Title:
APPARATUS FOR COOLING AN OBJECT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/007165
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Apparatus (10) for cooling an object in contact therewith, comprises: a body (12) defining a sealed chamber (14) containing a refrigerant (16). The sealed chamber (14) has a first part (18) and a second part (20) spaced from the first part (18), with the second part (20) housing an adsorbent (22) configured to adsorb the refrigerant (16). The body (12) includes a valve arrangement (24) which is moveable from a closed configuration for isolating liquid refrigerant (16) in the first part (18) when not adsorbed in the adsorbent (22), to an open configuration for allowing refrigerant vapour to flow from the first (18) part to the second part (20).
Inventors:
FRANZEN NICHOLAS SCOTT (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2010/051144
Publication Date:
April 28, 2011
Filing Date:
July 13, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SPECMAT LTD (GB)
FRANZEN NICHOLAS SCOTT (GB)
FRANZEN NICHOLAS SCOTT (GB)
International Classes:
F25B17/08; F25B27/00
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
EVENS, Paul Jonathan (St. Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5PD, GB)
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