IP Library Patent Application 11996386
Patent Application
App. No. 11/996,386

HEAT EXCHANGE TYPE COOLING DEVICE

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App. No.
11/996,386
Abstract

A heat exchange type cooling device includes an enclosure, an inside-air passage allowing inside air in the inside of the enclosure to flow through the inside-air passage and returning the flowing inside air to the inside, an outside-air passage allowing outside air at the outside of the enclosure to flow through the outside-air passage and returning the flowing outside air to the outside, an inside-air blower sending the inside air to the inside-air passage, an outside-air blower sending the outside air to the outside-air passage, a heat-exchanging element exchanging heat between the outside air flowing through the outside-air passage and the inside air flowing through the inside-air passage, and a heater for heating the inside air. The outside-air passage is independent from the inside-air passage. The heater is provided upstream of the heat-exchanging element in the inside-air passage. This heat exchange type cooling device can heat and cool the inside of the enclosure while preventing dust and moisture from entering into the inside of the enclosure.

Claims (30)

1 . A heat exchange type cooling device comprising:

an enclosure partitioning between an inside and an outside;

an inside-air passage allowing inside air in the inside of the enclosure to flow through the inside-air passage and returning the flowing inside air to the inside;

an outside-air passage allowing outside air at the outside of the enclosure to flow through the outside-air passage and returning the flowing outside air to the outside, the outside-air passage being independent from the inside-air passage;

an inside-air blower sending the inside air to the inside-air passage;

an outside-air blower sending the outside air to the outside-air passage;

a heat-exchanging element exchanging heat between the outside air flowing through the outside-air passage and the inside air flowing through the inside-air passage; and

a heater for heating the inside air, the heater being provided upstream of the heat-exchanging element in the inside-air passage.

2 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 1 , wherein the inside-air blower sends the inside air in an airflow direction; and

the heater has an airflow surface arranged perpendicularly to the airflow direction.

3 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 1 , wherein the heater includes a first heating element and a second heating element having characteristics different from each other.

4 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 3 , wherein

the inside-air blower sends the inside air in an airflow direction; and

the first heating element and the second heating element have airflow surfaces arranged perpendicularly to the airflow direction.

5 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 3 , wherein

the first heating element includes

a first heating body, and

a first holder holding the first heating body, and

the second heating element includes

a second heating body, and

a second holder holding the second heating element.

6 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 5 , wherein the second holder has a structure identical to a structure of the first holder.

7 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 5 , wherein the second heating element has a structure identical to a structure of the first heating element.

8 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 1 , wherein the heater includes

a heating body, and

a thermal fuse operating according to a temperature of the heating body.

9 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 8 , wherein

the heating body has an airflow surface, and

the thermal fuse is positioned near the airflow surface.

10 . The heat exchange type cooling device of claim 1 , further comprising a thermolabel having an appearance changing according to a temperature of the heater.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021818/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2008
From: FUNADA, NAOYUKI; NAKANO, YUUJI; HAGIMOTO, KEISUKE; YAMAGUCHI, TOSHIKAZU; MATSUMOTO, MUTSUHIKO; SAISHU, KAZUKI; SHIBATA, HIROSHI
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020960/0344 →