Food cooling appliance

摘要

There is described a food cooling appliance (1) having an outer casing (2) extending along a vertical reference axis (A); a food cooling chamber (3) housed inside the outer casing (2) and of a given length (L1) measured along the reference axis; at least one food-supporting shelf (5) positioned firmly, m but in easily removable manner, inside the cooling chamber; a primary inductor (8) extending in a direction parallel to the reference axis, and of a length (L2) substantially equal or less than the length of the cooling chamber; one or more light-emitting units (18) located along an outer peripheral edge of the shelf and coplanar with the shelf; and at least on secondary inductor (9) housed in the shelf to supply the light-emitting diodes (18) with electric current.

主权项

1. A food cooling appliance (1) comprising:
an outer casing (2) extending along a substantially vertical reference axis (A); a food cooling chamber (3) housed inside said outer casing (2); at least one adjustable food-supporting shelf (5) removably positionable inside said cooling chamber (3) in a plurality of operative positions vertically spaced inside said cooling chamber (3); a primary inductor (8) located adjacent to said cooling chamber (3) and extending in a direction substantially parallel to said vertical reference axis (A) to a predetermined length (l2), said primary inductor (8) generating a single elongated magnetic field along a vertical length (l1) of the cooling chamber (3) so as to be faced to said food-supporting shelf (5) when the food-supporting shelf (5) is located inside said cooling chamber (3) at any of the plurality of operative positions; at least one light-emitting unit (18) located along an outer peripheral edge of said food-supporting shelf (5); and at least one secondary inductor (9) housed in said food-supporting shelf (5) to supply contactlessly said light-emitting unit (18) with electric current induced in the secondary inductor (9) by the magnetic field generated by said primary inductor (8), when said food-supporting shelf (5) is housed inside said cooling chamber (3) in any operative position along said predetermined length (l2) of said primary inductor (8), wherein the primary inductor (8) and the secondary inductor (9) are located on opposite sides of an inner wall of the cooling chamber (3) in a way that the primary inductor (8) and the secondary inductor (9) face each other.