Storage compartment

• Main Authors: ARVIA AARON W, KELLY PAUL H, MOULDER RICHARD B, SIMONI DAVID A, RICHARDSON EDMUND SCOTT, POPE KENNETH L
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 03.10.2012
• Subjects: BLASTING; CABINETS; COFFEE MILLS; COLD ROOMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT COVERED BY ANY OTHERSUBCLASS; DESKS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DRAWERS; FURNITURE; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-BOXES; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OFFICE FURNITURE; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; REFRIGERATORS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TABLES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; WEAPONS

A storage compartment (30) comprises an external enclosure (31) having an opening and a holding compartment (41) that is capable of being inserted into and withdrawn from the interior of the external enclosure through the opening in the external enclosure. Stored articles are contained within the holding compartment (41). The external enclosure (31) and the holding compartment (41) have coacting surfaces (33, 40), and a seal (60) is interposed between those coacting surfaces (33, 40) for sealing off the interior of the holding compartment (41) to the entry of gases when the holding compartment (41) is inserted into the external enclosure (31) and the coacting surfaces (33, 40) of the external enclosure (31) and the holding compartment (41) are brought together in a sealing relationship with the seal. Complementary surfaces (50, 52) at the holding compartment (41) and at the exterior of the external enclosure (31) are in engagement with one another and provide surfaces along which the holding compartment (41)