Ardco, Inc.

Russell a Division of Ardco, Inc.

Robert G O'Neal

Kenneth E Vogel

Wilbert J Wilson

A hot gas defrost system for a refrigeration cycle, including at least a compressor, reversing valve, condenser and evaporator. During defrost, the reversing valve directs the superheated refrigerant from the compressor to the evaporator. The hot gas traverses the evaporator coil which, in turn, causes the ice or frost to melt. The hot gas defrost refrigeration system may also include a receiver to store the refrigerant during the refrigeration and defrost cycles.

Hot gas defrost refrigeration system

A sealed, closed end heat pipe efficiently warms the drain for an evaporator so that condensation may flow unobstructed away from the evaporator in the refrigeration circuit. An evaporator end of the heat pipe is exposed to ambient air and a condenser end is located close to the drain inlet adjacent the evaporator. Thus, no external power source is required as fluid within the evaporator end is heated to vapor phase and circulates toward the condenser end, and cooled fluid from the condenser end returns to the evaporator end.

Heat pipe defrost of evaporator drain

An evaporative condenser having a cylindrical fiberglass housing which provides a circumferential air flow across a plurality of concentrically oriented spiral condensing coils. The planar spiral coils are generated through the compression of a conical winding of tubing formed about a multi-tiered platform, to form an evenly-spaced spiral condensing coil. Each layer of tubing is affixed to a plurality of radial braces, which provide the evaporative coils with sufficient structural integrity to be individually employed. A method and apparatus for producing spiral coils having uniform spacing between adjacent revolutions.

Evaporative condenser

An air cooler having coolant tubes, a drain, a pair of coolant tube supports and a defroster for preventing condensate in the drain from freezing. The coolant tube supports include a vertical plate provided with a pair of horizontally spaced notches for supporting the defroster. The notches open to the lower edge of the plate and converge towards one another.

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Temecula, CA, United States of America

Robert G O'Neal