Refrigeration inventions 03/07

20070068172 - Liquid cooling system: A liquid cooling system includes a heat-absorbing unit, a heat-dissipating unit, at least one pipe, a coolant and a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field. The pipe interconnects the heat-absorbing unit and the heat-dissipating unit, thereby the heat-absorbing unit, the heat-dissipating unit and the pipe cooperatively form a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070068173 - Application and removal of thermal interface material: A method, system and apparatus are described. The apparatus includes a first device to adjust a polarity associated with a thermoelectric (TEC) module. The adjustment is to control the flow of heat. The flow of heat is directed toward a thermal interface material (TIM) in order to melt the TIM... Agent: Intel/blakely

20070068174 - Cooler with thermoelectric cooling apparatus: An apparatus for cooling foodstuffs using a thermoelectric cooling module, which is aided by a heatsink formed from a planer sheet into a corrugated fin. The heatsink has a series of land and grooves, which are spaced apart from each other by a substantially planer intermediate portion. The heatsink further... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070068175 - Control system for actively cooled cryogenic biological preservation unit: A control system for an actively cooled cryogenic biological preservation unit wherein vapor flow into or out of the unit or a proxy thereof is sensed by a flow sensor signaling a controller which modulates cryocooler refrigeration into the unit.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070068176 - Controlled storage of liquefied gases: A method and apparatus for the controlled storage of liquefied gases such as liquefied natural gas in an enclosed insulated container, in which part of the liquid is withdrawn and fed to an external refrigeration unit for subcooling and the subcooled liquid is reintroduced into the container via one or... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20070068177 - Storage vessel for cryogenic liquid: A storage vessel comprises a condenser for condensing boil-off vapor by direct heat exchange with cryogenic liquid feed to the vessel. The condenser comprises a packed arrangement of vapor-liquid contact packing that comprises a top end portion and a bottom end portion. At least said top end portion is open... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070068178 - Heat pump: A heat pump of the present invention has a compressor and an expander coupled with a common axis of rotation, a first throttling device disposed in a circulation passage of refrigerant, and a second throttling device disposed in a bypass passage diverted from the expander. A control device controls the... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070068179 - Hvac twinning control: A control is provided for a first HVAC unit that is coupled to a common duct shared with at least one other HVAC unit. The control comprises a twinning connection for communication with at least a second control of another HVAC unit, and a voltage signal applied to the twinning... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070068180 - Refrigerator and method for controlling the same: A refrigerator which includes a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a first evaporator and a second evaporator corresponding to the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment, respectively, a compressor compressing refrigerant to be supplied to the first and second evaporators, a first fan and a second fan supplying cool... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070068183 - Intelligent lighting supply: r

20070068182 - Method for controlling a compressor for conveying a pressure medium in a level adjustment system of a motor vehicle: In a method for controlling a compressor (2) in a closed level adjustment system, the actual compressor temperature is continuously determined, at least during operation of the compressor, and the compressor (2) is disconnected when it reaches a threshold temperature. Admission pressure and counter-pressure of the compressor are taken into... Agent: Gerlinde M. Nattler Continental Teves, Inc.

20070068181 - Method of controlling compressor for refrigerator and apparatus thereof: A method of controlling compressor for refrigerator and apparatus thereof are disclosed to control an operation of the compressor by optimum efficiency by changing freezing capacity of the compressor. The apparatus controls a rotation direction of the compressor installed in the refrigerator and changes the freezing capacity of the compressor... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070068184 - Geothermal exchange system incorporating a thermally superconducting medium: A geothermal heating and cooling system is thermally coupleable to a ground coil formed from a thermal superconductor material. The system includes a heat intensification circuit, a thermal superconductor heat exchange coil and a thermal switch coupling the intensifying heat exchanger to the superconductor heat exchanger, and a thermostat controller... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070068185 - Mounting system and method for mounting an air conditioner: A mounting system is provided for mounting an air conditioner on the exterior of a building adjacent to a window with an opening defined by a window frame having a lower sill and a height to an upper horizontal frame member. The air conditioner includes a main cabinet and a... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20070068186 - Refrigerated water pumping system: A refrigerated water pumping system provides high-pressure refrigerated water to misting nozzles situated in a livestock enclosure for housing livestock and adapted for converting the high-pressure refrigerated water into a fine mist or fog of water droplets at a target water temperature for evaporation in the enclosure to provide cooling... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20070068187 - Dual refrigerant refrigeration system and method: A dual refrigerant refrigerating system provides a refrigeration cycle in which a primary refrigerant cools a secondary refrigerant in a primary evaporator into a partially frozen state, in which a fusion portion thereof is frozen. The primary refrigerant thus absorbs a secondary latent heat from secondary refrigerant, including a latent... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20070068188 - Ice maker circuit: A refrigeration system for freezing fluid in a tray during a first operating mode and defrosting the ice during a second operating mode to facilitate the removal of the ice from the tray. In the first operating mode, refrigerant circulates through a circuit in a first direction and, in the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070068189 - Device for producing ice cubes in a refrigerator: The device comprises a basin-like container in which partitioning baffles define a plurality of cavities or moulds open at the top, intended to hold a respective quantity of water put into them by means of a solenoid valve, for the formation of corresponding ice cubes. An ejection device includes an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070068190 - Method and apparatus for water dispensing systems within a refrigerator: A fluid storage tank includes a wall defining a cavity therewithin. An inlet opening is formed through the wall and provides communication between a fluid source and the cavity. A projection and at least one obstruction are positioned within the cavity. The projection directs a flow of a fluid entering... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070068191 - Cold carbonation system for beverage dispenser with remote tower: A beverage dispensing system is characterized by an ice/beverage dispenser and a remote beverage tower. The dispenser has a cold plate, a carbonator pump and a carbonator tank and the tower has a carbonator tank. To chlll the tower carbonator tank, a dosed loop fluid circuit extends between and heat... Agent: Pyle & Piontek

20070068192 - Bottle cooler: A bottle cooler comprising an upwardly opening chamber having a base upon which a bottle may be located, the neck of the bottle extending from an opening of the chamber, an upwardly opening reservoir adjacent the chamber, a pump, a passage from the reservoir communicating with the chamber so that... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070068193 - Refrigerator and method for controlling operation of the same: Disclosed are a refrigerator, having a main body in which a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment having different preset storage temperatures are formed, and a compressor and a condenser to refrigerate each storage compartment, the refrigerator including: first and second evaporators corresponding to the first storage compartment... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070068194 - Pressure control valve: A pressure control valve includes a valve main body (10A) having a high-pressure refrigerant inlet port (11) and a low-pressure refrigerant outlet port (12); a valve seat-attached valved passageway (20) formed in the valve main body (10A) for decompressing and guiding the refrigerant from the high-pressure refrigerant inlet port (11)... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070062203 - Superconducting device having a cryogenic system and a superconducting switch: The superconducting device has a cryogenic system to whose first refrigerant there is thermally coupled a superconducting unit and a superconducting switching path, which is electrically connected to said unit and is to be activated thermally by a heater, of a superconducting switch. A first pipeline to whose end the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070062204 - Apparatus and methods for disinfecting components of an air conditioning system in a motor vehicle: A device for disinfecting components of an air conditioning system in a motor vehicle is provided. The device includes an ozone generator arranged in close proximity to an evaporator in the air conditioning system. The device further includes an electronic control unit configured to activate the ozone generator to produce... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070062205 - Atomized liquid jet refrigeration system: A system for controlling temperature includes an atomizer that forms micron-sized hydrogen-bonded refrigerant droplets within a chamber. A vacuum pump is coupled to the chamber to lower its interior pressure. Under these conditions, the refrigerant droplets evaporate while lowering the temperature of its immediate surrounding. The reduced pressure in the... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20070062206 - System and method for food safety inspection: A system and a method for monitoring and inspecting food safety is disclosed. The system adopts insert and use concept that only requires an initial push on a button to begin its function. The system provides visual alert for different conditions if food products are in unsafe status. The system... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070062207 - Heat source apparatus and method of starting the apparatus: After a chiller unit is started, an opening command of 10 pulses is output to an electronic expansion valve, and after a predetermined period of time (at the time of starting with unload) elapses, an opening command of 100 to 150 pulses is output to open the electronic expansion valve... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070062208 - Air conditioning unit for vehicles: A first casing includes a first baffle plate, and a second casing includes a second baffle plate. The second baffle plate is contiguous to a guide rib, which is disposed underneath the second baffle plate, having a horizontal side wall and a slanted side wall. A slit is defined between... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070062209 - Display case for foods: Display case (10) for foods comprising a display compartment (12) for a plurality of transparent containers (14) arranged inside a perimeter containing barrier (25) made with transparent panels (26a, 26b); the display compartment (12) is defined by a lower base (17), by a transparent upper covering element (19), by a... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070062210 - Refrigerated product merchandising unit: A refrigerated product merchandising unit for storing and displaying chilled products including a body member, a product holding container positionable within the body member, and a base member having a refrigeration unit associated therewith, the refrigeration unit being positionable within the body member and being adapted for providing cold air... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070062211 - Coil cleaner and method of operating a coil cleaner: A coil cleaner for a condenser coil of a refrigeration system includes a sweeper assembly. The sweeper assembly has a pair of parallel brushes. Two motors, one located on either side of the sweeper assembly, are coupled to a first and second screw. The sweeper assembly is connected to the... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20070062212 - Food dispensing machine: A food dispensing machine includes a product chamber with a dispensing valve connected to the product chamber and having an outlet through which a product contained in the product chamber is dispensed. The product chamber has a cleaning solution inlet connectable to a cleaning solution supply source for receiving cleaning... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP

20070062213 - Storage container for a refrigerator: A storage container for a refrigerator including a container box with a cut-out on a visible side of the container box when the container box is mounted in the refrigerator. The container box includes at least one rod mounted transversely through the cut-out. The rod engages in drillings embodied in... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070062214 - Accumulator of refrigeration cycle system: The present invention relates to an accumulator installed between a compressor and an evaporator of a refrigeration cycle system. The accumulator of the present invention comprises an inlet pipe through which refrigerant is introduced from the evaporator, an outlet pipe through which the evaporated refrigerant is delivered to the compressor,... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070062215 - Condenser: A condenser includes a pair of tanks, at least one of the tanks having a communicating hole, a condenser core arranged between the tanks and having fins and tubes fluidically connected with the tanks, and a connector having a connecting hole. A peripheral portion of the communicating hole is pressed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070062216 - Liquefied natural gas regasification configuration and method: Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is heated in a plant by a heat source and the heated LNG is expanded to produce work. In particularly preferred plants, the heat source is a combined cycle power plant, and the work is used to recompress pipeline gas produced from the heated LNG. Additionally,... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker LLP

20070056293 - Passive heat-dissipating fan system and electronic system containing the same: A passive heat-dissipating fan system comprises an air-providing device, a cold-end passive heat-dissipating assembly, a hot-end passive heat-dissipating assembly, a separation device capable of guiding airflow to the cold-end and hot-end passive heat-dissipating assemblies, and a cooling device which is disposed in the separation device and has cold and hot... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070056294 - Hot-cold cushion: A hot-cold cushion includes a heat/cool device, a connecting tube and a cushion with circulating pipes. The heat/cool device composed of a thermo semiconductor chip, a thermoconductor, a fan, a heat dissipation member, a box with liquid, and a hydraulic pump is connected with circulating pipes inside the cushion by... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070056296 - Liquid dispensing system and method: System and method of cooling and dispensing a liquid, such as a beverage. The system can include a liquid source, a cooling reservoir, a dispensing valve, and a liquid conduit. The liquid conduit can connect the liquid source to the dispensing valve. The liquid conduit can be constructed of a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070056295 - Solid-state water cooler: In one embodiment of the invention, a system for controlling the temperature of water in a water cooler includes a water reservoir having an inlet, an outlet, and a main body, a water supply coupled to the inlet and operable to deliver water to the water reservoir, a bubbler coupled... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070056297 - Low vibration cryocooler: Disclosed are a low vibration cryocooler and a method of reducing vibration in a cryocooler. The cryocooler can be a Stirling class cryocooler includes at least one motor that drives a mass, the motor having a main drive winding and a separate trim winding. A motor controller outputs a main... Agent: Patent Docket Administration Raytheon Systems Company

20070056298 - Automated fault detection system for local monitoring of residential and commercial air conditioning systems: An electronic monitoring system is provided to monitor for and sense faults in a residential or commercial air conditioning system that uses a chemical refrigerant. By monitoring the discharge pressure variable, a determination may be made concerning the condition of the air conditioning system and alert the home owner or... Agent: Carl Fiorletta

20070056299 - Modified thermostatic control for enhanced air quality: A method and system for supplementing a conventional temperature-controlled on-cycle for an HVAC unit with a complementary timer-controlled circuit that produces a programmed series of supplemental on-cycles of short duration for the HVAC unit during the conventional off-cycle is provided according to the invention. The purpose of such supplemental on-cycles... Agent: Glen E. Schumann C/o Moss & Barnett

20070056300 - System and method for capacity control in a multiple compressor chiller system: A capacity control algorithm for a multiple compressor liquid chiller system is provided wherein the speed and number of compressors in operation are controlled in order to obtain a leaving liquid temperature setpoint. In response to an increase in the load in the chiller system, the algorithm determines if a... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070056301 - Automatic climate control system for vehicle: An automatic climate control system for a vehicle determines actual sun load and a virtual sun load based on prescribed virtual heat load data and the external air temperature. A controller is configured to compare the actual sun load to the virtual sun load to obtain an optimized sun load... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070056302 - Cooling device: There is disclosed a highly efficient cooling device which can reduce energy consumption, and the cooling device comprises: a refrigeration cycle circuit including a compressor, a radiator, an expansion valve and an evaporator; a cooling container in which a cooling object is stored; and a hot water storage tank which... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070056303 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator including a main body forming a storage compartment to have an opening part in a front side thereof, and a door opening/closing the opening part and including an outer door plate and an inner door plate distanced each other to form a foaming space therebetween, includes a display... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070056304 - Method, arrangement and apparatus for facilitating environmental climate control of a building structure: A building structure includes means to utilize solar radiation to heat the building structure during relatively cold ambient environmental conditions and to cool the building structure during relatively hot ambient environmental conditions. The building structure includes chambered wall and floor constructions having integral heat sink masses. These integral heat sink... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20070056305 - Window type air conditioner: A window type air conditioner comprises: an indoor unit mounted inside a case positioned at the indoor side thus to be heat-exchanged with the indoor air; an outdoor heat exchanger mounted inside a case positioned at the outdoor side thus to be heat-exchanged with the outdoor air; and an outdoor... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070056306 - Refrigeration unit having an audio playback device: A refrigerator having a refrigeration unit comprising a cabinet and a door. The cabinet contains a plurality of items to be cooled or frozen. The refrigerator also includes an audio playback device having a memory and a speaker. The audio playback device is adapted to store a recorded audio soundtrack... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070056307 - Explosion-proof dehumidification system: The present invention relates to dehumidification equipment and more particularly, to a dehumidification system and method for use in hazardous locations. In particular, there is provided a desiccant wheel assembly for use in a dehumidification system. The desiccant wheel assembly includes a cabinet and a desiccant wheel rotatively mounted within... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070056308 - Refrigeration-type dryer apparatus and method: A method, apparatus, and means for air drying is provided. The invention provides a refrigerant system to cool a heat exchanger comprising a phase change material. Vaporous fluids, including compressed air and gas, may be cooled using the invention disclosed.... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP Washington Square, Suite 1100

20070056309 - Self-powered evaporative cooler: An indirect evaporative cooler assembly includes staggered wet and dry channels. An electric fan moves air through the assembly. Air passes through the wet channels where a material wicks moisture stored in a reservoir into the wet channels. As a result, the side walls of the wet channels are evaporatively... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070056311 - Heating and cooling apparatus: A heating and cooling apparatus includes a compressor for pumping a heat medium through a tubing device, a primary heat exchanger coupled to the compressor, a control device coupled to the primary heat exchanger and coupled to a intermediate heat exchanger to control the intermediate heat exchanger either to dissipate... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070056310 - Heating and cooling system: A heating and cooling system includes a compressor for pumping a heat medium through a tubing device, a heat exchanger coupled to the compressor for receiving compressed heat medium from the compressor, a flowing control device coupled to the heat exchanger, another heat exchanger coupled to the flowing control device... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070056312 - Cooling system: A cooling system provided with a first freezing circuit which comprises a first compressor, a first condenser, a first expansion mechanism and a first heat exchanger and in which a first refrigerant is circulated; a second freezing circuit which comprises a second compressor, a second heat exchanger, a second expansion... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070056313 - Medical ice slurry production device: The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing sterile ice slurries for medical cooling applications. The apparatus is capable of producing highly loaded slurries suitable for delivery to targeted internal organs of a patient, such as the brain, heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, pancreas, and others, through medical size diameter... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070056314 - Liquid dispenser: A liquid dispenser has a base, a reservoir removably attached to the base, a recess in the base for receiving a temperature-maintaining insert, and an outlet for dispensing a liquid stored in the reservoir. The base may also have a bowl for receiving the dispensed liquid, where the dispenser is... Agent: Law Office Of Marc D. Machtinger, Ltd.

20070056315 - Electrohydrodynamic condenser device: An electrohydrodynamic (EHD) condenser device includes a condenser installed with an EHD electrode. An electric field is generated upon a fluid of low conductivity inside a compressor device and an enhanced thermal conduction effect is then achieved since the electric field induces current convection, migration and deformity of bubble, increases... Agent: Hdsl

20070056316 - Method and apparatus for the production of purified liquids and vapors: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for the production of liquids and vapors that are free of, or substantially free of, dissolved or trapped gases. In one embodiment, a liquid is placed in a sealed vessel and subjected to a temperature below the freezing point of the liquid for... Agent: Mark Superko Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.

20070056317 - Removing contaminants from natural gas: A process for removing contaminants from a natural gas feed stream including water and sour species is provided, which process comprises the steps of cooling the natural gas feed stream in a first vessel (12) to a first operating temperature at which hydrates are formed and removing from the first... Agent: Yukiko Iwata C/o Shell Oil Company

20070056318 - Enhanced heavies removal/lpg recovery process for lng facilities: A LNG facility, and operating method therefor, capable of more efficiently and/or effectively removing heavy hydrocarbon components from the processed natural gas stream and recovering the removed heavy components as LPG.... Agent: Conocophilips Company - I.p. Legal

20070056319 - Process and installation for providing a fluid mixture containing at least 10% carbon monoxide: In a process for producing a mixture containing at least 10% carbon monoxide (73) by cryogenic separation of a feed gas containing at least carbon monoxide, hydrogen and methane, the feed gas (1) is separated to produce a first gas enriched in hydrogen (71), the feed gas is scrubbed in... Agent: Air Liquide

20070051113 - Refrigerating storage using thermoelectric element: A refrigerating storage, includes a refrigerating compartment; a plurality of air inlets and air outlets formed in an inner wall of the refrigerating compartment; a duct for providing an air passage between the air inlets and the air outlets; a thermoelectric element, installed in the duct, for cooling down the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20070051114 - Gas supply arrangement of a marine vessel and method of controlling gas pressure in a gas supply arrangement of a marine vessel: A gas supply arrangement of a marine vessel being adapted to carry liquefied gas in its cargo tank having an ullage space section and a liquid phase section, and to utilize the cargo as fuel to provide power for the vessel, the arrangement comprising a first gas supply line which... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.c.

20070051115 - Cryostat configuration with cryocooler and gas gap heat transfer device: A cryostat configuration for keeping liquid helium comprises an outer jacket (1) surrounding a helium container (2) connected at at least two suspension tubes (3) to the outer jacket (1), and with a neck tube (4) whose upper warm end (5) is connected to the outer jacket (1) and whose... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20070051116 - Device for loss-free cryogen cooling of a cryostat configuration: A cooling device (7) for re-liquefying cryogenic gases, comprising an outer jacket (8) which delimits a vacuum chamber (9), and a cryocooler cold head (10) installed therein, which has at least two cold stages (11, 12) and is at least partially surrounded by a radiation shield (13) is characterized in... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20070051117 - Method and apparatus for the manipulation and management of a cryogen for production of frozen small volumes of a substance: A method and apparatus for the manipulation and management process of cryogen such that it controls both the fluid body movement as well as internal currents within the cryogen. Small volumes of a desired substance introduced into this managed cryogen for the production of frozen or solidified pellets or granules... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20070051118 - Installation and method for producing cold by a reversible sorption system: The installation comprises a reactor (1) in which a reversible sorption between a gas G and a sorbent S takes place, a device (2) in which a reversible phenomenon involving the gas G takes place, means for bringing (2) into communication with (1), and means for isolating them, the equilibrium... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20070051119 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a compressor compressing a refrigerant, a first liquid heat exchanger performing heat exchange between the refrigerant and a first liquid heat medium, an expander expanding the refrigerant, a second liquid heat exchanger performing heat exchange between the refrigerant and a second liquid heat medium, an air heat... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070051120 - Printed liner for curling rinks: A liner for a curling rink which includes a flexible substrate adapted to underlie a layer of curling ice in a curling rink. The flexible substrate having a series of coloured markings defining at least one house.... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070051121 - Window type air conditioner: A window type air conditioner comprises: a case (10) of which one side is positioned at an indoor side and another side is positioned at an outdoor side; an indoor heat exchanger (22) mounted inside the case positioned at the indoor side thus to be heat-exchanged with the indoor air;... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070051122 - Compressor and evaporation tray for a refrigeration device: A compressor for a refrigerating device including a housing and an evaporation tray mounted on the housing. The evaporation tray is formed from a sleeve-like element mounting on the housing around a partial surface of the top of the housing.... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070051123 - Air conditioning system: A refrigerant circuit (10) is provided with two adsorption heat exchangers (31, 32) in addition to an outdoor heat exchanger (21) and an indoor heat exchanger (22). An adsorbent is carried on the surface of each of the adsorption heat exchangers (31, 32). In the adsorption heat exchanger (31, 32)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070051124 - Cold carbonation system for beverage dispenser with remote tower: A beverage dispensing system is characterized by an ice/beverage dispenser and a remote beverage tower. The dispenser has a cold plate, a carbonator pump and a carbonator tank and the tower has a carbonator tank. To chill the tower carbonator tank, a closed loop fluid circuit extends between and heat... Agent: Pyle & Piontek

20070051125 - Portable apparatus for chilling draught beverages: An apparatus and method for dispensing a liquid stored in a container is provided. The apparatus has a housing defining an inner chamber for holding a quantity of a coolant fluid. The housing also has an outer chamber that surrounds the inner chamber. The two chambers are separated by a... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20070051126 - Air refrigerant type freezing and heating apparatus: An object is to provide an apparatus which performs freezing and heating with a high efficiency. A compressor generates an air refrigerant with a high temperature and a high pressure by compressing the air refrigerant. As the air refrigerant is heated by a first heat exchanger and further heated by... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070051127 - Cooling tubes for shelving: A cooling tube system (100) is formed as part of a refrigerator shelf (102). The shelf (102) includes a frame (104) having a series of frame wires (106). Secured above and supported on the frame wires (106) are a set of cooling tubes (114). A fan (132) directs cool air... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20070051128 - Internal cage tube bag: A desiccant package for insertion into an integrated condenser dryer chamber of an air conditioning unit. The desiccant package includes an internal cage component which is enclosed inside a porous desiccant-containing bag. The internal cage component comprises an enlarged diameter base unit and sealing section to seal and support the... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20070051129 - Electrohydrodynamic evaporator device: An electrohydrodynamic evaporator device (EHD) has an EHD electrode. An electric field is generated upon a fluid of low conductivity inside the evaporator device and an enhanced thermal transport effect is then achieved since a thermal boundary layer near a thermal transport surface is caused to have a greater perturbation... Agent: Hdsl

20070051130 - Supercritical fractionating apparatus and process: The present invention provides a super fractionating apparatus and process, consisting of a fractionation column having an adsorbent body that assists in the fractionation process, and further includes a carbon dioxide supply unit, a carbon dioxide flow pipe, a raw material supply unit and a raw material flow pipe. The... Agent: Far East College

20070044482 - Cooling system capable of reducing ambient temperature of a computer: A cooling system capable of reducing ambient temperature of a computer includes a cooling device, a cool connection part, a heat dissipation part and a base box. The cooling device provides a cool part and a hot part. The cool connection part connects with both the cool part and the... Agent: G. Link Co.,ltd

20070044483 - Localized refrigerator apparatus for a thermal management device: A localized refrigerator apparatus for a thermal management device includes a chamber having an evaporation portion and a condensation portion. The evaporation portion is adapted to thermally couple to a heat generating device. A fluid housed in the chamber and is adapted to facilitate heat transfer between the evaporation portion... Agent: Christopher J. Reckamp

20070044484 - Pulse tube cooler having 1/4 wavelength resonator tube instead of reservoir: An improved pulse tube cooler having a resonator tube connected in place of a compliance volume or reservoir. The resonator tube has a length substantially equal to an integer multiple of ¼ wavelength of an acoustic wave in the working gas within the resonator tube at its operating frequency, temperature... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070044485 - Liquid natural gas vaporization using warm and low temperature ambient air: A heat transfer fluid can be circulated through an LNG vaporizer, then to a liquid-to-air heat exchanger. Ambient air can be introduced into liquid-to-air heat exchanger to warm the heat transfer fluid while a pump circulates the heat transfer fluid back through the LNG vaporizer. An option is provided for... Agent: Garvey Smith Nehrbass & North, LLC

20070044486 - Method and system for cryogenic cooling: According to one embodiment, a method for improving heat transfer between a cold finger of a cryogenic cooler and a Dewar includes forming an annulus between the cold finger of the cryogenic cooler and the Dewar by inserting the cold finger into the Dewar. The cold finger has a first... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20070044487 - Control of liquid droplet stream with flow nebulizer: A controlled stream of droplets, including liquid droplets contained within an atomized or nebulized stream, are directed toward or onto a target. The target may be a measuring instrument, a gas or mixture of gases, or a solid, liquid, or slush surface. A particularly promising application of this invention is... Agent: Oppedahl & Olson LLP

20070044488 - Cooling device for packaging product and packaging assembly: A cooling device and assembly including a cooling device which can cool a packaged product prior to use. According to an example, a pressurized container containing a coolant is located between a base and a support such that relative movement between the base and support causes actuation of a valve... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070044489 - Method for controlling amount of refrigerant of dual type unitary air conditioner: A method for controlling the amount of a refrigerant of a dual type unitary air conditioner, which has a plurality of centralized warm and cold air circulators and at least one individual warm and cold air circulator, includes inputting the operation capacity of compressors of an outdoor unit of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070044490 - Method for selectively operating compressors of dual type unitary air conditioner: A method for selectively operating compressors of a dual type unitary air conditioner includes respectively sensing compressor operation requiring signals outputted from a plurality of centralized warm and cold air circulators and a compressor operation requiring signal outputted from at least one individual warm and cold air circulator; changing the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070044492 - Cabin for a work vehicle: A cabin for a work vehicle comprises: a driver's seat positioned within the cabin; cabin frames including at least a transverse frame located in a rear region of the cabin; a roof supported by at least some of the cabin frames; at least one air-conditioning duct located within the roof;... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070044491 - Vehicle air conditioning system: A vehicle air conditioning system is disclosed that includes a compressor, a condenser, a front evaporator and a rear evaporator. The condenser is operably coupled to the compressor. The front evaporator is operably coupled to the condenser and the rear evaporator is operably coupled to the condenser. A high pressure... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070044493 - Systems and methods for cooling electronics components employing vapor compression refrigeration with selected portions of expansion structures coated with polytetrafluorethylene: Systems and Methods of cooling heat generating electronics components are provided employing vapor compression refrigeration. In one embodiment, the vapor compression refrigeration system includes a condenser, at least one expansion structure, at least one evaporator, and a compressor coupled in fluid communication to define a refrigerant flow path, and allow... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070044494 - Super energy saver heat pump with dynamic hybrid phase change material: A broad class of dynamic hybrid phase change materials (PCMs) is coupled to residential heat pumps to significantly increase heating and cooling efficiency, reduce primary energy consumption, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. The heat pump has; a refrigerant loop; a compressor in fluid communication with the refrigerant loop; at least... Agent: Ut-battelle, LLC Office Of Intellectual Property

20070044495 - Monolithic air conditioner: A monolithic air conditioner includes: a cabinet; an indoor heat exchanger mounted on a front-inner portion of the cabinet; an outdoor heat exchanger mounted on a rear-inner portion of the cabinet; a fan assembly disposed inside the cabinet to introduce indoor air and outdoor air; a base disposed at a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070044496 - Monolithic air conditioner: In a monolithic air conditioner, a front panel is mounted on a front of a cabinet and includes an indoor air intake, an indoor air outlet, and a discharge guide backwardly extended from the indoor air outlet. An indoor heat exchanger is mounted on a back of the front panel.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070044497 - Apparatus and method for controlling lamp of refrigerator: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling lamps which are provided in a dispenser and a backlight of a manipulation button array. According to the present invention, at least one lamp is provided in the dispenser and an illumination sensor for sensing the surrounding brightness of a refrigerator... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070044498 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator in which evaporators for refrigerating a plurality of compartments are integrally formed and pipes are easily connected with the evaporator. The refrigerator includes a main body including a first compartment disposed at an upper side thereof and a second compartment disposed at a lower side thereof and separated... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070044499 - Cooling system repair kit: An air conditioning unit repair kit includes a capacitor selected based on a size or rating of a compressor, a compressor contactor selected based on a size or rating of the compressor, a filter dryer, and a fan capacitor.... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20070044500 - Heat pump system: A heat pump is operable in a heating mode and a cooling mode and includes two identical heat exchangers. The heat exchangers alternate between operating as a condenser and an evaporator as the heat pump switches between the heating mode and the cooling mode. The heat exchangers include a fluid... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070044501 - Temperature control in a space served by multiple hvac equipment: A system and method for regulating the operation of first and second temperature modification sources for heating or cooling a building structure is provided. The system switches between the first and second temperature modification sources based on conditions other than just outside temperature.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070044502 - Thermopanel, insulated container with thermopanel, and method of using same: A thermopanel is provided for use in a container for the storage or transport of goods, the thermopanel includes an insulated outer perimeter that provides greater insulation than a center area within the insulated outer perimeter; and an insulated insert that is removably placeable in the center area; wherein when... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070044503 - Multifunction cooler: A MULTIFUNCTION COOLER is disclosed that permits a single portable cooler to simultaneously operate as a conventional portable refrigeration device, a personal air conditioner, and a portable air inflation device. The disclosed cooler incorporates an air injection port that permits warm air external to the cooler to be forced through... Agent: Kevin Mark Klughart

20070044504 - Cooling device: A cooling device includes a branch line with one end thereof communicating with a supplying line, and the other end communicating with a recovery line, wherein a part of the refrigerant supplied to the supplying line by a pump, flows as a branch; a heater installed in the middle of... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20070044505 - Coolant condensing device: The invention relates to a coolant condensing device, in particular for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of flow elements which are essentially parallel with respect to each other, two distribution devices and/or collectors which are fluidly connected to the corresponding terminal parts of the flow elements, at least one... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070044506 - Process and arrangement for the backup supply of a pressurized gas through cryogenic liquid spraying: In a process for supplying a pressurized gas, a pressurized gas at a high production pressure is produced as an end product by separating a gaseous mixture in a separator apparatus (3, 5), a liquid to be pressurized is stored in a store (9), storing liquid is tapped, and it... Agent: Air Liquide

20070044507 - Process for the recovery of krypton and/or xenon by low-temperature separation of air: The process is used for the recovery of krypton and/or xenon by low-temperature separation of air. Compressed and purified feed air (1, 1A, 1B, 29) is introduced into a rectification system for nitrogen-oxygen separation, which has a high-pressure column (2) and a low-pressure column (3). An oxygen-rich liquid (42) is... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.