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REFRIGERATION
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| 1 | ![[Patents]](../gifs/ps.gif) | CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY COOLING |
| 3.1 | | USING ELECTRICAL OR MAGNETIC EFFECT |
| 3.2 | | . Thermoelectric; e.g., peltier effect |
| 3.3 | | . . Heat pump, selective heating and cooling |
| 3.4 | | . . Including dehumidifying and condensate handling |
| 3.5 | | . . Made with flexible heat exchanger material; e.g., blanket, wearing apparel, etc. |
| 3.6 | | . . Interior of enclosure cooled; e.g., refrigerator |
| 3.61 | | . . . Having vehicle feature; e.g., cooling cart, car, truck, boat, etc. |
| 3.62 | | . . . Portable, having transporting feature; e.g., handle |
| 3.63 | | . . . Icemaker |
| 3.64 | | . . . Beverage dispenser |
| 3.7 | | . . Including specific circuitry or heat exchanger material |
| 4 | | CHEMICAL REACTION OR SOLIDS DISSOLVING |
| 5 | | VORTEX TUBE, E.G., RANQUE |
| 6 | | GAS COMPRESSION, HEAT REGENERATION AND EXPANSION, E.G., STIRLING CYCLE |
| 7 | | UTILIZING FUEL AS REFRIGERANT |
| 600 | | CRYOGENIC TREATMENT OF GAS OR GAS MIXTURE |
| 601 | | . Solidification |
| 602 | | . . Carbon dioxide |
| 603 | | . . . Snow |
| 604 | | . . . . Pressed block |
| 605 | | . . . . Extruded pellets |
| 606 | | . Liquefaction |
| 607 | | . . Hydrogen |
| 608 | | . . Helium |
| 51.2 | | . . Utilizing Joule-Thomson effect |
| 610 | | . . . He3/He4 dilution refrigerator (i.e., superfluid) |
| 611 | | . . Natural gas |
| 612 | | . . . Multicomponent cascade refrigeration |
| 613 | | . . . Compression, expansion, and condensation |
| 614 | | . . . Heat exchange with liquid cryogen |
| 615 | | . . Air |
| 616 | | . . Heat exchange with liquid cryogen |
| 617 | | . Separation of gas mixture |
| 618 | | . . Natural gas |
| 619 | | . . . Compression, expansion, and condensation |
| 620 | | . . . Distillation |
| 621 | | . . . . Flowline expansion engine |
| 622 | | . . . . . Downstream of column |
| 623 | | . . . . External refrigeration circuit |
| 624 | | . . . . Membrane |
| 625 | | . . . . Liquid contact |
| 626 | | . . . . Solid sorption |
| 627 | | . . . . Dephlemation |
| 628 | | . . . . Automatic control |
| 629 | | . . . . Solidification |
| 630 | | . . . . Plural columns |
| 631 | | . . . . . Recycle |
| 632 | | . . . Liquid contact |
| 633 | | . . . . Dehydrating |
| 634 | | . . . . Expansion |
| 635 | | . . . . Plural contact columns |
| 636 | | . . . Sorption |
| 637 | | . . . Solidification |
| 638 | | . . . . Regenerating heat exchanger |
| 639 | | . . Helium |
| 640 | | . . Air |
| 641 | | . . . Regenerating heat exchanger |
| 642 | | . . . Filtration |
| 643 | | . . . Distillation |
| 644 | | . . . . Upstream operation |
| 645 | | . . . . . Flowline expansion engine |
| 646 | | . . . . . . Spaced initial charging |
| 647 | | . . . . . Spaced initial charging |
| 648 | | . . . . Downstream operation |
| 649 | | . . . . . Flowline expansion engine |
| 650 | | . . . . . . High pressure nitrogen |
| 651 | | . . . . . . Low pressure nitrogen |
| 652 | | . . . . . . Oxygen |
| 653 | | . . . . . Flowline pump |
| 654 | | . . . . . . Liquid oxygen |
| 655 | | . . . . Membrane |
| 656 | | . . . . Automatic control |
| 657 | | . Automatic control |
| 45.1 | | STORAGE OF SOLIDIFIED OR LIQUIFIED GAS (E.G., CRYOGEN) |
| 46.1 | | . With sorbing or mixing |
| 46.2 | | . . Mixing of substance with hydrogen |
| 46.3 | | . . Sorbing into capillary material |
| 47.1 | | . With conservation of cryogen by reduction of vapor to liquid within storage receptacle |
| 48.1 | | . With vapor discharged from storage receptacle |
| 48.2 | | . . And subsequently restored to receptacle as liquid |
| 48.3 | | . . And subsequently used to cool receptacle |
| 48.4 | | . . Discharge caused by ignition of combustible gas |
| 49.1 | | . With measuring |
| 49.2 | | . . Of liquid level |
| 50.1 | | . Liquified gas transferred as liquid |
| 50.2 | | . . With vaporizing of liquified gas downstream of storage |
| 50.3 | | . . . Energy converted to work (e.g., used to drive prime mover) |
| 50.4 | | . . . Operates valve which controls flow of liquid |
| 50.5 | | . . . In phase separator |
| 50.6 | | . . Specific pump structure |
| 50.7 | | . . Specific conduit, valve, or coupling structure |
| 51.1 | | . Including cryostat |
| 52.1 | | . Spraying of cryogen |
| 53.1 | | . Underground or underwater storage |
| 53.2 | | . Storage in modified vehicle (e.g., ship, truck, etc.) |
| 54.1 | | . Cryogen stored in both phases (e.g., as slush or gel) |
| 54.2 | | . Controlled conversion of solidified gas to another phase |
| 54.3 | | . Storing solidified gas |
| 55.5 | | LOW PRESSURE COLD TRAP PROCESS AND APPARATUS |
| 56 | | PROCESSES |
| 57 | | . Suspending in upwardly directed current |
| 532 | | . Fractionally solidifying a constituent and separating the same |
| 533 | | . . Including direct contact with added refrigerant |
| 534 | | . . . Liquid refrigerant converted to vapor phase during cooling |
| 535 | | . . . . Spent refrigerant vapor used in direct contact to melt solidified component or heat product liquid |
| 536 | | . . . Refrigerant remains liquid during cooling |
| 537 | | . . Utilizing a constituent of the original mixture or solution as refrigerant |
| 538 | | . . Solidifying or purifying in a pulsed column or using sonic vibration |
| 539 | | . . . With control of pulsed column process parameter |
| 540 | | . . With measured parameter responsive control |
| 541 | | . . With separated constituent recycle |
| 542 | | . . Using melted solid to wash solidified constituent |
| 543 | | . . With squeezing or compression of solidified component |
| 544 | | . . With stirring, agitating or scraping of the solidification zone |
| 545 | | . . . With externally scraped drum or helix or screw |
| 59 | | . Accumulating holdover ice in situ |
| 60 | | . Packaging |
| 61 | | . Utilizing motion of vehicle |
| 62 | | . Treating an article |
| 63 | | . . Moving through cooling zone during cooling |
| 64 | | . . By contacting with liquid |
| 65 | | . . Diverse sequential temperatures, e.g., precooling |
| 66 | | . Congealing flowable material, e.g., ice making |
| 67 | | . . With filtering or gravitational separating |
| 68 | | . . Agitating |
| 69 | | . . . Introducing gas, e.g., air |
| 70 | | . . . . By injecting |
| 71 | | . . Removing product from congealing surface |
| 72 | | . . . Flexing supporting surface |
| 73 | | . . . By heating |
| 74 | | . . Spraying or dripping |
| 75 | | . . Sequential stages, e.g., composite block making |
| 76 | | . With preliminary refrigerant manufacturing |
| 77 | | . Assembling, charging, or repairing of refrigeration producer |
| 78 | | . Deodorizing, antisepticizing or providing special atmosphere |
| 79 | | . Exchanging heat between plural systems, e.g., disparate |
| 80 | | . Defrosting or frost inhibiting |
| 81 | | . . By utilizing working fluid of refrigeration producer |
| 82 | | . . By utilizing fluid strange to system |
| 83 | | . Preventing slugging to compressor |
| 84 | | . Lubricant handling |
| 85 | | . Separating or preventing formation of undesirables |
| 86 | | . Reducing pressure on compressed gas |
| 87 | | . . Converting energy of expansion to mechanical movement |
| 88 | | . . . With reheat of gas stream |
| 89 | | . Circulating external gas |
| 90 | | . . With reheating |
| 91 | | . . With adding of moisture |
| 92 | | . . . With removing of moisture |
| 93 | | . . With removing of moisture |
| 94 | | . . . By sorption |
| 95 | | . . Plural cooling, e.g., precooling by exhaust |
| 96 | | . . Indirect cooling using closed circuit heat transfer fluid |
| 97 | | . . Combining streams having diverse temperatures |
| 98 | | . Fluid external of refrigeration producing cycle |
| 99 | | . . Indirect by using heat transfer fluid external of cycle |
| 100 | | . Vacuumizing an open outlet chamber |
| 101 | | . Evaporation induced by sorption |
| 102 | | . . Using diverse refrigerants |
| 103 | | . . With modulated flow rate of fluid |
| 104 | | . . . By varying heat input or output |
| 105 | | . . . Varying non-refrigerant fluid flow |
| 106 | | . . Intermittent operating of generation and sorption cycle |
| 107 | | . . With absorption liquid circulation aided by system generated pressure |
| 108 | | . . With liquid refrigerant transfer to evaporator against gravity |
| 109 | | . . Cooling by evaporation of refrigerant from sorption solution |
| 110 | | . . With diffusion of refrigerant into inert gas |
| 111 | | . . . With forced circulation between evaporator and sorber |
| 112 | | . . Utilizing particular refrigerant and/or sorbent materials |
| 113 | | . Transferring heat between diverse function portions of refrigeration cycle |
| 114 | | . Employing diverse materials or particular material in refrigeration circuit |
| 115 | | . Compressing, condensing and evaporating |
| 116 | | . . Utilizing motive energy of fluid to compress |
| 117 | | . . Dividing refrigerant flow, e.g., bypass parallel units |
| 118 | | . Pumping fluid in closed circuit |
| 119 | | . Condensing and evaporating |
| 120 | | . Spaced cooling steps |
| 121 | | . Gas and liquid contact |
| 122 | | . Combining fluids having diverse temperatures |
| 123 | | SEPARATOR FOR SOLIDIFIED CONSTITUENT OF LIQUID MIXTURE |
| 124 | | . With heater for liquid mixture container |
| 125 | | WITH INDICATOR OR TESTER |
| 126 | | . Operatively correlated with automatic control |
| 127 | | . Diverse function indicators or testers |
| 128 | | . Atmospheric condensation accumulation, e.g., frost |
| 129 | | . Condition sensing |
| 130 | | . . External cooled material |
| 131 | | . Position or extent of motion of movable element |
| 132 | | AUTOMATIC CONTROL |
| 133 | | . Responsive to vehicle body motion or traction |
| 134 | | . . Electrical generator |
| 135 | | . By congealed removable product condition |
| 136 | | . . By change of consistency, e.g., viscosity or overrun |
| 137 | | . . By accumulation of product |
| 138 | | . . . On heat absorber |
| 139 | | . By accumulation on freezing surface, e.g., ice |
| 140 | | . . By frost, i.e., atmospheric condensate |
| 141 | | . Of closed system sorbent type |
| 142 | | . . Discontinuous operation of refrigerant or sorbent container unit |
| 143 | | . . . Of intermittent generator-sorber unit |
| 144 | | . . . . Plural unit sequence or alternation |
| 145 | | . . . . . Serially connected type |
| 146 | | . . . . Of cooling fluid |
| 147 | | . . . . . Including sorbent refrigerant flow |
| 148 | | . . Of heating means |
| 149 | | . Withdrawing or adding refrigerant from or to normally closed system |
| 150 | | . Preventing, removing or handling atmospheric condensate |
| 151 | | . . Defrosting |
| 152 | | . . . Limited area, e.g., preferred zone |
| 153 | | . . . By storage compartment closure actuated means |
| 154 | | . . . By energy input actuated means |
| 155 | | . . . Including time or program actuator |
| 156 | | . . . By temperature |
| 157 | | . Time or program actuator |
| 158 | | . . Time delay of condition sensing or control operation |
| 159 | | . Selective heating or cooling |
| 160 | | . . Reversible cycle machine |
| 161 | | . With correlated manual or external operator and condition sensing means, e.g., cutoff or reset |
| 162 | | . . Manual initiate with sensor terminate |
| 163 | | . . Selective |
| 164 | | . . Manual reset or sensor operates additional element |
| 165 | | . Solidified gas |
| 166 | | . . Diverse control or response |
| 167 | | . . Of heater, heat transmitter or secondary fluid |
| 168 | | . . By temperature |
| 169 | | . Vacuumized chamber with open outlet |
| 170 | | . . Evacuating means, e.g., jet pump |
| 171 | | . Gas-liquid contact cooler, fluid flow |
| 172 | | . Air compessor, cooler and expander |
| 173 | | . Of external fluid reheating |
| 174 | | . Trapping and discharging refrigerant batches |
| 175 | | . Diverse, cascade or compound refrigeration-producing system |
| 176.1 | | . Humidity sensor |
| 176.2 | | . . Having defrost control related to humidity |
| 176.3 | | . . Controlling variable compressor capacity |
| 176.4 | | . . Controlling gas-liguid contactor for air |
| 176.5 | | . . Control of air heater, e.g., reheat pump |
| 176.6 | | . . Plus air temperature sensor exerting a control |
| 177 | | . Of external fluid or means |
| 178 | | . . Diverse control or response |
| 179 | | . . . Plural external fluids or means controlled |
| 180 | | . . . External fluid and refrigeration producer |
| 181 | | . . . . Condenser cooling fluid flow |
| 182 | | . . . . Sequential |
| 183 | | . . Cooling fluid for heat rejecter, e.g., condenser |
| 184 | | . . . By refrigerant |
| 185 | | . . Indirect heat transfer liquid, e.g., brine |
| 186 | | . . Air controller or director |
| 187 | | . . . Damper between storage compartments |
| 188 | | . . By lever, e.g., float-controlled valve |
| 189 | | . . By fluid flow, e.g., check valve |
| 190 | | . Refrigeration producer |
| 191 | | . . Of or by jet-type compressor |
| 192 | | . . Lubrication |
| 193 | | . . . Of or by compressor |
| 194 | | . . . Lubricant aspirator in evaporator liquid level control chamber |
| 195 | | . . Impurity removal |
| 196.1 | | . . Bypass, e.g., compressor unloading |
| 196.2 | | . . . For plural compressor cylinders |
| 196.3 | | . . . Direct bypass of compressor |
| 196.4 | | . . . Condensor bypass |
| 197 | | . . . Of expansion zone |
| 198 | | . . . . Of serially arranged evaporator |
| 199 | | . . . . Through an evaporator, i.e., parallel |
| 200 | | . . . . . Individual flow controllers and sensors |
| 201 | | . . By external cooled liquid or holdover |
| 202 | | . . Including external thermal source modifying sensor action |
| 203 | | . . Plural refrigerating producing elements and plural sensors |
| 204 | | . . . Including expansion valve or variable restrictor |
| 205 | | . . . . Plural variable restrictors in flow line |
| 206 | | . . . . . High and low side |
| 207 | | . . Diverse function refrigeration elements controlled by single sensor |
| 208 | | . . Single refrigeration producer controlled by plural sensors |
| 209 | | . . . Compensating or modifying |
| 210 | | . . . . Expansion valve or variable restrictor |
| 211 | | . . . . . External condition sensor |
| 212 | | . . . . . Plural sensors at low side |
| 213 | | . . . Alternative or selective sensors |
| 214 | | . . Single sensor mounted or formed to respond to plural conditions, e.g., compensators |
| 215 | | . . . Controlling compressor or its drive, e.g., torque or speed |
| 216 | | . . Of or by evaporation zone |
| 217 | | . . . Back flow or pressure regulator |
| 218 | | . . . Valve or restrictor by liquid lever |
| 219 | | . . . . Low side float |
| 220 | | . . . . . Float chamber at suction line |
| 221 | | . . . . . . Valve isolated from float chamber |
| 222 | | . . . Of expansion valve or variable restrictor |
| 223 | | . . . . By external condition |
| 224 | | . . . . By condition at low side |
| 225 | | . . . . . At or beyond evaporator outlet, i.e., superheat |
| 226 | | . . . Compressor or its drive controlled |
| 227 | | . . . . By conducted evaporator temperature |
| 228.1 | | . . Compressor or its drive controlled |
| 228.2 | | . . . For ice or ice cream maker |
| 228.3 | | . . . By refrigerant pressure |
| 228.4 | | . . . By variable speed motor or pulley type mechanism |
| 228.5 | | . . . By variable compressor output, e.g., unloading, staging, etc. |
| 229 | | . . . By external cooled gas |
| 230 | | . . . By condition of power source |
| 231 | | TIME OR PROGRAM ACTUATOR |
| 232 | | . Closed system sorbent type |
| 233 | | . Congelation product maker |
| 234 | | . Defrosting |
| 235 | | RINK |
| 235.1 | | UTILIZING SOLAR ENERGY |
| 236 | | WITH ALTERNATELY USABLE ENERGY SOURCES |
| 237 | | SEPARABLE AMBULANT COOLED ENCLOSURE AND POWER OR COOLING SOURCE |
| 238.1 | | DISPARATE APPARATUS UTILIZED AS HEAT SOURCE OR ABSORBER |
| 238.2 | | . With vortex tube, thermoelectric, Stirling or air cycle |
| 238.3 | | . With sorption |
| 238.4 | | . With power vapor generator |
| 238.5 | | . With distillation, ice maker, or freeze separation |
| 238.6 | | . With vapor compression system |
| 238.7 | | . . Reversible, i.e., heat pump |
| 239 | | WITH VEHICLE FEATURE |
| 240 | | . Ship |
| 241 | | . Utilizing motion of vehicle |
| 242 | | . . Axle drive |
| 243 | | . Vehicle contained common power supply |
| 244 | | . Occupant-type vehicle |
| 245 | | . Melt control |
| 246 | | DISPLAY TYPE |
| 247 | | . With means dispersing or evaporating liquid into atmosphere |
| 248 | | . Means removing or preventing condensate on transparent panel |
| 249 | | . With feature extraneous to cabinet or cooler |
| 250 | | . With material conveyer or transporter, e.g., for ice or goods |
| 251 | | . Stepped, e.g., shelves |
| 252 | | . Plural storage compartments |
| 253 | | . . Formed by hollow imperforate cooled partition |
| 254 | | . . Including nondisplay storage compartment |
| 255 | | . With air controlling or directing means |
| 256 | | . . Spaced elongated air inlet and outlet type, e.g., air curtain |
| 257 | | . Bottom cooling means, e.g., cooled floor |
| 258 | | WITH MEANS FORMING NON-COOLED WORK SURFACE, E.G., COUNTER, TABLE, SIDEBOARD |
| 259.1 | | STRUCTURAL INSTALLATION |
| 259.2 | | . With electrical component cooling |
| 259.3 | | . With body applicator |
| 259.4 | | . With evaporative type cooler |
| 260 | | . Geographic, e.g., subterranean feature |
| 261 | | . Article of furniture, e.g., bed cover or canopy |
| 262 | | . Window connected or mounted |
| 263 | | . Vertical partition or wall mounting feature |
| 264 | | WITH ILLUMINATING OR RADIANT ENERGY MEANS |
| 265 | | COMPARTMENT ACCESS OR USE AND AIR BLOCKING |
| 266 | | . Including article conveyer or transporter |
| 267 | | INTERLOCKED DIVERSE FUNCTION ELEMENTS |
| 268 | | VACUUMIZED CHAMBER WITH OPEN VAPOR OR GAS OUTLET |
| 269 | | . Including sorbent agent |
| 270 | | . System, i.e., multiple treating or fluid handling means |
| 271 | | ATMOSPHERE AND SORBENT CONTACTING TYPE |
| 272 | | WITH MEANS PREVENTING OR HANDLING ATMOSPHERIC CONDENSATE RELATIVE TO HEAT ABSORBER |
| 273 | | . Operating on insulation, e.g., vent to refrigerated compartment |
| 274 | | . With means to add moisture to cooled space |
| 275 | | . By external heater |
| 276 | | . . Heating principal heat absorber, e.g., evaporator |
| 277 | | . Means utilizing heat developed by refrigeration producer |
| 278 | | . . Bypassing or reversing internal fluid flow |
| 279 | | . . Means conducting atmospheric condensate to heat rejecter |
| 280 | | . . . Pump or thrower for condensate |
| 281 | | . With porous or foraminous atmospheric condensate receiver |
| 282 | | . Means contacting heat absorber with fluid strange to system |
| 283 | | . Moisture condensing means distinct from principal heat absorber |
| 284 | | . Wiper or scraper |
| 285 | | . Retainer or flow director for atmospheric condensate |
| 286 | | . . Adjustable position or selectively usable |
| 287 | | . . Wetted inner surface type refrigerator |
| 288 | | . . With flow director directing condensate to retainer |
| 289 | | . . . Retainer exterior of refrigerated space |
| 290 | | . . Plural distinct flow directors acting in parallel |
| 291 | | . . Condensate retainer |
| 292 | | WITH MEANS FOR CHARGING CLOSED REFRIGERATION PRODUCING SYSTEM |
| 293 | | HAND MANIPULABLE TOOL |
| 294 | | CONTAINER CUTTER OR PUNCH-TYPE OPENING MEANS |
| 295 | | RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED POWER AND/OR HEAT REJECTING ELEMENT |
| 296 | | MUFFLER OR SOUND DAMPENER |
| 297 | | EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR REFRIGERATOR HOUSING |
| 298 | | WITH REPAIR, ASSEMBLY OR DISASSEMBLY MEANS |
| 299 | | . Detachable valve and coupling |
| 300 | | . Means releasing mold from support |
| 301 | | . . With grid or cube release means |
| 302 | | . Sliding or rolling on guide means |
| 303 | | WITH CLEANING MEANS FOR APPARATUS |
| 304 | | MATERIAL COOLING MEANS INCLUDING GAS-LIQUID CONTACTOR |
| 305 | | . Cooling heat rejector of refrigeration producer |
| 306 | | . Means feeding gas into pressurized receiver |
| 307 | | . Submerged gas inlet |
| 308 | | . . Drop tube type |
| 309 | | . Gas recirculated relative to enclosure |
| 310 | | . Fluid recirculating means |
| 311 | | . Diverse treating means |
| 312 | | . . Ice holder and ice melt-gas contactor |
| 313 | | . . . Elongated vertical passage for melt and air |
| 314 | | . With gas forcing or directing means |
| 315 | | . Porous wall liquid container or flow line |
| 316 | | . Porous cover member |
| 317 | | WITH SEPARATOR-CLARIFIER FOR COOLED FLUID OR ICE-MELT |
| 318 | | . For liquid |
| 319 | | . . Isolated from coolant |
| 320 | | WITH COMMINUTOR OR CUTTER |
| 321 | | . Including means utilizing product |
| 322 | | DISPARATE SERIALLY ARRANGED PRODUCT TREATING APPARATUS |
| 323.1 | | WITH INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE |
| 323.2 | | . With cooling apparatus other than gas compressor |
| 323.3 | | . With electrical motor drive |
| 323.4 | | . With clutch or variable speed transmission controlling compressor drive |
| 324.1 | | REVERSIBLE, I.E., HEAT PUMP |
| 324.2 | | . With cooling apparatus other than gas compressor |
| 324.3 | | . With product treatment |
| 324.4 | | . With refrigerant collection and intermittent discharge |
| 324.5 | | . With atmospheric condensate removal or prevention |
| 324.6 | | . With flow control or compressor details |
| 325 | | . External fluid flow reversed |
| 326 | | CONVERTIBLE |
| 327 | | . Storable or variable capacity ice bunker |
| 328 | | . . Bunker wall movable to chamber wall |
| 329 | | . Movable partition within cooled compartment |
| 330 | | WITH REFRIGERANT OR COOLANT MANUFACTURING MEANS |
| 331 | | COMBINED |
| 332 | | DIVERSE SYSTEMS, E.G., ICE AND MECHANICAL |
| 333 | | . Primary and secondary dependent circuits |
| 334 | | . . Secondary evaporator contacting inner liner, e.g., two zone cold wall |
| 335 | | PLURAL PAIRED DIFFERENT FUNCTION REFRIGERATION PRODUCING ELEMENTS, E.G., CASCADE |
| 336 | | MATERIAL HANDLERS OF DIVERSE TYPES |
| 337 | | COOLED ARTICLE STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND COOLED ISOLATED MATERIAL HANDLER |
| 338 | | . Liquid container or flow line within cooled enclosure |
| 339 | | . . Including inlet flow line connection |
| 340 | | MEANS PRODUCING SHAPED OR MODIFIED CONGEALED PRODUCT |
| 341 | | . With article press means |
| 342 | | . With means for working congealing material, e.g., beater |
| 343 | | . . Diverse blades |
| 344 | | . With product receiving and storing means |
| 345 | | . Freezing surface mounted for movement during freezing |
| 346 | | . . Drum |
| 347 | | . With raw material projector, e.g., spray |
| 348 | | . With means to precool or recirculate raw material |
| 349 | | . Thawing means |
| 350 | | . . Attached to hand-manipulable mold |
| 351 | | . . Electrical heater |
| 352 | | . . Means using refrigerant or coolant as heating fluid |
| 353 | | . Heat absorber with product remover |
| 354 | | . . Moving scraper |
| 356 | | . Mold with means to absorb heat, e.g., brine tank |
| 371 | | PORTABLE, COMMODITY-CONTAINING |
| 372 | | . Mutually supported commodity and solid coolant |
| 373 | | LIQUID CONTACTING DISCRETE COMMODITY |
| 374 | | . With article conveyer or transporter |
| 375 | | . . With liquid recirculating means |
| 376 | | . With liquid recirculating means |
| 377 | | ARTICLE HOLDER MOUNTED ON DOOR OR PIVOTED PARTITION |
| 378 | | ARTICLE MOVING MEANS |
| 379 | | . Solid refrigerant |
| 380 | | . Continuous longitudinal-type conveyor |
| 381 | | . Rotary about fixed axis, e.g., rotary shelf or scraper |
| 382 | | . Drawer, tray or track-guided type; horizontally movable |
| 383 | | MOVABLE THERMAL MEANS VARYING HEAT TRANSMISSION |
| 384 | | COOLER UTILIZING SOLIDIFIED GAS |
| 385 | | . Sublimed gas entering insulation or within hollow wall |
| 386 | | . Means cooling withdrawable liquid |
| 387 | | . External as circulator or director |
| 388 | | . Means dispersing sublimed gas into cooled enclosure |
| 389 | | WITHDRAWABLE LIQUID, E.G., DISPENSER |
| 390 | | . With plural liquid outlets or sources, e.g., distributing system |
| 391 | | . With withdrawn liquid receiver |
| 392 | | . With agitator for withdrawable liquid |
| 393 | | . With intermediate indirect heat transfer fluid container or conductor |
| 394 | | . Refrigerant evaporator surrounding or within a container |
| 395 | | . . Between cooled liquid container and insulation |
| 396 | | . In indirect heat exchanging relationship to coolant |
| 397 | | . . Barometric feed-type liquid container |
| 398 | | . . Cooled liquid container supporting ice |
| 399 | | . . Helical or spiral coil |
| 400 | | . . Ice holder and cooled liquid container concentrically nested |
| 401 | | AIR COMPRESSOR, COOLER AND EXPANDER TYPE |
| 402 | | . Motor-type expander |
| 403 | | . . Reciprocating element-type motor, e.g., piston |
| 404 | | GAS CONTROLLER OR DIRECTOR |
| 405 | | . Isolated gas compartment, e.g., cold air jacket |
| 406 | | . Gas passage over or through indirect heat-transfer container or holdover |
| 407 | | . Cooled gas directed relative to cooled enclosure |
| 408 | | . . With adjustable gas flow controller |
| 409 | | . . . For exterior port |
| 410 | | . . Exterior port, i.e., ventilating |
| 411 | | . . . With additional means causing flow, e.g., blower |
| 412 | | . . . Inlet and outlet ports |
| 413 | | . . Means verging gas streams within storage space |
| 414 | | . . . Gas flow forcing means |
| 415 | | . . . Space cooler units in separate streams |
| 416 | | . . . . Above storage space and adjacent opposed walls |
| 417 | | . . With imperforate partition forming storage compartments |
| 418 | | . . Foraminous gas distributor flow connected to cooler unit |
| 419 | | . . Gas forcing means |
| 420 | | . . Directed relative to ice container |
| 421 | | . . . Foraminous wall or bottom ice container |
| 422 | | . . . . Melt collector over storage space |
| 423 | | . . . . . Storage space along container side |
| 424 | | . . . Gas flow passage means under ice container |
| 425 | | . Gas flow through ice compartment contacting ice |
| 426 | | . Gas forcing means, e.g., cooler unit |
| 427 | | . . Plural gas inlets, e.g., recirculated and fresh air |
| 428 | | . . Means directing gas over heat rejector |
| 429 | | . . . Unitarily driven plural blowers |
| 430 | | INTERMEDIATE FLUID CONTAINER TRANSFERRING HEAT TO HEAT ABSORBER OR HOLDOVER |
| 431 | | . Side-by-side or superimposed cooled compartments |
| 432 | | . . Different temperature arrangements |
| 433 | | . . With top access to each compartment, e.g., ice cream cans |
| 434 | | . Flow line connected transfer fluid supply and heat exchanger |
| 435 | | . With indirect fluid pump or agitator |
| 436 | | . Connected distinct sections for indirect fluid |
| 437 | | . Non-liquid heat accumulator |
| 438 | | . Forming cooled storage compartment |
| 439 | | . Unitary jacket surrounding coolant line |
| 440 | | COOLED ENCLOSURE |
| 441 | | . Plural cooled compartments |
| 442 | | . . Coolers in parallel for plural compartments |
| 443 | | . . Cooler integral with or forming dividing wall |
| 444 | | . . . Exterior wall |
| 445 | | . . . With non-dividing cooler |
| 446 | | . . . Forms plural sides of a storage compartment |
| 447 | | . . Insulating dividing wall |
| 448 | | . Movable unit of refrigeration producing assembly |
| 449 | | . . Unit includes movable wall section, e.g., door |
| 450 | | . . . Unit includes condenser fan |
| 451 | | . Flowing coolant container covered by insulation means or within hollow wall of enclosure |
| 452 | | . With heat rejecting element enclosure or cooling feature |
| 453 | | . . Heat rejector contacting enclosure wall |
| 454 | | . . With ventilation means therefor |
| 455 | | . . . Forced circulation |
| 456 | | . . . Vertical flue venting bottom compartment |
| 457.1 | | . Portable receptacle |
| 457.2 | | . . With holdover material |
| 457.3 | | . . . Drinking container |
| 457.4 | | . . . For beverage receptacle |
| 457.5 | | . . . . For multiple receptacles |
| 457.6 | | . . Cooled serving dish |
| 457.7 | | . . Picnic/lunch box type cooler |
| 457.8 | | . . Wine server/cooler |
| 457.9 | | . . Cooled by means other than ice (e.g., mechanical, electrical, absorption, cryogenic, etc.) |
| 458 | | . Access surface open to atmosphere |
| 459 | | . Ice support, e.g., container |
| 460 | | . . Flowing ice melt heat exchanger within cooled enclosure |
| 461 | | . . . Lateral ice melt distributor |
| 462 | | . . Valve or trap within ice melt flow line |
| 463 | | . . Partially surrounding storage compartment |
| 464 | | . . Top access to ice compartment |
| 465 | | . With particular internal element support |
| 466 | | . . Resilient |
| 467 | | REFRIGERATION PRODUCER |
| 468 | | . With lubricant handling means |
| 469 | | . . Of unitary motor-compressor in casing |
| 470 | | . . Lubricant separator |
| 471 | | . . . At evaporator or evaporator-discharge line |
| 472 | | . . . . With lubricant heating means |
| 473 | | . . . At condenser or receiver |
| 474 | | . With refrigerant treater |
| 475 | | . . Means for discharging impurity from system |
| 476 | | . Sorbent type |
| 477 | | . . Absorber-still, e.g., intermittent |
| 478 | | . . . Evaporator-condenser unit |
| 479 | | . . . With means returning sorbent from evaporator |
| 480 | | . . . With solid sorbent |
| 481 | | . . . With sorber-generator cooling means |
| 482 | | . . . . Internal liquid flow to external cooler |
| 483 | | . . Pump means forcing gas or vapor relative to sorber |
| 484 | | . . Vapor-liquid contact in reabsorber forming liquid refrigerant |
| 485 | | . . Means causing cooling fluid contact with sorber and/or condenser |
| 486 | | . . Means cooling liquid refrigerant flow line to evaporator |
| 487 | | . . Internally generated pressure or capillary means moving sorption liquor |
| 488 | | . . . Transfer vessel, e.g., liquid trap |
| 489 | | . . Means attempering flow line between sorber and generator |
| 490 | | . . Inert gas |
| 491 | | . . . Gas-liquid contactor within inert gas circuit |
| 492 | | . . . . In evaporator |
| 493 | | . . . Means cooling inert gas flow line from sorber to evaporator |
| 494 | | . . Particular gas-liquid contact in sorber |
| 495 | | . . Sorbent vapor separator between generator and condenser |
| 496 | | . . . Submerged gas-liquid contact means |
| 497 | | . . With means to enhance separations in generator |
| 498 | | . Compressor-condenser-evaporator circuit |
| 499 | | . . Unitarily movable connected units |
| 500 | | . . Jet powered by circuit fluid |
| 501 | | . . External fluid actuates compressor and exchanges heat |
| 502 | | . . Diverse fluids |
| 503 | | . . With liquid trap or disperser in suction line |
| 504 | | . . Means to apportion refrigerant to evaporator |
| 505 | | . . Cooling motor and/or compressor by refrigerant |
| 506 | | . . External cooling fluid contacts heat rejector |
| 507 | | . . . Air cooled |
| 508 | | . . . . Motor-compressor in common housing |
| 509 | | . . Condensed liquid receiver, e.g., surge tank |
| 510 | | . . Plural compressors or multiple effect compression |
| 511 | | . . Fixed restrictor |
| 512 | | . Distinct vapor liquid separator and separated liquid recycle |
| 513 | | . Heat exchange between diverse function elements |
| 515 | | . Evaporator, e.g., heat exchanger |
| 516 | | . . Enclosure forming |
| 517 | | . . . With closure |
| 518 | | . . . Surrounds inner container |
| 519 | | . . . Plural distinct sections or diverse zones |
| 520 | | . . . . Shelf is evaporator |
| 521 | | . . . Shelf, shelf or receptacle support |
| 522 | | . . . . Integral or attached shelf |
| 523 | | . . . Corrugated or embossed wall |
| 524 | | . . Plural distinct sections |
| 525 | | . . . With particular flow distributor to sections |
| 526 | | . . . Serially connected |
| 527 | | . . Flow controller or boiling expeditor |
| 528 | | . . . Adjustable controller |
| 529 | | REFRIGERANT OR COOLANT, STORER OR HANDLER |
| 530 | | . Envelope type |
| 531 | | MISCELLANEOUS |
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| | | CROSS REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS |
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| 900 | | Triple column |
| 901 | | Single column |
| 902 | | Apparatus |
| 903 | | . Heat exchange structure |
| 904 | | . . Coiled heat exchanger |
| 905 | | . Column |
| 906 | | . . Packing |
| 907 | | . . Insulation |
| 908 | | . Filter or absorber |
| 909 | | . Regeneration |
| 910 | | . Expander |
| 911 | | . Portable |
| 912 | | External refrigeration system |
| 913 | | . Liquified gas |
| 914 | | Magnetic or electric field |
| 915 | | Combustion |
| 916 | | Explosion reduction |
| 917 | | Mercury |
| 918 | | Halocarbon |
| 919 | | Isotope |
| 920 | | Carbon monoxide |
| 921 | | Chlorine |
| 922 | | Sulfur |
| 923 | | Inert gas |
| 924 | | . Argon |
| 925 | | . Xenon or krypton |
| 926 | | Gasoline |
| 927 | | Natural gas from nitrogen |
| 928 | | Recovery of carbon dioxide |
| 929 | | . From natural gas |
| 930 | | . From nitrogen |
| 931 | | Recovery of hydrogen |
| 932 | | . From natural gas |
| 933 | | . From helium |
| 934 | | . From nitrogen |
| 935 | | Olefin |
| 936 | | Erickson |
| 937 | | Cheng |
| 938 | | Mehra |
| 939 | | Partial feed stream expansion (air) |
| 940 | | . High pressure column |
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| | | DIGESTS |
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| DIG 1 | | Radiant cooling |
| DIG 2 | | Refrigerant pumps |
| DIG 5 | | Aircraft cooling |
| DIG 7 | | Vacuum plates |
| DIG 10 | | Tool cooling |
| DIG 11 | | Hydrator receptacles |
| DIG 13 | | Insulation |
| DIG 16 | | Roof and ceiling located coolers |
| DIG 17 | | Condenser pressure control |
| DIG 19 | | Ionic Thompson effect |
| DIG 20 | | Materials used to prevent corrosion in refrigeration system |
| DIG 21 | | Evaporators where refrigerant covers heat exchange coil |
| DIG 22 | | Free cooling |
| DIG 23 | | Explosive digest |
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