US 12,465,154 B2
Refrigerated display case condensation management systems and methods
Martin Luckcuck, Lakeville, MN (US); and James Wiff, Cologne, MN (US)
Assigned to NKW Corporation, Lakeville, MN (US)
Filed by NKW Corporation, Lakeville, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/215,997.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,558, filed on Sep. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081556 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A47F 3/04 (2006.01); A47F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 3/0478 (2013.01) [A47F 3/001 (2013.01); A47F 3/0443 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A condensation management system comprising:
a control unit including:
a housing,
a heating element maintained by the housing;
a control unit fan maintained by the housing;
at least one sensor; and
a controller connected to the sensor and configured to prompt operation of the heating element and the control unit fan in response to sensed information; and
a plurality of auxiliary fan devices each including an auxiliary fan electronically connected to the controller,
wherein the control unit and the plurality of auxiliary fan devices are each configured to be selectively positionable within an operational area beneath a refrigerated display case for managing condensation formed in the operational area.