Donald G Carpenter

US Patent:

53556879, Oct 18, 1994

Filed:

Apr 15, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/047791

Inventors:

Donald Carpenter - Gardena CA
Craig Kushen - Gardena CA

Assignee:

Kairak, Inc. - Gardena CA

International Classification:

F25D 2312

US Classification:

62258

Abstract:

Disclosed is a pan cooler for a refrigeration unit which has a plurality of pans 22 which hold food removably mounted in the refrigeration unit. There is an opening 20 in the top wall 18 of the unit's cabinet 12 designed to enable the pans to be seated in the opening. Location means seat an individual pan 22 in one of a plurality of predetermined pan positions in the opening, and an individual pan, when in a predetermined pan position, is seated in the opening 20 so that substantially the entire lower body of the pan is disposed within the cooling chamber 16 of cabinet 12. The location means allows an individual pan 22 to be removed from the opening 20 and then reseated in the opening. A plurality of cooling elements 54 are disposed at the opening 20 in close proximity to the pan positions and mounted so that substantially the entire cooling element is disposed within the cooling chamber 16.

US Patent:

51813955, Jan 26, 1993

Filed:

Mar 26, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/675483

Inventors:

Donald Carpenter - Lawndale CA
Craig Kushen - Hermosa Beach CA

International Classification:

F25B 3904

US Classification:

62506

Abstract:

Disclosed is a unique compressor assembly used with remote refrigeration systems. The refrigeration system has a housing which encloses a compressor and the condenser assembly. The condenser assembly comprises a plurality of modular panel elements mounted in a V-shaped configuration with the apex of the V-shaped panel configuration being near the bottom of the housing and the mouth of the V-shaped panel configuration pointing upwardly towards the top of the housing. An exhaust fan is in the top of the housing overlying the mouth of the V-shaped panel configuration.

US Patent:

59270926, Jul 27, 1999

Filed:

Jun 25, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/882416

Inventors:

Craig Kushen - Hermosa Beach CA
Donald Carpenter - Huntington Beach CA

Assignee:

Kairak, Inc. - Harbor City CA

International Classification:

F25D 2312
F25D 1902
F25D 1300

US Classification:

62258

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus are directed to positioning proximate cooling units in novel ways in refrigerated food service and display units. Preferred embodiments include one or more of the following: (1) positioning the top of a side-pan cooling element above the top of an adjacent food pan; (2) positioning at least a portion of a side-pan cooling element above a portion of the opening of a food pan; (3) positioning multiple side-pan cooling elements between adjacent food pans; (4) movably positioning a side-pan cooling element relative to an adjacent food pan; (5) positioning a plate type side-pan cooling element as a non-linear divider among adjacent food pans, and (6) providing a pan cooler with a low capacity fan which allows cooled air to be recirculated about the food pans substantially independently of air circulation within any storage area of the refrigeration unit. In most preferred embodiments, the pan cooler has a finless sub-pan cooling element.