US 12,110,171 B2
Integrated fan grille for a cooling machine in a reefer container
Ole Haugstrup Bjerg, Rodekro (DK)
Assigned to Maersk Container Industry A/S, Tinglev (DK)
Appl. No. 16/471,167
Filed by Maersk Container Industry A/S, Tinglev (DK)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/082900
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/114621, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 28, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2016 71023 (DK), filed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0017290 A1, Jan. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. F25D 11/00 (2006.01); B65D 88/74 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 88/741 (2013.01) [F25D 11/003 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooling machine for a reefer container, the cooling machine comprising:
a back plate extending substantially in a plane and comprising a plurality of openings through the back plate, the plurality of openings thereby providing a grille or grating that is integrally formed with the back plate and that extends substantially in said plane; and
one or more evaporator fans, operable to draw air from an interior of the reefer container into the cooling machine, through the grille or grating, and
wherein: (i) the plurality of openings defines a mesh structure, which is more dense in one or more local areas compared to a remaining part of the mesh structure, (ii) each of the one or more local areas is at least partly aligned with at least one of the one or more evaporator fans and the remaining part of the mesh structure is not aligned with any of the one or more evaporator fans, (iii) the one or more evaporator fans comprise a first and a second evaporator fan, the grille or grating covering the first and second evaporator fans, (iv) each of the first and second evaporator fans is aligned with one of the one or more local areas, and (v) one or more of the plurality of openings are disposed between the first and second evaporator fans.