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Cooler for automotive use

  • US 4,658,599 A
  • Filed: 12/17/1985
  • Issued: 04/21/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A compressorless cooler for cooling a parked automotive vehicle comprising:

  • a liquid coolant filled evaporator provided on a ceiling of a passenger compartment of said vehicle, a radiator provided in a location in said vehicle which is not exposed to direct rays of the sun and which is ventilated, a heat pipe connecting said evaporator and said radiator, a valve provided in series with said heat pipe for regulating the flow of coolant vapor through said heat pipe, solar cells, a return pipe through which coolant liquefied in said heat sink is returned to said evaporator, a noncompressing pump for circulating said liquid coolant, said pump being provided in said return pipe and being operated by power generated by said solar cells, and fans provided in the vicinity of said evaporator and said radiator and which are also operated on power generated by said solar cells.

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