US 12,290,186 B2
Refrigerated merchandising cabinet
Eoin Lennon, Clane (IE)
Appl. No. 18/860,834
Filed by Orrell Limited, Dublin (IE)
PCT Filed May 2, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/061516
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/209248, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 2022/0076 (IE), filed on Apr. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0107641 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A47F 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 3/0408 (2013.01) [A47F 3/0434 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerated merchandising cabinet, comprising:
an upright insulated housing forming a cold storage chamber, the housing having a rectangular base with upstanding side walls comprising end walls at each side of the base and a rear wall at a rear of the base, and a top wall at a top of the side walls, the base, side walls and top wall defining the cold storage chamber having a front access opening, the front access opening closed by at least two access doors, each access door having a transparent window for viewing product stored within the storage chamber;
at least two refrigeration modules mounted spaced-apart on top of the top wall, each refrigeration module having a cold air outlet connected to the cold storage chamber and a return air inlet connected to an associated cooling air outlet of the cold storage chamber; and
a cold air duct formed within the rear wall of the housing having a plurality of vertically spaced-apart air outlets for discharging cold air into the cold storage chamber directed towards the access doors at the front of the cold storage chamber for subsequent delivery of air up along an inside face of each access door to the cooling air outlets at the top wall of the cold storage chamber, the cold air duct communicating through a cold air transfer duct in the base with an air distribution manifold mounted at a front of the base and having an outlet to direct an airstream upwardly along inside faces of the access doors.