02nd week of 2022 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20220010969 | CLEANING CHEMICAL ASSEMBLY, CLEANING CHEMICAL MODULAR SYSTEM, AND COOKING APPLIANCE - A cleaning chemical assembly for a cooking appliance has a collection container, a pump, at least two ports for storage containers that contain different cleaning chemicals, and at least one device for identifying the cleaning chemical in the respective storage container. The device for identifying the cleaning chemical is a switching element that is designed to cooperate with a mechanical coding on the respective storage container. The switching element includes a plurality of microswitches at the ports. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010970 | MODULAR COOKING APPLIANCE HAVING A HOT AIR OVEN WITH A BUILT-IN MAGNETRON - A modular cooking apparatus is disclosed. The modular cooking apparatus includes a first interchangeable cooking module containing an impingement oven, and a second interchangeable cooking module containing a hot air oven having a cooking chamber. The hot air oven includes a cook rack having multiple air deflectors having different lengths located within said cooking chamber and a blower for directing heated air in a horizontal direction beneath said cook rack. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010971 | SPILL GUARD FOR A GAS OVEN BURNER - An oven appliance includes a cooking chamber defined at least in part by a bottom wall having an outlet port defined therein, wherein the outlet port defines a virtual boundary projected in the vertical direction, a burner positioned below the bottom wall proximate the outlet port and outside of the virtual boundary of the outlet port, and a burner shield. The burner shield includes a cover portion positioned directly over the burner, and a first extension having a first edge connected to the cover portion and a second edge opposite the first edge, wherein the first extension extends toward the outlet port. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BALANCING MASS FLOW DURING PRODUCTION FAILURE OR INSUFFICIENCY IN A DISTRICT HEATING NETWORK - A method for balancing mass flow during production failure or insufficiency in a district heating network comprising a plurality of substations, each substation comprising at least one primary side connected to the district heating network for transferring heat between the district heating network and the substation, a secondary side connected to least one space heating circuit for heating at least one space connected to the substation, and an adjustable valve arranged between the substation and the district heating network, the valve ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220010973 | HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a heat recovery system, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the heat recovery system may include a chiller, primary heat exchangers, primary pumps, secondary heat exchangers, and secondary pumps. Further, the chiller is configured for providing primary fluid and secondary fluid. Further, the primary heat exchangers are configured for exchanging a first amount of heat between the primary fluid and primary mediums creating a heat deficit and/or a heat excess in the primary mediums. Further, the primary pumps are configured for circulating the primary fluid between the chiller and the primary heat exchangers. Further, the secondary heat exchangers are configured for exchanging a second amount of heat between the secondary fluid and secondary mediums. Further, the secondary pumps are configured for circulating the secondary fluid between the chiller and the secondary heat exchangers. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010974 | A PANEL AND AN ELECTRICAL END CONNECTOR, A METHOD FOR COUPLING OF PANELS AND A HEATING SYSTEM - A panel comprising a heat providing layer is presented. The panel includes panel coupling means arranged for coupling the panel to adjacent panels. End panel grooves, at least partly extending between first and second opposite longitudinal sides of the panel, are arranged in the end panel coupling means of the panel. In order to provide heat, electrical end connectors are arranged in the end panel grooves of the panel. The electrical end connectors are arranged for being electrically connected to the heat providing layer of the panel, at least partly including an electrically conductive material, and at least partly protruding from the one or more end panel grooves, thereby providing an electrical connection between the heat providing layer of the panel and a corresponding heat providing layer of at least one adjacent panel coupled to the panel. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010975 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THERMAL EXPANSION IN A TUBE HEATER - There is provided a system for securing a tube heater to a structure, the tube heater having a burner and a radiant tube extending to an exhaust outlet. The system includes an elongate canopy with an exhaust end securable to the exhaust outlet, an opposed burner end securable adjacent to the burner, and a reflector extending there between. An exhaust hanger is rigidly coupled to the structure and to the canopy proximate the exhaust end, and rigidly receives the exhaust outlet. A burner hanger is coupled to the canopy proximate the burner end and is slidably coupled to the structure. The burner hanger receives the radiant tube therethrough. The burner hanger allows the burner and burner end of the canopy to slide relative to the structure to accommodate thermal expansion of the radiant tube and the canopy from the exhaust end towards the burner end. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010976 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING HOT WATER - The apparatus for supplying hot water comprises: at least one processor; a heat exchanger connected to the at least one processor, and configured to receive tap water through a tap water inflow pipe, heat the supplied tap water by means of heat exchange to thereby generate hot water, and discharge the generated hot water through a hot water supply pipe; a burner configured to directly or indirectly provide heat required to generate the hot water; a mixing valve connected to the at least one processor and installed on a mixing pipe connecting the tap water inflow pipe and the hot water supply pipe, and configured to mix the tap water with the hot water discharged from the heat exchanger and flowing through the hot water supply pipe; and a memory connected to the at least one processor and configured to store instructions. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010977 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT USE OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY - A solar photovoltaic (PV) water heating system includes a tank ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220010978 | INTEGRATED SPACE CONDITIONING AND WATER HEATING/COOLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THERETO - The disclosed technology includes a variable refrigerant flow (VRF) conditioning system including a single outdoor unit and a VRF path extending between the single outdoor unit and a plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals can include a first terminal configured to condition air of an interior room and a second terminal configured to heat or cool a liquid. The VRF system can provide heating or cooling of air in different rooms or zones within a building or home while also providing heating or cooling of water. In response to a demand for heating or cooling at each terminal, the VRF system can vary the supply of refrigerant to each terminal, such that efficient and precise temperature regulation of air and liquid can be provided. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010979 | AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONER - A control method and device and an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner has an outdoor condenser, an indoor evaporator, a first electronic expansion valve, a throttle valve, and a heat dissipation coolant pipe arranged in an electric control box. By utilizing the control method and device, the air conditioner uses the heat dissipation coolant pipe to dissipate heat from the electric control box of the air conditioner. The heat generated by the electric control box can thus be timely removed. The temperature of the elements of the air conditioner can be lowered and the reliability and service life of the air conditioner can be improved. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010980 | Dynamic Centrifugal Energy Transfer Blower Wheel System - Herein presented is a unique device for heat delivery and transfer. A centrifugal fan with stationary shaft that simultaneously provides air for circulation while providing transfer of heat through air/gaseous/liquid tubes running through the housing. All components of the device, fan, tubing, hollow stationary shaft, are housed into single economical unit. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010981 | LOW-DRAG, HIGH-EFFICIENCY MICROCHANNEL POLYMER HEAT EXCHANGERS - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that provides a polymer heat exchanger with internal microscale flow passages. The system includes a set of plates comprised of a polymer that includes internal microscale flow passages, which are configured to carry a liquid. The set of plates is organized into a stack, wherein consecutive plates in the stack are separated by fins to form intervening air passages. The system includes a liquid flow pathway, which flows from a liquid inlet, through the internal microscale flow passages in the stack of plates, to a liquid outlet. It also includes an airflow pathway, which flows from an airflow inlet, through the intervening air passages between the consecutive plates in the stack of plates, to an airflow outlet. The liquid flow pathway flows in a direction opposite to a direction of the airflow pathway to provide a counterflow design that optimizes heat transfer between the liquid flow pathway and the airflow pathway. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010982 | RETICULAR RESIN MOLDING AND OPERATING METHOD OF AIR CONDITIONER USING SAME - To provide a reticular resin molding and an operating method of an air conditioner capable of increasing a heat exchange efficiency in a heat exchanger by controlling a charge of air introduced into the heat exchanger. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010983 | HUMIDITY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF ABSORBING AND DRAINING MOISTURE, METHOD OF GENERATING POWER, HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEAT EXCHANGE VENTILATION SYSTEM - A humidity control device includes a condenser and a water absorber-drainer. The condenser has a first region and a second region. The first region is a region having hydrophilicity and where moisture is condensed. The condensed moisture is moved by gravity to the water absorber-drainer via the second region. The water absorber-drainer includes a temperature control member and has a water absorption surface and a water drainage surface. When a temperature of the water absorber-drainer is in a first temperature region, the water absorber-drainer absorbs through the water absorption surface the moisture moved from the condenser. When the temperature of the water absorber-drainer is controlled to be in a second temperature region by an operation of the temperature control member, the water absorber-drainer drains the absorbed moisture through the water drainage surface. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010984 | COOLING RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A cooling recover system and method are disclosed. A fluid, such as water, is chilled and provided to a cooling coil to cool and dehumidify air passing over the cooling coil. The fluid is output from the cooling coil through an outlet, and at least a portion of the fluid from the outlet of the cooling coil is provided to an inlet of a heat transfer coil to reheat air passing over the heat transfer coil. The fluid is warmed as it passes through the cooling coil, which warmer temperature serves to reheat the air passing over the heat transfer coil. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010985 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LATENT HEAT EXTRACTION - Methods and apparatus for latent heat extraction of an air stream eliminates the need for recirculation pumps and uses the pressure in the chilled water supply to the primary chilled water cooling coil to motivate the water through the precooling and reheat coils of a run-around system. The energy transfer lowers the air temperature entering the primary coil so that the primary coil can provide a greater amount of latent heat extraction from the air stream. Both the precooling and the primary coils can share the primary cooling function for periods of peak cooling demand when precooling is not required thereby reducing the required primary cooling coil size. Enhancements combine the functions of a precooling coil, a primary cooling coil, and a reheat coil into precooling, cooling, and reheat coil portions in a single integrated housing comprising the coil portions sharing the housing. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010986 | Air Freshener Assembly - An air freshener assembly includes a housing that is positionable on a distribution duct of a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. A magnet is coupled to the housing and the magnet magnetically engages the distribution duct for retaining the housing on the distribution duct. A reservoir is positioned within the housing and the reservoir contains a chemical fragrance. A pump unit is coupled to the housing and the pump unit is in fluid communication with the reservoir to pump the chemical fragrance. The pump unit pumps a measured unit of the chemical fragrance each time the pump unit is turned on. The pump unit is in fluid communication with an interior of the distribution duct of the HVAC system to release the chemical fragrance into the distribution duct. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010987 | AIR FILTRATION APPARATUS FOR REMOVING VIRUS PARTICLES - An air filtration system is provided. The system includes one or more air delivery pipes disposed above, and in fluid communication with, an occupiable space. The delivery pipe supplies clean air to the space through a plurality of air apertures disposed along a length of the air delivery pipe. The apertures are configured to provide a flow of air out of the air delivery pipe that is constant along the length of the air delivery pipe. A similar one or more air exhaust pipes are disposed below, and in fluid communication with, the occupiable space. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010988 | Modular recycling air curtain device to replace personal protection equipment (PPE) for reduction in the spread of viruses such as Covid-19. - A module air curtain and recirculation system that can be incorporated into various tables and workstations that provides 1) an effective air curtain between individuals, 2) a reduction of harmful viruses and 3) the ability for two or more people to be in close proximity without having to wear personal protective equipment such as face masks. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010989 | VENTILATION PARTITIONS AND SYSTEMS - A ventilation system for a space includes an air supply partition configured to cause filtered air to flow into an area of the space, and an air exhaust partition in spaced-apart relationship with the air supply partition and configured to cause air to be drawn in and filtered from the area. The air supply partition and the air exhaust partition create a “push-pull” air flow across the area. A ventilation partition includes air inlets in a first portion of the housing, air outlets in a second portion of the housing, a filter, and a fan configured to draw air in through the air inlets, through the filter, and out through the air outlets. The partition is a portable, free-standing structure configured to be supported by a surface, such as a floor of a room in which the partition is located. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010990 | VENTILATION ARRANGEMENT AND DEVICE HAVING A VENTILATION ARRANGEMENT - A ventilation arrangement has a ventilation channel with a mouth opening and a first shielding hood shielding the mouth opening. The ventilation channel widens and/or narrows in cross section towards the mouth opening. The mouth opening is encompassed by the first shielding hood, leaving free a gap. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010991 | AIR CLEANER - An air cleaner includes a blower, a circulator disposed over the blower, and a mover coupled to the circulator and configured to change an arrangement of the circulator. The circulator includes a lower cover, an upper cover disposed over the lower cover, a blower fan rotatably disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover, a motor disposed on an upper side of the lower cover and rotating the blower fan, an inner cover disposed over the lower cover and receiving a lower portion of the blower fan, and a bell mouth protruding upwardly from an inner circumferential end of an inner plate of the inner cover and spaced apart outwardly from a circumferential surface of a suction guider of the blower fan, so as to guide air, drawn in through an inlet of the lower cover, toward an inlet of the blower fan. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010992 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AIR IN AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT - A movable LED lamp that emits in the UV wavelength for germicidal purposes. The LED lamp can be mounted near the ceiling such that air in a room can be disinfected. Movements of the LED lamp sweeps the air near the ceiling in ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, which kills both bacteria, virus, fungi, and other bioaerosols. A poorly ventilated room can be disinfected more readily with such a sweeping system. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010993 | AIR CONDITIONER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is an air conditioner for creating a comfortable indoor environment. The air conditioner includes an indoor unit configured to have a carbon dioxide remover for filtering carbon dioxide from indoor air to supply clean air into a room, and discharging the filtered carbon dioxide to the outside, an outdoor unit configured to have an oxygen generator for separating oxygen from outdoor air introduced from the outside to supply the separated oxygen into the room, and discharging residues from which the oxygen is separated to the outside; and a processor configured to control the carbon dioxide remover and the oxygen generator to discharge the filtered carbon dioxide and the residues to the outdoor together. According to the disclosure, by first removing the carbon dioxide from the room and then discharging the carbon dioxide and the residues while operating the oxygen generator, a piping installation operation by a simple piping structure as well as an efficient operation is possible. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010994 | Cashier Station Vertical Air Curtain Attachment - Provided is a cashier station attachment for creating a vertical air curtain between a retailer and a customer. The device includes a substantially planar body with an internal chamber and an open side with a diffuser, an attachment means for attaching the device to a cashier station, and a means for forcing air into the internal chamber and out of the diffuser. The forced air from the chamber creates an air curtain, which is an invisible barrier between a retailer and a customer. The air curtain prevents the spread of contaminants, pathogens, and the like that are expelled from the mouth or nose of a person on one side of the air curtain from contacting a person on the other side. The device can be retrofitted onto any preexisting cashier station and can be readily removed as desired. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010995 | Modular Recycling Air Curtain Device - A module air curtain and recirculation system that can be incorporated into various tables and workstations that provides 1) an effective air curtain between individuals, 2) a reduction of harmful viruses and 3) the ability for two or more people to be in close proximity without having to wear personal protective equipment such as face masks. The apparatus for indoor air filtration and conditioning creates an air curtain between and around people. The device captures aerosolized droplets expelled from occupants and recirculates cleaned air to operate the air curtain while greatly increasing effective air changes per hour in spaces it is employed. While portable room air purifiers are used to improve the air quality of indoor spaces and reduce particles, allergens, and viruses, they do little to stop the person-to-person transmission of viruses. This device solves these deficiencies. Through applied effort, ingenuity, innovation and testing these issues have been solved by the embodiment of the presently disclosed modular system. Employment of this system can allow businesses, schools and restaurants to resume more normal activity. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010996 | CLOUD BASED HVAC MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR AIR PURIFICATION, INDOOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING, AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - The present disclosure is directed to a uniquely designed air-purification, remote HVAC management, and indoor air quality monitoring system including an online cloud-based platform. In various embodiments, the air purification system is configured for generating a photocatalytic oxidation reaction so as to purify the air traversing through an HVAC unit. The system may be a locally based system that utilizes a specially designed Artificial Intelligence platform for optimizing energy efficiency, enthalpy, and air quality based on continual sensor data collection, indoor air quality measurements, and dynamically adjusted operating parameters. A fault indicator and communications display may also be included. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010997 | Enhancement for Thermostat Programmability - A programmable thermostat supports at least one attribute where each different attribute values may support different sets of thermostatic settings. The programmable thermostat may be programmed based on the different attribute values rather than on temperature set points that are traditionally mapped to programmed times. Each set may include settings for a plurality of controlled equipment including a heating/cooling system, fan, ventilator, humidifier, and/or de-humidifier. Each embodiment may support attribute values associated with an occupancy attribute (which is indicative whether or not people are occupying an environmental entity) and/or a scenario attribute (which flexibly maps different thermostatic settings to different scenario attribute values). Stored configuration data about the thermostatic settings may be organized as a tree structure, where the leaves correspond to the thermostatic settings. A programmable thermostat/ventilator controller may also instruct a ventilator system to run during an adjustable pre-occupancy purge time duration before an environmental entity is occupied. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010998 | Enhancement for Thermostat Programmability - A programmable thermostat supports at least one attribute where each different attribute values may support different sets of thermostatic settings. The programmable thermostat may be programmed based on the different attribute values rather than on temperature set points that are traditionally mapped to programmed times. Each set may include settings for a plurality of controlled equipment including a heating/cooling system, fan, ventilator, humidifier, and/or de-humidifier. Each embodiment may support attribute values associated with an occupancy attribute (which is indicative whether or not people are occupying an environmental entity) and/or a scenario attribute (which flexibly maps different thermostatic settings to different scenario attribute values). Stored configuration data about the thermostatic settings may be organized as a tree structure, where the leaves correspond to the thermostatic settings. A programmable thermostat/ventilator controller may also instruct a ventilator system to run during an adjustable pre-occupancy purge time duration before an environmental entity is occupied. | 2022-01-13 |
20220010999 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning system includes first and second air conditioning devices for a predetermined space, a selector, and a transmitter. The first and second air conditioning device include first and second detectors, and are capable of outputting first and second detection information detected by the first and second detectors. The first and second detection information is relevant to voice direction inputted to a voice operable input-output device. The selector acquires direction information indicating the direction. The selector selects, in order to cope with the direction, one of a first option of selecting the first detection information, a second option of selecting the second detection information, and a third option of selecting both the first and second detection information. The transmitter transmits, to the voice operable input-output device, output information for output by the voice operable input-output device in accordance with the option selected by the selector. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011000 | SERVER DEVICE, ADAPTER, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A server device includes a collecting unit that stores operation history data collected from an air conditioner in a server-side storage device, a learning unit that stores a learning model generated based on the operation history data in the server-side storage device, a sending unit that sends the learning model to the air conditioner such that the air conditioner performs air conditioning inside a room by using the learning model, and an erasing unit that erases the operation history data and the learning model from the server-side storage device when an erasure instruction signal sent from the air conditioner is received. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011001 | SYSTEM TO PROFILE, MEASURE, ENABLE AND MONITOR BUILDING AIR QUALITY - A system and approach for profiling a building in terms of healthy indoor air quality. A health of the building may be defined and then measured. The process of defining and measuring may be continuous. With an enablement of artificial intelligence, a healthy building operation advisor service may support the process. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011002 | AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE - An air-conditioning device control method includes receiving an instruction sent by a terminal device, judging whether the instruction comes from a preset local area network, identifying a user identity according to the instruction in response to the instruction coming from the preset local area network, acquiring an operation mode of an air-conditioning device that is adapted to the user identity, and executing the operation mode of the air-conditioning device. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011003 | Air Vent Controller - Methods, systems, and apparatus for controlling an air flow are described. A monitor obtains an environmental parameter and an air deflector controls the air flow exiting an air duct. An air deflector actuator configures the air deflector, the configuration of the air deflector being based on the environmental parameter. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011004 | VERTICAL FAN COIL UNIT WITH PIPING AND VALVE ASSEMBLY HAVING LOSSLESS DYNAMIC PRESSURE - A vertical fan unit includes a cabinet, a fan unit and a heating and cooling coil. A piping and valve assembly connects the heating and cooling coil to a four-pipe vertical riser. Shut-off ball valves are connected to respective hot and cold supply pipes of the vertical riser out of the path of air flowing through the heating and cooling coil. Hot and cold return valve assemblies include control ball valves connected to respective return pipes of the four pipe vertical riser and positioned adjacent the side wall out of the path of air flowing through the heating and cooling coil. A cable connects each temperature probe of the shut-off ball valves with respective BTU meters mounted at the control ball valves. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011005 | HVAC CONTROLLER ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AIR FLOW INTRUSION BARRIERS - A heating, ventilation, and/or air condition (HVAC) controller assembly to reduce undesired air currents includes a front cover, a back plate configured to be removably secured to the front cover, HVAC controller circuitry, a plurality of wire openings, and an air intrusion barrier configured to extend across the wire openings. The HVAC controller circuitry is configured to be electrically coupled to a plurality of wires extending through a hole in the wall to adjust an environmental characteristic of in a controlled space. Each wire opening is configured to receive only a single wire and each wire is configured to extend through a different one of the wire openings. The air intrusion barrier is configured to receive the wires to generally form a plurality of seals against the wires. The wire openings are configured to substantially support the wires to reduce movement of the wires relative to the air intrusion barrier. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011006 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner includes a heat pump cycle, a heating unit, a low-temperature side heat medium circuit, and a heat dissipation amount adjustment control unit. The heat pump cycle has a compressor, a condenser, a decompression unit, and an evaporator. The heating unit has a heating heat exchanger, an outside air radiator, and a heat dissipation amount adjustment unit. The low-temperature side heat medium circuit has a heat generation device. The heat dissipation amount adjustment control unit controls the heat dissipation amount adjustment unit to adjust a heat dissipation amount in the outside air radiator such that a blown air temperature of the blown air heated by the heating heat exchanger approaches a predetermined target temperature. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011007 | BUILDING SYSTEM COMPRISING A CEILING SYSTEM - A building system includes a building space defined by a structural ceiling and a flooring of a building, and a ceiling system. The ceiling system includes an air permeable suspended ceiling arranged below the structural ceiling, and a plenum space is formed between the suspended ceiling and the structural ceiling and a flooring space is formed between the flooring and the suspended ceiling. A plurality of partition wall sections is arranged in the plenum space extending between the structural ceiling and the suspended ceiling and forms a plurality of plenum modules distributed across the plenum space. Each plenum module includes equipment. The equipment of each plenum module includes a supply air device for delivery of supply air to the associated plenum module for pressurization thereof such that the supply air delivered to the plenum module is supplied to the flooring space through the air permeable suspended ceiling. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011008 | WEATHER-RESISTANT PLANT FIBER-REINFORCED AIR DUCT WITH MULTI-LAYER WALL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure relates to the technical field of air ducts, and in particular to a weather-resistant plant fiber-reinforced air duct with a multi-layer wall, and a preparation method thereof. The weather-resistant plant fiber-reinforced air duct with a multi-layer wall includes an outer isolation layer, a plant fiber-reinforced thermal insulation layer, a moisture-proof layer and a sealing layer that are arranged in sequence from inside to outside. The plant fiber-reinforced thermal insulation layer is prepared by the paving and laminating of surface fiber foam materials and core fiber foam materials or by the winding and molding of glass fibers and plant fibers. An outer isolation layer is adopted to protect the plant fiber-reinforced thermal insulation layer from being damaged by rubbing, and the moisture-proof layer and the sealing layer are adopted to ensure that the air does not leak out. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011009 | AIR CLEANER - An air cleaner may include a case having a discharge port formed at an upper side and vertically open; a blower fan disposed inside of the case, and blowing air inside the case toward the discharge port; a discharge body disposed on an upper side of the case in which the discharge port is formed, and having a discharge passage that guides the air, blown by the blower fan, toward the discharge port; a discharge guider rotatably disposed on an upper side of the discharge body, and having a plurality of grills bent so as to guide air, flowing upward through the discharge passage, in a radially outward direction; and a motor that rotates the discharge guider disposed on the discharge body. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011010 | COIL CLEANING EASY ACCESS - An access panel assembly and a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system incorporating the access panel assembly are provided. The HVAC system includes a heat exchanger assembly with a first heat exchanger coil and a second heat exchanger coil (e.g., in a V-shaped configuration). The first heat exchanger coil and the second heat exchanger coil each respectively include an exterior surface, an interior surface, a first edge, and a second edge. The access panel assembly is adjacent to the first edge of the first heat exchanger coil and the first edge of the second heat exchanger coil. The access panel assembly is configured to provide access (e.g., for cleaning and/or maintenance) to at least one of: the interior surface of the first heat exchanger coil and the interior surface of the second heat exchanger coil. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011011 | AIR CLEANER - The present disclosure relates to an air cleaner. The air cleaner according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a case having a discharge port which is formed on an upper side thereof and is vertically open; a blower fan disposed inside the case, and causing air inside the case to flow to the discharge port; a discharge guider disposed on the upper side of the case where the discharge port is formed, rotating about a rotation axis formed in an up-down direction, and changing a wind direction of air discharged through the discharge port; and a motor rotating the discharge guider, wherein the discharge guider includes a plurality of grills which are bent in a first direction perpendicular to the up-down direction, and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011012 | MAKE UP AIR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments provide a make-up air unit, comprising a first air inlet defining a portion of a first path and a portion of a second path; a second air inlet defining a third path that joins with the first path; a dehumidification unit disposed within the first path; an air conditioner with a portion of the air conditioner disposed within the first path downstream of where the third path joins the first path, and a portion of the air conditioner disposed within the third path; a first air outlet where the first path exits the make-up air unit; and a second air outlet wherein the second path exits the make-up air unit; wherein the air conditioner is disposed on a stand; wherein the dehumidification unit is disposed below the air conditioner; and wherein the first path is isolated from the third path. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011013 | DISPLACEMENT INDUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL SANITIZING CONTROL SYSTEM - In one or more embodiments, a displacement induction environmental sanitizing control system for controlling the environment in a room is provided. The system includes a housing having a supply air intake configured to receive a supply of pressurized outside air, a room air intake configured to receive air into the housing from the room, and a conditioned air outlet configured to output conditioned sanitized air into the room from the housing. The housing has an airflow path from the room air intake and the supply air intake to the conditioned air outlet. A conditioning element is configured to adjust temperature of air in the airflow path. A sanitation element is configured to sanitize air in the airflow path. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011014 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - An air conditioning system, comprising an outdoor unit ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220011015 | SOLARHEARTH PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM - The invention provides a SolarHearth, a passive solar heating system that includes a work of art that can be mounted on a building, to bring warmed air into the building. The system includes a heat exchange chamber having a display window that contains the work of art, and is is configured to create a passive solar environment to create a natural vacuum. The system further includes means for moving air through the heat exchange chamber, such as an air plenum or fans. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011016 | WATER HEATER WITH OPTIMIZED DIP TUBE - A water heater appliance includes a tank extending along a vertical direction between a top end wall and a bottom end wall and a dip tube extending from an inlet end to an outlet end. The inlet end of the dip tube is coupled to a cold water inlet in the top end wall of the tank. The outlet end of the dip tube may be positioned in a bottom corner of the tank and/or positioned at an outer perimeter of the bottom end wall. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011017 | FIELD CONVERSION ELECTRIC WATER HEATER - An electric water heater has upper and lower electric resistance type heating elements respectively controlled by a single pole, double throw upper thermostat and a single pole, single throw lower thermostat. The upper and lower thermostats are operatively interconnected by a wiring harness having outer conductor end portions that are connected to a terminal block portion of an external junction box to provide the water heater with a variety of heating element operating modes without having to replace either of the thermostats, vary the wiring harness interconnections therebetween, or vary the connection between the outer conductor end portions and the terminal block. The water heater may thus be advantageously manufactured in a single variant that may be easily and quickly modified in the field to selectively alter the heating element control mode of the water heater. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011018 | Systems and Methods for Operating a Furnace - Methods and related systems for operating a furnace are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes activating a burner assembly and a first fan of the furnace to combust fuel and air and circulate combustion gases along a flow path extending through a heat exchanger of the furnace. In addition, the method includes operating a second fan of the furnace to circulate air across an external surface of the heat exchanger of the furnace and produce a conditioned airflow. Further, the method includes monitoring one or more parameters of a motor of the second fan indicative of an airflow rate of the conditioned airflow, and deactivating the burner assembly, whereby combustion of the fuel and air in the furnace ceases, in response to the one or more parameters indicating that the airflow rate is less than a minimum airflow rate. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011019 | Solar Mirror Array System, Methods and Apparatuses Thereto - An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011020 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE - A refrigerant circuit includes a first compressor, a second compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and a use-side heat exchanger. The refrigerant circuit is capable of performing a single-stage compression operation in which one of the first compressor and the second compressor is driven and the other is stopped, and a two-stage compression operation in which both the first compressor and the second compressor are driven. The control unit controls the refrigerant circuit so that, of the single-stage compression operation and the two-stage compression operation, an operation with a higher compression efficiency is performed. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011021 | CASCADE AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM - Disclosed is a cascade air conditioner system. The cascade air conditioner system includes a compressor ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220011022 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH HIGH SPEED ROTARY PRESSURE EXCHANGER - A refrigeration system includes a rotary pressure exchanger fluidly coupled to a low pressure branch and a high pressure branch. The rotary pressure exchanger is configured to receive the refrigerant at high pressure from the high pressure branch, to receive the refrigerant at low pressure from the low pressure branch, and to exchange pressure between the refrigerant at high pressure and the refrigerant at low pressure, and wherein a first exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at high pressure in the supercritical state or the subcritical state and a second exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at low pressure in the liquid state or the two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011023 | LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH A ROTARY PRESSURE EXCHANGER REPLACING THE BULK FLOW COMPRESSOR AND THE HIGH PRESSURE EXPANSION VALVE - A refrigeration system includes a rotary pressure exchanger fluidly coupled to a low pressure loop and a high pressure loop. The rotary pressure exchanger replaces a traditional bulk flow compressor. The rotary pressure exchanger is configured to receive the refrigerant at high pressure from the high pressure loop, to receive the refrigerant at low pressure from the low pressure loop, and to exchange pressure between the refrigerant at high pressure and the refrigerant at low pressure, and wherein a first exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at high pressure in the supercritical state or the subcritical state and a second exiting stream from the rotary pressure exchanger includes the refrigerant at low pressure in the liquid state or the two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011024 | DUAL-CIRCUIT HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Systems and methods for improved heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems incorporating a plurality of refrigerant circuits. The system can include a compressor having a first compression chamber, a second compression chamber, and a motor. The system can further include a heat exchanger having a first set of microchannel coils and a second set of microchannel coils. The system can have a first circuit fluidly coupled between the first compression chamber and the first set of microchannel coils and a second circuit fluidly coupled between the second compression chamber and the second set of microchannel coils. Further, the first circuit comprises a first refrigerant and the second circuit comprises a second refrigerant. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011025 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MECHANICAL ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT - A solar energy powered Stirling duplex cooler is presented which includes a Stirling engine and a Stirling cooler. The Stirling engine drives the Stirling cooler to produce cold temperatures for refrigeration or air conditioning. The Stirling duplex cooler includes a solar concentrator to focus high temperature solar radiation upon the Stirling engine expansion space. The Stirling duplex cooler further includes a thermal storage tank to receive and store heat rejected from the cooler expansion space. This stored heat is used to operate the cooler at night. A flywheel connected operatively to engine and cooler expansion space pistons and a crankshaft connected operatively to engine and cooler compression space pistons actuate the pistons to move a working fluid between the expansion and compression spaces. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011026 | MAGNETIC BEARING COMPRESSOR PROTECTION - A vapor compression system and method for operating the vapor compression system are provided. The vapor compression system includes a first compressor, a second compressor, a condenser, and at least one check valve disposed between the first compressor and the condenser. The method provides for the transmitting of a shutdown command to at least one of the first compressor and the second compressor, at least one of the first compressor and the second compressor including a rotating shaft and a magnetic bearing, the magnetic bearing having an active mode and an inactive mode, the magnetic bearing levitating the rotating shaft in the active mode. The method further provides for the monitoring of at least one of a rotational speed of the rotating shaft and a differential pressure over the check valve for a preset time, wherein the magnetic bearing remains in the active mode at least during the preset time. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011027 | COOLING PIPE SYSTEM - A lithium bromide refrigeration system is disclosed, including: a generator having a liquid storage cavity and connected to a heating apparatus; an absorber having an inner cavity; an evaporator above the absorber, the evaporator including an evaporation chamber communicated with the inner cavity; a vacuum pump connected to the absorber, the vacuum pump being configured for vacuumizing the inner cavity. The generator is provided with a spraying pipe communicated with the liquid storage cavity, an outlet of the spraying pipe is located at an upper part of the inner cavity, the absorber is provided with a liquid extraction pipe communicated with the inner cavity, and an outlet of the liquid extraction pipe is located at an upper part of the liquid storage cavity. The system further includes a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the spraying pipe and the liquid extraction pipe. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011028 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE - A refrigeration cycle device according to the present disclosure includes: a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, a first expansion device, and a load-side heat exchanger, refrigerant cycling through the compressor, the heat-source-side heat exchanger, the first expansion device, and the load-side heat exchanger; a plurality of controllers configured to control the refrigerant circuit; a bypass pipe branching from a high pressure pipe on a discharge side of the compressor and connected to a low pressure pipe on a suction side of the compressor; a second expansion device provided to the bypass pipe, and configured to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the bypass pipe; and a plurality of refrigerant coolers provided to the bypass pipe, and configured to cool the plurality of controllers by using the refrigerant the flow rate of which is adjusted by the second expansion device, each of the plurality of refrigerant coolers including a refrigerant cooling pipe and a plate, the refrigerant cooling pipe forming the bypass pipe, the plate being joined between the refrigerant cooling pipe and a controller of the plurality of controllers. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011029 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner is provided that may include a compressor that compresses a refrigerant; a condenser that condenses the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; at least one expansion valve that expands the refrigerant passing through the condenser; a gas-liquid separator, through which the refrigerant passed through the at least one expansion valve flows, that separates and discharges the refrigerant into gas refrigerant and liquid refrigerant; an evaporator that evaporates the liquid refrigerant discharged from the gas-liquid separator; a refrigerant inflow pipe that connects the expansion valve and the gas-liquid separator; a bypass pipe that connects the gas-liquid separator and the compressor; and a refrigerant discharge pipe that connects the gas-liquid separator and the evaporator. The gas-liquid separator may include a housing in which a portion of each of the refrigerant inflow pipe, the bypass pipe, and the refrigerant discharge pipe may be disposed; a first partition wall, which is disposed in an internal space of the housing and includes a first opening formed by cutting out a portion of an outer surface thereof disposed adjacent to the refrigerant inflow pipe, and a second partition wall, which is spaced apart from the first partition wall and disposed in the internal space of the housing and includes a second opening formed by cutting out a portion of an outer surface thereof disposed adjacent to the refrigerant discharge pipe. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011030 | DOME-LOADED BACK PRESSURE REGULATOR WITH SETPOINT PRESSURE ENERGIZED BY PROCESS FLUID - A diaphragm pressure regulator includes: a body defining a process surface and including: an exhaust port having a discharge opening, and at least one vent void interconnecting the process surface and the exhaust port; and an inlet port, and at least one process void communicating with the process surface and the inlet port; a reference housing including a cavity defining a reference surface and a reference port in fluid communication with the cavity; and a diaphragm disposed between the body and the reference housing, the diaphragm movable between a first position engaged with the vent voids, and a second position wherein the membrane is not engaged with at least one of the vent voids, wherein a dome is defined between the cavity and the reference side of the diaphragm; and wherein the reference housing includes a sump configured to segregate liquid from the reference side of the diaphragm. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011031 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, CONTROLLERS, AND CONTROL METHODS - Disclosed herein are air conditioning systems comprising a refrigerant line configured to transport a refrigerant; a compressor in fluid communication with the suction line; and a controller in communication with a sensor configured to measure a characteristic of the refrigerant line. The compressor can be configured to move the refrigerant through the refrigerant line, and the refrigerant can have a first temperature at the outlet of the compressor. The controller configured to receive sensor data from the sensor indicative of a current value associated with the characteristic of the refrigerant line; determine, based at least partially on the sensor data, that the characteristic of the refrigerant line is above a predetermined threshold; and output instructions for the compressor to perform one or more corrective actions. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011032 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REFRIGERATION, OIL RETURN AND NOISE REDUCTION OF MULTI-SPLIT AIR-CONDITIONER - A control method and system for refrigeration, oil return and noise reduction of a multi-split air-conditioner. The method comprises: when the accumulative time that the frequency of a compressor is smaller than the set frequency threshold reaches the oil return cycle and a standby indoor unit exists, conducting an oil return running mode; resetting the accumulative time; | 2022-01-13 |
20220011033 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: a cabinet having a freezer chamber, and an ice maker provided in the freezer chamber, wherein the ice maker includes a tray for forming an ice chamber, and a case for supporting the tray, the case includes a fixing part to be fixed to walls for forming the freezer chamber or a housing fixed to the walls, and the fixing part includes an inclined surface so that the case forms a slope at the walls or the housing. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011034 | SNOWMAKING AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND MODULES - The invention is a snowmaking automation system and snowmaking automation modules for use with snowmaking guns and hydrants. Embodiments of the snowmaking automation modules described herein may be battery powered, and thus do not require fixed electrical infrastructure, but are designed to use such infrastructure if present on the mountain. In some embodiments, various components of the snowmaking automation system may be wireless and thus do not require hard-wired communications, for example between base stations, servers, databases, repeater nodes and remotely controlled snowmaking guns and hydrants with their snowmaking automation modules installed. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011035 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a main body; a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber provided in the main body so that the front surfaces thereof are opened; an evaporator which is disposed inside the main body and which generates cold air; a first duct for supplying the cold air to the first storage chamber; a second duct for supplying the cold air to the second storage chamber; and a connecting duct for connecting the first duct and the second duct so as to allow the cold air generated by the evaporator to flow to the second duct, wherein the second duct includes a connecting port connected to the connecting duct, a discharge port through which the cold air is discharged, a discharge path for connecting the connecting port and the discharge port, and a connecting path for connecting the inside of the second storage chamber and the discharge path, the discharge path includes a minimum region in which the cross sectional area thereof in a vertical direction or a longitudinal direction is minimized, and the connecting path is provided to connect the inside of the second storage chamber and the minimum region. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011036 | CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATOR, AND REFRIGERATOR - A control method and device for a refrigerator, and the refrigerator. The refrigerator comprises at least two compartments. The control method comprises: acquiring a compartment currently requesting cooling; after detecting and confirming a first set time, the compartment currently requesting cooling not being cooled, determining a currently cooled compartment, and interchanging currently set valve body rotation angles corresponding to the compartment currently requesting cooling and the currently cooled compartment requesting cooling. The present disclosure may solve the problem in which a refrigerator cannot be cooled normally due to a connection error between the capillary tube and a solenoid valve during the production of a multi-system refrigerator, and reduces the refrigerator repair rate, improves the refrigerator production efficiency, and reduces fabrication costs. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011037 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a blower fan assembly having a cold air introduction hole configured to be open toward a storage compartment, and the blower fan assembly is located behind the front surface of an evaporator. Due to the structure of the refrigerator, cold air passing through the evaporator may efficiently flow to the cold air introduction hole of the blower fan assembly, and the flow resistance of the cold air may be reduced, so consumption efficiency may be improved. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011038 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a first discharge part such that a temperature distribution difference between the upper section (upper space relative to the center portion of the inside of a storage compartment) of the inside of the storage compartment and the lower section (lower space relative to the center portion of the inside of the storage compartment) of the inside of the storage compartment may be reduced. In addition, water produced in the surrounding area of a blower fan may flow down into a flow path formed under the blower fan such that the loss of the flow amount of cold air may be reduced. Due to such a structure of the refrigerator, even temperature distribution inside of the storage compartment may be realized, and consumption efficiency may be improved. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011039 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPRESSING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE OF REFRIGERANT RADIATOR AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A system for suppressing the electromagnetic interference of a refrigerant radiator and a household appliance, the system including: a refrigerant radiator, a drive circuit corresponding to the refrigerant radiator, a metal conductor and a filter unit; the metal conductor is separately connected to the filter unit and the refrigerant radiator, the filter unit is connected to the drive circuit, and an electromagnetic interference closed-loop circuit is formed between the refrigerant radiator, the metal conductor, the filter unit and the drive circuit corresponding to the refrigerant radiator. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011040 | DOOR OPENING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING SAME - A refrigerator includes a door opening device and a handle assembly including a handle body and a handle cover assembled with each other. The handle body may have a structure for rotating the handle assembly, and when the handle cover is coupled to the handle body, the handle cover may constitute at least a portion of a surface of the handle body. Additionally, a driving arm may be provided in the handle cover and configured to push a push rod while the driving arm rotates with the handle body. The driving arm is made of metal. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011041 | CABINET REINFORCING ASSEMBLY - A cabinet of an appliance includes an outer wrapper defining opposing first and second sidewalls, a rear wall coupling the first and second sidewalls and an access opening and an inner liner defining an interior. The outer wrapper and the inner liner may define a sealed insulating cavity therebetween that is under vacuum. A plurality of reinforcement brackets may be disposed on the outer wrapper. The plurality of reinforcement brackets are configured to prevent deformation of the cabinet during application of the vacuum to the insulating cavity. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011042 | CONTROLLED INVENTORY REFRIGERATED DISPENSING SYSTEM - A refrigerated dispensing system is provided including an outer refrigerator cabinet and an interior, removable chassis that mounts a plurality of separately removable product storage and dispensing cartridges and a separately removable open-front product storage box. While the storage-box and individual cartridges are removably positionable within slots on one or more shelves inside of the chassis, the entire chassis (with storage box and cartridges positioned thereon) may be removed from the outer refrigerator cabinet. The open-front storage box is provided RFID product tracking for monitoring inventory of products stored within the storage box. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011043 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATOR - A method for controlling a refrigerator includes: a step for determining whether or not a defrosting initiation condition is satisfied with respect to an evaporator; a step for, if the defrosting initiation condition is satisfied, detecting a pressure differential by means of one differential pressure sensor for measuring the pressure differential between a first through hole, which is positioned between the evaporator and an inlet port having air flowing in from a storage chamber, and a second through hole which is positioned between the evaporator and a discharge port having air discharged to the storage chamber; and a defrosting step for variably defrosting in accordance with the measured pressure differential. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011044 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COOLING SYSTEMS - A server for a control system for cooling systems is disclosed. The server includes a memory device configured to store instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory device and a plurality of cooling systems. Each of cooling systems includes a motor, a sensor, a local memory, and a microprocessor communicatively coupled to the motor, the sensor, the local memory. The microprocessor is configured to control operation of the motor according to settings defined by configuration data stored in the local memory. In response to reading the instructions, the processor is configured to receive, from the sensor of each of the cooling systems, first sensor data, generate first configuration data by executing a first algorithm on the first sensor data, and instruct the microprocessor of at least one cooling system to write the first configuration data to the local memory of the at least one cooling system. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011045 | Food Safety System for Food Items in Cooled Environments - A food safety system for food items in cooled environments includes a temperature sensor unit having a temperature sensor, a power supply and a data transmission element. The temperature sensor unit is positioned in a cooler, wherein the cooler has a plurality of predefined food item positions. A control center unit having a computer processor and a memory is adapted to execute a deterministic mode function to predict the core temperature change of such a food item on a predefined food item position in said cooler. The deterministic mode function depends on heat transfer parameters related to the predefined food item position of the cooler used, food specific coefficients related to the kind of food item taken from a group of food types, the environment temperature measured by the temperature sensor, and the predicted current core temperature of the food item. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011046 | COOLING DEVICE - A bottle cooler may include an annular support structure, a hollow open-topped receptacle, and a bezel. The support structure may have a hanging shoulder protruding radially outwardly. The receptacle may be suspended from the support structure. The bezel may surround the open top of the receptacle and may cover the hanging shoulder. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011047 | CANNABIS DRYING OVEN - Methods and apparatuses for drying, especially cannabis, are provided. One of the provided methods includes: heating the cannabis in a cavity of a variable frequency microwave oven using at least two different frequencies; measuring temperature of at least 1 cm square of the cannabis at different times during the heating; and controlling the heating based on the temperature measured so that the cannabis is kept for at least 20 minutes at temperatures above 30° C. and below 100° C. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011048 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger comprises: a first header comprising a first globe and a second globe; a second header disposed in parallel with the first header; a tube assembly comprising multiple first tubes for connecting the first header and the second header and causing a refrigerant introduced from the first globe to flow in a first direction toward the position of the second header, and multiple second tubes disposed continuously with the multiple first tubes so as to cause a refrigerant introduced from the second header to flow in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and multiple heat exchange-fins individually having multiple insertion portions, into which the multiple first tubes and the multiple second tubes are inserted, respectively, and heat exchange surfaces disposed between the multiple insertion portions. The first heat-exchange fin, which is adjacent to the first header among the multiple heat exchange fins, has a heat-exchange surface including a first surface having a louver formed thereon, and a second surface formed to be flat and adjacent to insertion portions into which multiple second tubes are inserted. The second heat-exchange fin, which is adjacent to the second header, has a heat-exchange surface including a first surface. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011049 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND SYSTEM FOR COOLING A FLUID COMPRISING SUCH A HEAT EXCHANGER - A tubular heat exchanger ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220011050 | DOUBLE TUBE FOR HEAT-EXCHANGE - Disclosed herein is a double tube for heat exchange. The double tube for heat exchange includes: a spiral pipe having ridges and valleys alternately formed on a circumferential surface thereof along a spiral track thereof and guiding a first fluid to flow therethrough; an outer pipe receiving the spiral pipe axially inserted thereinto and guiding a second fluid to flow along the circumferential surface of the spiral pipe in an axial direction such that the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid; and a resistance member protruding from the spiral pipe or the valleys to increase residence time of the second fluid in the valleys on the circumferential surface of the spiral pipe and to support the ridges adjacent thereto. Unlike typical double tubes, the double tube for heat exchange can improve heat exchange efficiency between a second fluid flowing inside an outer pipe and a fluid flowing inside a spiral pipe axially inserted into the outer pipe to increase residence time of the second fluid inside the outer pipe by virtue of a spiral shape of the spiral pipe; can improve flow directionality of the second fluid through formation of the grooves in valleys of the spiral pipe along a spiral track of the valleys; can reduce flow-induced noise through expansion of a space defined between an end joint of the outer pipe and the inner pipe to reduce the pressure of the second fluid; and further improve heat exchange efficiency through resistance members protruding from the valleys to increase residence time of the second fluid. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011051 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A thermal management system and method includes a body having an inlet and an outlet configured to direct a first fluid into and out of the body. The body incudes a channel that is fluidly separate from the inlet and the outlet. A second fluid is directed through the channel. A conduit assembly is fluidly coupled with the inlet and the outlet. The conduit assembly includes plural fluidly separate conduits. Each of the plural conduits extend between a corresponding first end and a corresponding second end along a corresponding tortuous path. The plural conduits are intertwined with each other between the first ends and the second ends. The plural conduits are positioned such that the second fluid flowing through the channel passes over the plural conduits and exchanges thermal energy with the first fluid that moves within each of the plural conduits. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011052 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING A ZONE TO BE SUPPORTED AND HEAT EXCHANGER MANUFACTURED USING SUCH A METHOD - The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a brazed plate type heat exchanger comprising the following steps: a) stacking, with a clearance, a plurality of plates parallel to each other so as to define, between said plates, a plurality of passages suitable for the flow of at least one fluid, said passages being delimited by peripheral edges and at least one passage comprising at least one zone to be supported emerging towards the outside of the passage through at least one opening of a peripheral edge; b) arranging at least one support member in the zone to be supported; c) brazing the stack of plates comprising the support member; and d) removing the support member from the zone to be supported through the opening. According to the invention, the support member is deformable and, in step d), a traction force is exerted on the support member so as to cause a deformation in at least one part of the support member and a translation movement of the support member towards the outside of the passage. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011053 | Diffusion Bonding Heat Exchanger - An object of the present invention is to provide a diffusion bonding heat exchanger with which it is possible to reduce a thermal stress that is generated due to heat exchange between fluids significantly different from each other in temperature even in a case where the number of stacked heat transfer plates is made large. A diffusion bonding heat exchanger ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220011054 | HEAT CONDUCTING MEMBER - A heat conducting member includes a housing provided with a space inside, and a working medium in the space. The housing includes a first region, a second region located on one side in one direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a thickness direction of the housing across the first region, and a third region located on another side in the one direction across the first region. The first region includes a first end portion connected to the second region and a second end portion connected to the third region. The first end portion is at a position in the thickness direction different from the second end portion. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011055 | FLAT LOOP HEAT PIPE - A flat loop heat pipe includes an evaporator that vaporizes a working fluid, a condenser that liquefies the working fluid vaporized by the evaporator, a vapor pipe that connects the evaporator to the condenser, and a liquid pipe that connects the condenser to the evaporator. The liquid pipe includes a first wick. The condenser includes a flow passage and a second wick. The flow passage connects the vapor pipe and the liquid pipe. The second wick is connected to the first wick. The second wick is exposed in the flow passage and extends from the flow passage in a planar direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011056 | HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A heat sink assembly for a cage for a field replaceable computing module includes a heat sink, a thermal interface material (TIM), and an actuation assembly. The heat sink includes fins and a mating surface positioned at a base of the fins. The TIM includes a first surface that is coupled to the mating surface of the heat sink and a second surface that is opposite the first surface. Thus, the second surface can engage a heat transfer surface of a field replaceable computing module installed adjacent the heat sink. The actuation assembly includes a rotational cam. When the rotational cam is in a first position, the second surface of the TIM contacts the heat transfer surface of the computing module. When the rotational cam moves to a second position, the second surface of the TIM is moved a distance away from the heat transfer surface of the computing module. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011057 | COOLING SYSTEM AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A cooling system for a cold spray nozzle or a thermal spray barrel and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The cooling system includes a sleeve with cooling fins that encapsulate a spray nozzle or barrel to enable heat transfer from the nozzle or barrel to the fins and then to the external ambient environment. The sleeve may optionally include one or more channels with cooling tubes to enable enhanced cooling with a cooling medium flowing through the tubes and across the fins. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011058 | COOLING UNIT - A cooling unit includes a member-to-be-cooled and a duct. The member-to-be-cooled includes a plurality of cooling fins. The duct is fixed to the member-to-be-cooled and has an outlet. The duct and the member-to-be-cooled define a cooling passage that conveys a gas to around the cooling fins and discharges the gas having passed the cooling fins through the outlet. The cooling passage includes a bend between the cooling fins and the outlet. The duct includes an outer corner that constitutes a partition wall on an outer peripheral side of the bend and the duct has a drain hole that is bored through the outer corner. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011059 | COMPOSITE HEAT SINK HAVING ANISOTROPIC HEAT TRANSFER METAL-GRAPHITE COMPOSITE FINS - The present invention provides a composite server heat sink with a metal base having a thermal conductivity of at least 200 W/mK. Plural fins extend from the metal base, each fin having an anisotropic thermal conductivity in a range of approximately 300 to 650 W/mK in a longitudinal direction of the fin and less than approximately 30 W/mK in a widthwise direction of the fin. Each fin includes graphite in an amount of approximately 45-70 wt. %, diamond in an amount of approximately 2.5 to 10 wt. % with the balance comprising a metal selected from one or more of copper and aluminum. To create the anisotropic thermal properties, the graphite is aligned along the longitudinal direction of the fin. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011060 | COOLING UNIT - A cooling unit has a member-to-be-cooled, a duct, and a cushioning material. The member-to-be-cooled has a plurality of cooling fins. The duct is fixed to the member-to-be-cooled, has a partition wall facing the plurality of cooling fins, and conveys a fluid to around the plurality of cooling fins. The cushioning material is disposed between the partition wall and the plurality of cooling fins and fixed to the partition wall. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011061 | ADAPTER FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER HEADER - The invention relates to an adapter ( | 2022-01-13 |
20220011062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEAT EXCHANGER CONTROL BASED ON REAL-TIME CORROSION MONITORING - A system and method of controlling corrosion of a heat exchanger, having a hot gas inlet and outlet and a cold side inlet and outlet. The method includes determining a temperature of the heat exchanger at a first selected location, controlling a temperature of a corrosion sensing device to a first selected temperature based on the temperature of the surface of the heat exchanger and determining a corrosion rate associated with the heat exchanger surface at the first selected location for the first selected temperature. The method also includes comparing the corrosion rate to an expected corrosion rate, determining a cold side fluid inlet temperature target for the heat exchanger based at least in part on the comparing, the determined corrosion; and controlling a cold side fluid inlet temperature based at least in part on the determined inlet temperature target, determined corrosion rate, and expected corrosion rate. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011063 | MONITORING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND MONITORING METHOD - A monitoring apparatus includes an interface and a controller. The interface is configured to acquire a signal that is based on the temperature of the inside of a cooling tower configured to cool a cooling target. The controller is configured to acquire the signal from the interface and calculate the temperature distribution of the inside of the cooling tower. The controller analyzes an abnormal site of the cooling tower based on the temperature distribution. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011064 | Modular Magazine Release For Firearms - A device implementable on a firearm includes a magazine release having a magazine catch and a magazine release button coupled to the magazine catch. When the magazine release is installed on the firearm, the magazine catch is configured to hold a magazine in a magazine well of the firearm when the magazine release button is not pressed and the magazine catch is configured to release the magazine from the magazine well when the magazine release button is pressed. The magazine release button includes a coupler configured to couple the magazine release button to the magazine catch. The magazine release button also includes a detachable pedal slidingly attachable to the coupler. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011065 | FIREARM MAGAZINE LOADER HAVING A CARTRIDGE POSITIONER - A firearm magazine loader is disclosed herein. The firearm magazine loader, in an embodiment, includes a base, a body supported by the base, an ammunition receptacle supported by the body, and a cartridge positioner moveably coupled to the body. The cartridge positioner includes a plurality of fingers spaced apart by a plurality of gaps. Furthermore, the cartridge positioner includes a ramp extending downward when the firearm magazine loader is vertically oriented. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011066 | COMPACT FIREARM - A compact firearm has a frame including a barrel defining a chamber, the frame being movable between a closed condition in which the firearm is operable to discharge a cartridge in the chamber, and an open condition in which the chamber is open for loading, a latch movable between a latched condition to retain the frame in the closed condition, and an unlatched condition to enable movement of the frame to the open condition, a firing mechanism connected to the frame and operable in response to actuation to discharge the cartridge in the chamber, and a trigger element operably connected to the firing mechanism to selectably actuate the firing mechanism, and operably connected to the latch to move the latch to the unlatched condition. The trigger element may be operable to selectably actuate the firing mechanism in response to movement in a first direction. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011067 | BOLT CARRIER AND BOLT FOR GAS OPERATED FIREARMS - An improved bolt and bolt carrier with integral gas key having an extension nozzle threadedly secured and pinned to the gas key for use with a direct gas operated firearm is provided. The extension nozzle is designed to receive a portion of the host firearms gas operating system. The firing pin retaining pin is oriented so as to expose its widest profile to the firing pins annular flange, increasing its service life. The bolt has a plurality of lugs extending from its forward end and an extractor recess. The extractor recess is constructed to accommodate an enlarged extractor claw while not undercutting the bolt lugs adjacent thereto. The extractor engages approximately 57% more of a seated ammunition cartridges rim as compared to some prior art AR15/M16 type extractors used with automatic firearms chambered in 6.8SPC. The result is an improved bolt and bolt carrier which provides for increased operational reliability. | 2022-01-13 |
20220011068 | Firearm Fire Control Mechanisms - Fire control mechanisms for a firearm include a trigger disconnect assembly and an action lock mechanism which work together to ensure safe and reliable firearm operation. The trigger disconnect uses a spring biased disconnector pivotably mounted on the trigger to actuate the sear and release a hammer sear upon firing. The hammer sear engages a compliant interface formed by a spring which actuates the action lock to unlock the bolt after the trigger has been pulled. | 2022-01-13 |