IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0537803
(1990-06-08)
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발명자
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- Jackson Anthony (285 Cecil Street South Melbourne
- Victoria 3205 AUX)
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
20 인용 특허 :
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초록
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A modular unit, suitable for above-ground cellaring of bottled wine, including a body member of insulating material which defines a cellaring chamber region therein for bottled wine, the body member having a front access opening, and a separable cover member of insulating material able to be fitted
A modular unit, suitable for above-ground cellaring of bottled wine, including a body member of insulating material which defines a cellaring chamber region therein for bottled wine, the body member having a front access opening, and a separable cover member of insulating material able to be fitted to the body member for closing the opening and to be removed for access. The cover member is adapted to be retained by means of a friction fit in the opening and has inner and outer surfaces, and a peripheral edge between those surfaces. The cover member is fitted to the body member by being at least partially received in the opening to achieve a friction fit around the peripheral edge between that edge and an opposed sealing surface defined around the opening; with the peripheral edge and the sealing surface being configured such that the friction fit is achieved only in a final stage of application of the cover member.
대표청구항
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A modular cellar unit, suitable for above-ground cellaring of bottled wine, said unit comprising a body member and a cover member, each separately formed and of unitary construction; said body member comprising an outer body portion and, formed integrally with the outer body portion, an inner body p
A modular cellar unit, suitable for above-ground cellaring of bottled wine, said unit comprising a body member and a cover member, each separately formed and of unitary construction; said body member comprising an outer body portion and, formed integrally with the outer body portion, an inner body portion; wherein: (a) said outer body portion of the body member has a box-like external form defined by a horizontally disposed bottom wall on which said unit is adapted to stand, a horizontally disposed top wall spaced above the bottom wall, an opposed pair of upwardly extending side walls each joining a respective side edge of each of the bottom and top walls, and an upwardly extending rear wall which joins a rear edge of the bottom and top walls and a respective rear edge of each side wall, to close the interior of the body member at the rear thereof, said outer body portion defining an access opening to said interior, spaced forwardly from said rear wall, said access opening having a periphery defined by said bottom, top and pair of side walls; (b) said inner body portion is integral with each of the bottom, top, side and rear walls of said outer body portion, and has a dimension forwardly of said rear wall which is less than the corresponding dimension of each of said bottom, top and side walls such that said inner body portion defines a front surface which extends across said access opening, said front surface being spaced inwardly form a forward edge of each of said bottom, top and side walls by a minor part of said corresponding dimension; (c) said inner body potion defines an array of chambers, each extending from said front surface thereof to the rear wall of the outer body portion, and each of a cross section to enable the main body portion of a respective bottle of wine to be received endwise therein via said access opening; (d) the cover member is of panel form and adapted to provide a separable closure for said access opening, said cover member having an inner major surface, an outer major surface, and a side surface which joins said inner and outer surfaces around the periphery thereof, said side surface being stepped between said inner and outer major surfaces to define a peripheral flange adjacent the outer major surface and a peripheral sealing surface between the flange and the inner major surface such that, on presentation of the cover member to the access opening with the inner major surface thereof opposed to the front surface of the inner body portion of the body member, said flange abuts against the forward edge of the bottom, top and side walls of the outer body portion and the sealing surface achieves a friction fit within said access opening; said access opening, between the front wall and the forward edge of said bottom, top and side walls, and the sealing surface of said cover member are of complementary form in which said access opening has a periphery which, in a first, minor part of the width thereof, is substantially perpendicular to said forward surface and a second, major part of which flares outwardly at an angle from 5°to 15°towards said forward edges, said sealing surface has a first, minor part of the width thereof which is substantially perpendicular to said inner major surface and a second, major part which flares outwardly at an angle from 5°to 15°from said inner major surface towards said outer major surface, such that, as said cover member is presented to the body member to close said access opening, there is movement of the inner major surface within the access opening to a position adjacent the forward surface, with said friction fit being achieved only in a final, minor stage of that movement by engagement of the respective said first, minor parts; (f) the cover member defines an array of recesses, each extending from the inner major surface thereof towards the outer major surface and each positioned and of a cross-section such that, with a respective wine bottle received end-wise in each of said chambers and the cover member closing said access opening, the neck portion of each bottle is accommodated within a respective recess; (g) the body member and the cover member each is formed of a foamed plastics insulation material comprising foamed polystyrene, and has a density of from 25 to 35 g/liter; (h) the body member has a minimum thickness, from said chambers to the exterior of each of said bottom, top, side and rear walls of 4.5 cm; and (i) the cover member has a minimum thickness from said recess to said outer major surface of 4.5 cm.
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