Apparatus for the combined production of electrical energy and heat

Claim 1

Apparatus for the combined production for electrical energy and heat, including a supporting framework constituted by sectional elements arranged at the edges of a parallelepiped and supporting an internal combustion engine, an electrical generator device coupled to the engine, and means for recovering the energy transformed into heat in the engine and in the electrical device; and further including thermally and acoustically insulating panels removably fixed to the framework and covering the side faces and the upper face of the parallelepiped defined by said framework, wherein each said panel is provided with a continuous peripheral gasket of elastomeric material having an essentially L-shaped transverse section with a first portion which covers the peripheral surface of the panel and a second portion which covers a portion of the face of the panel which, in the assembled condition, faces the framework, and wherein the said second portion of the gasket is provided with projecting first and second curved lips adjacent and parallel to the periphery of the panel, each said lip being concavely curved towards the other lip, wherein spacer elements project from the said face of each panel facing the framework to maintain the panel at a predetermined distance from the framework when the panel is fixed to the framework, whereby the curved lips of the gasket fitted to the panel are resiliently deformed against the framework and, together with the framework and the second portion of the gasket, define a sealed air chamber.