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REFRIGERATION
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1 | | 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 |