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US 12,018,880 B2Granted
Refrigeration apparatus for shipping, and shipping container
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorsKento Shibuya, Hirotaka Tagawa
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Abstract
A casing is provided with a partition portion extending in a vertical direction so as to partition an outdoor space and an accommodation chamber from each other. The partition portion has an opening for providing communication between the outdoor space and the accommodation chamber. An eaves portion is provided above the opening.
Claims21
A refrigeration apparatus for transport, comprising:
- a heat exchanger;
- a casing forming an accommodation chamber for housing the heat exchanger therein,
- the casing being provided with a partition portion extending in a vertical direction so as to partition an outdoor space and the accommodation chamber from each other,
- the partition portion having an opening for providing communication between the outdoor space and the accommodation chamber;
- and
- an eaves portion above the opening,
- the opening being located above the heat exchanger in the front view,
- the refrigeration apparatus comprising a fan arranged inside the heat exchanger,
- the partition portion being a front panel located in front of the fan,
- the front panel including an outlet grille located in front of the fan,
- the heat exchanger surrounding the outlet grille and including a heat-exchange portion corresponding to an upper surface of the heat exchanger, and
- the opening including a plurality of openings located above the heat-exchange portion and aligned side by side along the heat-exchange portion, wherein
- the plurality of openings is arranged outside and around a perimeter of the heat exchanger in the front view,
- the heat exchanger has a heat transfer tube bent so as to surround the outlet grille in the front view,
- the heat transfer tube has a first portion located above the outlet grille in the front view and a second portion located on a lateral side of the outlet grille in the front view, and
- the plurality of openings has:
- a first set of openings aligned in a direction in which the first portion of the heat transfer tube extends in the front view;
- and
- a second set of openings aligned in a direction in which the second portion of the heat transfer tube extends.
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A refrigeration apparatus for transport, comprising:
- a heat exchanger;
- a casing forming an accommodation chamber for housing the heat exchanger therein,
- the casing being provided with a partition portion extending in a vertical direction so as to partition an outdoor space and the accommodation chamber from each other,
- the partition portion having an opening for providing communication between the outdoor space and the accommodation chamber;
- and
- an eaves portion above the opening,
- in a front view of the partition portion, the opening comprising a plurality of openings with only a first set of openings being located above the heat exchanger and a second set of openings being located left of the heat exchanger,
- the refrigeration apparatus comprising a fan arranged inside the heat exchanger,
- the partition portion being a front panel located in front of the fan,
- the front panel including an outlet grille located in front of the fan,
- the heat exchanger surrounding the outlet grille and including a heat-exchange portion corresponding to an upper surface of the heat exchanger, and
- the first set of openings being located above the heat-exchange portion and aligned side by side along the heat-exchange portion, wherein
- the first and second sets of openings are arranged outside and around a perimeter of the heat exchanger in the front view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.