Patent · US Expired

Refrigerator for vehicle

US4637222A · kind A · utility

83Cited by
10References
22Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 25, 1985
Grant dateJan 20, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 25, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D2331/804
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A refrigerator for vehicles has a cooling unit and a cool-keeping container adapted to be detachably connected to the cooling unit and contain goods to be cooled. The cooling unit includes a refrigerator evaporator connected to a refrigeration cycle of an automotive airconditioning refrigeration cycle on a vehicle and a coldness accumulating medium supported in heat exchange relationship with the evaporator. During evaporator operation, the coldness is accumulated in the coldness-accumulating medium and simultaneously transferred to the goods in the cool-keeping container. When the goods are cooled to a desired temperature, the cool-keeping container can be disconnected from the cooling unit and taken out of the vehicle with a heat insulating lid closing an opening formed in the container for the insertion and removal of the goods into and out of the container.

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