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(88) Date of publication A3: 26.05.2005 (43) Date of publication: 26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43 (21) Application number: 04700344.7 (22) Date of filing: 06.01.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47F 3/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/000137 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/062762 (29.07.2004 Gazette 2004/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 07.01.2003 US 337591 26.02.2003 US 374640 (71) Applicant: Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, Inc. Aurora, IL 60504 (US)	(72) Inventors: SAROKA, Mary, D. Manchester, CT 06040 (US) ALAHYARI, Abbas, A. Manchester, CT 06040 (US) (74) Representative: Leckey, David Herbert  Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)