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US3150796A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Refrigerator cabinet

Assignee: Electrolux AB
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Filing: 1963-11-25
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Granted: 1964-09-29
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Expires: 1983-11-25
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Hocking Colin Stanley
  • 👤 Cronelid Paul Herbert

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 23:43
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25D; F25D11/00; F25D11/02; F25D11/027; F25D19/00; F25D19/02; F25B; F25B15/00; F25B15/10; F25B25/00; F25B25/005; F25D2201/00; F25D2201/10; F25D2201/12; F25D2201/124; F25D23/00; F25D23/06; F25D23/061; F25D2400/00; F25D2400/10; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B40/00; Y10; Y10S; Y10S220/00; Y10S220/902

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 173 words
A CABINET CONSTRUCTION CONPRISING, AN OUTER SHELL MEMBER, A BOX-LIKE LINER MEMBER NESTED SUBSTANTIALLY WITHIN SAID SHELL MEMBER EACH HAVING COEXTENSIVE SURFACES DISPOSED IN SPACED-APART FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH JUXTAPOSITIONED PERIPHERAL EDGES AND INSULATION FOAMED INTO THE SPACE THEREBETWEEN, SAID CABINET CONSTRUCTION ALSO COMPRISING A DIVIDER LAYER OF MATERIAL EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY OVER THE INNER FACE SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID MEMBERS ADJACENT THE INSULATION PREVENTING SAME FROM BONDING THERETO WHEREBY SAID INSULATION BONDS ONLY TO THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID OTHER MEMBER AND THE INSULATION BONDED THERETO FORMING AN INSEPARABLE PERMANENT COMPONENT OF SAID CABINET CONSTRUCTION CRADLING SAID BOX-LIKE LINER MEMBER, SAID BOX-LIKE LINER MEMBER DEFINING WALLS OF A CHAMBER IN SAID CABINET HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING, AND MEANS COACTING WITH SAID MEMBERS FOR LOCKING SAID LINER MEMBER WITHIN SAID SHELL MEMBER, SAID ONE UNBONDED MEMBER BEING REMOVABLE AS A UNIT ALONG SAID DIVIDER LAYER FROM SAID CABINET CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT FRACTURING THE INSULATION OF SAID PERMANENT COMPONENT THEREOF WHEN SAID LOCKING MEANS IS INEFFECTIVE TO LOCK SAID LINER MEMBER WITHIN SAID SHELL MEMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 292 words
IN THE METHOD OF INSULATING THE HOLLOW WALLS OF A REFRIGERATOR CABINET HAVING OUTER SHELL AND ON INNER SHELL SPACED THEREFROM WHICH DEFINES A SPACE TO BE COOLED AND HAS A COOLING COIL OF REFRIGERATION APPARATUS IN THERMAL CONTACT WITH ITS OUTER SURFACE, THE INNER SHELL AND COOLING COIL BEING REMOVABLE AS A UNIT FROM WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING ABOUT A PART HAVING THE GENERAL CONFIGURATION OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE INNER SHELL AND COOLING COIL IN THERMAL CONTACT THEREWITH A COVER WHICH IS REMOVABLE THEREFROM AND HAS AN OUTER LAYER OF ROCK WOOL, AND, WHILE SUCH PART OCCUPIES A POSITION WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL NORMALLY OCCUPIED BY THE INNER SHELL, FOAMING A FOAMABLE POLYURETHANE PLASTIC IN SITU IN THE SPACES IN THE HOLLOW WALLS DEFINED BY THE OUTER WOOL LAYER OF THE COVER AND THE OUTER SHELL TO FORM A BODY OF FOAMED POLYURETHANE PLASTIC INSULATION WHICH ADHERES TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE OUTER SHELL AND WHICH IS IN INTIMATE PLYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE OUTER ROCK WOOL LAYER OF THE COVER AND IS SEPARABLE THEREFROM, REMOVING FROM THE OUTER SHELL AND THE BODY OF FOAMED POLYURETHANE PLASTIC INSULATION ADHERING TO THE INNER SURFACE THEREOF THE PART AND THE COVER AND THE OUTER SURFACE THEREOF THE PART AND THE COVER AND THE OUTER WOOL LAYER THEREOF, PROVIDING ABOUT THE INNER SHELL AND COOLING COIL IN CONTACT THEREWITH A LAYER OF INSULATION WHICH IF REMOVABLE THEREFROM, AND REMOVABLY POSITIONING WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL THE INNER SHELL ABOUT WHICH THE LAYER OF INSULATION IS DISPOSED, THE LAYER OF INSULATION BEING SUFFICIENTLY THICK SO THAT IT WILL BE IN INTIMATE PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE BODY OF FOAMED POLYURETHANE PLASTIC INSULATION WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL.

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