Mobile refrigerator with reporting system
OwnerMarc Lajeunesseinventor
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Abstract
A self-contained, portable, computer operated, light weight, temperature controlled compartment for installation in emergency vehicles has insulated walls and a door. The compartment carries a mechanical refrigeration system having a small compressor for cooling the interior and electrical heating units providing radiant heat to the interior. The heating and cooling units are controlled by a microcomputer and temperature sensor to keep the interior within a desired range of temperature.
Claims17
In a mobile vehicle having a wheeled chassis carrying an engine driving said wheels and including an electrical system of at least 12 volts capacity, said vehicle adapted to carry temperature sensitive components which require a certain range of temperatures, the improvement comprising an integral temperature controlled compartment adapted to connect to said vehicle electrical system, said compartment having insulated walls with a mechanical refrigerating unit operated by an electrically powered compressor mounted on said compartment to provide a portion of said certain range of temperatures for said compartment, an electrical heating unit mounted on said compartment to provide a portion of said certain range of temperatures for said compartment, said compartment having a temperature sensor, and a door mounted on a wall of said compartment to selectively gain access to the interior of said compartment.
A small, portable, light weight, self contained, electrically powered, temperature controlled storage container, adapted for vehicular mount and operation by the electrical system of a vehicle, said storage container having insulated walls enclosing an interior space, a door on one of said walls for selectively gaining access to said interior space, said storage container having an electrically operated micro compressor mounted thereon driving a mechanical refrigerating system cooling said interior of said storage container, said storage container having electrical heating elements mounted thereon heating said interior of said storage container, a temperature sensor connected to said compartment indicating the temperature in said interior space, said temperature sensor connected to a computer, said refrigerating system and said heating elements connected to said computer, said computer controlling the operation of said refrigerating system and said heating elements, said computer programmed with parameters including a high temperature limit and a low temperature limit defining a certain range of temperatures, said computer activating said refrigerating system or said heating elements to maintain said temperature in said interior space within said certain range of temperatures.
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