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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2000
Rafael A. Colussi, Guadalupe Norte-Santa Fe, AR;
Néstor J. Vénica, Guadalupe Norte-Santa Fe, AR;
Col-Ven S.A., Guadalupe Norte-Santa Fe, AR;
Abstract
A cooling unit includes a housing ( ) with an evaporating unit ( ) installed on the inclined roof of a cabin and an external water reservoir ( ) with a rising pump ( ) installed lower down, between the cabin and the rear part of a truck. The return hose ( ′) of the excess water gutter ( ) coming from the evaporator has an upper end ( ) connected to the front part of the gutter and then it crosses a rising stretch to leave by the rear part of the housing and descending down to its lower end which is connected at the outlet of the pump, together with the feed hose ( ) of the evaporator by means of a coupling ( ). The pump control is intermittent, with a duty cycle lower than 10%, sufficient to purge the return hose.