Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
062004000 | CHEMICAL REACTION OR SOLIDS DISSOLVING | 41 |
20100251731 | Self-Chilling Beverage Can - A self-chilling beverage can is disclosed that includes outer and inner compartments. The outer compartment has at least one sidewall, a top end, and a bottom end such that a cavity is formed for retaining a liquid. The inner compartment has at least one sidewall, a top end, and a bottom end collectively forming a second cavity to retain a substance. The substance can either be water or a coolant. The coolant is selected such that an endothermic reaction occurs when the coolant comes into contact with water. A balloon is affixed to the bottom end of the inner compartment. The balloon may comprise either water or the coolant, and contents of the balloon are initially separated from contents of the second cavity. Means for puncturing the balloon are provided such that a user can puncture the balloon and access the liquid by a single motion. | 10-07-2010 |
20100287953 | Air Conditioning Apparatus - A heat exchanger is provided having a first path and a second path through which air passes with heat transferred between the two paths. Exterior moist air is delivered to the first path together with a dissolved desiccant. An exothermic reaction takes place with heat transferred to the second path. Moist air passes through the second path with water in the second path being caused to evaporate thereby cooling air passing along the second path. | 11-18-2010 |
20110041517 | METHOD FOR REFORMING EXHAUST GAS GENERATED FROM METALLURGICAL FURNACE, METHOD FOR COOLING EXHAUST GAS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A reforming method of a metallurgical furnace generated exhaust gas includes reforming a high temperature exhaust gas discharged from a metallurgical furnace by adding a reducing agent to the gas, wherein addition of the reducing agent is initiated when an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is 1 vol % or less, and a reforming reaction is completed when a temperature of the exhaust gas is 800° C. or higher, and an apparatus thereof. The reducing agent is blown from a reducing agent blowing nozzle having a double pipe structure. | 02-24-2011 |
20110048035 | ANIMAL COOLING APPARATUS - A cooling apparatus includes a neck portion sized to wrap around the neck of an animal and a poll cap portion adapted to cover at least the poll of the animal. The neck portion includes an upper end, a lower end, a first edge extending between the upper and lower ends and defining one side of the neck portion, a second edge extending between the upper and lower ends and defining another side of the neck portion, and a pocket adapted to contain a refrigerant. The poll cap portion includes a pocket adapted to contain a refrigerant. The apparatus may be employed with any suitable refrigerant, including, but not limited to, a single-use refrigerant or a reusable refrigerant. | 03-03-2011 |
20110126552 | Producing Cold by a Thermochemical Method for Air-Conditioning a Building - The present invention relates to a device and a method for air conditioning a building using an intermittent heat source whereof the maximum temperature is 70° C. and a heat sink at a temperature of 15° C. | 06-02-2011 |
20110259020 | SELF COOLING CONTAINER AND A COOLING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a container for storing a beverage, the container having a container body and a closure and defining an inner chamber, the inner chamber defining an inner volume and including a specific volume of the beverage. The container further includes a cooling device having a housing defining a housing volume. The cooling device includes at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants causing an entropy-increasing reaction producing substantially non-toxic products in a stoichiometric number. The at least two separate substantially non-toxic reactants initially being included in the cooling device are separated from one another and causing an entropy-increasing reaction and a heat reduction of the beverage of at least 50 Joules/ml beverage. The cooling device further includes an actuator for initiating the reaction between the at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants. | 10-27-2011 |
20110271692 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SELF COOLING CONTAINER - The present invention relates to a container for storing a beverage, the container having a container body and a closure and defining an inner chamber, the inner chamber defining an inner volume and including a specific volume of the beverage. The container further includes a cooling device having a housing defining a housing volume. The cooling device includes at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants causing an entropy-increasing reaction producing substantially non-toxic products in a stoichiometric number. The at least two separate substantially non-toxic reactants initially being included in the cooling device are separated from one another and causing an entropy-increasing reaction and a heat reduction of the beverage of at least 50 Joules/ml beverage. The cooling device further includes an actuator for initiating the reaction between the at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants. | 11-10-2011 |
20120144845 | Self Chilling Beverage Container With Cooling Agent Insert - A self-cooling container having an independent cooling chamber in which are utilized water-activated endothermic cooling agents, a water-activated mixer within the chamber, a simple actuation means for initiating the cooling process, a feature that facilitates the recycling of the spent cooling agents and a method for using the same. | 06-14-2012 |
20120198860 | DEVICE FOR EMERGENCY COOLING A BEVERAGE RECEPTACLE - A device for emergency cooling a beverage receptacle which includes a transparent plastic cup shaped holder sized to receive the beverage receptacle therein. A solvent is placed into the cup shaped holder. A chemical element is placed into the cup shaped holder, whereby when the chemical element is mixed with the solvent it will produce an endothermic reaction. When the beverage receptacle is placed within the cup shaped holder the endothermic reaction will remove heat from the beverage within the beverage receptacle and cool the beverage. | 08-09-2012 |
20120204578 | Container Cap Containing Cooling Agent Insert - A container cap or lid or insert for use in cooling food and beverage containers having a cooling chamber in which are utilized water-activated endothermic cooling agents, a water-activated mixer within the chamber, a simple actuation means for initiating the cooling process, a feature that facilitates the recycling of the spent cooling agents and a method for using the same. | 08-16-2012 |
20120247128 | Can cooling device - A can cooling device that includes a beverage can insulating sleeve, a cylindrical flexible bellows attached to the bottom of the sleeve and a bottom plate. A chemically activated cooling cartridge resides within the flexible bellows A cartridge push plate and compression spring reside within the bellows directly under the cooling cartridge. The cooling cartridge includes an outer flexible enclosure that houses a powder, an inner flexible enclosure containing a liquid, and a rigid plate with upwardly directed attached prongs. When a user presses down on the beverage can, the cooling cartridge is compressed causing the upwardly directed prongs to impale the liquid holding flexible inner enclosure and causing the liquid to mix with the powder causing an endothermic cooling reaction causing the beverage can inside the insulating sleeve to be cooled in relation to the surrounding outside temperature. | 10-04-2012 |
20130008183 | Endothermic Reaction Apparatus for Removing Excess Heat in a Datacenter - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide for a system that removes excess thermal energy from a datacenter. In one embodiment, the system includes a modular holding container with highly thermally conductive surfaces capable of installation in any of multiple receiving points of the datacenter. Two substances are released into the holding container and are mixed creating a liquid solution and causing an endothermic reaction. The resulting reaction transfers thermal energy from the datacenter air to the new solution. The liquid solution is then pumped out of the datacenter, where it can be passed through a dialyzing membrane or an evaporation chamber, which separates the liquid solution into its two original substances. | 01-10-2013 |
20130025296 | Container Cap With Enhanced Shelf-Life Heating Or Cooling Agent Insert - A container cap or lid used to make a self-heating or self-cooling container having an improved shelf-life and an independent heat-transfer compartment or insert in which are utilized liquid-activated endothermic or exothermic agents, a liquid-activated mixer within the compartment, a simple actuation means for initiating the cooling or heating processes and a method for using the same. | 01-31-2013 |
20130086924 | SELF-COOLING COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Self-cooling compositions and systems adapted to rapidly chill a substance in a compact container are provided. In some implementations, the composition comprises an aqueous solution and solid chemical reactants, wherein at least one solid chemical reactant is selected independently from the group consisting of NH | 04-11-2013 |
20130098069 | Self-Cooling Beverage Can - A self-cooling beverage container comprising a space between outer and inner walls, the space containing a liquid that is mixed with a chemical contained within a compartment within the base of the beverage container. The compartment within the base of the beverage container has a rupture portion located within the space between the outer and inner walls, and pressure on the base of the beverage container causes the rupture portion to open, allowing mixing of the chemical and the liquid. The chemical and the liquid react in an endothermic reaction, cooling the contents of the beverage container. | 04-25-2013 |
20130133340 | KEG APPARATUS FOR SELF COOLING AND SELF DISPENSING LIQUIDS - A self-cooling and self dispensing beverage container in the form of a keg which includes a heat exchange unit having a plurality of segments of compressed carbon disposed therein. A valve is secured to a tube attached to the REU housing for carbon dioxide to adsorbed and then desorbed by the carbon for cooling the beverage. A dispense gas canister is disposed within the container to automatically release carbon dioxide to maintain a pressure head within the container sufficient to assure dispensing of the beverage. | 05-30-2013 |
20130174581 | SELF COOLING CONTAINER AND A COOLING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a container for storing a beverage, the container having a container body and a closure and defining an inner chamber, the inner chamber defining an inner volume and including a specific volume of the beverage. The container further includes a cooling device having a housing defining a housing volume. The cooling device includes at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants causing an entropy-increasing reaction producing substantially non-toxic products in a stoichiometric number. The at least two separate substantially non-toxic reactants initially being included in the cooling device are separated from one another and causing an entropy-increasing reaction and a heat reduction of the beverage of at least | 07-11-2013 |
20130199209 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE CHANGE OF SUBSTANCES - A method for controlled temperature change of substances, in which the course of an endo- or exothermic reaction of one or several reactants in aqueous solution, which is in direct or indirect contact with the substances, is influenced using galenic methods is disclosed. At least one of the reactants is present in a solid form and is at least partly included in a galenic matrix. The galenic matrix is at least partly in a form such as tablets, granules, prills, pellets, rods or combinations thereof. The galenic matrix is differently strongly pressed and/or agglomerated in at least one of different regions and different parts. Also disclosed is a galenic matrix containing at least one solid reactant and methods of using such a galenic matrix. | 08-08-2013 |
20130247591 | Thermal Container - The current invention discloses an easy to use thermal container having a container body and a thermal control assembly. It is preferred that the container body is made of flexible material capable of being deformed by manual force. The thermal control assembly may include a heating pack or chilling pack, which contains chemicals that may generate heating or chilling effects when the chemicals are mixed. Manual manipulation of the heating or chilling pack, which is attached to the container body, may trigger the heating or chilling process and adjust the temperature of the substances kept in the container. The current invention further teaches a thermal container having at least a first compartment and second compartment, while the two compartment contain different substances that may be mixed when the separator of the compartments are dislodged or broken. One embodiment of the thermal container is an improved baby formula bottle. | 09-26-2013 |
20130269369 | THERMOCHEMICAL SYSTEM HAVING A HOUSING MADE OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a thermochemical system comprising a reactor, or an enclosure for storing a solid reactive material capable of absorbing a gas, the reactive material and the gas being such that, when placed together, a chemical reaction occurs which results in the gas being absorbed by the reactive material, and a reverse chemical reaction occurs, wherein the gas absorbed by the reactive material is desorbed when heating means are applied to said reactive material when the latter has absorbed the gas. Said thermochemical system is characterized in that the reactor consists of an outer housing which is made of a composite material and which contains a sealed inner housing containing the reactive material, the heating means being arranged between the two enclosures. | 10-17-2013 |
20140026595 | Surface treatment of beverage containers to keep the beverage cool - The invention pertains to a method suitable to reduce the heat transfer into a beverage container in order to keep the beverage cool over an extended period of time after taken from the refrigerator. The method is based on a surface treatment of the beverage container which comprises a binder in which phase change material is incorporated. By absorbing latent heat without a temperature increase, the phase change material creates a thermal barrier against heat penetration. The binder with the phase change material contained wherein is applied to the surface of the beverage container, for instance, by spray coating. The coating layer covers most of the container's surface. A second coating layer which does not contain phase change material is applied on top of the first coating layer in order to provide protection against mechanical stress during high speed filling and packaging. | 01-30-2014 |
20140157795 | Self-Contained Thermal Beverage System - The present device is a self-contained system to cool a beverage quickly without any external mechanisms or support. The device comprises both the thermal system and a bladder holding a beverage. The device is received by the user, who activates it. A reaction occurs within the vessel, causing the contents of the bladder to rapidly change to a temperature that makes the beverage more enjoyable. | 06-12-2014 |
20140216061 | Cooling Device - A cooling device and methods of using the cooling device are described. The cooling device includes a flexible, elongated body member having a first end portion and a second end portion, the elongated body member forming an elongated cavity extending substantially between the first end portion and the second end portion, the cavity having a first substance disposed within the cavity. The cooling device further includes at least one rupturable compartment contained within the cavity, the compartment having a second substance disposed within the compartment. The cooling device also includes fastening means disposed on at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion for detachably fastening the first end portion to the second end portion to secure the cooling device around a circumference of a body part. | 08-07-2014 |
20140298826 | PACKAGE FOR COSMETIC FACIAL MASK - A package may include a first side having a first receiving space; and a second side with a second receiving space. The first receiving space and the second receiving space are separated by a separation layer, so a first object disposed in the first receiving space does not interfere with a second object disposed on the second receiving space, and wherein the second receiving space also includes a second separation layer to further assure that the second object in the second receiving space does not interfere with the first object in the first receiving space. In one embodiment, the first object is a facial mask and the second object is a heating material. In another embodiment, the first object is a facial mask and the second object is a coolant. | 10-09-2014 |
20140305142 | REACTION MATERIAL FORMED BODY AND HEAT STORAGE AND RELEASE UNIT - A reaction material formed body into which a reaction material reacting with a reaction medium to store or release heat is formed includes first and second opposite surfaces and multiple heat transfer enhancing members extending at least from the first surface to the second surface. At least two or more of the heat transfer enhancing members are oriented in a predetermined single direction. | 10-16-2014 |
20140325998 | Mobile Service Cart with Closed Circulation System - An improved refrigeration and heating system comprising a thermochemical device, and a mobile service cart. The thermochemical device is capable of refrigerating or cooling the ambient air due to an internal chemical process. This same chemical process also produces a significant amount of heat as a by-product which, if left alone, would normally be vented or released in to the atmosphere and become lost. However because the theremochemical device is disposed at the center of the cart, the heat which is generated by the cooling process is retained and utilized to provide a separate heating area within the cart. This allows the current system to operate as a closed loop, meaning that the cart and thermochemical device work in conjunction to form a self-sustaining hot and cold storage area with very little maintenance or input from a user. | 11-06-2014 |
20150040585 | Cooling Pack With Low Internal Air Volume - An embodiment of is cooling pack | 02-12-2015 |
20150068220 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS THERMOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION OF COLD - A system and a thermochemical method for the production of cold, that uses a reactive device having a reactor or a chamber for storing a reactive product that can absorb a gas. The reactive product and the gas are such that, when they are exposed to one another, they undergo a reaction resulting in absorption of the gas by the reactive product and, conversely, they undergo a reaction involving the desorption of the gas absorbed by the reactive product as a result of heat applied to the reactive product when it absorbed the gas. The system has two substantially identical reactive devices wherein when the reactor of one reactive device is operating in the absorption cycle, the reactor of the other is operating in the desorption cycle. The system has a mechanism for determining the progress rate of the thermochemical reaction. | 03-12-2015 |
20150075187 | ENDOTHERMIC TOWEL - Disclosed is an endothermic towel which causes an endothermic reaction with moisture of a human body to remove a thermal feeling and to simultaneously dry moisture in a short time. The towel includes: a first towel member having an exothermic function; and a second towel member having a ventilating function, wherein the first and second towel members are integrated with each other by sewing edges of the first and second towel members, so that the skin temperature may be effectively dropped down, a feeling of use may be improved and the low-temperature state may be more efficiently maintained. | 03-19-2015 |
20150135729 | DEVICE FOR STIMULATING ADAPTIVE THERMOGENESIS IN BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE - A garment is provided which comprises (a) a first portion constructed from stretchable material that is form fitting to a user's physique and that extends across any of the following body segments of the user; the collar bone, the neck, the upper spine, the armpit area; and (b) a cooling composition disposed in said first portion, said cooling composition comprising a material that may or may not undergo a phase change to apply a cooling effect to the collar bone area of the user. | 05-21-2015 |
20150308727 | THERMOSTATIC PACKAGING - Arrangements and methods for thermostatic packaging are provided herein. In some embodiments, in response to a change in temperature, an endothermic or exothermic reaction can be initiated to counteract the change in temperature. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316308 | COOLING PANEL - A panel includes a sheet of heat-shrinkable polymer material and a packet coupled to the sheet. The packet contains a reactant that is activated in response to the sheet shrinking. | 11-05-2015 |
20150330698 | HEAT-DISSIPATION FILM - The invention provides a heat-dissipation film, belonging to the technical field of heat-dissipation, which can solve the problem that the heat-dissipation film in the prior art dissipates heat in a single heat-dissipation way, and the heat-dissipation effect thereof is not good in the case that much heat or a fire source exists. The heat-dissipation film of the invention includes a first heat-dissipation sheet and an endothermic reaction module; wherein one surface of the first heat-dissipation sheet is in contact with a heating object, and the other surface of the first heat-dissipation is attached to the endothermic reaction module for absorbing heat generated by the heating object. The invention can improve the heat-dissipation effect of the heat-dissipation film. | 11-19-2015 |
20150336104 | COOLED GRINDER HEAD - An apparatus for cooling a grinder head includes a cooling pack adapted to be connected to an outer surface of a housing of the grinder head to cool the grinder head housing. | 11-26-2015 |
20150345854 | HEAT TRANSFER PARTICLES FOR SOLAR-DRIVEN THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES - The present invention relates to a process for performing a chemical reaction consisting of at least two sequential reversible steps characterized by being performed in a cycle, and to a reactor for performing such process. | 12-03-2015 |
20150354885 | SYSTEM FOR EXTERNALLY COOLING A BEVERAGE HOLDER - A system for externally cooling a beverage holder holding a specific amount of beverage comprises a cooling housing having an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall is made of thermal conductive material for contacting at least a part of the beverage holder. The cooling housing defines an inner compartment including at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants, causing when reacting with one a other a non-reversible, entropy-increasing reaction producing substantially non-toxic products in a stoichiometric number. The at least two separate substantially non-toxic reactants are initially included in the inner compartment separated from one another and causing, when reacting with one another in the non-reversible, entropy-increasing reaction, a heat reduction of the beverage within the beverage holder. The system further comprises an actuator for initiating the reaction between the at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants, and an insulating layer of thermal insulating material enclosing the cooling housing. | 12-10-2015 |
20160061510 | Endothermic Towel - Provided is an endothermic towel which can react with moisture of a human body to cause an endothermic reaction, thereby removing thermal sensation and at the same time, rapidly drying moisture to give cool sensation to a user. The endothermic towel includes a towel body having an endothermic function; and a plurality of through-holes provided to the towel body in order to accelerate the endothermic function, so that the endothermic function may be optimized. | 03-03-2016 |
20160091240 | Personal Cooling Device - A personal cooling device that provides cooling to a user, e.g., a wearer's feet, assuring even temperature distribution across contoured surfaces irrespective of the orientation of the personal cooling device and regardless of the pull of gravity. The personal cooling device includes a flexible non-porous upper component, a flexible non-porous lower component, a porous absorbent carrier component, at least one dry chemical reactant and at least one containment including at least one liquid reactant. The carrier component includes at least one dry chemical reactant distributed on the surface area thereof. When the at least one dry chemical reactant is combined with the at least one liquid chemical reactant and is absorbed by the carrier component, an endothermic reaction is produced. The carrier component absorbs the resulting cool substance evenly distributed thereover and, thereby assures equal distribution of this actual cooling throughout the entire device. The at least one containment is adapted to rupture under applied pressure. The upper and lower components are inseparably sealed to each other at their respective perimeters, the attachment forming a volume adapted to encapsulate the carrier component, the at least one dry chemical reactant and the at least one containment. | 03-31-2016 |
20160122115 | SELF-COOLING CONTAINERS AND WRAPS - Self-cooling materials, such as food containers for transporting perishable food items, and methods for producing and using the materials are disclosed. The materials include a reactant adapted to produce an endothermic reaction upon hydration of the reactant by ambient water vapor. | 05-05-2016 |
20160131409 | EXTERNAL MODULAR DEVICE FOR AUTONOMOUS REGULATION OF THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ENCLOSURE - A modular device for temperate regulation to be associated with at least one storage enclosure. The device has a thermochemical system having a tank which contains a liquefied gas that, following evaporation, combines with a reactive product contained in a reactor. The device has a switching mechanism that brings the reactor compartment into communication with only the storage enclosure in order to heat the latter and, at the same time, brings the evaporator compartment into communication with the outside of the device; and brings the evaporator compartment into communication with only the storage enclosure in order to cool the latter and, at the same time, brings the reactor compartment into communication with the outside of the device. | 05-12-2016 |
20160177161 | CHEMICAL HEAT PUMP | 06-23-2016 |