IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0074899
(1993-06-10)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Kiefer Kevin W. (Prior Lake MN) Gast Randal W. (Jordan MN) Sirotek
- Jr. Robert L. (Apple Valley MN)
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Thermo King Corporation (Minneapolis MN 02)
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
9 인용 특허 :
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초록
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A dual use kit of structural members, and method of using the kit to perform different functions during shipment and use of a transport refrigeration unit. Structural members of the kit initially form a shipping crate for a transport refrigeration unit, for protecting the transport refrigeration uni
A dual use kit of structural members, and method of using the kit to perform different functions during shipment and use of a transport refrigeration unit. Structural members of the kit initially form a shipping crate for a transport refrigeration unit, for protecting the transport refrigeration unit during shipment from a manufacturer to a user. The transport refrigeration unit is mounted on the outer surface of a predetermined trailer wall such that the return air plenum extends into a conditioned space defined by the trailer. Structural members of the shipping crate are convertible by the user to form an air return bulkhead adjacent to an inner surface of the predetermined wall of a trailer, to direct trailer air into the return air plenum of the transport refrigeration unit.
대표청구항
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A method of using first, second, third and fourth elongated angle members each having first and second right-angled leg portions and longitudinal axes, and first and second panel members, during shipment of a transport refrigeration unit, and also during subsequent use of the transport refrigeration
A method of using first, second, third and fourth elongated angle members each having first and second right-angled leg portions and longitudinal axes, and first and second panel members, during shipment of a transport refrigeration unit, and also during subsequent use of the transport refrigeration unit, comprising the steps of: dimensioning the first and second angle members to function as first and second vertical corner members of a shipping crate for the transport refrigeration unit, and also as first and second side members of an air return bulkhead for the transport refrigeration unit when the transport refrigeration unit is mounted on a wall of a trailer having a space to be conditioned by the transport refrigeration unit, dimensioning the third and fourth angle members to function as third and fourth vertical corner members of the shipping crate, and also as first and second intermediate support members of the air return bulkhead, dimensioning the first and second panel members to function as first and second vertical sides of the shipping crate, and also to collectively function as a single bulkhead panel member of the air return bulkhead, using the first, second, third and fourth angle members to form vertically oriented corners of the shipping crate, including the step of fixing predetermined ends of the first, second, third and fourth angle members to a common support base, using the first and second panel members to form first and second sides of the shipping crate, including the steps of fixing the first panel member to the first and second angle members, and fixing the second panel member to a predetermined one of the first and second angle members and to a predetermined one of the third and fourth angle members, mounting the transport refrigeration unit on the shipping crate, shipping the transport refrigeration unit and shipping crate to a user, disassembling the shipping crate, mounting the transport refrigeration unit on an outer surface of a predetermined wall of the trailer such that a return air plenum of the transport refrigeration unit extends for a predetermined dimension into the trailer through an opening in the predetermined trailer wall, mounting the first and second angle members in horizontally spaced, side-by-side vertical orientation to an inner surface of the predetermined trailer wall, on opposite sides of the extension of the return air plenum into the trailer, mounting the third and fourth angle members to the inner surface of the predetermined trailer wall, between the first and second angle members, and mounting the first and second panel members in vertically aligned edge-to-edge relation against the first, second, third and fourth angle members to cooperatively form the single bulkhead panel member, with the bulkhead panel member forming a bulkhead wall in spaced relation with the inner surface of the predetermined trailer wall which enables trailer air to flow between the bulkhead wall and inner surface of the predetermined trailer wall and into the return air plenum.
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