Patent ID: 7237404
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A frigorie accumulator unit comprising: a housing which defines in its interior a single chamber for holding a frigorie storage substance such as a eutectic solution, at least one duct which extends at least partly in a heat-exchange relationship with the chamber inside the housing and is adapted to contain a refrigerant fluid for removing calories from the storage substance held in said chamber of the housing until it brings about freezing thereof; the housing comprising: a substantially tubular, extruded profiled section made of a thermally conductive material, defining at least one heat-exchange wall between the chamber inside the housing and the environment outside the housing and at least one heat-exchange wall between the chamber the housing and the refrigerant fluid contained in said duct, and a first end closure element and a second end closure element, adapted to be connected in a fluid-tight manner to the ends of the extruded profiled section, wherein a first and a second duct portion or tube are both externally coupled to said single chamber and are both separate and distinct from the extruded profiled section the extruded profiled section comprising two recessed channel-shaped wall portions which are open towards the environment outside said extruded profiled section and protrude inside said chamber, and in which there are received said duct portions or tubes.