| 09th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
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| 20160061426 | Luminous Shoe - A luminous shoe of the disclosure includes a sole and a light-emitting device located at the sole. The light-emitting device includes a control box and a light belt exposed out of the control box and electrically connected with the control box. The light belt includes a housing, a flex printed circuit (FPC) received in the housing, a plurality of luminous elements located on the FPC and electrically connected with the FPC, and a supporting member received in the housing. The supporting member supports the FPC to fix the FPC in the housing, and ensures uniformity of the flashing direction of the luminous elements. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061427 | LAMP - In various embodiments, a lamp is provided. The lamp may include two mutually opposite end sections, which each form an electrical contact of the lamp. In each case at least one semiconductor light source is arranged in the region of the end sections. The lamp has an operating apparatus for the semiconductor light sources. The operating apparatus has electrical components, which are arranged in the region of a first section of the lamp, and the operating apparatus has at least one further electrical component, which is arranged in the region of the second end section of the lamp. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061428 | Lighting Fixture - A lighting fixture can comprise a substantially flat sheet of metal supporting a circuit that comprises one or more light emitting diodes with one or more associated optics for manipulating emitted light. The circuit can be attached to, mounted next to, or integrated with the sheet of metal. In some examples, a layer of dielectric material adheres to the sheet of metal, and circuit elements adhere to the layer of dielectric material. Such circuit elements may comprise electrical traces, light emitting diodes, and/or a light emitting diode driver. The sheet of metal can provide a substrate for the circuit or a support for a freestanding circuit board that may be rigid or flexible. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061429 | DISPLAY LIGHTING SYSTEM - A lighting system including a low voltage frame, a puck magnetically joinable with the frame, a lighting array, and an elongated electrical connector joining the puck and the lighting array. The puck can be selectively positioned along the low voltage frame in a variety of different locations. The puck can be constructed from a polymeric material molded over electrical connectors, and optionally a power feed, such as a cable jack. The electrical connectors can be magnetized so that the electrical connectors are magnetically attracted to power rails on the low voltage frame to establish electrical coupling of the connectors to the power rails, while physically securing the puck in a fixed location along the low voltage frame. The power rails can be constructed from magnetic stainless steel, optionally coated with black oxide from a hot black oxide coating process. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061430 | Wireless Power For Airfield Lighting - A wirelessly powered airfield lighting device includes a base can and a wireless power transmitter disposed in the base can. The wireless power transmitter can wirelessly transmit power. The lighting device further includes an isolation transformer disposed inside the base can. The isolation transformer is electrically coupled to and between the wireless power transmitter and a power source. The lighting device also includes a light fixture that includes a base disposed on and sealing the top end of the base can and that includes an electronics compartment. The light fixture further includes a wireless power receiver disposed in the electronics compartment and that wirelessly receives power from the wireless power transmitter. The light fixture also includes a light source that receives power from the wireless power receiver. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061431 | Illumination system - An illumination system operable for use as a string of Christmas lights may include a plurality of lamps connected in series. Each lamp may include a lamp luminary, a lamp stem, a lamp holder, and a pair of cables connected to the lamp holder. The lamp stem may have an insertion portion. The lamp holder may have an accommodation space formed therein. When the lamp stem is disposed in the accommodation space, the insertion portion may be clamped between a pair of first protrusions to separate the protrusions. When the lamp stem is removed from the accommodation space, the pair of first protrusions may resume contact through the elastic nature of the cable and the protrusions. The illumination system may be simple in structure and may be convenient for use. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061432 | ENCAPSULATED LOW VOLTAGE LED LIGHTING SYSTEM - A lighting streamer for a low voltage LED lighting system includes a cable having a positive conductor and a negative conductor, a first connector, a second connector, and at least one socket assembly positioned between the first connector and the second connector and in electrical communication with the cable. Each of the socket assemblies are configured to receive an LED bulb therein. The socket assembly defines a top portion and a bottom portion which when assembled, pierce the positive conductor and the negative conductor. A protective coating encapsulates the at least one socket assembly. At least one LED light bulb positioned in and in electrical communication with the at least one socket. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061433 | INTERNAL REFLECTIVE LIGHT FIXTURE - The present invention is an internal reflective light fixture, comprising a luminescence unit, a reflection member and a cup body. The luminescence unit comprises a light-holding part for emitting a light ray. The reflection member comprises a securing part and a reflection part, wherein the reflection part is formed at one side of the securing part and forms a reflective curved surface with a first reflective layer. The cup body contains the luminescence unit and the reflection member. The cup body comprises a second reflective layer formed on the interior wall of the cup body, a first containing space and a securing trough. The securing trough is provided to fix the securing part so that the reflection part is exposed at the first containing space. The light ray is reflected to the second reflective layer by the first reflective layer and then emitted from the cup body. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061434 | MODULAR LED HEAT-DISSIPATING DEVICE - A modular LED heat-dissipating device includes an LED circuit board, a heat-conducting adhesive layer, a heat-dissipating structure, and a wire terminal module. The LED light source illuminates by power supplied via the wire terminal module. Heat generated from the LED light source is dissipated by the heat-dissipating structure. This device does not dissipate heat by a lamp housing. So the lamp housing can be made of, but not limited to, plastic, thereby decreasing a production cost of the LED lamp. In addition, the modular LED heat-dissipating device can fit various kinds of lamp housings. When the LED light source breaks down, the modular LED heat-dissipating device and the lamp housing can be easily separated to replace or repair the LED light source. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061435 | ELECTRONIC IMPLEMENT REPLACEMENT STRUCTURE - An electronic implement replacement structure includes a housing body ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061436 | Socket and Lighting Device - According to one embodiment, a socket includes a flange section in which a light emitting module having a light emitting element is provided; a first convex section that protrudes from a surface of the flange section opposite to a side on which the light emitting module is provided and has a plate shape; and a second convex section that protrudes from the surface of the flange section opposite to the side on which the light emitting module is provided and is connected to the first convex section. A top surface of the second convex section is positioned further on the flange section side with respect to a top surface of the first convex section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061437 | Light Emitting Module and Lighting Device - A light emitting module according to an exemplary embodiment includes a board that is provided with a wiring pattern, a light emitting element that is electrically connected to the wiring pattern, a surrounding wall member that is provided on the board via a joining portion containing a resin and surrounds the light emitting element, and a first coating portion that contains the same resin as the resin contained in the joining portion, and covers an exposed portion of the wiring pattern outside the surrounding wall member. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061438 | LAMP DEVICE WITH CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE INTEGRATED SPEAKER - A lamp device with a central intelligence integrated speaker at least includes a rear housing, a front housing, a speaker, a light emitting module, a transmission module and a control processing module. The speaker and the light emitting module are disposed between the front housing and the rear housing. The transmission module is adapted to be identified by an electronic device. When the electronic device identifies the transmission module and establishes a matching connection with the transmission module according to a connection signal, the electronic device transmits a control instruction to the control processing module through the transmission module via a wireless means. The speaker and/or the light emitting module is activated according to the control instruction to cause the light emitting module to emit a light source and to cause the speaker to output an audio source played by the electronic device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061439 | AN AIRSTREAM AND LED LIGHTBEAM LUMINAIRE - Described is a LED Luminaire combined with a theatrical fan for generating a combined blast of air and beam of light directed in a common direction. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061440 | APPARATUS FOR PULSATION-FREE AND OSCILLATION-FREE TOTAL EVAPORATION OF MEDIA; HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR EVAPORATION OF SURFACES - An apparatus for pulsation-free and oscillation-free total evaporation of media has an evaporation pipe having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the media to be evaporated, and a displacement body is disposed coaxially, at least in a part of the evaporation pipe, wherein the displacement body lies against an inner wall of the evaporation pipe, at least over a part of its longitudinal expanse, so that at least one evaporation channel is formed, and the evaporation pipe can be temperature-regulated by a heating device, and the displacement body has an at least triangular cross-section, has a greater length expanse than width expanse, and is twisted about its longitudinal axis. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061441 | VIBRATION SUPPRESSION MEMBER FOR HEAT TRANSFER TUBE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, VIBRATION SUPPRESSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEAT TRANSFER TUBE, AND STEAM GENERATOR - In a vibration suppression member for heat transfer tubes, a manufacturing method of the vibration suppression member for heat transfer tubes, a vibration suppression device and method for heat transfer tubes, and a steam generator, a second anti-vibration member ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061442 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHEMICAL LOOP COMBUSTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - The invention relates to a method for chemical looping (CLC) oxidation-reduction combustion of liquid hydrocarbon feedstocks carried out in a fluidized bed, wherein liquid hydrocarbon feedstock ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061443 | BURNER - A burner with a plurality of oxidant gas pipes distributed throughout the cross section of the burner and process gas in plug flow provides even mixing of the oxidant and the process gas. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061444 | COMBUSTION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY UNIT AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A COMBUSTION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY UNIT - A combustion chamber assembly unit, especially for a vehicle heater, includes a combustion chamber housing ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061445 | DUAL VENTURI FOR COMBUSTION DEVICE - A dual venturi for a combustion device that can control the quantities of gas and air supplied to the burner of a water heater and in which a motor is combined with a damper so as to simultaneously open and close the inlets for secondary air and gas and efficiently control the quantity of heat, in order to increase the turn-down ratio. The dual venturi includes: a housing having a discharge part coupled to a turbo fan; an air supply unit divided into first and second air supply units; a gas supply unit divided into first and second gas supply units communicating with the first and second air supply units; and an opening and closing unit that blocks the flow of secondary air and secondary gas when needing a low quantity of heat, and opens both the second air supply unit and the second opening when needing a high quantity of heat. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061446 | COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A combustion system having a furnace defining a combustion chamber includes a first burner disposed at an upper elevation of the combustion chamber and a second burner and a third burner disposed at a lower elevation of the combustion chamber. A first duct extends vertically to convey therein a fuel flow of gas and pulverized fuel. A second duct branches from the first duct to the first burner to convey a first portion of the fuel flow, which is fuel lean, to define a fuel lean flow, wherein a second portion of the fuel flow passes through the first duct as a fuel rich flow. A third duct includes one end disposed longitudinally within the first duct. An impeller is disposed within the first duct upstream of the branching of the second duct and downstream of the one end of the third duct disposed in the first duct. The impeller includes a plurality of blades to direct outwardly the pulverized fuel of the fuel rich flow to provide a fuel reduced content flow passing through the second duct to the second burner, and a fuel concentrated content flow passing through first duct to the first burner. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061447 | CERAMIC HEATER - A ceramic heater of the invention includes a ceramic structure; a heat-generating resistor embedded in the ceramic structure; and a feeder line embedded in the ceramic structure so as to be connected, at one end thereof, to the heat-generating resistor. The feeder line is made of metal, and metal grains of a center region of the feeder line are greater in grain size than metal grains of an outer periphery region of the feeder line. Even if a crack developed in the outer periphery region of the feeder line propagates through grain boundaries in the outer periphery region and comes near the center region, propagation of the crack through the interior of the center region can be suppressed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061448 | HEAT SHIELD LABYRINTH SEAL - A seal for sealing a combustor heat shield against an interior surface of a combustor shell, the seal comprising: a first sealing surface on the interior surface of the combustor shell; and a second sealing surface on a rail on an edge of a heat shield,
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| 20160061449 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR INSTALLATION OF A TRANSITION DUCT - In a method for installation of a transition duct in a gas turbine engine, a guide structure is positioned that extends in an inclined direction with respect to a gas turbine axis. At least a portion of the guide structure is disposed between a turbine section and a combustor section of the gas turbine engine. The transition duct is engaged with the guide structure such that the transition duct is movable along the guide structure. Motion is imparted to the transition duct along the guide structure in a forward-to-aft direction, to move the transition duct to an installed position in which an aft end of the transition duct is aligned for attachment to a forward face of a stator component of the turbine section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061450 | APPARATUS AND METHOD INCORPRATING A TRANSITION AFT SUPPORT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - An apparatus for supporting an aft portion of a transition duct in a gas turbine engine includes a transition aft frame that engages with an annular shaped stator component disposed in a turbine section of the gas turbine engine. The transition aft frame includes radially inner and outer panels and circumferentially spaced first and second side panels connecting the inner and outer panels. A forward face of the stator component includes first and second connection points circumferentially spaced apart. The transition aft frame includes first and second attachment structures that respectively engage with the first and second connection points when the transition duct is aligned axially with the stator component. The first and second attachment structures are spaced apart in a manner effective to transfer moment load from the first and second attachment structures to the first and second side panels respectively. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061451 | GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH PLUG RESISTANT EFFUSION COOLING HOLES - A combustor for a turbine engine is provided. A first liner has a first surface and a second surface. A second liner forms a combustion chamber with the second side of the first liner, and the combustion chamber configured to receive an air-fuel mixture for combustion therein. The first liner defines a plurality of effusion cooling holes configured to form a film of cooling air on the second surface of the first liner. The plurality of effusion cooling holes includes a first effusion cooling hole extending from the first surface to the second surface and including an inlet portion extending from the first surface, a metering portion fluidly coupled to the inlet portion, and an outlet portion fluidly coupled to the metering portion and extending to the second surface. The inlet portion is larger than the metering portion. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061452 | CORRUGATED CYCLONE MIXER ASSEMBLY TO FACILITATE REDUCED NOX EMISSIONS AND IMPROVE OPERABILITY IN A COMBUSTOR SYSTEM - A corrugated cyclone mixer for use in a fuel injection assembly of a turbine engine. The corrugated cyclone mixer generally includes an annular housing including a flange portion and a lip portion configured downstream of the flange portion. The mixer further including a swirler disposed therein the annular housing for inducing a cyclonic motion in the corrugated cyclone mixer. The swirler is configured upstream of the flange portion and including a plurality of swirler vanes to produce a swirling air flow. The lip portion forming an outlet downstream of the swirler and including a plurality of corrugations at an aft end. The plurality of corrugations are configured to mix the swirling air flow and an injected fuel stream flowing therethrough the corrugated cyclone mixer. Additionally disclosed is a fuel injection assembly and a turbine assembly including the corrugated cyclone mixer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061453 | COMBUSTOR DYNAMICS MITIGATION - A combustor includes a plurality of bundled tube fuel nozzles which are annularly arranged around a common axial centerline. The plurality of bundled tube fuel nozzles comprise a first bundled tube fuel nozzle and a second bundled tube fuel nozzle. The first bundled tube fuel nozzle includes a first fuel plenum and a plurality of premix tubes which extend axially therethrough. The second bundled tube fuel nozzle includes a second fuel plenum and a plurality of premix tubes which extend axially therethrough. The first fuel plenum is axially offset at a predefined axial distance from the second fuel plenum so as to mitigate combustion tones within the combustor. In one embodiment, premix tube fuel ports disposed within the first and/or second fuel plenums may be axially offset with respect to each other within the corresponding fuel plenums at a predefined axial distance to mitigate combustion tones within the combustor. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061454 | SAFETY TIMING CONTROL DEVICE OF GAS APPLIANCE - A safety timing control device is provided for a gas appliance and includes an electromagnetic switch, a first timing controller, a second timing controller, a power converter, and an alarm unit. The electromagnetic switch includes an electromagnet, a return spring, a housing, a connection bar, and a plug. The first timing controller sets a predetermined period of operation of the gas appliance in order to control the supply of electrical power to the electromagnet, which in turn opens or closes a gas passage of the gas appliance to prevent a potential risk of explosion caused by undesired continuous supply of fuel to a flaming site of the gas passage or to prevent a potential risk of being poisoned by carbon monoxide generated by incomplete combustion of fuel gas in the gas appliance. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061455 | MODULAR PORTABLE COOKING SYSTEM - A modular cooking apparatus is provided. A base unit is configured to direct heat to a recess, the recess having a ledge therein configured to receive a stockpot. A griddle has a top griddle cooking surface, and a downward extending wall configured to engage the recess of the base unit. An oven has a substantially open bottom, and is configured to engage the top griddle cooking surface of the griddle, where the griddle cooking surface acts as the heat source for the oven. The base unit individually defines a stockpot cooker configuration, a combination of the griddle mounted on the base unit defines a griddle configuration, and a combination of the griddle mounted on the base unit and the oven mounted on the griddle defines an oven configuration. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061456 | PORTABLE BURNER - The present invention relates to a portable burner in which a combustion gas exhaust path formed by a case body including an external case and an internal case and by a camping cooker inserted into the case body is formed in zigzag, and combustion gas is not immediately exhausted to achieve heat exchange for a sufficient time, thereby improving thermal efficiency and safely carrying the portable burner. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061457 | DOOR LOCK LOGIC - The present invention provides an oven appliance and for operation of an oven appliance. The oven appliance and a method for operating the oven appliance include features such that the door of the oven appliance remains locked unless a cooking cycle is initiated or a door unlocking element is utilized. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061458 | Steam Injection System and Method - An oven steam injection system includes an oven having a compartment enclosed on all sides, a door on a front side of the compartment, the door operable to open the compartment, and a steam injector disposed inside the compartment. The oven steam injection system also includes a steam generator having a heater reservoir and a heating element that is operable to heat water within the heater reservoir to generate steam. The steam generator is operable to inject steam into the compartment through the steam injector. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061459 | IMPACT AND/OR SOUND DEADENING HYDRONIC SUB-FLOORING PANEL AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sub-flooring panel with improved impact and/or sound deadening (ISD) properties that is adapted to adjoin other sub-flooring panels to form a sub-flooring panel assembly, includes a base body having an upper surface formed with a groove for receiving a heating/cooling element, such as hydronic piping. A sub-flooring system with significantly improved ISD properties includes the panel assembly and an underlayment assembly which comprises a plurality of stabilizing supports, each support being adjustable in height, to support at least a generally rigid board and a fiberboard on which finishing flooring or laminate may be installed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061460 | DEHUMIDIFIER, COMPRESSOR AND DEHUMIDIFIER CONTROL METHOD - The present invention discloses a dehumidifier, a compressor and dehumidifier control method. A terminal cover is arranged at the top of the compressor, a mounting base and a wire outlet seat are arranged on the terminal cover, the mounting base is provided with a fixing groove used for mounting a first temperature detecting device for detecting the temperature at the top of the compressor, a bottom opening communicated with the top of the compressor is arranged at the bottom end of the fixing groove used for enabling the first temperature detecting device to prop against the top of the compressor and detect the temperature at the top of the compressor; the wire outlet seat is provided with a wiring groove used for mounting connecting wires of the compressor, and a clamping slot used for mounting a second temperature detecting device for detecting the temperature of the connecting wires. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061461 | DEHUMIDIFYING APPARATUS - A dehumidifying apparatus controls the amount of refrigerant flowing into a third heat exchanger serving as a condenser, so as to secure the amount of heat required for defrosting. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061462 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYBRID WATER HEATING AND AIR COOLING AND CONTROL THEREOF - A system for conditioning air circulated from an interior of a building includes a refrigerant path, an air-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path, a water-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path that transfers heat from refrigerant in the refrigerant path to the building water, an evaporator in the refrigerant path, and a control system. The control system moves the system between operation of the air-cooled condenser and the water-cooled condenser based upon predetermined system conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061463 | Motor Vehicle Interior Passive Environmental Moderator - A structured mat that is placed on an automobile's dashboard (and/or the rear window shelf) and provided with a quantity of water, or other suitable liquid, that on heating will evaporate into the interior air of the vehicle. The mat structure includes a water impermeable layer that lays against and partially covers the top surface of the dashboard and/or rear shelf and a fluid wicking layer over the impermeable layer that may be saturated with evaporative fluid (on a repeated basis as necessary) and serve as a reservoir for the evaporative process to be carried out. The multilayered surface may be manually refilled with water (or other suitable liquid) from a hand held container or may be automatically refilled from reservoirs structured in fluid connection to the evaporative surface. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061464 | AIR CONDITIONER UNIT - In accordance with one embodiment, an air conditioner unit is provided. The air conditioner unit includes a heater housing having peripheral surfaces defining a housing interior, the peripheral surfaces including a first sidewall and a second sidewall spaced apart along the lateral direction. The air conditioner unit further includes a guide track extending along the lateral direction between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The air conditioner unit further includes a blower fan, the blower fan including a blade assembly disposed within the interior and a motor connected to the blade assembly. The air conditioner unit further includes a heating unit comprising a first bracket and a second bracket spaced apart along the lateral direction. The heating unit further includes at least one heater bank extending along the lateral direction between the first bracket and the second bracket. The heating unit is movable along the guide track. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061465 | AIR CONDITIONER UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - Air conditioner units and methods for operating air conditioner units are provided. A method includes determining an operational state of each heater bank of a plurality of heater banks of the air conditioner unit, and determining a speed of a blower fan of the air conditioner unit when the operational state of every heater bank is active. The method further includes comparing a blower fan motor rotational frequency to a rotational frequency threshold value when the speed is a low speed, and deactivating one of the plurality of heater banks when the blower fan motor rotational frequency is greater than the rotational frequency threshold value. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061466 | AIR CONDITIONER UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - Air conditioner units and methods for operating air conditioner units are provided. A method includes determining an operational state of each heater bank of a plurality of heater banks of the air conditioner unit, and determining a speed of a blower fan of the air conditioner unit when the operational state of every heater bank is active. The method further includes comparing a blower fan input voltage to a voltage threshold value when the speed is a low speed, and deactivating one of the plurality of heater banks when the blower fan input voltage is less than the voltage threshold value. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061467 | AIR CONDITIONER UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - Air conditioner units and methods for operating air conditioner units are provided. A method includes determining an operational mode for the air conditioner unit, the air conditioner unit comprising a plurality of heater banks, and determining a speed of a blower fan of the air conditioner unit when the operational mode is a heating mode. The method further includes comparing an input current level to a current threshold value when the speed is a low speed, and disabling one of the plurality of heater banks when the input current level is greater than or equal to the current threshold value. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061468 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND COMMUNICATING WITH HVAC DEVICES - An actuator in a HVAC system includes a mechanical transducer, an input data connection, a feedback data connection, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to use a master-slave detection signal communicated via the feedback data connection to select an operating mode for the actuator from a set of multiple potential operating modes including a master operating mode and a slave operating mode. The processing circuit is configured to operate the mechanical transducer in response to a control signal received via the input data connection according to the selected operating mode. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061469 | BUILDING POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for managing building power, in one aspect, a method for managing building power includes determining values for power usage of a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system in one or more zones of a building, the values including a cost of power value, a comfort value, a weighting function between the cost of power value and the comfort value, or a thermal storage value, in which the determining the values is based on a plurality of parameters including a price of power, a time of use, a total power allocation, or random variables including weather and building occupancy factors, and determining a power level for a plurality of states based on the determined values, the plurality of states corresponding to different levels of power to operate the HVAC system in the one or more zones. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061470 | ELECTRIC APPARATUS, AIR CONDITIONER, EXTERNAL CONTROLLER, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - The object is to obtain an electric apparatus capable of immediately using an application program at the time of installing an apparatus without causing pressure on the capacity of a storage region included in a controller of the apparatus to be controlled while reducing loads on an external server and a communication line. Also, the electric apparatus is capable of making each apparatus perform a specific function by a mobile terminal to be operated. An electric apparatus (for example, air conditioner) which is remotely operated by an operation unit included in a mobile terminal includes an application data storing unit (for example, application data storage region) for storing specific data of the electric apparatus. The operation unit includes a common operation unit having a communication driver and a screen configuration frame common to the same kind of electric apparatuses and a specific operation unit having information specific for the electric apparatus. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061471 | HVAC CONTROLLER ASSEMBLY - An HVAC control mounting assembly including a housing, including at least one communication module receptacle, and a communication module disposed in at least one of the at least one communication module receptacles. An HVAC controller assembly including an HVAC control unit, and a mounting assembly operably coupled to the HVAC control unit the mounting assembly including: a housing including at least one communication module receptacle disposed therein, and a communication module disposed in at least one of the at least one communication module receptacles. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061472 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ROOM TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies. In particular, a method and device for controlling room temperature and relative humidity to which to set a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system are provided. The method for controlling temperature and humidity by a temperature and humidity control device includes acquiring at least one piece of environmental information and user biometric information, determining, based on the acquired at least one piece of the environmental information and the user biometric information, control information that determines statistical information to be within a certain range, and controlling an HVAC system based on the determined control information. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a comfortable environment to a user and save energy while maintaining comfort. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061473 | HVAC CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SAME - A system and method for operating an HVAC system having a cooling system and ventilation system to vent outside air within a structure is disclosed. The method includes monitoring an interior temperature of the structure, monitoring an exterior temperature of ambient air outside of the structure, defining a first time range and a second time range, associating one or more operating parameters of the HVAC system with the first time range, associating one or more operating parameters of the HVAC system with the second time range, monitoring operational time and operational load of the cooling system for the first time range, and controlling the ventilation system during the second time range based upon the monitored operational time and operational load of the cooling system in the first time range, and the monitored interior and exterior temperatures. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING RAMPED SETPOINT TEMPERATURE VARIATION WITH NETWORKED THERMOSTATS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY - The invention comprises systems and methods for ramping setpoints on thermostats controlling HVAC systems. At least one thermostat is located inside a structure and is used to control an HVAC system in the structure. At least one remote processor is in communication with said thermostat and at least one database stores data reported by the thermostat. At least one processor compares the outside temperature at at least one location and at least one point in time to information reported to the remote processor from the thermostat. The remote processor ramps the setpoint on the thermostat so as to reduce the average spread between inside temperature and outside temperature in order to reduce energy consumption with affecting comfort. The remote processor takes into account the effect of weather conditions and occupant preferences in determining whether and when to ramp setpoints. | 2016-03-03 |
| 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. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061476 | Environmental Sensor Device - An air quality sensing and/or monitoring device comprises a data bus, a multitude of sensors, at least one processing unit, a communications interface, and memory. The multitude of sensors may include particle counter(s), pressure sensor(s) and/or the like. The memory is configured to hold data and machine executable instructions. The machine executable instructions are configured to cause at least one processing unit to: collect sensor data from at least one of the multitude of sensors, generate processed sensor data from the sensor data, and generate a report of processed sensor data that exceeds at least one threshold. The communications interface is configured to communicate the report to at least one external device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061477 | Environmental Sensing System - An environmental sensing system comprises environmental sensing device(s) and monitoring device(s). Environmental sensing device(s) and monitoring device(s) may comprise a data bus, at least one processing unit, a communications interface, and memory. Environmental sensing device(s) may comprise a multitude of sensors comprising particle counter(s), pressure sensor(s), and/or the like. Environmental sensing device(s) may be configured to collect sensor data from sensor(s), and generate processed sensor data from the sensor data. Monitoring device(s) may be configured to collect processed sensor data from environmental sensing device(s), and report if processed sensor data exceeds at least one predetermined threshold. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061478 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061479 | SYSTEMS FOR HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING APPLICATIONS - A motor control system for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) applications is described. The motor control system includes a thermostat and an electronically commutated motor (ECM) coupled to the thermostat. The ECM is configured to retrofit an existing non-ECM electric motor included in an HVAC application and to operate in one of a plurality of HVAC modes. The HVAC modes include at least one of a heating mode, a cooling mode, and a continuous fan mode. The HVAC mode is determined based at least partially on outputs provided by the thermostat. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061480 | HVAC ACTUATOR WITH LINE VOLTAGE INPUT - An actuator in a HVAC system includes a housing, a mechanical transducer, and an input connection configured to receive a voltage signal having a power supply line voltage. The actuator includes a voltage divider circuit having a capacitor disposed in series between the input connection and the mechanical transducer. The capacitor has a capacitance value based on an electrical impedance of the mechanical transducer. The voltage divider circuit is configured to receive the line voltage from the input connection, to use the capacitor to reduce the line voltage to a reduced voltage, and to provide the reduced voltage to the mechanical transducer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061481 | Air concentrator/diffuser pet accessory - A molded, carved, stamped, or otherwise manufactured apparatus covers an HVAC register. The apparatus provides an air enhanced lounging place for pets while simultaneously facilitating air-flow from the register to a room it is part of. Reinforcing ribs may provide for the directing of airflow under the apparatus to openings in walls of the apparatus. Electronic circuitry, including sensors, processors, or radios, may detect use by a pet, or even contact by a human, and trigger, or transmit a message to, a user's device such as a smartphone or computer. The circuitry may interoperate with an interactive home monitoring system and trigger the streaming of video from its camera(s) focused on, or in proximity of, the accessory apparatus. An application on a user device may process signals transmitted from the apparatus's circuitry to remotely determine information associated with room environment and/or the pet. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061482 | ATTENUTATING DEVICE FOR VALVE ASSEMBLY - An attenuating device that is configured to replace motion converters in conventional control valve assemblies. The attenuating device can generate an output displacement in response to a position of a plug relative to a seat in the valve assembly. In one embodiment, the attenuating device comprises a spring assembly with a pair of spring members, disposed in series, and configured to assume a deflection that reduces the displacement of the plug to a smaller displacement that is useful to position a target member of a sensor. This embodiment, however, forgoes the mechanisms of conventional devices in lieu of components that are amenable to compact design. In this way, the attenuating device can substantially fit within the existing structure of the valve assembly, and, in one construction, the attenuating device is disposed in the actuator of the valve assembly. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061483 | AIR CONDITIONER COVER - An air conditioner exhaust cover including a mesh covering with an outer perimeter, the mesh covering configured to reversibly and completely cover the exhaust opening of an air conditioner, and further configured to allow exhaust to be vented from the exhaust opening, and further configured to block debris from entering the exhaust opening. The cover includes a reinforced border located at the outer perimeter of the mesh covering, into which a plurality of attachment points is formed. The covering system also includes a plurality of flexible attachments each comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end configured to attach to at least one of the plurality of attachment points, and the distal end configured to attach to another point that at least partially stretches the flexible attachment to hold the mesh covering in place over the exhaust opening of the air conditioner. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061484 | DEHUMIDIFIER AND FLOAT ASSEMBLY THEREOF - The present invention discloses a dehumidifier and a float assembly thereof, wherein the float assembly comprises a float, a press plate, a suction pipe, and a rotation shaft. The float, the suction pipe, and the press plate are fixedly connected to the rotation shaft respectively, and the suction pipe and the float are arranged at the same side of the rotation shaft, so that the suction pipe is driven by the float to synchronously rise up or fall down along with variation of water level of a water tank; the press plate is driven by the float to control a draining pump to drain when the water tank is at the high water level, thereby realizing automatic drainage. The present invention doesn't need to dispose both a fixed water tank and a movable water tank. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061485 | DEHUMIDIFIER - The invention discloses a dehumidifier, including a chassis, a mainframe, a water receiving tank and a water tank, wherein the mainframe and the water tank are arranged on the chassis, and the water tank is detachably connected with the mainframe; the water receiving tank is arranged on the mainframe, and the drainage nozzle of the water receiving tank is over against the water receiving opening of the water tank. The dehumidifier further includes a water receiving container and a sliding bracket, wherein the water receiving container is arranged on the sliding bracket, the sliding bracket is in slide connection with the mainframe, and an elastic element is arranged between the sliding bracket and the mainframe. The problem that after the water tank is pulled out, the residual water flow drops onto the chassis through the drainage nozzle, is solved, thus the growth of bacteria on the chassis can be avoided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061486 | CURB ADAPTER - Provided is a curb adapter, comprising a first wall along a first direction of extension; a second wall along a second direction of extension that is different from the first direction of extension; and a corner support mechanism coupled at a corner that includes an edge of the first wall and an edge of the second wall. The corner support mechanism includes at least one fastener coupled to the edge of the first wall and at least one fastener coupled to the edge of the second wall. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061487 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING FLUE GAS - A multi-stage exhaust apparatus to reduce the emission of pollutants from a fossil fuel furnace and to achieve greater efficiency in the energy consumption by such furnace. The multi-stage exhaust may include a vacuum chamber boiler, a submerged pump vacuum chamber, a bath scrubber, and a clean air tower. The system may further include a secondary submerged vacuum chamber and a secondary bath scrubber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061488 | WATER HEATER APPLIANCE WITH AN ANGLED ANODE - A water heater appliance includes a tank with a sidewall. A boss is mounted to the sidewall of the tank, and an anode is mounted to the boss. The anode extends through the tank into an interior volume of the tank at an angle such that the anode avoids internal tank components of the water heater appliance. A related heat pump water heater appliance is also provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061489 | HEATER FOR SOLVENTS AND FLAMMABLE FLUIDS - A heater for solvents and flammable fluids having a heater core, an hermetically sealed electrical chamber, and a housing cap. The heater core includes a process fluid tube, a heating element, and a thermal well, all enclosed within a cast aluminum billet. The heating element, the process fluid tube, and the thermal well are all thermally associated with one another. The electrical chamber is embedded in a first end of the cast aluminum billet. Electrodes from the heating element extend into the electrical chamber and are connected to electrical wires. The electrical chamber is filled with a non-conducting epoxy that covers and encloses the electrical connections. The housing cap is sealingly disposed on the first end of the cast aluminum billet covering the electrical chamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061490 | Cooking Appliance - Provided is a cooking appliance having an improved structure in which superheated steam is capable of being used during a cooking operation. The cooking appliance supplies superheated steam while food is cooked, and includes: a main body, a front of which is opened and in which a cooking compartment is disposed; a heating chamber disposed in the main body to be in communication with the cooking compartment; a steam generator disposed to generate steam sprayed into the heating chamber; and a convection heater disposed in the heating chamber to heat the heating chamber and the cooking compartment. The convection heater heats steam discharged from the steam generator, and the steam discharged from the steam generator, in a superheated steam state, is sprayed into the heating chamber and supplied into the cooking compartment. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061491 | LOW NOX BURNER FOR A WATER HEATER - A method of assembling multiple low NO | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061492 | HEAT COLLECTOR FOR SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION - There is provided a heat collector for solar thermal power generation that suppresses oxidization using a silicon-carbide ceramic sintered body as a base body. The heat collector includes the base body made of a silicon-carbide ceramic sintered body in which channels (cells) for passing through a heat medium are formed, a first glass layer of silicate glass that coats at least a part of surfaces of the base body and contains an alkali metal constituent and/or an alkaline-earth metal constituent, and a second glass layer of silicate glass that coats the first glass layer and has a sum of contents of an alkali metal constituent and an alkaline-earth metal constituent, which is smaller than a sum of contents of the alkali metal constituent and the alkaline-earth metal constituent in the first glass layer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061493 | CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR - In a cryogenic refrigerator, a valve switches between a flow passage of a low-pressure refrigerant gas and a flow passage of a high-pressure refrigerant gas. A motor drives the valve. The motor includes a rotor and a stator, the rotor located radially inward of the stator. A casing gastightly houses the rotor and the stator. The stator includes a back yoke and a magnetic member that acts as a magnetic path of an external magnetic field generated outside of the casing, the magnetic member located radially outward of and spaced apart from the back yoke. The magnetic member is gastightly housed in the casing. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061494 | Refrigerant Side Economizer - This invention provides a Refrigerant Side Economizer cycle and a fuel-heat based heating cycle for air conditioners, heat pumps, and chillers. The built-in refrigerant side economizer cycle can be substituted for an air-side economizer cycle or a water-side economizer cycle. It can provide an economizer cycle for split system air conditioners, chillers, coolers, and heat pumps. Also, it makes possible an economizer mode for variable refrigerant flow units. With this invention, the units can distribute heating from a fuel-heat source without compressor operation. During refrigerant side economizer mode, the refrigerant pump in the units maintains circulation without compressor operation, with a fraction of energy consumption. To allow for longer distance between split-system units, the refrigerant pump if needed can operate during compressor operation. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061495 | Vapor Compression Cooling System With Improved Energy Efficiency Through Economization - A cooling system has a cooling circuit that includes an evaporator disposed in a cabinet, a condenser, a compressor, a liquid/vapor separator tank and a liquid pump. The cooling circuit has a mode wherein the compressor and liquid pump are both on with the liquid pump pumping refrigerant through the evaporator with the refrigerant leaving the evaporator circulated to an inlet of the liquid/vapor separator tank and not to an inlet of the condenser. The cooling circuit also has a pumped refrigerant economizer mode wherein the liquid pump is on and the compressor is off and bypassed with the refrigerant leaving the evaporator circulated to the inlet of the condenser and not to the inlet of the liquid/vapor separator tank. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061496 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH REDUCED LENGTH DISTRIBUTOR TUBE - A heat exchanger includes a header, a plurality of tubes, and a distributor. The header is configured to contain refrigerant and define an opening proximate to a termination end of the header. The plurality of tubes extends away from and is fluidicly coupled to the header. The plurality of tubes includes a first group of adjacent tubes characterized as located further away from the opening than a second group of adjacent tubes. The distributor is located within the header and spaced apart from the opening such that a first portion of the refrigerant in the first group of tubes does flow through the distributor, and a second portion of the refrigerant in the first group of tubes does not flow through the distributor. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061497 | TWO-PASS EVAPORATOR - A two-pass evaporator suitable for use in an automobile includes various pressure drop devices to aliquot refrigerant into tubes that make up the two-pass evaporator. The two-pass evaporator includes a first pressure-drop device configured to receive and expand a liquid phase refrigerant into a first mixture of two-phase refrigerant; and a second pressure-drop device configured to receive and expand the first mixture of two-phase refrigerant into a second mixture of two-phase refrigerant and aliquot the second mixture of two-phase refrigerant to the first end of the first plurality of tubes. The two-pass evaporator includes a transition manifold that may house a flow-modulation plate disposed therein and configured to segregate the transition manifold into an upstream portion and a downstream portion. The flow-modulation device works in conjunction with the upstream pressure drop devices to aliquot refrigerant from the first plurality of tubes to the second plurality of tubes. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061498 | AXIAL VALVE WITH STATIONARY ELEMENT - The invention relates to a valve ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061499 | REFRIGERATION LOAD REDUCTION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A refrigeration load reduction system can include a primary container having gas permeable openings therein. A granular composition is retained within the container. The granular composition is a granular mixture of a sodium carbonate mineral and a mono-, di- or tricarboxylic acid. Typically, the sodium carbonate mineral is a trona mineral, although other minerals can be used singly or in combination with trona. A method of reducing refrigeration load can include orienting the refrigeration load reduction system within a fluid circulation path of a refrigeration unit adapted to cool a refrigeration chamber. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061500 | METHOD TO DETECT LOW CHARGE LEVELS IN A REFRIGERATION CIRCUIT - A method to detect the charge level of a refrigerant within a refrigeration circuit, where the refrigeration circuit has a compressor, a sensor to detect a pressure, and a sensor to detect a temperature. The method has a key cycle that has a first part and a second part. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061501 | AIR CONDITIONER HEATER CONTROL BASED ON POWER SUPPLY CORD PARAMETERS - Air conditioner units and methods of operating the same are provided. One example method includes determining whether one or more heaters included in the air conditioner unit are energized. The method includes determining whether an operating speed of a fan included in the air conditioner unit is less than a threshold speed. The method includes determining whether a power provided to the air conditioner unit by a utilized power supply cord is greater than a threshold power. The method includes de-energizing at least one of the one or more heaters when it is determined that the one or more heaters are energized, the operating speed of the fan is less than the threshold speed, and the power provided by the utilized power supply cord is greater than the threshold power. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061502 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYBRID WATER HEATING AND AIR COOLING AND CONTROL THEREOF - A system for conditioning air circulated from an interior of a building includes a refrigerant path, an air-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path, a water-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path that transfers heat from refrigerant in the refrigerant path to the building water, an evaporator in the refrigerant path, and a control system. The control system moves the system between operation of the air-cooled condenser and the water-cooled condenser based upon predetermined system conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061503 | COMPRESSOR FOR A REFRIGERATING PLANT AND REFRIGERATING PLANT COMPRISING SAID COMPRESSOR - A compressor for a refrigerating plant comprising at least one cylinder ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061504 | Variable Speed Compressor Control with Sound-Controlled Defrost Mode - A drive controller for a motor of a compressor includes a drive circuit that applies voltages to windings of the motor. The drive controller includes a speed control module that controls the drive circuit to rotate the motor at a requested speed. The drive controller includes a speed determination module that generates the requested speed. The drive controller includes a defrost module that enables a defrost mode in response to a defrost command. While the defrost mode is enabled, the defrost module causes the speed determination module to (i) ramp the requested speed down from a speed demand to a defrost speed and (ii) maintain the requested speed at the defrost speed for a predetermined period of time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061505 | COMPRESSOR CRANKCASE HEATING CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A crankcase heating control system for a heat pump system includes a data receiving module and a power control module. The data receiving module receives data indicative of a temperature of a compressor of the heat pump system, data indicative of an ambient temperature, and data indicative of a current date and a current time. The power control module selectively applies power to a heater of a crankcase of the compressor and selectively disables the heater based on the temperature of the compressor, the ambient temperature, the current date, and the current time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061506 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to a motor driving apparatus and a refrigerator including the same. A motor driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a signal delay unit for delaying an input speed order signal; an inverter control unit for outputting an inverter switching control signal, on the basis of the speed order signal delayed by the signal delay unit; and an inverter for converting an input operation direct current power into a predetermined alternating current power, on the basis of a switching operation according to the inverter switching control signal, and driving a motor using the converted alternating current power. Therefore, it is possible to prevent starting failure and reduce noise. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061507 | Variable Speed Compressor Control with Lost Rotor Mitigation - A drive controller for a motor of a compressor includes a drive circuit that applies voltages to windings of the motor. A speed control module controls the drive circuit to rotate the motor at a requested speed. A speed determination module generates the requested speed based on a speed demand from a system controller. A lost rotor control module identifies a lost rotor condition and, in response to identifying the lost rotor condition, instructs the speed determination module to set the requested speed to an override speed that is lower than the speed demand. The lost rotor control module identifies the lost rotor condition in response to a comparison of a speed error with an adaptive threshold. The speed error is based on a difference between requested and estimated speeds of the motor. During first and second system states, the adaptive threshold is set to first and second thresholds, respectively. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061508 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYBRID WATER HEATING AND AIR COOLING AND CONTROL THEREOF - A system for conditioning air circulated from an interior of a building includes a refrigerant path, an air-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path, a water-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path that transfers heat from refrigerant in the refrigerant path to the building water, an evaporator in the refrigerant path, and a control system. The control system moves the system between operation of the air-cooled condenser and the water-cooled condenser based upon predetermined system conditions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061509 | REFRIGERATOR - A structure of an ice making compartment of a refrigerator capable of enlarging the volume of a storage compartment by reducing a width of an ice making compartment, and capable of easily discharging the whole ice separately from pieces of ice, the refrigerator including an opening/closing member configured to open and close a portion of a discharge hole and having a cover portion to prevent the whole ice from being discharged in a state that the portion of the discharge hole is closed, the refrigerator including an opening/closing member integrally formed with a fixed blade configured to crush ice in cooperation with a rotary blade. | 2016-03-03 |
| 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. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061511 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage chamber, a main door pivotably mounted to the cabinet while including an opening provided at an inside of the main door, and a stepped portion provided around the opening, a sub-storage chamber mounted at the inside of the main door, a sub-door mounted to the main door, to allow a user to have access to the sub-storage chamber, the sub-door having opposite side surfaces with front portions protruding forwards of a front surface of the main door while having a greater width than the opening and stepped portion between the front portions of the side surfaces, to cover the stepped portion by the side surfaces, and a hinge pivotably mounted to the main door and coupled to the sub-door while being bent at an intermediate portion thereof, to pivotably support the sub-door with respect to the main door. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061512 | PORTABLE BEVERAGE COOLER SUPPORT - A portable beverage cooler support has a support base and a least one support leg coupled thereto. The support base is sized to be receptive to at least one beverage cooler. A removable partition may be used to adjust the support base to multiple sized beverage coolers or provide a reinforced space between multiple beverage coolers. A lip or extension surrounds the support base wholly or in part to help retain any number of beverage coolers upon the support base. The beverage cooler(s) may further be secured in place by adjustable support straps that attach to the beverage cooler and the portable beverage cooler support. The portable beverage cooler support may bear the logo and colors of a sports team or other branding, patterns, textures, and the like. In some instances, the portable beverage cooler has at least one wireless speaker that may function with any number of wireless devices. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061513 | CHEST FREEZER - A chest freezer includes a plurality of insulated walls forming a compartment that includes an upwardly facing opening. A door is configured to selectively provide access to the compartment through the upwardly facing opening. A breaker strip forms at least a portion of an upper periphery of the compartment. A channel is formed in at least a portion of the breaker strip. The channel is configured to permit attachment of a storage container thereto. A cantilevered storage container for a chest freezer is also provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061514 | REFRIGERATOR - There is disclosed a refrigerator including a case having a storage chamber provided therein; a lighting device provided in the storage chamber to light an inner space of the storage chamber, a first door rotatably coupled to the case to open and close the storage chamber, an auxiliary storage chamber ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061515 | Slurries of Granulate Material for Use in Cooling Devices - Disclosed are cooling devices for beverage dispensing systems. The devices include and utilize a slurry of granules and a liquid in order to facilitate heat transfer in the cooling device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061516 | DUAL MIXED REFRIGERANT SYSTEM - Processes and systems are provided for recovering a liquefied natural gas (LNG) stream from a hydrocarbon-containing feed gas stream using dual closed-loop mixed refrigerant cycles. In particular, the processes and systems described herein can be used to efficiently and effectively liquefy methane from a hydrocarbon-containing feed gas stream with the use of a first refrigeration system and a second refrigeration system utilizing a first mixed refrigerant and a second mixed refrigerant. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061517 | DUAL MIXED REFRIGERANT SYSTEM - Processes and systems are provided for recovering a liquefied natural gas (LNG) stream from a hydrocarbon-containing feed gas stream using dual closed-loop mixed refrigerant cycles. In particular, the processes and systems described herein can be used to efficiently and effectively liquefy methane from a hydrocarbon-containing feed gas stream by utilizing a first refrigeration system and a second refrigeration system in fluid communication with a turboexpander and separator. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061518 | DUAL MIXED REFRIGERANT SYSTEM - Processes and systems are provided for recovering a liquefied natural gas (LNG) stream from a hydrocarbon-containing feed gas stream using dual closed-loop mixed refrigerant cycles. In particular, the processes and systems described herein can be used to efficiently and effectively liquefy methane from a hydrocarbon-containing feed gas stream with the use of a first refrigeration system and a second refrigeration system utilizing a first mixed refrigerant and a second mixed refrigerant. Furthermore, the first refrigeration system and second refrigeration system may be in fluid communication with a turboexpander and separator. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061519 | Method to Produce LNG - A method to produce LNG at straddle plants. In contrast to known methods, there is provided a slipstream of a high pressure, pre-treated, pre-cooled natural gas stream to a straddle LNG plant section. The slipstream is further cooled, and processed in a high pressure column to a methane content of 85% or 85 plus by mole. The processed. stream is further treated to remove carbon dioxide. The de-carbonated high pressure stream is further cooled in a heat exchanger by a counter-current vapour fraction of the expanded gas before entering an expander apparatus. The processed, treated and cooled gas is expanded into a separator. The produced LNG fraction is pumped to storage. A portion of the LNG fraction is used as a reflux stream to the high pressure column. The cold vapour fraction from the separator flows through counter-current heat exchangers, giving up its coolth energy before being re-compressed into the high pressure transmission gas pipeline. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061520 | METHOD FOR THE CRYOGENIC FRACTIONATION OF AIR AND AIR FRACTIONATION PLANT - A method for the cryogenic fractionation of air, in which a liquid volume present in a vaporization chamber in a distillation column system of an air fractionation plant is fed by means of a cryogenic liquid and in which a proportion of the liquid volume is continuously transferred into the gas phase by vaporization, wherein, in addition to oxygen, the cryogenic liquid contains components, including xenon, which are higher-boiling than oxygen. The content of xenon in the cryogenic liquid is determined and used as a measure of any enrichment of the components which are higher-boiling than oxygen in the cryogenic liquid. A corresponding air fractionation plant is also described. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING COOLING TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE IN WOOD VENEER JET DRYERS - An apparatus for drying wood veneer includes an elongate drying chamber including a conveyor for conveying material to be dried from an input end to an output end; and a cooling section for cooling veneer leaving the output end of the drying chamber, the cooling section including a pressure controller for maintaining a pressure in the cooling section that is slightly higher than pressure in the drying chamber while maintaining a near-zero pressure differential between the drying chamber and the cooling section. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061522 | Method For Producing Salts With A Reduced Water Of Crystallisation Content - The invention relates to a method for drying salts with a water of crystallisation content in convective apparatuses that can additionally be indirectly heated. The invention is primarily characterised in that the drying process takes place with a moisture content of the drying gas above a determined level. The gas surrounding the salt particles during the drying process therefore has a specific humidity. In this way, the rate of drying is positively influenced. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061523 | Control Of An Air Dryer Regeneration Cycle - A control system for an air dryer that switches the flow and counter flow of air through each of two desiccant towers in response to a drying cycle period that is proportional to the saturation partial pressure of water vapor in the inlet air stream as determined by the temperature of the stream of air in the inlet of the air dryer. The system may also include a proximity sensor positioned in the back flow check valve between the first main reservoir and the second main reservoir to further adjust the regeneration cycle period according to the flow rate through the air dryer. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061524 | A METHOD AND PLANT FOR CARRYING OUT THERMAL TREATMENTS OF BRAKING ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR BRAKE PADS - A method and plant for thermally treating braking elements after a forming step, including a convective heating step at 150-300° C. and a infrared irradiation heating step, immediately in succession one relative to the other. A tunnel convection furnace is crossed by at least a first conveyor belt which translates along a first direction and on an upper face of which the braking elements are placed, is arranged laterally adjacent, with respect to the first direction, to an infrared heating tunnel furnace crossed by a second conveyor belt which translates along a second direction, parallel and opposite to the first one, and on an upper face of which the braking elements are placed. The first conveyor belt is larger than the second conveyor belt, and the braking elements appear in multiple side-by-side rows in a transverse and oblique direction with respect to the first and second directions. Robots placed at the opposite ends of the furnaces transfer the braking elements from the first conveyor belt to the second one or vice versa to a first end of the furnaces and place them on the first conveyor belt or second one to a second end of the furnaces being opposite to the first one, so as to change at will the sequence in which the infrared and convective heating steps are performed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160061525 | MAGNETIC ANNEALING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC ANNEALING METHOD - Disclosed is a magnetic annealing apparatus including a processing container that performs a magnetic annealing processing on a plurality of substrates accommodated therein in a magnetic field; a substrate holder that holds the plurality of substrates substantially horizontally in the processing container; a division heater including a plurality of sub-division heaters and covering a substantially entire circumferential surface of an outer periphery of a predetermined region of the processing container along a longitudinal direction; a magnet installed to cover an outside of the division heater; and a controller configured to feedback-control a temperature of a predetermined control target heater among the plurality of sub-division heaters, and to control temperatures of the plurality of sub-division heaters other than the predetermined control target heater based on a control output obtained by multiplying a control output of the predetermined control target heater and a predetermined ratio. | 2016-03-03 |
