IP Library Granted Patent US 12,326,293
Granted Patent B2
US 12,326,293 · App. 18/108,355 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Drainage cap and cold storage

Inventors: Takumi Nishimura (Ehime, JP); Takanari Kabumoto (Ehime, JP); Eiji Doi (Ehime, JP); Mitsuyuki Shirata (Ehime, JP)
Assignee: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,326,293
App. No.
18/108,355
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drainage cap includes: a body part configured to be inserted to a drainage outlet; and a flange part provided at the body part, and including a notch and an opposing part at a peripheral portion of the flange part, the opposing part being configured to face a peripheral portion of the drainage outlet.

Claims (32)

1. A drainage cap comprising:

a body part configured to be inserted to a drainage outlet and formed in a cylindrical shape extending in a first direction and having a hollow center portion, the hollow center portion having a first opening at a first end of the hollow center portion and a second opening at a second end of the hollow center portion; and

a flange part provided at the first end of the hollow center portion to radially extend from the first opening so as to fully surround the first opening without closing the first opening, and including a plurality of notches and a plurality of opposing parts, each provide between adjacent notches of the plurality of notches at a peripheral portion of the flange part, the plurality of opposing parts being configured to face a peripheral portion of the drainage outlet, the plurality of notches and the plurality of opposing parts surrounding the first opening when viewed from the first direction, and a center of the flange part passing through the first opening,

an outer diameter of the body part is smaller than an inner diameter of the drainage outlet so that the body part is formed to have a gap between the body part and the drainage outlet and so that condensation water can be discharged from the gap between the body part and the drainage outlet,

an outer diameter the plurality of opposing parts of the flange part is larger than the outer diameter of the hollow center portion and the outer diameter of the plurality of opposing parts is larger than the inner diameter of the drainage outlet, and

each of the plurality of notches is formed to be notched to inside of the drainage outlet in a radial direction.

2. The drainage cap according to claim 1 , wherein the flange part is formed symmetrically with respect to a first plane extending in the first direction.

3. The drainage cap according to claim 2 , wherein;

the plurality of notches includes a first notch and a second notch,

the first notch is formed such that at least one of a first portion and a second portion of the peripheral portion of the flange part are notched, and the second notch is formed such that a third portion between the first portion and the second portion of the peripheral portion of the flange part is notched, the first portion and the second portion being two portions where the first plane passes.

4. The drainage cap according to claim 3 , wherein the third portion of the peripheral portion of the flange part is set at a portion between the second portion and a second plane at the peripheral portion of the flange part, the second plane being a plane that passes through a center of a flange surface and is orthogonal to the first plane.

5. The drainage cap according to claim 3 , wherein:

the plurality of notches includes a third notch, and

the third notch is formed such that a fourth portion between the first portion and the third portion of the peripheral portion of the flange part is notched.

6. The drainage cap according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of opposing parts is formed to have a gap between the opposing part and the peripheral portion of the drainage outlet.

7. A cold storage comprising:

the drainage cap according to claim 1 ; and

a frame body in which the drainage outlet is formed and a sliding door is disposed, wherein

the drainage outlet is formed at a position near an end portion of the sliding door in a closed state.

8. A cold storage comprising:

the drainage cap according to claim 1 ; and

a frame body in which the drainage outlet and a rail configured to guide a sliding door are formed, wherein

the drainage outlet is formed at a position dividing the rail.

9. A cold storage comprising:

the drainage cap according to claim 3 ; and

a frame body in which the drainage outlet and a rail configured to guide a sliding door are formed, wherein

the drainage outlet is formed at a position dividing the rail,

the flange part further includes a positioning part configured to set a position of the flange part such that by making contact with the rail, at least one of the plurality of notches faces an inner side of the storage than the rail and that at least another one of the plurality of notches faces an outer side of the storage than the rail.

10. The cold storage according to claim 9 ,

wherein the rail is divided into a first rail and a second rail disposed to sandwich the drainage outlet; and

wherein the positioning part sets at least one of the plurality of notches at a center portion between the first rail and the second rail by making contact with one of the first rail and the second rail.

11. The drainage cap according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening has a circular shape.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 12, 2024
From: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069618/0382 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: NISHIMURA, TAKUMI; KABUMOTO, TAKANARI; DOI, EIJI; SHIRATA, MITSUYUKI
To: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062660/0442 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-019073 · Feb 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022004128 · Feb 2, 2022
Related Publication 20230184479A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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