Refrigeration inventions 07/07

20070169487 - Liquified gas cryostat: The present invention relates to a liquified gas cryostat which comprises inner and outer walls defining an evacuated housing; a multilayer insulation positioned between the inner and outer walls; and at least one radiation shield circumscribing the inner wall between the inner and outer walls so as to extend over... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070169488 - Cooling device for biological samples: The invention relates to a cooling device (1) for cooling an item to be cooled, especially for use in the examination, handling and processing of cryogenic samples. The device includes a cooling compartment (3) for receiving the item to be cooled, an inner wall defining the cooling compartment (3), an... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20070169489 - Rapid food chiller: An improved method and apparatus for rapidly cooling prepared food uses a novel combination of cold fluid recirculation and vibration to rapidly cool prepared food in a manner that is cost-effective and easy to practice. One embodiment of an improved rapid food chiller includes a tank for holding ice water... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20070169491 - Thermal control system and method: A system and method for controlling the temperature of a process tool uses the vaporizable characteristic of a refrigerant that is provided in direct heat exchange relation with the process tool. Pressurized refrigerant is provided as both condensed liquid and in gaseous state. The condensed liquid is expanded to a... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20070169500 - Casing assembly suitable for use in a heat exchange assembly: A casing assembly suitable for use in a heat exchange assembly includes a first cover, and a second cover adjacent to the first cover. A sealing mechanism positioned between the first and second covers provides a substantially airtight seam between the first and second covers.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169495 - Condensate pan insert: A condensate pan insert for an evaporator assembly is configured to snap onto a condensate pan to prevent condensation blow-off in a down flow application. The condensate pan insert comprises a cover member, a snap member, a first wing member, and a second wing member. The snap member is coupled... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169496 - Low-sweat condensate pan: A condensate pan for an evaporator assembly comprises a first pan member, a second pan member, and a third pan member. The first pan member has an outer wall and an inner wall, wherein a secondary channel is disposed along the outer wall. The second pan member also has an... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169499 - Method and system for horizontal coil condensate disposal: Condensate formed on a horizontally oriented multi-poise evaporator coil is caught between a top coil slab and a bottom coil slab using a splitter, and is directed to a condensate pan located under the bottom coil slab, using at least one splash guard.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169494 - Method and system for vertical coil condensate disposal: Condensate formed on a vertically oriented multi-poise evaporator coil is directed from a coil slab to a shield configured to attach to a bottom of the coil slab. The condensate is then drained out of the shield and into a condensate pan.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169497 - Splash guard with fastener-free attachment for multi-poise furnace coils: Condensate formed on a horizontally oriented multi-poise evaporator coil is directed to a condensate pan located under a bottom coil slab using a splash guard having a top member configured to be attachable to a back end of the bottom coil slab and a guard member configured to be attachable... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169498 - Vertical condensate pan with non-modifying slope attachment to horizontal pan for multi-poise furnace coils: A condensate pan assembly comprises a first condensate pan and a second condensate pan. The first condensate pan has a first side and a second side. The second condensate pan has a top side and a bottom side. The bottom side of the second condensate pan is configured to receive... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169501 - Condensate pan internal corner design: An internal corner design of a condensate pan is configured to prevent condensation blow-off in an evaporator assembly. The condensate pan comprises a first rib and a second rib, the first rib and the second rib defining a first groove configured to receive a delta plate.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070169503 - Cooling warehouse and air refrigerant type cooling system: The object of the present invention is to cool an inside space of cooling warehouse uniformly by using a air refrigerant type cooling apparatus. A piping for taking in air in the cooling warehouse is installed. The air taken in by the piping (higher temperature) is mixed by the air... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070169504 - Damper assembly: A damper assembly includes a housing positionable between refrigerator compartments operable at different temperatures. A damper door is coupled to the housing and is movable between a first position configured to restrict airflow between the refrigerator compartments and a second position configured to allow airflow between the refrigerator compartments. An... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070169506 - Disposable freezable drink cup: A “single-use disposable”, non-toxic, freezable beverage container that is comprised of an inner cup-shaped portion for receiving a beverage and an outer cup-shaped portion used for handling and advertising. The portions are bonded together using adhesive and sealant. When assembled together, the inner and outer cup-shaped portions form a void... Agent: Michael Heuschober

20070169507 - Cooling storage device: This invention is about a kind of improvement of cooling storage device structure. This proposed cooling storage device structure has gyro wheels at the every corner on the bottom surface of the shell. Inside the shell, there is a separating panel to separate into the upper and the down deck.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070169508 - Refrigerant flow section connection structure for use in refrigeration cycle: A refrigerant flow section connection structure has a channel member 26 having a refrigerant channel 28, a pipe 25 having a distal end portion fitted into the other end opening of the refrigerant channel 28 of the channel member 26, a fixing member 27 for fixing the pipe 25 to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070163268 - device for moulding food substances: There is present a control unit (34) for generating signals for control of the thermal-conditioning units (24) so as to provide cycles of thermal treatment of the material undergoing selectively pre-determined pouring. A preferential application is in the sector of the confectionery industry.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070163272 - Compact integrated buffer for pulse tube refrigerator: A range of buffer volume/pulse tube volume ratios for two-stage hybrid GM type pulse tube cold-heads that are designed to produce refrigeration at 4 K are provided. The ranges of volume ratios for the first and second stages provides a good balance between the inefficiencies but compact size of a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070163274 - Method & arrangement for cooling a substrate, particularly a semiconductor: In this method, a refrigerant (52) is compressed (32) in a refrigerating circuit, then condensed by cooling in a condenser (44), then expanded in a throttle valve (62) and delivered in the expanded state, in the form of wet vapor (52), to an evaporator (60) that is in thermally conductive... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070163275 - Supercooling apparatus and control method thereof: A supercooling apparatus and a control method thereof. The method controls the supercooling apparatus having a storage compartment defined therein, and includes confirming beverages in the storage compartment, obtaining a proper supercooling temperature of each beverage, and controlling the storage compartment to have the proper supercooling temperature.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070163277 - Heat pump apparatus and operating method thereof: In a heat pump apparatus of the invention, a refrigerant is circulated through a compressor 31, a radiator 32, a first throttle apparatus 33, a heat exchanger 34, a second throttle apparatus 35 and an evaporator 36 in this order. The heat exchanger 34 can be utilized as both a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070163278 - Air conditioner: The present invention discloses an air conditioner that includes a humidity and temperature sensor disposed at an air outlet of the air conditioner for detecting the temperature and humidity of the outgoing air anytime and sending the detected value to a controller, so that the controller adjusts an electronic expansion... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070163280 - Evaporative cooling system for poultry houses and the like: An evaporative cooling system for poultry houses and the like includes a cooling water reservoir, at least one evaporative pad positioned directly above the reservoir, and fan disposed on one side of the pad to draw ambient air horizontally through the pad to evaporate a portion of the cooling water... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070163283 - Ice making and dispensing method and apparatus with increased sanitation: Disclosed is an ice making apparatus and method whereby the cleanliness of ice is improved through the use of ozone (O3). The invention utilizes a volute aspirator that is positioned within the intake of a conventional sump pump. The vacuum generated by the pump draws upon both a supply of... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070163282 - Ice-making system for refrigeration appliance: An ice-making system is adapted to operate within a section of a refrigeration appliance where the ice-making system and the ice made in the ice-making system are exposed to a temperature greater than zero degrees Centigrade. When installed in the fresh food compartment of a refrigerator that also has a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070163281 - Loss reduction device for the production of ice cream: A device for reducing losses relating to the start-up of an industrial production line for ice cream provided with a traditional freezer. The invention relates to a device enabling the tubing used to convey the ice cream from the freezer to the dosing machine. Said device comprises a protector disposed... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070163284 - Structure of enhancing efficiency in cooling system for kimchi storage: Structure for enhancing efficiency in a cooling system for a Kimchi storage containing a plurality of storage chambers includes a compressor, a condenser, a capillary tube, and an evaporator which are sequentially tubularly connected to one another. An accumulator is arranged along a suction pipe (or an inhalation tube) which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070163287 - Refrigerator and cooling control method thereof: A refrigerator which can control a supercooling degree corresponding to user's taste or kinds of food, and a cooling control method thereof are disclosed. The refrigerator has a function of supercooling a drink, and includes an input unit to select a slush level for adjusting a supercooling degree of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070163286 - Refrigerator with supercooled beverage dispenser and method for controlling the same: A refrigerator that allows a user to receive supercooled beverage through a dispenser in the refrigerator door. The refrigerator includes a main body having a compartment and a door opening and closing the compartment, a supercooling compartment in the main body to supercool a beverage, and a dispenser in the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070163288 - Apparatus and method for cooling a dispensed beverage: An apparatus and method are provided for cooling a dispensed beverage. Direct cooling of the beverage is achieved by circulation of a refrigerant in contact with a reservoir that holds the beverage just prior to being dispensed. The reservoir is disposed within a dispense font. The open space within the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070163289 - Refrigerator and method for producing supercooled liquid: A refrigerator for supercooling beverage into supercooled liquid and a method of producing the supercooled liquid using the same. The refrigerator includes a mixing room provided in a main body to mix chilled air from a freezer compartment and a refrigerator compartment with each other and having a first suction... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070163290 - Supercooling apparatus, refrigerator, and control method thereof: A refrigerator for storing a beverage at an optimal temperature to stably supercool the beverage and maintain the beverage in a supercooled state, and that can rapidly produce a supercooled beverage while maintaining the supercooled state of the beverage. A supercooling apparatus of the refrigerator includes a storage to which... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070163292 - Thin refrigeration air conditioner having a greater temperature difference: A thin refrigeration air conditioner has a casing which houses a thin heat exchanger, an air intake chamber, an air exit chamber, a side chamber and an air port baffle. The thin heat exchanger in cooperative with the air port baffle or a return air branch port can control airflow... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070163293 - Ejector refrigerant cycle device: An ejector refrigerant cycle device includes a radiator for radiating heat of high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant discharged from a compressor, a branch portion for branching a flow of refrigerant on a downstream side of the radiator into a first stream and a second stream, an ejector that includes a nozzle... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070163295 - Air treatment systems: An air treatment system, in certain aspects, having a base, having a substantially horizontal base body, a first compressor mount structure formed integrally of the base body, and a second compressor mount structure formed integrally of the base body and spaced-apart from the first compressor mount structure; and, in other... Agent: Guy Mcclung

20070163297 - Expansion valve with piezo material: A method and system of controlling the temperature of a refrigeration system. In an embodiment, an expansion valve for a refrigeration system comprises an entry portion, an exit portion, and a flow control portion including a piezo material. The entry portion is configured to allow refrigerant to flow into the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070157630 - Control method for thermal regulation of a vehicle seat: Conditioned air discharged from a vehicle heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) unit is further conditioned by a thermoelectric (TE) air conditioning unit and then directed to air passages in a vehicle seat. Activation of the TE air conditioning unit is based on climate control parameters utilized by the HVAC... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070157629 - Thermoelectric heat pumps: The thermoelectric heat pump comprises one or more thermoelectric modules having a hot side connected to a first heat exchanger and a cold side connected to a second heat exchanger, and is characterised in that it comprises a pair of elongated bar-like elements made of an electrically and thermally insulating... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070157632 - Pulse tube cryogenic cooler: A pulse tube cryogenic cooler includes a pressure vibration generating device configured to generate pressure vibration in operation gas; a regenerator connected to the pressure vibration generating device; a pulse tube connected to the regenerator; and a phase control mechanism connected to the pulse tube; wherein a heat exchanger is... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070157633 - Ln2 maintenance system: A LN2 maintenance system is provided. The maintenance system includes an input sensor and a solenoid. The input sensor is adapted to monitor the temperature of the medium in an input tube to a device using the LN2. The solenoid is adapted bleed off the medium based on the monitored... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070157634 - Method and apparatus for operating an electric water heater: A control system for an electric water heater having an upper heating element and a lower heating element includes a control module that controls operation of the electric water heater by selectively toggling the upper and lower heating elements between an ON state and an OFF state. The control module... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070157635 - Reversible ice chest: A reversible ice chest is shown having oppositely arranged, hinged lids. The lids allow the ice chest to be open and filled from either of two opposite directions. This allows a user to, for example, place drinks to be cooled on top of ice in a half filled chest. The... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20070157636 - Icemaker control system: A control system for an icemaker utilizes a control scheme in which various operating conditions of the icemaker are monitored sand the icemaker is shut down if a fault condition is sensed. In response to detection of the fault condition, steps are taken to actively remove the fault. Restarting of... Agent: Pyle & Piontek LLC

20070157638 - Control for a refrigerator door dispenser light: A door mounted dispenser for a refrigerator includes rear and opposing side walls that collectively define a cavity, a release mechanism for dispensing ice and/or water and a light for illuminating the cavity. The cavity light can be operated in one of three distinct modes, i.e., in a first mode... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070157637 - Refrigerator control including a hidden features menu: A refrigerator includes a cabinet within which is defined a fresh food compartment and/or a freezer compartment. The refrigerator further includes a control panel or user interface that enables a consumer to input desired operating parameters. The interface is also provided with a plurality of temperature control elements and at... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070157639 - Hvac system analysis tool: A tool for the analysis of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, methods for performing various analyses of an HVAC system with the tool, and a computer executable program used by the tool to perform the analyses are disclosed. The tool includes a processing machine, a database, a memory... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070157640 - Temperature guard system for a refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a controller for regulating temperatures established in a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment of the refrigerator. The controller is selectively operable in a temperature guard mode providing a warm temperature alarm setting function and a power interrupt setting function. When the warm temperature alarm is... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070157641 - Control system for a refrigerator ice/water dispenser: A control system for a refrigerator ice/water dispenser includes an actuation switch, at least one drive unit for releasing either ice or water, a motor activation relay that controls operation of the drive unit, and a power system having multiple power supplies for operating the control system, motor activation relay... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070157642 - Universal controller for a domestic appliance: A domestic appliance, shown in the form of a refrigerator, includes a cabinet within which is defined at least one compartment. A controller is mounted to the appliance for controlling various operating parameters of the appliance. The controller also includes a memory having stored therein a plurality of operating parameters... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070157643 - Household appliance and method for determining a cause of failure on this appliance: A household appliance comprises at least one sensor for detecting an operating parameter of the household appliance, a memory for periodically recording the value of the operating parameter detected by the sensor, and comprises an interface for reading out the contents of the memory. In the event of a failure,... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070157644 - Air conditioner integrated management system and control method of the same: Disclosed are an air conditioner integrated management system and an operational method of the same according to the present invention. The present invention can promptly detect and repair the device, where an error really occurred, by determining the error as an upper unit's in the case that the error occurred... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070157645 - Control for a refrigerator: A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment, a freezer compartment and a refrigeration system. A duct, exposed to the freezer compartment, leads into the fresh food compartment. A damper is arranged within the duct to selectively allow the passage of cooling air into the fresh food compartment. The refrigerator also... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070157646 - Refrigerator: A refrigerator is disclosed wherein an ion generator is arranged in a cold air duct which supplies cold air to a storage compartment, and a desired portion of the cold air duct is treated for anti-static. The ions from the ion generator are used for the purpose of sterilization and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070157647 - Cooling system, particularly for a motor vehicle, and method for cooling a heat source: In a cooling system, particularly a cooling system for motor vehicles, including a cooling circuit and a refrigerating circuit which are coupled to one another via a refrigerant/coolant heat exchanger and a third medium/coolant heat exchanger arranged in the cooling circuit, a heat source to be cooled is arranged in... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20070157649 - Method and a control unit for starting a compressor: A method and a control unit for starting a compressor (3) in a refrigeration system (1) further comprising a condenser (2) and an evaporator (4). If an attempt to start-up the compressor (3) is unsuccessful a condenser cooling means, e.g. a fan, is started in order to provide cooling for... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070157650 - Refrigeration system: A refrigeration system includes a controller (90) for controlling operation restart after a breaker trips owing to failure in electric systems for refrigeration system components. The controller (90) includes a sequential startup section (91) for, upon the operation restart, sequentially starting up target compressors (2A, 2B, 2C) and outdoor fans... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070157651 - Personal air conditioning: An air conditioning garment for air conditioning an individual wearing the garment includes an inner layer of a three-dimensional netting structure enclosed between two layers of substantially air-impermeable fabric. The layer facing the wearer's body has a plurality of openings directed toward predetermined locations on the wearer's body. The garment... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070157652 - Ice-making unit for flow-down type ice maker: An ice-making unit is so configured as to facilitate cleaning of the backsides of ice-making plates. An evaporator of the ice-making unit is disposed between the backsides of a pair of ice-making plates and has straight portions extending laterally and curved portions sticking out sideward of the ice-making plates, the... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070157653 - Foldable heat insulating container and distribution method: Frozen products requiring cold insulation are housed inside of the cold-insulating container structured of a vacuum heat-insulating material, and the cold-insulating containers are loaded in a refrigerator vehicle, cold-insulating vehicle, or room-temperature vehicle other than a freezer vehicle for delivery. Each of the peripheral walls, lids, and bottom faces of... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070157654 - Cassette and apparatus for liquid freezing: A cassette for use in freezing a liquid contained in a plurality of liquid receptacles comprises a bottom plate for supporting a number of the liquid receptacles in a layer, a number of intermediate plates having essentially the same dimensions as the bottom plate for placing on a layer of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070157655 - Beverage container storage and dispensing compartment for a refrigerator: A storage/dispensing compartment includes a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, a bottom wall portion and opposing side wall portions that collectively define a storage zone. The storage/dispensing compartment further includes a mounting element that is arranged on an underside of the bottom wall portion. The mounting element cooperates... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070157656 - Chilled beverage delivery system: Apparatus for delivering a chilled beverage from a storage area to a beverage dispenser comprises a beverage conduit, a coolant source or reservoir, a coolant pump, a coolant conduit, an insulating sleeve encircling the conduits and supporting them in positions enabling heat transfer between such conduits, and a common support... Agent: Mcculloch PLC

20070157657 - Cool bags: The present invention is a portable, lightweight disposable bag intended for, but not limited to the temporary storage of temperature sensitive items or perishable foodstuffs. The bag comprises at least two contiguous pockets, one pocket containing a cooling substance such as an ice gel and one pocket containing a temperature... Agent: Michael Ries

20070157658 - Desiccant cartridge: A desiccant cartridge for use with a receiver/dryer of an automobile air conditioning system. The desiccant cartridge contains a cup member and a cap. The cap includes a plurality of fingers located about a periphery thereof. The fingers engage the cup member to secure the cap to the cup member.... Agent: Van Ophem & Vanophem, PC Remy J Vanophem, PC

20070157660 - Air conditioner capable of selectively dehumidifying separate areas: An air conditioner capable of dehumidifying a space where an indoor unit is installed and even a space where an outdoor unit is installed is disclosed. The air conditioner includes a compressor for compressing refrigerant, an outdoor heat-exchanger including a first and a second heat-exchangers for performing heat-exchange of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070157659 - Multi-stage refrigerant turbine: A multi-stage refrigerant driven turbine is incorporated into a closed loop system to generate electricity. Heat transfer conduits and optional flow diverting members are disposed between the rotor blades of each stage of the turbine. The closed loop system also includes a condenser, pump, refrigerant storage container, refrigerant, and expansion... Agent: Kyla Cummings Speed Law Firm

20070157661 - Expansio valve of refrigerating apparatus: An expansion valve capable of reducing refrigerant passing noise by miniaturizing air bubbles in a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant flowing in the expansion valve without decreasing the adjusting range of the opening adjusting function of an orifice and a refrigerating apparatus using the expansion valve. The expansion valve comprises a valve... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070157663 - Configurations and methods of integrated ngl recovery and lng liquefaction: Contemplated plants include a NGL recovery portion and a LNG liquefaction portion, wherein the NGL recovery portion provides a low-temperature and high-pressure overhead product directly to the LNG liquefaction portion. Feed gas cooling and condensation are most preferably performed using refrigeration cycles that employ refrigerants other than the demethanizer/absorber overhead... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP. Hani Z. Sayed

20070157662 - Method and apparatus for producing products from natural gas including helium and liquefied natural gas: The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for producing crude helium, liquefied natural gas product, and optionally synthesis gas from natural gas. A natural gas comprising helium and methane is cooled to produce cooled natural gas. At least a portion of the helium and methane from the cooled... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070157664 - Cryogenic air separation system with multi-pressure air liquefaction: A method for carrying out cryogenic air separation wherein feed air is processed in three streams which are at different pressures, wherein one stream is turboexpanded to generate refrigeration and the other two streams are condensed to effect pressurized product vaporization.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070151261 - Heat absorbing pack: A pouch includes a mixture of a crystalline substance and liquid that is solid at room temperature (e.g., 70° F.) and melts when in contact with a human body, therein cooling the body.... Agent: David Lewis

20070151262 - Water production system for making potable water: A water production system (1) for making potable water (7) in an environment of humid tropical air (6) and cold deep ocean water (8) comprising a heat exchanger (2), means for controlling (3) the volume of the deep ocean water (2) passing through the heat exchanger (2) based on the... Agent: Michael R Mckenna

20070151263 - Method and device for detecting the state of an air filter of an air conditioning system: A method and a device detects the state of an air filter in an air conditioning system for the interior of a motor vehicle. Condensed water created at the evaporator is discharged and fed to a sensor, which determines a parameter of the condensed water, and which, from a change... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070151265 - Startup control system and method for a multiple compressor chiller system: A startup control algorithm for a multiple compressor liquid chiller system is provided wherein the maximum number of compressors to be started to satisfy system load conditions is provided. The control algorithm designates all of the compressors of the multiple compressor system for starting and reduces the number to be... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070151266 - Refrigeration cycle apparatus: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor, a radiator, an expander, an evaporator, a bypass circuit, and an injection circuit. The bypass circuit has a flow rate control valve and a gas-liquid separator. One end of the bypass circuit is connected to an intake conduit of the expander and the... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070151267 - Variable-capacity air conditioner: A variable-capacity air conditioner includes a compressor for compressing refrigerant, an indoor heat-exchanger coupled to the compressor, an outdoor heat-exchanger coupled to the compressor, a piping for coupling the compressor, the indoor heat-exchanger, and the outdoor heat-exchanger, a first capillary tube provided in the piping, a second capillary tube provided... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070151270 - Refrigerating cycle: A refrigeration cycle not generating unpleasant noise when starting or stopping a second evaporator while a first evaporator is operating is provided. The refrigeration cycle of the present invention is characterized by making a differential pressure between an inlet refrigerant pressure and outlet refrigerant pressure of a second evaporator solenoid... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070151269 - System and method for level control in a flash tank: A control algorithm is provided for controlling an economizer circuit in a chiller system. The control algorithm adjusts the position of a feed valve in the economizer circuit in response to measured system operating parameters to maintain a level of liquid refrigerant in a flash tank of the economizer circuit.... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070151271 - Device and method for controlling the air-conditioning system of a vehicle: Described herein is a control device (27) for the air-conditioning system of a vehicle that comprises an evaporator (3), a compressor (4) with externally controlled variable displacement, and an expansion valve (6), the control device (27) comprising a control block (12) that receives a reference temperature (TREF) indicating the temperature... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070151272 - Electronic control transformer using dc link voltage: In a chiller system, an electronic control transformer is powered by the DC link of a variable speed drive that drives a compressor motor. The electronic control transformer converts the DC voltage to a constant 120 VAC at 60 Hz, for providing power to auxiliary electrical devices associated with the... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick, LLC

20070151274 - Led canopy light fixture: A refrigerated display case for maintaining food product at a desired temperature includes a product display area adapted to support and to display the food product such that the food product is accessible from the front of the case through an opening. An interior top wall is positioned above the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070151275 - Methods and apparatus for microelectronic cooling using a miniaturized vapor compression system: A miniaturized refrigeration system (100) is used to cool a semiconductor component (104). The system includes an evaporator (e.g., a microchannel evaporator) (106), a compressor (108), a condenser (e.g., a microchannel condenser) (112), a throttling component (110), and a refrigerant. The condenser (112) may be attached to the backside (304)... Agent: Ingrassia, Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070151276 - Gas-drying system: An apparatus and method for a gas drying system includes a recuperator section having first and second fluid flow paths wherein fluid flowing through the first fluid flow path is in thermal communication with fluid flowing through the second fluid flow path. A refrigerated section having a third fluid flow... Agent: Mcnees, Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070151277 - Air conditioner spray applicator triggered by paddle valve to improve efficiency: This device provides a cooling spray around the condenser unit of an air conditioner to cool the enclosed Freon more than normal air. It is activated by the opening of a paddle valve as a result of air flow from the air conditioner fan, allowing the flow of water into... Agent: Stephen Pothier

20070151278 - Sub-wet bulb evaporative chiller with pre-cooling of incoming air flow: An evaporative chiller cooling water to below ambient wet bulb temperature. Sub-wet bulb chilling is achieved by pre-cooling incoming air upstream of the saturator. The incoming air is ambient air at ambient air temperature that is cooled using the coolness of the lower temperature outgoing air exiting the saturator. The... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20070151280 - Heat pump dehumidification system: A heat pump dehumidification system comprised of one of an air source heat pump system, a water source heat pump system, and a direct expansion heat pump system, with an extra interior air heat exchange means situated between the system's compressor's hot refrigerant gas discharge side and the exterior heat... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070151281 - Ice storage drawer for a bottom mount refrigerator: A bottom-mount refrigerator provides additional storage capacity by mounting a refrigeration component, for example a compressor, behind a full-width freezer drawer arranged between an upper fresh food compartment and a lower freezer compartment. In this manner, the freezer compartment is not required to be shortened or otherwise re-shaped to accommodate... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070151282 - Icemaker and method for controlling the same: An icemaker and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. An object of the present invention is to provide an icemaker and a method for controlling the same, which has an improved structure to make a lot of ice in a short time. an icemaker includes an ice tray... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070151283 - Temperature regulation apparatus and method: A temperature regulation apparatus includes a 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 within the attached dry ice module... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070151284 - Device for rapidly chilling articles in a refrigerator: A device for rapidly chilling containers in a refrigerator includes a base portion, an outer body portion and a carriage. The outer body portion includes an outer shell defining a central cavity. The carriage is rotatably supported in the central cavity and spaced from the outer shell so as to... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070151285 - Extraction apparatus: A refrigeration system including a direct expansion evaporator with a substantially vertical header through which a fluid mixture of a refrigerant and oil is pumped, a compressor for compressing the refrigerant, and a suction tube in fluid communication with the header and the compressor through which a stream of a... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill

20070151288 - Combination refrigerating appliance and evaporators for same: Refrigerating appliance comprises at least one first, second and third refrigerating area for a low, medium or high storage temperature, whereby each refrigerating area has an evaporator. The refrigerating appliance also comprises a compressor, a refrigerant circuit for supplying compressed refrigerant to the evaporators and for returning expanded refrigerant to... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070151287 - Pressure-reducing module for dual evaporator air conditioning system: The invention proposes a pressure-reducing module for an air conditioning circuit (10) through which a supercritical refrigerant flows. The module is connected to the circuit via one inlet and two outlets. The module comprises a pressure-reducing device (120), and a distribution valve (16) connected to the pressure-reducing device and to... Agent: Valeo Climate Control Corp. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070151289 - Refrigerator having two evaporators: A refrigerator with first and second chambers includes a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, a condenser configured to condense the compressed refrigerant while cooling the refrigerant, a first evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant to cool the first chamber, a second evaporator configured to evaporate the refrigerant to cool... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070151290 - Method for maximizing availability of heat exchangers for removal of volatile vapors from a storage vessel: A method of efficiently operating two or more heat exchangers coupled in series and used to condense volatile materials from a vapor stream for recovery of the volatile materials as a liquid. A vapor stream containing volatile materials flows through a first heat exchanger and then a second heat exchanger... Agent: Streets & Steele

20070151291 - Method and installation for producing carbon monoxide by cryogenic distillation: The invention relates to a method for producing carbon monoxide by cryogenic distillation. Said method comprises the following steps: a gaseous mixture (1) containing carbon monoxide, hydrogen and nitrogen is cooled and partially condensed to produce a cooled and partially condensed gaseous mixture; the cooled and partially condensed gaseous mixture... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070151292 - Vapor recovery process system: The present invention provides for a natural gas well vapor recovery processing system and method comprising recovering gaseous hydrocarbons to prevent their release into the atmosphere including providing a method for preventing the gaseous hydrocarbons from returning to a liquid state.... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.