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Structural support for a refrigerator

CA 1092012 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Knight, Jimmy N.; Turner, Roger C.

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A refrigerator structural support is provided by permitting polyurethane foam reactant material to impregnate a body of fibrous material and to subsequently harden. The result is a third material having desirable stiffening and support characteristics. Various means are disclosed for controlling and advantageously using the result of the impregnation of fibrous material by foam reactant material.

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  • Granted December 23, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 23, 1997.
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FiledJanuary 20, 1978
GrantedDecember 23, 1980
Term endedDecember 23, 1997
Patent numberCA 1092012 A
Classification (IPC)F25D23/00 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedJan 20, 1978Patent grantedDec 23, 1980Term endedDec 23, 1997

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