US 11,986,107 B2
Cell and method for storing a set of products, with creation of an air flow through the set of products
Thierry Paupardin, Jargeau (FR)
Assigned to FROMFROID, Isques (FR)
Appl. No. 16/978,878
Filed by FROMFROID, Isques (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/055515
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/174985, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1852108 (FR), filed on Mar. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0161312 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. A47F 3/00 (2006.01); B65D 88/74 (2006.01); F25D 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 3/001 (2013.01) [B65D 88/745 (2013.01); B65D 88/747 (2013.01); F25D 17/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A storage cell for storing at least one set of products, said storage cell comprising:
first and second side walls facing each other and spaced apart from each other and an upper wall delimiting, with the first and second side walls, a housing for the set of products, said housing comprising a front face an opening on the front face for introduction and/or removal of the set of products;
a ventilation device, which is capable of creating a first air flow and a reverse second air flow, the first air flow circulating in the housing from a rear of the housing towards a front of the housing or from the front of the housing towards the rear of the housing, and the reverse second air flow respectively circulating in the housing from the front of the housing towards the rear of the housing or from the rear of the housing towards the front of the housing;
at least one sealing device comprising a first flexible sealing element, which is inflatable in relation to at least one of the walls of the cell and towards an inside of the housing under an effect of an air pressure which is generated in the housing by said first air flow created by the ventilation device, wherein said at least one sealing device comprises at least one second sealing element, which is actuatable between an inactive configuration and an active configuration in which the at least one second sealing element exerts a mechanical pressure on part of the first flexible sealing element, said mechanical pressure being oriented towards the inside of the housing and allowing said first flexible sealing element to be distanced from said wall of the cell in relation to which said first flexible sealing element is inflatable; and
an actuating system which actuates the second sealing element in the active configuration at least when the ventilation device creates the reverse second air flow.