25th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190186741 | Power-generation Gas Turbine with Plasma-assisted Combustion Using Multiple Resonators and a Directed Flame Path - An example system and corresponding method includes a power-generation turbine combustor and a plurality of resonators. The combustor includes (i) a combustion zone, (ii) one or more fuel inlets for introducing fuel into the combustion zone for combustion, and (iii) one or more fins protruding into the combustion zone and configured to guide combustion of the fuel along a flame path. The resonators can each have a respective resonant wavelength and can each provide a respective plasma corona in the combustion zone when excited with a respective signal having a wavelength proximate to an odd-integer multiple of one-quarter (ΒΌ) of the respective resonant wavelength. A radio-frequency power source can excite the resonators with the respective signals so as to provide the respective plasma coronas in the combustion zone and cause combustion of the fuel along the flame path. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186742 | TAPERED HELICAL FUEL DISTRIBUTOR - A fuel distributor system for a turbomachine fuel injector can include a plurality of helical fuel flow channels defined between a fuel distributor and a shroud that surrounds the fuel distributor. A wind axis of the helical flow channels is an axial axis of the fuel injector and each of the helical fuel flow channels include an upstream opening configured to be in fluid communication with a liquid fuel source and a downstream opening configured to effuse fuel therefrom. Each of the plurality of helical fuel flow channels can reduce in flow area from the upstream opening to the downstream opening. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186743 | Jet Engine with Fuel Injection Using a Conductor of At Least One of Multiple Resonators - An example system can include a combustion chamber of a jet engine, one or more radio-frequency power sources, a plurality of resonators, and a fuel conduit. The plurality of resonators can be electromagnetically coupled to the one or more radio-frequency power sources and each have a respective resonant wavelength. Further, each resonator can include (i) a respective first conductor, (ii) a respective second conductor, and (iii) a respective dielectric between the first conductor and the second conductor, and can be configured to provide at least one of a plasma corona or electromagnetic waves. The fuel conduit can be configured to couple to a fuel source and have a fuel outlet for expelling fuel into a combustion zone of the combustion chamber. A portion of the fuel conduit is disposed within the first conductor of a given resonator of the plurality of resonators. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186744 | Jet Engine with Fuel Injection Using a Dielectric of At Least One of Multiple Resonators - An example system can include a combustion chamber of a jet engine, one or more radio-frequency power sources, a plurality of resonators, and a fuel conduit. Each resonator has a respective resonant wavelength. Further, each resonator can include (i) a respective first conductor, (ii), a respective second conductor, and (iii) a respective dielectric between the respective first conductor and the respective second conductor. Each resonator can be configured such that, when the resonator is excited by a corresponding radio-frequency power source with a respective signal, the resonator provides at least one of a plasma corona or electromagnetic waves. The fuel conduit can be configured to couple to a fuel source and have a fuel outlet for expelling fuel into a combustion zone of the combustion chamber. A portion of the fuel conduit is arranged proximate to the respective dielectric of a given resonator of the plurality of resonators. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186745 | Jet engine with plasma-assisted afterburner having Resonator with Fuel Conduit - A system includes a radio-frequency power source, a resonator, and an afterburner including a duct that defines a channel. The afterburner receives input gas from a turbine of a jet engine into the channel and outputs an exhaust gas resulting from combustion of fuel within the channel. The resonator, having a resonant wavelength, is electromagnetically coupled to the power source. The resonator includes first and second conductors, a dielectric between the conductors, an electrode coupled to the first conductor and disposed within the afterburner, and a fuel conduit having a fuel outlet that is configured to output fuel for mixing with the input gas from the turbine of the jet engine. The resonator, when excited by the power source with a signal having a wavelength proximate to an odd-integer multiple of one-quarter of the resonant wavelength, provides electromagnetic waves and/or a plasma corona proximate to a concentrator of the electrode. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186746 | Jet engine with plasma-assisted afterburner having Ring of Resonators and Resonator with Fuel Conduit - A system includes an afterburner including an afterburner duct that defines an afterburner channel. The afterburner is configured to receive input gas from a jet engine turbine into the channel and to output an exhaust gas resulting from combustion of fuel. The system includes a plurality of resonators electromagnetically coupled to at least one radio-frequency power source. Each resonator has a resonant wavelength, first and second conductors, and a dielectric between those conductors. Each resonator is configured such that, when that resonator is excited by the power source with a signal having a wavelength proximate to an odd-integer multiple of one-quarter of the resonant wavelength of that resonator, that resonator provides within the afterburner at least one of electromagnetic waves or a plasma corona proximate to that resonator. A first resonator further includes a fuel conduit having a fuel outlet configured to output fuel for mixing with the input gas. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186747 | Jet engine with plasma-assisted afterburner having Ring of Resonators and Resonator with Fuel Conduit in Dielectric - A system includes an afterburner including an afterburner duct that defines an afterburner channel. The afterburner receives input gas from a jet engine into the channel and outputs an exhaust gas resulting from combustion of fuel. The system includes multiple resonators electromagnetically coupled to at least one radio-frequency power source. Each resonator has a resonant wavelength, first and second conductors, and a dielectric between those conductors. Each resonator is configured such that, when that resonator is excited by the power source with a signal having a wavelength proximate to an odd-integer multiple of one-quarter of that resonator's resonant wavelength, that resonator provides within the afterburner electromagnetic waves and/or a plasma corona proximate to that resonator. A resonator also includes a fuel conduit having a fuel outlet configured to output fuel for mixing with the input gas, and at least a portion of that resonator is arranged proximate to the dielectric. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOAD CONTROL WITH DIFFUSION COMBUSTION IN A STOICHIOMETRIC EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION GAS TURBINE SYSTEM - A system is provided with a turbine combustor having a first diffusion fuel nozzle, wherein the first diffusion fuel nozzle is configured to produce a diffusion flame. The system includes a turbine driven by combustion products from the diffusion flame in the turbine combustor. The system also includes an exhaust gas compressor, wherein the exhaust gas compressor is configured to compress and route an exhaust gas from the turbine to the turbine combustor along an exhaust recirculation path. In addition, the system includes a control system configured to control flow rates of at least one oxidant and at least one fuel to the turbine combustor in a stoichiometric control mode and a non-stoichiometric control mode, wherein the stoichiometric control mode is configured to change the flow rates and provide a substantially stoichiometric ratio of the at least one fuel with the at least one oxidant, and the non-stoichiometric control mode is configured to change the flow rates and provide a non-stoichiometric ratio of the at least one fuel with the at least one oxidant. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186749 | PREMIXED PILOT NOZZLE FOR GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - The premixed pilot nozzle includes axially elongated tubes defined within a plenum between an outer shroud and a first shroud disposed radially inward of the outer shroud. The tubes extend between tube inlets defined through a forward face and tube outlets defined through an aft face. A second shroud is disposed radially inward of the first shroud, thereby defining a fuel plenum between the first shroud and the second shroud, and the fuel plenum is in communication with a gaseous fuel supply. A fuel injection port, which is positioned between the tube inlet and the tube outlet of each tube, is in fluid communication with the fuel plenum. An air supply configured to fluidly communicate with the tube inlet of each tube. The second shroud defines a second plenum therein, the second plenum being coupled to a source of a non-combustible fluid. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186750 | FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLIES - A method for assembling a fuel distribution system for a turbomachine fuel injector includes inserting a liquid fuel distributor into an interior cavity of a shroud to create a liquid fuel distribution circuit between the liquid fuel distributor and the shroud and inserting a gas fuel distributor into the interior cavity of the shroud and into an interior cavity of the liquid fuel distributor to create a gas fuel distribution circuit between the gas fuel distributor and the liquid fuel distributor. The method includes inserting a fuel transfer tube into an outer diameter of the shroud. The method includes brazing or shrink fitting at least one of the fuel transfer tube, the gas fuel distributor, or the liquid fuel distributor to the shroud. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186751 | Method and Apparatus for Distributing Heat from a Burner - A method and apparatus for a gas burner head with one or more rotating burners. The gas burner head may include an outer burner and an inner burner rotating about an axis. Multiple gas burner heads may be rotateably interconnected. Rotating one or more burners within one or more gas burner heads may allow a variety of burner characteristics and/or patterns. One or more gas burner heads may be used in a variety of applications. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186752 | Heating Plate with Cooking Oil Ignition Prevention for Electric Cooking Apparatus - An electric heating plate for electric cooking apparatuses is provided with the capability to prevent unintended ignition of cooking oil. The heating plate includes an electric heating conductor as the heat source and a temperature controller electrically connected with the heating conductor, sensing the temperature of the cooking vessel, controlling the heating plate output power, and limiting the temperature of the cooking oil in the cooking vessel. With this heating plate, the electric cooking apparatus will be able to prevent cooking oil ignition during cooking, while the minimum cooking temperature for a daily cooking is still maintained. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186753 | ROUTE-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF OBJECT DISPLAYS ON USER INTERFACES - A computing device receives a request to render an optimized display of selected objects on a user interface. The computing device analyzes a layout associated with the selected objects by determining a category of each of the selected objects, a location of each category within the location, and an optimized route between each category. The computing device analyzes routes to the locations by determining least optimal times associated with each location, a time to arrive and complete the optimized route at each location, and an order to the locations to optimize arrival time at a time other than the least optimal times. The computing device renders an optimized display of the selected objects on the user interface with an optimized route to each location and an optimized display of the selected objects in an order corresponding the the optimized routes between each category within the location layouts. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186754 | OVEN HAVING A DIELECTRICALLY COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE THAT ABSORBS ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND EMITS HEAT RADIATION INTO THE OVEN CAVITY - The present disclosure relates to an oven cavity having a dielectrically coated glass or glass-ceramic substrate that absorbs electromagnetic radiation thereby increasing the temperature of the substrate and the dielectric coating composition, and emits heat radiation into the oven cavity. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186755 | TRAY-DRAWER OF BAKE OVEN - A tray-drawer of a bake oven, includes a tray, which sits in the chutes. The chutes sit on the inner wall of the bake oven. The tray can be drawn along the chutes completely out or partly out and seized up at the front of the bake oven. By the tray-drawer of the bake oven, user can very easily bring the tray out from the outside and do not need to put their hands into the bake oven. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186756 | Heating Appliance, in Particular Oven - A heating appliance, in particular an oven, has a housing enclosing a heatable interior, wherein the interior is bounded at the rear by a rear wall and at the front by a door, which in a closed position closes a housing opening allowing access to the interior, wherein at least one product support for products to be heated, which can be removed from the housing after the door has been opened, is accommodated in the housing, a bulkhead movably guided by guide means between an operating position located in the region of the rear wall and a closed position, in which it is pulled out into the region of the housing opening and closes the housing opening substantially completely, is located in the interior. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186757 | Guide Device for Guiding a Goods Carrier - A guide device for guiding a goods carrier within a housing has at least two guide units which are each, at a transverse distance from one another, on the one hand fixed to the housing and on the other hand coupled to the goods carrier, and which guide the goods carrier through a traversing movement between a slid-in operating position and a pulled-out position in which it is at least partially drawn out of the housing, a synchronisation device is provided in order to synchronise the movement of the guide units during the traversing movement of the goods carrier coupled to the guide units. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186758 | COMBINED APPLIANCE AND A KITCHEN DEVICE WITH THE COMBINED APPLIANCE - A combined appliance includes a hob and a fume extraction device which is integrated in the hob and includes a fume extraction housing and an air duct having an end which is connected to the fume extraction housing. The fume extraction housing has an accommodating space having at least one region adjacent to the hob for accommodating a fan. The air duct has a vertical region which runs downward. A circulating air filter is arranged in the air duct. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186759 | INDOOR UNIT - Disclosed herein is an indoor unit which can easily create a plurality of areas having different temperatures in a single indoor space, with even a single indoor unit. An indoor space is divided into a plurality of areas. An airflow direction adjusting flap provided at a blow-out opening is capable guiding blown air to each of the areas. An amount of heat to be processed for each of the plurality of areas by the air blown out of the blow-out opening is adjusted so that temperatures of at least two of the areas are different from each other. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186760 | PACKAGED TERMINAL AIR CONDITIONER UNIT - A packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a main expansion device connected to an interior coil such that the main expansion device is operable to throttle a flow of refrigerant to both a first coil section and a second coil section of the interior coil. A secondary expansion device is connected in series between the main expansion device and the second coil section of the interior coil such that the secondary expansion device is operable to throttle a flow of refrigerant to the second coil section of the interior coil. A controller is in operative communication with the secondary expansion device such that the controller adjusts the secondary expansion device to a configuration between a fully open configuration and a fully closed configuration during operation of the compressor. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186761 | HVAC UNIT WITH HOT GAS REHEAT - The present disclosure is directed to a single compressor HVAC system with hot gas reheat. The system includes a single compressor, a pair of condensers, a reheat heat exchanger, an evaporator, and an expansion device. Within the system, the refrigerant exiting the compressor is separated into two portions. In the cooling mode, the first and second portions of the refrigerant are directed from the compressor through the two condensers in parallel. In the reheat mode, the first portion of the refrigerant is directed through the first condenser, while the second portion of the refrigerant is directed through the reheat heat exchanger. The system also may include a head pressure control device that is designed to maintain the compressor discharge pressure within a desired range by adjusting the condenser fan speed. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186762 | AIR HANDLING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED TREATMENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and systems of circulating air in an enclosed environment. In such embodiments, the system may comprise an air handling unit (AHU), the AHU including an indoor air inlet to receive an indoor airflow from the enclosed environment and an indoor air outlet to expel the indoor airflow, a conditioning element arranged between the inlet and the outlet configured to at least heat or cool the indoor airflow as it flows thereover, one or more fan units arranged between the inlet and the outlet configured to provide velocity to the indoor airflow, and an air treatment assembly (ATA) arranged within or proximate the AHU, the ATA including an air inlet configured to receive a portion of the indoor airflow received by the AHU indoor air inlet. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186763 | Two Stage Cooler - A two stage evaporative cooling device has a central chamber, divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a divider. one or more heat exchange units surrounding the central chamber; an upper fan arranged above the upper chamber and a lower fan arranged below the lower chamber; and a water circuit; wherein each heat exchange unit comprises an evaporative cooling element and an air to water pre-cooler, the pre-cooler being placed ahead of a lower portion of the cooling element and the water circuit is arranged to irrigate the cooling element and collect the irrigated water below the cooling element for delivery to the pre-cooler whereby pre-cooled air may be drawn inwardly through the pre-cooler and the lower part of the cooling element by the lower fan and ambient air may be drawn inwardly through the upper part of the cooling element by the upper fan. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186764 | US Patent for EVAPORATIVE COOLER - An evaporative cooler having a pressurized water distribution system that provides even water distribution to evaporative media pads within the evaporative cooler, even when the evaporative pads are canted and/or are not in perfect alignment. In one embodiment, the evaporative cooler includes a weatherproof sealing assembly that is transitionable between an open position and a closed position. In one embodiment, the evaporative cooler includes a reservoir having a plurality of ribs on a bottom surface to facilitate seating the evaporative cooler on a roof during installation. A method of installing an evaporative cooler including mounting at least a portion of the evaporative cooler to a dropper before securing the dropper to the roof. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186765 | VENTILATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sound proof space, a ventilation system, and a method of ventilating a soundproof space, the ventilation system including at least one fan positioned at at least one air inlet aperture or at at least one air outlet aperture for sucking air therethrough and providing an air flow; at least one ventilation aperture for guiding air into the space to be ventilated; at least a first and a seconder air channel. The first and the second air channel are formed respectively into a single layer of a sandwich-type wall, roof or floor structure of the space to be ventilated; and the first and the second air channel are joined at one end thereof to form an indirect air path from the air inlet aperture to the ventilation aperture. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186766 | HVAC SYSTEM INCLUDING SMART DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITES - A system for remote diagnostic analysis of a heating, ventilation and air condition (HVAC) system is provided. The system includes a thermostat in operable communication with at least one peripheral component of the HVAC system and configured to receive information relating to the at least one peripheral component, and a server in operable communication with the thermostat for receiving and analyzing the information. The server causes the at least one peripheral component to conduct a diagnostic test and analyzes the test result to perform a root cause analysis of a system malfunction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186767 | SENSORS FOR DETECTING PRESENCE, OCCUPANCY, AND/OR MOTION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A motion sensor assembly may include a cover plate configured to be mounted to an electrical box. The cover plate may include a front surface configured to face away from the electrical box and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The cover plate may further include an aperture configured to receive a toggle or rocker type switch. A motion sensor may be coupled to the cover plate. A power source and processor may be operably coupled to the motion sensor. Furthermore, the processor may be operably coupled to a communication device. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186768 | AIR TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE CONDITION OF AIR IN AN ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENT - The present specification relates to a system for managing the condition of air in an enclosed environment comprising a flow path adapted to circulate a flow of air through said enclosed environment, said flow of air comprising at least one of a first portion comprising a gas comprising oxygen and a second portion comprising indoor air from said enclosed environment, said flow path further comprising means for selectively providing the portions, an air processing assembly adapted to receive said flow of air, said means comprising at least a first and a second air processing element and means for selectively coupling said first and second elements to said flow path and a control system adapted to determine said first portion of gas comprising oxygen and said second portion of indoor air from said enclosed environment and control said means for selectively coupling the air processing elements to said flow path. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186769 | COOLING SYSTEM - An apparatus includes an expansion valve, a load, a sensor, an exhaust system, and a controller. The expansion valve cools a refrigerant. The load uses the refrigerant to cool a space. The sensor detects a concentration of the refrigerant in the space. The exhaust system evacuates the refrigerant from the space. The controller determines whether the detected concentration of the refrigerant in the space exceeds a first threshold and in response to a determination that the detected concentration of the refrigerant exceeds the first threshold, closes the expansion valve. The controller also determines whether the detected concentration of the refrigerant in the space exceeds a second threshold and in response to a determination that the detected concentration of the refrigerant exceeds the second threshold, activates the exhaust system. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186770 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING APPLIANCES - This invention relates to methods and systems for controlling appliances, particularly climate control appliances such as air conditioning units used in buildings. Embodiments of the invention provide methods and systems which provide a framework of semi-autonomous sensors and actuators which can achieve climate control without the need for centralised or explicit coordination. In certain embodiments, the climate control system is capable of identifying suitable pairings of sensors and actuators and taking into account actions of other actuators. The embodiments have particular application in buildings where large numbers of individual sensors and actuators are deployed in an ad-hoc or unplanned manner over time, to but can communicate with each other. The embodiments of the invention can provide improved efficiency, reduced infrastructure costs, improved flexibility and can be deployed across multiple sites. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186771 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING MANUAL INPUTS TO AND ADAPTIVE PROGRAMMING OF A THERMOSTAT - Systems and methods are disclosed for incorporating manual changes to the setpoint for a thermostatic controller into long-term programming of the thermostatic controller. For example, one or more of the exemplary systems compares the actual setpoint at a given time for the thermostatic controller to an expected setpoint for the thermostatic controller in light of the scheduled programming. A determination is then made as to whether the actual setpoint and the expected setpoint are the same or different. Furthermore, a manual change to the actual setpoint for the thermostatic controller is compared to previously recorded setpoint data for the thermostatic controller. At least one rule is then applied for the interpretation of the manual change in light of the previously recorded setpoint data. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186772 | SWITCHING DEVICE FOR MULTI-SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER AND MULTI-SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER HAVING SAME - A switching device for a multi-split air conditioner and a multi-split air conditioner having same. The switching device has a base, a drain tank, multiple damping pads, and multiple fixing members. The base has a bottom wall and side walls, the side walls surrounding the bottom wall and extending upward from the edge of the bottom wall. The drain tank is disposed in the base, and the bottom surface of the drain tank is vertically spaced apart from the bottom wall of the base. The multiple damping pads are disposed on the drain tank and arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the drain tank. The multiple fixing members are respectively disposed on the damping pads and are connected to the side walls of the base. The multiple fixing members are all spaced apart from the drain tank. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186773 | SWITCHING DEVICE FOR MULTI-SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER AND MULTI-SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER HAVING SAME - A switching device for a multi-split air conditioner, comprising: a housing, a gas-liquid separator, multiple first indoor unit interface pipes, at least one heat exchange component, and multiple second indoor unit interface pipes. The gas-liquid separator is provided with an inlet to an outdoor unit, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The multiple first indoor unit interface pipes and the multiple second indoor unit interface pipes are spaced from each other in a first direction. The first outlet is connected to multiple first interfaces by means of the multiple first indoor unit interface pipes, respectively. The first and second indoor unit interface pipes are spaced apart in a second direction. Some of the first and second indoor unit interface pipes are spaced apart from the rest of the first indoor unit interface pipes and the rest of the second indoor unit interface pipes in the second direction. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186774 | DIFFUSER, AIR TREATING PLANT COMPRISING SAID DIFFUSER AND USE OF SAID DIFFUSER FOR TREATING AIR - A diffuser for air treating plants that includes a channel having a lateral wall axially extending between upper and a lower end portions defining in the interior thereof a chamber for the passage of an air flow, an inlet configured for introducing air into the chamber, a plurality of throwing through openings defined on the lateral wall for putting in fluid communication the chamber with the outer environment, a plurality of induction through openings defined on the lateral wall for putting in fluid communication the chamber with the outer environment. A predetermined number of throwing through openings of the plurality is spaced from a predetermined number of induction through openings of the plurality along a direction parallel to the axial extension of the channel; the predetermined number of throwing through openings has an air passage cross-section greater than an air passage cross-section of the predetermined number of induction through openings. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186775 | Control Valve - Various embodiments include a control valve comprising a first valve assembly between an inlet and an outlet. The first valve assembly comprises: a valve seat fixed relative to the valve body with an opening in a sidewall; a slider rotating inside the valve seat to block the opening, but stationary in an axial direction; a regulating valve plug with an opening at one end, surrounding the valve seat and movable in the axial direction to block the opening in the sidewall of the valve seat; and a first valve stem connected to the slider and to the regulating valve plug, the first valve stem having one end extending out of the valve body. A first overlap between the slider and the opening and a second overlap of the plug and the opening are changed by movement of the first valve stem. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186776 | AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM AND A CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present disclosure provides an air conditioner system and a control method for the same. The air conditioner system includes: a refrigeration system. A first port of a second four-way valve is connected to a pipeline between the first four-way valve and the indoor heat exchanger, and a second port of a second four-way valve is connected to a first position in a pipeline between the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger. A first port of the first passage of an auxiliary heat exchanger is in communication with a fourth port of the second four-way valve, and a second port of the first passage is connected to a second position in a pipeline between the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186777 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AIR CONDITIONING METHOD, AND CONTROL DEVICE - An air conditioning system provided which has: an outdoor device including at least a compressor and a first heat exchanger; an air handling device including an air supply fan and a second heat exchanger; an expansion valve; and a control section, wherein the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the expansion valve, and the second heat exchanger are sequentially connected in an annular shape to form a refrigerant circuit in which refrigerant circulates, and the control section adjusts a rotation speed of the air supply fan and/or a degree of opening of the expansion valve based on information including a temperature detection value of refrigerant on each of one end side and the other end side of the second heat exchanger, a temperature detection value of air toward the second heat exchanger, and a temperature detection value of air heat-exchanged by the second heat exchanger. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186778 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner includes a housing having first and second suction ports; a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with air brought in through the first suction port; a first discharging port configured to discharge the heat-exchanged air; a second discharging port configured to discharge air brought in through the second suction port to be mixed with air discharged from the first discharging port at outside of the housing; a discharging door having a plurality of discharging holes, through which air directed to the first discharging port is discharged out of the housing, and selectively opening the second discharging port by movement operation of the discharging door. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186779 | BUILDING SYSTEM COMMISSIONING USING MIXED REALITY - Methods, devices, and systems for building system commissioning using mixed reality are described herein. One system includes a computing device comprising computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to retrieve configuration data for a physical controller from a remote distributed database in response to receiving a query, display the configuration data for the physical controller in a mixed reality display on a mixed reality device, and install the configuration data on the physical controller. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186780 | LAMINAR FLOW DIFFUSER WITH INTEGRATED LIGHTING - A laminar flow diffuser with integrated lighting has a frame for supporting an air plenum and a lower housing. The air plenum receives conditioned air from a source of conditioned. The lower housing is attached to the bottom of the plenum. An aperture plate damper installed below the top plenum regulates the flow of air from the plenum through the laminar flow diffuser. A clear or translucent engineered, fire rated polymer perforated diffuser face forms the outlet from the lower housing to the room below. LED strips are positioned around the inside periphery of the lower housing. A light guide is installed adjacent the LED lighting strips to spread the light across the area of the perforated diffuser face. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186781 | ALGAE REDUCTION DEVICE FOR AIR HANDLER SYSTEMS - A system, and kit of parts capable of retrofit and use with an air handling system. The system includes housing and a drain pan with a raised edge. The kit includes a fluid reservoir attachable to the housing for holding fluid, a pump mounted on the fluid reservoir, and a tube to transfer the fluid from the fluid reservoir to the drain pan. The drain pan includes a drain. A tube clasp made from a single piece of material folded upon itself to define an opening for receiving the tube. The tube clasp has a spring loaded hinge. The open portion includes a flared section to enable the open portion to removeably clasp the raised edge of the drain pan. In one embodiment the pump intermittently pumps fluid into the pan to increase latency of the fluid in the pan and drain to enable the fluid to inhibit algae growth. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186782 | Flow guiding device for Air Conditioner, Method for Heat Dissipation Air Conditioner, and Supplementary Device - The present invention provides a flow guiding device for an air conditioner, a supplementary device for enhancing and accelerating heat dissipation of flow guiding device and a method for heat dissipation thereof. The flow guiding device which is disposed between a condenser fan and a condenser coil is configured on a bottom surface of the air conditioner and obliquely configured to the condenser fan. The flow guiding device includes a flake body and a plurality of flow guiding members, the flake body has holes disposed through the flake body, and flow guiding protrusions are disposed on two opposite sides of the flake body, and a space between two of the plurality of flow guiding protrusions is a concave. A plurality of flow guiding member disposed on the concaves, and parts of the plurality of holes on the two opposite sides connected to the plurality of flow guiding member. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186783 | HEAT EXCHANGER, HEAT EXCHANGER MODULE, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A heat exchanger ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190186784 | COMBUSTION APPARATUS - A combustion apparatus has a burner including a burner body and a combustion plate, as well as a combustion box. A combustion plate flange part projects outward beyond an inner rim of a body flange part and beyond an inner rim of a combustion box flange part. The combustion box has, on a perimeter of one end, the combustion box flange part, adapted to be connected to the body flange part enclosing an open surface of the burner body. The combustion plate is provided with an inside projection which is erected, by bending, toward the body flange part so as to face the inner rim of the packing such that, in a state in which the combustion box flange part is connected to the body flange part, the outside projection and the inside projection are in contact with the body flange part. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186785 | COMBUSTION APPARATUS - A combustion apparatus has a burner including a burner body and a combustion plate, as well as a combustion box. A combustion plate flange part projects outward beyond an inner rim of a body flange part and beyond an inner rim of a combustion box flange part. A packing has a portion interposed between the combustion plate flange part and the body flange part, and a portion interposed between the combustion box flange part and the body flange part outside an outer rim of the combustion plate flange part. A distribution plate having formed therein a multiplicity of distribution holes for introducing the air-fuel mixture toward an air-fuel mixture ejection part is provided with a distribution plate flange part so arranged as to come into direct contact with that portion of the combustion plate flange part which is positioned inside an inner rim of the packing. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186786 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A heat exchange system includes a first reservoir having a first and second point and a first thermal material contained in the first reservoir. A first thermal contact is thermally coupled with the second point. Application of a force to the first thermal material can result in a temperature difference between the first and second points. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186787 | WATER HEATER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The invention discloses a water heater system and a control method thereof. The water heater system comprises a heating unit capable of heating water; a tank capable of communicating with the heating unit, the tank provided with at least one inlet and outlet, the inlet being capable of supplying at least one of gas and water into the tank; a pressurizing source capable of pressurizing the tank, the pressurizing source being capable of providing a pressure at which the gas and water in the tank are mixed. The invention provides a water heater system which can be applied to any existing water heater, including an electric water heater, a gas water heater, a solar water heater, an air energy water heater, and the like, which is capable of generating microbubble water for use by a user, the microbubble water has strong cleaning performance, thereby greatly improving the user experience. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186788 | GAS VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A WATER HEATER - A system and method of operating a gas fuel valve control circuit are disclosed. The gas valve control circuit includes a gas valve assembly configured to control a flow of a fuel gas to a load and a switch assembly including a switch in each leg of a plurality of legs of a power supply to the gas valve assembly. The switch assembly is configured to supply power and a return to the gas valve assembly in a first position and to open the plurality of legs of the power supply to the gas valve assembly in a second position. The switch assembly is configured to indicate a position of the switch assembly. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186789 | BOREHOLE-TYPE SEASONAL HEAT STORAGE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SELECTING HEAT STORAGE SPACE ACCORDING TO SUPPLY TEMPERATURE OF HEAT SOURCE - Provided is a borehole-type seasonal heat storage system and, more particularly, to a borehole-type seasonal heat storage system capable of selecting a heat storage space according to a supply temperature of a heat source, wherein a first heat storage tube member is formed to comprise a supply tube and a recovery tube, which are formed in ring types, respectively, and to have a U-shaped vertical tube connected to the bottom surface thereof such that the same is inserted into a borehole; an n | 2019-06-20 |
20190186790 | 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. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186791 | Appliance with High Capacity Capacitor - A high capacity capacitor is used in an appliance to enable a power circuit of the appliance to power a heating element or other electrical load concurrently with powering one or more additional electrical loads in the appliance using power from both a powerline source and power from the high capacity capacitor such that a combined power consumption in the appliance may be at least temporarily at a level above the power rating of the powerline source. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186792 | ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR REFRIGERATION MACHINE OR HEAT PUMP - An assembly may comprise a first heat reservoir acting as a heat source, a second heat reservoir acting as a heat sink, a thermochemical reactor including an adsorption refrigerator or an adsorption heat pump that can be connected or is connected thermally and fluidically to the heat reservoirs, a heat transfer fluid circuit in which a heat transfer fluid is provided for transporting heat between the two heat reservoirs and the thermochemical reactor, and a temporary heat store that is provided in the heat transfer fluid circuit for temporarily storing the heat transfer fluid. The temporary heat store may be designed to receive the heat transfer fluid at two different temperature levels. The temporary heat store may include a first sub-store with a variable store volume and that is thermally and fluidically separate from a second sub-store with a variable store volume. A valve system may be present in the heat transfer fluid circuit. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186793 | Ionic Air Cooling Device - An ionic air cooling device comprising a salinity differential heat engine using a heat pump as the primary heat source and the mechanism by which the temperature differential is achieved. A closed loop thermodynamic cycle which produces a high thermodynamic efficiency in heat to energy conversion with a low temperature differential between the high and low sides, in addition to a net ambient temperature cooling effect by directly or indirectly converting ambient temperature/environmental low grade heat to electricity or potential kinetic energy or mechanical work. An ionic air cooling device which uses a salinity differential heat engine in which the heat energy can be converted to kinetic or electrical energy by means of pressure retarded osmosis, pressurized gas through volume confinement, or reversed electro dialysis. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186794 | HORIZONTAL GAS-LIQUID SEPARATOR FOR AIR CONDITIONER, AND AIR CONDITIONER - A horizontal gas-liquid separator for an air conditioner includes a housing and a refrigerant inlet pipe. The housing defines a cavity. The cavity has a gas outlet formed in the top of the cavity and a liquid outlet formed in the bottom of the cavity. A minimum distance between the gas outlet and a left sidewall of the cavity is denoted by L | 2019-06-20 |
20190186795 | Compressor Protection Against Liquid Slug - A liquid slug protector device for air conditioning and heat pump systems includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a cavity. The device further includes a piston disposed in the cavity. The piston has an inflow channel. The device also includes a backing structure disposed in the cavity. The backing structure has an outflow channel, where a first refrigerant flow path from the inlet port to the outlet port includes the inflow channel and the outflow channel. The device further includes a peripheral channel that is at least partially bound by the piston. A second refrigerant flow path from the inlet port to the outlet port includes the peripheral channel and the outflow channel. The second refrigerant flow path is closed when the piston abuts against the backing structure. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186796 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DUAL REFRIGERANT TANK REFILL - A dual tank refrigerant delivery apparatus including a refrigerant tank housing a first storage tank, a second storage tank, and a refrigerant delivery system positioned therein, the refrigerant delivery system adapted to supply a first refrigerant to the first storage tank and a second refrigerant to the second storage tank, a tank recess on the housing for receiving a refrigerant resupply tank, a first refrigerant hose for connecting to a first refrigerant resupply tank, a second refrigerant hose for connecting to a second refrigerant resupply tank, wherein the first refrigerant is supplied from the first refrigerant resupply tank through the first refrigerant hose and refrigerant delivery system to the first storage tank, and wherein the second refrigerant is supplied from the second refrigerant resupply tank through the second refrigerant hose and refrigerant delivery system to the second storage tank. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186797 | SERVICING DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Servicing devices and methods of use for servicing refrigerant systems are described herein. The servicing device may include a body and a plunger. The body may include a firstfluid port, a second fluid port, and a passage. The first fluid port operatively couples to a fluid port of a fluid source. The second fluid port operatively couples to a refrigeration system. The passage is in fluid communication with the fluid ports of the body and in fluid communication with a measuring device. A plunger is at least partially disposed in the passage of the body. A first portion of the plunger is engagable with an integrated valve of the fluid source. Adjustment of the plunger to a released position allows communication between the second fluid port and the measuring device while inhibiting communication between the first fluid port and the fluid source. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFRIGERANT DETECTOR CALIBRATION CONFIRMATION - A refrigerant detector testing system according to aspects of the disclosure includes a metering orifice formed in a suction line that is disposed between an evaporator coil and a compressor, a valve fluidly coupled to the metering orifice, a connecting tube fluidly coupled to the valve on a side opposite the metering orifice, a mixing device having an input orifice fluidly coupled to the connecting tube. In some embodiments, the mixing device includes an air intake disposed proximate the input orifice, a throttling portion downstream of the input orifice and the air intake, the throttling portion having a reduced cross-sectional area, and a diffuser section positioned downstream of the throttling portion, the diffuser section having an output orifice. According to aspects of the disclosure, a refrigerant detector fluidly exposed to the output orifice. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186799 | HEAT CYCLE SYSTEM - A heat cycle system is a heat cycle system ( | 2019-06-20 |
20190186800 | HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH SIMULTANEOUS SUB-COOLING AND SUPERHEAT CONTROL - A method of controlling fluid flow through a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) system includes measuring temperature and pressure at an outlet of an evaporator of the HVAC-R system, wherein the evaporator is in fluid communication with a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device between the evaporator and the condenser, and a flow control valve between the compressor and the condenser, and measuring a sub-cooling temperature at an outlet of the condenser. The measured evaporator temperature and pressure data is sent to a first superheat processor, and the measured sub-cooling temperature data is send to a second superheat processor. A control signal to the expansion device from the first superheat processor and a control signal to the flow control valve from the second superheat processor are then simultaneously sent. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186801 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A refrigeration system includes a heat exchanger configured to place a cooling fluid in a heat exchange relationship with a working fluid, a free-cooling circuit having a pump configured to circulate the working fluid through the heat exchanger and a condenser, a flow control valve configured to control a flow rate of the working fluid to the condenser, a condenser bypass valve configured to control a flow rate of the working fluid that bypasses the condenser, and a controller configured to adjust a position of the flow control valve, a position of the condenser bypass valve, a speed of a fan of the condenser, a speed of the pump, and a temperature of a heater based on an ambient temperature, a temperature of the working fluid leaving the condenser, the position of the flow control valve, the position of the condenser bypass valve, or a combination thereof. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186802 | ICE BAGGING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS - An ice bagging and dispensing apparatus has at least one ice making machine; an ice hopper for receiving ice from the at least one ice making machine; an ice bagging machine for bagging ice from the ice hopper; an ice bag conveyor for conveying bagged ice from the ice bagging machine to an ice storage chamber, the ice bag conveyor positioned below the ice storage chamber; a carriage for moving and lifting the bag of ice into the ice storage chamber; one or more supports for supporting one or more bags of ice in the ice storage chamber above the ice bag conveyor; and, one or more consumer access doors to the ice storage chamber. This maintains first-in, first out (FIFO) principles. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186803 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator including a compressor, a condenser, a freezing chamber evaporator, a freezing chamber fan, a defrosting heater, a wine chamber evaporator, a wine chamber fan, a path switching device configured to guide the refrigerant condensed in the condenser to the freezing chamber evaporator in a freezing chamber mode and to guide the refrigerant condensed in the condenser to the wine chamber evaporator in a wine chamber mode, and a controller configured to turn on the defrosting heater to perform a freezing chamber defrosting mode for defrosting the freezing chamber evaporator, to control the path switching device to the wine chamber mode while the temperature of the wine chamber is dissatisfied when the temperature of the wine chamber is dissatisfied in the freezing chamber defrosting mode, and to drive the wine chamber fan. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186804 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING PRODUCTS - Apparatus for cooling products including a cooling chamber with a conveyor for conveying the products through the chamber, at least one circulator for circulating a cooling gas within at least a part of the chamber, and a first aperture element with a plurality of first aperture openings. The conveyor and the at least one circulator are arranged within the cooling chamber such that the cooling gas can impinge a first side of the conveyor, wherein the first aperture element is arranged within the chamber such that the cooling gas penetrates through the first aperture openings before impinging the first side of the conveyor. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186805 | AIR FILTER BRACKET - A refrigerator including a cabinet, a liner defining a compartment within the cabinet, a fan to move cooled air, and an air tower positioned adjacent the liner and provided in fluid communication with the compartment via a plurality of primary exhaust openings. The refrigerator further includes an air filter bracket separate from and located adjacent to the air tower and provided in fluid communication with both the air tower and the compartment. The ir filter bracket includes a duct positioned adjacent the flow path of the air tower to be in fluid communication with a secondary exhaust opening of the air tower. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186806 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a main body that includes an inner case having a storage chamber; a refrigerating chamber discharge duct that divides the storage chamber into a heat exchange chamber and a refrigerating chamber and has refrigerating chamber discharge ports for discharging cold air to the refrigerating chamber. A refrigerating chamber thermoelectric module has a first heat absorbing unit and a first heat dissipating unit, the first heat absorbing unit disposed in the heat exchange chamber. A refrigerating chamber cooling fan circulates cold air in the refrigerating chamber to the heat exchange chamber and the refrigerating chamber; and a refrigerating chamber heat dissipating fan blows external air to the first heat dissipating unit A freezing compartment is disposed in the refrigerating chamber and has a freezing chamber; a freezing compartment thermoelectric module has a second heat absorbing unit and a second heat dissipating unit, the second heating dissipating unit cooling the freezing chamber. An air guide has a channel for guiding cold air from the heat exchange chamber to the second heat dissipating unit; and a freezing compartment damper controls the cold air flowing toward the second heat dissipating unit through the channel. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186807 | DETACHABLE QUICK-FREEZING FOOD STORAGE CASE - A detachable quick-freezing food storage case is provided that includes a storage case body and a quick-freezing fan assembly. The quick-freezing fan assembly comprises a quick-freezing fan support and a quick-freezing fan. The quick-freezing fan support includes an air inlet positioned proximate the quick-freezing fan. The storage case body includes a return air inlet. The quick-freezing fan support surrounds one of the air outlets on a cold air duct board to form an air circulation path from the air outlet, through the air inlet, to the return air inlet. The storage case body also includes a cover fitting the storage case body. The quick-freezing fan is connected to a main control panel, and the main control panel is connected to a display control panel. The storage case is also detachable, making it convenient for customers to use refrigerator space efficiently. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186808 | EVAPORATOR AND REFRIGERATOR COMPRISING SAME - The present invention provides an evaporator comprising: an evaporator case having first and second case sheets coupled to each other and bent such that both sides of the evaporator case are open, thereby forming a box shape, a food storing space being formed inside the evaporator case; a cooling tube provided as an empty space between the first and second case sheets, thereby forming a cooling channel through which a refrigerant flows; and a heating tube formed as an empty space between the first and second case sheets so as not to overlap with the cooling tube, thereby forming a heating channel for defrosting, wherein the cooling tube and the heating tube are shaped to protrude to the outside of the evaporator case, and the evaporator case has an inner surface formed to be flat. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186809 | Appliance with Transitioning Door Handles - An appliance, e.g., a refrigerator, and method utilize a transitioning handle that is usable in both a recessed and an extended position. As an example, a refrigerator may include a housing that defines at least a food compartment, a door attached to the housing that provides access to the food compartment and includes an exterior surface and a handle recess extending inwardly from the exterior surface of the door, and a handle attached to the at least one door and movably mounted within the handle recess between a recessed position and an extended position, where the handle is manually grippable in both the recessed position and the extended position. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186810 | LEVELING FOOT STRUCTURE AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A leveling foot structure for a household appliance comprises a base, a first fastener, and a position-limiting block. A through-hole is arranged at a side wall of the base. The position-limiting block is movably connected to the base by means of the first fastener. The first fastener partially passes through the through-hole to connect to the position-limiting block. The position-limiting block is rotatable around an axis of the first fastener, and is movable along an axial direction of the first fastener. After rotation of the position-limiting block, the position-limiting block at least partially protrudes from a bottom surface of the base. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186811 | AIR PURIFIER FOR REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator and an air purifier for a refrigerator are provided. The air purifier may include a case configured to be mounted on an upper surface of a cabinet of a refrigerator and in which inlet holes and an outlet hole are formed, a plurality of fan motor assemblies provided inside of the case to force a flow of air, a plurality of filter assemblies mounted in the case to partition a space between the inlet holes and the plurality of fan motor assemblies and purify suctioned air, a controller that controls driving of the plurality of fan motor assemblies, and a gas sensor connected to the controller to detect harmful gas in a kitchen space. The controller may control driving of the plurality of fan motor assemblies through detection of the harmful gas by the gas sensor. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186812 | WATER DISPENSER - A water dispenser for a refrigerator including a water discharge nozzle fluidly connected to a water source, a valve configured to selectively block the fluid connection, and an actuator operated to allow water to be dispensed. The water discharge nozzle is pivotally mounted to a surface of the refrigerator to pivot between a retracted position and an extended position. In the extended position, the water discharge nozzle is extended outwards beyond the surface of the refrigerator. The water discharge nozzle is biased towards one of the extended and retracted positions. The valve is configured to block the fluid connection between the water discharge nozzle and the water source when the water discharge nozzle is in the retracted position. When the water discharge nozzle pivots to the extended position, the valve is operated to enable fluid connection between the water discharge nozzle and the water source. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186813 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator of the present invention may have a drawer which is provided in a storage compartment formed on a cabinet and which accommodates stored goods, the drawer being movably supported by a drawer guide disposed in the storage compartment. In the storage compartment, a frame which is supported to be movable in the front/back directions by a frame guide may be provided, and a door opening and closing the storage compartment may be connected with the frame by a link. The frame may have a base part which is disposed on the lower side of the drawer and is connected with the link, and the frame may comprise a side plate which extends from the base part and reaches a height corresponding to the drawer. The side plate may comprise a vertical part which is vertical with respect to the base part. A cross section formed by horizontally cutting the vertical part may be formed so as to be elongated along the moving direction of the drawer. The vertical part may be connected with the drawer so as to enable the drawer to move integrally with the frame. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186814 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING PRODUCTS - An apparatus for cooling products includes a cooling chamber with a conveyor for conveying the products through the cooling chamber, at least one circulator for circulating a cooling gas within at least a part of the cooling chamber, and guiding elements for guiding a flow of the cooling gas. The guiding elements are arranged such as to form at least one backflow channel from the second side of the conveyor to the at least one circulator, and wherein the cooling gas can be directed into an impingement section via the at least one circulator. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186815 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING PRODUCTS - Apparatus for cooling products includes a cooling chamber with a conveyor for conveying the products through the chamber, at least one circulator for circulating a cooling gas within at least a part of the chamber, a first guiding element for guiding the cooling gas on a first conveyor side, and a second guiding element for guiding the cooling gas on a second conveyor side, wherein the first and second guiding elements are arranged within the chamber such that the cooling gas can impinge the first side, and the first and second guiding elements are oriented obliquely compared to the conveyor. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186816 | CONTENT AND CONTEXT AWARE REGIONAL COOLING OPTIMIZATION FOR REFRIGERATORS - A refrigerator-implemented method for optimizing placement of food items in different compartments of a refrigerator, according to one embodiment, includes: receiving a request to store a first type of food item in the refrigerator, determining, using detection hardware, each type of food item already stored in one or more of the compartments of the refrigerator, comparing a characteristic of the first type of food item with a same type of characteristic for each type of food item already stored in the one or more of the compartments of the refrigerator, selecting a first of the compartments in which to store the first type of food item based at least in part on the comparison, and outputting, using an output device, a recommendation to store the first type of food item in the first compartment. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186817 | CONTENT AND CONTEXT AWARE MICROSCOPIC COOLING OPTIMIZATION FOR REFRIGERATORS - A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: detecting a first type of food item added to a first compartment of a refrigerator, determining an ideal storage temperature associated with the type of food item added to the first compartment, adjusting an ambient storage temperature in the first compartment to substantially match the ideal storage temperature associated with the first type of food item, detecting a second type of food item added to a second compartment of the refrigerator, determining an ideal storage temperature associated with the second type of food item added to the second compartment, and adjusting an ambient storage temperature in the second compartment to substantially match the ideal storage temperature associated with the second type of food item. The ideal storage temperature associated with the first type of food item is different than the ideal storage temperature associated with the second type of food item. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186818 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186819 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186820 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186821 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186822 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186823 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186824 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186825 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186826 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186827 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186828 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186829 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186830 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186831 | PROCESS INTEGRATION FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUID RECOVERY - This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186832 | VIBRATORY FLUIDIZED BED DRYER - A fluidized bed dryer may include a deck, an eccentric, and a blower. A heater may or may not be included. The deck of the fluidized bed dryer may vibrate due to motion of the eccentric. The blower may blow air through the deck of the fluidized bed dryer to dry material on the deck. As the material dries, the material moves across the deck, due to the vibration. The deck bed depth may be increased, which may allow for even process air flow distribution and control of conveyance speed and residence time. The fluidized bed dryer may include a controller configured to implement a drying process that may include one or more of temperature, moisture content, and relative humidity data to optimize product throughput while ensuring a desired degree of dryness. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186833 | FORCED AIR APPARATUS - A forced air apparatus has an air blower, an air conduit and a diffusion body. The air blower has an air intake, an air outlet and a blower motor. The air conduit has a first end and a second end. The first end is connectable to the air outlet of the air blower. The diffusion body has an air conduit connection and at least one air outlet. The air conduit connection allows for removable connection of the second end of the air conduit to the diffusion body such that air flows from the air blower to the diffusion body. The at least one air outlet allows air to flow out of the diffusion body | 2019-06-20 |
20190186834 | LEAK FREE CURRENT COLLECTOR ASSEMBLAGE FOR METALLURGICAL VESSEL AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - Methods of manufacturing a current collector assembly may include iteratively solving a model on a computer. The model may utilize received inputs including a variable number and arrangement of conductive elements to determine as an output a heat distribution within a hypothetical current collector assembly. The methods may also include identifying as a solution to the model a number and arrangement of conductive elements coupled with a current collector that produces a contained heat distribution within the hypothetical current collector assembly. The methods may also include manufacturing the current collector assembly, and the current collector assembly may include a defined plurality of apertures within a refractory base of the current collector assembly in a pattern configured to receive the number and arrangement of conductive elements identified as the solution to the model. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186835 | Rotary Cooler and Method for Operating a Rotary Cooler - A rotary cooler is provided, consisting of a plurality of transport tubes for transporting material to be cooled, wherein the plurality of transport tubes are arranged about an axis of rotation and are adapted to be filled jointly via a filling region with material to be cooled, characterized in that each transport tube is arranged substantially concentrically in a cooling tube in which a cooling medium flows and cools the material to be cooled via the wall of the transport tube. Furthermore, a method for operating said rotary cooler is provided. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186836 | CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A GASEOUS MEDIUM, AND INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR TREATING WORKPIECES - A conditioning apparatus for conditioning a gaseous medium to form a conditioned gaseous process medium having an inlet connection unit and an outlet connection unit, between which there is formed a flow path for gaseous medium having one or more conditioning stages, of which at least one has a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a heat exchanger chamber in which a heat exchanger element is at least partially accommodated and to which gaseous medium for conditioning can be supplied, wherein, in the heat exchanger, there are sensitive material regions which can be damaged by the gaseous medium. A heat exchanger protection system is provided by means of which such sensitive regions of the heat exchanger can be impinged on with a protective gas. Also specified are a method for conditioning a gaseous medium, and an installation and a method for treating workpieces. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186837 | LOCATING MECHANISM FOR HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY - A heat exchanger assembly, having a heat exchanger having at least a plate pair, the plate pair defining a fluid passage for flow of fluid for heat exchange, and optionally coupled a base plate of the heat exchanger assembly. A component coupled to the heat exchanger or the base plate of the heat exchanger assembly, where the base plate is coupled to a bottom plate of the heat exchanger; the component having a plurality of parts, where one part of the plurality of parts has one or more protuberances, the one or more protuberances engaging a slit or cut-out for coupling the component. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186838 | WATER-COOLING DEVICE - A water-cooling device includes a pump case, at least one winding, a driver and a heat exchange member. The pump case has a top section, a bottom section and a peripheral section together defining a pump chamber. The winding is disposed on a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed on any of the top section, the bottom section and the peripheral section. The driver is disposed in the pump chamber. At least one magnetic member is disposed on the driver in a position corresponding to the winding, whereby the magnetic member can induce and magnetize the winding on the circuit board. The heat exchange member is connected with the pump case. By means of the structural design of the water-cooling device, the volume of the water-cooling device is greatly minified and the structure of the water-cooling device is thinned. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186839 | PROTECTION STRUCTURE FOR HEAT DISSIPATION UNIT - A protection element for heat dissipation unit includes a main body and a protection element. The main body is divided into a working zone and a sealing zone. The sealing zone is located around an outer periphery of the working zone and is provided with a notch area, to which a fluid-adding and air-evacuating pipe is connected. The protection element is a ductile structure correspondingly arranged at the notch area to contact with the sealing zone of the main body and the pipe. With the arrangement of the protection element, the fluid-adding and air-evacuating pipe is protected against collision and impact and accordingly, the main body of the heat dissipation unit is protected against vacuum and working fluid leakage. | 2019-06-20 |
20190186840 | BASIC STRUCTURAL BODY FOR CONSTRUCTING HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A basic structural body for constructing heat dissipation device and a heat dissipation device are disclosed. The heat dissipation device includes a first basic structural body having a wick structure formed on one side surface thereof; and the first basic structural body and the wick structure are structural bodies formed layer by layer. Two pieces of first basic structural bodies can be correspondingly closed together to construct a heat dissipation device internally defining an airtight chamber. In this manner, the heat dissipation device can be designed in a more flexible manner. | 2019-06-20 |