Ice container for an ice-storage type air conditioning system
OwnerShi-Chin Duhinventor
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Abstract
An ice container for an ice-storage type air conditioning system includes a sealed plastic housing containing water therein. The housing has a plurality of elongated slots formed uniformly in the entire outer surface thereof. When the water in the housing is frozen, the bottom walls of the slots expand to increase the capacity of the housing. The bottom walls of the slots are arranged and sized so that the slots can remain in the outer surface of the housing when the water in the outer housing is frozen. The housing has a groove formed in one end surface thereof, and a tongue projecting outward from the other end surface thereof. The tongue of one housing can be inserted into the groove of another housing so that a plurality of the housings can be arranged in a row.
Claims12
An ice container for an ice-storage type air conditioning system, comprising a sealed plastic housing adapted to contain water therein, and housing having a plurality of parallel elongated helical slots formed uniformly around an outer surface thereof, each of said slots having a bottom wall which is expandable when the water in said housing is frozen to become ice, and which is contractible when the ice in said housing is melted, the bottom walls of said slots being arranged and sized so that said slots can remain in said outer surface of said housing when the water in said outer housing is frozen, thus preventing formation of projections on said outer surface of said housing, the formation of said projections causing substantial volumetric expansion of said outer housing wherein the slots each have a width smaller than a distance between adjacent slots.
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