US 4,785,640 AGranted

Freezing apparatus using a rotary compressor

AssigneeHoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.

InventorNobutaka Naruse

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Abstract

A refrigerating apparatus includes a compressor, a condenser, a capillary and an evaporator. A bypass conduit with a valve is arranged so that the refrigerant discharged from the compressor will bypass at least the condenser and the capillary so as to return to the inlet side of the compressor. The pressure or the temperature of the refrigerant in the apparatus is sensed by a sensor. When the sensed value is less than a prescribed value, the valve is opened to return the hot gas to the compressor. The compressor is driven for elevating its temperature.

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Dependent claims

In a freezing apparatus for performing a cooling operation, the apparatus having a closed loop freezing circuit through which refrigerant circulates in a refrigerant flow direction,

the circuit including, in the following sequence with respect to said flow direction, a compressor operable for circulating the refrigerant in said flow direction to initiate said cooling operation, a refrigerant outlet of the compressor from which the refrigerant flows from the compressor, a condenser, an expansion means, an evaporator and a refrigerant inlet of the compressor through which the refrigerant flows to the compressor, the improvement comprising:
temperature elevation means for causing the temperature of the compressor to rise during the initiation of the cooling operation when the temperature of the refrigerant in the circuit prior to initiation of the cooling operation is below a predetermined value, said value being one at which the refrigerant is unsatisfactory in facilitating the cooling operation, to raise the temperature of the refrigerant during the initiation of the cooling operation to one above said predetermined value that is satisfactory to facilitate the cooling operation,
said temperature elevation means comprising a bypass conduit connected at one end thereof to the freezing circuit between said refrigerant inlet of the compressor and said condenser and at the other end thereof to the freezing circuit between said expansion means and said evaporator, first valve means disposed in said bypass conduit and movable between a first position at which said bypass conduit is open and a second position at which said bypass conduit is closed, sensor means disposed at the outlet side of said compressor for sensing one of the pressure and the temperature of the refrigerant in the freezing circuit at the initiation of the cooling operation, and control means operatively connected between said sensor means and said first valve means for moving said first valve means from said second position to said first position when the value sensed by said sensor means during the initiation of the cooling operation is indicative that the temperature of the refrigerant is below said predetermined value thereby allowing the refrigerant circulated by the compressor to bypass said condenser and said expansion means.

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Abstract

In a freezing apparatus for performing a cooling operation, the apparatus having a closed loop freezing circuit through which refrigerant circulates in a refrigerant flow direction,

the circuit including, in the following sequence with respect to said flow direction, a compressor operable for circulating the refrigerant in said flow direction to initiate said cooling operation, a refrigerant outlet of the compressor from which the refrigerant flows from the compressor, a condenser, an expansion means, an evaporator and a refrigerant inlet of the compressor through which the refrigerant flows to the compressor, the improvement comprising:
temperature elevation means for causing the temperature of the compressor to rise during the initiation of the cooling operation when the temperature of the refrigerant in the circuit prior to initiation of the cooling operation is below a predetermined value, said value being one at which the refrigerant is unsatisfactory in facilitating the cooling operation, to raise the temperature of the refrigerant during the initiation of the cooling operation to one above said predetermined value that is satisfactory to facilitate the cooling operation,
said temperature elevation means comprising a bypass conduit connected at one end thereof to the freezing circuit between said refrigerant inlet of the compressor and said condenser and at the other end thereof to the freezing circuit between said expansion means and said evaporator, first valve means disposed in said bypass conduit and movable between a first position at which said bypass conduit is open and a second position at which said bypass conduit is closed, sensor means disposed at the outlet side of said compressor for sensing one of the pressure and the temperature of the refrigerant in the freezing circuit at the initiation of the cooling operation, and control means operatively connected between said sensor means and said first valve means for moving said first valve means from said second position to said first position when the value sensed by said sensor means during the initiation of the cooling operation is indicative that the temperature of the refrigerant is below said predetermined value thereby allowing the refrigerant circulated by the compressor to bypass said condenser and said expansion means.