Patents Examined by John K. Ford
  • Patent number: 4671343
    Abstract: Heat exchanging device wherein plural number of support plates are provided at a required distance from one another, a plurality of through holes are formed on these support plates, a plurality of heating tubes of a fluorocarbon resin are put in each of the through holes independently from one another and these heating tubes are held by the support plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Nisshin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masafumi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 4671351
    Abstract: The heat exchanger, which forms a part of the fluid treatment apparatus of this invention, includes an insulated tubular having concentric telescopically nested spaced tubes, wherein the space between the tubes is sealed and filled with an inert gas. The surfaces of the tubes are coated with a hydrogen permeation barrier preferably comprising an aluminum-iron alloy, nickel or copper which limits atomic hydrogen permeation into the space between the tubes, which would combine to form hydrogen gas and result in heat loss. The insulated tubular is telescopically nested in a pipe, forming a fluid heat exchanger and the heat exchanger is telescopically nested in fluid waste circulation pipes, forming the fluid treatment apparatus of this invention. The preferred fluid heat exchanger is a vertically extending deep well reactor suitable for wet oxidation reaction of fluid wastes including municipal sludge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: VerTech Treatment Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald C. Rappe
  • Patent number: 4669533
    Abstract: A self-contained, wall-mountable cooling and filtering unit for hydraulic drive fluid featuring a coiled heat transfer pipe in a coil chamber which surrounds a drum-type filter cartridge, the hot fluid flowing through the coil chamber in the axial direction, before traversing the filter cartridge in a radial inward direction and exiting from the device. The heat transfer pipe is a finned pipe with an integral helical fin having is originally radial fin wall bent away at four folding lines in a rectangle, to form aligned fold segments in four longitudinal surface planes. The fold segments support superposed pipe turns in the heat transfer coil while positioning the latter against the walls of the coil chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Inventor: Karl Hehl
  • Patent number: 4669532
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between engine lubricating oil and engine coolant comprises a heat exchange element made up of a plurality of stacked and spaced plate type heat exchange units. The heat exchange units are provided with successive flow openings through which the oil introduced from an inlet opening flows. A bypass valve is provided to control the flow of the oil passing through a bypass opening which is in communication with the flow openings of the heat exchange units. The bypass valve is of the oil temperature responsive type and adapted to open the bypass opening at oil temperatures below a predetermined level, thereby bypassing much of the oil in the heat exchange units when oil temperature is so low that cooling of the oil is unnecessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tsuchiya Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masahiro Tejima, Yoshimitsu Nojima
  • Patent number: 4667730
    Abstract: The temperature regulating apparatus for a laboratory reaction vessel arrangement, comprises a reaction vessel and a thermal chamber for a fluid heat exchange medium which at least partially surrounds the reaction vessel. A jacketing vessel is provided with at least one inlet aperture for said fluid heat exchange medium and at least partially surrounds the thermal chamber. The at least one inlet aperture is arranged to extend through the jacketing vessel and into the thermal chamber, and a nozzle is arranged in a region of the at least one inlet aperture. This nozzle has an outlet orifice and is arranged in the region of the at least one inlet aperture such that the fluid heat exchange medium flows through the nozzle and out of the outlet orifice and such that the fluid heat exchange medium flowing out of the outlet orifice subsequently flows into said thermal chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Contraves AG
    Inventor: Georg Zemp
  • Patent number: 4655278
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for simultaneously regulating the temperature of interior air, and ventilating the interior air with air from outside by means of passing said interior air through an interior heat exchanger, simultaneously passing outside air through an outside heat exchanger, extracting a portion of the inside air, and directing it to the outside air for venting outside, simultaneously extracting a portion of the outside air and venting it to the inside air, continuously passing a heat exchange medium into one of the heat exchangers, and transferring the heat exchange medium from one heat exchanger to the other heat exchanger, via an expansion device to procure transfer of heat from one heat exchanger to the other, and passing the heat exchange medium through flow controls, responsive to temperature of the inside air, to selectively direct flow of medium either to one of the heat exchangers or to the other. Also disclosed is a method of regulating temperature by means of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Cambridge Manufacturing Climate Control Products Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Seguin
  • Patent number: 4655280
    Abstract: This invention relates to a two-way cooling pipe for cooling a die or mold which is used for die casting or a similar forming process. This pipe is a hollow pipe, the interior of which is divided axially by a baffle which provides a forward channel and a backward channel for the cooling water to pass. Cooling of the die is achieved by feeding cooling water to the inside of the die from the forward channel in the cooling pipe which has been inserted in the die from the back thereof, and then removing the cooling water through the backward channel of the cooling pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Fuso Keigokin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4655277
    Abstract: For parallel heat exchangers, one using a more preferred heat exchange medium as a heat exchange source and another using a less preferred heat exchange medium, maximum use of the more preferred heat exchange medium is used prior to use of the less preferred heat exchange medium in achieving a desired total heat exchange through the parallel heat exchange system. In employing such a heat exchange system in a cracking process it is combined with individual control of flows of feed fluid and diluent fluid to a plurality of individual cracking tubes in a cracking furnace to maintain a desired mass flow of feed fluid and ratio of mass diluent fluid to steam fluid to each such cracking tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Gary L. Funk, William S. Stewart, Guy S. Pennington, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4653689
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner is provided with a "lost motion" mechanism for drivingly connecting first and second shafts with one common actuator such that an air-mix door and a water cock are driven by the one common actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Sakurai, Koichi Doi
  • Patent number: 4651813
    Abstract: A process for the setting of a constant temperature for a fluid, and furtmore, to a thermostat for implementing the process. The constant temperature is set by the heating up of the fluid during its flow through a heat source. The fluid, prior to the setting of the constant temperature, is initially cooled down to a lower temperature, such that the temperature difference which is reached between the constant temperature and a lower temperature, is higher than the temperature-overshooting range of the cooling regulating circuit. These measures simplify the setting of the constant temperature inasmuch as only the heat source need be equipped with a high-performance regulator. Through the cooling section which is connected ahead of the heating element, there is maintained a minimum temperature differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Kernforschungsanlage Julich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Jorg-D. Witt, Peter Schmidt
  • Patent number: 4651814
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery apparatus is disclosed which recovers the waste heat of high temperature exhaust gas discharged from a furnace. The apparatus includes a radiation body made of ceramic material, which is formed with a heat radiation surface arranged adjacent to an exhaust gas outlet of the furnace, and directed toward the inside of the furnace. The radiation body has a plurality of regular channels allowing passage of the exhaust gas therethrough. Exhaust gas passes through the channels and heats the radiation body, and a substantial amount of the holding heat of the exhaust gas is radiated from the radiation surface toward the inside of the furnace, allowing an efficient waste heat recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Ito, Jun Yonehara, Yoshinari Tanigawa, Minoru Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 4649989
    Abstract: A steam generator having a steam generator chamber, a tube plate bordering the chamber, tubes terminating in the tube plate being accessible through the steam generator chamber, a tubular column in the steam generator chamber having an end facing toward the tube plate, and a swivel arm extended from the tubular column being movable parallel to the tube plate for carrying a device for testing and/or repairing the steam generator tubes, includes a clamping element for positioning the tubular column relative to a tube of the tube plate, and a coupling being detachable from outside the steam generator chamber connecting the clamping element to the tubular column, the clamping element including a drive element disposed in the tubular column, an expansion plunger connected to the drive element for axially inserting the expansion plunger partially into a tube, an expansion sleeve formed of separate clamping jaws for engaging the tubes, the clamping jaws having ends being insertible into a tube, and a holding element
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Brown Boveri Reaktor GmbH
    Inventors: Huibrecht P. Vermaat, Heiko Forch, Lothar Mehr
  • Patent number: 4649991
    Abstract: A cross-counter-stream module for material and/or heat exchange done with a hollow filament bundle cast into a housing at its ends and a mechanism for conducting the material flow to the outside of the hollow filaments. The hollow filaments are cast at their ends as a stack into a housing, the stack being composed of one or more layers which consist of strata of hollow filaments fixed in a plane through cross-pieces transverse to their lumen directions, the cross-pieces being arranged tightly superimposed at all locations inside one layer, disposed at predetermined constant intervals, with the intermediate spaces between the hollow filaments filled by the cross-pieces at the places of crossing, and with the cross-pieces composed of a polymer with a melting point from 80.degree. to 190.degree. C. and a residual adhesion at room temperature. Preferably, the polymer is a polyamide, a polyethylene, a copolymer of polyethylene and vinyl acetate, or a copolyether-ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Akzo NV
    Inventors: Clemens Neuhaus, Rudiger Lucks, Hans G. Breidohr, Gerhard Wick
  • Patent number: 4648443
    Abstract: The invention is, on the one hand, a heat exchanger comprising at least one tube (1) and at least one ribbing made of a heat conducting material folded to a concertina-like shape, where the ribbing has ribs (2), each of them being substantially perpendicular to the axis (10) of the tube (1) and comprising wings (4A, 4B) and a rib base (3) between them, and where the ribs (2) are attached to the tube (1) at their rib base (3). At least one of said wings (4A, 4B) of each ribs (2) comprises patterns interrupting the continuity of the wing material, and/or bent surfaces making an acute angle (.alpha.) to a plane perpendicular to the axis (10) of the tube (1). The patterns may be cutouts (7A, 7B), holes (8), outpressed parts (9) or embossings (17A, 17B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Energiagazdalkodasi Intezet
    Inventors: Laszlo Szucs, Jozsef Szabo, Csaba Tasnadi
  • Patent number: 4644621
    Abstract: An improved high speed process for texturing continuous filament yarn is provided wherein the improvement comprises cooling the yarn, subsequent to texturing and prior to applying tension, by contact for at least 4 milliseconds with a curved surface at a temperature of -29.degree. to 2.degree. C. and an RMS of up to 10, frictional forces creating a yarn tension of 0.036 to 0.45 gram per denier per end at the surface. Apparatus is also provided for cooling the continuous filament yarn subsequent to texturing and prior to applying tension. The apparatus comprises a curved surface having a minimum length for yarn contact of 7.6 cm, an RMS of up to 10 and a temperature of -29.degree. to 2.degree. C. Textured yarn brought into contact with the surface for at least 4 milliseconds at a yarn tension of 0.036 to 0.045 gram per denier per end is cooled to increase yarn stability and prevent pullout of yarn texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel L. Yates, Frank L. Peckinpaugh, Thomas A. Flower, Michael K. Westmoreland
  • Patent number: 4643248
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (1) has a plurality of metallic fluid flow tubes (5) secured adjacent their ends by tube sheets (6, 7). A non-corrodible, erosion resistance, non-metallic elongated sleeve-like insert (30) is telescopingly mounted within a tube. The insert length corresponds closely with the length of the finite tube end section (21) subject to damage from fluid turbulence, which has been found to be in the range of about 5 to 12 inches depending upon the tube I.D. as well as fluid velocity and pressures. To prevent undesirable penetration of corrosive materials and gases into any void that may exist between the plastic insert and metallic heat exchanger tube, a filler (33) of adhesive epoxy or the like may be applied to fill the void. The insert (30) provides only a single element reduction in passage diameter. When a tube cleaning brush (25) and basket (26) system is also utilized, brush diameter reduction relative to the tube I.D. is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Water Services of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Voith, Kaveh S. Someah
  • Patent number: 4643245
    Abstract: A cooling system for a computer that has a circuit board provided whereby the computer can be placed thereon allowing air blown from a blower motor to flow across a base member up through the computer thus cooling the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Inventors: Edmond Smoot, III, George Spector
  • Patent number: 4642149
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in heat exchangers of the type having a container which defines a cylindrical cavity and a cluster of parallel cooling tubes extending through the cylindrical cavity. The housing is provided with a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a center baffle dividing the cylindrical cavity into an inlet compartment and an outlet compartment. The inlet and the outlet are located on opposite sides of the center baffle, but near one edge thereof. An opening is provided near the opposite edge of the baffle, such that fluid must circulate through a nearly circular path within the cylindrical housing between the inlet and the outlet conduits. A second fluid such as cool air, may be blown through the parallel tubes for removing heat from the fluid in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Inventor: Jay Harper
  • Patent number: 4640345
    Abstract: This invention provides a structure of a heat exchanger in which a hollow drum, into which a heating or heated medium can be charged, is rotatably housed in a cylindrical outer casing, a large number of hollow projections are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the hollow drum, heating medium supply and discharge passages defined by a partition are provided within the hollow drum, and these heating medium supply and discharge passages communicate with hollow portions of the projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Inventor: Jinichi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 4638852
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for dehumidification of compressed air. The improved heat exchanger employs an air-to-air heat exchanger portion and a air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger portion that are arranged substantially parallel and coextensive. Each of these heat exchanger portions are made up of a plurality of tube units, each tube unit having three concentric tubes. The tubes terminate at each end in separate header units. Incoming air is passed co-currently in the air-to-air heat exchanger portion with air that has been dehumidified, whereupon a precooling stage is achieved. This precooled air is then passed countercurrently to refrigerant in the air-to-refrigerant portion of the heat exchanger for causing condensation of moisture therein. This cool air is passed through a moisture separator, with the dehumidified air being recycled through the air-to-air heat exchanger portion prior to use, as set forth above. The components are fabricated from standard tubing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Inventors: Sanjiv K. Basseen, Richard A. Harlan