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Cool! Have you given any thought as to how the hinges keep from freezing up? |
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[+] but you do realize that air has less than 1/1000th the heat capacity of ice, ie: there's not that much coolth lost as long as you're in and out quickly. |
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// how the hinges keep from freezing up? // |
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Easy. The mechanism is electrically powered.
Every hour, the lid is cranked open and the
racks raised, then lowered again, thus
ensuring that the hinges never sieze. |
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Better to have the hinges electrically heated, shirley? |
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Naw, that's no good. You'd just get any excess moisture forming ice stalagmites in an arc beneath the hinges or building an even harder coat of ice after the lid is shut. hmmm |
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I'd put the heavy, load lifting hinges in the outside and loose fitting, non-jamming hinges for the trays on the inside. Basically loops and hooks made out of the usual plastic coated wire found in freezer racks, although maybe a bit heavier duty. |
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Is there not a way to force the ice on the hinges to sublime and condense elsewhere in the freezer? |
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I like that the title helped me to visualize the idea.
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How about a large crank on the side of the freezer, which cycles the racks in a carousel-type arrangement. Rotate while the lid is shut, then the foodstuff you're looking for is on the top shelf when you open it. |
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Alternatively the wire mesh could sit on top of a large spring, wound by the crank in a jack-in-the-box type arrangement, which then violently ejects the entire contents over unsuspecting consumers. |
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// cycles the racks in a carousel-type arrangement // |
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There are display cases for jewelry etc. that work just like that. Bakeable. |
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As is the giant jack-in-the-box idea. |
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// but you do realize that air has less than 1/1000th the heat capacity of ice // It seems to me that the bigger advantage of a chest type might be that every time the air is exchanged, in a vertical style, the new air brings in more moisture to condense, requiring more frequent defrosting. |
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