ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,023, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC (Stone Mountain, Ga.).
"Refrigeration system and method of defrosting the same" was invented by Shitong Zha (Snellville, Ga.) and Douglas S. Cole (Columbus, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a method of operating a refrigeration system. The method includes operating a first low-temperature evaporator in a refrigeration mode, where the first low-temperature evaporator receives refrigerant from a flash tank. The method includes operating a second low-temperature evaporator in a refrigeration mode, where the first low-temperature evaporat...