EP 0098052 A3 19840328 - IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO FREEZERS
Title (en)
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO FREEZERS
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 8218572 A 19820626
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0098052A2] A freezer, having an outer housing (1) and a door (2), contains a number of shelves (3 to 6) upon which frozen food (7) is stored. Each shelf comprises a casing (8) filled with brine solution (10) having an eutectic temperature a few degrees lower than the desired operating temperature of the freezer. An evaporator coil (9), forming part of a refrigeration system; including a compressor, of the freezer, is immersed in the brine solution (10) in each casing. During the night storage period, the compressor is run on cheap rate electricity and the brine solution (10) gives up heat energy, thereby undergoing a phase change. During the daytime, the compressor is stopped and the brine solution (10) slowly absorbs heat energy from within the freezer, thereby slowly undergoing a reverse phase change and maintaining a substantially constant desired operating temperature of the freezer.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 11/006 (2013.01); F25D 25/028 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 2521063 A 19500905 - KLEIST HERMAN W
- [Y] US 2814186 A 19571126 - KLEIST HERMAN W
- [Y] US 3747364 A 19730724 - LAING N
- [A] US 2428312 A 19470930 - HERBENER HENRY M
- [A] US 2428311 A 19470930 - HERBENER HENRY M
- [A] EP 0053589 A2 19820609 - INDESIT [IT]
- [AP] GB 2094459 A 19820915 - TOKYO SHIBAURA ELECTRIC CO
- [A] DE 2726954 A1 19790104 - HOLZER WALTER
- [A] CH 146947 A 19310515 - FARKAS PAL [CH]
- [A] US 1839651 A 19320105 - COPEMAN LLOYD G
- [A] DE 1501216 A1 19691023 - BBC BROWN BOVERI & CIE
- [A] US 2889694 A 19590609 - KLEIST HERMAN W
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 83303118 A 19830531