Air-cooled turborefrigerator

Claim 1

AN AIR-COOLED TURBO-REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING AT LEAST ONE AIR-INTAKE OPENING, A FAN ASSEMBLY FOR DRAWING AIR THROUGH SAID OPENING INTO SAID HOUSING, AT LEAST ONE CONDENSER DISPOSED IN SAID OPENING AND TO BE COOLED BY FLOW OF AIR FROM SAID OPENING TO SAID FAN, AN EVAPORATOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID CONDENSER FOR RECEIVING REFRIGERANT THEREFROM, TO PERFORM HEAT EXCHANGE BETWEEN SAID REFRIGERANT AND FLUID TO BE COOLED, A COMPRESSOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID EVAPORATOR FOR COMPRESSING AND DIRECTING REFRIGERANT GAS FROM SAID EVAPORATOR TOWARD SAID CONDENSER, A DRIVE MEANS FOR OPERATION OF SAID COMPRESSOR, A SEPARATOR PLATE DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING AND SEPARATING SAID CONDENSER, SAID CONDENSER HAVING A FLAT SHAPED CONFIGURATION COMPRISING A HEADER CONNECTED TO THE DISCHARGE SIDE OF SAID COMPRESSOR, A REFRIGERANT PIPE DISPOSED DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID HEADER AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF FINS ATTACHED THERETO, A RESERVOIR DISPOSED AT THE LOWER END OF SAID REFRIGERANT PIPE AND COLLECTING THE REFRIGERANT FROM SAID PIPE, SAID RESERVOIR BEING ADAPTED AT THE LOWER END OF SAID REFRIGERATOR PIPE TO RECEIVE SAID REFRIGERANT BY GRAVITY, SAID RESERVOIR BEING CONNECTED TO SAID EVAPORATOR, MEANS PROVIDING DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID RESERVOIR AND SAID EVAPORATOR, SAID MEANS PROVIDING DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID RESERVOIR AND SAID EVAPORATOR COMPRISING A PIPE MEANS CONNECTING A PORTION OF SAID RESERVOIR WITH A PORTION OF SAID EVAPORATOR AT A LOWER PRESSURE, AND A THROTTLE VALVE BEING DISPOSED IN SAID PIPE MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF.