Patent ID: 8678530
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: B29C,F25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A consumer appliance comprising: a consumer appliance case including an outer case and an inner liner, an interior of the consumer appliance case defined between the outer case and the inner liner; a rigid tubular manifold body mounted in the interior of the consumer appliance case having an inlet attachable to a source of insulating foam exterior to the consumer appliance case, at least two outlets disposed at different locations within the consumer appliance case, an inlet passageway leading from the inlet further into the interior of the consumer appliance case, an inlet passageway leading from the inlet further into the interior of the consumer appliance case, and at least two outlet passageways, each outlet passageway providing communication between the inlet passageway and a respective one of the outlets, whereby insulating foam received by the inlet is distributed to the interior of the consumer appliance case via the inlet passageway, outlet passages and outlets; and insulating foam disposed within the consumer appliance case between the outer case and the inner liner, the foam surrounding the rigid tubular manifold body within the interior of the consumer appliance case.