04th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160025321 | AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMP, HEAT RADIATING MECHANISM, LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE FIXING MEMBER - In an automotive headlamp, a light-emitting module is configured such that a light-emitting element and a control circuit unit for controlling the lighting of the light-emitting element are structured integrally with each other. A control circuit unit in a position anterior to the light-emitting element in a lamp unit is located below a shade section so that the control circuit unit can be clear of the path of light used to form a low beam light distribution pattern of the light emitted by the light-emitting element. In this setting, the light-emitting element is so located that a main optical axis Ax | 2016-01-28 |
20160025322 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a single-piece heat dissipation element, a circuit board and an electroinsulating casing. The single-piece heat dissipation element includes a carrier portion and a fin portion. The circuit board is configured on the carrier portion. The electroinsulating casing encapsulates the carrier portion and the fin portion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025323 | LAMP WITH AN OVERHEAT PROTECTION DEVICE - A lamp with an overheat protection device includes: a housing, a base board, an overheat protection unit and a LED. The LED of the present invention is disposed on the base board, and the overheat protection unit has the heat conduction surface directly abutted against the base board. When the LED overheats, heat energy can be transmitted to the base board then transmitted to the overheat protection unit, so that the overheat protection unit can be heated quickly and directly to reduce reaction time, which prevents the LED from overheating. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025324 | WATERPROOF LED LUMINAIRE - A waterproof LED luminaire is provided, which mainly comprises a lamp holder, a light emitting diode module, a cover plate, a first side cover and a second side cover. Each of the first side cover and the second side cover has a waterproof groove provided on its inner wall surface. When both side covers are respectively assembled on both sides of the lamp holder, both the side edges of both sides of the lamp holder are fitted respectively with the waterproof grooves in such a manner that liquid can be prevented from infiltrating into the interior of the lamp holder. Therefore, the overall waterproof performance of the present invention can be enhanced. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025325 | COSMETIC MIRROR - Embodiments of the present invention provide a cosmetic mirror, relating to the technical field of electronic equipment. The cosmetic mirror comprises a mirror surface part and a lighting part, wherein the mirror surface of the mirror surface part and the light-emitting surface of the lighting part are positioned on the same side; and the lighting part is a surface light source formed by an organic light-emitting diode panel. By adopting the cosmetic mirror with such a structure, the thickness of the light source in the cosmetic mirror can be reduced, and the quality of the light source can be improved. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025326 | SPARKLY CHILDRENS PRODUCTS - Children's products comprising display elements. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025327 | PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection-type image display apparatus includes a light source unit, an image generating unit that generates image light according to an input video signal, a light-guide optical system that guides the light from the light source unit to the image generating unit, a projection optical system that projects the image light generated by the image generating unit, and a controller. The controller has a display mode in which the image light is projected and an illumination mode in which the light from the light source unit is emitted as illumination light. The controller controls the optical system to focus illumination light from the projection optical system on a projection surface, in the display mode, and to focus illumination light from the projection optical system at a position different from the projection screen, in the illumination mode. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025328 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A communication device constitutes part of an apparatus and communicates with other apparatuses. The communication device includes a case having an opening; a plurality of indicator lamps accommodated in the case, at a position corresponding to the opening; and an indicator lamp cover that is provided so as to be slidable in a direction in which the plurality of indicator lamps are arranged and that is used to adjust an opening degree of the opening. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025329 | ENERGY EFFICIENT PRESSURE LESS STEAM GENERATOR - An energy efficient electrically operated steam generator is capable of producing pressure less high temperature as well as superheated steam. It comprise of main body ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025330 | STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STEAM - A steam generator apparatus for generating steam from a feedwater inlet stream including impurities is disclosed. The apparatus includes a tubing circuit in communication with an inlet for receiving the feedwater stream, the tubing circuit having a substantially unrifled bore defined by a metal wall, and a heat source operable to deliver a heat flux to the feedwater stream through the metal wall of the tubing circuit, the heat flux being operable to cause evaporation of feedwater within the tubing circuit and to produce an outlet stream at an outlet of the tubing circuit, the outlet stream includes a steam portion and liquid phase portion, the steam portion being greater than about 80% of the outlet stream by mass, the steam portion providing sufficient cooling of the metal wall to maintain a wall temperature at less than a threshold temperature associated with safe operation of the steam generator apparatus. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025331 | CONDENSATE PREHEATER FOR WASTE HEAT STEAM GENERATOR - A condensate preheater for a waste-heat steam generator, including condensate preheater heating surfaces, around which exhaust gas of a gas turbine flows in operation in order to heat up water flowing in the condensate preheater heating surfaces, wherein a respective heat transfer coefficient of the condensate preheater heating surfaces is selected such that a surface temperature of the condensate preheater heating surfaces is above an exhaust gas dew point in operation, wherein the condensate preheater has a condensate preheater inlet and a condensate preheater outlet and the heat transfer coefficient at the condensate preheater inlet is reduced relative to the heat transfer coefficient at the condensate preheater outlet, is provided. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025332 | COMBUSTION BURNER, BURNER APPARATUS, AND RAW MATERIAL POWDER-HEATING METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a combustion burner that is capable of efficiently performing heating of a raw material powder by improving the dispersibility of the raw material powder that is ejected from a raw material powder-ejecting port using a simple configuration, and a combustion burner in which raw material powder introduction pipes that introduce the raw material powder inside a raw material powder supply pathway are provided so that axes that extend from central axes of the raw material powder introduction pipes do not intersect a central axis of the burner main body, and so that angles θ that are formed by central axes of the raw material powder introduction pipes and an outer surface of a second circular member are larger than 0° and smaller than 90°. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025333 | PERFORATED FLAME HOLDER AND BURNER INCLUDING A PERFORATED FLAME HOLDER - A perforated flame holder and burner including a perforated flame holder provides reduced oxides of nitrogen (NOx) during operation. The perforated flame holder includes a pattern of elongated apertures extending between a proximal and a distal surface of the flame holder relative to a fuel nozzle. The perforated flame holder can provide a significantly reduced flame height while maintaining heat output from the burner. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025334 | OXYGEN-FUEL BURNER WITH STAGED OXYGEN SUPPLY - A nozzle in a burner assembly is configured to produce a flame. The nozzle is configured to include a fuel-discharge outlet and to conduct fuel along a path in the nozzle to the fuel-discharge outlet. Pressurized primary oxygen is provided to mix with fuel discharged by the nozzle to produce a mixture that can be ignited to produce a flame. Staged oxygen is provided to the flame in a region downstream from the nozzle. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025335 | A REACTOR FOR PROCESSING FEED MATERIAL - The disclosure relates to a reactor for processing feed material, comprising: a de-gasifier zone configured to operate at a de-gasifier temperature and receive the feed material in order to remove components from the feed material that take a gas or vapour form below the de-gasifier temperature; a pyrothermic zone configured to operate at a pyrothermic temperature and receive the feed material from the de-gasifier zone in order to cause pyrolysis of the feed material to release a gas from the feed material; a molten zone configured to operate at a molten temperature and receive the feed material and released gas from the pyrothermic zone; and a heater configured to heat the molten zone to the molten temperature by burning the released gas received from the pyrothermic zone. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025336 | Venturi Nozzle for a Gas Combustor - A venturi nozzle for a gas combustor includes an orificed gas nozzle, a venturi tube and one or more support members. The orificed gas nozzle has a longitudinal axis, an inlet and an outlet. The venturi tube is aligned with the longitudinal axis and has an entrance proximate to the outlet of the orificed gas nozzle and an exit. The support member(s) are attached between the orificed gas nozzle and the venturi tube to create a gap between the venturi tube and the orificed gas nozzle. In some embodiments, two or more venturi nozzles can be combined together in various configurations into a nozzle assembly or multi-nozzle gas combustor and attached, mounted or disposed within a stack, chimney or vented enclosure. The wall(s) of the stack, chimney or vented enclosure may include one or more openings, cut outs or vents to provide primary and secondary air to the venturi nozzles. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025337 | SORBENTS FOR COAL COMBUSTION - Sorbent compositions containing iodine are added to coal to mitigate the release of mercury and/or other harmful elements into the environment during combustion of coal containing natural levels of mercury. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025338 | Exhaust Structure for Combustion Apparatus - An exhaust structure for combustion apparatus includes a combustion apparatus having a combustor unit, a blower unit and a housing, an exhaust tube connected to the combustion apparatus at one end, an exhaust pipe configured to allow a part of the exhaust pipe to be introduced therein from the other end, an exhaust adapter disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the exhaust pipe and an outer circumferential surface of the exhaust tube, a connection pipe configured to communicate a region between the inner circumferential surface of the exhaust pipe and the outer circumferential surface of the exhaust tube to an inner space of the combustion apparatus, and an exhaust member connected between the combustion apparatus and the one end of the exhaust tube. The housing of the combustion apparatus is provided with a connection member for connecting the connection pipe. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025339 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND CONTROLLED VAPORIZATION OF CRYOFUELS FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES - A method and apparatus of using cryogenic fuel in an engine for an aircraft wherein the cryogenic fuel is supplied to the engine for combustion. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025340 | Carabiner With Fire-Starter - A carabiner having a fire-starter for easily mounting the fire-starter on to a variety of items for quick and easy access and easy carry. The carabiner has a loop to fasten to the variety of items. The fire-starter utilizes a flint that can be scraped across the rasp attached to the body of the carabiner. A light emitting device may also be attached to the body and configured to emit light near the fire-starter so as to illuminate the area where the fire is to be started. The fire-starter may further comprise a lock to prevent unintentional sparks from being created. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025341 | LINER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF TURBULATOR FABRICATION - A method of turbulator fabrication is provided and includes additively disposing an elongate flexible member in tension onto a liner body, dispensing braze paste at an elongate flexible member-liner body interface and conducting a brazing process with respect to the braze paste to attach the elongate flexible member to the liner body. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025342 | ACTIVE COOLING OF GROMMET BOSSES FOR A COMBUSTOR PANEL OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A liner assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine engine according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes a grommet with a multiple of grommet cooling passages. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025343 | VOID STRUCTURES WITH REPEATING ELONGATED-APERTURE PATTERN - Void structures, systems and devices with void structures, and methods of fabricating void structures are disclosed. A void structure is disclosed with a repeating elongated-aperture pattern designed to provide negative Poisson's Ratio behavior under macroscopic stress and strain loading. The pattern can include horizontal and vertical elliptically shaped apertures that are arranged on horizontal and vertical lines in a way that the lines are equally spaced in both dimensions. The centers of each aperture is on a crossing point of two of the lines. The vertical and horizontal elliptically shaped apertures alternate on the vertical and horizontal lines such that any vertical aperture is surrounded by horizontal apertures along the lines (and vice versa), and the next vertical apertures are found on both diagonals. The voids can also act as cooling and/or damping holes and, due to their arrangement, also as stress reduction features. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025344 | LOW POROSITY AUXETIC SHEET - A low porosity sheet material comprising an arrangement of elongated void structures, each of the elongated void structures including one or more substructures, a first plurality of first elongated void structures and a second plurality of second elongated void structures, each of the first and second elongated void structures having a major axis and a minor axis, the major axes of the first elongated void structures being perpendicular to the major axes of the second elongated void structures, the first and second pluralities of elongated void structures being arranged in an array of rows and columns, each of the rows and each of the columns alternating between the first and the second elongated void structures, wherein a porosity of the elongated void structures is below about 10%. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025345 | LINER ELEMENT FOR A COMBUSTOR - There is disclosed a liner element in the form of an impingement/effusion tile for a gas turbine combustor having a structural wall. The liner element has a unitary construction defining a cooling side and combustion side, and a plurality of effusion holes extending between a cooling side surface of the element and a combustion side surface of the element. The liner element is configured to be affixed to the structural wall of a combustor with its cooling side surface spaced from the structural wall to define a chamber between the cooling side surface and the structural wall, and the liner element further includes integrally formed and internally threaded protuberances on its cooling side, the protuberances being arranged to engage the structural wall. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025346 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - A combustor is capable of ignition and flame propagation at low fuel concentrations for gas or liquid fuel. Combustors are disposed annularly along an outer peripheral portion of a casing of a turbine. A combustion chamber burns fuel and air to generate a combustion gas. A diffusion burner is disposed upstream of the combustion chamber; and a plurality of premix burners are disposed around the diffusion burner. Cross fire tubes provide communication between combustion chambers of combustors adjacent to each other. A cross fire tube connected to a combustor adjacent to a first side in the circumferential direction of the casing is disposed so as to have a central axis passing over a premix burner as viewed from the combustion chamber and another cross fire tube connected to the combustor adjacent to a second side is disposed so as to have a central axis passing between two premix burners. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025347 | GAS BURNER ASSEMBLY - A gas burner assembly includes a burner base and a bottom plate. The burner base includes a round burner and an elongated burner. The bottom plate is mounted to the burner base. A Venturi mixing tube of the round burner is positioned or disposed within a collar of the bottom plate. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025348 | BURNER ASSEMBLY - A burner assembly is provided. The burner assembly includes a round burner and an elongated burner. The round burner is positioned at a middle portion of the elongated burner. The elongated burner has a single fuel inlet such that all fuel flowing into the elongated burner passes through the single fuel inlet. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025349 | Method and Apparatus for Cooking Using Coded Information Associated with Food Packaging - A cooking apparatus capable of reading or detecting coded information printed on or otherwise associated with food packaging is provided. Food packaging capable of being read or detected by a cooking apparatus is also provided. The cooking apparatus sets cooking time and cooking temperature as a result of reading or detecting coded information printed on or otherwise associated with food packaging. The cooking apparatus is capable of interacting with a user of the cooking apparatus to further assist the cooking process started as a result of reading or detecting coded information printed on or otherwise associated with food packaging. The cooking apparatus capable of connecting to a remote computer and server and receiving and displaying web pages generated by the remote server to further assist the cooking process. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025350 | COUNTERTOP DECK OVEN WITH ADVANCED CONDUCTION ELEMENTS - A countertop deck oven has advanced conduction elements to cook according to an optimum thermal spectral profile of a selected food by selectively using an etched foil heating element and a secondary heating technology element both disposed within the baking chamber. A controller independently controls the etched foil heating element and the secondary heating technology element according to a selected thermal profile having different levels of heating assigned to each of the heating elements. Thereby the oven heats a particular food in the baking chamber according to its associated spectral heating requirement. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025351 | OPTIMIZED BAKING CHAMBER PRESSURE - The system described herein relates to a baking oven having a baking chamber which is provided with an outlet opening leading to a flue. Air is able to escape from the baking chamber through the outlet opening. A fresh air opening with a motor-adjustable flow cross section is provided between the baking chamber and the surroundings. The system adjusts the pressure conditions within the baking chamber optimally throughout the baking operation. A pressure sensor measures pressure in the baking chamber and passes the measurement signals to a control unit which controls the adjustable flow cross section of the fresh air opening on the basis of the measurement signals from the pressure sensor. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025352 | OVEN - An oven with an improved cooling structure is provided. The oven includes a casing; a cooking chamber located inside the casing and including a top plate forming the top, side plates forming both sides, a back plate forming the back, and a bottom plate forming the bottom; a panel located between the casing and the cooking chamber and spaced apart from the casing to form a fluid path for air to move; and a connection fluid path that guides the movement of air flowing from one side of the panel to the other side of the panel. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025353 | OVEN APPLIANCE WITH DUAL OPENING AND CLOSING DOORS - An oven appliance includes a cabinet that defines a chamber. A pair of doors is rotatably mounted to provide selective access to the chamber of the cabinet. The pair of doors is connected with a linkage assembly such that the doors rotate open and closed simultaneously. The linkage assembly includes a spur gear that engages another gear of the linkage assembly. The spur gear can hinder unwanted rotation of the pair of doors or compress the pair of doors against a seal. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025354 | FILTER UNITS, FILTRATION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING - Filter units and filtration systems, as well as methods of using such units and systems to remove particulates from air, for example, within a kitchen environment. Such a filter unit includes a heat exchanger within a housing, an access opening at a lateral end of the filter unit that defines a lateral narrowed section of the filter unit. The access opening provides access to headers of the heat exchanger through openings in enclosures that partially enclose ends of the headers. If one or more filter units are combined end-to-end to form a filtration system, a closure can be provided to removably close a through-passage formed by the access openings of two adjacent units. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025355 | OVEN APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING OVEN APPLIANCE - Oven appliances and methods for operating oven appliances are provided. An oven appliance includes a cabinet defining a cooking chamber and a heating chamber, the cooking chamber including a top wall and a bottom wall spaced apart along a vertical direction, the heating chamber disposed below the cooking chamber and including the bottom wall and a base wall spaced apart along the vertical direction. The oven appliance further includes an inlet aperture defined in the bottom wall, and a plurality of outlet apertures defined in the bottom wall, each of the plurality of outlet apertures disposed proximate a periphery of the bottom wall relative to the inlet aperture. The oven appliance further includes a heating element disposed within the heating chamber and configured to heat the cooking chamber, and a fan operable to flow air along an air flow path between the cooking chamber and the heating chamber. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF COMPONENTS - A temperature-control system includes a temperature-control device ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025357 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE - An indoor unit of an air conditioning device which is installed on a wall surface of a room includes an air sending fan which sends room air from an air inlet disposed at an upper part to an air outlet disposed at a lower part of a front side; heat exchangers disposed at the upstream side of the air sending fan; and a back case which is located close to the wall surface with respect to the air sending fan and supports the heat exchangers, wherein the back case is composed of an air outlet passage wall member which forms an air outlet passage for air blown out from the air sending fan and an installation member which is located on a back side of the air outlet passage wall member and is mounted on an installation plate which is fixed on the wall surface with the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member being arranged in parallel in the front and back direction, and a first space is formed between a back surface of an air outlet passage wall of the air outlet passage wall member and the installation member. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025358 | Fan Supplemented Induction Unit - The present invention provides an induction unit having a primary air inlet area, a return air inlet area, and an outlet area. A baffle separates the housing of the induction unit into first and second air flow paths. A source of primary air is attached in fluid communication with the air inlet area and a bank of nozzles is positioned within the first air flow path and in fluid communication with the air inlet area. A return air vent is positioned in fluid communication with the return air inlet area. Heat exchange tubes are positioned adjacent the return air vent and within the return inlet area of the housing, and at least one fan is mounted within the housing and in the second air flow path, wherein the fan will accelerate return air passing over the heat exchange tubes, through the second air flow path, and out of the air exit vent. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025359 | AIR CONDITIONER DEBRIS CONE - An air conditioning (A/C) cover is provided that includes a mesh material configured as a cone. The cone has a lower base circumference that is designed to cover an exhaust fan opening of an A/C unit. The cover can be formed from metal or plastic mesh. In some embodiments a breathable material on a frame is configured as a cone with a lower base circumference that is designed to cover an exhaust fan opening of an A/C unit. A process of protecting an exhaust fan from debris infiltration includes the provision of a flat sheet of a mesh material to an end-user with instructions how to form a cone from the mesh material and how to use fasteners to retain the shape of the cone; and coupling the cone to a housing around the exhaust fan. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY REMOVING A PARTICULAR TYPE OF GAS MOLECULES FROM A GAS STREAM - A method for continuously removing a particular type of gas molecules (“gas molecules”) from a gas stream includes selecting a liquid having an affinity for the gas molecules to be removed, and providing the selected liquid to each of a first and second mat, each mat formed from a plurality of fibers having the ability to retain the selected liquid within longitudinally extending channels having longitudinally extending openings against moving into the space between the individual fibers, the mats in fluid communication therebetween with the selected liquid. The method includes directing the gas stream through a portion of the first mat into contact with the selected liquid along the longitudinally extending openings whereby the selected liquid absorbs the gas molecules, and directing a second gas through a portion of the second mat so that the gas molecules, absorbed by and disbursed throughout the selected liquid, are stripped and carried away. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025361 | AUTOMATIC ROOF VENTILATION SYSTEM - A roof ventilation system operable based on environmental parameters is disclosed. The system includes a vent, a fan, a solar panel, a battery and a controller. The vent is positioned within a field of a roof, and includes a first opening configured to allow airflow between regions above and below the roof. The fan is positioned to generate an air flow through the vent. The solar panel is positioned on the roof in a location such that the solar panel receives solar radiation. The battery is electrically connected to the solar panel. The controller is in communication with the fan, and is configured to drive the fan based on at least one environmental parameter. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025362 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AMBIENT CONDITIONS WITHIN A GIVEN AREA WITH AUTOMATED FLUID REGISTER - A system for controlling temperature within a given area or room by regulating the inflow of heated or cooled air thereto. At least one vent communicates with the area and is positionable in either an open orientation or a closed orientation, thereby respectively facilitating or restricting the flow of conditioned air into the area. A control assembly is operatively associated with the one vent and structured to control its disposition between the open and closed orientations. A temperature sensor is disposed within the area and determines “temperature data” therein. In turn the temperature data is determinative of positioning the vent in either the open or closed orientations. Wireless communication facilities may be associated with the temperature sensor and the control assembly to transmit, by wireless communication, the determined temperature data from the temperature sensor to the control assembly. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025363 | BATTERY-OPERATED WIRELESS ZONE CONTROLLERS HAVING MULTIPLE STATES OF POWER-RELATED OPERATION - An Electronically-Controlled Register vent (ECRV) that can be easily installed by a homeowner or general handyman is disclosed. The ECRV can be used to convert a non-zoned HVAC system into a zoned system. The ECRV can also be used in connection with a conventional zoned HVAC system to provide additional control and additional zones not provided by the conventional zoned HVAC system. In one embodiment, the ECRV is configured have a size and form-factor that conforms to a standard manually-controlled register vent. In one embodiment, a zone thermostat is configured to provide thermostat information to the ECRV. In one embodiment, the zone thermostat communicates with a central monitoring system that coordinates operation of the heating and cooling zones. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025364 | System And Apparatus For Integrated HVACR And Other Energy Efficiency And Demand Response - Electronic controller apparatus for automatically controlling and managing load demand and operation of energy-consuming equipment powered by alternating electrical power current, whereby feedback signals from a vapor compression evaporator or other source, and possibly other physical signals, are used to supplement the pre-fixed, learned, or default settings to optimize compressor operation (run time) in cooling and refrigeration equipment, and thereby to improve heat transfer in the evaporator. The effect is to improve the Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER), Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER), and Coefficient of Performance (COP) for the unit, and provide other advantages and improvements. In gas-, oil-, and propane-fired HVAC&R heating systems, the apparatus can also optimize burner operation and thereby improve heat transfer across the burner heat exchanger. HVAC&R systems that incorporate the demand controller and methods of their operation also are provided. The apparatus can also be applied to gas compression and compressed air control systems. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025365 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VARIABLE DESTINATION DELIVERY SYSTEM - Systems and methods for a variable destination delivery system according to various aspects of the present technology may comprise a transport box having a storage space and a plurality of electrical contacts. The transport box may be configured to fit within the interior space of a delivery box. The delivery box may comprise a plurality of corresponding electrical contacts configured to be coupled to the electrical contacts of the transport box. The delivery box may further comprise an electronic lock configured to be communicatively coupled to a delivery box controller circuit configured to operate the electronic lock. The transport box may further comprise a transport box controller circuit configured to be communicatively coupled to a heating and/or cooling device. A communication interface may be established between the transport box controller circuit and the delivery box controller circuit such that information may be shared between the transport box and the delivery box. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025366 | Facilitating Installation and/or Use of a Controller and/or Maintenance of a Climate Control System - Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of apparatus and methods for facilitating installation and/or customization of controllers, e.g., thermostats. In one embodiment, a web-based server communicates with a user communication device having a display. The server receives, from the user communication device, user input identifying a thermostat and specifying a task through which to be guided. The server sends to the user communication device, for visual depiction as images on the display and elicitation of user response thereto, steps to be performed (a) to install the thermostat in a climate control system or (b) to enter a schedule and/or other settings onto the thermostat. The user communication device performs as a conduit between the server and user to interactively and visually guide the user to change the configuration state of the thermostat by installing the thermostat and/or setting thermostat customization settings. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025367 | AUTOMATED PRESENCE DETECTION AND PRESENCE-RELATED CONTROL WITHIN AN INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER - The current application is directed to intelligent controllers that use sensor output and electronically stored information, including one or more of electronically stored rules, parameters, and instructions, to determine whether or not one or more types of entities are present within an area, volume, or environment monitored by the intelligent controllers. The intelligent controllers select operational modes and modify control schedules with respect to the presence and absence of the one or more entities. The intelligent controllers employ feedback information to continuously adjust the electronically stored parameters and rules in order to minimize the number of incorrect inferences with respect to the presence or absence of the one or more entities and in order to maximize the efficiency by which various types of systems controlled by the intelligent controllers carry out selected operational modes. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025368 | Thermostats and Operational Methods - Thermostats and operational methods are described. According to one aspect, a thermostat includes an interface configured to receive a control signal, wherein the control signal comprises fast components and slow components, and the fast components change at an increased rate compared with slow components of the control signal, control circuitry including a fast response controller configured to use the fast components of the control signal to generate a fast temperature offset, a slow response controller configured to use the slow components of the control signal to generate a slow temperature offset, and wherein the control circuitry is configured to use the fast temperature offset and the slow temperature offset to control a conditioning apparatus to at least one of heat and cool a conditioned area at a plurality of moments in time. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025369 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning system is provided. The air conditioning system may include at least one air handler that conditions indoor air; an interface that controls the at least one air handler; and a central controller that includes at least one input/output device having an input/output port through which an electric signal is input and output between a plurality of devices forming the at least one air handler; and a controller that communicates with the interface to control the plurality of devices forming the at least one air handler. The interface may be configured based on a configuration of the plurality of devices forming the at least one air handler recognized through the at least one input/output device, and the interface may be reconfigured in accordance with a change in the plurality of devices forming the at least one air handler. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025370 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air-conditioning system is provided with an air-conditioning apparatus management apparatus and an air-conditioning apparatus which transmits and receives various signals to and from the air-conditioning apparatus management apparatus. The air-conditioning apparatus management apparatus manages the air-conditioning apparatus, an operational state of the air-conditioning apparatus management apparatus is linked to an operational state of the air-conditioning apparatus, and software set in the air-conditioning apparatus management apparatus is updated based on the operational state of the air-conditioning apparatus management apparatus. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025371 | DUCT LINER - A duct liner includes an insulation layer and a facing. The insulation layer having a first edge surface, a second edge surface that is spaced apart from the first edge surface, and a first and second face surfaces that extend from the first edge surface to the second edge surface. The facing is disposed on the first face surface, such that the first face surface is entirely covered by the facing. The facing is disposed on the first and second edge surfaces, such that the first and second edge surfaces are entirely covered by the facing. Two spaced apart strips of the facing are disposed on and cover a portion of the second face surface adjacent to the first and second edge surfaces, such that a portion of the second face surface between the strips is uncovered by the facing. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025372 | Tankless Water Heater - A water heater ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025373 | WATER HEATER - A water heater includes a burner of a premixed type, a heat exchanger, and a fan suctioning combustion gas and exhausting combustion gas to the outside. The burner includes a burner case partitioned into a combustion chamber and a gas introduction chamber by a partition plate and a plurality of combustion tubes arranged in the combustion chamber. An air supply opening for supplying air into the gas introduction chamber is provided in the burner case. The partition plate has a plurality of opening portions communicating with the inside of the combustion tubes and a plurality of through holes communicating with the outside of the combustion tubes within the combustion chamber. The air supply opening is constructed to have an opening area smaller than the total sum of the total of opening areas of the plurality of opening portions and the total of opening areas of the plurality of through holes. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025374 | WATER HEATER WITH PERFORATED FLAME HOLDER, AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A water heater includes a water tank having an inlet and an outlet, and a flue extending through the tank. A nozzle is positioned near a first end of the flue, arranged so as to emit a fuel stream into the flue, and a flame holder is located within the flue in a position to receive the fuel stream and to hold a flame entirely within the flue. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025375 | WATER HEATER - A water heater of a latent heat recovery type adapted to an exhaust suction system includes a drainage water discharge path. The drainage water discharge path includes a drainage water tank having a water-seal mechanism, and the drainage water tank has a first chamber and a second chamber communicating with the first chamber through a hole. The second chamber is capable of storing drainage water up to a storage water plane located at a position higher than an upper end of the hole, and the first chamber senses a fluid level in the first chamber reaching a prescribed sensing plane. A height difference between the sensing plane in the first chamber and the storage water plane is greater than a height of a water head obtained by converting a difference between atmospheric pressure and a minimum pressure at the drainage water inlet to the water head. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025376 | WATER HEATER - A water heater includes a burner generating combustion gas, a heat exchanger heating water which flows through the inside, through heat exchange with combustion gas generated in the burner, a fan supplying air to the burner, and a housing storing these components. The water heater has a water entry portion in a top plate of the housing. A water supply pipe for supplying water to the inside of the heat exchanger is connected to the water entry portion. The water entry portion is arranged to be included, in a plane view, in at least one component constituting the heat exchanger and an exhaust path for combustion gas which has passed through the heat exchanger. The component is made of a material having corrosion resistance against drainage water resulting from condensation of combustion gas. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025377 | Water Heater - A water heater is provided that can suppress backflow (entry) of drainage water into a fan from downstream of the fan in a path of a flow of combustion gas. The fan includes a fan case, an impeller housed within the fan case, a drive source attached to the fan case so as to drive the impeller, and a rotation shaft connecting the impeller and the drive source. An exhaust connection portion has a connection portion case and is provided with an exhaust port for emitting combustion gas delivered from the fan to outside of the water heater. The exhaust connection portion also has a drainage water discharge portion for discharging drainage water accumulated downstream of the fan in the path of the flow of combustion gas. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025378 | WATER HEATER APPLIANCE - A water heater appliance includes a support pad positioned on an outer shell of the water heater appliance. A pair of inserts is disposed within the support pad. Each insert of the pair of inserts is positioned on a respective one of an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit of the water heater appliance. The inserts have a density greater than the support pad. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025379 | Heating Device with an Operating Unit and Method for Operating a Heating Device - A heating device includes at least one heating unit, a heat transfer element, a control system, a covering, and an operating unit. The operating unit includes a touch screen configured to enable main parameters that are necessary for controlling the heating device to be displayed, selected, and manipulated. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025380 | WATER HEATER WITH A VARIABLE-OUTPUT BURNER INCLUDING A PERFORATED FLAME HOLDER AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A water heater includes a water tank having an inlet and an outlet, and a flue extending through the tank. A nozzle is positioned near a first end of the flue, arranged so as to emit a fuel stream into the flue, and a flame holder is located within the flue in a position to receive the fuel stream and to hold a flame entirely within the flue. A controller variably controls a flow of fuel to the nozzle according to a temperature of water in the tank. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025381 | TRANSLUCENT PLASTIC SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR - Our invention consists of two separate and discrete families of polymers, e.g. thermosetting Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics (“FRP”) and thermoplastics. Both are used as the materials of construction to fabricate solar thermal collectors. These families have the same general configuration and are based upon the same principles. Both families are used in a form that some of the walls of the collector are translucent. Both families incorporate a passage through which the thermal fluid flows. Both families make use of dyes to absorb energy from the sun in the fluid and the collector walls. Each of the families makes use of improved collector configurations and designs and special operating approaches. Each family can serve different markets for different solar thermal collectors. In particular, FRP stands alone as an emerging new category of materials for a broad range of applications including everything from novel solar thermal collectors to exotic airplanes. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025382 | Pressure Vessel Based Tower Structure - A tower structure with storing capacity for at least one medium is described. The tower structure comprising at least two substantially vertically oriented support structures for forming the tower structure, wherein at least one of the support structures comprises at least one constructive pressure vessel for forming the support structure. A method for building the tower structure also is disclosed. The pressure vessel based tower structure may have applications e.g. in wind mills and solar thermal towers. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025383 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTION SYSTEM - The invention is to reduce the risk of damage to heat transfer pipes of a high-temperature heat collection device. A solar heat collection system is provided with a low-temperature heat collection device ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025384 | HEAT PUMP AIR CONDITIONER - A heat pump air conditioner includes an intake side heat exchanger including heat transfer pipes passing a refrigerant and being arranged in a direction along an air inlet face, intake heat exchanger configured to cool or warm air and supply the air to a space. A plurality of heat pumps include a plurality of compressors and configured to compress the refrigerant and supply the compressed refrigerant to the heat transfer pipes and a plurality of heat side exchangers and connected to the respective compressors, the heat pumps sharing the air intake side heat exchanger, and a controller configured to switch a state of the compressors and between an operating state and an operation stopped state. The controller controls the compressors and to switch an operation of each of the compressors and between starting and stopping in accordance with a magnitude of an air-conditioning load. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025385 | MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH SEPARATED INLET AND OUTLET FLOW - An active magnetic regenerative (AMR) refrigerator apparatus can include at least one AMR bed with a first end and a second end and a first heat exchanger (HEX) with a first end and a second end. The AMR refrigerator can also include a first pipe that fluidly connects the first end of the first HEX to the first end of the AMR bed and a second pipe that fluidly connects the second end of the first HEX to the first end of the AMR bed. The first pipe can divide into two or more sub-passages at the AMR bed. The second pipe can divide into two or more sub-passages at the AMR bed. The sub-passages of the first pipe and the second pipe can interleave at the AMR bed. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025386 | High Entropy NiMn-based Magnetic Refrigerant Materials - A magnetocaloric alloy composition consists essentially of 20-40 weight % Mn, 6-26 weight % In, 1-5 weight % Si, and 0.3-12 wt. % of at least one other element selected from the group consisting of: Ga, Ge, Ag, Gd, Co, Pd, Sm, V, and Sn, balance Ni. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025387 | Refrigerant Cooling and/or Condensing Apparatus, System and Method - The present invention relates to a refrigerant cooling and/or condensing apparatus, system and method. Specifically, the present invention provides a cooling apparatus for cooling and condensing refrigerant from air conditioners, refrigerators, and other like mechanical cooling devices for collecting the same. Specifically, the cooling apparatus comprises a cold plate having a cooling coil, a heat plate with one or more heat sinks attached thereto wherein heat is transferred from the cold plate to the heat plate, and a fan for cooling the heat plate, further wherein gaseous refrigerant is sent through the coil, and heat is removed therefrom and transferred to the heat plate. The cooled refrigerant is then easily collected in a tank or other receptacle. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025388 | REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCES WITH MOVABLE INDIVIDUALLY TEMPERATURE CONTROL BINS - Refrigerator appliance with movable individually temperature controlled bins are provided. One example refrigerator appliance includes one or more transmitter coils and one or more bins. Each of the one or more bins includes a temperature sensor positioned to read a temperature in a bin storage volume. Each of the one or more bins includes a receiver coil. The receiver coil receives power from one of the one or more transmitter coils through inductive power transfer. Each of the one or more bins includes a thermoelectric heat pump. The thermoelectric heat pump receives power from the receiver coil. The operation of the thermoelectric heat pump is controlled based on the temperature in the bin storage volume read by the temperature sensor, such that the temperature in the bin storage volume is maintained at a setpoint temperature associated with such bin. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025389 | THERMO-ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS - The invention is directed to an energy efficient thermoelectric heat pump assembly. The thermoelectric heat pump assembly preferably comprises two to nine thermoelectric unit layers capable of active use of the Peltier effect; and at least one capacitance spacer block suitable for storing heat and providing a delayed thermal reaction time of the assembly. The capacitance spacer block is thermally connected between the thermoelectric unit layers. The present invention further relates to a thermoelectric transport and storage devices for transporting or storing temperature sensitive goods, for example, vaccines, chemicals, biologicals, and other temperature sensitive goods. Preferably the transport or storage devices are configured and provide on-board energy storage for sustaining, for multiple days, at a constant-temperature, with an acceptable temperature variation band. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025390 | REFRIGERATOR WITH ICEMAKER CHILLED BY THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE COOLED BY FRESH FOOD COMPARTMENT AIR - An icemaker is mounted remotely from a freezer compartment. The icemaker includes an ice mold. A thermoelectric device is provided and includes a warm side and an opposite cold side. A flow pathway is connected in communication between the cold side of the thermoelectric device and the icemaker. In one aspect, a fan is operatively positioned to move air from the fresh food compartment across the warm side of the thermoelectric device and a pump moves fluid from the cold side of the thermoelectric device to the icemaker. Cold air, such as from a refrigerator compartment, may be used to dissipate heat from the warm side of the thermoelectric device for providing cold fluid to and for cooling the ice mold of the icemaker. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025391 | Passive organic working fluid ejector refrigeration method - The present invention relates to a passive type organic working fluid ejector refrigeration method. The liquid organic working fluid of the reservoir is added to evaporator using gravity. Then the refrigerant absorbs heat during evaporation in the evaporator. When the refrigerant temperature and pressure increases to a certain value, the self-operated pressure regulator valve automatically opens and the ejector begins to work. After condensing in the condenser, the working fluid divided into two streams. One stream returns to the reservoir and the other one flows into the cooling evaporator of refrigeration cycle to produce chilled water about 12° C. When the liquid refrigerant is completely evaporated in the evaporator, the self-operated pressure regulator valve opens and the working fluid flows into the evaporator from the reservoir. A certain quality of the working fluid is closed in the evaporator, preparing for a new work cycle as above-mentioned. The system of the present invention can use organic fluid as the working fluid to utilize the low-temperature heat sources range from 60 to 200° C., using groundwater, river (sea) water or air as cold source and using gravity to transport liquid working fluid. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025392 | MULTICYCLE SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS HEATING AND COOLING - System that delivers heating and/or cooling to multiple zones using two or more thermodynamic cycles that are tailored specifically to the overall load and in so doing provide a heating or cooling effect at high efficiency using only a single work fluid and a single accumulator connected to two or more external media. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025393 | Refrigeration Purger Monitor - An industrial refrigeration system has a purger for removing non-condensable content extracted from a volume of refrigerant. The purger separates a quantity of refrigerant from a mixture of refrigerant and air and purges the air and a portion of the refrigerant. The purger includes a control unit and an algorithm that estimates the purged quantity of refrigerant from measured and stored refrigeration and purger operating parameters. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025394 | HEAT TRANSFER FLUID - Compositions which are based on tetrafluoropropene and more particularly relates to compositions including 60% to 90% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 10% to 40% by weight of at least one compound selected from difluoroethane and difluoromethane, which can be used as a heat transfer fluid. The compositions may include 60% to 79% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 21% to 40% by weight of a compound selected from difluoroethane and difluoromethane. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025395 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETROFITTING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FROM HCFC TO HFC REFRIGERANT - A system and method for retrofitting a refrigeration system containing an HCFC refrigerant and a compatible lubricant, with an HFC refrigerant, comprising providing a transport container containing a mixture of a miscible lubricant and the HFC refrigerant, removing the HCFC refrigerant from the refrigeration system while maintaining at least a portion of a lubricant immiscible with the HFC refrigerant, and charging the refrigeration system with the mixture. The polyol ester lubricant may be present in a range exceeding about 5-15% by weight, e.g., 8%. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025396 | Refrigeration Circuit Control System - A control system for a refrigeration circuit having one or more working fluid refrigerant sensors capable of measuring the fluid energy value of the refrigerant along a low side of the refrigeration circuit and regulating the flow of refrigerant to the circuit low side through reference to expected refrigerant fluid energy values. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025397 | LOW LOAD CAPACITY PROTECTION - A generator set for a transport refrigeration unit that is operable at a first frequency and a second frequency. The generator set includes a controller, a generator and a prime mover coupled to the generator. The prime mover selectively drives the generator in least at a first non-zero speed and a second non-zero speed. The controller can detect a capacity of the transport refrigeration unit and change the speed of the generator set to maintain a desired temperature within a transport unit. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025398 | ICE AND CHILLED WATER PRODUCING AND DISPENSING MACHINE - An ice producing and dispensing machine for delivering ice on demand to a consumer with a housing containing an ice maker having a discharge outlet for discharging ice. An ice bin is disposed below the ice maker having an open top for receiving ice from the ice maker and a bottom opening for discharging ice therefrom; a substantially vertical tube in communication with the bottom opening for receiving discharged ice with an auger or the like in the tube for driving the ice directly vertically in the tube; and a discharge opening in communication with the tube for conveying the ice to the discharge outlet either in a bag or as free ice cubes. Melted water and ice chips from the ice production are recycled and used to cool the water that is fed to the ice maker. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025399 | REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE - Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber and a freezer chamber, and a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber. The door further defines an ice box. The refrigerator appliance further includes an ice maker disposed within the ice box, and a container defining a storage volume for receipt of ice produced by the ice maker. The refrigerator appliance further includes a drain assembly for draining melt water from the container. The drain assembly includes a male connector mounted to the door for flowing melt water therethrough, and a first duct providing fluid communication between the container and the male connector. The drain assembly further includes a female connector mounted within the fresh food chamber for flowing melt water therethrough from the male connector, and a second duct providing fluid communication from the female connector. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025400 | INSULATED CONTAINER - The insulated container having a support that separates the ice, food, and drinks from the melted ice water to prevent damage to the food items. The ice, food, and drinks are placed on top of the flat upper surface of the removable support. The removable support has an inflatable bladder on the underside designed to look like downwardly positioned semi-cylindrical ridges, having apertures between the ridges in a foldable spine that allows the melting ice water to drain past the top surface, at the edges of the bladder and through the apertures of the removable support into the voids between the semi-cylindrical ridges below. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025401 | Freezer Assembly - A freezer assembly for rapidly freezing an item includes a housing that may contain the item. A vacuum is coupled to the housing. A bottle is coupled to the housing. The bottle may contain a refrigerant. A tube is coupled to the housing. The tube is coupled to the bottle. A plurality of nozzles is coupled to the tube and the housing. The plurality of nozzles may selectively release the refrigerant into the interior of the housing. The item in the housing is rapidly frozen. An atmosphere actuator is coupled to the housing and the vacuum. The vacuum may remove the atmosphere from the interior of the housing. The vacuum may return the atmosphere to the interior of the housing. A freeze actuator is coupled to the housing and the vacuum. The bottle may release the refrigerant into the tube. The vacuum may return the refrigerant to the bottle. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025402 | SUPERCOOLING REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed is a supercooling refrigerator including: a main body having a refrigerating chamber for housing and holding stores including containers with a beverage filled therein in a supercooled state; a door for opening/closing an opened front or the refrigerating chamber; at least one shelf arranged in the refrigerating chamber in multiple stages with spaces therebetween for placing the stores thereon; a supply duct mounted in the refrigerating chamber in a vertical direction for circulating air in the refrigerating chamber; air holes formed in the supply duct; a heat exchanger arranged in the supply duct for cooling the air from the refrigerating chamber; a cooling unit connected to the heat exchanger for circulating refrigerant through the heat exchanger; and a mixing unit for introducing the air from the refrigerating chamber to the supply duct and continuously circulating the air to the refrigerating chamber through the heat exchanger, thereby permitting down-sizing of the refrigerator and supercooling beverages having different supercooling temperatures from one another at the same time. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025403 | TEMPERATURE REGULATING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DEICING THE TEMPERATURE REGULATING SYSTEM - In one example, a temperature regulating system, the system comprising temperature regulating device including a hot side and a cold side; and an icing sensor disposed on the cold side and which provides an output which changes based on a condition of the cold side; wherein the system is configured to detect, via the output of the icing sensor, icing of the cold side during a temperature regulating operation, and initiate deicing of the cold side based on the detection of the icing of the cold side. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025404 | ANTI-CONDENSATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The embodiments disclosed herein provide an electronic control system for adjusting power to a heater to prevent condensation from forming on, for example, one or more glass windows on the one or more doors of one or more refrigeration units. The control system can adjust the amount of heat applied to the one or more glass windows based on the ambient temperature outside the one or more refrigeration units, the ambient humidity outside the one or more refrigeration units, a target refrigeration temperature for the one or more refrigeration units, the structure of the one or more door windows, and/or a property of the one or more heaters, such as the maximum heating capacity of the one or more heaters. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025405 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator having an improved structure of screw fastening portions to which screws disposed in a storage compartment are fastened so that an insulating material with which a space between an inner case and an outer case is filled can be prevented from leaking into the storage compartment includes an inner case; an outer case; an insulating material with which a space between the inner case and the outer case is filled; screws that fix components disposed in the storage compartment to the inner case; screw fixing members that are coupled to an outer surface of the inner case; and screw fastening portions disposed in the inner case, the screw fastening portions having a blocking layer that blocks the storage compartment from the outside of the inner case and is penetrated by the screws when the screws are fastened to the screw fastening portions. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025406 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a body configured to be equipped with a storage, a door configured to be hinge-engaged with the body to open or close the storage, a water supply line configured to respectively supply water provided from a water source to an ice maker placed in the storage and a dispenser placed outside the door. One or more filters are configured to be engaged with the water supply line, and one or more bypass valves for respective water tanks are configured to be engaged with the water supply line at a part which is lower than an engagement point of the one or more filters. The one or more water tanks are configured to be placed inside the door and to be detachably engaged with the bypass valve for water tank. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025407 | SWITCH MODULE AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a switch module and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes with a dispenser installed on a door and a switch module to operate the dispenser. The switch module includes a push button having a front surface thereof disposed in a vertical direction and moving forwards and backwards by external force, and a link assembly allowing an upper portion and a lower portion of the push button to simultaneously move forwards and backwards while maintaining the front surface of the push button to be in a vertical direction during the forward and backward movement of the push button. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025408 | AIR SEPARATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for separating air by cryogenic rectification in which cooled, compressed and purified air is separated in a distillation column system having higher and lower pressure columns operatively associated with one another in a heat transfer relationship to produce an oxygen-rich liquid stream from the lower pressure column. The oxygen-rich liquid stream is pumped and heated through indirect heat exchange with a compressed heat exchange stream to form a pressurized oxygen product stream. Part of the air is sequentially and successively compressed in booster compressors driven by turboexpanders to form the compressed heat exchange stream while other parts of the air are expanded in turboexpanders driving the booster compressors to form exhaust streams that are introduced into both the higher and lower pressure columns to generate refrigeration. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025409 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025410 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD - A substrate treatment apparatus includes a processing chamber configured to be capable of storing a substrate; a substrate holder disposed in the processing chamber and configured to be capable of holding the substrate; a sublimation removing unit configured to remove, by sublimation, a sublimating material filled between structures formed on a surface of a substrate held by the substrate holder, and a sublimation status detecting unit configured to detect a progress or an end point of sublimation removal of the sublimating material. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025411 | ACOUSTIC-ASSISTED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER DEVICE - An acoustic energy-transfer apparatus including: an acoustic chest, the acoustic chest defining an inner chamber sized to receive a material to be processed; and an acoustic device positioned within the acoustic chest and oriented to direct acoustic energy towards the material to be processed. A method for drying a material, the method including: positioning a material in an acoustic chest including an acoustic device; and directing acoustically energized air from the acoustic device at the material within the acoustic chest. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025412 | DEVICE FOR DRYING WOOD - The invention relates to a device for drying wood, comprising: a container ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025413 | PIPE BUNDLE RECUPERATOR ON A SINTERING FURNACE AND THERMAL TRANSFER METHOD HAVING A SINTERING FURNACE AND HAVING A PIPE BUNDLE RECUPERATOR - The invention relates to a pipe bundle recuperator on a sintering furnace for thermal transfer between at least one first fluid, a second fluid and a third fluid. The pipe bundle recuperator comprises the following: at least one first pipe bundle having a first pipe bundle entrance, a first pipe and a first pipe bundle exit for guiding the first fluid and at least one second pipe bundle having a second pipe bundle entrance, a second pipe and a second pipe bundle exit for guiding the second fluid, an outside pipe for guiding the third fluid, wherein the first pipe bundle and the second pipe bundle are arranged at least partially within the outside pipe, and, additionally, a fluid conducting system arranged in an interior region of the outside pipe for forced guidance of the third fluid along a course which is helical at least in regions, wherein the fluid conducting system has at least one first fluid conducting component. The invention further relates to a thermal transfer method having a sintering furnace and having a pipe bundle recuperator. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025414 | DISPATCH CONTROL METHOD FOR FURNACE PROCESS - A dispatch control method for a furnace process including the following steps is provided. Before a plurality of lots of wafers is loaded into a furnace, the characteristic variation value of each of the plurality of lots of wafers is calculated. The plurality of lots of wafers is ordered according to the size of the characteristic variation values. The plurality of lots of wafers is placed in the furnace in a descending order of the characteristic variation values corresponding to a plurality of locations in the furnace causing the characteristic variation values to change from smaller to larger. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025415 | HEAT EXCHANGER, REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins spaced apart from each other such that gas flows therebetween, and a plurality of heat transfer tubes extending through the plurality of fins and joined to the plurality of fins by tube expansion. The heat transfer tubes are arranged in five or more columns along a flow direction of the gas and staggered in a row direction intersecting the flow direction of the gas. Each of the plurality of fins is flat and plate-shaped and continuously extends between the heat transfer tubes in the flow direction of the gas. The plurality of heat transfer tubes satisfy relationships of 1.055 D≦Da≦1.068 D and 1.56 Da≦L≦2.58 Da, where D is an unexpanded outside diameter of the heat transfer tubes, Da is an expanded outside diameter thereof, and L is a distance between centers of adjacent two heat transfer tubes. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025416 | SIDE MOUNTED REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTOR IN A FLOODED EVAPORATOR AND SIDE MOUNTED INLET PIPE TO THE DISTRIBUTOR - A heat exchanger, for example a shell and tube flooded evaporator, has a refrigerant distributor that is positioned at an angle between the bottom of the shell and the sides of the shell, and includes an inlet that is welded to an inlet piping, where the inlet and inlet piping are in fluid communication with the refrigerant distributor, and are in a generally corresponding position orientation. Tubes of a tube bundles may extend proximate the bottom of the shell. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025417 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING BULK SOLIDS - A heat exchanger comprises a housing that includes an inlet for receiving bulk solids having a first temperature, and an outlet for discharging the bulk solids. A plurality of spaced apart, substantially parallel heat transfer tubes are disposed within the housing between the inlet and the outlet, for cooling the bulk solids that flow from the inlet into spaces between heat transfer tubes, to a second intermediate temperature, and a plurality of spaced apart, substantially parallel heat transfer plate assemblies disposed within the housing and interposed between the plurality of heat transfer tubes and the outlet for further cooling the bulk solids that flow from the spaces between heat transfer tubes, to spaces between heat transfer plate assemblies and to the outlet, to a third temperature. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025418 | HEAT EXCHANGER, IN PARTICULAR A SUPERCHARGING AIR COOLER - A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger has a heat exchange assembly which defines first circulation channels for the circulation of a gas to be cooled and second circulation channels for the circulation of a cooling liquid, and two gas intake and gas outlet collectors, respectively, which are assembled on two open faces of the heat exchange assembly, respectively, in which the first circulation channels open. A first collector is crimped to the heat exchange assembly and a second collector is soldered or welded to the heat exchange assembly. | 2016-01-28 |
20160025419 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING MULTIPLE PASSES IN THE PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger and a method for constructing multiple passes in the plate heat exchanger. A plate heat exchanger ( | 2016-01-28 |
20160025420 | FLOW DISTRIBUTOR FOR HEAT TRANSFER PLATE - A flow distributor for a heat transfer device having a plurality of channels includes a sheath defining a plurality of distributor holes, each distributor hole configured to be in fluid communication with a respective channel inlet of each channel of the heat transfer device and an insert defining a plurality of fluid channels therein and a fluid inlet, each fluid channel in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The insert is disposed within the sheath to seal the fluid channels with each fluid channel in fluid communication with a respective one of the distribution holes. The fluid inlet includes an inner inlet and an outer inlet radially outward from the inner inlet for mixing a fluid flow in the fluid inlet for evenly distributing fluid flow (e.g., a two phase flow) into the fluid channels of the insert and into each channel of the heat transfer device. | 2016-01-28 |