US 12,372,292 B2
Device for fresh produce
Koen Pijnenburg, Helmond (NL)
Assigned to KPB B.V., Helmond (NL)
Appl. No. 18/029,797
Filed by KPB B.V., Helmond (NL)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/058922
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/070081, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2026601 (NL), filed on Oct. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358459 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F25B 21/02 (2006.01); F25D 17/04 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 17/042 (2013.01) [F25B 21/02 (2013.01); F25D 17/06 (2013.01); F25B 2321/0251 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0413 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for keeping fresh produce conditioned, particularly for fruit, comprising a receptacle with a substantially cup-shaped chamber which is enclosed by a wall and in which the fresh produce can be received, and conditioning means intended and configured to influence an ambient climate in the chamber, wherein the wall comprises adjacently of the chamber an inner wall which defines a bottom of and a peripheral edge remote from the bottom of the chamber, wherein the wall comprises at least one second wall which maintains an intermediate cavity with the inner wall, wherein the conditioning means comprise at least a cooling device and at least an air displacing device, wherein the air displacing device is able and configured to generate and maintain, optionally intermittently, a forced airflow during operation, wherein the cooling device is able and configured to enter on a cold side thereof into heat-exchanging contact with the airflow and to extract heat therefrom, wherein the cavity comprises at least one air channel which is in open communication with the air displacing device so as to guide the forced airflow at least partially, and wherein the inner wall is provided in the bottom with perforations which maintain an open communication between the chamber and at least one of the at least one air channel.