Ice-filled cold storage means for repeated freezing and melting
AssigneeIntegral Energietechnik GmbH
InventorJoachim Paul
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Abstract
Ice-filled cold storage means for the repeated freezing and, accompanied by the cooling of air or a cooling fluid, melting of the ice, with an elastic sleeve (2) for an ice supply, which is kept by a substantially dimensionally stable jacket (3) under close heat transfer contact at the location of an air or fluid guide and which is set up for moving air to be cooled or dehumidified or a cooling fluid past the ice supply.
Claims20
A cooling apparatus for conditioning air within an area of a vehicle, the air within the vehicle area capable of being substantially isolated from surrounding ambient air, the cooling apparatus capable of retaining a fluid in a melted liquid state or frozen solid state, the cooling apparatus comprising:
- a) a closed container for retaining the fluid, the container comprising an outer elastic sleeve and an internal volume, the elastic sleeve permitting the container to expand, or contract in response to fluctuations in the container internal volume;
- b) a jacket member inserted around the elastic sleeve for stabilizing the container in a generally fixed position, the jacket member having an inner and outer surface;
- c) means for manipulating the temperature of the container fluid, the means in thermal contact with the fluid;
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- d) means for reducing expansion of the container elastic sleeve when the container fluid is in the frozen solid state, the means inserted within the container.
A cooling apparatus for conditioning air within an area of a vehicle, the air within the vehicle area capable of being substantially isolated from surrounding ambient air, the cooling apparatus capable of retaining a fluid in a melted liquid state or frozen solid state, the cooling apparatus comprising:
- a) a closed container for retaining the fluid, the container comprising an elastic outer sleeve and an internal volume, the elastic sleeve permitting the container to expand or contract in response to fluctuations in the container internal volume;
- b) a jacket member inserted around the elastic sleeve for stabilizing the container in a generally fixed position, the jacket member having an inner and outer surface;
- c) at least one pipe capable of carrying a gas or fluid for manipulating the temperature of the container fluid, the at least one pipe in thermal contact with the fluid;
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- d) at least one capsule having a closed outer surface and an internal cavity, the at least one capsule disposed within the container fluid and capable of deforming in response to the container fluid changing from a melted liquid state to a frozen solid state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.