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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:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin Collins, Greenville, MI (US);
Harold Mawby, Belding, MI (US);
Assignee:
White Consolidated Industries, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 2/106 ; F25D 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 2/106 ; F25D 2/100 ;
Abstract
Method for controlling a defrost cycle in a freezer so the defrost cycle begins at the end of a compressor operation. For the defrost cycle to begin, the compressor must have been operating for a minimum duration or the compressor must operate for a period which is a certain minimum percentage of a previous compressor operating time.