Patent ID: 7219508

Claim:
An evaporator assembly that is configured and adapted for use within a cold table comprising: a housing, the housing defining a interior cavity, the housing comprising a mounting portion that is configured and adapted to support the housing from a vertical wall of the cold table, the housing also comprising first and second air passageways that each connect the interior cavity to an environment external to the housing, the housing being configured and adapted such that a portion of the environment external to the housing lies between the evaporator coil and the vertical wall of the cold table when the housing is supported from the vertical wall of the cold table via the mounting portion of the housing; an evaporator coil, the evaporator coil comprising a plurality of convection fins, each of the convection fins having opposite first and second perimeter edges, the first edges of the convection fins being generally coplanar and defining a first plane, the second edges of the convection fins being generally coplanar and defining a second plane, the evaporator coil being fixed in orientation with respect to the housing in a manner such that the first plane of the evaporator coil is inclined from vertical and horizontal when the housing is supported from the vertical wall of the cold table via the mounting portion of the housing; and at least one electric fan, the fan being configured and adapted to draw air from the environment external to the housing through the evaporator coil and into the interior cavity via the first air passageway in a manner such that the air passes through the first and second planes of the evaporator coil, the fan also being configured and adapted to expel air from the interior cavity into the environment external to the housing via the second air passageway in a manner such that the air has an upward vertical velocity component and a horizontal velocity component as it is expelled into the environment external to the housing, the fan further being, configured and adapted to draw air from the portion of the environment external to the housing through the evaporator coil and into the interior cavity of the housing when the housing is supported from the vertical wall of the cold table via the mounting portion of the housing.