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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1999
Masao Imanari, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Toshihiko Fukushima, Tsuchiura, JP;
Toshio Hatada, Tsuchiura, JP;
Katsumi Matsubara, Ushiku, JP;
Naoto Katsumata, Shimizu, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ice thermal storage type air-conditioner and an ice thermal storage tank, in which unused portions in the ice thermal storage tank is reduced to enhance an ice filling rate in the ice thermal storage tank or to prevent excessive icing from damaging a heat transfer unit. An ice thermal storage type air-conditioner in which heat exchangers are installed in the ice thermal storage tank 1, the heat exchangers having a heightwise size extending from a bottom of the ice thermal storage tank 1 to near a top of a container, and comprising a plurality of flat-shaped plate-type heat transfer units 14 arranged therein in layered manner in a thicknesswise direction