Abstract: A refrigerator may include an air duct cover plate, a closed air cavity, an evaporator, and an air guiding rib. The air duct cover plate and a liner of the refrigerator enclose the closed air cavity. The evaporator is disposed on an outer surface of the liner. The air guiding rib is disposed in the closed air cavity. The air guiding rib divides the closed air cavity into an air intake region, a first supply region, and a second supply region that are sequentially in fluid communication. The first supply region is located above the air intake region and includes an upper air outlet. The second supply region is located below the first supply region and is separated from the air intake region by the air guiding rib. A lower air outlet is disposed in the second supply region.

Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a cabinet comprising a storage compartment provided therein; a first door rotatably coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment; an outer door rotatable opening and closing an opening that is provided in the inner door; and a multi-duct provided in an inner wall of the storage compartment and comprising: a first duct comprising a first upper outlet hole a first middle outlet hole and a first lower outlet hole for exhausting cold air toward the first door of the storage compartment; and a second duct comprising a second upper outlet hole, a second middle outlet hole and a second lower outlet hole for exhausting cold air toward the inner door of the storage compartment, wherein an inlet hole for sucking cold air to the first duct is smaller than an inlet hole for sucking cold air to the second duct.

Abstract: An air moving system includes an air moving device including a housing member, a rotary fan assembly, and an opening for connection with an airflow duct, the housing including a plurality of air intake vents. A first volume of air can enter the housing through the opening and a second volume of air can enter the housing through the plurality of intake vents. The rotary fan assembly directs the first and second volumes of air.

Abstract: A refrigerator, in which a main body includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber. A cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber is provided on an uppermost part of the main body, communicates with the freezing chamber, and houses a freezing chamber evaporator. A cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating chamber is provided separate from the cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber and houses a refrigerating chamber evaporator.

Abstract: A refrigerating device is subdivided by a first partition into a storage zone and an air distribution zone. An air supply inlet and an air outlet open into the air distribution zone, and a plurality of holes are formed in the partition for letting air through from the air distribution zone into the storage zone and vice versa.

Abstract: A data processing system storage unit for storing a plurality of data processing systems is disclosed. In one example of the storage unit, a plurality of storage spaces, each storage space configured for storing a data processing system, is provided. An air inlet duct and an air outlet duct allow air circulation within the storage unit. A plurality of inlet conduits, each inlet conduit configured to connect the inlet air duct to an inlet port of a data processing system, provides air supply to the data processing system. A plurality of outlet conduits, each outlet conduit configured to connect the outlet air duct to an outlet port of a data processing system, provides air exhaust from the data processing system. The example storage unit may also provide a primary air transfer system configured for directing air into the air inlet duct and/or for extracting air from the air outlet duct.

Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a heat exchanger accommodated inside a indoor unit body which is a housing whose lower face is opened, a drain pan which is disposed below the heat exchanger and receives drain water generated at the heat exchanger, a drain pump which is detachably disposed within the indoor unit body, sucks drain water accumulated in the drain pan and discharges the drain water to the outside, a drain port which is disposed at a bottom face wall section of the drain pan, the port being an opening portion through which the drain pump is insertable, and a drain cap which openably closes the drain pump insertion port.

Abstract: Modular data centers with modular components suitable for use with rack or shelf mount computing systems, for example, are disclosed. The modular center generally includes a modular computing module including an intermodal shipping container and computing systems mounted within the container and configured to be shipped and operated within the container and a temperature control system for maintaining the air temperature surrounding the computing systems. The intermodal shipping container may be configured in accordance to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container manufacturing standards or otherwise configured with respect to height, length, width, weight, and/or lifting points of the container for transport via an intermodal transport infrastructure. The modular design enables the modules to be cost effectively built at a factory and easily transported to and deployed at a data center site.

Abstract: An Intermodal container, also known as an ISO Ocean Freight Container is suitable for the dual purposes of bio-containment and also Intermodal shipping. Provision is made for the introduction of water, oxygen or other liquids or gasses to be treated into the container, for exit of liquids or gasses generated or converted in the container, and for the monitoring of biological processes occurring within the container, all in a liquid impervious container. Improved air ducts and flow paths are provided, while the effects of shrinkage and channeling are reduced, through a strategically placed and relative percentage of openings through the floor. Further improvements in air distribution are achieved by an elimination or substantial reduction in percentage of opening through the floor in areas immediately adjacent to the container side walls. The flooring incorporates a self-cleaning hole design which increases in diameter with increasing distance from the container contents.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a cold air supply device is provided. The refrigerator includes an evaporator and the cold air supply device mounted at a rear surface of a storage compartment to cover the evaporator. The cold air supply device includes a plurality of discharge holes formed in a front surface and both lateral surfaces thereof to discharge cold air, which was heat exchanged by the evaporator, toward front and lateral sides of the cold air supply device.

Abstract: An assembly for installation in a refrigerator provides an enclosure for conducting service lines therethrough and an air filter unit mounted to the enclosure. The air filter unit includes an air filter housing that contains an air filter and includes openings for the ingress of air from the refrigerator which, after passing through the air filter, is discharged to the refrigerator interior through discharge openings in the air filter housing. Means such as a fan is provided to establish a flow of air through the air filter housing. The air filter unit has utility separately from the enclosure for conducting service lines in which case the air filter housing includes first and second portions that are pivotally connected to one another. The air filter within the air filter housing is supported by one of the first and second portions of the air filter housing.

Abstract: A cooling appliance (1) with circulated air cooling, comprising at least one cooling chamber (2) for reception of stock (3) to be cooled, at least one channel (4) for cooling air (5) and a coldness generator (12) for generating cooling air (5), wherein the channel (4) provides a fluid-conducting connection of the coldness generator (12) with the cooling chamber (2) and opens into the cooling chamber (2) by an outlet opening (6), wherein a jet forming means (7) is provided and wherein the jet forming means (7) is formed by a nozzle element (18) and/or by a spacer (10), by which the stock (3) to be cooled is kept at a spacing from the outlet opening (6), at the outlet opening (6). A precise, uniform and energy-saving temperature conditioning of the stock (3), which is to be cooled, in the cooling chamber (2) is made possible by the invention.

Abstract: An assembly for installation in a refrigerator provides comprises an enclosure for conducting service lines therethrough and an air filter unit mounted to the enclosure. The air filter unit includes an air filter housing that contains an air filter and includes openings for the ingress of air from the refrigerator which, after passing through the air filter, is discharged to the refrigerator interior through discharge openings in the air filter housing. Means such as a fan is provided to establish a flow of air through the air filter housing. The air filter unit has utility separately from the enclosure for conducting service lines in which case the air filter housing includes first and second portions that are pivotally connected to one another. The air filter within the air filter housing is supported by one of the first and second portions of the air filter housing.

Abstract: Modular data centers with modular components suitable for use with rack or shelf mount computing systems, for example, are disclosed. The modular center generally includes a modular computing module including an intermodal shipping container and computing systems mounted within the container and configured to be shipped and operated within the container and a temperature control system for maintaining the air temperature surrounding the computing systems. The intermodal shipping container may be configured in accordance to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container manufacturing standards or otherwise configured with respect to height, length, width, weight, and/or lifting points of the container for transport via an intermodal transport infrastructure. The modular design enables the modules to be cost effectively built at a factory and easily transported to and deployed at a data center site.

Abstract: Provided is a high-performance heat exchanger. A porous material is formed on one side of the heat exchanger. The porous material exchanges heat with a coolant pipe and/or a fin. Pores formed in the porous material improve exchanging heat with the air, thereby improving a heat exchanging performance of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser (100) includes an upright, open-front, insulated cabinet (110) defining a product display area (125) connected in airflow communication with a compartment (120) via an air circulation circuit (122, 114, 116). An evaporator (40) and a plurality of spaced fans (70) are disposed in a forced draft arrangement within compartment (120) with flow baffle (150) disposed therebetween to provide increased flow resistance whereby a more uniform velocity profile is provided entering the evaporator.

Abstract: Food products are frozen or cooled within a housing chamber defined by side walls between an ceiling and floor and having a cryogen supply, a food products conveyor extending into the chamber disposed between the ceiling and floor, by transporting the food products on the conveyor; the chamber containing at least one impingement hood disposed above the conveyor; the impingement hood including a shell including a top, opposed edges and opposed side walls supporting an impinger containing openings. Gas and solid or liquid cryogen are mixed within the impingement hood, the mixture of gas and cryogen are directed to the impinger, and impingement jets of the mixture are directed through an impingement plate onto the food products transported on the conveyor.

Abstract: An air conditioning device using a false ceiling (2) and ensuring air diffusion along walls by providing intake of treated air into a volume created by the gap between the ceiling (1), the sealed false ceiling (2) and the walls (3), comprising spacers (4) between the wall and the section (6) fixing on edge the false ceiling, of slight width parallel to the wall and uniformly spaced, the spacers, fixed on the wall or on the section fixing on edge the false ceiling, providing a gap between the wall and the false ceiling, so as to enable air diffusion over the entire periphery of the premises. The device is provided with one or several beads (7) clipped between the section and the wall so as to close the gap in the zones where air diffusion should be blocked.

Abstract: Air conditioning system including an outdoor unit, a compact indoor unit, air supply duct, air discharge duct, and preheat exchanger. An indoor heat exchanger in the indoor unit has a space therein in communication with a room, a fan in the indoor unit provided in the space draws air and discharges through the indoor heat exchanger. A ventilation guide duct in the indoor unit is provided on an underside of the indoor heat exchanger for guiding the external air to the room through the fan, and the room air to the outside of the room. The air supply duct and the air discharge duct have one ends connected to the ventilation guide duct for guiding the external air to the room, and the room air to the outside of the room, respectively. The preheat exchanger is provided in the middle of the air supply duct and the air discharge duct, for indirect heat exchange of the external air and the room air passing through the air supply duct and the air discharge duct.

Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioning system including an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, and air supply and air discharge duct. The outdoor unit includes a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger, and the indoor unit in a ceiling includes an indoor heat exchanger, a fan, guide means, and a preheat exchanger. The indoor heat exchanger has a space therein in communication with a room, and the fan is in the space for drawing air and discharging through the indoor heat exchanger. The guide means is provided on an underside of the indoor heat exchanger, for guiding the external air to the room through the fan, and the room air to an outside of the room. The preheat exchanger is arranged adjacent to, and in communication with the guide means, for indirect heat exchange of the external air and room air passing therethrough.

Abstract: A forced air cooler (10) includes a cabinet (20) defining a lower chamber (30) wherein product is stored and an upper chamber (40) housing a pair of fans (62) and (64) positioned intermediate spaced evaporators (52) and (54). A wire rack (90) disposed on the floor of the cabinet (20) supports the product off the floor and includes integral side fences (94) and (96) which serve to space the product away from the side walls (26) and (28) of the cabinet. The fans (62) and (64) draw air through the evaporators (52) and (54), respectively, and direct the cooing air through the openings provided by the slots (68) in the diffuser plate (66) to provide a uniformly distributed flow of cooling air, at its coolest condition, downwardly into the lower chamber (30) to pass over the product stored therein.

Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus has discharging openings, each of which is disposed near a corresponding one of passenger seats. Accordingly, air discharged from air outlets does not flow so as to concentrate on one discharging opening and instead flows toward the respective discharging openings. Therefore, the air blown from the air outlets is prevented from being mixed, thereby being capable of separately controlling the temperatures of the compartments on the respective passenger seats.

Abstract: A refrigerated merchandiser includes a display case 10 having an open front and defining a product display space 30 wherein product 15 is hung for display and customer access on a peg bar support system 50. Refrigerated air passes into the product display space 30 through a back panel 24 perforated with air inlet holes 48. A baffle plate 60 lies superadjacent the peg bar support system 50 and is positioned relative thereto so as to provide an airflow gap 65 between its rearward edge 64 and the back panel 24 and an airflow gap 63 between its forward edge 62 and the tag moulding 58 of the peg bar support system 50. Refrigerated air passes through the rearward and forward airflow gaps to cool the product displayed on the peg bar support system. Additionally, the baffle plate may be perforated with a plurality of holes to provide additional airflow passages 70 through which further refrigerated air may pass to cool the product displayed on the peg bar support system.

Abstract: An air conditioning device using a false ceiling (2) and ensuring air diffusion along walls by providing intake of treated air into a volume created by the gap between the ceiling (1), the sealed false ceiling (2) and the walls (3), comprising spacers (4) between the wall and the section (6) fixing on edge the false ceiling, of slight width parallel to the wall and uniformly spaced, the spacers, fixed on the wall or on the section fixing on edge the false ceiling, providing a gap between the wall and the false ceiling, so as to enable air diffusion over the entire periphery of the premises. The device is provided with one or several beads (7) clipped between the section and the wall so as to close the gap in the zones where air diffusion should be blocked.

Abstract: A refrigerator airflow distribution assembly includes an airflow diverter in flow communication with freezer compartment air. The diverter includes a primary flow path and at least one diverter opening therethrough, and together with a cover forms a secondary flow path in flow communication with the first flow path through the diverter opening. Freezer compartment air is directed to the primary flow path, and a portion of the air in the primary flow path flows through the diverter openings and into the secondary flow path, and is introduced to the fresh food compartment through one or more vents in the cover. Metered airflow through the diverter reduces temperature gradients in the refrigerator, as well as provides a regulated temperature source for a storage drawer in the fresh food storage compartment.

Abstract: A tortilla cooling conveyor with distributed air diffusion (10) having a a housing (12) with chambers separated by a perforated top baffle plate (18T) and a perforated bottom baffle plate (18B). A plurality of perforated conveyors have curved guides at opposite distal ends to orientate the tortillas. Coils/fan are located in the bottom chamber to produce cool dry air which desiccates and reduces the temperature of the newly manufactured tortillas.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a large capacity refrigeration system for developing a flow of cold air that is impinged, preferably through top and side nozzles, upon food items placed within an internal cavity of the appliance to quickly freeze or chill the food items. An additional small capacity refrigeration system is provided to maintain a desired temperature within the cavity when the rapid cooling is not needed. Preferably, an impingement air diffuser arrangement is provided to direct the air flow and includes partition members to divide the internal cavity into subspaces for different food packages, with varying cooling rates being permissible between the various sub-spaces. A vertically adjustable shelf is provided which cooperates with blocking plates which move up and down with the shelf and function to block air flow through nozzles arranged below the shelf such that all of the developed air flow is used for direct impingement on the food product.

Abstract: A refrigerated showcase has a front opening through which a consumer can view and access foodstuffs on display. The foodstuffs are cooled by coolant air introduced through a slanted, perforated, interior panel located near a rear wall of the showcase. An air curtain directed downwardly at the front opening minimizes coolant air loss through the opening. Lips are applied and extended from edges of vertical sides of the access opening to reduce the loss of coolant air through the air curtain. Thus, relative flows of the coolant air and the air curtain are maintained inside the showcase.

Abstract: An air flow chamber for cooking or chilling using alternating horizontal air flow has an air heating or cooling apparatus and an air recirculating flow control mechanism for forcing heated or cooled air through an enclosure wherein said air is alternatingly directed horizontally through said enclosure in a first cycle in one horizontal direction and in a second cycle in the opposite direction.

Abstract: A refrigerated display cabinet (10) has a chamber (12) accessible via the doors (12) of the cabinet. The bottommost shelf (16) in the chamber is a substantially imperforate shelf which is spaced from the bottom wall (17) of the chamber to form a duct-like passage through which air is drawn by a fan (15). The air is directed past an evaporator (17) of a refrigerating mechanism so as to be cooled. The cooled air is recirculated into the chamber (12) by passing it through apertures in a perforate inclined rear internal wall (18) of the chamber. The remainder of the cooled air is directed downwardly through openings (24) at the top of the chamber past the front of the shelves.

Abstract: Generally, A system for providing fluid flow through a structural arrangement is described. Specifically, a containment system for a modular gas system is described.In the present invention, air flow enters an encasement entry port. The air travel through a channel to a mounting plane enter surface area. The air flow is directed through the mounting plane and then through the modular gas system. From there, air flow is directed within an encasement towards an exit port. The air then enters a capture system which contains any gas that may have escaped the gas system and vents off purified air.In an alternate embodiment, the channel couples the gas system exit surface area to the exit port. In another alternate embodiment, the channel couples the mounting plane exit surface area to the exit port. In yet another embodiment, the channel couples the entry port to the gas system enter surface area.

Abstract: A concentrated cool air supply device for refrigerators is disclosed. In the device, a branch duct is branched from the cool air passage to guide the cool air to the door. A door duct is formed on the door to receive the cool air from the branch duct. The door duct has a plurality of air outlet openings on a cover plate. The outlet openings of the door duct are selectively opened by a slide panel, thus concentrically discharging the cool air from the door duct into a desired portion of the compartment. In order to move the slide panel, the device also has a motor, a rotatable link and a connecting rod. The link is coupled to the motor, thus being selectively rotated by the motor, while the connecting rod is connected to the link and the slide panel at both ends.

Abstract: A refrigeration compartment door for refrigerators, provided with a door duct capable of introducing cool air to the interior of a refrigeration compartment, is disclosed. The door includes a main body having an insulating layer therein and a door duct provided in the insulating layer. Also, the door duct has at least two more branch ducts, so cool air, introduced from a cabinet of a refrigerator to the door duct, is separately introduced into the branch ducts. An insulating member is mounted to the door duct and has a plurality of first discharging holes in order to allow the cool air to be discharged into the interior of the refrigeration compartment passing through the door duct. Thus, a wide temperature difference between the interior of the refrigeration compartment and the door duct is reduced by the insulating member.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for adjusting the temperature of cargo in a container by adjusting the temperature of air within a chamber and then circulating the temperature-adjusted or conditioned air through a series of passages in the ceiling, sidewalls, floor and cargo compartment.

Abstract: An improved cooling air distribution apparatus for a refrigerator which is capable of easily installing a rack at a predetermined position in a refrigerator compartment by changing the structure of a rack and a cooling air distribution duct as well as distributing a cooling air in multiple directions, for thus enhancing a cooling air circulation efficiency in the refrigerator, which includes a plurality of receiving groove formed in a front surface of the cooling air distribution duct and each side wall surface in the refrigerator compartment, a plurality of cooling air inlet formed in the engaging groove for introducing the cooling air into the refrigerator compartment, and an opening/closing unit hinged to a reverse side of each cooling air inlet for opening/closing the cooling air inlet, and a rack duct insertable into each engaging groove and each cooling air inlet for discharging the cooling air into the refrigerator compartment in multiple directions.

Abstract: A refrigerator having increased cooling efficiency is disclosed. A passage for the flow of the chilled air exhausted from a freezing compartment and a passage for the flow of the chilled air exhausted from a refrigerating compartment are separately formed. An attaching plate is installed near an evaporator in order to primarily cool and dehumidify the chilled air exhausted from the refrigerating compartment. The attaching plate is vertically installed and has a plurality of pores. A heat exchange between the chilled air from the refrigerating compartment and the attaching plate occurs. The humidity contained in the chilled air from the refrigerating compartment is transformed into frost attached to the attaching plate. The frost is transformed into water by a heater provided below an evaporator and the attaching plate and is exhausted outward.

Abstract: A fan guard of the freezing chamber in the refrigerator directs the cool air ejected from the cooling fan into the freezing chamber in quantities for shortening the time required for maintaining the optimum ambience of the freezing chamber, economizing the power consumed in the refrigerator and minimizing the cool air which collides against the fan guard and changes the advancing direction thereof to interfere the cooling fan to thereby decrease the noise. For attaining these effects, the fan guard is formed with plural cool air holes and projections for guiding flow of the cool air protrude between the cool air holes toward the cooling fan which circulates the cool air. In another embodiment, a single projection is located on the fan guard and formed between an adjacent pair of the cool air holes and placed along the same axis as the cooling fan.

Abstract: A ceiling mounted indoor unit (10) for an air conditioning system of the type that is generally recessed within a false or drop ceiling. The air conditioner has a fan (11) and heat exchanger (12) mounted within an enclosure (20). There is a primary fan suction inlet (31) and a fan discharge outlet (32) in the bottom wall (21) of the enclosure, and an auxiliary fan suction inlet (33) in a side wall (22) of the enclosure, so that at least some of the air entering the enclosure and passing through the heat exchanger will be drawn from the space between the false ceiling and the true ceiling. Air reenters the interceiling space through holes and gaps in the false ceiling. The auxiliary fan suction inlet reduces radiated noise and improves air flow distribution in the room served by the air conditioner.

Abstract: An indirectly cooled type cold storage unit adapted to effectively remove ethylene gas generated from storage products, and which can be easily handled during assembly, comprises a heat-insulating outer housing, an inner housing of high heat-conductive material located in the outer housing with a space therebetween and defining therein a storage chamber, and a cooling device for circulating cold air in the space between the outer and inner housings whereby the inner housing is cooled so as to indirectly cool the storage chamber and its contents. An adsorbing and decomposing sheet-like agent composed of ethylene decomposing catalyst and active carbon is provided in communication with the inside of the storage chamber in a manner such that the ethylene gas passes only through the box and not through the space between the two housings.

Abstract: A cooler chest has an open top which may be covered or uncovered by removable doors. A plurality of downwardly directed jets around the upper periphery of the chest forces cold air into the bottom of the chest, thereby displacing warm air from the chest and into the ambient atmosphere. The cold air in the chest is drawn through an evaporator coil for further cooling and then returned to the jets at the upper periphery for a continued cooling of the chest.

Abstract: Ripening retardation chamber apparatus includes a plenum chamber having a generally open side against which is disposed a pallet full of boxes containing produce. The boxes include openings to allow cooled and moistened air to flow therethrough. An evaporative cooling system is used to provide a flow of cool, moist air into the plenum chamber. The air flow is such as to cause the cooled, moistened air to flow from the plenum chamber through the cartons or boxes of produce. The flow of air causes the heat and ethylene gas produced by the ripening produce to be moved out of the boxes, thus retarding the ripening process. The presence of moisture in the air reduces weight loss of the produce and improves the outer appearance of the produce.

Abstract: A refrigerator has freezing and refrigerating compartments arranged above and below one another. A hollow duct extends vertically through said freezing and refrigerating compartments and receives a flow of cool air at its upper end. The duct includes vertically spaced holes through which the cool air is discharged into the freezing and refrigerating compartments. The duct is freely rotatable about its longitudinal axis and carries fins arranged at the discharge holes such that the discharging cool air impinges against the fins to cause the duct to rotate.

Abstract: A central air conditioning unit with a blower and feed duct is provided with a filter unit between the blower and the air outlet into the space applied with the conditioned air. The filter unit has both a sorption filter and a suspended filter and is constructed and arranged to form a sound barrier, i.e. a sound-damping or sound-blocking system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus in which a container is provided with a refrigeration facility. A holder for holding carbon dioxide snow is placed within the interior of the container so that the carbon dioxide snow is in gaseous communication with the interior of the container. The holder or a continuous wall region of the holder, constituting about 15% of the total wall area of the holder, is fabricated of a flexible material that is at least substantially impermeable to the carbon dioxide snow and permeable to gaseous carbon dioxide. Additionally, a combination container and holder is disclosed along with a combination holder and support structure. The support structure is attachable to the container to support the holder so that the carbon dioxide snow is in gaseous communication with the interior of the container.

Abstract: A commercial food preparation refrigerator unit, comprising a food storage chamber disposed under a food preparation table and in which a unique baffle controls circulation of refrigerated air whereby to maintain condiments and/or ingredients in the chamber and foodstuffs in separate trays extending from the table into the chamber, at a uniform refrigerated temperature.

Abstract: Heatpipe elements having a thin flat, rectangular geometry are contstructed according to known heatpipe techniques. An electronic circuit module incorporating multiple discrete and integrated circuit elements is integrally imbedded into a recessed top exterior surface of each heatpipe element. The heatpipe elements are longer in one dimension that the circuit modules imbedded therein, the excess length being partitioned equally on each side of a circuit module. The remaining opposing edges of each circuit module equally overhanging the lateral edges of the heatpipe are configured as area array connectors. The resultant heatpipe/circuit module forms bilateral thermal contact areas for thermally contacting complementary surfaces of immediately adjoining heatpipe/circuit modules. Circuit modules electrically contact preceding and succeeding circuit modules via stacking connectors interposed between the respective area array connectors.

Abstract: An auxiliary, portable storage and cooling unit in combination with a primary source of refrigerated air providing a secondary source of refrigerated air formed of a housing having an upper product storage compartment and a fan driven refrigerated air flow path including an air inlet duct for connection to the primary source of refrigerated air, an air inlet chamber, air distribution ducts, and air distribution chambers for feeding refrigerated air into the storage compartment.

Abstract: A high humidity refrigeration apparatus and method are disclosed. The high humidity refrigeration apparatus has an air inlet at a top thereof and an air outlet in a front thereof. The arrangement is such that when the high humidity refrigeration apparatus is fitted at one end of a chamber, such as a shipping container, goods in stacks, such as on pallets, can be loaded into the chamber from the other end of the chamber. Because the air which exits the outlet is the coldest and of the highest humidity available from the apparatus it is then caused to contact those goods which have been first loaded into the chamber before it contacts any subsequently loaded goods. This ensures that the first loaded goods are always kept as cold and in as high a humidity environment as possible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling system for a heating body to cool the heating body by ebullition and evaporation of a liquid refrigerant, wherein a liquid return pipe passing through a connecting pipe which connects an evaporation vessel and a condenser is branched off from said connecting pipe on the evaporation vessel side to open at its one end in the bottom of said evaporation vessel, in order to smooth the return of the refrigerant evaporated and liquified again into the evaporation vessel and to maintain a stable cooling effect.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preservation method and preservation apparatus which are suitable for preserving perishable goods for a long period of time. A method of the present invention is characterized by removing from the refrigerating chamber such harmful aging substances as ethylene or volatile base nitrogen triethylamine which are released from the perishable goods being preserved in a refrigerating chamber and which cause additional maturation and aging. In order to realize this method, an apparatus of the present invention is characterized by comprising adsorption materials which have adsorptivity to adsorb these harmful aging substances and are disposed in the refrigerating chamber for preserving the perishable goods.