Patent ID: 7213403
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: F25B,F25D

Abstract:
1. A sorption cooling apparatus comprising: a thermally insulated cooling container defining an inner chamber for containing an item to be cooled by the sorption cooling apparatus and including a door for opening at least during a desorption phase and closing said inner chamber at other times; a sorber container disposed outside the cooling container, said sorber container containing a sorbent material for sorbing a working fluid during a sorption phase; an evaporator disposed inside said inner chamber of the cooling container, said working fluid evaporating to a working fluid gas in said evaporator during a desorption phase; a valve connected between said sorber container and said evaporator, said valve being adapted to be shut off for stopping a flow of said working fluid gas; an evaporator blower disposed adjacent said evaporator in said inner chamber of said cooling container for passing an air stream over said evaporator; and a sorber blower disposed adjacent said sorber container for circulating air around said sorber container containing said sorbent material.