Abstract: A refrigerator decreasing the space needed to opened a door by forming a curvature at an edge of the door and decreasing risk of an accident or injury caused when a body part is caught between the door and a wall, and a method of manufacturing the same, are disclosed according to embodiments of the present invention. The durability of the door may be improved by forming a curvature of the door edge so that a curvature radius of an upper side of the door is greater than a curvature radius of a lower side of the door.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a refrigerator in which two or more accommodating spaces are provided and doors are provided at the accommodating spaces, respectively. Handles are formed in the doors so that the handles are inconspicuous from an external appearance of the refrigerator, thereby newly designing the external appearance of the refrigerator. In addition, even though two doors are disposed to be adjacent to each other, accessibility to the handle may be ensured, thereby easily opening and closing the doors of the refrigerator.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a cabinet (10) defining a first storage region (2) for storing food, a door (20) opening and closing the first storage region (2) and filled with a thermal insulator therein, a gasket (26) provided on an inner surface of the door (20) and sealing the first storage region (2) from outdoor air by forming a sealing boundary when the door (20) closes the first storage region (2), a first hinge member (40) rotatably connecting the door (2) to the cabinet (10), a container (100) defining a second storage region for storing food and received in the first storage region (2), a second hinge member (200) rotatably connecting the door (20) to the container (100), and a connection member (260) structurally coupled to the second hinge member (200) within the door (20), in order to prevent distortions of a direction and a position of a rotary shaft (206) of the second hinge member (200) relative to a rotary shaft (42) of the first hinge member (40).

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet (10) defining a first storage region (2) in which food is stored, a door (20) rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft (42), located at the front of the cabinet (10), via a first hinge member (40) to open or close the first storage region (2), a gasket (26) provided at the door (20), a container (100) defining a second storage region (52) received in the first storage region (2), the container (100) being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft, located at the door (20), via a second hinge member (200), a latch member installed to the container (100), and a fastening device (600) provided at the door (20), the fastening device (600) being caught by the latch member to selectively couple the door (20) and the container (100) to each other. The fastening device (600) includes a seal (626) configured to prevent outward movement of cold air through the fastening device (600) in a coupled state of the door (20) and the container (100).

Abstract: A cold-storage management system includes a server that includes a network interface for communicating with at least one bar-code reader having an associated plurality of items that require cold-storage, and a data storage apparatus for storing beginning inventory for each item that requires cold-storage, shipment quantity information for each item that requires cold-storage, usage history for each item that requires cold-storage, usage on-board, low inventory alarm percentage, and order scheduling information for each item that requires cold-storage including date of next scheduled order for each item that requires cold-storage.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a camera module for detecting first image data of an item to be refrigerated at a first time point and second image data of the item to be refrigerated at a second time point. A freshness determination device is provided for determining the state of freshness of the item to be refrigerated based on the first image data and the second image data.

Abstract: A contents management method for an item in the refrigerator includes: receiving voice information input by a user when detecting that a refrigerator door is opened, where the voice information includes basic item change information corresponding to a change operation of the item in the refrigerator by a user; and identifying the voice information input by the user, performing pretreatment to generate complete item change information corresponding to the change operation of the item in the refrigerator by the user, and transmitting the complete item change information to a terminal. This enables the terminal to generate contents management information after the item in the refrigerator has been changed. By using the refrigerator, the terminal, and the management system and the management method for an item in the refrigerator, it can be more convenient to perform intelligent management on the item in the refrigerator.

Abstract: A refrigeration appliance system includes a refrigeration appliance having a camera module for acquiring or detecting image data of an item to be refrigerated in a cold or refrigeration compartment of the refrigeration appliance and a wireless camera-module operating device for operating the camera module.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, a drawer movably provided in the storage compartment and provided with a marker, a camera that photographs inside the drawer from outside the drawer, and a controller that senses a position of the marker in photographs taken through the camera at time intervals, and that determines state information about the drawer based on a change in position of the marker in the photographs. A method includes recognizing closing of the drawer by sensing a start of opening of the drawer; acquiring an image of the drawer interior using the camera; processing the image to recognize the marker from the image; tracing a movement of the marker; acquiring a final image of the drawer interior using the camera when closing of the drawer begins; and displaying the final image.

Abstract: A system and method for producing liquefied natural gas from a natural gas source is provided. The method may include feeding natural gas provided by the natural gas source to a liquefaction module. The method may also include flowing the natural gas through a product stream of the liquefaction module. The method may further include flowing a process fluid through a liquefaction stream of the liquefaction module to cool at least a portion of the natural gas flowing through the product stream to produce the liquefied natural gas.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon stream, such as natural gas, is commonly cooled together with a first refrigerant stream, against an evaporating refrigerant in a series of one or more consecutively arranged common heat exchangers. The series comprises of one or more consecutively arranged common heat exchangers comprise a first common heat exchanger, upstream of which first common heat exchanger the hydrocarbon stream and the first refrigerant stream are not commonly cooled. The hydrocarbon stream to be cooled is fed into the first common heat exchanger at a hydrocarbon feeding temperature, while the first refrigerant stream is fed into the first common heat exchanger at a refrigerant feeding temperature. The temperature difference between the hydrocarbon feeding temperature and the refrigerant feeding temperature is lower than 60° C.

Abstract: A system for melting contaminant-laden solids that have been separated from a hydrocarbon-containing vapor stream in a hydrocarbon distillation tower, comprising at least one plate positioned where the solids form within the hydrocarbon distillation tower, hollow tubing forming an integral part of each of the at least one plate, and a heating medium disposed to flow through the hollow tubing at a higher temperature than a temperature of the solids to at least partially melt the solids.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for maintaining constant fluid pressure and equalized fluid flow among a plurality of downcomer lines through which liquid from a tower is directed. A substantially annular fluid distribution belt is disposed at the circumference of the tower. The fluid distribution belt collects liquid from the tower. At least two outlets direct liquid from the fluid distribution belt out of the tower and into a corresponding number of downcomer lines disposed external to the tower.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating a liquefiable gas mixture consisting of a plurality of components, comprising at least one first component (K1) and one second component (K2), wherein, under an increased pressure p1, the first component (K1) has a melting point T*K1 that is higher than the melting point T*K2 of the second component (K2). In order to realise a configuration that is as compact as possible, it is provided in accordance with the invention that the method comprises the following steps: converting the gas mixture to a liquid state at a temperature T0 and a pressure p0, wherein T*K2<T0?T*K1 and p0<p1 applies, and wherein the first component (K1) is present in an initial concentration (C0); producing a pressure gradient in the liquefied gas mixture, wherein the increased pressure p1 prevails at least in a limited spatial region (3) of the liquefied gas mixture, and freeze separation of the first component (K1) occurs.

Abstract: Provided is a spray drying apparatus comprising a spray nozzle comprising a spray nozzle tip at the distal end of the spray nozzle, a liquid conduit for guiding a liquid to be spray-dried out through the spray nozzle tip, an atomizing component for producing a spray of droplets from the liquid exiting the spray nozzle; a drying gas conduit comprising an outlet for directing a drying gas to dry the spray of droplets; and a drying gas deflector positioned so as to deflect a flow of the drying gas away from the spray nozzle tip.

Abstract: A feed charging device comprises a holding vessel having an interior chamber for holding a reserve of a solid particulate feed material in a fluidized state, wherein the feed material is held in said fluidized state in a lower zone of the interior chamber. The feed material is supplied to the interior chamber through at least one outlet opening, and is discharged from the interior chamber through at least one outlet opening. The at least one outlet opening is in flow communication with the lower zone of the interior chamber. A gas supply means supplies a fluidizing gas to the lower zone of the interior chamber, and an outlet conduit in flow communication with the at least one outlet opening receives said feed material discharged from the interior chamber.

Abstract: A metallurgical apparatus comprises a vessel for holding a body of liquid metal and a circulating apparatus for circulating the body of liquid metal within the vessel. The vessel has a peripheral wall and a base, and the circulating apparatus comprises a launder that provides an open-topped flow channel and a pumping device for pumping liquid metal through the launder. The launder has an inlet end connected to a first opening in the peripheral wall and an outlet end connected to a second opening in the peripheral wall. The pumping device is configured to pump liquid metal through the launder so that liquid metal flows out of the vessel through the first opening and into the vessel through the second opening, thereby causing the body of liquid metal within the vessel to circulate.

Abstract: A heat exchange apparatus is provided with an indirect evaporative heat exchange section. An evaporative liquid is passed downwardly onto the indirect heat exchange section. The evaporative liquid is collected in a sump and then pumped upwardly to be distributed again across the indirect heat exchange section. An improved heat exchange apparatus is provided with two indirect evaporative heat exchange sections separated by a vertical distance. A direct evaporative heat exchange section may be provided in the vertical spacing between the two indirect evaporative heat exchange sections.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a reactive mixture, comprising: a reactor configured to form the reactive mixture; a quench chamber comprising a frusto-conical body having a wide end, a narrow end, and a quench region formed between the wide and narrow end, wherein the quench chamber is configured to receive the reactive mixture from the plasma reactor through a reactive mixture inlet into the quench region, to receive a conditioning fluid through at least one fluid inlet, and to flow the conditioning fluid into the quench region, wherein the frusto-conical body is configured to produce a turbulent flow within the quench region with the flow of the conditioning fluid into the quench region, thereby promoting the quenching of the reactive mixture to form a cooled gas-particle mixture; and a suction generator configured to force the cooled gas-particle mixture out of the quench chamber.

Abstract: A connection structure for front and rear header tanks 102 and 202 in a duplex heat exchanger is provided. A connecting member 300 includes two identically shaped long and narrow plate members 301 and 302, a plurality of communication holes 301a and 302a having boss portions 301b and 302b protruding cylindrically by burring from one surface of each of the plate members 301 and 302, is formed to be arranged on the plate members, and the plate members 301 and 302 are joined to each other back to back. The connecting member 300 is disposed between two header tanks 102 and 202 which communicate with each other, and the boss portions 301b and 302b are inserted into holes 102c and 202c formed on the header tanks 102 and 202, so that the connecting member 300 is joined to the header tanks 102 and 202.

Abstract: Disclosed is a collecting pipe (1), comprising: an axially extending inner chamber (20), the inner chamber (20) comprising a refrigerant inlet chamber (18) and a refrigerant distribution chamber (19), the refrigerant inlet chamber (18) and refrigerant distribution chamber (19) being separated from each other and in fluid communication with each other, a refrigerant entering the refrigerant inlet chamber (18) and being distributed to heat exchange tubes (2) at the refrigerant distribution chamber (19); and a plurality of axially extending individual components (11, 12), wherein the refrigerant inlet chamber (18) and the refrigerant distribution chamber (19) are formed by successively placing and connecting the plurality of axially extending individual components (11, 12) in an assembling direction perpendicular to the axial direction. The collecting pipe (1) is composed of the plurality of individual components (11, 12).

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first fluid laminate defining a first fluid cavity that is in fluid communication with and downstream from a first inlet such that at least some of the first fluid flows into the first fluid cavity. The heat exchanger includes a second fluid laminate positioned adjacent to and in contact with the first fluid laminate. The first fluid laminate and the second fluid laminate define a portion of a cylinder. The second fluid laminate defines a second fluid cavity that is in fluid communication with and downstream from a second inlet such that at least some of the second fluid flows into the second fluid cavity, such that heat may transfer between the first fluid and the second fluid via the first fluid laminate and the second fluid laminate.

Abstract: A plate-fin condenser includes a plate body defining an interior channel having a fluid inlet, a first interior channel section having a first cross-sectional area in fluid communication with the inlet, a second interior channel section downstream of the first interior channel section, and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the converging interior channel. The second interior channel section has a second cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area.

Abstract: A modular radiator panel includes a coolant tube, a saddle surrounding a first portion of the coolant tube and a radiative sheet mounted to the saddle. The radiative sheet surrounds a second portion of the coolant tube, such that the coolant tube is sandwiched between the radiative sheet and the saddle. A radiator includes a plurality of coolant tubes and saddles. Each saddle surrounds a first portion of a respective one of the coolant tubes. The radiator includes a plurality of radiative sheets. Each radiative sheet is mounted to a respective one of the saddles. Each radiative sheet surrounds a second portion of a respective one of the coolant tubes, similar to the radiative sheet described above.

Abstract: Cooling medium comprising an ionic liquid with a hydrogen content of 0% to 8.5% by weight. The cooling medium can be used in a method for cooling a technical device, examples of which include: metallurgical ovens and their aggregates, ovens and aggregates in the glass and ceramic producing industry, ovens and aggregates in the cement producing industry, cooling of reactors and aggregates in gasification of organic matter and biofeedstocks, ovens and aggregates in incineration plants, reactors and aggregates in nuclear power plants, and combustion chambers and aggregates in conventional thermal power plants.

Abstract: A tube for heat transfer in which the inner surface of the tube is grooved into a pattern. The pattern includes a first fin (10) and a second fin (20) which have different shapes, wherein the first fin comprises a shaft and a head integrally formed, the shaft extending from the inner surface in a direction away from the inner surface, the head extending from the shaft in a direction away from the inner surface. In a transverse cross section of the tube, the circumferential width of the head is larger than that of the shaft.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a dual loop coolant system used to control an engine transmission oil temperature. In one example, a high temperature coolant loop comprises a first heat exchanger and a control valve positioned upstream of the first heat exchanger whose coolant flow is separate from a second, low temperature coolant loop containing a second heat exchanger. An engine fluid circuit fluidically coupling the first heat exchanger, second heat exchanger, and an engine system component via a bypass valve positioned between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum alloy brazing sheet (1) for heat exchangers, the brazing sheet provided with a core material (2) and a filler material (3) that comprises an Al—Si—Zn alloy and is formed on at least one side of the core material (2). The core material (2) has a pitting potential of ?650 mV or more (vs. Ag/AgCl). The filler material (3) has a zinc concentration of from 1 to 10 percent by mass; a liquid fraction X, at the brazing temperature, satisfying the relation 0.3?X?0.88; and a clad ratio d (%) satisfying the relation 15<d?30. The filler material has a product (X×d) of the liquid fraction X and the clad ratio d (%) satisfying the relation 6?X×d)?23.

Abstract: A feed ramp system for feeding cartridges into the chamber of a firearm. The feed ramp system includes a feed ramp insert having a body with at least one attachment tab projecting therefrom. The feed ramp insert is received within a mating recess formed in the receiver and is removably coupled to the receiver to enable replacement of the feed ramp insert. The feed ramp insert includes a pair of proximal ramp surfaces that align with distal ramp surfaces form at a breech end of the firearm barrel, to define a pair of feed ramps for directing cartridges into the chamber.

Abstract: A method and system for preventing the firing of a gun comprises a component on the gun for preventing the gun from being fired, for example, preventing the trigger from being pulled when the gun is in an area that has a wireless power sending source configured to send power to the component for firing prevention. There is no need for a battery on the gun or the transfer of any information between the component and the wireless power sending source, the power being emitted from the source and received by the component controls the firing capability.

Abstract: A barrel for a semiautomatic firearm operating under the short recoil system has one or more cam followers projecting outwardly to engage one or more cams positioned on an inner surface of a slide surrounding the barrel. Interaction between the cams and the cam followers controls the angle between the longitudinal axis of the barrel and the axis of motion of the slide to prevent the breech end of the barrel from moving too far as the barrel tilts as it unlocks from the slide, ensuring that the extractor will engage the rim of a spent casing and extract it from the chamber during recoil.

Abstract: A bore cleaner for a tank that literally crawls through the bore of the tank, and in the process of crawling through the bore, cleans the interior walls of the bore with very little user intervention or monitoring. The bore cleaner extends and retracts as it moves through the bore of the tank, and as it extends and retracts, brushes on the present invention rub against the inside of the bore of the tank and remove debris. When the bore cleaner reaches one end of the bore of the tank, slight user intervention is necessary to reverse the direction of the brushes on the bore cleaner.

Abstract: A muzzle flash from firing a live ammunition round from an actual machine gun is stimulated in an imitation machine gun by locating a LED light source within a flash suppressor attached to a muzzle end of a barrel of the imitation machine gun. When energized, the light source emits a burst of light through vents in the flash suppressor. A plurality of LEDs create the burst of light.

Abstract: A system for bow gripping is disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include a grip component configured to couple to a bow. In some embodiments, the grip component may interact and/or attached to an archer's lead hand. Some components may have a third metacarpal offset that encourages a grip angle of over twenty degrees. Depending on design goals, the encouraged grip angle may also be larger or smaller than twenty degrees. The grip component may also include a mechanism for attaching the component to an archer's bow or hand.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a crossbow comprises a stock defining a shooting axis and a bow portion comprising a bowstring and a cable. The stock comprises an aperture formed therein and the cable extends through the aperture. A surface of the aperture biases the cable in a direction lateral to the shooting axis. At least a portion of the surface is oriented non-parallel to the shooting axis.

Abstract: A bowstring release is described herein. The bowstring release has, in an embodiment, a release body and a hook for holding a bowstring. The bowstring release includes a hook engager configurable to adjust the sensitivity of the bowstring release.

Abstract: A ramrod for a muzzleloader is provided. The ramrod includes a shaft having a knob releasably coupled to one end thereof, the knob having a rounded end and a tapered end that oppose one another. The knob may have a central bore therein, and the shaft may be inserted into the central bore. The tapered end of the knob is configured with respect to the shaft to allow any object that contacts the shaft and slides along the shaft to also slide along and eventually off of the tapered end of the knob without snagging or catching the knob. The rounded end of the knob is positioned at a distal end of the shaft and is configured with respect to the shaft to allow a user of the ramrod to place his/her palm against the rounded end while operating the ramrod to load a muzzleloader.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical-instrument making industry, namely, to optical sights used for small arms shooting. The technical result, which the claimed invention is intended to achieve, is a simpler design while maintaining functional capabilities and, correspondingly, increased reliability and a decreased cost of the product overall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular a telescopic sight 1, with at least one objective lens 2 and at least one eyepiece 3 and with an adjustable reticle 6 arranged between the objective lens 2 and the eyepiece, wherein the reticle 6 is coupled to a manually operable fast reticle adjustment, wherein a display device 14 is arranged in the field of view of the long-range optical device 1, through which a distance value set by a setting device 4, 15 of the fast reticle adjustment can be read when using the long-range optical device 1.

Abstract: A method of aligning a point of aim with a point of impact for a projectile device is disclosed. Using a superposition device coupled to the projectile device, at least one reference point is superposed within a first target area with at least one beam of the superposition device. A position for at least one of the reference points is noted. A projectile is shot from the projectile device at a second target area, while the position of the at least one reference point is maintained, to create the point of impact. The point of aim for the projectile device is adjusted to correspond with the point of impact while the position of the at least one reference points is maintained.

Abstract: A live-fire simulation system uses a position sensitive detector (PSD) in a weapon-mounted sensor to intercept emitted light from target emitters spatially distributed about a target. Each target emitter is modulated with a unique frequency. The system can thus not only determine the points of interception on the PSD but also determine which emitter caused which interception by using a frequency analysis.

Abstract: A method for guiding a gun-fired or mortared round towards an intended target. The method including: capturing image data from an image pick-up device during a descent of the round; transmitting the image data to a control platform remotely located from the round; receiving the image date at the control platform; displaying the image data to a user at the control platform; manually identifying one or more features in the image data on the monitor; and stabilizing the image on the monitor based on the one or more identified features.

Abstract: An anti-spalling ballistic body armor device, usable in a vest or jacket form configured for being worn on a body, includes one or more plates made of ballistic metal material, the plate having a surface defining a strike surface for orientation away from a wearer's body in use, and having a spacing body and anti-spalling body and/or enclosure for preventing the spalling of bullets that hit the body armor device and thereby reduce bodily injury, the one or more plates also being configured with a flange portion to redirect bullet fragments away from the wearer's head and being further contoured by the formation of at least one bend in the plate.

Abstract: This apparatus offers multiple training scenarios which designates the targets to be hit and evaluates response. The apparatus assists in the evaluation and training of a shooter using multiple scenarios, detection of target strikes, timing, accuracy, and threat assessment. The system may be used with unmodified weapons and may not require attachments to weapon or shooter. The light source(s) in this apparatus may include visible lasers, focused light emitters, video or image projectors. The shooter may use live ammunition, and the weapon may be fired and operated independently of the control system. Hit detection on the targets may use vibration, accelerometer, acoustic, optical or thermal sensors that respond to projectile strikes on the designated target(s). If the specific location of the strike on the target is desired, nested targets and multiple sensor triangulation calculations may be used. This system designates which targets to shoot, when to fire, and evaluates the results.

Abstract: Apparatus for positioning the blade retaining pin of a broadhead arrow tip employing retracting blades retained by a pin, the apparatus employing various screws adapted to completely or partially remove the pin, to press the pin back into place flush with the tip as well as to install a new pin.

Abstract: A broadhead with deployment mechanism is disclosed. An example broadhead includes a core, at least one actuators rotatably attached to the core. The example broadhead also includes at least one cutting blades corresponding to each of the three actuators, the three cutting blades rotatably attached to the core. In an example, the broadhead includes three actuators and three cutting blades. At least one magnetic field is provided (e.g., a magnet) near the core to hold the actuator(s) and corresponding cutting blade(s) in a predetermined position for a first stage with the actuator(s) and cutting blade(s) in a closed position, another predetermined position for a second stage upon initial contact with a target, and enabling full deployment of the cutting blade(s) in a third stage.

Abstract: A shotgun shell wad may include a plurality of resilient flaps spaced evenly around a circumference of a cylindrical body configured to receive shot, with the flaps covering less than half of the circumference. The flaps may be in an undeployed state until a shotgun shell is fired and the wad exits the barrel. The movement of the wad through air may urge the flaps into a deployed state. The flaps may retard the motion of the wad gradually such that the shot and wad remain together for up to 20 meters before decoupling.

Abstract: In one preferred form of the present invention there is provided a method of stemming a blast hole with a super absorbent polymer. The method includes providing a super absorbent polymer substance as a gelled length in the blast hole. The gelled length provides a pressure wave reflecting stem, to increase the efficiency of an explosive during blasting, with the explosive being located in the blast hole.

Abstract: An improved tape measure apparatus which includes a catch that is both slidable and rotatable relative to the rule blade in a plane which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rule blade when the rule blade is extended from the tape casing. In one embodiment the catch can both rotate and slide relative to the rule blade when frictional forces exceed a predefined minimum or are within a predefined range.

Abstract: A rotation table, center position of a rotation shaft of which is to be measured, is mounted on a table of a machine tool and includes a turning plate on which a workpiece is placed, a rotary drive for rotating the turning plate, and a rotation shaft support device that is located opposite the rotary drive and supports the turning plate. A fixture, including a rod-like member that is provided with spherical reference bodies at both ends and is disposed on the turning plate of the rotary table, is used to measure the center position of the rotation shaft of the rotary table.