Patent ID: 6427469
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
A refrigerant conditioning system for removing debris and contaminants from refrigerants comprising:a housing having four walls, a top and a bottom defining an interior space; a refrigerant inlet assembly adapted for interfacing with a cooling unit to be serviced; a filter assembly environmentally coupled to said refrigerant inlet assembly such that a coolant flowing through said refrigerant inlet assembly flows into said filter assembly; a compressor/condenser assembly environmentally coupled to said filter assembly such that the coolant flows from said filter assembly into said compressor/condenser assembly, said compressor/condenser assembly being positioned within said housing, said compressor/condenser assembly being for returning the coolant to a liquid state and expelling the coolant from the refrigerant condition system back into the cooling unit being serviced; an refrigerant outlet assembly adapted for interfacing with a refrigerant input of a cooling unit to be serviced, said refrigerant outlet assembly being environmentally coupled to said compressor/condenser assembly such that when said refrigerant inlet assembly and said refrigerant outlet assembly are coupled to the cooling unit being serviced a closed system is established for the flow and conditioning of the refrigerant; wherein said refrigerant inlet system further comprises: a high pressure liquid hose member having a first end and a second end, said first end of said high pressure liquid hose member being removably couplable to the cooling unit to be service, said high pressure liquid hose member being for facilitating the flow of refrigerant from the cooling unit into said refrigerant conditioning system; a schreder valve member positioned on a face of a side wall of said housing, said schreder valve member being for maintaining a closed system when said high pressure liquid hose member is not connected to said schreder valve member and for environmentally coupling said refrigerant conditioning system to the cooling unit when said second end of said high pressure liquid hose member is coupled to said schreder valve member; and a pressure gauge operationally coupled to said schreder valve and adapted for monitoring the input pressure from the cooling unit to said refrigerant conditioning system.