Patent Application
20230055085
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The disclosure relates to cooling cabinet device and more particularly pertains to a new cooling cabinet device for blowing air over electronic devices stored in the cooling cabinet. The device includes a cabinet for storing electronic devices and a plurality of fans that are each attached to the cabinet. The device additionally includes a plurality of filter housings and a plurality of filters that is each insertable into respective filter housings. Each of the filter housings is aligned with a respective fan for filtering air blown by the respective fan.
The prior art relates to cooling cabinet devices including a pad with fans integrated into the pad for cooling a laptop computer that is positioned on the pad. The prior art discloses a cooling device that blows cooled air through a vent in a floor for cooling electronic equipment that is positioned on the floor. The prior art discloses a cabinet with fans for blowing air from a first area in the cabinet into a second area in the cabinet. The prior art discloses a liquid cooled heat sink for cooling a notebook computer. The prior art discloses a cabinet which includes a closed loop refrigeration system for cooling electronic equipment.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cabinet that has a plurality of storage compartments that is each defined within an interior of the cabinet to store an electronic device. The cabinet has a plurality of air holes each being integrated into the cabinet. A plurality of blowers is each coupled to the cabinet and each of the blowers is aligned with a respective air hole. Each of the blowers urges air in a first direction when the blowers are turned on to urge the air over the electronic devices in the cabinet for cooling the electronic devices. A plurality of filter housings is each coupled to the cabinet and each of the filter housings is aligned with a respective one of the air holes. A plurality of filters is each of the filters is removably insertable into a respective one of the filter housings to filter particles from the air is blown through the filters.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The cabinet 12 has a rear wall 18 and a perimeter wall 20 extending forwardly from the rear wall 18, and the perimeter wall 20 has a top side 22, a bottom side 24, a first lateral side 26 and a second lateral side 28. The perimeter wall 20 has a distal edge 30 with respect to the rear wall 18 which defines an entrance 32 into the cabinet 12. Additionally, the cabinet 12 has a plurality of shelves 34 each extending between the first lateral side 26 and the second lateral side 28. The shelves 34 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed between the top side 22 and the bottom side 24 thereby defining the plurality of storage compartments 14 between respective pairs of the shelves 34. Each of the plurality of air holes 16 extends through the rear wall 18 to pass air through the rear wall 18. Furthermore, each of the air holes 16 is aligned with a respective one of the compartments, and the rear wall 18 has a front surface 36 and a rear surface 38.
A plurality of blowers 40 is provided and each of the blowers 40 is coupled to the cabinet 12. Each of the blowers 40 is aligned with a respective air hole 16 and each of the blowers 40 urges air in a first direction when the blowers 40 are turned on. In this way each of the blowers 40 can urge the air over the electronic devices 15 in the cabinet 12 for cooling the electronic devices 15. Each of the blowers 40 comprises a fan housing 42 which has a forward side 44 and a rearward side 46, and the fan housing 42 has an opening 48 extending through the rearward side 46 and the forward side 44. The fan housing 42 has a plurality of screw holes 50 each extending through the forward side 44 and the rearward side 46. Each of the screw holes 50 is aligned with a respective one of four corners of the fan housing 42. Additionally, the forward side 44 of the fan housing 42 is positioned against the front surface 36 of the rear wall 18 and the fan housing 42 associated with each of the blowers 40 is aligned with a respective one of the air holes 16.
Each of the blowers 40 includes a motor 52 that is positioned in the fan housing 42 and the motor 52 rotates in a first direction when the motor 52 is turned on. Each of the blowers 40 includes a fan 54 that is coupled to the motor 52 such that the fan 54 is rotated when the motor 52 rotates in the first direction. The fan 54 has a plurality of blades 56 to blow air through a respective air hole 16 when the fan 54 is rotated. The motor 52 associated with each of the blowers 40 may comprise an electric motor or the like. Additionally, the motor 52 associated with each of the blowers 40 might include a power cord 58 that is pluggable into a power source 60 comprising a female electrical outlet.
A plurality of filter housings 62 is provided and each of the filter housings 62 is coupled to the cabinet 12. Each of the filter housings 62 is coupled to the cabinet 12 and each of the filter housings 62 is aligned with a respective one of the air holes 16. Furthermore, each of the filter housings 62 has a first wall 64 that is spaced from a second wall 66, and each of the first wall 64 and the second wall 66 has an aperture 68 extending therethrough. The aperture 68 in the first wall 64 is aligned with the aperture 68 in the second wall 66. Additionally, the first wall 64 abuts the rear surface 38 of the rear wall 18 of the cabinet 12 such that the aperture 68 in each of the first wall 64 and the second wall 66 is aligned with the respective air hole 16 such that the fan 54 in a respective one of the blowers 40 can blow air through the aperture 68 in each of the first wall 64 and the second wall 66.
Each of the filter housings 62 has a plurality of screw holes 70 each extending through the first wall 64 and the second wall 66. Each of the screw holes 70 in each of the first wall 64 and the second wall 66 is aligned with a respective one of four corners of a respective filter housing 62. Additionally, each of the screw holes 70 associated with each of the filter housings 62 is aligned with a respective one of the screw holes 50 in a respective one of the fan housings 42. A plurality screws 72 is provided and each of the screws 72 extends through a respective screw hole 50 associated with a respective one of the fan housings 42 and a respective screw hole 70 associated with a respective one of the filter housings 62 for attaching the respective fan housing 42 and the respective filter housing 62 to the rear wall 18 of the cabinet 12.
A plurality of filters 74 is provided and each of the filters 74 is removably insertable into a respective one of the filter housings 62. Each of the filters 74 is comprised of an air permeable material to filter particles from the air being blown through the filters 74. In this way the filters 74 inhibit dust from collecting on the electronic devices 15 in the cabinet 12. Each of the filters 74 is slidable between the first wall 64 and the second wall 66 of the respective filter housing 62. Additionally, the air permeable material of which each of the filters 74 is comprised may be foam rubber, compressed fibers or other type of material commonly associated with air filters. In an alternative embodiment 76 as is most clearly shown in
In use, each of the electronic devices 15 is positioned in a respective one of the storage compartments 14 in the cabinet 12. In this way each of the blowers 40 can blow air over the electronic devices 15 in order to cool the electronic devices 15. Thus, the electronic devices 15 can operate efficiently and without the danger of overheating that could potentially result from storing the electronic devices 15 in the cabinet 12. Additionally, the filter 74 in each of the filter housings 62 ensures that the electronic devices 15 do not become covered with dust. The filter 74 in each of the filter housings 62 can be replaced or cleaned with the filter 74 in each of the filter housings 62 becomes filled with dust.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
