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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1989
Leland L Howland, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Thermo King Corporation, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A compartmentalized transport refrigeration system including a refrigeration system having a compressor and first and second selectable refrigeration circuits normally associated with cooling and heating modes, respectively, a trailer having at least first and second compartments, a host evaporator, a condenser in the first refrigeration circuit, and at least one remote evaporator, with the evaporators each being associated with a trailer compartment. The second refrigeration circuit is selected when a remote evaporator requires heating, and when another evaporator requires cooling while a remote evaporator requires heating, refrigerant is returned to the compressor via the first refrigeration circuit and the evaporator requiring cooling, entering the first refrigeration circuit at a point which by-passes the normal condenser function, to cause the evaporator requiring heating to function as a condenser for the evaporator requiring cooling.