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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leland L Howland, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Jayaram Seshadri, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62199 ; 62239 ; 62278 ;
Abstract
A compartmentalized transport refrigeration system, and method of operating same, in which a host refrigeration unit controls the temperature of the air in a front compartment of a trailer, and a remote evaporator unit controls the temperature of the air in a rear compartment. In order to increase the heating and cooling capacity of the remote evaportor, the host unit is prevented from going into a heating mode in response to predetermined conditions, and more, or all in certain instances, of the discharge gas from the host compressor is made available for the remote evaporator.