US PATENT SUBCLASS 220 / 592.01
RECEPTACLE HAVING MEANS TO FACILITATE MAINTAINING CONTENTS ABOVE OR BELOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (E.G., COMPARTMENT FOR HOLDING A HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM)

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592.01RECEPTACLE HAVING MEANS TO FACILITATE MAINTAINING CONTENTS ABOVE OR BELOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (E.G., COMPARTMENT FOR HOLDING A HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM) {5}
592.02  DF  .~> Ice-box, refrigerator, or freezer cabinet {5}
592.12  DF  .~> For a dairy product (e.g., for holding whole milk during a cooling and separating process) {3}
592.16  DF  .~> For a beverage {2}
592.2  DF  .~> Thermally insulated receptacle {6}
592.28  DF  .~> For use with a heated fluent medium (e.g., hot air, hot water, steam)

DEFINITION

Classification: 220/592.01

RECEPTACLE HAVING MEANS TO FACILITATE MAINTAINING CONTENTS ABOVE OR BELOW AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (E.G., COMPARTMENT FOR HOLDING A HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM):

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein the receptacle includes structure which makes it easier to hold contents at a temperature which is either higher or lower than the temperature of the fluid (usually air) which surrounds the receptacle.

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574.2, for a table dish having means to keep its contents hot or cold.

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62, Refrigeration,

371+, and 457.1+ for a portable receptacle having a feature peculiar to refrigeration or to cooling the contents of the receptacle (e.g., a sealed, nonrefillable coolant containing compartment, ice melt handling means, ice supporting means, a particular refrigerant) and subclasses 467+ for a refrigerator (i.e., a cabinet in combination with apparatus peculiar to removing heat from a substance).

126, Stoves and Furnaces, 261+, for a receptacle combined with a heat source.