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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Hussmann Corporation, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Chiao M. Lee, St. Charles, MO (US);
Doron Shapiro, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sean Hanlon, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Hussmann Corporation, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Abstract
A refrigerated merchandiser including a case defining a product display area configured to support product, a refrigeration circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, and a dilution device coupled to the refrigeration circuit. The dilution device includes a valve assembly and a container supporting a pressurized fluid. The valve assembly is in fluid communication with the refrigeration circuit and is selectively variable to an open state to fluidly couple the container to the refrigeration circuit such that the fluid is discharged into the refrigeration circuit in response to a condition of the refrigeration circuit reaching or exceeding a predetermined threshold value.