| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 062139000 | By accumulation on freezing surface, e.g., ice | 16 |
| 20110094250 | REFRIGERATION INSTALLATION FOR COOLING AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF FURNITURE AND/OR A WALK-IN COOLER, AND FOR HEATING AT LEAST ONE ROOM OF PREMISES, AND AN AIR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR SUCH AN INSTALLATION - The air exchanger comprises at least one tubular circuit for evaporating a refrigerant and thermally conducting fins ( | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110100039 | ICE-FULL STATE DETECTING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - An ice-full state detecting apparatus and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The refrigerator including an ice-full state detecting apparatus includes: a refrigerator body including a cooling chamber; a cooling chamber door to open and close the cooling chamber; an ice maker installed at the cooling chamber or at the cooling chamber door; an ice storage container to store ice made by the ice maker; and the ice-full state detecting apparatus to detect an ice-full state of the ice storage container, wherein the ice-full state detecting apparatus includes: a ice-full state detecting sensor to detect an ice-full state of the ice storage container; a sensor heater to heat the ice-full state detecting sensor; a detecting unit to detect whether the ice-full state detecting sensor is in contact with external air; and a controller to control the operation of the sensor heater based on the detection result of the detecting unit. The ice-full state detecting sensor can be restrained from being frosted to thus prevent degradation of detection performance of the ice-full state detecting sensor. In addition, power consumption required for a defrosting operation can be reduced. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20140326009 | FREEZING DETECTION DEVICE - A freezing detection device to be applied to a liquid cooling apparatus including a liquid tank for storing a liquid whose freezing is to be detected and a cooling unit located inside the liquid tank to cool the liquid, the freezing detection device comprises: a temperature detecting unit located at a predetermined distance from the cooling unit; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on an output from the temperature detecting unit, the determining unit determining whether or not the liquid has frozen around the temperature detecting unit based on whether the output from the temperature detecting unit is fluctuating or not. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150338146 | Refrigeration device having an ice maker temperature sensor - A refrigeration appliance includes an ice maker which has an ice cube tray and a temperature sensor fastened to the ice cube tray. The temperature sensor is disposed outside an air flow flowing out of an outlet opening of the refrigeration appliance for cooling the ice cube tray. | 11-26-2015 |
| 062140000 | By frost, i.e., atmospheric condensate | 12 |
| 20090235679 | OPTICAL FROST DETECTOR WITH GAS BLOW OFF - A frost detector, system, and method for controlling frost formation on the evaporator of a device operating in a refrigeration cycle by initiating defrost cycles when frost is optically detected. The system includes apparatus for delivering gas at a volume and velocity sufficient to remove residual water and debris from the frost detector of the system that might degrade performance if not removed. When frost is detected, a signal is sent to a controller which activates a defrost cycle. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110107779 | Frost detecting apparatus, and cooling system and refrigerator having the same - A frost detecting apparatus including a first electrode to generate an electric field in a frost detection region, a second electrode to prevent the electric field from leaking into a frost non-detection region, an insulator arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, to insulate the first electrode, and a shield arranged around an exposed portion of the insulator, to prevent the electric field from leaking into the frost non-detection region through the exposed portion of the insulator. As the same potential is established at the first and second electrodes, it is possible to prevent electric field from leaking into a frost non-detection region through side surfaces of the first electrode. Accordingly, the electric field is varied only by frost formed in a frost detection region, so that it is possible to more accurately detect formation of frost and the amount of the formed frost. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110197605 | Heat exchanger and refrigerant cycle device using the same - A heat exchanger usable as an evaporator in a refrigerant cycle device includes a heat exchanging portion configured to perform heat exchange between refrigerant and air so as to evaporate the refrigerant. A thermal deformation member is provided in en entire range on a surface of the heat exchanging portion, to be deformed bordering on a predetermined temperature when the surface of the heat exchanging portion is frosted to produce ice. The thermal deformation member is deformed by a temperature change between a first temperature lower than the predetermined temperature and a second temperature higher than the predetermined temperature, to cause distortion between the surface of the heat exchanging portion and the ice when the ice is attached to the surface of the heat exchanging portion. Thus, the ice attached to the surface of the heat exchanging portion can be effectively removed while heat energy for removing the ice can be reduced. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20150292789 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a main circuit in which a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a first flow control device, and a plurality of parallel heat exchangers connected in parallel to each other are sequentially connected via a pipe to allow refrigerant to circulate, a first defrost pipe that branches a part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor and allows the refrigerant to flow into the parallel heat exchanger to be defrosted among the plurality of parallel heat exchangers, a expansion device provided in the first defrost pipe and configured to depressurize the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, and a connection switching device that allows the refrigerant flowing out of the parallel heat exchanger to be defrosted to flow into the main circuit at a position upstream of the parallel heat exchangers other than the parallel heat exchanger subject to defrosting. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150300701 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a refrigeration cycle apparatus, a fusible plug is attached to a low-pressure-side pipe between an evaporator and a compressor. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a heat quantity reduction member. The fusible plug fuses when a temperature of heat transmitted from the low-pressure-side pipe to the fusible plug reaches a predetermined value or more, and then opens the inside of the low-pressure-side pipe to atmosphere. The heat quantity reduction member reduces the quantity of heat to be transmitted to the fusible plug. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150377541 | DEFROST SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATION APPARATUS, AND COOLING UNIT - A defrost system is disclosed that includes a cooling device disposed in a freezer, a heat exchanger pipe leading into a casing, a drain receiver unit; a refrigerating device for cooling and liquefying CO | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160061475 | DEHUMIDIFIER - A first heat exchanger, a desiccant block, and a second heat exchanger are arranged in series. Further, in a dehumidifying operation, a first operation mode and a second operation mode are alternately repeated. In the first operation mode, the first heat exchanger is operated as a condensor or a radiator and the second heat exchanger is operated as an evaporator. In the second operation mode, the first heat exchanger is operated as the evaporator and the second heat exchanger is operated as the condensor or the radiator. Further, an interval between fin surfaces of a plurality of fins in each of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger is set to 1.5 mm to 3.0 mm so that drainage performance for dew condensation on the fin surfaces is enhanced to reduce an amount of the dew condensation stagnating on the fin surfaces and increase a dehumidifying amount. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160116202 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes: a compressor allowing refrigerant injection thereto and compress and discharge the refrigerant at a high temperature; an indoor heat exchanger exchanging heat between air and refrigerant; a first flow rate control device adjusting and controlling a flow rate of refrigerant; and a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers being in parallel to exchange heat between outside air and refrigerant, a first defrosting pipe allowing a branched part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor to pass and flow into the outdoor heat exchanger to be defrosted; a reducing device adjusting a pressure of refrigerant passing through the first defrosting pipe to a medium pressure; a second defrosting pipe from which the refrigerant having passed through the outdoor heat exchanger to be defrosted is injected into the compressor; and a reducing device adjusting a pressure of refrigerant passing through the second defrosting pipe to an injection pressure. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160153695 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160153696 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160153697 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160252290 | HEAT-SOURCE-SIDE UNIT AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS | 09-01-2016 |
