Patents by Inventor Etsushi Nagae

Etsushi Nagae has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20080216341
    Abstract: To minimize the heat energy required for supplying dry air. A dry air-supplying apparatus 1 comprises a dry air-supplying air path 6 for supplying air from the surroundings that has been heated as dry air and a discharge air path 7 for discharging the moist air to the surroundings after the drying operation by the supplied dry air. Thus, the dry air-supplying air path draws in surrounding air and provides heat-exchanges by a heat exchanger 13 with the air in the discharge air path, this heat-exchanged air is heated by a radiator 14 and is supplied as dry air; while the discharge air path provides heat-exchanges, by the heat exchanger, the moist air after the drying operation with the air in the dry air-supplying air path, cools and dehumidifies the air that has been heat-exchanged by a cooler, and discharges it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Yoshiaki Kurosawa, Masahisa Otake, Etsushi Nagae
  • Patent number: 7293428
    Abstract: A refrigerating machine comprising a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device, a gas-liquid separator, plural heat absorbers functioning selectively in different temperature zones, a unit for allowing introduction of gas refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator into an intermediate pressure portion of the compressor, and a low pressure side circuit in which liquid refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator is circulated, wherein the low pressure side circuit is provided with at least a heat absorber functioning in a low temperature zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Itsuki, Akira Sugawara, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Etsushi Nagae, Satoshi Imai, Kazuaki Mizukami, Ichiro Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20060218952
    Abstract: There are provided a refrigerating device capable of efficiently performing a refrigerant recovering operation even in a case where there are disposed a plurality of heat absorbing units functioning in different temperature zones, and a refrigerator including this refrigerating device. A refrigerating device 30 includes a compressor 1, a radiator 2, an expansion valve 3, a gas-liquid separator 4, a first heat absorbing unit 10 through which a liquid refrigerant from this gas-liquid separator 4 flows, and a second heat absorbing unit 11, and the refrigerating device performs a refrigerant recovering operation of stopping circulation of the refrigerant into the second heat absorbing unit 11, operating the compressor 1, recovering the refrigerant stored in a heat sink 58, and sending the refrigerant to the gas-liquid separator 4 to store the refrigerant in a state in which circulation of the refrigerant into the first heat absorbing unit 10 is stopped after ending a freezing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Etsushi Nagae, Kazuaki Mizukami, Hiroyuki Itsuki, Hiroshi Mukaiyama
  • Publication number: 20060168996
    Abstract: An object is to provide a refrigerating device capable of realizing a high-efficiency operation in a case where there is disposed, in a refrigerating cycle, a compressor having: a plurality of heat sinks which function in different temperature zones; and an intermediate-pressure portion. The refrigerating device comprises: the compressor having the intermediate-pressure portion; and a radiator connected to a discharge side of the compressor, a refrigerant pipe on an outlet side of the radiator is branched, one of the branched refrigerant pipes is provided with a first heat absorbing unit including a first pressure reducing section and a first heat sink, and the other refrigerant pipe is provided with a second heat absorbing unit including a second pressure reducing section and a second heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Satoshi Imai, Hiroyuki Itsuki, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Masahisa Otake, Etsushi Nagae, Itsuo Nakazaki, Akira Sugawara
  • Patent number: 6981336
    Abstract: There is disclosed a washing/drying machine having a purpose of shortening a time required for a washing operation and improving an operation efficiency, and comprising: an inner drum in which things to be washed are accommodated and in which a washing operation of the things to be washed and a drying operation after end of the washing operation are performed; a water supply passage for supplying water into the inner drum and a drainage passage for discharging the water from the inner drum in the washing operation; a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion valve, an evaporator and the like are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping and in which carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant; and a blower for blowing air which has exchanged heat with the gas cooler into the inner drum to allow the air passed through the inner drum to exchange the heat with the evaporator in the drying operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsushi Nagae, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Koji Ono, Masaya Tadano, Tetsuya Masuda, Kazuyoshi Tomochika, Takahiro Nakamura, Masakatsu Morishige, Harumi Takeuchi, Kiyokazu Fujikawa, Tamotsu Kawamura, Motohiko Kosano, Shinichi Akiyama, Nobuo Koumoto
  • Publication number: 20050204773
    Abstract: A refrigerating machine is equipped with a compressor 1, a radiator 2, a pressure-reducing device 3, a gas-liquid separator 4, a unit for introducing the gas refrigerant separated in gas-liquid separator 4 into an intermediate pressure portion of the compressor, and a low pressure side circuit 9 in which liquid refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator is circulated. The low pressure side circuit 9 is provided with a heat absorbing unit 10 which selectively functions in different temperature zones. When the heat absorbing unit 10 is made to function in a high temperature zone, the gas refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator 4 is inhibited from being introduced into the intermediate pressure portion of the compressor 1 is inhibited, or allowed to be introduced into another intermediate pressure portion which is lower in pressure than the intermediate pressure portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Satoshi Imai, Akira Sugawara, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Etsushi Nagae, Hiroyuki Itsuki, Kazuaki Mizukami, Ichiro Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20050198996
    Abstract: A refrigerating machine comprising a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device, a gas-liquid separator, plural heat absorbers functioning selectively in different temperature zones, a unit for allowing introduction of gas refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator into an intermediate pressure portion of the compressor, and a low pressure side circuit in which liquid refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator is circulated, wherein the low pressure side circuit is provided with at least a heat absorber functioning in a low temperature zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Itsuki, Akira Sugawara, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Etsushi Nagae, Satoshi Imai, Kazuaki Mizukami, Ichiro Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20050198978
    Abstract: A refrigerating machine having a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device, a gas-liquid separator, a unit for selectively introducing gas refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator into an intermediate pressure portion of the compressor, and a low pressure side circuit in which liquid refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator is circulated. The low pressure side circuit is provided with a heat absorbing unit functioning selectively in one of different temperature zones, and refrigerant passing through the selected heat absorbing unit is returned to a suction portion of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Itsuki, Akira Sugawara, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Etsushi Nagae, Satoshi Imai, Kazuaki Mizukami, Ichiro Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6938356
    Abstract: A washing/drying machine has objects to shorten a time required for a washing operation, to improve a heat exchange capability in a radiator and an evaporator, and to shorten a drying time for things to be dried, and comprises: an accommodating chamber in which things to be washed (things to be dried) are accommodated and in which a drying operation of the things to be washed is performed; a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a gas cooler, a decompression device, an evaporator and the like are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping and in which carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant and which has a supercritical pressure on a high pressure side thereof; and blower means for blowing air which has exchanged heat with the radiator into the accommodating chamber to allow the air passed through the accommodating chamber to exchange the heat with the evaporator, wherein the blower means constitutes a circulation direction of the air passed through the gas cooler, and that of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsushi Nagae, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Koji Ono, Masaya Tadano, Tetsuya Masuda, Kazuyoshi Tomochika, Takahiro Nakamura, Masakatsu Morishige, Harumi Takeuchi, Kiyokazu Fujikawa, Tamotsu Kawamura, Motohiko Kosano, Shinichi Akiyama, Nobuo Koumoto
  • Publication number: 20050086824
    Abstract: An object in a drier is to reduce a cooling time after completion of a drying operation and improve operation efficiency. The dryer comprises a storage room to accommodate a drying target and performs the drying operation and a cooling operation after completion of the drying operation for the drying target in the storage room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Koji Ono, Masahisa Otake, Masaya Tadano, Etsushi Nagae, Hiroshi Mukaiyama
  • Publication number: 20050086827
    Abstract: A washing/drying machine has objects to shorten a time required for a washing operation, to improve a heat exchange capability in a radiator and an evaporator, and to shorten a drying time for things to be dried, and comprises: an accommodating chamber in which things to be washed (things to be dried) are accommodated and in which a drying operation of the things to be washed is performed; a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a gas cooler, a decompression device, an evaporator and the like are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping and in which carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant and which has a supercritical pressure on a high pressure side thereof; and blower means for blowing air which has exchanged heat with the radiator into the accommodating chamber to allow the air passed through the accommodating chamber to exchange the heat with the evaporator, wherein the blower means constitutes a circulation direction of the air passed through the gas cooler, and that of
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Etsushi Nagae, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Koji Ono, Masaya Tadano, Tetsuya Masuda, Kazuyoshi Tomochika, Takahiro Nakamura, Masakatsu Morishige, Harumi Takeuchi, Kiyokazu Fujikawa, Tamotsu Kawamura, Motohiko Kosano, Shinichi Akiyama, Nobuo Koumoto
  • Publication number: 20050072022
    Abstract: There is disclosed a washing/drying machine having a purpose of shortening a time required for a washing operation and improving an operation efficiency, and comprising: an inner drum in which things to be washed are accommodated and in which a washing operation of the things to be washed and a drying operation after end of the washing operation are performed; a water supply passage for supplying water into the inner drum and a drainage passage for discharging the water from the inner drum in the washing operation; a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion valve, an evaporator and the like are successively connected to one another in an annular form via a piping and in which carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant; and a blower for blowing air which has exchanged heat with the gas cooler into the inner drum to allow the air passed through the inner drum to exchange the heat with the evaporator in the drying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Etsushi Nagae, Hiroshi Mukaiyama, Koji Ono, Masaya Tadano, Tetsuya Masuda, Kazuyoshi Tomochika, Takahiro Nakamura, Masakatsu Morishige, Harumi Takeuchi, Kiyokazu Fujikawa, Tamotsu Kawamura, Motohiko Kosano, Shinichi Akiyama, Nobuo Koumoto