Abstract: A method of operating an auger ice-making machine having a refrigeration casing, an auger screw rotatably disposed inside the casing and feeding, while scraping, the ice frozen on an inner wall surface of the casing, a stocker for storing/retaining the ice fed, the stocker being formed with an ice discharge port of the stocker in order to discharge the ice to an exterior of the machine by being opened, and a stored-ice detector for detecting a high level, and a low level, of a quantity of ice stored within the stocker, wherein: when the stored-ice detector detects the high level, a controller is activated to stop ice-making operation, and when the quantity of ice stored decreases below the low level by a required quantity, the controller restarts the ice-making operation; and when the controller judges, during a stopped state of the ice-making operation, that a block of ice has occurred in the stocker, the controller restarts the ice-making operation, provided that the stored-ice detector has detected the low

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a gas flow generator formed with passages providing communication between an annular inlet chamber and a gas flow chamber, so that gas under pressure in the inlet chamber flows through the passages into the gas flow chamber. An energy transfer tube has a cylindrical interior space in communication with the gas flow chamber at one end of the tube and a throttle valve is installed in the energy transfer tube at its opposite end. An acoustic tone at a frequency in the range between about 1 kHz and about 20 kHz is spontaneously generated in the energy transfer tube when gas at a pressure exceeding about 100 psig is supplied to the inlet chamber.

Abstract: Supervisory controllers, and methods, for use in a coordinated IAQ and economizer system. Various control objectives are defined and met. Some illustrative control objectives include economizer control, sequencing of economizer free cooling with compressor driven cooling, indoor air quality and FAV aims, demand ventilation settings, system protection from low temperatures, and smoke, supervisory and fault tolerance commands. The controller may be self configuring. A tiered fault tolerant controller is also provided. An illustrative controller is configured to determine whether various system sensors and devices are operational. The illustrative controller is also configured to perform a first method when all system sensors and/or devices are functioning, and at least a second method in response to sensor or device failures. The supervisory controller may include integrated economizer control, or may be configured as a separate controller.

Abstract: A control system for an icemaker for an ice/beverage dispenser is responsive to both a sensed level of ice in an ice bin of the dispenser and to a customer ice usage profile to operate the icemaker at such times as to build ice for the ice bin just before and in sufficient time and quantity to meet an anticipated demand for ice. The control system may be programmed manually or automatically through use of adaptive algorithms, with ice usage patterns that identify the days and times of day when demands for ice will occur, and the control system then operates the icemaker in accordance with such ice usage patterns.

Abstract: A compression refrigeration system includes a compressor (1), a heat rejector (2), expansion means (3) and a heat absorber (4) connected in a closed circulation circuit that may operate with supercritical high-side pressure.

Abstract: A method and gas removing apparatus removes non-condensate gas from a heat pipe. The gas removing apparatus includes at least one heating unit, a sealing unit and a height-adjusting unit. The heating unit heats the heat pipe and includes a clip to clamp the heat pipe. The sealing unit is placed atop the heating unit and outside an opening of the heat pipe. The height-adjusting unit supports the heating unit and adjusts a height of the heating unit according to the length of the heat pipe, whereby the clip clamps on a lower portion of the heat pipe. During the removing operation of the non-condensate gas, the heating unit only heats a bottom portion of the heat pipe.

Abstract: An air conditioner, in which a controller is installed separately from a plurality of indoor units and a plurality of outdoor units so that only the controller is added and conventional outdoor units are used when plural indoor units are required, thereby reducing costs due to the omission of other outdoor units. The controller determines whether or not the outdoor units are respectively operated according to a signal of a temperature sensing unit, and selectively operates the outdoor units according to a required capacity, thereby increasing the operating efficiency of the air conditioner.

Abstract: To provide a control valve for a variable displacement compressor, which is capable of stably operating in a pressure control area, and causing the compressor to quickly shift to operation with the minimum displacement. The control valve for a variable displacement compressor is capable of realizing stable pressure control, since a force applied to a valve element in a valve-closing direction increases when the valve element is in a pressure control area, and is balanced with a force applied to the valve element in a valve-opening direction by the pressure of refrigerant. Further, when the valve element moves past an end point of the pressure control area, the force applied to the valve element in the valve-closing direction decreases to thereby increase the valve-opening degree of a valve portion when the valve portion is fully open.

Abstract: An expansion valve for a refrigerating cycle, in which the body dimensions and the weight of the whole valve can be reduced and a reduction in cost can be achieved.

Abstract: A current sensor for detecting a power supply current is commonly used for detecting a current of a stator winding to detect a rotational position of a magnet rotor, so that a sinusoidal driving is realized without adding two current sensors for detection of a phase current, and also a phase shift circuit and a comparator needed in the conventional 120-degree current feeding are not required, and the number of components can be reduced. Therefore, an inverter device with a low noise and low vibration, having a small size, light weight and high reliability is obtained.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooling/heating apparatus using waste heat from a fuel cell. The cooling/heating apparatus comprises a fuel cell, a hydrogen modifying unit, a cooling/heating unit, and refrigerant heating units. The cooling/heating unit includes at least one compressor, a four-way valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion device, and an indoor heat exchanger, to establish a heat pump type refrigerant cycle. The refrigerant heating units provide waste heat recovered from the fuel cell and the hydrogen modifying unit to a suction-side refrigerant line connected to the suction side of the compressor included in the cooling/heating unit to raise the temperature of a refrigerant. During a heating operation, the cooling/heating apparatus can achieve an enhancement in heating performance and an enhancement in system efficiency.

Abstract: An improved cab cooling system that operates by utilizing the conditioned air from a refrigerated trailer to cool the vehicle cab. As such, the energy from the vehicle engine is not relied upon. The apparatus is characterized by insulated and air tight components, which provides for tremendous operating efficiency. The apparatus has a connecting member that extends from a trailer cooling system, between the vehicle trailer and the cab, and into the cab cooling system. This apparatus is thought to be particularly useful in the context of the trucking industry.

Abstract: A cup holder for a motor vehicle includes a receiving device and a tempering device which is connected to an air-conditioning system. The air-conditioning system generates an air flow which is conveyed via an air-directing device to a beverage container which is retained in the receiving device. In order to provide a cup holder which is easily accessible to an occupant and may be tempered at the same time, the receiving device may be pulled out of a housing while remaining connected to the air-conditioning system.

Abstract: A single medium voltage starter box is mounted on a chiller unit with the other components of the chiller system. The starter box can be positioned on the chiller system unit to permit the starter box to be close coupled to the motor, and specifically to the main motor lead exit hub without the need for any power conduit connections between the starter box and the motor. In addition, the starter box also does not require any control interface and receives controls from a control panel. A short conduit connection between the control panel and the starter box is used to provide the necessary connections between the control panel and the starter box.

Abstract: A beverage cover capable of retaining temperature of beverage enclosed by the cover comprises an inner layer made of permeated material; a water-absorbing material; and an outer layer made of water-proof material. The water-absorbing material is Polycrystalline Sodium Acetate. The inner layer is hodrophil non-weaving cloth. The body has a rectangular shape and is installed with sticky strip. A body is made as a round cylinder and a center of the body serves to receive a beverage can; and a bottom of the body has a bottom plate.

Abstract: A heating and cooling system is provided for use on a work machine. The system may include one or more temperature sensors configured to collect environmental temperature information and a compressor-based HVAC unit having a compressor and providing in-cabin climate control based on circulation. The system may also include a thermoelectric HVAC unit to supplement the compressor-based HVAC unit. Further, the system may include a controller configured to control the thermoelectric HVAC unit and the compressor-based HVAC unit based on the environmental temperature information.

Abstract: A system for delivering water to a water dispenser or an icemaker of a refrigerator includes at least one anti-kink device employed in routing a water line. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the anti-kink device is attached to a support bracket for a valve of the water delivery system and aids in routing the water line adjacent an attachment of the water line to the valve. In addition to preventing kinking, the anti-kink device ensures proper water line/valve alignment to prevent side loading of the water line.

Abstract: Vertical storage systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a vertical storage system includes a first chamber, a second chamber adjacent to the first chamber, a vertical lift module or vertical carousel positioned in the first and second chambers. The first chamber is configured to store items at a first temperature, and the second chamber has an operating temperature different than the first temperature. The vertical lift module or vertical carousel has a first portion positioned in the first chamber and a second portion positioned in the second chamber.

Abstract: A dispenser assembly for a refrigerator includes a fill chamber and a dispenser housing positioned above the fill chamber. The dispenser is fed by a liquid supply line having a first end portion attached to a liquid source, a second end portion and an intermediate portion. The second end portion of the liquid supply line terminates at the dispenser housing above the fill chamber and is provided with a nozzle held in place by a clamp. The clamp is fixedly secured to the liquid supply line and includes a protrusion that engages a wall member on the dispenser housing to properly position the second end of the liquid supply line above the fill chamber.

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided which selectively opens or closes an inner cover according to the closing or opening of an auxiliary door. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator door to open or close a refrigerator storage chamber, a door storage space provided at an inner side of the door, an access opening formed through the door to allow a user to take out items stored in the door storage space from the outside, the auxiliary door mounted at an outer side of the door to open or close the access opening, an inner cover mounted at the inner side of the door in an openable manner to separate the door storage space from the storage chamber, and an inner cover opening/closing device to close the inner cover when the auxiliary door is opened and to open the inner cover when the auxiliary door is closed.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same. The refrigerator having at least one storage chamber includes a food container for containing food; an RF tag attached to the food container for sensing a temperature of the food; an RF reader for reading data regarding the temperature of the food from the RF tag; and a controller for controlling an internal temperature of the storage chamber such that the temperature of the food read by the RF reader reaches a predetermined temperature. The refrigerator receives data regarding the temperature of the food by a non-contact manner, thus more precisely detecting the temperature of the food and storing the food in a fresh state for a long time compared to a conventional refrigerator.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cooling system which has a compressor compressing a refrigerant, a condenser condensing the refrigerant compressed from the compressor, a capillary tube converting the refrigerant from the condenser into a low pressure condition, and an evaporator evaporating the refrigerant supplied from the capillary tube. A dryer is provided on a refrigerant line connecting the condenser and the capillary tube to remove impurities included in the refrigerant from the condenser; and a muffler is provided on a refrigerant line connecting the dryer and the capillary tube to decrease a range of fluctuation of the amount of liquid refrigerant flowing from the dryer to the capillary tube.

Abstract: The capacity of a compressor (21) in cleaning operation is set based on a Froude number Fr. The Froude number Fr expresses a ratio of an inertial force of a gas refrigerant flowing through a gas side communication pipe (70) to a gravity working on a liquid in the gas side communication pipe (70). The capacity of the compressor (21) in the cleaning operation is set so that the Froude number Fr is larger than 1, whereby the inertial force of the gas refrigerant flowing through the gas side communication pipe (70) becomes larger than the gravity working on the liquid in the gas side communication pipe (70) which contains mineral oil and foreign matters. In this connection, the liquid containing the mineral oil and the foreign matters is pushed up by the gas refrigerant even in a perpendicularly extending portion of the gas side communication pipe (70).

Abstract: A thermodynamic machine for the absorption and emission of heat at different temperatures has at least one thermodynamic device with at least one membrane separating a gas phase and a liquid phase provided for transport of heat, wherein the at least one membrane is permeable for at least one component contained in the gas and liquid phases. The at least one membrane is a porous membrane or a solution diffusion membrane or a modification of the porous membrane or a modification of the solution diffusion membrane.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for cooling. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a lightweight, compact, reliable, and efficient cooling system. The subject system can provide heat stress relief to individuals operating under, for example, hazardous conditions, or in elevated temperatures, while wearing protective clothing. The subject invention also relates to a condenser for transferring heat from a refrigerant to an external fluid in thermal contact with the condenser. The subject condenser can have a heat transfer surface and can be designed for an external fluid, such as air, to flow across the heat transfer surface and allow the transfer of heat from heat transfer surface to the external fluid. In a specific embodiment, the flow of the external fluid is parallel to the heat transfer surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger for use in an air conditioner. The heat exchanger is provided with a path switching unit at a tube that forms a refrigerant path. The path switching unit is used to switch the flow path of a refrigerant passing through the tube in accordance with a cooling or heating load, thereby regulating the flow rate of the refrigerant. The use of the path switching unit has the effect of achieving an effective control of cooling or heating capacity thereof based on an external load.

Abstract: A refrigerating apparatus, including a turbo compressor including a driving motor and a plurality of bearing members supporting a rotation axis of the driving motor; a condenser provided to condense a refrigerant gas compressed from the turbo compressor; a refrigerant supplying part supplying a part of a refrigerant discharged from an outlet of the condenser to the turbo compressor to cool down the driving motor and the bearing members; and a refrigerant discharging part provided to discharge a cooling refrigerant supplied by the refrigerant supplying part and passing through the turbo compressor. Thus, the refrigerating apparatus cools a driving motor and a bearing member of a turbo compressor without difficulty. Also, the refrigerating apparatus restrains a refrigerant from leaking between an impeller and a diffuser, and increases the efficiency of the turbo compressor.

Abstract: A connecting method and structure is provided to reliably ensure the compressive strength of the joint between a heat transfer pipe and a capillary tube when connecting the capillary tube to the heat transfer pipe by direct brazing. In the connection structure between the heat transfer pipe and the capillary tube, a pinched part in which a pipe end part of the capillary tube is inserted and a brazing filler material pooling part for pooling on a pipe end face side of the pinched part the brazing filler material that flows into the pinched part are formed. When inserted into the pinched part, the capillary tube is brazed to the heat transfer pipe.

Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus, provided with a refrigerant circuit (90) having a plurality of refrigerant circulating routes and capable of operation in a mode where the plurality of refrigerant circulating routes differ in refrigerant evaporation temperature and/or in refrigerant condensation temperature, is activated by a single scroll compressor (10) including a casing (11) in which are arranged two compression mechanisms (31, 32), thereby making it possible to accomplish install-space savings, cost-cutting, and high-efficiency operation.

Abstract: A gas liquefaction plant includes a pre-cooling exchanger which pre-cools a feed gas by means of indirect heat exchange with a first refrigerant; a first refrigerant compressor which compresses the first refrigerant which has been used for refrigerating the feed gas in the pre-cooling exchanger; a cryogenic heat exchanger which refrigerates and liquefies the feed gas which has been pre-cooled by the pre-cooling exchanger by means of indirect heat exchange with a second refrigerant; a second refrigerant compressor which refrigerates the second refrigerant which has been used for cooling and liquefying the feed gas in the cryogenic heat exchanger; and a piping complex which receives piping used in the gas liquefaction plant, wherein the pre-cooling exchanger, the first refrigerant compressor, the cryogenic heat exchanger, and the second refrigerant compressor are installed at one side of the piping complex.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for improving the efficiency of processes for the recovery of natural gas liquids from a gas feed, e.g., raw natural gas or a refinery or petrochemical plant gas stream. These methods may be employed with most, if not all, conventional separation methods using distillation towers, e.g., a demethanizer and/or deethanizer column. The methods of the present invention involve installing an internal refrigeration system consisting of an open cycle refrigerant withdrawn from a distillation column and a closed cycle refrigerant derived from the open cycle refrigeration system. A separator is installed downstream of the recycle compressor discharge cooler in the open cycle refrigeration scheme. At least a portion of liquid withdrawn from this separator is used as a closed cycle refrigerant by indirect heat exchange with the inlet gas or other process streams. Thus a closed refrigeration cycle enhances the performance of the open refrigeration cycle.

Abstract: The ring has at least two mutually rotatable parts, with a detent mechanism for respectively one of two mutually rotatable parts, and securing means. For improving the detent mechanism and the substantially play-free retention the detent mechanism is respectively provided in the intersecting plane (S) of two mutually rotatable parts and the mutually rotatable parts are secured by at least one springable element. Furthermore, if marks are provided on the surfaces of the ring, the most varied appearances can be altered and obtained by rotating one of the parts. This applies particularly if the surfaces of the parts are not even but wave-shaped.

Abstract: The invention relates to jewelry. More particularly, the invention relates to jewelry settings. Even more particularly, the invention relates to jewelry settings for displaying multiple faces or gems in a setting of a piece of jewelry, such as a ring, bracelet, pendant, brooch, necklace, religious icon, watch, earring, pin for clothing, hat pin, and the like. The setting may use a face rotatable about at least one axis and an engagement mechanism. The face may be a two-sided face or two separate faces, one facing outwardly away from the user and being visible, the other one of the faces being movable for facing toward the user and being hidden when the one face is visible.

Abstract: The invention is intended for use in jewelry industry. A composite set of jewelry ornaments contains decorative elements in the form of settings with stones and a connector with a lock, characterized in that it contains tubular elements and tubular elements in combination with settings with stones. The tubular elements are provided with one or more cross through openings. The settings are provided with eyeholes or through mounting openings. The ratio of length to diameter of tubular elements is in the range of from 1/1 to 30/1. All components of the set are made of precious metals or alloys thereof or plated with precious metals or alloys thereof. Tubular elements may be arcuate or bent at an angle, S-shaped, faceted, e.g., tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexahedral or dome-shaped, or in the form of paraboloid of revolution, or in the form of a series of spheres having equal or different diameters with polished or mat surface or with a combination of both types of surface states, or with shaped surface, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the fabrication of a porous silica sphere, wherein silica gel is treated with heat for a designated time by increasing its temperature at the speed of 90° C. per minute up to 1050 to 1200° C. to fabricate a porous silica sphere. The present invention can fabricate a porous silica sphere that has a homogeneous structure and pore size at a low cost, using commercial silica gel that is sold for various purposes such as food preservation and humidity control, as a raw material.

Abstract: A glassmelting furnace is heated by combustion of fuel having an atomic ratio of hydrogen to carbon of 0.9 or less.

Abstract: An on-line thickness gauge (OLTG) and method are described herein that are capable of measuring a thickness of a moving glass substrate. In the preferred embodiment, the OLTG includes a Y-guide and a stabilizing unit that respectively captures and stabilizes the moving glass substrate. The OLTG also includes a laser instrument which contains a laser source and a detector. The laser source emits a beam at the front surface of the moving glass substrate. And, the detector receives two beams one of which was reflected by the front surface of the moving glass substrate and the other beam which was reflected by the back surface of the moving glass substrate. The OLTG further includes a processor that analyzes the two beams received by the detector to determine a distance between the two beams which is then used to determine the thickness of the moving glass substrate.

Abstract: The bonding method for a vent pipe of a display panel includes the step of preparing the bonding member on the periphery of the flange portion of the vent pipe, the step of interposing a buffer member made of a low-melting point glass flit having a softening temperature higher than that of the bonding member between a contact face to the display panel of the flange portion of the vent pipe and the display panel, and, in a state in which the flange portion of the vent pipe is pressed onto the display panel face by a pressing member so that the vent pipe is fixed, the step of heating the bonding member and the buffer member to a temperature to be softened so that the flange portion of the vent pipe is bonded to the display panel through the fused bonding member.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method of making a glass panel that is partially printed with a plurality of layers in the form of a print pattern which subdivides the panel into a plurality of discrete printed areas and/or a plurality of discrete unprinted areas, said layers being in substantially exact registration. The substantially exact registration is achieved by the application to a sheet of glass of a plurality of superimposed layers, one of the layers containing a ceramic ink comprising glass frit, in a print pattern. The sheet of glass and plurality of layers applied thereto are subjected to a heat treatment process which causes the glass frit to fuse to the glass and bind at least one layer of ink within the print pattern. Any ink not within the print pattern is burnt off and/or vaporised during the hat treatment profess and/or removed by a subsequent finishing process, to leave the desired layers in substantially exact registration within the print pattern.

Abstract: A mold for a glassware forming machine includes a pair of mold segments each having a central portion and laterally spaced edge portions adapted to be brought together at the edge portions to form a mold cavity. A coolant shell is externally mounted over the central portion of each mold segment to form a cooling cavity between the coolant shell and the central portion of the mold segment, and the coolant shells do not extend into the edge portion of the mold segments. Coolant passages separate from the cooling cavities extend axially through the edge portions of the mold segments to facilitate cooling the edge portions in use.

Abstract: Phosphate optical glass having an Abbé number, ?d, of greater than 59. A preform for precision press molding being comprised of the phosphate optical glass. An optical glass being comprised of the phosphate optical glass and manufacturing method of the same. Provided are low-dispersion phosphate optical glass having a low-temperature softening property and good weatherability, suited to precision press molding, and further having good devitrification stability, a preform for precision press molding comprised of the above glass and a method of manufacturing of the same, a glass optical element having the above optical characteristics as well as good weatherability and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An apparatus for quenching a heated glass sheet includes a roll conveyor system for conveying the glass sheet in a direction of conveyance C generally along a plane of conveyance. The apparatus further has upper and lower sets of flow control members respectively located above and below the plane of conveyance. Each set includes multiple flow control members that each have multiple outlets for supplying quenching fluid for impingement with the glass sheet in inclined directions both upstream and downstream with respect to the direction of conveyance C. Moreover, each outlet provides a fluid flow path to the conveyed glass sheet. For each flow control member viewed in a direction generally transverse to the direction of conveyance C, the flow paths define a maximum angle of less than 75 degrees.

Abstract: A composite mold includes a porous mold base and a lubricant filled in the porous mold base. The porous mold base includes at least a first portion, which includes a sintered material formed by sintering noble metal particles and tungsten carbide particles. A molding surface of the porous mold base is defined on the first portion. Preferably, the porous mold base further includes a second portion. The second portion of the mold base is integrally formed with the first portion, and is located distal from the molding surface. The second portion of the mold base is made of a sintered material formed by sintering tungsten carbide particles. Alternatively, the second portion, like the first portion, is made of a sintered material formed by sintering noble metal particles and tungsten carbide particles. A method for making a composite mold is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of an optical component made of quartz glass by elongating a coaxial array, comprising of a hollow quartz glass cylinder that has an inner bore hole and that has been mechanically machined to the end volume and a core rod arranged inside the inner bore hole, wherein the coaxial array is fed to a heat zone with a predetermined forward feed motion and is softened zonewise therein and the optical component is drawn from the softened area, wherein an annular gap between the core rod and the hollow cylinder is collapsed. The invention aims at providing an economical method by means of which an optical component can be produced and which is characterized by a low break rate when the fibers are drawn. Depending on the outer diameter of the hollow cylinder D [in mm], the forward feed motion V [in mm/min] is maintained within a range complying with the following calculation Vmin=3000×(2/D)2 and Vmax=16000×(2/D)2.

Abstract: A circular knitting machine, comprising a footing with a vertically rotatable needle cylinder with a diameter comprised between 7 and 24 inches, and multiple axial needle accommodation slots; an actuation for actuating the needles, during rotation of the needle cylinder to form knitting with at least one yarn dispensed to the needles at at least one drop or feed of the machine. The needle cylinder is rotatable about the axis in both directions of rotation and the needle actuator allows the needles to form knitting in both directions of rotation of the needle cylinder at at least one drop or feed of the machine.

Abstract: A drum washing machine includes a cabinet forming an external housing of the washing machine, and a tub is installed in the cabinet for containing washing water. A drum is rotatably installed in the tub. A circulation pump pumps the washing water in the tub and resupplies the washing water to the inside of the drum and at least one circulation hose provides a circulation path between the circulation pump and the tub.

Abstract: A drum washing machine has a seaming portion of the drum that is prevented from being unfolded or distorted even when the drum is rotated at high speed, by dispersing tension in a circumferential direction, which acts on the seaming portion. The seaming portion is provided with a lift to prevent the laundry from being damaged.

Abstract: A combination laundry device and a method thereof are disclosed. The present invention relates to a combination laundry device that can interchange information between two laundry mechanisms, and that can automatically set operation conditions for a washing and a drying and/or a refreshing cycle based on information from each information tag attached on the laundry without a user's inputting additional conditions.

Abstract: By providing two separate and independent locking systems formed in a single padlock, with both locking systems independently enabling the single shackle to be released and/or lockingly engaged, in combination with a signal/indicator system constructed to provide a positive notification when one of said systems is employed, an effective, easily produced, multi-purpose signal providing padlock is achieved. In the preferred embodiment, a single housing and shackle assembly are employed and constructed for enabling the shackle to be released from locked engagement with the housing using either a rotatable dial combination construction or a key activating tumbler construction. In addition, a signal/indicator is activated whenever the key controlled locking section is employed with the signal/indicator being locked in position, for resetting by only the user/owner.

Abstract: An improved bicycle lock that gives the user the security of a second bicycle lock for locking components, such as the front wheel, and the advantage of storing the second lock conveniently next to, or within, the confines of the first lock. The plurality of locks are conveniently connected and stored together, when the locks are not in use; each lock works independently when not connected and stored together. Components specific to securing a plurality of connected locks on a bicycle includes, but is not limited to the use of: Tabs (25), Sleeves (24), Grooved Ends (36), Ridged Rings (40), Sleeve Bars (43), and Double Lock Holders (48).