or totally immersing the belt in a bath of cryogenic liquid, characterised in that it comprises a means for pressing the belt of the conveyor onto one of said drums. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110247355 | CROSSFLOW SPIRAL HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM WITH SELF-STACKING SPIRAL CONVEYOR BELT - A refrigeration system includes a housing having a top, a bottom, first and second opposed sides, and containing an atmosphere; a conveyor apparatus including a self-stacking, self-supported, spiral conveyor belt and a drive mechanism, wherein the conveyor belt includes a plurality of tiers and is at least partially disposed within the housing such that the conveyor belt can travel within the housing from the bottom towards the top of the housing or from the top towards the bottom of the housing; and an atmosphere circulation apparatus having at least one blower in communication with the atmosphere for circulating at least a portion of the atmosphere within the housing from proximate the first opposed side to the second opposed side and back towards the first opposed side, wherein the portion of the atmosphere circulated passes over the conveyor belt in a crossflow manner at least once. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20160010912 | RAPID COOLING DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160097582 | Modified Refrigerator - A motorized rotating apparatus for the interior, thermally insulated compartment of a refrigerator is described. The apparatus has one or more guiding tracks and one or more movable shelves that remain upright while being moved up or down. The apparatus employs a motor which is configured to automatically rotate the shelves, moving them vertically and horizontally in the process. The apparatus facilitates access to the contents of the interior of the refrigerator without needing to reach to the rear of the refrigerator, nor bend down to reach contents at the bottom of the refrigerated insulated compartment. | 04-07-2016 |
| 062382000 | Drawer, tray or track-guided type; horizontally movable | 3 |
| 20080196439 | Refrigerator with auxiliary basket - A refrigerator includes a refrigerator main body having a storage space; a door installed at the refrigerator main body to open and close the storage space; and a receiving device including a storage basket which is accommodated in the storage space and has a storage chamber to store a product and an auxiliary basket which is installed to be spaced from a bottom of the storage basket and has an insertion groove to receive a thin product such that the thin product is stored in the storage chamber in a standing state. According to the refrigerator, since a product having a large width and a small thickness can be stored in a standing state, it is possible to conveniently store a product such as a pizza box and efficiently use a storage space. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080202145 | Refrigerator having reinforced receiving device - A refrigerator which provides an improved structure of a receiving device to prevent a receiving container cover from being deformed or damaged. The refrigerator includes a receiving container, and a receiving container cover which covers an upper portion of the receiving container. The receiving container cover includes a front frame portion which forms a front structure, a guide rail extended from a rear portion of the receiving container cover toward a lower portion of the front frame portion, and a reinforcing member extended transversely in the lower portion of the front frame portion to reinforce the strength of the receiving container cover. The guide rail includes a through hole such that the reinforcing member passes through the through hole. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080202146 | Drawer type receiving device of a refrigerator - A refrigerator which provides an improved installation structure of a receiving device disposed in a storage chamber such that the receiving device can be stably supported in the storage chamber and easily mounted on and separated from the storage chamber. The refrigerator includes a shelf fixing structure which fixes a shelf to the storage chamber. The shelf fixing structure includes an engaging protrusion formed on a lower surface of the shelf at one side of the shelf, a stepped surface formed at the other side of the shelf, a restriction groove formed at a position corresponding to the engaging protrusion to restrict the engaging protrusion, and a restriction portion formed at a position corresponding to the stepped surface to restrict the stepped surface. | 08-28-2008 |
