43rd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150300607 | LED LAMP - The present disclosure relates to an LED lamp comprising: a light-transmitting tube with an inner surface; a diffusion tube located in tight contact with the inner surface of the light-transmitting tube; and an LED substrate located within the diffusion tube, the substrate having a plurality of LEDs arranged thereon. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300608 | Lighting Element For Illuminated Hardscape - A lighting element for an illuminated hardscape. The lighting element includes a body structure defining a dispersion surface. A light fixture is positioned within the body structure and is configured to provide a light which is dispersed through the body structure to the dispersion surface. The body structure is formed from a clear or translucent material. An illuminated hardscaping is also provided. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300609 | BACKLIGHT SOURCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a backlight source and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the method of manufacturing the backlight source comprises the following steps: forming a base layer, a dielectric layer, and a conductive layer stacked successively from bottom to top to form a semi-finished PCB; the semi-finished PCB is divided into a light bar area and a heat dissipating area; the conductive layer is divided into a first conductive area and a second conductive area insulated from each other; etching the second conductive area to form a preset conductive circuit; spraying insulating paint upon the conductive layer to form the insulating layer, thus producing the PCB; and installing the LED onto the light bar area and making it in electrical connection with the second conductive area. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300610 | MODULAR LIGHT FIXTURES - A modular light fixture is described herein. The light fixture can include a frame having at least one light module coupling device, where the at least one light module coupling device includes at least one light module coupling feature. The light fixture can also include at least one light module coupled to the frame, where the at least one light module includes at least one frame coupling feature that couples to the at least one light module coupling feature of the at least one light module coupling device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300611 | LIGHTING UNIT WITH A LIGHTING UNIT HOUSING WHICH COMPRISES A PROFILED ELEMENT - A lighting unit which has a lighting unit housing with a profiled element and which has a retaining element arranged on the profiled element for retaining another lighting unit component, for example a lighting unit top sleeve and/or an operating device. The lighting unit is designed such that the retaining element is held on the profiled element solely via a latching connection. The design allows the retaining element to be connected to the profiled element in a particularly simple manner. Additionally, no special fixing elements are required in order to attach the retaining element to the profiled element. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300612 | ADJUSTABLE DUAL OPTIC DIRECTIONAL LAMP ASSEMBLY - A light fixture includes an adjustable bracket, a pivot plate, a lamp bracket, and a lamp. The adjustable bracket is rotatable about a first axis. The pivot plate is connected to the adjustable bracket and rotatable about a second axis different from the first axis. The lamp bracket is removably connected to the pivot plate. The lamp is connected to the lamp bracket. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300613 | LAMP FIXTURE AND LED MODULE FOR SAME - A luminaire and LED module combination is disclosed. The luminaire can include a rail with powered contacts on a top and bottom surface. The LED module can be attached to the rail via a magnetic force and the rail can have upper and lower surfaces that both support LED modules so as to allow greater flexibility in illumination patterns. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300614 | Optical Communication Module - An optical communication module includes: a plurality of semiconductor lasers which emit optical signals each having different wavelengths; a plurality of driver ICs which drive each of the plurality of semiconductor lasers; and a substrate on which both of the semiconductor lasers and the driver ICs are mounted. The semiconductor lasers are mounted on a first surface of the substrate and the driver ICs are mounted on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300615 | Household Lamp Switch Extension Apparatus - The invention is a household lamp switch extension apparatus that makes it easy for a user to reach across the top of the lamp shade to turn on the lamp. This keeps the user from having to bend over and awkwardly look for or blindly grope for the lamp switch that to the typical user appears hidden within the lamp shade. Various embodiments of the apparatus can work with standard on and off switches that operate by rotation of a knob, by pulling a chain, or by pushing a small button. The apparatus has a vertical member that extends a twist knob to a position at or near the top of the typical lamp shade and that connects to a horizontal member that interacts with the on and off switch for the lamp. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300616 | TORCH WITH A ROTARY SWITCH - A torch (flashlight) and a method for producing a torch housing and a torch head provides a torch which is of simple design and is robust. The torch has a rotary switch, in which torch clear classification of the selected function is possible, so that regular function monitoring can be dispensed with. The torch housing and the torch head can be connected in a captive manner and so as to be rotated in relation to one another to form a rotary switch having different switching states. Markings are arranged on the housing and on the lamp head. The markings allowing clear classification of the switching states. After the torch is first assembled and after the torch is first switched on, to clearly define the switching states by in each case a torch-head-side and a housing-side marking for subsequent switch-on processes. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300617 | LINEAR PENDANT LUMINAIRE - A luminaire may be provided having multiple elongated bodies. The light emitted by the elongated bodies may be controlled independently of one another. The position of the bodies relative to one another or a reference point r be altered independently of one another. The luminaire may be a pendant luminaire hat may hang from a surface. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300618 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device for a vehicle lamp has a base, a substrate, a conducting rib and an LED module. The substrate is mounted in the base. The conducting rib is perpendicularly mounted on the base and has a first heat-dissipating surface and a second heat-dissipating surface opposite to the first heat-dissipating surface. The conducting rib provides two heat dissipating paths to increase the heat dissipating efficiency. The LED module is mounted on a distal end of the conducting rib and extends out of the base, and the LED module is electrically connected to the substrate. The LED module extends out of the base to accurately correspond to a reflection space around a lamp seat and improve the light-homogenizing effect of the vehicle lamp. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300619 | LED LAMP WITH LED ASSEMBLY RETENTION MEMBER - A LED lamp includes an at least partially optically transmissive enclosure and a base. A LED assembly having a plurality of LEDs is located in the enclosure where the LEDs are operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. A heat sink has a heat dissipating portion that is at least partially exposed to the ambient environment and a heat conducting portion that is thermally coupled to the at least one LED assembly. The LED assembly is mounted on the heat conducting portion under radial tension. A retention member restrains the LED assembly from moving in an axial direction relative to the heat conducting portion. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300620 | Sound Adaptive Cooling System for a Stage Light - A sound adapting luminaire produces an amount of cooling output that depends on the ambient sound. When the ambient sound is high, the lamp is cooled more aggressively, since more fan noise is acceptable. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300621 | LED Module - A light emitting diode (“LED”) module with improved thermal characteristics is provided. The module includes an LED, a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a lower insulator, an upper insulator, a lower contact, upper contacts, and a heat sink. Preferably, the heat sink comprises an outer housing and a contact ring. The LED and the heat sink are attached to the first circuit board via solder. In addition to serving as a substrate for the LED, the first circuit board (which contains a plurality of thermally conductive layers connected by vias) facilitates the transfer of heat away from the LED to the heat sink. The module also has improved mechanical and electrical properties, including redundant electrical connections, stable mechanical connections, and a shock-absorbing lower contact. The lower insulator can also be configured to prevent misalignment of the power source with the lower contact when the module is used in a flashlight or other lighting device. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300622 | LOW PROFILE LIGHT AND ACCESSORY KIT FOR THE SAME - A flushmount luminaire is configured to be flush mounted on a mounting surface. The flushmount luminaire includes a light source having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs); a combination heat spreader and heat sink disposed in thermal communication with the light source such that the combination heat spreader and heat sink facilitates transfer of heat away from the LEDs; and, a power conditioner structurally configured and disposed to receive AC voltage from an electrical supply and to provide DC voltage to the plurality of LEDs. The combination heat spreader and heat sink has an outer dimension that is larger than: an opening defined by a nominally sized can light fixture; and, an opening defined by a nominally sized electrical junction box. A back surface of the combination heat spreader and heat sink is configured to permit the flushmount luminaire to be flush mounted on the mounting surface. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300623 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ILLUMINATING APPARATUS - An optical semiconductor illuminating apparatus includes a heat dissipating base having a first side, a second side opposed to the first side, and at least one edge therebetween, a light emitting module connected to the first side of the heat dissipating base and heat dissipating fins protruding from the second side of the heat dissipating base. The heat dissipating fins extend beyond at least one edge of the heat dissipating base. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300624 | LAMP HAVING AIR-CONDUCTING SURFACES - A lamp, which has a light source having several light-emitting elements, in particular in the form of LEDs. The lamp has first passage openings on a first side next to the light source and second passage openings on a second side next to the light source. The passage openings are designed for an air flow for cooling the light source. The lamp also has a first air-conducting surface on the first side next to the first passage openings and below the light source and a second air-conducting surface on the second side next to the second passage openings and below the light source, wherein the two air-conducting surfaces are designed in such a way that the two air-conducting surfaces form an air incidence region that expands away from the light source. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300625 | WATER RESISTANT LED-BASED DECORATIVE LIGHT ASSEMBLY - A decorative light assembly comprises a receptacle having a receptacle opening for receiving an LED, an LED cover having a cavity shaped to receive the LED, the LED cover having a stem configured to receive the LED into the cavity of the LED cover, and to extend into the receptacle opening of the receptacle to form a water resistant seal with the receptacle opening, a holder for retaining the receptacle and for electrical connection with the LED, and a waterproof battery pack for powering the light assembly. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300626 | Illuminated Water Bottle Cage - An illuminated water bottle cage includes a cage forming a receiving space for a water bottle and including a bottom and a backing extending from a top edge of the bottom. The backing includes two barriers on two respective lateral sides thereof. The bottom, the backing, and the two barriers delimit the receiving space. An illuminating device engages with the cage and includes an illuminating member. The illuminating member in use projects light rays in a direction toward the receiving space. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300627 | Furniture with LED Light Arrangement - An article of furniture includes a furniture body having a utilizing surface and a non-utilizing surface, and a light arrangement which includes a plurality of LEDs embedded in the non-utilizing surface of the furniture body for adding decorating and illuminating functions of the furniture body. The installation of the light arrangement is simple without disassembling the furniture body. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300628 | Rod as a Lens Element for Light Emitting Diodes - The exemplary embodiments herein provide a lighting system for a display case having at least one edge. A lighting assembly is positioned along an edge of the display case or a door assembly, where a transparent or semi-transparent rod is positioned adjacent to the lighting assembly to act as a lens element. The rod is generally placed parallel to the edge of the display case or door assembly. The lighting assembly preferably includes a mounting structure which contains a substrate with a plurality of LEDs along with the rod. A blinder may extend rearwardly from the mounting structure to prevent headlighting. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300629 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HUMIDITY - Humidity control method and apparatus are disclosed. The humidity control apparatus may include a water holding tank for holding water therein, a nozzle positioned adjacent to the water holding tank for escape of the water therethrough, a first electrode connected to the nozzle, and a second electrode positioned opposite to the first electrode. The humidity control apparatus may include a first electrical power control unit for applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, and a first insulator formed on the second electrode. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300630 | PRESSURE-GAIN COMBUSTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A pressure gain combustor comprises a detonation chamber, a pre-combustion chamber, an oxidant swirl generator, an expansion-deflection (E-D) nozzle, and an ignition source. The detonation chamber has an upstream intake end and a downstream discharge end, and is configured to allow a supersonic combustion event to propagate therethrough. The pre-combustion chamber has a downstream end in fluid communication with the detonation chamber intake end, an upstream end in communication with a fuel delivery pathway, and a circumferential perimeter between the upstream and downstream ends with an annular opening in communication with an annular oxidant delivery pathway. The oxidant swirl generator is located in the oxidant delivery pathway and comprises vanes configured to cause oxidant flowing past the vanes to flow tangentially into the pre-combustion chamber thereby creating a high swirl velocity zone around the annular opening and a low swirl velocity zone in a central portion of the pre-combustion chamber. The E-D nozzle is positioned in between the pre-combustion chamber and detonation chamber and provides a diffusive fluid pathway therebetween. The ignition source is in communication with the low swirl velocity zone of the pre-combustion chamber. This configuration is expected to provide a combustor with a relatively low total run-up DDT distance and time, thereby enabling high operating frequencies and corresponding high combustor performance. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300631 | GASEOUS FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR SINTERING MACHINE - Apparatus for supplying diluted gaseous fuel to not more than a lower limit combustion concentration at downstream of suction type sintering machine including a hood having similar width as a circularly-moving pallet and arranged above charged layer to surround the pallet in all directions, pipes disposed at upper position of charged layer in the hood and supplying the fuel air inside the hood, baffle plates formed by arranging plate materials having dog-leg shaped cross-section in plural rows and steps at intervals in the widthwise and height directions, respectively, of the hood to make each interval formed between adjacent plate materials in widthwise direction of the hood in each steps vertically alternate; fences having a void and arranged on both sides upper ends of the hood; vortex suppressing plates formed between fences at intervals having a void ratio, 20˜80%; whereby the gaseous fuel leakage supplied to the outside is prevented. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300632 | BURNER - A burner includes a burner inlet and outlet. The burner also includes a primary conduit defining a flow channel extending along a burner axis for conveying a mixture of fuel and gas and a secondary conduit defining a flow channel disposed about the primary conduit for conveying gas. The primary conduit defines a flow channel extending to a primary conduit outlet within the burner substantially upstream of the burner outlet, whereby the secondary conduit downstream of the primary outlet defines a common conduit for flow from the primary and secondary conduits. A swirl generation device imparts a swirl to the flow of gas from the secondary conduit upstream of the primary conduit outlet. A venturi arrangement is provided in the vicinity of the primary outlet to act on the primary flow stream to impart a flow deviation. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300633 | BURNER TIP AND BURNER - A burner tip having a burner outlet opening includes a burner tip part ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150300634 | BURNER TIP AND BURNER - A burner tip ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150300635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FLAME EFFECT - Present embodiments are directed to a system and method for generating a flame effect. An embodiment includes a nozzle assembly with an outer nozzle and an inner nozzle. At least a portion of the inner nozzle is nested within at least a portion of the outer nozzle. The system also includes a fuel source with two or more separate types of fuel. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300636 | COMBUSTION BOILER WITH PRE-DRYING FUEL CHUTE - A solid fuel boiler with one or more fuel chutes configured to pre-dry wet solid fuel prior to loading into a combustion chamber of the boiler, enabling higher thermal efficiencies and burning less fuel to produce the same steam quantity. The pre-drying fuel chutes pass through the boiler where hot combustion gases radiantly and convectively—heat the chute walls to dry the wet solid fuel by radiant, convective, and/or conductive heating. Agitator mechanisms or structures within the chute mix the fuel for uniform heating, break up clumps of wet fuel, regulate the speed of falling fuel, prevent sticking, dry the fuel by means of steam and/or hot air, transport and deliver a cooling medium while a chute is offline in an operating boiler, and suppress fire using steam injection. Fuel from the chute can flow into a fuel storage bin or directly into the combustion zone of the furnace. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300637 | Incineration using Magnegas - A system for incinerating waste using Magnegas either in the primary burn process to achieve higher waste burning temperatures, in a secondary after-burn process to reduce pollutants, or in both the primary burn process and after-burn process. The use of Magnegas results in increased efficiency, reduced emissions, and additional heat. Heat produced is optionally used to generate electricity. In some embodiments, Magnegas is combined with another fuel such as oil or natural gas for desired burn characteristics or for economic reasons. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300638 | Device for Centrifugal Combustion by Area Using Flow of Combustion Air - An area-specific centrifugal combustion apparatus is provided using a flow of combustion air. Combustion air is supplied through an upper combustion chamber. A column of fire is discharged from the upper combustion chamber. A lower combustion chamber is coupled with a lower part of the upper combustion chamber, and supplies fuel into a combustion chamber for mixing with the combustion air for combustion. An air supply pipe has an upper supply pipe and a lower supply pipe, through which the combustion air is supplied to the upper and lower combustion chambers. A rotary part connected to the lower combustion chamber allows the combustion air to maintain centrifugal force. A fuel supply on a lower end of the rotary part includes a fixed quantity feeder allowing a fixed amount of fuel to be supplied. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300639 | ROTARY PLOUGHS FOR GASIFIERS - A solids handling equipment rotary plough includes a metal body defining a pair of opposed spaced non-parallel elongate faces extending between a bottom and a top and from a first end to a second end of each opposed elongate face, the first end and the second end being spaced further from each other than the top and the bottom are spaced from each other providing each opposed elongate face with a length greater than a height. The opposed elongate faces are on opposite sides and facing away from a first imaginary vertical plane, each of said opposed elongate faces having at least two elongate major surfaces which are not co-planar, an upper, elongate, non-vertical, major surface being angled towards the first imaginary vertical plane to slope upwardly and a lower, elongate, vertical, major surface being angled in a horizontal plane so that the first ends of the opposed elongate faces are closer to each other than the second ends. The elongate faces are joined by a connector defining mounting means to mount the rotary plough to a rotatable grate component. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300640 | MINIMUM INPUT AIR PROVIDING DEVICE AND METHOD - An airflow proving device is provided. The device includes: a housing defining an airflow pathway; a first chamber within the housing; a second chamber within the housing located downstream in the flow pathway from the first chamber; structure in the housing defining an orifice, the orifice providing fluid communication between the first and second chamber and being part of the fluid pathway; and a pressure measuring device having a first sensor configured to monitor a pressure in the first chamber and a second sensor configured to monitor a pressure in the second chamber. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300641 | DISPENSER FOR LIGHTABLE WICK - A lightable wick dispenser has a body and a cavity. A spool of wick is rotatably located in the body cavity and retained therein by a spool retainer. A portion of the spool is accessible from the exterior of the body. The body has an extinguisher plate and extinguisher slide that moves over the extinguisher plate, and away from the extinguisher plate. Wick extends from the spool to the extinguisher plate. The extinguisher slide extinguishes the wick and covers the sooty wick end. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300642 | GLOW PLUG AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A glow plug includes a cylindrical housing having an axial hole which extends in the direction of an axis and provided with, on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a screw portion for being screwed into a mounting hole of an internal combustion engine, and a heater member inserted into the axial hole in a state where at least front end portion thereof projects from a front end of the housing. The housing includes a tool engagement portion which is provided at a rear end side than the screw portion and to which a tool is engaged when the being mounted to the internal combustion engine. An inner circumference of the tool engagement portion has a shape which follows an outer circumferential shape of the tool engagement portion. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300643 | PRESSURE SENSOR INTEGRATED GLOW PLUG - A pressure sensor integrated glow plug inserted inside a cylinder of an internal combustion engine and used, the pressure sensor integrated glow plug being equipped with a housing, a rod-like heater element held with its distal end projecting from the housing, and a pressure sensor, with the heater element being held in the housing by a flexible member and configured in such a way that its position relative to the housing is displaceable, and with the pressure sensor being configured in such a way that it can receive pressure inside the cylinder because of the displacement of the heater element, wherein a heat-resistant fiber member carrying an oxidation catalyst component is disposed in an interstice between the housing and the heater element on the distal end side of the flexible member. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300644 | Candle Flame Extinguisher - A candle flame extinguisher for effectively extinguishing the flame of a candle. The candle flame extinguisher generally includes an air dispenser, an air nozzle connected to the air dispenser and an extension tube connected to the air nozzle. The extension tube may be removably or permanently connected to the air nozzle. The user positions the outer end of the extension tube near a flame of a candle and then squeezes the air dispenser causing an extinguishing airflow to be emitted from an outer opening within the extension tube that extinguishes the flame. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300645 | COMBUSTION CHAMBER ARRANGEMENT - A combustion chamber arrangement including an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from the outer wall and the outer wall supports the inner wall. The inner wall including at least one row of circumferentially arranged tiles. At least one tile in the at least one row of tiles having an L, or V, shaped downstream end and the downstream end of the tile in the row of tiles having a first portion extending from the downstream end of the tile towards and sealing with an inner surface of the outer wall and a second portion extending from the first portion in a downstream direction and away from the inner surface of the outer wall. The first portion of the downstream end of the tile having a plurality of apertures to supply coolant over an inner surface of the second portion of the downstream end of the tile. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300646 | METHOD FOR PREMIXING AIR WITH A GASEOUS FUEL AND BURNER ARRANGEMENT FOR CONDUCTING SAID METHOD - A method for premixing air with a gaseous fuel for being burned in a combustion chamber includes:
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20150300647 | Air-Fuel Micromix Injector Having Multibank Ports for Adaptive Cooling of High Temperature Combustor - A method of using a combustor for high temperature combustion. The combustor is equipped with a showerhead type micromix air-fuel injector. The injector faceplate has its ports concentrically arranged into “banks”, to which delivery of fuel can be controlled on a bank-by-bank basis. During combustor operation, the temperature of the air into the combustor is monitored. If the temperature is above a predetermined threshold, fuel is delivered to fewer than all banks of ports. As a result, the bank(s) of ports to which fuel is not delivered inject only air into the combustion chamber, and the other bank(s) of ports inject the air-fuel mixture as usual. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300648 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR AND GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine combustor forms a combustion region R | 2015-10-22 |
20150300649 | Variable secondary air intake device - A variable secondary air intake device has a baffle member adapted to be attached within an upper area of a fire chamber of the firebox. The baffle member includes a top having a channel member hole therethrough, side walls, a bottom having a plurality of small holes therethrough, and a gas exit opening having side walls and extending through the top and bottom. A hollow chamber member adapted to be placed upon a top surface of the baffle member, the hollow chamber member includes a top having a channel member hole therethrough, and side walls extending downward from the top and forming a chamber having a periphery that includes a plurality of gas exit holes therethrough. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300650 | A COOKING HOB WITH ILLUMINATION EQUIPMENT - A cooking hob with illumination equipment. The cooking hob includes a transparent or semi-transparent top panel arranged at a top side of the hob. The cooking hob includes at least one cooking zone and at least one control element for controlling the cooking zone. The cooking hob includes at least one transparent or semi-transparent layer. Symbols or images are printed on, applied on, impressed in and/or embossed in the layer. Each symbol or image corresponds with a cooking zone, a control element and/or an operation state of the cooking hob. The cooking hob includes light source elements arranged below the top panel and the layer. Each light source element corresponds with one or more symbols or images. One or more light source elements are activated on demand by the user and, if the corresponding cooking zone is activated, the corresponding control element responds or the corresponding operation state occurs, respectively. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300651 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR HOME APPLIANCES - The present disclosure includes a system for power management of a plurality of heating sources for an electric range. The system includes a cooktop element, an oven element, and a switch in electrical connection with the cooktop element. The switch is configured to supply a first voltage or a second voltage to the cooktop element from a voltage source. The system further includes a controller in communication with the oven element and configured to control the at least one switch. The controller is configured to control the switch in a first state and a second state. In the first state, the controller controls the switch to supply the first voltage to the cooktop element in response to an off-state of the oven element. In the second state, the controller controls the switch to supply the second voltage to the cooktop element in response to an on-state of the oven element. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOKWARE DETECTION - Systems and methods for cookware detection are provided. One example system includes a vision sensor positioned so as to collect imagery depicting a cooktop. The system includes one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include obtaining a frame of imagery depicting the cooktop and using a classifier to classify the frame of imagery as either depicting cookware or not depicting cookware. When the frame is classified as depicting cookware, the operations include performing one or more operations in response to the detected cookware | 2015-10-22 |
20150300653 | DAMPER SUITABLE FOR LIQUID AEROSOL-LADEN FLOW STREAMS - A flow control device has a duct section with a plurality of damper blocking elements, each having a major plane. The damper blocking elements are pivotably connected to the duct section and movable in a range that is limited to ensure that, when the duct section is mounted in a preferred orientation, the damper blocking element major planes always form an angle of at least 45 degrees from the horizontal throughout the range. The range is such that the plurality of damper blocking elements can selectively close and open the duct. The blocking elements can completely close the duct, for example, to block natural convection. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300654 | OVEN FOR BAKING FOOD PRODUCTS - The baking chamber ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150300655 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD CONFIGURED FOR RAIDANT COOLING - Disclosed herein is a solar thermal collector system that is particularly configured for dual use as a radiant cooling system. In accordance with aspects of a particular embodiment of the invention, the solar thermal collector system includes a solar thermal module having a glazing sheet at a top, exterior surface, and an absorber sheet within the module positioned below and spaced apart from the glazing sheet. The absorber sheet and the glazing sheet are fluidly connected to a fluid handling system, and are configured to carry a working fluid that may be heated in the absorber sheet by the sun to transfer such heat to equipment within the facility in which the system is installed, and to carry the working fluid through the glazing sheet to transfer heat collected from the facility to space. The solar thermal collector module is preferably provided a thermally actuated valve that allows the working fluid to also flow through the glazing sheet, which results in self-regulation of the temperature of the module below a critical design temperature. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300656 | SUPPLY PIPE AND PIPE SYSTEM FOR THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK BASED ON BILATERAL HEAT TRADE - Provided are a supply pipe and a pipe system that may simultaneously accumulate a plurality of thermal energies having different temperatures in a thermal energy network based on bilateral heat trade. The supply pipe is driven by an operation system, supplies a thermal energy to a user or a heat source, and includes an external pipe, at least two internal pipes that are disposed inside the external pipe and accumulate a thermal energy having a predetermined temperature, and a filler that fills the external pipe inside which the at least two internal pipes are disposed, wherein the at least two internal pipes have thermal energies having different temperatures. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300657 | Radiant Heating and Cooling System - A heat exchange assembly is disclosed. In some embodiments, the heat exchange assembly includes a plurality of profiles arranged in an parallel array, each profile including a first distal portion, a central portion and a second distal portion, with a length and a width of the central portion defining a plane, the first distal portion having a curvature departing from this plane in a first direction, and the second distal portion having a curvature departing from this plane in a second direction that is opposite the first direction. An amount of piping is thermally coupled with and disposed along the length the central portion of each profile. A bracketing system statically anchors the profiles to a surface. Fluid is circulated within the piping to facilitate heat exchange between the assembly and the surrounding environment. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300658 | ENDOTHERMIC BASE-MOUNTED HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER - An endothermic heat pump water heater has a water tank supported atop a hollow base, a heat pump circuit operable to provide primary heat to water in the tank, and an electric resistance heating element operable to provide secondary heat to the water. The heat pump circuit includes refrigerant tubing in which a compressor disposed within the base, a condenser in heat exchange external contact with the tank, a refrigerant expansion device, and an evaporator disposed within the base are connected in series. A vertical duct, external to the tank, has an inlet adjacent the upper tank end, and a fan is operative to sequentially flow air inwardly through the inlet, downwardly through the duct into the base, across the compressor, across the evaporator, and then outwardly from the base. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300659 | System of Boiler Equipment and the Components and Structural Elements of Such a System - Body elements of a boiler installation form, in the top part thereof, at least one channel for receiving pipelines and/or wires, the pipelines and/or wires connecting electrical equipment of the units. A distributing heat-carrier collector is laid along the length of the body and is comprised of component elements, the number of which corresponds to the number of units through which a heat-carrier passes. Pumps of such units are installed vertically on uppermost horizontal cross-pieces of the body, with an engine on top. This makes it possible to increase the compactness, ease of repair, and ease of replacing the entire system or individual units thereof, to unify such units, and also to undertake the installation of the units without the additional use of special equipment. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300660 | OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE RESET CONTROL METHOD FOR BOILER USING EXTERNAL NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for the compensation control of heating temperature in accordance with the outdoor temperature and for preventing icicles from being formed on an exhaust pipe, wherein the outdoor temperature is received from an integration server without the need for having a separate outdoor temperature sensor installed, and a system is constructed so as to be capable of communicating between a room controller to which a wireless communication module is mounted and the integration server. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300661 | HOT WATER-CENTERED COMBINED HOT WATER AND HEATING BOILER - The objective of the present invention is to provide a hot water-centered hot water and heating combination boiler, in which heat exchange for a hot water supply is performed in a main heat exchanger and heat exchange for a heating water supply is performed in an auxiliary heat exchanger so that the hot water supply can be accelerated, energy can be saved, and the temperature of the hot water can be controlled with ease. To achieve the abovementioned objective, the boiler of the present invention includes: a cold water inflow tube through which cold water flows in; a main heat exchanger which heats the cold water flowing in through the cold water inflow tube by using the combustion heat of a burner; a hot water discharge tube which discharges the hot water heated in the main heat exchanger; an auxiliary heat exchanger which supplies heating water during a heating mode, in which heating consumption place, and causes heat exchange to occur between the heated water in the main heat exchanger and the lowered temperature returning water, in which the heating consumption place; and a control part which controls the combustion of the burner during a hot water mode and heating mode. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300662 | Air Conditioner - Provided is an air conditioner which comprises multiple outdoor units, the air conditioner being configured so that, with the use of a low cost configuration, required refrigeration machine oil is supplied to all the outdoor units through refrigerant piping and so that the air conditioner has increased reliability. An air conditioner is provided with multiple indoor units and with four outdoor units which are connected to the multiple indoor units through refrigerant piping. A line of first refrigerant piping leading from the multiple indoor units is branched into two lines of second refrigerant piping, each of the two lines of second refrigerant piping is branched into two lines of third refrigerant piping, and the four lines of third refrigerant piping are respectively connected to the four outdoor units. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300663 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A stabilizer has a tip portion at a boundary between the stabilizer and a nozzle, and a projection on the lower side of the tip portion, and a first recess is formed between the projection and the tip portion in a continuously recessed shape in the longitudinal direction of the cross flow fan. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300664 | DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM - A dehumidification system for a dry clean room includes: a dry chamber supplied with air having a lower humidity than air in the dry clean room; a main dehumidification unit which supplies air to the dry clean room; and a terminal dehumidification unit which processes the air to be supplied from the dry clean room to the dry chamber, thus achieving energy saving and cost reduction for the dehumidification system for the dry clean room. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300665 | HUMIDIFICATION DEVICE - There is provided a humidification device capable of performing humidification in as short a time as possible when an indoor humidity is low. A humidification device includes operation control means for selecting either a humidification priority mode or a normal operation mode based on a predetermined condition to operate the humidification device, and fans that can adjust airflow rates, and generates airflow passing through a condenser and an evaporator, wherein operation in the humidification priority mode is operation in which the airflow rates of the fans are decreased, as compared with operation in the normal operation mode, by which desorption of moisture from an adsorbent of the condenser and collection of moisture by an adsorbent of the evaporator are promoted, as compared with operation in the normal operation mode, so that humidification is given priority over ventilation. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300666 | AIR CONDITIONER AND AIR CONDITIONER CONSTRUCTION METHOD - Operation switching units, each changing directions of a refrigerant flowing through its associated indoor unit in response to a switch from a cooling operation to a heating operation, or vice versa, are each connected with the associated indoor unit through indoor communication pipes; a gas-liquid separation unit is connected with an outdoor unit through outdoor communication pipes; and the operation switching units are connected with the gas-liquid separation unit through two intermediate communication pipes preinstalled and one intermediate communication pipe newly installed. This provides a simple and cost-effective means for upgrading a preinstalled air conditioner making a switch from cooling to heating, and vice versa, into an air conditioner that can perform a cooling operation and a heating operation in parallel with each other. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300667 | PORTABLE COOLING SYSTEM - A portable cooling system is provided. The portable cooling system may include a tent, an evaporating cooling fan setup within the tent, and a source of water and power to the fan. The water and power source may include at least one water container and at least one generator secured to a frame. At least one power outlet is electrically connected to the generator and at least one water outlet is fluidly connected to the water container. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300668 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, a centrifugal fan, and a heater. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel having a plurality of rearward blades and sucks air existing in the heat exchanger compartment into the fan compartment through the fan entrance. The bladed wheel is mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along an opening direction of the fan entrance and an opening direction of the blow-out port. The heater is mounted in a blow-out port opposed space. The blow-out port opposed space is a region opposed to the blow-out port within a fan downwind space. The fan downwind space is a space located on a downwind side of the bladed wheel within the fan compartment. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300669 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The blow-out port is at least partially disposed adjacent to a blow-out port nearby lateral part of the casing along an opening direction of a fan entrance and the blow-out port. A fan downwind space is located on a downwind side of a bladed wheel within a fan compartment, and has a blow-out port opposed space and a blow-out port non-opposed space. A first guide member directs air existing in the blow-out port non-opposed space toward the blow-out port opposed space, and is mounted in a boundary region located astride of regions located on forward and rearward sides in a rotary direction within the blow-out port non-opposed and blow-out port opposed spaces, respectively. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300670 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM - An air-conditioning control system includes a ventilation fan; a human sensor for human presence detection; a gas sensor for measuring concentration of carbon dioxide; and a control panel as a control device. The control panel controls the ventilation fan based on an output signal of the human sensor and an output signal of the gas sensor. The control panel controls the ventilation fan to change an amount of ventilation by the ventilation fan based on the output signal of the human sensor when the concentration of carbon dioxide measured with the gas sensor is below a first threshold. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HVAC EQUIPMENT SO AS TO OBTAIN A DESIRED RANGE OF A SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL AND/OR SOUND POWER LEVEL - A system and method for controlling the operation of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment so as to achieve a desired range of a sound pressure level and/or a sound power level is described. The system and method can lead to a desired range of a sound pressure level and/or a sound power level for a zone using equipment that is typically included in HVAC systems. Such control of equipment can be important for privacy and comfort requirements. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300672 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER WITH MODEL-BASED TIME TO TARGET CALCULATION AND DISPLAY - A thermostat is described for controlling air temperature in a building. The time associated with causing the controlled air temperature to reach a target temperature is estimated and displayed to a user. Input from a user indicating the target temperature can be received and the estimating and displaying can be carried out in real time. The thermostat can be wall-mounted or the user input can be received and estimated time can be displayed using a remote device, for example that communicates wirelessly with other components of the HVAC system. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300673 | HUMIDIFIER CONTROL SYSTEM - An example humidifier controller for operation in conjunction with an air conditioning/furnace unit is presented. The humidifier controller may include a control circuit to generate a fan control output for the air conditioning/furnace unit. The fan control output may be equal to a fan control input in response to any of a heating control signal, an air conditioning control signal, and the fan control input being active. Also, the fan control output may be based on a humidistat output in response to each of the heating control signal, the air conditioning control signal, and the fan control input being inactive. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300674 | CONTROLLER AND LOOP PERFORMANCE MONITORING IN A HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A controller and loop performance monitoring system is coupled to a controller, detects loop performance degradation in time, and diagnoses a cause of the loop performance degradation. If the cause of loop performance degradation is poor controller tuning, a re-tuning mechanism is triggered. If the cause of loop performance degradation is external to the controller (a disturbance acting on the loop, hardware malfunction etc.), an action defined in control strategy is taken, or the user is informed via alarm, user interface, or upper layer software that collects the performance measures. The monitoring itself is designed to be recursive and with low memory demands, so it can be implemented directly in the controller, without need for data transfer and storage. The monitoring is modular, consisting of oscillation detection and diagnosis part, performance indices part, internal logic part, and triggering part, easily extensible by other performance indices or parts (e.g. for overshoot monitoring). The oscillation detection and diagnosis part includes controller output oscillation monitoring, the performance indices part includes predictability index and offset index. The outputs of the controller and loop performance monitoring are overall loop performance together with loop diagnosis information, and overall controller performance together with controller diagnosis. The outputs of the controller and loop performance monitoring are used as parts of controller and loop performance monitoring user interface. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300675 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes refrigerant systems that each include an outdoor unit and indoor units and that air-condition a single room, and circulators for making a temperature distribution in the room uniform. The air-conditioning apparatus determines a load on each of the two refrigerant systems in operation, and, if it is determined that improvement of operating efficiency is possible on the basis of the determination result, performs a system-selective operation in which operation of one of the refrigerant systems determined to be under a low load is stopped and the other refrigerant system determined to be under a high load is selectively performed, and causes the circulators to transport blown air blown from the indoor units of the refrigerant system determined to be under a high load to an air-conditioned zone of the refrigerant system determined to be under a low load. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300676 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - When starting a cooling operation mode from a non-operating mode, the blower device of the indoor unit from which the start command is originated is operated. When starting a heating operation mode from a non-operating mode, the blower device of the indoor unit from which the start command is originated is operated after the heat medium temperature becomes equal to or greater than a preconfigured temperature. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300677 | AIR PURIFICATION APPARATUS - The invention relates to an air purification apparatus. The apparatus is disposed in a window for separating an indoor space and an outdoor space. The apparatus comprising: an inlet chamber having a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet, wherein the first inlet is operatively open to the outdoor space and the second inlet is operatively open to the indoor space; an air pumping unit for pumping air from the inlet chamber to the indoor space through the outlet, wherein the air is pumped into the inlet chamber through the first inlet or through the second inlet; and a filtering unit disposed upstream of the air pumping unit, for filtering pollutants in the air. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300678 | AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT - The air-conditioning apparatus includes a main body | 2015-10-22 |
20150300679 | FLAP DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A flap device for an internal combustion engine or an electric vehicle includes a flap body comprising a receiving opening, a duct housing configured to rotate arranged in the flap body, an actuator, a first bearing, a stub shaft arranged to project from the actuator through the duct housing to the flap body, a slide bearing arranged in the receiving opening of the flap body, and an axial pin arranged so as to be fixed in the duct housing on a side of the flap body opposite to the stub shaft. The stub shaft is supported in the duct housing via the first bearing. The axial pin supports the flap body via the slide bearing and projects into the receiving opening. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300680 | CONDENSATE DRAINAGE DEVICE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER - A condensate drainage enhancing device is provided for an evaporator. An integrally molded plastic part snap fits around the conventional lower manifold, with rails maintained in tight engagement with the front and rear edges of the refrigerant flow tubes. These interrupt the meniscus films of columns of retained water that would otherwise form and, which instead drains down ribs that depend from the rails. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300681 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A cross-flow fan, a heat exchanger provided so as to surround an upper side and a front side of the cross-flow fan, and a nozzle which is located at a lower side of the front heat exchanger located at the front side of the cross-flow fan and is provided to face the cross-flow fan, are included. The nozzle includes a drain pan which receives dew condensation water generated at the heat exchanger and a drain groove into which the dew condensation water flows. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300682 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES TO ATTENUATE ACOUSTIC WAVES - Apparatuses and methods to attenuate acoustic waves are provided. The method may include shifting the phases of a plurality of portions of the acoustic waves and merging the portions of the acoustic waves after phase shifting. Because, for example, the phases of the acoustic waves may be out-of-sync when being merged, the acoustic waves may be attenuated. A muffler incorporating the method of attenuating acoustic waves can include a plurality of acoustic paths, each of which may have different acoustic impedance and/or length. The acoustic paths may help the acoustic waves have out-of-sync phases after the acoustic waves passing through the acoustic paths, resulting in acoustic wave attenuation. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300683 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO REDUCE DAMAGE CAUSED BY VIBRATION - Methods, systems and apparatuses configured to isolate and/or damp vibration of refrigerant lines caused by, for example, the compressor are disclosed. A vibration control device can be configured hold a refrigerant line at a position that is away from the compressor. The vibration control device can help isolate the vibration, reducing or preventing the vibration from passing the vibration control device along the refrigerant line. A vibration-damping device can be configured to engage the refrigerant line so as to absorb/damp the vibration of the refrigerant line. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300684 | SOUND LEVEL CONTROL IN AN HVAC SYSTEM - A system and method for controlling a sound level in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system are disclosed. The system includes a refrigeration unit including a compressor, a condenser fan, a controller, and a sound controller. The sound controller is configured to maintain a sound level of the refrigeration unit within a sound level operating range. A method of controlling a refrigeration unit for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system is described. The method includes determining, by a controller, a cooling requirement of a conditioned space. The controller also determines a sound level operating range for the refrigeration unit. The method further includes the controller applying a cooling setting based on the cooling requirement and the sound level operating range. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300685 | Balanced High Efficiency Outdoor Heater - A balanced high efficiency outdoor heater is provided to increase the heat radiation area, and to improve the stability of the structure. The heater includes a burner provided at an upper end of a standing column, a bottom base provided at a lower end of the standing column, and a beam is set between the burner and the standing column. The beam and the standing column are connected by pipe fittings. An ignition control device is equipped inside the base and is connected to the burner. An electrode rod and a thermocoupler are connected to the ignition control device under the burner. A first reflector is fixedly connected to the lower end of the burner and a gas valve is equipped in the bottom base. Compared with the prior art, the burner uses sintered felt and a heating surface of the burner faces upside down to improve thermal efficiency. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300686 | HEAT SINK, ASSOCIATED HEATING MODULE AND CORRESPONDING ASSEMBLY METHOD - The invention relates to a heat sink of a heating module ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150300687 | A Straight Fin Tube with Bended Fins Condensing Heat Exchanger - A forced convection fin tube condensing heat exchanger for supplying heat includes a shell, burner and fin tubes bundle. The burner is at the top of the shell, circular fin tubes bundle installed around the burner tightly, circularly and coaxially. The flue channel which is formed by the shell and a row of fin tubes bundle is below the burner. The flue flows along the flue channel to flue outlet. There are front and rear water manifolds at the two ends of the fin tubes. Water baffles inside the rear water manifold divide the rear water manifold into water inlet and outlet areas. The water enters the small portion of circular fin tubes bundle from water inlet area, through the front water manifold, back to the water outlet area via the main portion of the circular fin tubes bundle. The use of bended fin tube to improves efficiency. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300688 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus includes a casing having intake and blow-out ports, a partition member dividing an interior of the casing, a heat exchanger, and a centrifugal fan. The partition member has a fan entrance bored in opposition to the blow-out port. The centrifugal fan includes a bladed wheel mounted in the fan compartment such that a rotary shaft of the bladed wheel is oriented along the fan entrance and the blow-out port. The rotary shaft is disposed adjacent to a bladed wheel nearby lateral part of multiple lateral parts of the casing that are disposed along the opening direction of the fan entrance and the opening direction of the blow-out port. The blow-out port is at least partially disposed in a position adjacent to a blow-out port nearby lateral part of the multiple lateral parts of the casing and being opposed to the bladed wheel nearby lateral part. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300689 | Combination Solar and Combustion Heater - Substituting a solar concentrator for a conventional burner for heating is desirable. However, the sun's energy is diurnal and cannot be counted upon even during daylight hours. To ensure heating is available, a backup conventional combustor can be provided. According to the present disclosure, a heat exchanger element of the heater assembly is directly acted upon by solar rays via a solar concentrator and by combustion. The heat exchanger acts as the combustion holder. Fuel provided to the outside of the heat exchanger is adjusted based on the demanded for heating and the amount of insolation achieved via the solar concentrator. The heat exchanger can be part of a conventional heater or a heat pump for heating water. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300690 | SOLAR HEAT COLLECTION TUBE - A solar heat collection tube includes a center metal tube that allows a heat medium to flow therethrough, a glass tube that covers the outer circumference of the center metal tube to form an annular void between the glass tube and the center metal tube, and an absorber configured to absorb a difference in the thermal expansion between the center metal tube and the glass tube. The absorber has a connection cylinder and metal bellows. The metallic bellows are connected in series by the connection cylinder. The bellows are arranged to overlap in the radial direction with the connection cylinder located therebetween. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300691 | SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTORS AND METHODS FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS - The present invention offers improved absorber plates for solar energy collectors, improved cover glazings for solar energy collectors, improved concentrating solar energy collectors, and solar energy collection methods that use one or more of the improved solar energy collectors for useful residential, commercial, and industrial applications. The improved absorber plate solar energy collectors utilize a porous metal to improve solar radiant absorption collection and utilization, the improved concentrating solar energy collectors are Fresnel lens faced ducts of various geometries that enable efficient axial length solar energy collection, and the improved cover glazings utilize transparent front and back faces with other improvements to enable increased solar radiant energy collection per unit front face cover area of solar collector. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300692 | METHOD TO CONSTRUCT AND SUPPORT TUBE MODULE ASSEMBLIES FOR SOLID PARTICLE SOLAR RECEIVER - A solar receiver module includes a front tube sheet with light apertures, a back plate cooperating with the front tube sheet to define a sealed gap, and light channeling tubes optically coupled with the light apertures, extending through the gap and connecting with the back plate. A flowing heat transfer medium flows in the gap over exterior surfaces of the light channeling tubes. Slip joint engagements between light apertures and ends of most or all of the light channeling tubes accommodate thermal expansion. Each slip joint may be defined by an inner or outer perimeter of the light aperture receiving the end of the light channeling tube. A sub-set of the light channeling tubes may be welded to light apertures. A module support post may be secured at a center of the back plate and extend away oppositely from the front tube sheet. A welded or stamped tube sheet provides a seal between tubes at the front face of the tube modules. Thermal expansion provides a seal between adjoining modules at the front face and seal strips provide a seal at the back face. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300693 | Heat Storage Tank Used In Solar Heat Power System, Solar Heat Dynamo Used Therein And Solar Heat Power System Including The Same - Disclosed herein are a heat storage tank used in a solar heat power system, including: a housing having a watertight structure; a heat energy storage material filled in the housing and storing heat from an external heat collector; and a solar heat dynamo including a thermoelectric element attached to a side of the housing, and a solar heat dynamo used therein and a solar heat power system including the same. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300694 | Automatic System for Adjusting the Parabolic Surface of a Flat Mirror Solar Concentrator - The invention relates to a system for the automatic adjustment of the height of the support elements of a structure of a solar concentrator, in order to achieve the approximation of a parabolic surface for mounting triangular mirrors. These adjustments are made by an automatic arm with a control unit based on computer vision, wherein the system displays the adjustment embodiment with a magnetic or pneumatic head that uses a control unit whose operation is based on stereo vision images with signals from one or more digital cameras. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300695 | HEAT CONVERSION MEMBER AND HEAT CONVERSION LAMINATE - The present invention addresses the problem of providing a heat conversion member capable of efficiently converting light to heat. This heat conversion member is characterized in that it includes a composite material of at least one type of semiconductor and at least one type of metal material. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300696 | Double-medium circulation air conditioner for cooling, heating and humidifying - A double-medium circulation air conditioner for cooling, heating and humidifying comprises: a machine body ( | 2015-10-22 |
20150300697 | TURBOMACHINE AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A turbomachine for a refrigeration cycle apparatus that uses a refrigerant whose saturated vapor pressure is a negative pressure at ordinary temperature includes a rotation shaft and a bearing for supporting the rotation shaft. The rotation shaft includes a lubricant supply passage for supplying the refrigerant as a lubricant that travels smoothly between the rotation shaft and the bearing. The lubricant supply passage includes a main passage and a sub-passage. The main passage extends from an inlet located at an end of the rotation shaft in an axial direction of the rotation shaft. The sub-passage diverges from the main passage and extends to an outlet located in a side surface of the rotation shaft. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300698 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A refrigeration apparatus includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator. A refrigerant containing R32 and refrigerator oil are used in the refrigeration apparatus. The refrigerator oil is used to lubricate the compressor. An acid scavenger added in an amount of 1.0 wt % to 5.0 wt % is blended in the refrigerator oil. The amount of air mixed into the refrigeration apparatus is controlled to 500 ppm or less relative to the amount of filled refrigerant. The amount of water mixed into the refrigeration apparatus is controlled to 300 ppm or less relative to the amount of filled refrigerant. A discharged-gas temperature of the refrigeration apparatus is controlled to 120° C. or less. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300699 | HEATING SYSTEM - A heat exchange system and apparatus comprising: a compressor to compress a refrigerant, a first condenser heat exchanger to which the compressed refrigerant is supplied and at which heat is transferred from the refrigerant to water in a hot water cylinder; an expansion valve that receives cooled liquid refrigerant from the first heat exchanger; a thermodynamic panel including a second heat exchanger heat that receives cool refrigerant from the expansion valve and is in thermal communication with an environmental heat source. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300700 | A Compact Heat Exchanger for a Heat Pump - A Vuilleumier heat pump is disclosed in which the hot and cold displacers are disposed with a cylinder wall and an annular space outside the cylinder wall and inside the outer housing has at least one heat exchanger disposed therein. Any volume in the annular space is dead volume. A compact, effective heat exchanger is disclosed that facilitates reducing the dead volume. The heat exchanger is substantially helical with tubes that have a cross section that have a length in the direction of flow between adjacent tubes greater than a length perpendicular to the direction of flow. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300701 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a refrigeration cycle apparatus, a fusible plug is attached to a low-pressure-side pipe between an evaporator and a compressor. The refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a heat quantity reduction member. The fusible plug fuses when a temperature of heat transmitted from the low-pressure-side pipe to the fusible plug reaches a predetermined value or more, and then opens the inside of the low-pressure-side pipe to atmosphere. The heat quantity reduction member reduces the quantity of heat to be transmitted to the fusible plug. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300702 | INTERMITTENT ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - The intermittent absorption refrigeration system includes a primary circuit having a generator/absorber, a dephlegmator, a condenser, an evaporator, and solar collectors to provide heat to the generator. The system also includes an ejector-based secondary circuit having a generator/absorber, an ejector, a condenser, a refrigerant storage unit, and solar collectors. Both circuits are aqua-ammonia systems, using ammonia as the refrigerant and water as the absorber liquid. The ejector permits evaporation during the daytime and storage of liquid ammonia refrigerant that is used for cooling in the heat exchanger of the primary circuit condenser and in the primary circuit absorber, thus permitting the primary circuit evaporator to operate at lower temperatures for low temperature freezing applications in the daytime, even at high ambient temperature. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300703 | INTERMITTENT ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH AN EJECTOR - The intermittent absorption refrigeration system with an ejector includes a generator/absorber unit, a solar collector unit, a dephlegmator, a condenser unit, a first evaporator, and valves to control the flow of aqua-ammonia coolant through the system, as in a conventional intermittent absorption refrigeration system. However, the present system also includes an ejector disposed between the dephlegmator and the condenser, and also a second evaporator disposed in a feedback loop between the first evaporator and the ejector, together with appropriate valves to control coolant flow through the feedback loop. The utilization of the ejector and the feedback loop in the intermittent system allows the intermittent system to produce a cooling effect during the daytime, as well as during the nighttime, which increases the coefficient of performance of the intermittent system. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300704 | MAGNETO CALORIC HEAT PUMP - A heat pump system is provided that uses MCM to provide for heating or cooling. The heat pump is constructed from a continuously rotating regenerator where MCM is cycled in and out of a magnetic field in a continuous manner. A heat transfer fluid is circulated therethrough to provide for heat transfer in a cyclic manner. The MCM may include stages having different Curie temperature ranges. A field of varying magnetic flux may be used. The rotating regenerator can be equipped with one or more gaskets to improve fluid seals between the rotating regenerator and stationary parts. An appliance using such a heat pump system is also provided. The heat pump may also be used in other applications for heating, cooling, or both. | 2015-10-22 |
20150300705 | Integrated thermoelectric-powered fluid heat exchanger - A fluid heat exchanger has an impeller assembly with first and second impeller bodies mated together, each having a substantially circular shape and at least one opening therethrough. Impeller vanes extend axially from the first impeller body and away from the second impeller body. Impeller vanes extend axially from the second impeller body away from the first impeller body. A thermoelectric module is disposed between the first impeller body and the second impeller body. Heat sinks are connected to each side of the thermoelectric module and extend through at least one opening in the first and second impeller bodies, where the impeller vanes are configured to move a fluid through the heat sinks during rotation of the first and second impeller bodies. Electrically-conductive windings disposed in the impeller assembly are configured to deliver induced electric current to the thermoelectric module(s). | 2015-10-22 |
20150300706 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - In a dehumidification-air heating mode, a refrigerant circuit is configured such that a refrigerant outlet side of an exterior heat exchanger communicates with a heating side refrigerant suction port of a heating side ejector as a refrigerant decompression means, and that a refrigerant inlet side of an interior evaporator communicates with an outlet side of a heating side diffuser of the heating side ejector. A refrigerant evaporation temperature in the exterior heat exchanger is set lower than that of the interior evaporator by a pressurizing effect of the heating side ejector. Thus, the amount of heat absorption by the refrigerant at the exterior heat exchanger is increased to improve the heating capacity of the air in an interior condenser. | 2015-10-22 |