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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
Hirokuni Tamai, Gunma, JP;
Atsushi Todoroki, Gyoda, JP;
Hisao Sagara, Gunma, JP;
Norikazu Ogushi, Gunma, JP;
Yasunari Ishihara, Gunma, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a low temperature display case, which comprises: a duct that is so formed that it communicates with a rear and a lower portion of a storage chamber having an opening at the front, an evaporator that is provided upright in a duct at a rear location, a blower for discharging, from an upper edge of the opening of the storage chamber, air that is cooled at the evaporator by heat exchange, a drain pan that is located at a bottom level of the duct and that is inclined downward toward a drain hole, defrosting heaters that are provided in a lower portion of the duct and that are located forward of a position under the evaporator, and a sharply sloped portion that is provided on the drain pan below the evaporator and that is inclined at a greater angle toward the drain hole than is the drain pan; wherein to defrost the evaporator a refrigerant at a high temperature is fed into the evaporator, and heat is generated by the defrosting heaters.