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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Pieter Dirk Berkhout, Dordrecht, NL;
Joost Moelands, Breda, NL;
Inventors:
Pieter Dirk Berkhout, Dordrecht, NL;
Joost Moelands, Breda, NL;
Assignee:
THETFORD CORPORATION, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 15/00 (2006.01); F25B 15/04 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25B 2400/01 (2013.01); F25B 2500/31 (2013.01); F25D 2700/10 (2013.01); F25D 2700/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooling unit constructed in accordance with one example of the present disclosure includes an outer shell that defines an interior volume. A cooling system cools the interior volume. A temperature sensor senses a temperature within the interior volume. A heating element is disposed within the interior volume. A controller communicates with the temperature sensor and the heating element and activates the heating element based on the temperature satisfying a threshold.