Thermo King Corporation

Ronald W Seipp

Rodney H Volk

Lowell M Anderson

Robert L Harrington

Lowell B Naley

David A Christiansen

Kevin W Kiefer

William A Forsty

Lawrence J Shirek

A transport refrigeration unit for a transport container in which the refrigeration unit has side-by-side evaporator and condenser compartments 18 and 20 in the upper portion of the exterior frame, with a power compartment 24 extending across the entire width of the lower portion of the unit, the power compartment containing an internal combustion engine 26, a motor-alternator 28 and a refrigerant compressor 30 in in-line relationship, a radiator coil 62 condenser coil 64 being in inclined disposition in the condenser compartment and receiving air therethrough from condenser fan 66, the evaporator coil 72 being inclined in the evaporator compartment and in a disposition in which a portion of the coil projects out of the plane of the rear face of the frame, and a pair of double inlet centrifugal fans 74 are provided in the upper portion of the evaporator compartment to draw air from the upper part of the container and direct it downwardly through the coil 72 back into the container, and separate panels 36 and 40 are provided for the evaporator and condenser compartments for individual access, the evaporator panel including an adjustable vent plate 38 for controlling the exchange of air between atmosphere and the container interior.

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A compact refrigeration unit supported by a generally rectilinear frame structure with front and back frame members having their axial planes spaced apart along the long axis of the frame is provided with a first selectively energized prime mover positioned within the frame with its relatively long rotary drive shaft in alignment with the long axis of the frame and a second selectively energized prime mover positioned within the frame with its relatively short rotary drive shaft extending from front to back frame member planes at right angles to the shaft of said first prime mover, there being clutch means to connect said first prime mover to a refrigerant compressor within said frame to drive said compressor when said first prime mover is energized and said clutch is engaged and there being right angle drive means including flexible connections to connect said compressor and said second prime mover to drive said compressor when said second prime mover is energized and said first prime mover is deenergized with said clutch disengaged.

Compact refrigeration unit

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Apple Valley, MN, United States of America

Ronald W Seipp