Patent ID: 6497112
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: B60H,F24F,F25D

Abstract:
In a mobile temperature controlled container having an air conditioning unit that includes an indoor section and an outdoor section, wherein said indoor section further includes:a rectangular frame having opposed side walls, a top and a bottom wall, the walls having front edges for forming a front face of the frame and rear edges forming the back face of the frame, a rear wall for closing the back face of said frame that includes an open ended blower wheel compartment and an open ended heat exchanger compartment, both compartments being arranged to open into the area bounded by the frame walls, said blower wheel compartment having a scroll shaped wall that partially encloses a blower wheel for moving return air from the container through the indoor section of the air conditioning unit to establish a flow that empties into a horizontally disposed discharge chamber located over the blower wheel, a cover mounted over the open end of said blower wheel compartment that contains an inlet opening for conducting air axially into said blower wheel, a heat exchanger for conditioning air moving through said indoor section, said heat exchanger being partially contained within said frame and partially contained within the heat exchanger compartment, said heat exchanger compartment having a contoured wall for directing conditioned air to said inlet opening, and means for closing the front face of said frame against a wall of said container.