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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2011
Applicants:

Mark Wayne Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);

Cory J. Tafoya, Louisville, KY (US);

Matthew Keith Sease, Charlestown, IN (US);

Inventors:

Mark Wayne Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);

Cory J. Tafoya, Louisville, KY (US);

Matthew Keith Sease, Charlestown, IN (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 81/38 (2006.01); E04B 1/74 (2006.01); F16L 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A manifold receives and distributes insulating foam to an interior of a consumer appliance case. The manifold includes an inlet attachable to a source of insulating foam exterior to the consumer appliance case, at least two outlets disposed at different locations within the consumer appliance case, an inlet passageway leading from the inlet further into the consumer appliance case interior, and at least two outlet passageways, each outlet passageway providing communication between the inlet passageway and a respective one of the outlets. Insulating foam received by the inlet is distributed to the interior of the consumer appliance case via the inlet passageway, outlet passageways and outlets. Related foamed-in case designs and methods of foaming-in a case are also disclosed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wilson, Mark. (2014). Foam manifold for injection molding consumer appliance case, foamed-in case, and related method (U.S. Patent No. 8678530). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8678530

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