Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a housing having an accommodating space and a door arranged pivotably to the housing so as to be movable to a closed state in which a loading opening of the accommodating space of the housing is closeable and an opened state in which the door is lowered in a stowage space in the housing. A guiding device is coupled to the door to guide a movement of the door into and out of the stowage space. The guiding device includes a supporting unit which is mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation and includes a supporting bracket, and guiding elements which are mounted rotatably on the supporting bracket. The supporting bracket has a displacement slot defined by a varying radius and configured to rotate the supporting bracket about the axis of rotation with a rotational movement which deviates from a segment of a circular path.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rubber foot (10) for a heatable or heated metal device, in particular for a cast iron grid of a cooking hob. The rubber foot (10) includes a shaft (12) forming an upper part of said rubber foot (10). The shaft (12) includes a cylindrical body and is provided for inserting into a hole in the bottom of the metal device along the symmetry axis of said cylindrical body. The rubber foot (10) includes a head (14) forming a lower part of said rubber foot (10). The head (14) is provided for a position below the hole in the bottom of the metal device, when the shaft (12) is inserted in said hole. The diameter of the head (14) is bigger than the diameter of the shaft (12). The rubber foot (10) includes at least one wing (16) enclosing at least partially the cylindrical body of the shaft (12).

Abstract: A shield for protection of the back splash and wall behind a stove, providing an expandable shield suspended behind the stove while the stove is in use, the shield expanded into a deployed position and attached to the wall and secured within an upper shelf upon a support, the shield further stored behind the stove in a contracted position upon a lower shelf of the support, with the support mounted to either the wall behind the stove or upon the stove itself on a rear potion of the stove. The shield may also be used upon the back splash of a sink or other cooking station where protection of the back splash is desired.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an enclosure for a hood assembly that can include four vertically extending wall assemblies that form four sides of the enclosure. The wall assemblies are configured to be placed under the hood assembly and they can be vertically extended from under the hood over a fume-producing kitchen device to provide an extended channel for guiding the fumes towards the exhaustion opening of the hood assembly.

Abstract: A high turndown furnace is provided for an air handling system. In one example, the furnace is provided with a plurality of tubes divisible by four with a first modulating valve supplying gas to ¼ of the tubes and a second modulating valve supplying gas to ¾ of the tubes. In one aspect, the furnace is capable of providing a 16:1 turndown. In one aspect, the furnace is capable of providing seamless turndown operation throughout the entire firing range.

Abstract: A dehumidifier apparatus including a frame defining an air inlet, the air inlet configured for receiving unconditioned air, an evaporator unit connected to the frame and in communication with the air inlet, a condenser unit connected to the frame and in communication with the air inlet, and a condensation collection tray connected to the frame, wherein the air inlet has an evaporator air inlet portion and a bypass air inlet portion directing a bypass airflow away from the evaporator unit to the condenser unit so that the bypass airflow flows to the condenser unit bypassing the evaporator unit, wherein the condensation collection tray is disposed in the air inlet in contact with the bypass air inlet portion.

Abstract: In an indoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, a filter, a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the filter, and a dust box are provided to an air inlet. Further, the dust box is provided so as to be freely mountable into and dismountable from a casing in a fore-and-aft direction.

Abstract: A humidifier includes a container defining a container cavity; a cover positioned over a container opening of the container cavity, the cover defining a body opening and a vent opening, the body opening and the vent opening in fluid communication with the container cavity; an attachment mechanism configured to attach the humidifier to a vent; and a wicking pad mounted in the container cavity between the vent opening and the body opening.

Abstract: The extraction room and ventilation system comprises an extraction room involving opposing supply and exhaust systems that provide a laminar type air flow configured to transmit fresh air flow to said extraction room at a rate of more than 1000 cubic feet per minute at a static pressure of more than 0.5 inch water. The extraction room is configured to use intrinsically safe or Class 1 Division 1, group D electrical appliances; a flammable gas detector, with an alarm and automatic ventilation system connected to said flammable gas detector; and be constructed in accordance with the International Fire Code & International Building Code definition for a One Hour Fire Rated Room construction. In another embodiment the ventilation system may be prefabricated or installed in a standardized movable unit such as a trailer or shipping container.

Abstract: A control system for managing operation of a plurality of thermostats includes a server comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. The memory device stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to display, on a display device of a computing device, a visual representation for each thermostat of the plurality of thermostats and one or more groups into which each of the plurality of thermostats is grouped, and further to assign an operating schedule to a group, apply the assigned operating schedule to each thermostat of the plurality of thermostats located in the group, and move one thermostat of the plurality of thermostats from a first group to a second group in response to a user dragging and dropping a visual representation of the thermostat on the display device from the first group to the second group.

Abstract: A system for controlling a load control relay (LCR) supplying power to a thermostat of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a controller programmed to maximize the amount of time that a load of the HVAC system may receive power. The controller operates by measuring a thermostat delay time of the thermostat and modifying cycle shed and restore times for controlling the LCR based on the measured thermostat delay time. By controlling the LCR according to the modified cycle shed and restore times, the controller compensates for the thermostat delay time, and the load is able to be active for a longer period of time than it otherwise would be when operating under demand-response controls.

Abstract: An object is to provide a remote controller of an air-conditioning system that enables operation state diagnosing with high accuracy even after a long-term use. A remote controller of an air-conditioning system having an outdoor device, and an indoor device connected to the outdoor device includes a communication unit that is capable of performing bidirectional communication with the indoor device in a wired or wireless manner, and a memory that has stored therein a plurality of operation-state diagnosing tables for every operation mode that are used in maintenance and inspection of the air-conditioning system. An appropriate one of the operation-state diagnosing tables is used according to an operation mode and as operation time of the air-conditioning system.

Abstract: A determination assistance device includes an infrared image acquirer that acquires an infrared image by imaging an area including an air outlet of an air conditioner, a communicator that communicates with the air conditioner, an inputter that accepts data inputs, imaging switch operations, and the like performed by user, a display that displays image data and the like, a controller that controls overall operations of the determination assistance, and a storage that stores various data, a program, and the like. A display controller of the controller displays on the display the infrared image and whether or not abnormality, determined by the infrared image, is present in the air conditioner.

Abstract: An HVAC controller, such as a thermostat, may be configured to allow a user to set and/or select schedule time period in which one or more indoor quality units (e.g. humidification, dehumidification, ventilation, etc.) will or will not operate, and/or will operated but using different settings. In some cases, the schedule time periods available for selection may correspond to the time periods of a programmable temperature schedule of the HVAC controller, but this is not required. In some instances, the HVAC controller may allow a user to select which indoor air quality units will or will not operate, and/or what settings the indoor air quality units will operate, during a user's vacation.

Abstract: An energy saving controller for an air handler having a heater and a dual speed fan adapted to switch between a first speed and a second higher speed via a gas furnace controller, the energy saving controller being configured to be mounted between a thermostat and the gas furnace controller, and having: input terminals configured to connect to corresponding thermostat output terminals and receive output signals; a microcontroller configured to: process the output signals into revised signals; and cause the gas furnace controller to alternate between the first speed and the second higher speed to mimic a behavior of a variable speed fan; drivers configured to receive the revised signals and use the revised signals to actuate mechanical relays; wherein the mechanical relays are configured to actuate the fan or the compressor via ESC output terminals; and means for causing the alternation.

Abstract: A system for supplying air under the ceiling of a room comprising a pair of air inlet openings arranged side by side and configured to supply a pair of air streams into the room along the ceiling. The pair of air inlet openings are controllable to assume a first configuration where the supplied pair of air streams have first air stream directions spanning a first span angle and form a first angle with the ceiling, and the pair of air streams are substantially distinct air streams; and a second configuration where the supplied pair of air streams have second air stream directions spanning a second span angle smaller than the first span angle and form a second angle with the ceiling and are directed lower than in the first configuration, and the pair of air streams combine to form a combined air stream.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner capable of guiding air in a desired direction with an adjusted speed without marring the appearance to solve the above-described problems. An air conditioner comprising a ceiling-embedded type indoor unit configured to discharge air into an indoor room through an air outlet simultaneously sucking indoor air through an air inlet, wherein a air conditioner comprises, a main flap configured to guide a direction of air discharged from a air outlet in a preset direction, and a sub-flap configured to guide the direction of air between the main flap and the sub-flap in the preset direction, wherein a length of a main flap in a direction where air flows is longer than that of the sub-flap in the direction where air flows.

Abstract: An air handler that provides for noise reduction without reducing the pressure of air supplied to a space below minimum levels. The air handler includes a plenum, which forms a passageway for air through the air handler; the plenum having a return side and a supply side, a fan positioned in the plenum to move air through the plenum, the fan having a suction side and a pressure side, and a conditioning apparatus in the plenum for conditioning air passing through the plenum. The air handler further includes a sound-attenuating panel, which has a first side and an opposed second side and is positioned in the plenum so that the panel extends at least partially across the plenum. The panel is configured and positioned to interact with the flow of air in the plenum to attenuate sound. The fan provides a pressure boost to air flowing through the plenum to counteract a pressure drop resulting from interaction between the air and the panel in the plenum and the conditioning apparatus.

Abstract: A low water cutoff switch controller features a dual inline package (DIP) in combination with low water cutoff switch processor. The dual inline package (DIP) has DIP switches, each DIP switch configured to set in a respective application type or mode corresponding to a particular water heater model for the low water cutoff switch controller to control, and also configured to provide DIP switch signaling containing information about a respective DIP switch set. The low water cutoff switch processor is configured to respond to the DIP switch signaling, and also configured to respond to corresponding signaling containing information about a sensed water level contained in the particular water heater model being controlled by the low water cutoff switch controller, and provide control signaling containing information to control the operation of the particular water heater model.

Abstract: A control unit, a continuous-flow heater and a method, a flow rate of hot water through the continuous-flow heater being detected, a flow rate characteristic being ascertained on the basis of the detected flow rate over a period of time, the ascertained flow rate characteristic being compared in a comparison with a predefined characteristic, a heat output of the continuous-flow heater being controlled as a function of a result of the comparison.

Abstract: A compressor includes a compression mechanism, a shaft, a motor, and a cooling medium delivery structure. The motor includes a rotor mounted on the shaft and a stator disposed radially outwardly of the rotor to form a gap between the rotor and the stator. The cooling medium delivery structure includes inlet and outlet conduits located to supply and discharge a cooling medium to and from the motor. The shaft has an external shape different than an internal shape of the rotor to form at least one axial passageway between the shaft and the rotor. The cooling medium is supplied through the gap and the at least one axial passageway to cool the rotor.

Abstract: A cyclonic type lubricant separator with various features that reduces pressure losses, manages local gas velocities which may contribute to entrainment of liquid(s) (e.g. oil), maintains and/or improves oil separation (e.g. achieving lower oil circulation rates), reduces the size of the lubricant separator, and/or reduces or minimizes costs of production. Lubricant separators herein include a shell, a fluid inlet, a vapor outlet, a liquid outlet, and a discharge tube within the shell. Lubricant separators herein include multiple inlets that have openings such that the discharge tube is out of sight relative to the openings of the inlet, include openings along the length of the discharge tube, and/or include a flow director on the discharge tube, where the flow director includes a surface that extend away from the outer dimension of the discharge tube.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising 1,1-difluoroethene (R-1132a); a second component selected from the group consisting of hexafluoroethane (R-116), ethane (R-170) and mixtures thereof; and, optionally carbon dioxide (CO2, R-744).

Abstract: In the present chiller apparatus, a refrigerant flow path is branchably attached to a lower electrode serving as a large sample table, which copes with a case where the surface area of a sample is large in a configuration in which a plasma treatment device connected to a refrigerant cycle equipped with a heating device is applied. A control device transmits a heating adjustment control signal generated based on a result of a PID arithmetic operation including proportion, integration, and differentiation on a lower electrode refrigerant pipe refrigerant detection temperature detected from a temperature sensor provided in the vicinity of a refrigerant flow path of a heat insulating portion relative to the lower electrode of a lower electrode refrigerant pipe connected to be linked to the refrigerant cycle to a heating device and performs feedback control such that the lower electrode refrigerant pipe refrigerant detection temperature becomes a setting temperature.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit that includes a condenser, multiple temperature sensors that are disposed in line in a direction in which refrigerant flows in the condenser and detect refrigerant temperature of the condenser, a memory unit that stores positional information of the multiple temperature sensors, and a refrigerant amount calculation unit that calculates a refrigerant amount of the condenser based on the positional information of the multiple temperature sensors, detected temperatures of the multiple temperature sensors and a saturated liquid temperature of the refrigerant.

Abstract: A domestic refrigeration device and a method for operating a domestic refrigeration device. The domestic refrigeration device has a heat-insulated body with a coolable inner container which delimits a coolable interior provided for storing food. A coolant circuit is provided for cooling the coolable interior and includes a compressor and a field-oriented electric drive. The field-oriented electric drive has a field-oriented controller, a converter, and a permanently excited synchronous motor which is connected downstream of the converter and which is part of the compressor or is provided for driving the compressor.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for systems, apparatus, and methods for making ice. An ejector can rotate about an axis. When rotating, the ejector can pry an ice piece away from an ice formation cell. A refrigerant tube can be disposed within an ice formation cell. A portion of the water stream can freeze via the refrigerant tube to generate the ice piece.

Abstract: A portable food cooler apparatus comprises a box portion having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface of the box portion defines a food cavity having an open top. A lid may be pivotably mounted to the box portion and is operable between an open position and a closed position. At least one accessory mounting rail is attached to the exterior surface of the box portion of the cooler. One or more accessories, each having at least one rail mounting assembly, is removably attachable to the rail. The accessories, for example, may include one of a rod holder, wheel assembly, cradle or strut.

Abstract: A gas supply device is configured such that its supply state is switchable between a first supply state supplying, as supply air, nitrogen-enriched air produced from outside air into a containe, and a second supply state in which the gas supply device takes outside air therein and supplies, as supply air, the outside air into the container. A CA system is provided with a branch pipe which guides at least part of the supply air flowing through a supply passage to an oxygen sensor, and an open/close valve which opens/closes the branch pipe. An outside air calibration operation is performed in which the open/close valve is opened in the second supply state to guide the least part of the outside air flowing through the supply passage to the oxygen sensor, thereby calibrating the oxygen sensor using the outside air.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of forming and/or using a household appliance that includes a cabinet where items are disposed, a door mounted onto the cabinet, a glass panel having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a sheet-shaped mounting member. The mounting member extends between the inner surface of the glass panel and the outer panel of the door, thereby allowing the glass panel to be mounted onto the door and enabling a user to use it as a handle.

Abstract: Organizers for chest freezers are disclosed that provide increased access to items in chest freezers. The organizers include a base and at least one storage member, which can move vertically and rotate horizontally relative to the base. Vertical and horizontal movement of the storage member relative to the base is provided in some embodiments by a vertical member that forms a hinge between the base and the storage member and is provided in some embodiments by a coupling of the storage member to a vertical member extending vertically from the base. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for accessing items in a chest freezer. Moving a storage member of a disclosed organizer up relative to the organizer's base and/or rotating the storage member horizontally relative to the base provides greater access to frozen items in the storage member and frozen items located below the storage member's original position.

Abstract: A crisper assembly for a refrigerator has a crisper drawer defining a crisper cavity within the crisper drawer wherein the crisper drawer has a front wall, two side walls, a back wall having a top lip, and a bottom surface. A track assembly is coupled to the crisper drawer and configured to movably attach the crisper drawer to the crisper assembly and movably support the crisper drawer for movement in a first direction between a retracted position and an extended position within a refrigeration compartment. A front gasket is coupled to a first receiving flange wherein the front gasket has a bubble portion that contacts the front wall of the crisper drawer. A rear gasket is coupled to a second receiving flange where the rear gasket contacts the top lip and the back wall of the crisper drawer.

Abstract: A refrigerator of the present invention comprises: a cabinet that includes a storage compartment having an opening formed on the front side thereof; a door rotatably connected to the cabinet to open and close the opening; a drawer disposed within the storage compartment to accommodate stored goods therein; a drawer guide that supports the drawer and guides the drawer in order to enable the drawer to move forward and rearward; an extraction mechanism that includes a base part that is disposed below the drawer and moves forward while the door is opened and rearward while the door is closed, a rear frame that extends from the base part toward the rear side of the drawer and pushes the drawer forward when the base part moves forward, and an arm that extends forward from the rear frame and is disposed between the drawer and a side of the storage compartment; and an arm guide disposed between the side of the storage compartment and the drawer to guide the arm in order to enable the arm to move forward and rearward.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet that includes a storage compartment. The refrigerator further includes a door. The refrigerator further includes a drawer. The refrigerator further includes a drawer guide that is configured to support the drawer and that is configured to guide the drawer based on the drawer moving forward and backward. The refrigerator further includes a withdrawal unit that is configured to push the drawer forward based on the door opening. The withdrawal unit includes a base part that is located under the drawer, that is configured to move forward based on the door opening, and that is configured to move backward based on the door closing. The withdrawal unit further includes a rear frame that extends from the base part to a rear side of the drawer and that is configured to push the drawer forward based on the base part moving forward.

Abstract: Example apparatus and methods are disclosed for a vehicle-based smart cooler. An example disclosed cooler includes an electric cooling unit, a plurality of sensors, a wireless node, and a cooling control unit. The example wireless node communicatively couples to the vehicle. The example cooling control unit monitors a charge margin of the vehicle and, in response to the charge margin being below a threshold, activates a power management technique.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and control method for refrigerator and method for opening a refrigerator door. While a user is holding an object in both hands, a door may be automatically and additionally opened using another part of a body other than hands.

Abstract: The method for producing liquid hydrogen can include the steps of: introducing pressurized natural gas from a high pressure natural gas pipeline to a gas processing unit under conditions effective for producing a purified hydrogen stream; and introducing the purified hydrogen stream to a hydrogen liquefaction unit under conditions effective to produce a liquid hydrogen stream, wherein the hydrogen liquefaction unit provides a warm temperature cooling and a cold temperature cooling to the purified hydrogen stream, wherein the warm temperature cooling is provided by utilizing letdown energy of a pressurized stream selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen stream sourced from a nitrogen pipeline, a natural gas stream sourced from the high pressure natural gas pipeline, an air gas sourced from an air separation unit, and combinations thereof, wherein the cold temperature is provided by utilizing letdown energy of the purified hydrogen stream.

Abstract: A method for liquefaction of natural gas using refrigeration from a combination of sources including a refrigeration cycle and letdown energy of natural gas is provided. The natural gas to be liquefied (LNG) is boosted in pressure using a booster that is powered by expansion of a portion of the natural gas flow from the booster through a first natural gas turbine. A second flow of natural gas is expanded in a second natural gas turbine, and the resulting expanded stream, along with the natural gas expanded in the first natural gas turbine, are warmed against the natural gas to be liquefied. The flow rate of the natural gas in the second natural gas turbine is decoupled from the booster, thereby allowing for variation in flow rates and pressures while maintaining a constant production of LNG.

Abstract: Method for the liquefaction of nitrogen using the recovery of cold energy deriving from the evaporation of liquefied natural gas comprising the steps of: sending a flow of nitrogen (100) to be liquefied to a precooler (101); sending a flow (107) of nitrogen gas exiting said precooler (101) to a heat exchanger (108) of the high pressure recirculation compressor; sending a flow (114) of nitrogen exiting said heat exchanger (108) to a high pressure recirculation compressor (115, 117); sending a flow (120) of nitrogen exiting said compressor (115, 117) to a liquefaction heat exchanger (121); sending to said liquefaction heat exchanger (121) a flow (123) of natural gas, countercurrent to the flow (120) exiting said compressor (115, 117); sending a flow (126, 150) of nitrogen exiting said liquefaction heat exchanger (121) to said heat exchanger (108) countercurrent to said flow (107) of nitrogen gas and to said flow (114) of nitrogen; sending a flow (151, 152) of nitrogen exiting said heat exchanger (108) to said p

Abstract: A method for the liquefaction of an industrial gas by integration of a methanol plant and an air separation unit (ASU) is provided. The method can include the steps of: (a) providing a pressurized natural gas stream, a pressurized purge gas stream originating from a methanol plant, and a pressurized air gas stream comprising an air gas originating from the ASU; (b) expanding three different pressurized gases to produce three cooled streams, wherein the three different pressurized gases are the pressurized natural gas stream, the pressurized purge gas stream, and the pressurized air gas stream; and (c) liquefying the industrial gas in a liquefaction unit against the three cooled streams to produce a liquefied industrial gas stream. The industrial gas to be liquefied is selected from the group consisting of a first portion of the pressurized natural gas stream, a nitrogen gas stream, hydrogen and combinations thereof.

Abstract: It is proposed to integrate a gas processing unit with a liquefaction unit. The industrial gas stream may be but is not limited to air gases of oxygen, nitrogen argon, hydrocarbon, LNG, syngas or its components, CO2, or any other molecule or combination of molecules. It is proposed to integrate the underutilized process inefficiencies of a gas processing unit into the liquefaction unit to produce a liquid at a reduced operating cost. The gas processing unit may be any system or apparatus which alters the composition of a feed gas. Examples could be, but are not limited to, a methanol plant, steam methane reformer, cogeneration plant, and partial oxidation unit.

Abstract: An integrated method for the production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and syngas is provided. The method can include the steps of: utilizing letdown energy of a high pressure natural gas stream that is withdrawn from a natural gas pipeline to provide a warm temperature cooling; utilizing a refrigeration cycle to provide a cold temperature cooling, wherein the refrigeration cycle comprises a refrigerant recycle compressor that is powered utilizing a steam turbine; and cooling a second high pressure natural gas stream using the warm temperature cooling and the cold temperature cooling to produce an LNG product stream. The second high pressure natural gas stream is withdrawn from the natural gas pipeline, and the steam turbine is powered by high pressure steam that is produced from a syngas production facility.

Abstract: A method for the liquefaction of an industrial gas by integration of a methanol plant and an air separation unit (ASU) is provided.

Abstract: The plant is used for producing oxygen by cryogenic air separation. The plant has a high-pressure column, a low-pressure column and a main condenser. An argon-elimination column is in fluid connection with an intermediate point of the low-pressure column and is connected to an argon-elimination column head condenser. An auxiliary column has a sump region, into which gas is introduced from the argon-elimination column head condenser. The head of the auxiliary column is connected to a return flow liquid line, in order to introduce a liquid stream from the high-pressure column or the head condenser. The liquid stream has an oxygen content which is at least equal to that of air. At least one part of the crude liquid oxygen from the sump of the high-pressure column is fed to the auxiliary column at a first intermediate point.

Abstract: A method to deliver high velocity air from a rotating nozzle manifold which continuously passes through multiple rotational axes so as to project the nozzle discharge air into virtually every spherical direction in order to impact all surfaces on or within a structure. With the use of two rotating air couplings operating in series and each fastened to their own air manifolds, and having small thrust jets on each manifold powered by the same pressurized air supply used for the high velocity discharge nozzles, rotation of the high velocity air nozzle manifold in the X and Y axes are achieved.