TEMPERATURREGELUNG FUER MEHRERE ABTEILE EINES KRAFTFAHRZEUGES.

摘要

A multicompartmented road vehicle e.g. a six-lane delivery truck 16 has a separate refrigerator system 18 or 19 for each lane 17, governed by a separate theremostat 24 in each case. The corresponding condensers 20 are conveniently arranged in a bank or accumulation. A common generator 21, preferably supplied with a sequencing arrangement to prevent start-up overload or casual overload generates the electrical power to drive the refrigeration systems. The cost of initial installation is an acceptable proportion of the cost of a heavy truck, the cost of maintenance is less than for maintenance of complex valving, ducting and internal prioritizing logic systems as in interconnected refrigeration systems of the prior art, and the mass and size of the installation is again compatible with the truck size and shape. Thus the normally counterindicated provision of separate rather than shared systems has unexpected advantage. Also, the single on-board generator would be powerful enough to operate loading and unloading equipment when desired.