IP Library Granted Patent US 12,313,345
Granted Patent B2
US 12,313,345 · App. 18/452,356 · Granted May 27, 2025

Cold storage including a sliding door having a vertical drain

Inventors: Minoru Tada (Ehime, JP); Mitsuyuki Shirata (Ehime, JP); Takumi Nishimura (Ehime, JP)
Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
F28D20/0034
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Patent No.
US 12,313,345
App. No.
18/452,356
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cold storage includes a box with an opening at front, a frame bordering the opening, a sliding door attached to the frame and including, in at least one of a left-side end portion and a right-side end portion, a drain channel extending vertically, and a porous body with water permeability, the porous body being attached to an upper surface of the sliding door to establish fluid communication with the drain channel.

Claims (17)

1. A cold storage comprising:

a box with an opening at front;

a frame bordering the opening;

a sliding door attached to the frame and including, in at least one of a left-side end portion and a right-side end portion, a drain channel extending vertically; and

a porous body with water permeability, the porous body being attached to an upper surface of the sliding door to establish fluid communication with the drain channel.

2. The cold storage according to claim 1 ,

wherein the porous body is a foam with a continuous foam structure.

3. The cold storage according to claim 1 ,

wherein the porous body is attached to extend from the upper surface of the sliding door into the drain channel.

4. The cold storage according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sliding door includes a pair of elongate portions disposed at an upper end of the sliding door on a front side and a rear side and forming a trough.

5. The cold storage according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sliding door includes a door roller,

the frame includes a recessed portion into which the door roller falls when the sliding door is closed and from which the door roller climbs up when the sliding door is opened, and

the porous body approaches an upper side portion of the frame when the sliding door is opened.

6. The cold storage according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second porous body with heat insulation, the second porous body being attached to the frame to be positioned to face the upper surface of the sliding door in a closed state.

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 Aug 18, 2023
From: TADA, MINORU; SHIRATA, MITSUYUKI; NISHIMURA, TAKUMI
To: PHC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064638/0906 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-038276 · Mar 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022004482 · Feb 4, 2022
Related Publication 20230392877A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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