Patent ID: 7216492
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
1. A portable refrigeration unit for cooling a refrigerated space, said refrigeration unit having a relatively small non-operational configuration and a significantly larger operational configuration, said refrigeration unit comprising: condenser means comprising a condenser and a compressor; evaporator means comprising an evaporator; fluid conduit means connecting said condenser means and said evaporator means, whereby a refrigerant is circulated between said condenser means and said evaporator means, said fluid conduit means comprising flexible hoses of a length significantly greater than the distance between said condenser means and said evaporator means when said refrigeration unit is in said non-operational configuration with said evaporator means near said condenser means; a wheeled support cart supporting said condenser means and said evaporator means, wherein said support cart is comprised of a base member and a support frame, said wheels being connected to said base member, wherein said support frame is separable from said base member, and wherein said condenser means is supported by said base member and said evaporator means is supported by said support frame in an elevated position higher than said condenser means both when said support frame is together with said base member and when said support frame is separated from said base member; wherein said evaporator means and said support frame are separable from said condenser means and said base member a distance limited by the length of said flexible hoses, wherein the evaporator means and said support frame may be distanced from said condenser means and said base member during operation of said refrigeration unit to define said operational configuration, such that said evaporator means may be disposed within said refrigerated space at the same time said condenser unit is disposed external to said refrigerated space.