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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
May. 20, 2019
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Praveen Kumar Nooli, Coram, NY (US);
John Michael Hartney, Cross River, NY (US);
Gurmeet Singh Bhutani, Gurgaon, IN;
Andrew Hoffman, Prosper, TX (US);
Joseph E. Stapleton, Cheshire, CT (US);
Atul Tripathi, Chappaqua, NY (US);
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooler including a cabinet defining an interior volume for storing a perishable product. A cold plate is disposed within the cabinet, and the cold plate is configured to absorb heat within the cabinet. The cooler further includes a defrosting system that includes a sensor configured to detect a presence of frost on a surface of the cold plate, a heating element affixed to the surface of the cold plate that is configured to at least partially melt frost on the cold plate, and a control unit configured to selectively activate and deactivate the heating element when the presence of frost is determined by the sensor.