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Environmentally controlled display cabinet

  • US 5,283,974 A
  • Filed: 05/09/1991
  • Issued: 02/08/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable cabinet for storing plants, comprising:

  • an enclosed chamber for storing the plants;

    control means located in said cabinet and responsive to input commands for automatically controlling selected environmental conditions in said chamber according to a predetermined set of program instructions, said environmental conditions including the temperature of the chamber;

    input means for entering input commands into said control means, said input commands indicating desired environmental conditions to be maintained in said chamber;

    air moving means adjacent one side of said chamber for directing a substantially lateral flow of air toward an opposite side of said chamber;

    air cooling means located outside said chamber;

    first air duct means communicating between said opposite side of said chamber and said air cooling means for directing at least a portion of the air directed toward said opposite side of said chamber by said air moving means to said air cooling means; and

    second air duct means communicating between said opposite side of said chamber and said air cooling means for directing cooled air form said air cooling means into said chamber adjacent said opposite side of said chamber, the cooled air having a lower temperature than the temperature of the air directed toward said opposite side of said chamber by said air moving means, whereby a temperature differential is maintainable between said one side of said chamber and said opposite side of said chamber.

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