Chest Mounted Armored Microclimate Conditioned Air Device.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a unit for cooling by the utilization of a circulating stream of fluid, that is, air. In one embodiment of the present invention, the unit comprises a housing with four enclosed sidewalls, and enclosed bottom, and a face with a covering of a material having an impact resistance characteristic. The sidewalls include two oppositely disposed sidewalls, one with an entrance opening and the other with an exit opening. The entrance opening is capable of receiving a fluid having a predetermined flow rate and the exit opening is capable of passing the fluid out of the housing. The unit further comprises a plurality of tubes arranged, in a side-by-side manner, within the housing and containing a refrigerant therein. The housing is filled with polystyrene. In another embodiment, the unit is used as part of a personal cooling apparatus that also comprises a garment, and a plurality of fluid couplers. The garment has vents and is capable of being donned by a user. The garment, in one embodiment, completely covers and encompasses the user except for the head and the hands, while in another embodiment the head may also be covered. The personal cooling apparatus further comprises a source having an input, and an output.