Front-Mountable Cooling Module for Temperature Controlled Cabinets
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing temperature controlled cabinets face difficulties in maintenance and changing of the cooling equipment module due to its location on top, which makes mounting and demounting laborious and complicates transportation, as they often need to be moved in a vertical position, posing safety and efficiency issues.
Innovation Solution
The cooling equipment module is connected to the frame structure via guides and rollers attached to the side walls, allowing for easy mounting and demounting from the front side, enabling the cabinet to be transported horizontally and facilitating maintenance without relocating the cabinet, with screws securing the support structures for added stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the cooling equipment module is located on top of the temperature controlled cabinet, then the equipment space is efficiently utilized, but the maintenance and mounting/demounting become laborious and dangerous due to height
Solution Approach 1:
The cooling equipment is divided into a separate removable module that can be independently handled. This module includes the cooling equipment, support structures, and connecting structures, allowing it to be detached and transported separately from the main cabinet body, thus making maintenance accessible without working at height
Solution Approach 2:
Connecting structures with guides and rollers are introduced as intermediaries between the cooling equipment module and the cabinet frame. These structures enable the module to be easily mounted and demounted from the front side at ground level, eliminating the need to work at height while maintaining secure connection during operation
2Device complexity
If the cooling equipment module is mounted from above, then the structure is simplified, but the mounting and demounting process becomes troublesome and causes awkward work positions
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of mounting the cooling equipment module from above onto the top of the cabinet, the module is designed to be mounted from the front side through the open front. The connecting structures with guides and rollers facilitate this inverted mounting approach, allowing the module to be rolled into place from the front rather than lifted from above
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting approach is changed from a vertical dimension (lifting from above) to a horizontal dimension (rolling in from the front). The guides attached to support structures and rollers attached to side walls enable movement along the horizontal axis, transforming the mounting operation into a more convenient side-loading process
3Stability of the object's composition
If the temperature controlled cabinet is transported in vertical position, then the cooling equipment module remains in place, but the transportation becomes less flexible and more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting structures are designed to be releasable, allowing the cooling equipment module to be dynamically adjusted between mounted and removed states. This dynamic design enables the cabinet to be transported in various positions (vertical or horizontal) depending on requirements, as the module can be easily attached or detached to suit different transportation scenarios
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AI summary
The invention relates to a temperature controlled cabinet comprising cooling equipment (33, 34, 36) and a frame structure, which comprises side walls and a back wall (15), which temperature controlled cabinet (10) is open or openable on the front side of the temperature controlled cabinet (10), in which temperature controlled cabinet (10) inside the frame structure is a product space (11) and in which temperature controlled cabinet (10) above the product space (11) an equipment space (12) for the cooling equipment is located. The cooling equipment (33, 34, 36) and its support structures (22, 23, 21) are constructed as a releasably to the temperature controlled cabinet (10) connected cooling equipment module (20) that is mountable and demountable from front of the temperature controlled cabinet (10) through the open or openable front side of the temperature controlled cabinet (10) and that the cooling equipment module (20) is connected to the temperature controlled cabinet (10) by a connecting