Refrigeration inventions 04/07

20070089431 - Liquid nitrogen enabler: A method and apparatus for using liquid nitrogen to render fires and explosives inert, thus extinguishing and controlling the fire or explosive. The present invention utilizes a trough comprising a plurality of apertures to rain liquid nitrogen down on an area underneath the trough so as to evaporate the liquid... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070089432 - Cryostat configuration with cryocooler: A cryostat configuration for keeping cryogenic fluids in at least one cryocontainer, comprising an outer shell and a neck tube containing a cold head of a cryocooler, wherein the coldest cold stage of the cold head is disposed in a contact-free manner relative to the neck tube and the cryocontainer,... Agent: Kohler Schmid Moebus

20070089433 - Methods and systems for monitoring a shelf life of a product stored within a container: A system for monitoring a remaining shelf life of a product stored within a container is provided. The system includes a container having a bottom and at least one side extending from the bottom, a timer device coupled to the container, and a display coupled to the timer device. The... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070089439 - Monitoring a condenser in a refrigeration system: A method for monitoring a condenser in a refrigeration system includes calculating a thermal efficiency of the condenser based on operation of the condenser and averaging the thermal efficiency over a predetermined period. Further, the method comprises comparing the average to an efficiency threshold and generating a notification based on... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089440 - Monitoring compressor performance in a refrigeration system: A method for monitoring compressor performance in a refrigeration system includes calculating an isentropic efficiency of a compressor of the refrigeration system, averaging isentropic efficiency over a predetermined period, comparing the average to an efficiency threshold, and detecting a compressor malfunction based on the comparison. The method may be executed... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089434 - Monitoring refrigerant in a refrigeration system: A method for monitoring refrigerant in a refrigeration system includes sensing, a refrigerant pressure of a refrigeration system, averaging the refrigerant pressure over a time period, determining an expected pressure based on said time period, comparing the average to the expected pressure, and determining a system condition based on said... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089436 - Monitoring refrigerant in a refrigeration system: A method for monitoring refrigerant in a refrigeration system includes calculating a return gas superheat of a refrigeration system and averaging the return gas superheat over a predetermined period. The method also comprises comparing the average to a superheat threshold and detecting at least one of a flood back condition... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089438 - Monitoring refrigerant in a refrigeration system: A method for monitoring refrigerant in a refrigeration system includes calculating a saturation temperature of refrigerant in a refrigeration system based on at least one of a discharge pressure and a discharge temperature of the refrigeration system; calculating an expected refrigerant level based on the saturation temperature; comparing the refrigerant... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089435 - Predicting maintenance in a refrigeration system: A method for predicting maintenance in a refrigeration system includes counting occurrences of a compressor operating event and calculating a cumulative total of the compressor operating events. The method also comprises comparing the cumulative total with an operating threshold and estimating a time period until the cumulative total exceeds the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089437 - Proofing a refrigeration system operating state: A method of proofing a refrigeration system operating state includes monitoring a change in operating state of a refrigeration system component, determining an expected operating parameter of the refrigeration system component as a function of the change, and detecting an actual operating parameter of the refrigeration system component after the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089441 - Automatic icemaker: Disclosed is an automatic icemaker has a rotatably supported ice making portion having first and second ice making trays arranged in a back-to-back manner, a motor for rotating the ice making portion, a first and a second temperature detecting sensors for detecting the temperature of the first and second ice... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070089442 - Temperature control system for a vehicle battery: Replace the abstract with the following new abstract: A temperature requested by a battery pack is achieved efficiently and promptly. A battery pack cooling system includes a battery fan for cooling a battery pack in a down flow method; a changing damper which changes air to be supplied to the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070089443 - Compressor capacity modulation system and method: A compressor system includes a compressor having an inlet, a first conduit fluidly coupled to the inlet, an accumulator fluidly coupled to the inlet by a second conduit, and a first valve disposed in the second conduit that prevents fluid communication between the accumulator and the inlet in a closed... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070089444 - Solar energy supplemental air-conditioner for vehicle driver: A solar energy supplemental air-conditioner includes a solar energy collector adapted for placing on the dashboard of the vehicle to collect solar energy and a cooling fan electrically connecting to the solar energy collector, wherein the cooling fan is located within the vehicle at a position that when the cooling... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan Suite 128

20070089445 - Condensation process and condenser: A condenser and a containment vessel adapted to efficiently condense a gas out of a mixture of condensing and non-condensing gases. In condensers, the fraction of gas within a condenser made up of non-condensing gases can be significantly reduced by withdrawing gas from localised regions of relatively low temperature where... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070089446 - Thermal management using stored field replaceable unit thermal information: A method of managing conditions in a data center comprises storing information relating to field replaceable unit thermal properties in at least one field replaceable unit non-volatile memory and generating information for real-time dynamic temperature mapping of the data center based on the field replaceable unit thermal property information.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070089447 - Direct exchange geothermal heating/cooling system sub-surface tubing installation with supplemental sub-surface tubing configuration: A sub-surface tubing arrangement for use in a direct exchange (DX) geothermal heating/cooling system includes a primary sub-surface liquid refrigerant transport line, a primary sub-surface vapor refrigerant transport line, at least one sub-surface heat exchange refrigerant transport line functionally connecting the primary sub-surface liquid refrigerant transport line to the primary... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070089448 - Portable misting system: A misting system for evaporative cooling or providing a refreshing mist of water that may include a misting nozzle, tubing coupled to the misting nozzle, a flow control valve connected to the tubing, and a pump. The misting system may also include a tank having a body that includes a... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070089449 - High efficiency absorption heat pump and methods of use: A high efficiency absorption heat pump cycle is disclosed using a high pressure stage, a supercritical cooling stage, and a mechanical energy extraction stage to provide a non-toxic combined heat, cooling, and energy system. Using the preferred carbon dioxide gas with partially miscible absorber fluids, including the preferred ionic liquids... Agent: Michael H. Gurin

20070089450 - Water dispenser assembly and method of assembling same: A water dispenser assembly used for a dispensing system includes an inlet configured to receive water from a water supply, and a flow meter in communication with the inlet. The flow meter is configured to measure an amount of water passing therethrough. A first valve is arranged in communication with... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070089451 - Water purifying system and apparatus for simultaneously making ice and cold water using one evaporator: Disclosed herein are water purifying system and apparatus for simultaneously making ice and cold water using one evaporator, which can make cold water in various forms only by changing the system and make ice of a predetermined amount by using cold water of less than a predetermined temperature as raw... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070089452 - Water reservoir for a refrigerator: A water reservoir for a refrigerator having a refrigerating compartment provided with a front door having an internal panel in which shelves and a water reservoir are removably affixed. The front door having an external face carrying a dispensing valve supplied by the water reservoir. The recipient is superiorly opened... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070089453 - Refrigeration system with distributed compressors: A refrigeration system for use with a building. The refrigeration system can include a plurality of refrigerated display cases, a condenser, a liquid main and a gas main. Each refrigerated display case can include an evaporator assembly and a compressor assembly fluidly coupled to one another. The condenser can be... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070089454 - Refrigeration system with flow control valve: A control valve to regulate flow of refrigerant through a refrigeration system that includes a plurality of refrigerated display cases. Each of the plurality of display cases includes a dedicated evaporator that cools return air by at least partially evaporating a refrigerant. A compressor assembly compresses evaporated refrigerant received from... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070084220 - Rapid cooling and heating of car seats with massaging effects: An apparatus and method for providing controlled heating, cooling and motion, in a device such as an active robotic automobile seat, are disclosed. A shape memory alloy (SMA) element, which changes shape upon application of a temperature change to the SMA element, is coupled to a thermoelectric device. Heat flows... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20070084221 - Cooled cryostat device: A cooled cryostat device (1) comprising: a cold finger (2) having infrared detector means secured to the end thereof; an outer casing (4) surrounding the cold finger; and stiffener means (5) for stiffening the cold finger and interposed between the outer casing and the cold finger in the vicinity of... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070084222 - Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting, and thawing biopharmacuetical material: A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material therein for freezing, thawing, storing, and transporting, with the container also being receivable in the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070084223 - Method of liberating and removing trapped refrigerant from the interior of an air conditioning system: A method of evacuating an automotive air conditioning system of refrigerant and recharging it with replacement refrigerant includes initially removing refrigerant from the air conditioning system, flushing the air conditioning system with hot fluid to liberate residual refrigerant from within the air conditioning system, removing the fluid and liberated refrigerant,... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070084224 - Freezing device: An object is to provide a freezing device in which a safely-treatable incombustible mixed refrigerant can be used and which can realize an extremely low temperature of −85° C. or less in chamber by a simple structure. The freezing device comprises a single refrigerant circuit in which the refrigerant discharged... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070084225 - Air cycle system with variable mix recuperator: An open air cycle machine includes a compressor, a pair of heat exchangers, an expander, and a bypass system that can selectively recirculate the expanded, cooled airflow prior to entering the compartment being cooled. One of the heat exchangers is regenerative, and the bypass system directs the expanded airflow through... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070084226 - Liquid galley refrigeration system for aircraft: The liquid galley refrigeration system for cooling food carts for aircraft employs an intermediate working fluid to transfer heat from one or more food carts to one or more remote chillers, allowing the carts and chillers to be advantageously distributed in the aircraft. A plurality of heat exchanges effect a... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070084227 - Arrangement for the cooling of liquid-cooled electrical equipment: The invention relates to an arrangement for the cooling of liquid-cooled electric devices, said arrangement being fitted to convey heat produced in the electric devices (3) away from the electric device by means of a liquid flowing through a cooling element of the electric device. The arrangement comprises an instrument... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070084228 - Windshield washing system for a windshield of an automobile: A windshield washing system for a windshield of an automobile is connected to a vessel which collects condensed water from an air conditioning system. A pump feeds the condensed water to washing nozzles arranged in front of the windshield. Collecting the condensed water largely avoids laborious manual topping up of... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070084229 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator which includes a main body in which a freezing compartment is formed, an evaporator provided in the main body to generate cool air, an ice making tray provided in the freezing compartment, to make ice, a cool air duct including a lower cool air discharge port to discharge... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070084230 - Ice dispenser assembly and method of assembling same: An ice-dispenser assembly for a refrigerator includes a crusher, an auger, a motor configured to drive the auger, and a sorting device operatively coupled to the auger. The sorting device is configured to deliver ice to the crusher when rotated in a first direction and have ice bypass the crusher... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070084231 - Method of manufacturing low-temperature storage, and low-temperature storage: An object is to provide a method of manufacturing a low-temperature storage in which an insulating performance of an insulating box article is enhanced, and an amount of contents of an inner box can be enlarged. In the low-temperature storage comprising: the insulating box article constituted by placing a foamed... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070084232 - Dry ice delivery method that controls the temperature of cooling compartment(s): A cooler/container with a dry ice sublimation regulating system having an insulated dry ice module that encloses dry ice so that the module's outside surface is not hazardous to touch. Insulation, breathable material, or a combination of insulating and breathable materials, allows dry ice sublimation at a sufficiently slow rate... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070084233 - Beverage cooler: The beverage cooler includes a vessel for a coolant such as ice water or a conventional coolant such as glycol or Freon. A coil is mounted in the interior of the vessel. The coil is made up of a number of vertically spaced joined circles which are spaced apart from... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070084234 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator which includes a main body cabinet having an inner cabinet, and the inner cabinet including a storage compartment and a guide rail disposed in an inner side of the inner cabinet, a slide rail sliding on the guide rail, and a door assembly including a storage container which... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070084235 - Air conditioner: To provide an air conditioner capable of reducing an input power and a rotational speed of a fan motor necessary for obtaining a predetermined flow rate from an indoor unit. An air conditioner includes an indoor unit 8 having at least one inlet 6 and one outlet 8; a cross-flow... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070084236 - Portable cooling system for a beverage container: A portable cooling system for maintaining a beverage container at an internal temperature dissimilar to that of the temperature of its external surroundings comprising of a substantially circular shaped storage compartments with a hingly attached lid. The portable cooling system further includes a flexible temperature sleeve positioned in the interior... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070084237 - A heat exchanger device: The invention relates to a heat exchanger device including a plate heat exchanger having a plate package of heat transfer plates. Between the plates there are first passages (18) for a heat transfer medium and second passages (19) for a cooling agent. Porthole channels (21 and 22) communicate with the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070084238 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator having a valve to distribute a refrigerant to a plurality of storage compartments. The valve includes a step motor, a valve plate having at least one inlet and a plurality of outlets, and an opening/closing member rotatably coupled to the valve plate to open or close the plurality... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070079615 - Cooling system for computer: A cooling system (200) for a computer system (100) includes a housing (220) and a thermoelectric module (240) in the housing. The housing is hermetically connected to a computer case (120). The thermoelectric module comprises a cold side (242) and a hot side (244) when subject to an electric voltage.... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070079616 - High power thermoelectric controller: A high power thermoelectric controller system is disclosed, capable of operating multiple thermoelectric cooler (TEC) devices, each with a maximum power demand greater than 200 watts. The controller system utilizes interleaved triggering of multiple pulse width modulated power conversion circuits in order to minimize switching transient currents. In another aspect,... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20070079617 - Apparatus, methods and systems for geothermal vaporization of liquefied natural gas: Various improvements can be made to the manner in which LNG is regasified. Specifically, geothermal heat from ground water (or another geothermally-heated fluid) is extracted from a subterranean aquifer (subterranean chamber) and used as a source of heat (possibly with other heat sources) to provide efficient and effective LNG regasification... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070079618 - Bottle cooler and method: An improved method and apparatus for cooling filled food containers having hot contents includes spraying a coolant onto the containers. As the hot contents cool, the flow rate of coolant is decreased. The coolant is at least about 40° F. cooler than the initial average temperature of the hot contents.... Agent: Pepsico, Inc. C/o Goodwin Procter LLP

20070079619 - Air conditioner: Between two heat exchangers of a first heat exchanger unit 41 and a second heat exchanger unit 42 included in an indoor heat exchanger 40, an opening 80 is arranged for introducing indoor air sucked from an air inlet 321 into an indoor blower 50 without being heat-exchanged. At the... Agent: Venable LLP

20070079620 - Unitary air conditioner: A unitary air conditioner includes a thermostat for generating an operation signal, an outdoor equipment operated according to an operation signal of the thermostat, an indoor equipment whose indoor fan is driven according to an operation signal of the thermostat, and an indoor fan control unit for increasing air volume... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070079621 - Method for controlling variable capacity compressor of air conditioner: A variable capacity air conditioner compressor is controlled by setting a car target indoor temperature; sensing car indoor and outdoor temperatures and solar radiation with sensors at predetermined car positions; calculating a vent target discharge temperature using the target temperature, sensed car temperatures and solar radiation; calculating a target evaporator... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070079622 - Thermosyphon heat reduction system for a motor vehicle engine compartment: A system (10) and method for removing heat from an engine compartment in a motor vehicle where heat generated by operation of a heat engine (12) that propels the vehicle tends to collect. Engine heat is collected in a thermofluid in a reservoir forming an evaporator (14) where the thermofluid... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070079623 - Desiccant air-conditioning system: Described herein is a desiccant air-conditioning system which is characterized in that the system is equipped with an introducing route where process air is introduced into a geothermal heat exchanger, a supplying route where the process air which is cooled by the geothermal heat exchanger is introduced into a space... Agent: Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP

20070079624 - Atmospheric moisture harvesters: Improved apparatus and methods for use in atmospheric moisture harvesters are disclosed. In particular, sectored or zoned cooling/condensation surfaces to optimize cooling efficiency are disclosed. In one embodiment, cooling is provided by dual-refrigerant, buffered cooling cells. In another embodiment, cooling is provided by thermoelectric cooling devices. Where thermoelectric cooling devices... Agent: Kenneth M. Fagin

20070079625 - Refrigeration apparatus for cooling pressurized beverages: Refrigeration apparatus comprising a cold storage compartment, accessible from the outside, and provided internally with a sealed container adapted to accommodate a flexible and compressible receptacle holding a beverage; there are provided pneumatic or air-compression means to generate a selectively controllable pneumatic pressure inside said container, but outside said flexible... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070079626 - Ice maker for refrigerator: An ice maker for a refrigerator/freezer having a control module for more reliably driving a rotatable ice ejector for removing ice bodies from a mold of the ice maker and for refilling mold cavities with water. The control module has an ice ejector drive with a drive coupling that includes... Agent: Molex Incorporated

20070079627 - Ice making method and machine with petd harvest: An ice making has an ice making mold with a plurality of ice making cells opened at the bottom, a water tank, water spray nozzles adapted for spraying the water contained in the water tank towards the ice making cells, an ice bin adapted for storage of ice cubes formed... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070079628 - Air conditioner: An air discharge apparatus usable with an air conditioner includes a body formed with a suction opening and a discharge opening, a blowing fan arranged in the body to circulate air, and a partition to separate a suction path defined between the suction opening and the blowing fan from a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070079629 - Process and apparatus for cooling and atomizing liquid or pasty-like substances: A process and an apparatus for the rapid cooling and atomization of liquid or pasty substances, in particular even relatively small amounts of liquid or pasty substances being able to be cooled and atomized economically. Both process and apparatus are particularly useful in the pharmaceutical industry for preparing injectable microparticles... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070079630 - Apparatus and method for condensing hydrocarbons from natural gas: Apparatus for condensing hydrocarbons, such as but not limited to butane and propane, from a stream of natural gas includes as its primary components a pre-cooler assembly, a chiller assembly, a refrigerant compressor/condenser assembly, and separator assembly. In the pre-cooler assembly warm gas entering the apparatus is cooled by counter-current... Agent: Ronald B. Sefrna

20070074521 - Method and apparatus for making heat dissipation device having vacuum chamber and working fluid therein: A method and an apparatus (20) for removing non-condensable air from, and filling a predetermined amount of working fluid into, a heat dissipation device (10) are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: pumping the non-condensable air out of the heat dissipation device through an opening (12) thereof; measuring a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070074522 - Cryogenic refrigerator including separating device: A cryogenic refrigerator has a separating device provided between a lower temperature portion and a heat exchanger to selectively separate the lower temperature portion and the heat exchanger, and thus to selectively block heat transfer between the lower temperature portion and the heat exchanger. According to the cryogenic refrigerator, it... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070074523 - Refrigerating apparatus: A refrigerator circuit (110) and a freezing circuit (30) are connected to an outdoor circuit (40) in parallel in a refrigerant circuit (20), and a freezer circuit (130) and a booster circuit (140) are connected in series in the freezing circuit (30). The booster circuit (140) includes a booster compressor... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074524 - Cooling system methods and apparatus for a refrigeration device: A refrigerator includes a housing defining at least one chamber and a condenser system in which a refrigerant flows. The condenser system includes a condenser, a switching device, and a hot gas loop in flow communication with one another. The condenser system is configured to be in heat transfer relation... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070074525 - System and method for cooling computers: In certain embodiments, an air-pressurizing device is positioned to discharge a computer system. A supply conduit pneumatically couples a cooled-air discharge conditioning system with an inlet of the air-pressurizing device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070074526 - Air conditioner: An air conditioner which reduces an amount of an eddy generated in an outlet or prevents generation of the eddy, to increase a flow rate of discharged air and reduce the generation of noise. The air conditioner includes an indoor air inlet and an indoor air outlet formed in a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070074527 - Refrigerator door: A refrigerator door is provided. The refrigerator door has an outer case forming a shape of the refrigerator door, an inner case provided within the outer case to configure a backside of the refrigerator door wherein a space between the inner case and the outer case is charged with a... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070074528 - Temperature control system and method of operating same: An air cargo container temperature control system and method utilizing multiple refrigeration circuits and a controller that activates one or more of the refrigeration circuits in various modes to maintain temperature control. Each of the refrigeration circuits comprises a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator all in fluid communication to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070074529 - Refrigerator and water tank for the same: A refrigerator, which stores water supplied from a water supply source, having: a water tank body with an inlet disposed at a bottom of the water tank body and connected with the water supply source, and an outlet, disposed at a top of the water tank body, communicating with a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070074530 - Cooling device: In a cooling device for cooling an object to be cooled without using a forced cold air circulating system, which circulates cold air forcibly, a cooling device at a practical level is provided, and a cooling device capable of achieving a sufficient cooling effect is provided. A cooler 18 is... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070074531 - Whiff-resistant trash container: A garbage container having improved anti-odor and/or antibacterial properties, where the container includes refrigeration means for cooling garbage placed within the container. Also provided are kits including such a container and instructions for its use. Also provided are methods for reducing or preventing garbage smell by inserting garbage into such... Agent: Castellano PLLC

20070074532 - Container with sealed coolant compartment: A container includes a primary compartment and a secondary compartment generally evenly opposed to and oppositely facing from the primary compartment. A lid is provided for each of the primary compartment and the secondary compartment. In use, the primary compartment is suited for storing food items and the like, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070074533 - Thermodynamic systems operating with near-isothermal compression and expansion cycles: A thermodynamic system that can approximate the Ericsson or Brayton cycles and operated in reverse or forward modes to implement a cooler or engine, respectively. The thermodynamic system includes a device for compressing a first fluid stream containing a first gas-liquid mixture having a sufficient liquid content so that compression... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20070074534 - Refrigerant compressor and refrigerant cycle device including the same: An object is to provide a refrigerant compressor which solves a disadvantage that an oil flows into a refrigerant circuit in the outside of the refrigerant compressor during introduction of the oil and which minimizes an amount of the oil to be introduced and which can secure a sufficient amount... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070074535 - Cooling system for a rotary screw compressor: A compressor system has a compression stage, a coolant circuit and a refrigerant circuit. The compression stage compresses ambient air and generates compressed air and heat. A coolant removes heat from the compression stage and the heat is transferred from the coolant to a refrigerant. A refrigerant expansion device is... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070074538 - Refrigeration cycle device: A refrigeration cycle device includes a double tube for exchanging heat between a high-pressure refrigerant to be decompressed by a decompressor and a low-pressure refrigerant to be drawn by a compressor. The decompressor controls a dryness and a superheat degree of an outlet side refrigerant flowing from an outlet of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070074536 - Refrigeration system with bypass subcooling and component size de-optimization: A refrigeration system having a primary refrigerant path including a compressor, a condenser, a primary expansion device, and an evaporator connected together to form a closed loop system with a refrigerant circulating therein; and a bypass path coupled to an outlet of the condenser. The bypass path includes a secondary... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070074537 - Sub-cooling unit for cooling system and method: A system for cooling a medium includes a line having coolant flowing therein, and a sub-cooling unit in fluid communication with the line. The sub-cooling unit receives a portion of the coolant diverted from the line to cool coolant flowing in the line. A method of cooling a medium is... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070074539 - Dry ice container and portable apparatus and process for the production of dry ice: Portable snow and dry ice production system for use and handling individuals in home and recreational applications, rather than experts skilled in the field of manufacture of dry ice, and more specifically to a portable container for manufacturing solid carbon dioxide particles in the form of a tubular member having... Agent: James D. Haynes Suite 7-c