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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Young-Gil Lee, Asan, KR;
Suk-Jae Choi, Cheonan, KR;
Assignee:
Mando Machinery Corp., , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99468 ; 99470 ; 99483 ; 99486 ; 99451 ; 4352861 ; 4352891 ; 4353001 ;
Abstract
A food storage device has a circulation tube arranged around a food compartment, a heat exchanger connected to the circulation tube, and a pump for forcibly circulating fluid. A thermoelectric element includes a first heat transfer plate in thermal contact with the heat exchanger for heating the fluid in a fermenting mode of the food storage device and for cooling the fluid in a refrigerating mode of the food storage device, thermoelectric material and a second heat transfer plate in an external environment.