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US 5,685,165 AGranted
Portable air conditioning system
OwnerFloyd E. Bigelow, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A portable air conditioning system has been invented which, in one aspect has a support frame with a fan mounted behind a radiator, and a power supply for selectively providing power to run the fan. The system is mountable in or on a container such as a typical ice chest. In one embodiment, water and ice are place in the ice chest for cooling a small room or a vehicle's interior.
Claims16
A portable air conditioning system comprising
- a support frame,
- a fan/radiator assembly on the support frame, the fan/radiator assembly comprising a fan and a radiator, the fan mounted adjacent the radiator for propelling air through the radiator,
- the radiator having an inlet for receiving thermal fluid and an outlet from which the thermal fluid flows out from the radiator,
- a container for containing the thermal fluid,
- a removable supply of thermal fluid in the container for flowing through the radiator, the removable supply of thermal fluid removable from the container upon reaching a desired temperature,
- pump apparatus for continuously pumping the thermal fluid to the radiator, the pump apparatus having an inlet for receiving the thermal fluid and an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet of the radiator, and
- wherein the thermal fluid occupies at least one fourth of a total volume of the container.
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A portable air conditioning system comprising
- a support frame,
- a fan/radiator assembly on the support frame, the fan/radiator assembly comprising a fan and a radiator, the fan mounted adjacent the radiator for propelling air through the radiator,
- the radiator having an inlet for receiving thermal fluid and an outlet from which the thermal fluid flows out from the radiator,
- a container for containing the thermal fluid,
- a removable supply of thermal fluid in the container for flowing through the radiator, the removable supply of thermal fluid removable from the container upon reaching a desired temperature,
- pump apparatus for continuously pumping the thermal fluid to the radiator, the pump apparatus having an inlet for receiving the thermal fluid and an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet of the radiator, and
- a plurality of height-adjustable legs supporting the support frame within the container.
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A portable air conditioning system comprising
- a support frame,
- a fan/radiator assembly on the support frame, the fan/radiator assembly comprising a fan and a radiator, the fan mounted adjacent the radiator for propelling air through the radiator,
- the radiator having an inlet for receiving thermal fluid and an outlet from which the thermal fluid flows out from the radiator,
- a container for containing the thermal fluid,
- a removable supply of thermal fluid in the container for flowing through the radiator, the removable supply of thermal fluid removable from the container upon reaching a desired temperature,
- pump apparatus for continuously pumping the thermal fluid to the radiator, the pump apparatus having an inlet for receiving the thermal fluid and an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet of the radiator, and
- the fan/radiator assembly hingedly connected to the support frame so that the fan radiator assembly is positionable at a desired angle with respect to the support frame and so that the fan/radiator assembly is selectively positionable above a top of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.