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Transport refrigeration system

US5046326A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateOct 24, 1990
Grant dateSep 10, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B27/00
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transport refrigeration system having an evaporator, an evaporator blower, a variable speed drive for the evaporator blower, a refrigerant compressor, and a prime mover for the compressor which includes an internal combustion engine having an output shaft, a pressurized oil lubrication system and an oil sump. The variable speed drive includes a fluid coupling which utilizes oil provided by the lubrication system of the internal combustion engine.

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