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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Tommy L Gaubatz, Liverpool, NY (US);
Paul J Spaulding, Syracuse, NY (US);
Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
A fuel tank for a self contained generator set of the type adapted to be mounted on a transport container, which has a refrigeration unit mounted on one end thereof. The generator set is adapted to provide electrical power for the refrigeration unit. The outer perimeter of the end of the transport container and the refrigeration unit mounted thereon cooperate to define a predetermined envelope in which the generator set must be mounted. The predetermined envelope is defined by the top of the container, the lateral sides of the container and at the lower end by the location of the condenser fan discharge and operating controls of the refrigeration unit. The fuel tank of the generator set is substantially U-shaped having a lower section substantially co-extensive with the lower end of the predetermined envelope and first and second vertically extending sections which extend to the top of the envelope and which are substantially co-extensive with the two lateral sides of the envelope. In a preferred embodiment, the lower section of the fuel tank and the two vertically extending sections cooperate to define a space in which is mounted the motor generator assembly of the generator set.