Abstract: A circulating cold water cooler-chiller comprised of a water holding tank, refrigerant cooling/thermal electric unit and a circulating pump system. The water in the water tank is cooled by coolant coils in bottom of tank and the water is circulated by an electric pump. The temperature is controlled by a thermostatic control that has a sensor in the water so as to control the refrigerant compressor/thermal electric unit operation letting the water circulation be separate and continuous at all times. Constant temperature is maintained by this type of configuration.

Abstract: A device for recycling a cryogenic liquid in a circuit (1) comprising at least one section (2) substantially at ambient pressure, the device comprising: a) a first cryogenic reservoir (4) to recover the liquid at the outlet of the section, this reservoir being provided with structure (4.sub.3, 6.sub.1, 7.sub.1, 8.sub.1) to pressurize the recovered liquid, b) a second cryogenic reservoir (5) continuously pressurized in operation and connected to the circuit (1) upstream of the section (2) open to the air to supply it with pressurized cryogenic liquid, the second reservoir being in selective fluid communication (16) with the first reservoir, and c) a device (12) responsive to a predetermined relationship of the levels of filling of the two reservoirs selectively to actuate the pressurization structure (4.sub.3, 6.sub.1, 7.sub.1, 8.sub.1) of the first reservoir (4) so as to transfer into the second reservoir (5) cryogenic liquid contained in the first reservoir.

Abstract: A mist-emitting apparatus for a vegetable crisper, having a sprayer attached to an upper portion of a housing. A portion of the housing defines a closable reservoir for a supply of water. Means are provided in the housing for operatively communicating with a lower portion of the reservoir to communicate the water under pressure to the sprayer at predetermined intervals for a predetermined period of time. The water, being communicated to the sprayer, is emitted as a mist. A false bottom extends laterally from a lower portion of the housing for supporting fruits and vegetables above the false bottom. The closable container may be a bag or a cavity in the sidewall of the vegetable crisper, separate from the housing and communicating through a tube that connects with a lower portion of the housing. When originally installed in a refrigerator, the sprayer attaches to an interior wall and extends into a vegetable crisper drawer.

Abstract: Cooling or chilling apparatus for cooling or chilling beverage containers such as bottles or cans including a chamber which includes a chilling liquid cooled by a refrigeration unit and a support arrangement for supporting containers in the liquid. A flexible membrane in the form of a plastics bag surrounds the containers to prevent the containers coming into direct contact with the liquid but which permits the chilling liquid to cool the contents of the containers.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling semiconductor devices includes a module for cooling semiconductor devices; a refrigerant cooling device for receiving via an outlet pipe the refrigerant discharged through an outlet port of the module to cool the refrigerant; a refrigerant circulation pump for receiving, via a suction pipe, the refrigerant cooled by the refrigerant cooling device and sending the refrigerant to the module via an inlet pipe; and a refrigerant-flow stabilizing mechanism for stabilizing a refrigerant circulation flow discharged from the refrigerant circulation pump to be returned to the refrigerant circulation pump via the module and the refrigerant cooling device. Since the refrigerant-flow stabilizing mechanism stabilize the refrigerant flow, the refrigerant flow can be stably circulated so that the semiconductor devices in the module are stably cooled.

Abstract: An enhanced cooling ice chest is provided which consists of an insulated container having bottom, front, back and side interconnecting walls. A hinged lid is on the top of the insulated container, so that the insulated container can receive and hold a supply of ice and fish therein for cooling. An apparatus is for evenly distributing cold water from the melting ice onto the fish that are on the ice, so as to keep the fish completely cold within the container.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a metal strip, the apparatus having a header that receives and directs a curtain of water across the strip, a water collector on one side of the curtain of water and a source of air on the opposite side of the curtain of water arranged to direct a flow of air across the curtain of water and divert water into the water collector. A deflector is arranged to interrupt at least a portion of the flow of air such that at least a portion of the wall of water contacts and cools the strip of metal. The flow of air is provided at a pressure of about 50 to 100 psi and, with the flow of air completely blocked by a deflector, the strip of metal is cooled completely across the width of the strip.

Abstract: A vacuum cooler for produce and the like includes a vacuum tube forming a vacuum chamber into which produce is placed. A vacuum pump lowers the atmospheric pressure while cold water is gently sprayed onto the produce. Water vapor from the produce is condensed, directed to a sump in the chamber without permitting such condensed water to impinge on the produce, and then directed through a water disinfecting chamber for reuse. The cooler includes a venting system that admits outside air into the vacuum chamber, gradually returning the chamber to atmospheric pressure, and permitting removal of produce from the chamber.

Abstract: A container supporting and dispensing apparatus for supporting a bottle in a sloped position and dispensing the contents of the bottle through a valve. The device includes a valve assembly which may be threadably coupled to an associated bottle. The valve assembly can then be secured to a container support which positions the bottle in a sloped position to facilitate gravity assisted dispensing through the valve assembly. An alternate embodiment of the present invention includes a pump assembly for re-pressurizing the bottle after use. A further alternate embodiment includes both an ice tray for containing ice within the container support and a water circulation assembly for collecting chilled water from the ice tray and cascading the chilled water over the associated bottle to provide a cooling effect to the contents of the bottle.

Abstract: A vacuum cooler for produce and the like comprising a vacuum tube forming a vacuum chamber into which produce is placed. A vacuum pump lowers the atmospheric pressure while cold water is gently sprayed onto the produce. Water vapor from the produce is condensed, and directed to a sump in the chamber without permitting such condensed water to impinge on the produce. The cooler includes a venting system that admits outside air into the vacuum chamber, gradually returning the chamber to atmospheric pressure, and permitting removal of produce from the chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling heat generating members such as semiconductor devices on a multichip module. A discharge device discharges cooling liquid for contacting the heat generating members and cooling them. A mixing device mixes the now high temperature cooling liquid, which has cooled the heat generating members, with another portion of the aforesaid cooling liquid still at a lower temperature. As a result, the temperature of the high temperature cooling liquid, which has been heated because it had cooled the heat generating members, can be lowered because the high temperature cooling liquid is mixed with the low temperature cooling liquid. Furthermore, a cooling liquid discharge device is provided for each heat generating member and a mixing device is located between the cooling liquid discharge devices or between heat generating members. In addition, the mixing device has a guide member for guiding the flow.

Abstract: The bath (4) is arranged the supply reservoir (5) for the liquid (3), in which the reaction flask to be heated or cooled can be immersed. The heating or cooling device (8) is arranged on the bottom of the supply reservoir (5). The liquid (3) is delivered with an immersion pump (19) through a feed pipe (6) and an opening (18) in the bottom of the bath (4). The level of the liquid in the bath (4) can be adjusted with the aid of a slider (11). The liquid flows back into the supply reservoir (5) over an overflow (7). When the pump (19) is switched off, the liquid (3) in the bath (4) flows independently back into the supply reservoir (5).

Abstract: A mechanical cooling device equipped with a bulk serving tank, a large capacity cooling compressor, a plurality of removable beverage retaining compartments sized so as to retain beverage cans in a rowed relationship, and a serving tank filled with a liquid coolant may be effectively utilized to rapidly cool and serve large quantities of beverages to large crowds such as often arise at festive events. The cooling device may be equipped with mobile means to permit its transport from site to site, levelers for leveling the device at the site and locking means for securing the beverages against theft. A circulatory system prevents localized freezing by uniformly circulating the coolant throughout the tank.

Abstract: A method and device for fractionating pouches of cryoprecipitable material including a membrane which provides a barrier within an interior of the device with the membrane receiving the pouches of cryoprecipitable material therewithin. The interior of the device includes a sump having a heat transfer fluid stored therein and maintained at a temperature which is to be achieved by the cryoprecipitable material as it cycles between freezing and thawing. The pouch of material, after placement within the membrane, is exposed (through the membrane) to hydrostatic forces associated with the heat transfer fluid in the sump collapsing the membrane on the pouch while pulsating jets impinge indirectly upon the pouch through the membrane. In this way, as the contents within the pouch change temperature, circulation of the fluid within the pouch occurs for more rapid realization of the cycling target temperatures for the cryoprecipitable material within the pouch.

Abstract: A method and device for thawing pouches of frozen transfusion material including a membrane which provides a barrier within an interior of the device with the membrane receiving the pouches of frozen material therewithin. The interior of the device includes a sump having thawing fluid stored therein and maintained at a constant target temperature which is to be achieved by the frozen transfusion material to be thawed. The pouch of material to be thawed, after placement within the membrane, is exposed (through the membrane) to hydrostatic forces associated with the fluid in the sump collapsing the membrane on the pouch while pulsating jets impinge indirectly upon the pouch through the membrane. In this way, as the contents within the pouch thaw, circulation of the fluid within the pouch occurs for more rapid realization of the target temperature for the fluid within the pouch.

Abstract: Installation permitting the rapid chilling of products stored, in particular, inside a bottle (5), consisting of a tank (1) arranged within an insulating chamber, and which contains a liquid (3) maintained at very low temperature by means of a chilling circuit (2), the products (5) to be cooled being held in the chilling medium by means of pockets (4) which descend into the chilling fluid and inside which are arranged the products to be cooled. It is defined in that the pocket or pockets (4) is or are in the form of an envelope open at its upper part (6) with a base consisting of a flexible, leaktight plastic film, and retained along their open zone at the upper part (7) of the chamber (1), and the closed base (8) of which is associated with means enabling it to be displaced from the open upper part (6) to a position near the bottom (9) of the chamber, and vice versa.

Abstract: A compact and efficient spray cooling system is provided for cooling a heat source or a plurality of heat sources. The system uses at least one atomizer arranged in an array to deliver a fine spray across a wide distribution to impinge upon the surface to be cooled. The spray maintains a thin liquid film upon the cooled surface where heat is transfered in a phase change process. The liquid and vapor resulting from the heat transfer process is removed from the system at the edges of the heat source(s) and uses the momentum of the original spray to move the vapor and liquid to a fluid removal port. The use of the momentum of the spray to remove the liquid from the system allows the system to be gravity independent and used in transportation, avionics, and spacecraft applications where adverse gravity conditions exist. The atomizer array can be spaced closely to the heat source because the individual atomizers develop the spray in a relatively short distance.

Abstract: Apparatus for rapid chilling of bottles and cans having a main bowl (46) and an inner bowl (48) in the main bowl. A basket (90) is mounted in the inner bowl and is adapted to receive bottles (92) to be chilled. The inner bowl has an opening (66) at its lower end. An agitator (88) driven by a submerged motor (86) assists in the circulation of cooling fluid in the main bowl and the inner bowl. The inner bowl has openings (76) near its upper end. Cooling fluid passes through these openings and into the gap between the inner bowl and the main bowl. Refrigeration coils (80) cool the cooling fluid.

Abstract: The inventive device comprises a channel defined by a bottom and side walls having an inlet end and an outlet end for the flow of a refrigerant. Underneath the bottom there is provided transversely between the side walls an elongate first space. Substantially underneath the bottom and in association with the inlet end of the channel, an elongate second space is provided parallel to the first space. Between the first and the second space, at least one opening is so provided that a component of a flow rotating in the first space is guided substantially tangentially out of the first space and into the second space. The refrigerant therein is caused to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the second space, the second space being so connected to the inlet end of the channel that a component of the flow rotating in the second space is guided substantially tangentially out of the second space and in over the bottom so as to form a homogeneous flow of refrigerant in the channel.

Abstract: A vegetable crisper has a container adapted to contain a body of water in a lower portion beneath a support (14). The crisper also has a spray head (24) and an electric pump (18) for pumping water from the container lower portion to the spray head through a filter (19).

Abstract: Energy and mass are transferred in a system utilizing a gaseous refrigerant which is mixed and sorbed (absorbed/adsorbed) with a liquid carrier selected from the group consisting of long chain alcohols, ethers, glycols, glycol ethers, sebecates, phthalates, aldehydes and ketones, and sorbate/liquid mixture then combined with a particulate solid capable of forming a solid/gas compound with the gaseous refrigerant. The process is carried out in a mass and heat exchange apparatus capable of collecting and transferring the energy created by the formation or dissociation of the solid/gas compound.

Abstract: A freezing apparatus comprises a cooling hollow body to receive food products to be frozen thereon and to be driven for rotation, a flexible container made of a flexible sheet material which is arranged on the upper surface of the cooling hollow body so as to cover said products placed on said upper surface, a cold brine circulating path including the hollow portion of the cooling hollow body and the interior of the flexible container which are mutually communicated to feed cold brine, a plurality of adapters attached to the outer periphery of the flexible container, and a guide rail provided around the outer periphery of the flexible container to slidably support the adapters. The flexible container is moved synchronousely with the cooling hollow body due to a frictional force resulted between the flexible container and the cooling hollow body.

Abstract: Recirculating coolant from an engine passes through tubes in a heat exchanger pressure vessel. A cooling medium is directed onto the exterior surfaces of the tubes, and the pressure within the vessel is reduced to lower the temperature of evaporation of the cooling medium. A thermostatic control reduces or prevents the flow of engine coolant to the tubes when the coolant temperature falls below the temperature of evaporation of the cooling medium.

Abstract: Apparatus for maintaining extracorporeal organs in viable state during transportion and storage comprises a readily manually transportable insulated enclosure including separable cover and base portions, a perfusate reservoir in the enclosure, thermoelectric means in the base portion for cooling the reservoir and interior of the enclosure, means in the enclosure for supporting an organ for perfusing, means in the enclosure for directing perfusate expelled from the organ to the perfusate reservoir, a perfusate pump on the base portion for connection between the reservoir and an organ supported within the enclosure, and control means for varying the operation of the pump and thermoelectric means to maintain the temperature and flow of the perfusate being pumped within predetermined limits.

Abstract: An apparatus for rapid cooling of bottles, cans or other containers of liquid or of solid materials is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a top-opening cabinet which has a tub for holding liquid and a refrigeration unit for cooling the liquid in the tub. A plate having an opening is placed across the tube and a bag is positioned in the opening so that it extends into the liquid. The bag is made of a thin, flexible, water impervious material and it is sealed across the opening in the plate so that direct access to the liquid is prevented. The container is placed in the bag which then substantially conforms to the shape of that part of the container lying below the surface of the liquid. The container's contents are cooled without the container ever coming into direct contact with the liquid.

Abstract: An Euler's goniometer for low-temperature diffractometry is rotatable about two turning circles and is arranged within a chamber filled with a coolant. Each of the turning circles - that is the chi-circle and the phi-circle - is constituted by a worm wheel which is driven in a stepwise manner by a worm and a stepper motor driving the worm. For providing a compact construction, the stepper motors and the actuated worms are arranged within the chamber as well.

Abstract: A plurality of upstanding cooling ducts in a condenser are closed at their upper ends and only a lower header which is disposed at the lower ends of the cooling ducts communicates a tank with the cooling ducts. In another embodiment, a check valve and a gas pump are disposed in an upper conduit connecting the tank to a common upper header communicating the cooling ducts with each other at their upper ends so as to discharge the noncondensable gas from the condenser to the tank. Further, a sensing device may be disposed to sense the interface between the noncondensable gas and the vapor refrigerant in the cooling ducts, and a controller may be disposed to compare the interface level sensed by the sensing device with a reference interface level set in the controller to control the gas pump such that the actual interface level is in conformity with the reference interface level.

Abstract: Disclosed is an add-on system for improving the efficiency of a brine flow refrigerated fish tank. This add-on system includes an upper brine distribution manifold which provides a uniform brine flow over the top of the fish in the fish tank, an interior brine distribution manifold which provides brine flow into the interior of the fish tank when filled with fish, a plurality of perforated plates mounted to the bulkheads forming the sides of the fish tank which provide brine flow courses along the bulkheads, and a suction manifold which provides controlled brine flow from the brine flow courses to the brine circulation pump located outside the fish tank.

Abstract: A flower merchandising display comprising three containers arranged in a vertically stacked arrangement, pump and cooling means disposed in the lower container, water contained in the middle container, flowers disposed in the upper container, and means extending upwardly from the middle container and being adapted to cool the air contained therein and allow it to fall downwardly therefrom and then upwardly around the flowers.

Abstract: A method and device for cooling molds circulating in a horizontal plane, in which siphon action is used to pass cooling liquid from a top gutter through the molds. In this way the whole cooling system is becoming constructively simplified, such that production speeds can be increased, with the consequent greater length of the cooling system, but without its becoming unduly complicated. This effect is realized irrespective of the nature of the machine or the number of molds.Method and device are especially advantageous when applied with the manufacture of plastics tube, more particularly yet with the manufacture of plastic corrugated tube.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger which operates by blowing atomized or sprayed water against an evaporator pipe through which a refrigerant is circulating and by forcing air to circulate through the sprayed water, and to a refrigerating installation or a refrigerator in which the heat exchanger is used. This invention is useful for the refrigeration of cakes and perishable foods, for example, because a substance being refrigerated can be refrigerated while its moisture is prevented from evaporating, since the air cooled by the invention heat exchanger contains tiny water droplets and contacts the substance being refrigerated directly.

Abstract: Each individual module includes a sealed chamber containing the electronic components being cooled, the liquid cooling medium, and at least one minature evaporator. The evaporator's outer surface area is in direct contact with the cooling medium, so as to maintain it at a desired temperature. Preferably, in order to minimize the weight associated with the liquid cooling medium and in order to compensate for its coefficient termal expansion and the associated internal pressure variation, the chamber may be packed with resilient spheres that will displace a substantial quantity of the cooling medium without a corresponding increase in its effective viscosity (and thus without any substantial effect on the liquid's capability of transferring heat from the components to the evaporator by means of thermal convection currents).

Abstract: A system for injecting liquid ice into a stack of individual produce holding cartons (12) having openings (14) therein, comprising a plurality of side walls (20, 25, 27) positioned to enclose the carton stack in a position over a holding tank (18). The side walls include channels (31) into which liquid ice is pumped by a pump (36) through hoses (35) to a pair of manifolds (34) connecting with the channels. The carton stack on a pallet (11) is placed on a pallet tray (15) and shifted to a position between the side walls, the side walls are moved into close contact with the carton stack and liquid ice is pumped into the cartons to ice the produce.

Abstract: The two preferred and illustrated embodiments set forth downhole tool cooling systems. In a downhole oil well tool exposed to extremely high working temperatures, a cooling system is provided for the printed circuit boards and various electronic components thereon. In one embodiment, the cooling system incorporates a closed container having a bottom located sump, a pump for picking up and pumping liquid refrigerant from the sump, and a distribution line extending from the pump to spray the PC boards with refrigerant. Cooling is accomplished on vaporization, and refrigerant flows back to the bottom as it condenses. In the alternate embodiment, no pump is included. Rather, a heat sink is included at the top of a closed and thermally isolated chamber. The bottom includes a sump for refrigerant. In between, a mesh distributes droplets of condensing liquid over the surfaces of the PC boards to accomplish cooling.

Abstract: A system for use with a freezing liquid (refrigerant) spray refrigerator for foods, in order to purify the refrigerant contaminated with solid filth such as a scale of a fish, dust or the like. Removal of such solid filth from the refrigerant for purification and re-use of the purified refrigerant can be carried out by an arrangement, wherein the refrigerant once sprayed onto the foods for refrigeration and contaminated with solid filth such as a scale of a fish, dust or the like will be conveyed to a filter for separating the solid filth from the refrigerant contaminated with the solid filth; the refrigerant so treated will then be conveyed to a heater in order to heat the refrigerant thereby to flocculate a fat, blood or the like of the foods still remaining in the refrigerant; the refrigerant will further be conveyed to a filter to remove the coagulum; and the refrigerant so purified will finally be conveyed to a reservoir tank for re-use.

Abstract: A system for cooling cooked product by means of a shower achieves particularly efficient cooling through intermittent operation of the shower and is provided with a showering cabinet having separation of contaminated and uncontamined shower coolant. The floor of the cabinet is provided with a perforated upper surface which has imperforate troughs for receiving the wheels of a product-containing rack. In addition, at least one walkway extends along the floor and is adapted to be covered entirely by a removeable, vaulted walkway cover. Coolant passing through the perforated upper surface is accumulated and recirculated for use by the shower. However, contaminated coolant which accumulates in the troughs, is routed to a drain for disposal. The vaulted cover shields the contaminated walkway, prevents coolant from being contaminated by the walkway and directs the coolant to the perforated upper surface for recirculation.

Abstract: A product, such as tobacco, is introduced into a processing chamber that is coupled with a holding chamber. A cryogen vapor pressure is established in the processing chamber, and a compressor is operated to transfer liquid cryogen near equilibrium conditions by differential pressure flow from the holding chamber to the processing chamber and, after treatment, and for returning liquid cryogen by differential pressure flow back to the holding chamber. Pressure in both chambers is maintained above the saturation pressure whenever differential pressure transfer occurs. Vapor from the processing chamber is recovered in first, second and third gas receivers which are respectively interconnected by a low-pressure compressor and a high-pressure compressor. After treatment, a processing chamber is sequentially interconnected with the first receiver, then with the second gas receiver and subsequently with the third gas receiver.

Abstract: A closed loop apparatus for spraying coolant against the back of a radiation target. The coolant is circulated through a closed loop with a bubble of inert gas being maintained around the spray. Mesh material is disposed between the bubble and the surface of the liquid coolant which is below the bubble at a predetermined level. In a second embodiment no inert gas is used, the bubble consisting of vapor produced when the coolant is sprayed against the target.

Abstract: A closed loop apparatus for spraying coolant against the back of a radiation target. The coolant is circulated through a closed loop with a bubble of inert gas being maintained around the spray. Mesh material is disposed between the bubble and the surface of the liquid coolant which is below the bubble at a predetermined level. In a second embodiment no inert gas is used, the bubble consisting of vapor produced when the coolant is sprayed against the target.

Abstract: A produce warmer for raising the temperature of cold produce taken from a cold environment and about to be processed includes a refrigerant circuit in which an evaporative cooler and a heat exchanger are arranged in series for circulation of a refrigerant between them. The direction is such that heat is taken from the heat exchanger and is transferred to the evaporative cooler. There is a first housing for warm produce to be cooled, and this housing is included in a secondary water circuit also inclusive of the heat exchanger. The water in the secondary circuit is circulated in a direction to pick up heat from the produce and to transfer such heat to the heat exchanger. Following this the returning cool water is sprayed over the warm produce in the first housing and is recirculated. Should there be no warm produce for the first housing, an alternative supply of heat is afforded by a fan introducing warm air to the first housing.

Abstract: The initial quick freeze (IQF) pan includes a horizontal baffle plate about which liquid freezant is recirculated continuously in a flow path having a lower reversely directed portion, a semi-circular intermediate portion, and an upper forwardly directed portion terminating at a sharp crested weir adjacent which the freezant flow divides, the relatively high velocity freezant surface layer passing over the crest of the weir while the lower main body of freezant is recirculated into the lower reversely directed flow path portion. Food particles are dropped into the freezant as it flows along the upper forwardly directed flow path portion and are carried by the relatively high velocity freezant surface layer over the crest of the weir.

Abstract: A system for extracorporeal perfusion of human organs wherein a pulsatile flow of cold perfusate is circulated through an organ intended for transplantation. The system includes a perfusion chamber, a heat exchanger comprising an ice water bath containing a coil of tubing through which perfusate is circulated, and a pulsatile pump interposed in the line between the heat exchanger and the perfusion chamber, downstream of that exchanger, for drawing cold perfusate through the exchanger and directing it in a series of regular pulses to the organ. The system is particularly adapted for use in a compact portable perfusion unit.

Abstract: A portable, self-contained, refrigerated storage and transportation container for preserving perishable commodities includes an insulated storage chamber for the perishable commodities. A recirculating liquid cooling system is provided within the container and includes conduit and nozzle means disposed within the storage chamber adapted to spray a liquid coolant, such as chilled brine, directly onto the perishable commodities to maintain them at a uniform cool temperature. The sprayed liquid coolant is collected in the bottom portion of the storage chamber. A closed refrigeration system is also provided within the container and includes, in part, heat exchange means disposed within the bottom portion of the storage chamber for cooling the sprayed liquid coolant which has collected there.

Abstract: A freezing apparatus comprises a cooling hollow body to receive food products to be frozen thereon and to be driven for rotation, a flexible container made of a flexible sheet material which is arranged on the upper surface of the cooling hollow body so as to cover said products placed on said upper surface, a cold brine circulating path including the hollow portion of the cooling hollow body and the interior of the flexible container which are mutually communicated to feed cold brine, a plurality of adapters attached to the outer periphery of the flexible container, and a guide rail provided around the outer periphery of the flexible container to slidably support the adapters. The flexible container is moved synchronously with the cooling hollow body due to a frictional force resulted between the flexible container and the cooling hollow body.