Absorption refrigeration systems

Claim 1

IN AN ASORPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM ADAPTED TO HEAT AS WELL AS COOL HAVING A GENERATOR SECTION, A CONDENSER SECTION, AN EVAPORATOR SECTION INCLUDING A SUMP, AND AN ABSORBER SECTION OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED ONE TO THE OTHER IN A CLOSED SYSTEM, AND A REFRIGERATION SEPARATING CHAMBER BETWEEN THE CONDENSER SECTION AND THE EVAPORATOR SECTION, THE COMBINATION OF FIRST CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE CONDENSER SECTION AND THE SEPARATING CHAMBER, SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO HOLD LIQUID REFRIGERANT DURING COOLING CYCLE OPERATION WHEREBY A LIQUID SEAL IS ESTABLISHED IN SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS, GASEOUS REFRIGERANT DRIVING SAID LIQUID REFRIGERANT FROM SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS INTO SAID SEPARTING CHAMBER DURING SYSTEM HEATING CYCLE OPERATION; AND MEANS FOR PASSING LIQUID REFRIGERANT FROM SAID EVAPORATOR SECTION SUMP TO SAID GENERATOR SECTION DURING HEATING CYCLE OPERATION INCLUDING SECOND CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN SAID EVAPORATOR SECTION SUMP AND SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS, SAID SECOND CONDUIT MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO CONVEY LIQUID REFRIGERANT FROM SAID EVAPORATOR SECTION SUMP INTO THE STREAM OF GASEOUS REFRIGERANT PASSING THROUGH SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS WHEREBY SAID GASEOUS REFRIGERANT CARRIES SAID LIQUID REFRIGERANT INTO SAID SEPARATING CHAMBER; SAID SECOND CONDUIT MEANS INCLUDING VALVE MEANS EFFECTIVE TO PREVENT FLOW OF REFRIGERANT FROM SAID FIRST CONDUIT MEANS THROUGH SAID SECOND CONDUIT MEANS INTO SAID EVAPORATOR SECTION SUMP; AND THIRD CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN SAID SEPARATING CHAMBER AND SAID GENERATOR SECTION ADAPTED TO CONVEY LIQUID REFRIGERANT FROM SAID SEPARATING CHAMBER TO SAID GENERATOR SECTION.