IP Library Granted Patent US 7,654,107
Granted Patent B2
US 7,654,107 · App. 10/966,100 · Granted Feb 2, 2010

Low-temperature storage

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Patent No.
US 7,654,107
App. No.
10/966,100
Granted
Feb 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A low-temperature storage cooled/maintained in an ultra low temperature range, in which door lowering is automatically modified by an opening/closing operation of a thermal insulating door, and a concave/convex portion which is a contact portion with respect to a door switch disposed on the door can be secured. The low-temperature storage includes a thermal insulation box main body having an opening in a front surface thereof; a thermal insulating door openably/closably attached to the thermal insulation box main body by a plurality of hinges to close the opening; and a cooling device which cools a storage chamber formed by the door and the main body, wherein a spacer having a guide surface to forcibly correct door lowering by a closing operation of the thermal insulating door is disposed on a side on which any hinge is not disposed.

Claims (19)

1. A low-temperature storage comprising:

a thermal insulation box main body having an opening in a front surface thereof;

a thermal insulating door openably/closably attached to the thermal insulation box main body by a plurality of hinges to close the opening; and a cooling device which cools a storage chamber formed by the door and the main body, wherein a spacer having a raised guide surface to forcibly correct door lowering by a closing operation of the thermal insulating door is disposed on a side on which any hinge is not disposed,

wherein the spacer is constituted of a door-side spacer disposed facing downward on a bottom surface on the thermal insulating door, and a main-body-side spacer disposed on the thermal insulation box main body facing upward, and is formed of a DURACON® resin, said main-body-side spacer having a tilting guide surface and a flat interval holding surface for holding the bottom surface of the insulating door at a predetermined height.

2. A low-temperature storage comprising:

a thermal insulation box main body having an opening in a front surface thereof;

a thermal insulating door openably/closably attached to the thermal insulation box main body by a plurality of hinges to close the opening;

a cooling device which cools a storage chamber formed by the door and the main body; and a main-body-side spacer having:

a raised guide surface facing upward to forcibly correct door lowering by a closing operation of the thermal insulating door; and

a receiving portion to receive a door switch disposed on a bottom surface of the thermal insulating door positioned on a side on which any hinge is not disposed, and formed of a resin is disposed on an opening edge of the thermal insulation box main body positioned on the side on which any hinge is not disposed.

3. The low-temperature storage according to claim 2 , wherein the door switch is supported by a door-side spacer disposed on the lower surface of the thermal insulating door positioned on the side on which any hinge is not disposed.

4. The low-temperature storage according to claim 2 , wherein the main-body-side spacer has a fixing hole in a rear part thereof, and a supporting protrusion on a front part thereof.

5. The low-temperature storage according to claim 2 , wherein the receiving portion has a tilt angle receiving portion comprising an abutment surface having a tilt angle larger than the tilt angle of the raised guide surface.

6. A low-temperature storage comprising:

a thermal insulation box main body having an opening in a front surface thereof;

a thermal insulating door openably/closably attached to the thermal insulation box main body by a plurality of hinges to close the opening; and

a cooling device which cools a storage chamber formed by the door and the main body, the storage further comprising:

a main-body-side spacer having a raised guide surface, disposed facing upward on an opening edge of the thermal insulation box main body positioned on a side on which any hinge is not disposed, to forcibly correct door lowering by a closing operation of the thermal insulating door, and a receiving portion to receive a door switch disposed on a bottom surface of the thermal insulating door positioned on the side on which any hinge is not disposed; and

a door-side spacer, disposed facing downward on the bottom surface of the thermal insulating door positioned on the side on which any hinge is not disposed, to abut on the raised guide surface by a closing operation of the thermal insulating door so that door lowering is forcibly corrected.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046459/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PHC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032785/0498 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2014
From: PHC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032785/0563 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2014
From: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032480/0433 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2012
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028371/0565 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 15, 2009
From: SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023374/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2005
From: OKUDA, SATOSHI; WATANABE, YASUHIDE; SAKATA, YASUSHI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; SANYO ELECTRIC BIOMEDICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015761/0843 →