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US3131553A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Refrigeration system including condenser heat exchanger

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1962-04-12
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Granted: 1964-05-05
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Expires: 1982-04-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Ross Anthony John

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 05:58
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25B; F25B39/00; F25B2339/00; F25B2339/04; F25B2339/047

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 258 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM HAVING A COMPRESSOR AND EVAPORATOR, A CONDENSER-HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT INCLUDING A CASING HAVING SPACED INNER AND OUTER SHELLS DEFINING AN INNER HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND AN OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER SURROUNDING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY A HEAT CONDUCTIVE WALL, MEANS DEFINING A TORTUOUS HEAT EXCHANGE PASSAGE IMMERSED IN SAID INNER HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH THE FLUID IN THE HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND HAVING A HIGH PRESSURE REFRIGERANT INLET CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID COMPRESSOR AND A HIGH PRESSURE REFRIGERANT OUTLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER TO PASS REFRIGERANT THERETO, A LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANT INLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER TO PASS REFRIGERANT THERETO, A LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANT INLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INNER HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID EVAPORATOR TO PASS THE PARTIALLY SATURATED REFRIGERANT FROM THE EVAPORATOR TO THE HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER, A LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANT OUTLET LINE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF AND CONNECTED TO THE SUCTION SIDE OF THE COMPRESSOR FOR RETURNING THE SATURATED VAPOR TO THE COMPRESSOR, A CONDENSED REFRIGERANT OUTLET LINE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONDENSER CHAMBER ADJACENT THE LOWER END THEREOF AND CONNECTED TO THE INLET OF THE EVAPORATOR TO PASS CONDENSED REFRIGERANT THERETO, AND MEANS DEFINING A LIQUID COOLING JACKET DISPOSED IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER, SAID LIQUID COOLING JACKET HAVING A COOLING LIQUID INLET AND OUTLET FOR PASSING COOLING LIQUID THROUGH THE COOLING JACKET AND THEREBY COOL THE REFRIGERANT IN THE CONDENSER CHAMBER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 258 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM HAVING A COMPRESSOR AND EVAPORATOR, A CONDENSER-HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT INCLUDING A CASING HAVING SPACED INNER AND OUTER SHELLS DEFINING AN INNER HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND AN OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER SURROUNDING AT LEAST A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY A HEAT CONDUCTIVE WALL, MEANS DEFINING A TORTUOUS HEAT EXCHANGE PASSAGE IMMERSED IN SAID INNER HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATION WITH THE FLUID IN THE HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND HAVING A HIGH PRESSURE REFRIGERANT INLET CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID COMPRESSOR AND A HIGH PRESSURE REFRIGERANT OUTLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER TO PASS REFRIGERANT THERETO, A LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANT INLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER TO PASS REFRIGERANT THERETO, A LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANT INLET COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INNER HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER AND CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF SAID EVAPORATOR TO PASS THE PARTIALLY SATURATED REFRIGERANT FROM THE EVAPORATOR TO THE HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER, A LOW PRESSURE REFRIGERANT OUTLET LINE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HEAT-EXCHANGE CHAMBER ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF AND CONNECTED TO THE SUCTION SIDE OF THE COMPRESSOR FOR RETURNING THE SATURATED VAPOR TO THE COMPRESSOR, A CONDENSED REFRIGERANT OUTLET LINE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONDENSER CHAMBER ADJACENT THE LOWER END THEREOF AND CONNECTED TO THE INLET OF THE EVAPORATOR TO PASS CONDENSED REFRIGERANT THERETO, AND MEANS DEFINING A LIQUID COOLING JACKET DISPOSED IN HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID OUTER CONDENSER CHAMBER, SAID LIQUID COOLING JACKET HAVING A COOLING LIQUID INLET AND OUTLET FOR PASSING COOLING LIQUID THROUGH THE COOLING JACKET AND THEREBY COOL THE REFRIGERANT IN THE CONDENSER CHAMBER.

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