Abstract: An ice-making freezer having a freezer assembly; a fluid reservoir coupled to the freezer assembly by a hose and configured to contain a fluid; and a mounting assembly configured to adjust the fluid reservoir to be in a first position during an ice-making mode and in a second position during a cleaning mode, wherein when the fluid reservoir is in the second position the fluid submerges at least a portion of the freezer assembly.

Abstract: An ice-making freezer having a freezer assembly; a fluid reservoir coupled to the freezer assembly by a hose and configured to contain a fluid; and a mounting assembly configured to adjust the fluid reservoir to be in a first position during an ice-making mode and in a second position during a cleaning mode, wherein when the fluid reservoir is in the second position the fluid submerges at least a portion of the freezer assembly.

Abstract: There is an ice machine. The machine has i) a cabinet, ii) an icemaker adapted to making ice, iii) a bin situated in the cabinet below the icemaker, (iv) a drawer positioned in the bin. The icemaker is situated in the cabinet. The drawer is substantially non-refrigerated and is adapted to being pulled at least partially out of the cabinet. The drawer has an opening at the top thereof such that ice can be removed directly or indirectly by hand and has a drain therein to allow melt water to drain out.

Abstract: There is an ice machine. The machine has i) a cabinet, ii) an icemaker, iii) a bin, and iv) a liner. The icemaker is adapted to making ice and is situated in the cabinet. The bin has an interior therein. The liner is situated at least partly in the interior of the bin and at least generally conforms to the shape thereof. The liner is adapted to receive and retain the ice from the ice maker. The liner is removable from the bin. The liner defines an opening such that ice can be removed directly or indirectly by hand.

Abstract: An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a separate condenser package. Each of these packages has a weight that can generally by handled by one or two installers for ease of installation. The noisy compressor and condenser packages can be located remotely of the evaporator package. The maximum height distance between the evaporator package and the condenser package is greatly enhanced by the three package system. A pressure regulator operates during a harvest cycle to limit flow of refrigerant leaving the evaporator, thereby increasing pressure and temperature of the refrigerant in the evaporator and assisting in defrost thereof. The evaporator can be integrated with a beverage dispenser and an ice dispenser.

Abstract: An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a separate condenser package. Each of these packages has a weight that can generally by handled by one or two installers for ease of installation. The noisy compressor and condenser packages can be located remotely of the evaporator package. The maximum height distance between the evaporator package and the condenser package is greatly enhanced by the three package system. A pressure regulator operates during a harvest cycle to limit flow of refrigerant leaving the evaporator, thereby increasing pressure and temperature of the refrigerant in the evaporator and assisting in defrost thereof. The evaporator can be integrated with a beverage dispenser and an ice dispenser.

Abstract: A hoist for a garage door opener has three main components. A base which is sufficiently wide to provide stability and has wheels to facilitate placement of the device, an extensible shaft extending from said base, and a self leveling workpiece holder for holding said garage door opener in position for installation. Installation of the garage door opener is then accomplished by placing the motor and motor housing of the opener on the workpiece holder and positioning the free end of the drive shaft of the opener above the door. Then the extensible shaft of the device is raised until the opener housing is properly positioned for installation on the garage ceiling. Once the opener housing is securely attached to the ceiling the device may be collapsed and transported or stored as required.

Abstract: A method for a radio frequency communication unit (110) (CU) to hand off from a losing node (120) to an alternate node (122) estimates one or more alternate node uplink times (240) and alternate node uplink frequencies (242), which the alternate node uplink signal comprises. During handoff, the CU (110) ceases communications with the losing node (120) and immediately begins communications with the alternate node (122) using the uplink time and uplink frequency. A CU apparatus (300) uses a processor (302) for carrying out calculations necessary for estimating the alternate node uplink time and frequency. Information necessary for the calculations, such as a downlink signal time-of-arrival and Doppler offset, are collected by a CU receiver (306). The CU receiver (306) and a CU transmitter (304) are used to support downlink signals (142) and uplink signals (140), respectively, between the CU (110) and a node (120, 122).

Abstract: Cellular communication systems (20) use repeaters (50) to communicate with subscriber units (24) otherwise shadowed from base stations (22). A networked repeater (50) is provided for use in a cellular communication system with low-earth orbit satellites (22) and mobile subscriber units (24). Networked repeater (50) includes a base transceiver module (54) for communicating with the base stations (22) and a plurality of subscriber transceiver modules (56), each of which communicates with subscriber units (24). The base transceiver module (54) is located so as to be unshadowed, i.e. able to have unimpeded communication with at least one of the satellites (22). The subscriber transceiver module (56) is located so as to provide unshadowed communication with the subscriber units (24) that would otherwise be shadowed, i.e. unable to have unimpeded communication with any of the satellites (22).

Abstract: In a dynamic communication system (90) wherein communication parameters vary appreciably between transmissions, mobile subscriber units (200) are susceptible to link blockages resulting in a loss of successive feedback instructing subscriber units (200) of adjustments to communication parameters to be employed in a subsequent transmission on a communication link (105). When a mobile subscriber unit (200) is airborne, an outage may occur from a control surface blockage during maneuvering. Aircraft avionics (290) supplies acceleration data representing aircraft movement for use in predicting subsequent communication parameters. A method and system are employed to predict subsequent communication parameters and employ these predictions during link blockages in an attempt to reestablish communications and upon the removal of a link blockage, a mobile subscriber unit (200) employs the predicted communication parameters to resume communications.

Abstract: In a dynamic communication system (90) wherein communication parameters vary between transmissions, subscriber units (200) are susceptible to intermittent link blockages. These blockages can result in a loss of successive feedback, instructing subscriber units (200) of adjustments to link parameters to be employed in a subsequent transmission on a communication link (105). Dynamic link parameters are predicted (240) continuously throughout intermittent link fades and these predictions are employed during link blockages in an attempt to re-establish communications. In addition, the subsequent resynchronization process resynchronizes the link parameter predicting model (240) based on how long the signal was interrupted.

Abstract: In a dynamic communication system (90) wherein communication parameters vary appreciably between transmissions, subscriber units (200) are susceptible to link blockages resulting in a loss of successive feedback instructing subscriber units (200) of adjustments to communication parameters to be employed in a subsequent transmission on a communication link (105). A method and system are employed to predict subsequent communication parameters and employ these predictions during link blockages in an attempt to reestablish communications and upon the removal of a link blockage, a subscriber unit (200) employs the predicted communication parameters in resuming communications without requiring complex reallocation of an additional communication link.

Abstract: A method for a radio frequency communication unit (110) (CU) to hand off from a losing node (120) to a gaining node (122) estimates a gaining node uplink time (210) and a gaining node uplink frequency (212), which the gaining node uplink signal comprises. During handoff, the CU (110) ceases communications with the losing node (120) and immediately begins communications with the gaining node (122) using the uplink time and uplink frequency. A CU apparatus (300) uses a processor (302) for carrying out calculations necessary for estimating the gaining node uplink time and frequency. Information necessary for the calculations, such as a downlink signal time-of-arrival and Doppler offset, are collected by a CU receiver (306). The CU receiver (306) and a CU transmitter (304) are used to support downlink signals (142) and uplink signals (140), respectively, between the CU (110) and a node (120, 122).