Abstract: The furring strip fastening bracket comprises a stamped metal plate having a hole in the center for a screw or other fastener. The plate describes a truncated disc having two side flanges which are bent at 90° angles to embrace the furring strip. The bracket is mortised into the furring strip. The invention is a device for fastening a furring strip to a structural frame.

Abstract: An improved mud sill, for use with a generally horizontal baseplate of a base screw jack of a vertical scaffolding member, is taught that is easy to install and remove without tools and with a minimal amount of labor required. The improved mud sill attaches securely to the baseplate of a screw jack or scaffolding assembly without the use of extraneous fasteners, such as nails or screws. A multi-layered recess is provided in the improved mud sill to receive a baseplate axially and then the improved mud sill can be rotated relative to the baseplate to secure it in place. Once installed the improved mud sill of this important invention is restricted three dimensionally to the baseplate and yet it can easily be removed by a counter-rotation. No tools or fasteners are required.

Abstract: A wall fabrication system and method is provided. In an embodiment, an assembly line comprises one or framing stations and one or more insulation stations. The frame stations are configured to build a wall frame consisting of wall studs and a covering such as drywall. The wall studs and drywall define cavities in the frame which are to be insulated. Optionally, mechanical components such as electrical and plumbing can be installed. The wall section is then transferred to the insulation station. The insulation station is configured to fill the cavities in the wall frame with closed cell foam which is injected in flowable form into each cavity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing floor covering strips or slabs (1) comprising support panels (2) which are covered with a decorative layer (3) by means of surfacing. The invention is characterised in that it comprises the following steps consisting in: applying glue to ail or part of at least one face (5) of a support panel (2), applying a decorative sheet (7) to the glued face (5) of the support panel (2), in particular by means of calendering; and cutting the panel (2) into floor covering strips and/or slabs (1). The invention also relates to a facility that is used to implement said method and to a floor covering strip thus produced.

Abstract: A traffic door panel is formed by an extrusion process that includes at least one pattern roll having both textured and smooth areas, the textured areas forming generally translucent or opaque areas of the traffic door panel and the smooth areas forming generally transparent areas of the traffic door panel. The textured areas can be formed to be thicker than the transparent areas. Some selected areas of the door panel can be cut out. Inserts can be bonded or welded into selected cut out areas of the door panel.

Abstract: A door or the like includes stiles and rails or other components that are made of two different materials. MDF or other suitable material is utilized on a portion of the stiles or rails that faces the outside of the door to provide a readily-paintable finished surface, and another material is used on an inner portion of the stiles or rails to provide support and structural strength. The second material may be a low-cost material to thereby reduce the total cost of the door or other suitable component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-purpose mechanical device for use in conjunction with a bottle, specifically a bottle whose opening is mechanically closed with a top of sorts and whose contents are meant for consumption and suitable for the addition of supplemental tastes after the top of the bottle has been removed. The multi-purpose mechanical device of the present invention may be used as a bottle opener, an infuser or injector of consumable matter into an open bottle, or a vessel for use in measurement and/or ingestion of a liquid consumable. Additional benefits of the mechanical device of the present invention are that it has a low production cost; is a simple, two-component mechanism; is small, compact, and easily portable; it is able to fit into a palm of a hand of a user, a pocket of an article of clothing, a carry means, or the like; and it may be attached to a lanyard, key ring or the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing dunnage including a plurality of rollers for pulling a web of material through the machine, a nozzle with at least one port through which gas or liquid flows, a hammer mounted on an ultrasonic frequency converter, and an anvil mounted on the machine in a position such that the web of material can pass between the hammer and anvil while allowing the hammer to strike the anvil. The ultrasonic frequency converter is connected to a power source and generates vibrations at a frequency causing the hammer to vibrate at a frequency that will melt the portion of the material that is passing between the hammer and anvil thereby creating a seam. The ultrasonic frequency converter can be mounted on an arm and cam follower to account for variations in the thickness of the web material. The apparatus may be equipped to manufacture multiple pieces of dunnage simultaneously.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for blocking a bar code in a package includes a carrier with a plurality of apertures. The carrier is formed with a plastic material containing an absorbing dye and a fluorescing dye so that a bar code on each container is not readable by a bar code scanner.

Abstract: A cotton wool cleansing pad includes a panel of hydroentangled cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 g per square meter impregnated with a cleansing liquid or the like. Preferably a number of the pads are formed in a interlinked strip of pads joined edge to edge by tear-away links and mounted in a dispensing pack.

Abstract: An apparatus for sorting and packaging vinyl siding panels. The apparatus comprises a panel receiving section for positioning in line with a panel extrusion line, pins for inverting and stacking the panels atop each other with the pins being coupled to a frame supporting the panel receiving section and situated below the panel receiving section, a panel accumulation section situated below the panel receiving section and the pins, and a mechanism means, preferably a ram mechanism, situated at a first end of the panel accumulation section for pushing the panels from the panel accumulation section and into a container, such as a pre-made carton, situated at a second end of the panel accumulation section that is opposite the first end. The apparatus substantially reduces ergonomic issues associated with the current apparatus for packaging vinyl siding panels and substantially increases the vinyl siding panel extrusion rate. A method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A capsule filling machine (100) for the production of hard gelatin capsules (C) of the type with lid (3) and body (2) containing a quantity (1) of pharmaceutical material comprises a rotary turret or carousel (15) which defines at least one capsule (C) handling line (L) and on which the following are positioned, one after the other: at least one station (6) for feeding empty capsules (C); at least one opening station (20) where the capsule bodies (2) are separated from the lids (3) to form two separate rows of capsule bodies (2) and lids (3); at least one station (7) for feeding and dosing the quantities (1) of pharmaceutical material to be filled into the capsule bodies (2); and at least one station (8) for closing the capsules (C) by placing a lid (3) over each respective body (2); the machine (100) also comprises means (9) for detecting and volumetrically checking the quantity (1) of pharmaceutical material filled into each capsule body (2), the detecting and checking means (9) comprise transducer means (5

Abstract: A method for securing a closure on a cylindrical container (such as a pharmaceutical vial) includes: positioning a closure in a first position, the closure being substantially centered via a centering assembly along an axis that is generally normal to the closure; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a second position; positioning a cylindrical container, the container being substantially centered via the centering assembly along the axis; translating the substantially centered closure along the axis to a third position in which it is adjacent the substantially centered container; and relatively rotating the closure and the container to secure the closure to the container. With such a method, both the closure and the cylinder can be centered along the axis, thereby registering them with each other for reliable securing.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for separating a particulate-containing gas flow into particulate and substantially non-particulate flow portions is provided. The apparatus comprises a sample gas inlet, a radial separating ring, a separation draw, a separated gas outlet, a bypass eductor, and a bypass gas outlet. The radial separating ring comprises a separating ring gap defined between an inlet ring orifice and an outlet ring orifice, and is positioned such that a sample gas flow moving downstream from the sample gas inlet through the bypass eductor to the bypass gas outlet passes across the separating ring gap. The radial separating ring is configured such that the inlet ring orifice and the outlet ring orifice are relatively large, in relation to the size of the separating ring gap, and are positioned in close proximity to each other along the direction of the sample gas flow.

Abstract: Van diffuser for use in separators used to separate a liquid phase and/or particulate material from a gas flow, comprising a distribution chamber (14) that communicates with the separator's (1) inlet pipe stub (2). A top plate (9), a bottom plate (10), and a plurality of curved, parallel vanes (11) together delimit a plurality of diffuser channels (13). The vanes (11) have a varying thickness in the flow direction which ensures an even expansion of the cross-sectional area of the diffuser channels (13), which implies that the fluid will not be given a reverse flow along the suction side (18) of the vanes (11) as is the case for vanes with uniform thickness.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exhaust particulate filter with a filter body (4), comprising a number of filter pockets (3) arranged one behind the other and formed by filter plates (1), the filter plates (1) having a planar cutout opening (2). According to the invention, it is provided that the peripheral contour (8) of the planar cutout opening (2) comprises points which are located at different distances from the centroid (S) of the area of the cutout opening (2). For an exhaust particulate filter according to the invention, it is further provided that the centroid (S) of its at least one area of the cutout opening (2) is arranged at a distance from the central longitudinal axis (7) of the filter body (4) on the filter plate (1) or that the filter body (4) has filter plates (1) with different cutout openings (2). The exhaust particulate filter is suitable in particular for an application in motor vehicles with a diesel engine.

Abstract: The invention concerns a harvesting implement, particularly a front harvesting attachment (14) for agricultural harvesting machines (10) for taking up and conveying cereal crops further, for example, corn plants, and that can be moved across a field during the harvesting operation in a forward operating direction, with a center part (36), a first side part (32) and a second side part (34) that are connected in joints on each side of the center part (36) so as to pivot between an operating position and a transport position about a first or a horizonta horizonta second horizontal axis (38, 40) extending in the forward operating direction, where the center part (36) and the side parts (32, 34) include mowing and conveying elements (16, 18, 20) arranged alongside each other in the operating position and the mowing and conveying elements (16, 20) of the side parts (32, 34) are located above mowing and conveying elements (18) of the center part (36) in the transport position.

Abstract: This apparatus is a cutting assembly commonly used as a trimmer with a mower deck combination but not limited to such a combination. This trimmer head assembly utilizes a high lift mower blade in combination with a string or line trimming blade in a housing which creates a vortex of air which draws grass and weeds toward the assembly where they may be cut with the rotating line. By drawing grass and weeds towards the assembly and away from obstructions this cutting assembly results in a closer cut than may be achieved with a conventional trimmer. Because grass and weeds are drawn away from obstructions and cut, the trimming string does not make contact with obstructions and therefore causes no damage to objects such as gravestones, fences, etc. This cutting assembly may be adapted for use on a variety of lawn and grounds keeping equipment such as hand held string trimmers, walk behind trimmers, or in place of a normal mowing assemblies on riding or push lawnmowers.

Abstract: A mounting for connecting an operating head, that generates vibrations when in use, to a vehicle in a manner to minimize the transmission of the vibrations from the head to the vehicle, The mounting comprises a number of female connecting means on one of the head and the vehicle and a similar number of male connecting means on the other of the head and vehicle, the male connecting means each carrying a resilient sleeve. The male connecting means are inserted into the female connecting means and a bolt is passed through each female connecting means and each resilient sleeve associated with it to join the head to the vehicle.

Abstract: A method of producing a disk mower cutter bar housing and the housing produced. The method forms an upper plate and a lower plate of a housing, assembles the formed upper plate and the formed lower plate by welding to form a casing, and cuts out holes on the casing, by a laser beam. The holes are configured to receive bearings of disks and intermediate drive gears.

Abstract: A surface-finished yarn having multiple inorganic materials is provided. The surface-finished yarn comprises a yarn, a first material and a second material. The surface of the yarn comprises a plurality of the plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions wherein the plurality of first regions and the plurality of second regions are alternately disposed along an axial direction of the yarn. The first material is disposed onto the plurality of first regions while the second material different from the first material is disposed onto the plurality of second regions.

Abstract: The invention is a chain comprising a plurality of cage-shaped elements connected in succession, the cage-shaped element comprising a central body from which two or more lateral bodies branch off whose free ends are arranged opposite each other, slidingly inserted in another cage-shaped element adjacent to the cage-shaped element and facing the corresponding central body. The chain comprises an elastic element interposed between the free ends of the lateral bodies of each cage-shaped element and the central body of the adjacent cage-shaped element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for improving aerdynamic stability of a working fluid flow through a compressor of a turbomachine, in particular through a compressor of gas turbine used for power production, particularly against rapidly changing aero speed of the compressor. The method comprises to introduce a first water mass flow to the working fluid flow of the compressor. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, which can be driven according to the above method.

Abstract: A method for opening a mobile cowl actuated by a motor and equipping a turbojet thrust reverser that includes at the start of the opening phase, a bridling step whereby the speed of the mobile cowl is maintained lower or equal to a predetermined threshold speed.

Abstract: Rhodium utilization in LNT/SCR-based exhaust aftertreatment systems for medium and heavy duty trucks is reduced by operating inline fuel reformers in a certain manner. The fuel processors are operated at steam reforming temperatures to produce a reformate-containing exhaust having a hydrogen to CO ratio of at least about 3:2 or at least about 3% hydrogen, This generally involves operating the fuel reformers at temperatures from about 500 to about 625° C. and with an overall fuel to air ratio from about 1.10 to about 1.40. In this manner, regeneration can be efficiently carried out while limiting the catalyst loading of the fuel processors to no more than about 1.0 grams rhodium per liter maximum displacement of the diesel engine and the catalyst loading of the LNTs to no more than about 0.50 grams rhodium per liter maximum displacement of the diesel engine.

Abstract: An exhaust component arrangement is provided for an off-road vehicle having an engine, a cab, a transmission connected to the engine, and a fuel tank adjacent the transmission. A portion of the fuel tank is positioned below a portion of the cab. The exhaust component arrangement includes a particulate filter unit, a NOx reduction unit, and an oxidation catalyst unit, all connected in series. The fuel tank has a recess formed in an upper surface thereof. A lower portion of one of the units is received in the recess. Preferably, a lower portion of the NOx reduction unit is received in the recess.

Abstract: In a V-type engine, throttle devices are disposed between front and rear cylinders disposed in a V-shape, and an air cleaner is disposed above the throttle device. A secondary air pipe is connected to a secondary air entrance portion formed in an outer peripheral wall surface of each of the cylinders. A secondary air on-off valve is disposed below the throttle device, and the secondary air on-off valve is provided so as to be substantially accommodated in a V-bank space between the cylinders. A secondary air inlet of the secondary air on-off valve is connected to the air cleaner by the secondary air source pipe extended upward, a secondary air pipe for each cylinder is connected to the secondary air outlet for each cylinder, and the secondary air outlet for each cylinder is formed in the secondary air on-off valve.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a main heater for heating air in a vehicle compartment using coolant of an engine of the vehicle as a heat source, and an auxiliary heater for heating air in the vehicle compartment using a heat source other than exhaust heat of the engine. In the air conditioner, a requirement signal for requiring startup of the engine is output when a temperature of the coolant of the engine is determined to be lower than a threshold, and the threshold is adjusted based on an operating state of the auxiliary heater such that as an amount of heat generated by the auxiliary heater increases, the threshold decreases. Accordingly, as the heating capacity of the auxiliary heater is increased, the startup of the engine becomes more difficult.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust device for adjusting an exhaust gas cross sectional area of an exhaust passage in a combustion engine. The exhaust device includes a valve body arranged in the exhaust passage communicating to an exhaust port of the combustion engine; a valve shaft fixed or integrally formed to the valve body and arranged so as to transverse the exhaust passage, the valve shaft changing the opening of the valve body by turning with the valve body about an axis of the valve shaft; a pair of bearing members for supporting rotatably the valve shaft at both ends thereof in a axial direction of the valve shaft; and a stopper arranged on the valve shaft so as to face an end face on the inward side of the exhaust passage of each bearing member in the axial direction. The stopper is restricted in the axial direction by the end face of each of the bearing members so that the valve body and the valve shaft do not move in the axial direction.

Abstract: A Stirling engine assembly comprising a Stirling engine having a generally cylindrical head. An annular burner surrounds the head and defines a combustion chamber between the burner and head. An annular seal between the burner and head provides a seal for combustion gases. A thermocouple housing is in thermal contact with the head and sealed from the combustion chamber. The thermocouple housing extends out of the combustion chamber, with the interface between the thermocouple housing and combustion chamber being sealed. The thermocouple housing has an opening outside the combustion chamber. A thermocouple in the thermocouple housing extends from a location adjacent to the head out of the opening in the thermocouple housing.

Abstract: An assembly guide (200) for a fluid connection includes a collar flange (202) connected to an outer surface of a tube (216). The tube (216) may have a first end connected to a first component (306), and a second end that is chamfered (218) and protrudes from the component (306). A neck portion (204) of the guide may be connected to the collar flange (202), and extend away from the collar flange (202). A guide portion (206) of the guide (200) may be connected to the neck portion (204), and may have a flared portion (208) on a distal end that is opposite the neck portion (204).

Abstract: A machine includes an internal combustion engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. An intake air conduit extends from a compressor of a turbocharger to the intake manifold and a charge air cooler is disposed along the intake air conduit. An exhaust conduit extends from the exhaust manifold to a turbine of the turbocharger. The machine also includes a recirculation conduit. An inlet of the recirculation conduit connects to the exhaust conduit and an outlet of the recirculation conduit connects to the intake air conduit upstream of the charge air cooler. The machine also includes a radiator fluidly connected to the internal combustion engine. The charge air cooler is positioned for receiving ambient air moved through the radiator by a radiator fan.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for determining the exhaust back pressure p3 upstream of a turbine, which is arranged in the exhaust line of an internal combustion engine equipped with an engine management system (1), which exhaust line is intended to lead off the exhaust gas from a number cylinders of the internal combustion engine. The method includes determining the exhaust back pressure p3 upstream of a turbine, by means of which the exhaust back pressure p3 can still be determined precisely but at little cost compared to methods known in the state of the art.

Abstract: A pair of organic Rankine cycle systems (20, 25) are combined and their respective organic working fluids are chosen such that the organic working fluid of the first organic Rankine cycle is condensed at a condensation temperature that is well above the boiling point of the organic working fluid of the second organic Rankine style system, and a single common heat exchanger (23) is used for both the condenser of the first organic Rankine cycle system and the evaporator of the second organic Rankine cycle system. A preferred organic working fluid of the first system is toluene and that of the second organic working fluid is R245fa.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of turbomachines and concerns a device for injecting a mixture of air and fuel into a combustion chamber of a turbomachine. It more specifically concerns a novel injection device (100), provided with an additional venturi (120), which makes it possible to improve the level of emissions and the relight capacity of the combustion chamber while at the same time preventing any flashback.

Abstract: Method of preparing and introducing fuel into the combustors of a gas turbine in which a hydrocarbon containing feed, oxygen and steam are introduced into a catalytic partial oxidation reactor to produce a product stream. The hydrocarbon containing feed contains no less than about 15 percent by volume on a dry basis of hydrocarbons with at least two carbon atoms and/or at least about 3 percent by volume of olefins. The reactant mixture formed of the hydrocarbon containing feed, oxygen and steam has an oxygen to carbon ratio of between about 0.08 and about 0.25 and a water to carbon ratio of between about 0.05 to about 0.5. The hydrocarbon containing feed is introduced into the reactor alone or with a steam at a temperature no greater than 600° C. and the product stream is produced at a temperature of between about 600° C. and 860° C. and contains less than about 0.5 percent of olefins and less than 10 percent of hydrocarbons with two or more carbon atoms on a dry basis.

Abstract: A temperature control system may include a thermoelectric device and a controller electrically coupled to the thermoelectric device. The controller may be configured to sense a first value of an electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device, and to generate a first electrical control signal to pump heat through the thermoelectric device in response to sensing the first value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device. The controller may be further configured to sense a second value of the electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device wherein the first and second values of the electrical characteristic are different, and to generate a second electrical control signal to pump heat through the thermoelectric device in response to sensing the second electrical characteristic of the thermoelectric device with the first and second electrical control signals being different. Related methods are also discussed.

Abstract: A gas storage system that stores a gas by cryo-adsorption on high surface materials. The gas storage system includes an outer container having insulated walls and a plurality of pressure vessels disposed therein. Each of the pressure vessels includes a high surface material. A manifold assembly distributes the gas under pressure to the pressure vessels where the gas is adsorbed by cryo-adsorption using the high surface materials. A cooling fluid is provided within voids between the pressure vessels to remove heat as the pressure vessels are being filled with the gas.

Abstract: A cryostat for transporting cooled equipment at an upper cryogenic temperature, the cryostat being arranged to cool the cooled equipment by a working cryogen which boils at a lower cryogenic temperature, comprising a vacuum container surrounding the cooled equipment and defining a nominally evacuated layer between the vacuum container and the cooled equipment. Means are provided to reduce contamination of the nominally evacuated layer by a vacuum contaminant which is present in gaseous form within the evacuated layer at the upper cryogenic temperature, but which is retained in liquid or solid form at the lower cryogenic temperature.

Abstract: A cryopump includes a refrigerator with at least first and second stages. A radiation shield surrounds the second stage and is in thermal contact with the first stage. The radiation shield includes a drain hole to permit cryogenic fluid to traverse through the drain hole during regeneration. The cryopump also includes a primary pumping surface supporting adsorbent in thermal contact with the second stage. The second stage array assembly includes a primary condensing surface, protected surfaces having adsorbent, and non-primary condensing surfaces. A baffle is disposed over the drain hole. The baffle redirects gas from an annular space disposed between the radiation shield and the vacuum vessel that attempts to traverse through the drain hole to prevent the gas from condensing on a non-primary condensing surface. The baffle directs gas to condense on the primary condensing surface.

Abstract: The invention is an apparatus and method of creating and preserving an outdoor frozen surface by covering a defined outdoor surface with a layer of white base paper after clearing debris, litter, and other objects from the defined surface which may present a hazardous condition on an ice surface. The layer of white base paper is saturated with water at near freezing or under freezing conditions to allow the water to freeze and hold the white base paper to the defined outdoor surface. Thereafter, water is continuously dispensed under freezing conditions to build up a predefined thickness ice layer on the defined outdoor surface.

Abstract: A system and method for operating an electrical system includes a functional unit having an optical, electromagnetic and/or mechanical identification label of a network address which can be read from the outside.

Abstract: A compressor 1, a radiator 2, an expander 3, and an evaporator 4 are connected in series to define a refrigerating cycle. A bypass circuit 6 that bypasses the expander 3, an on-off valve 7 disposed in the bypass circuit 6, and a controller C1 for controlling an opening of the on-off valve 7 are provided in the refrigerating cycle. During defrosting, the controller C1 controls the on-off valve 7 so that a refrigerant may flow through the bypass circuit 6, thereby avoiding reduction in the amount of flow of the refrigerant during defrosting and preventing the defrosting operation from being prolonged.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice dispenser, a discharge chute, and a cover for the discharge chute. A flat portion of the cover conforms to the discharge chute, the flat portion being flexible to a flexed position to actuate a switch and thereby operate the ice dispenser such that ice is discharged into the discharge chute.

Abstract: Based on a result of detection taken by the high-low pressure difference detection means (93, 97) for detecting a difference between a high and a low pressure of a refrigeration cycle, an estimate of whether there is leakage of refrigerant in an expansion valve (52) is made. Based on the result detected by the high-low pressure difference detection means (93, 97), a control means (81) sets a reference temperature (T3) to a value corresponding to the degree of refrigerant leakage in the expansion valve (52).

Abstract: An air conditioning system including a first compressor and a second compressor provided in parallel with the first compressor to vary compression capacity. The second compressor includes a housing having a compressing chamber, a vane that moves forward and backward in a radial direction of the compressing chamber, a vane guide groove formed in the housing to guide the forward and backward movements of the vane, and a vane controller that controls the operation of the vane in order to vary capacity. The vane controller includes a control valve that switches a fluid path so as to selectively apply suctioning pressure of the second compressor and discharge pressure of the first compressor to the vane guide groove and a controller that controls a fluid path switching operation of the control valve by a pulse width modulation (PWM) method in accordance with air conditioning load.

Abstract: An air-conditioning system in a vehicle comprises an air-temperature sensor for measuring the interior temperature, an air-conditioning unit and a regulating and control unit for regulating the air-conditioning unit. Moreover, a moisture sensor for measuring the air humidity and a window-temperature sensing device for determining the window temperature of a vehicle window are provided. The air-conditioning unit is actuated in the case where the difference between the window temperature and the dew-point temperature undershoots a limiting value.

Abstract: Flexible aircraft air-conditioning system for a flexible aircraft cabin The invention relates to a method and a device for air-conditioning an aircraft cabin, which comprises a first zone and a second zone of variable length and at least one intermediate zone. The at least one intermediate zone may be associated with the lo first zone or the second zone. Air at a first set temperature is supplied to the first zone (6a) via a first supply line (10a). Air at a second set temperature is supplied to the second zone (6b) via a second supply line (10b). In at least one intermediate zone (6c) air is supplied via an intermediate zone supply line (10c) associated therewith. If the at least one intermediate zone (6c) is associated with the first zone is (6a), the set temperature of the air supplied to the intermediate zone (6c) corresponds substantially to the set temperature of the air supplied to the first zone (6a).

Abstract: A local air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a local air conditioning unit for performing one of a cooling operation and a heating operation for a predetermined portion of a seat of the vehicle. In the local air conditioning system, information regarding a user is acquired, and a current scene is identified based on the acquired information. The local air conditioning unit is controlled to perform one of the cooling operation and the heating operation for the predetermined portion of the seat on condition that the current scene is identified as a getting-in-vehicle scene in which the user gets in the vehicle and sits on the seat. For example, the predetermined portion of the seat is a portion corresponding to a high body temperature portion of a user, such as a nape of a neck and backs of knees.

Abstract: A refrigerated appliance is disclosed. The refrigerated appliance comprises an enclosure defining a cooled space and having an outer wall and an inner wall spaced apart from the outer wall to define an air duct. The refrigerated appliance further includes an evaporator disposed at least partially in the air duct and configured to cool air in the air duct, and the evaporator fan is configured to move air from the air duct into the cooled space, and an air treatment system at least partially located in the air duct. A portion of the air passing through the air duct passes through the air treatment system. The air treatment system comprises a filter cartridge or module, a base with a receptacle configured to receive the filter cartridge, and a mounting or coupling mechanism configured to move the filter cartridge into and out of engagement with the base. The mechanism has a release handle such that both the release handle and the cartridge are accessible from the cooled compartment.