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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Diane Marie Dehli, Louisville, KY (US);
Inventor:
Diane Marie Dehli, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D021/06 ; F25C005/08 ; H05B003/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of heating a dispenser door by applying direct heat to only a peripheral region of a front layer of the door at a rate sufficient to heat an edge surface of the door to a point above zero degrees Centigrade. In one embodiment this is done by placing a perimeter heater in a flange attached to the rear end of a tubular wall extending from the periphery of a central region of the front layer of the door.