Gas Forcing Means Patents (Class 62/419)
  • Patent number: 11939988
    Abstract: An air duct component includes first and second volute members arranged oppositely in a cross section perpendicular to an axis of a cross-flow impeller. An inner end of the first volute member includes a volute tongue. A cross-flow air duct formed between the first and second volute members includes a middle air duct section and an end air duct section arranged along an axial direction of the cross-flow impeller. The middle air duct section includes a middle air outlet duct located downstream of a vertical line that passes through the volute tongue and is perpendicular to the second volute member. The end air duct section includes an end air outlet duct located downstream of the vertical line. A cross-sectional area of the middle air outlet duct is larger than a cross-sectional area of the end air outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: CHONGQING MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Ling, Longfei Wang, Qiankun Liu, Xidong Wang
  • Patent number: 11879680
    Abstract: An appliance ice-making compartment includes a housing which defines an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture. A first ice tray is disposed at a first height within the housing. A second ice tray is disposed at a second height within the housing where the first height is closer to a top of the housing compared to the second height. The second ice tray is closer to the inlet aperture compared to the first ice tray. An inlet duct is in fluid communication with the inlet aperture and configured to direct air toward the first ice tray and the second ice tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah M. Galea, Jacob C. Ickes, Vikas C Mruthyunjaya
  • Patent number: 11692720
    Abstract: An air conditioner unit may include a housing, an outdoor heat exchanger assembly, an indoor heat exchanger assembly, a compressor, a bulkhead, and a sterilization light assembly. The housing may define an indoor portion and an outdoor portion. The housing may further define an exhaust outlet downstream from the indoor portion to exhaust air. The outdoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the outdoor portion and include an outdoor heat exchanger. The indoor heat exchanger assembly may be disposed in the indoor portion and include an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor fan. The bulkhead may be disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger along a transverse direction to define the indoor portion and the outdoor portion. The bulkhead may further define a vent aperture therethrough. The sterilization light assembly may be disposed within the indoor portion downstream from the vent aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Scott Shaffer, Craig Benjamin Williams, Stephen Budelsky
  • Patent number: 11686521
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first storage chamber, a second storage chamber, and a heat exchange chamber therebetween. At least one first inlet is configured to introduce cold air from the first storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber, and at least one second inlet is configured to introduce cold air from the second storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber. The first and second inlets are provided at sides of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junsoo Han, Dongseok Kim, Kangsoo Byun, Younseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11420494
    Abstract: A method for operating an air conditioning system, which may include a heating device, to condition air in a vehicle interior of a motor vehicle. At least one first air path and at least one second air path may each fluidically communicate with the air conditioning system and each open out into the vehicle interior. The method may include guiding the air from the vehicle interior via one of (i) the at least one first air path and (ii) the at least one second air path to the air conditioning system as a function of an operating state set in the air conditioning system. The method may also include guiding the air from the air conditioning system via the other of the one of (i) the at least one first air path and (ii) the at least one second air path into the vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Holger Laux, Oliver Schultze
  • Patent number: 11333424
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an evaporator arranged in a heat exchange chamber and having refrigerant pipes through which refrigerant flows and fins configured to guide heat exchange between the refrigerant and cold air, wherein the evaporator includes a first and a second side spaced apart from each other, and the fins of the evaporator guide flow of air such that the cold air introduce into the first and second sides is combined with each other in the space between the first and second sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junsoo Han, Kangsoo Byun, Dongseok Kim, Younseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11306966
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance or a variable shelf assembly, as provided herein, may include a selectively-sealed shelf tube, a support piston, a shelving bracket, a first valve, and a second valve. The selectively-sealed shelf tube may define a fluid inlet to receive water therethrough and a fluid outlet to exhaust water therethrough. The support piston may be slidably disposed within the selectively-sealed shelf tube to move between a top position and a base position according to a volume of water within the selectively-sealed shelf tube. The shelving bracket may be fixed to the support piston to move therewith. The first valve may be upstream from the fluid inlet to selectively permit water thereto. The second valve may be downstream from the fluid outlet to selectively permit water from the variable shelf assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Goodman Schroeder, Matthew Hunter
  • Patent number: 11293685
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a partition wall provided between first and second storage chambers and having a partition wall insulator, an evaporator case arranged in the partition wall and communicating with the first and second storage chambers, an evaporator installed inside the evaporator case, a grill cover provided on a rear side of the evaporator case and configured to accommodate a blower fan, and support guides provided in the grill cover and supporting a rear portion of the evaporator, such that an internal storage space of the refrigerator is increased, and a withdrawal distance of a drawer provided in the refrigerator is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junsoo Han, Younseok Lee, Dongseok Kim
  • Patent number: 11073322
    Abstract: A modular air handler is adapted for installation in a racking assembly behind palletized product. The air handler operates to move air through the adjacent layers of palletized product upon placement of the palletized product in the adjacent space. The air handler can be deactivated in order to prevent unnecessary air flow when no palletized product is present in the adjacent space. A number of the modular air handlers may be provided for a racking assembly, such that individual pallet bays may be activated or deactivated as palletized product is deposited or withdrawn from the various pallet bays of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TIPPMANN ENGINEERING, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Tippmann, Robert T. Tippmann, III
  • Patent number: 10969121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a supply air device (200) comprising an outflow structure that increases air circulating efficiency of the supply air device (200). The outflow structure comprises an outflow channel structure and a nozzle structure. The outflow channel (210, 211) is arranged to be fixed in a distance from the nozzle and on a side of the supply air device (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Alme Solutions OY
    Inventor: Jari Heinovaara
  • Patent number: 10921043
    Abstract: A modular air handler is adapted for installation in a racking assembly behind palletized product. The air handler operates to move air through the adjacent layers of palletized product upon placement of the palletized product in the adjacent space. The air handler can be deactivated in order to prevent unnecessary air flow when no palletized product is present in the adjacent space. A number of the modular air handlers may be provided for a racking assembly, such that individual pallet bays may be activated or deactivated as palletized product is deposited or withdrawn from the various pallet bays of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Tippmann Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel J. Tippmann, Robert T. Tippmann, David P. Tippmann
  • Patent number: 10775093
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include a cabinet having a freezer compartment. An evaporator supplies cold air to the freezer compartment and an evaporator cover covers the evaporator. The evaporator cover has a supercooling passage for flowing some of cold air that has exchanged heat through the evaporator to a supercooling compartment of the freezer compartment. A cold air duct directs the other of the cold air that has exchanged heat through the evaporator to a top storage space over the supercooling compartment. A cold air guide device guides cold air in the cold air duct to a bottom storage space under the supercooling compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyunghun Cha, Soyoon Kim, Kyungseok Kim
  • Patent number: 10697688
    Abstract: A cooled storage system comprises a grid structure of storage cells, where each cell is arranged to accommodate a vertical stack of storage bins and having a top level, at least one remotely operated vehicle arranged to move at the top level of the grid structure and receive a bin from a storage cell at the top level of the grid structure, where there is provided thermal insulation between at least a section of the grid structure and the remotely operated vehicle, and said section of the grid structure has a temperature that is lower than the temperature of the remotely operated vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Autostore Technology AS
    Inventor: Ingvar Hognaland
  • Patent number: 10408524
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having a temperature controlled drawer with improved temperature control is provided. A sealed system including a compressor, an evaporator, and an evaporator fan may be configured for cooling the fresh food chamber. A controller is configured to operate the evaporator fan when the compressor is off in order to increase the temperature of the temperature controlled drawer. Additionally, or alternatively, a secondary fan may be attached to the temperature controlled drawer and may be selectively operated by the controller to circulate air from the chilled chamber through the temperature controlled drawer. In this manner, the temperature of the temperature controlled drawer may be more precisely controlled regardless of whether the compressor is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov, Jianwu Li, Stephanos Kyriacou
  • Patent number: 10386107
    Abstract: A refrigerator and an air passage device thereof. The air passage device comprises an air passage cover plate, an air passage foam, and an air door which comprises: a base plate part provided with at least one arcuate guide hole and an elongate through hole parallel with the arcuate guide hole, wherein the hole wall of at least a part of the arcuate guide holes is provided with multiple limiting portions, and the elongate through hole is arranged close to the side at which the hole wall is provided with the limiting portions; and a shielding part which adjusts the ventilation area of the air passage when being rotated, and at least one guide column, which is inserted into a corresponding arcuate guide hole and cooperates with the arcuate guide hole by interference fit. The air door is simple in structure, convenient in operation and does not consume any power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Enpin Xia, Huimin Zhang, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10247466
    Abstract: A freezing and refrigerating device comprises a box body and a door body. An air supply path supplying cooling air flow to a storage compartment, an air return path enabling the air flow from the storage compartment to pass, a cooling chamber and a defrosting air return path are defined in the box body, wherein the cooling chamber is provided with an air feeding opening part and an air return opening part and contains an evaporator, a blower and a defrosting heater, and the defrosting air return path is communicated with the air feeding opening part and the air return opening part of the cooling chamber. The air supply path and the defrosting air return path are provided with an air supply door and a defrosting air return door respectively. The present invention further provides a defrosting control method of the freezing and refrigerating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: QINDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haibo Tao, Jianru Liu, Feifei Qi, Lisheng Ji
  • Patent number: 10113758
    Abstract: Systems and methods for evaporatively cooling air wherein a cooling system enclosure is alternately expandable and contractible. The housing is expandable for operation and contractible for storage or transportation. A water distribution subsystem delivers water from a reservoir to evaporative media within the enclosure. Air is circulated over the evaporative media to cool the air. The enclosure may be expanded by creating a positive pressure differential between the interior and exterior of the enclosure. The water distribution subsystem and evaporative media may be configured to move from storage to operating positions within the enclosure as the enclosure moves from the contracted position to the expanded position. The enclosure may include substantially rigid portions that form a protective housing for the internal cooling components when in the contracted storage position. Wheels and stowable handles may facilitate transportation of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventor: Rex A. Eiserer
  • Patent number: 9951781
    Abstract: A centrifugal blower for an air conditioner may include a centrifugal fan rotatably coupled to a motor, and a bell mouth guiding air into the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan may include a hub fixed to the motor, a main plate provided at an outer circumferential surface of the hub, a shroud surrounding the rotary shaft, the shroud positioned opposite the main plate to define a main gas flow path, and wings arranged along a circumferential direction of the suction opening between the main plate and the shroud. A rear axial end of the bell mouth may be inserted into the shroud through the suction opening so as to form a predetermined radial gap with the suction opening. A rear portion of the bell mouth may include alternately formed protrusions and recesses inserted into the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Woojoo Choi, Choonmyun Chung, Dongkyun Im, Taeman Yang
  • Patent number: 9707156
    Abstract: People can damage their medicines by taking them outside in hot or cold weather. On the other hand, some people need to carry their medicines with them wherever they go (even if the weather is extremely hot or cold). Specially constructed storage systems can protect medicines from damage due to hot and cold weather without requiring bulky structures or expensive components that consume electricity to regulate temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventors: Sandy Wengreen, Eric John Wengreen
  • Patent number: 9557070
    Abstract: An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Seog Song, Dong Yoon Lee, Bu Youn Lee, Dong Woon Kang, Do Yeon Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, Byung Ghun Kim, Young-Jae Kim, Jun Woo Kim, Hyun Ah Kim, Yong Ho Seo, Hyeong Joon Seo, Byung Yul So, Jae Hyoung Sim, Joon-Ho Yoon, Jung Dae Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Chul Ju Lee, Seung Beom Lim, Keun Jeong Jang, Min Gu Jeon, Min-Gi Cho, Sung-June Cho, Eun Sung Jo, Hyeong Kyu Cho
  • Patent number: 9086234
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cold air supply device received in an insulating partition that defines a storage compartment into upper and lower storage compartments. As cold air is supplied into the storage compartment below the insulating partition through the cold air supply device, the refrigerator has enhanced productivity and interior volume efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Yeol Gu
  • Publication number: 20150135741
    Abstract: Apparatus that primarily includes a narrow tube, through which a gas, preferably air, is forced to flow at a substantially high axial velocity. The gas, which must accelerate to reach that velocity and consequently becomes substantially cooler than the environment, then dissipates heat, through the wall of the tube from whatever is in thermal communication with that wall and thus refrigerates it. The gas does not undergo a change of phase. Preferably the tube forms the middle segment of a continuous tri-segment duct, through which the gas flows; the other two segments have each a tapered passageway, whose diameter varies between that of the tube and a considerably larger diameter at the corresponding end of the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Itzhak MERKSAMER
  • Publication number: 20150121914
    Abstract: A storage compartment assembly is located within the interior of a compartment of a refrigerator such as a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator. The storage compartment assembly includes a storage container the temperature of which can be controlled independently of the temperature in the fresh food compartment. At least one of the sides of the storage container can be spaced away from a respective interior side of the refrigerator compartment and a housing located in the space between the side of the storage container and the interior side of the refrigerator compartment. The housing can contain components that are configured to function in the operation of the refrigerator, including the storage compartment assembly. The refrigerator can comprise a bottom-mount refrigerator and the fresh food compartment can be provided with double-doors for closing and opening the interior of the fresh food compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Nilton Carlos Bertolini, Edmund S. Richardson, Jerry R. Baack, David L. Hall, Cory Dale Simpson
  • Patent number: 9016085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerating appliance having an evaporator area and at least two cooling areas partitioned off from one another inside the housing of the refrigerating appliance. A wall has a solid inner skin, a solid outer skin and a layer made of expanded insulating material located between the inner and outer skin. A cold air supply channel in the wall extends from the evaporator area past the first cooling area to the second cooling area. A shaped part made of an insulating material extends between the cold air supply channel and the inner skin of the wall. The cold air supply channel is separated from the expanded insulating material by a partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgerate GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Ralf Spiller
  • Publication number: 20150107291
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that defines a fresh food chamber. A door is rotatably mounted to the cabinet. The door defines a freezer chamber. The position of the fresh food chamber and the freezer chamber can facilitate access to food items stored within the freezer chamber and/or the fresh food chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Alan Joseph Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20150107285
    Abstract: Refrigerator appliances are provided. A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a fresh food chamber, and a door rotatably hinged to the cabinet for accessing the fresh food chamber, the door including an inner surface and an outer surface. The refrigerator appliance further includes a compartment defined in the inner surface of the door, the compartment defining an interior chamber and including a compartment door providing access to the interior chamber. The compartment is selectively operable at a first temperature below approximately 32 degrees Fahrenheit and a second temperature above approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alan Joseph Mitchell, Joel Erik Hitzelberger, Ronald Gary Foster
  • Patent number: 9010145
    Abstract: A refrigerator having an intermediate storage compartment, which has an improved structure of a return flow passage to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator includes a first evaporator to supply cold air to an upper storage compartment, a second evaporator to supply cold air to a lower storage compartment, a cold air supply duct to supply cold air generated at the second evaporator to an intermediate storage compartment, and a curved section formed at a top of the intermediate storage compartment to uniformly distribute the cold air supplied via the cold air supply duct in the intermediate storage compartment. The refrigerator also includes a cold air return duct to return cold air from the intermediate storage compartment, and an ice-making cold air return duct to return cold air from an ice maker. The cold air return duct is joined with the ice-making cold air return duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Lim, Gi Joong Jeong, Sinn Bong Yoon, Woo Yeol Yoo, Jong Eun Chae, Sun Keun Lee, Yun Ho Yang, Sang Woon Jeon, Jae Moon Lee
  • Publication number: 20150089970
    Abstract: An improved aircraft air chiller unit particularly suited for an aircraft galley that requires refrigerated or cooled beverage/meal carts and/or chilled storage compartments. The chiller of the present invention takes the form of a line replaceable unit (“LRU”) and incorporates a liquid-cooled refrigerant vapor compression cycle, arranged in a housing with a vertical orientation. Because of the vertical orientation, ducting on the rear surface of the chiller is omitted, reducing the overall footprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Qiao Lu, William J. Godecker, James R. Forbes
  • Patent number: 8984908
    Abstract: A refrigerator that is capable of easily operating a storage chamber (30) where cooling is carried out independently from a cold chamber (10) is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having a cold chamber (10) defined therein and a storage chamber (30) disposed in the cold chamber, a cool air generation chamber having a cooler and a fan (102) for supplying cool air mounted therein, a partition plate for partitioning the cold chamber (10) and the cool air generation chamber from each other, the partition plate having a main flow channel (103) for guiding the cool air supplied by the fan (102) to the cold chamber (10) and at least one cool air hole (201) located between the fan (102) and the main flow channel (103) for bypassing the cool air, and at least one bypass duct (200) for guiding the cool air bypassed through the at least one cool air hole (201) to the storage chamber (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Ho Bae, Chung Joon Kim, Soo Kwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20150075193
    Abstract: An automatically adjustable swing seal for a rack-aisle freezing and chilling system extends, for example, from the top horizontal frame member of a racking structure and defines an intake opening along with side seals and a bottom seal. The swing seal is positioned at a height such that a product stack having a top edge positioned at any point along the face of the swing seat creates a seal between the intake opening and the stack via the swing seal, the side seals, and the bottom seal. Thus, stacks of varying heights may automatically be accommodated. Further, the bottom edge of the swing seal may be beveled, such that if a product stack is not evenly stacked a portion of the uneven stacking will not catch against the swing seal when the stack is pulled away from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Daniel J. Tippmann
  • Publication number: 20150059386
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling airflow in a duct of an aircraft galley chiller includes first and second legs having ends connected together to form a vane, and free ends configured to be attached within the duct. A free end of one first leg may have a beveled edge, and the free end of the other leg may have a flat edge, and each leg may have one or more score lines to aid cutting lengths of the first and second legs. The legs are connected together at a predetermined fixed angle, or at an adjustable angle, such as by an adjustable hinge. A pair of opposing vanes may be attached within opposing sides of the duct to form a venturi within the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
  • Patent number: 8959946
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided having an outer housing and an inner housing which is at a distance from the outer housing and is surrounded by the latter, with the hollow space produced between the outer housing and the inner housing being filled with foam for insulation purposes. An inner chamber is surrounded by the inner housing and is cooled by the circulation of cooling air supplied to the inner chamber by means of a cooling-air duct and is arranged between the outer housing and the inner housing. A method is provided for forming the cooling-air duct from a shaped part that has insulating material and a closed rear-wall element and rests on an outer face of the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Görz, Hans Ihle
  • Publication number: 20150047386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerating device comprising an evaporator, comprising a fan and a fan housing for generating an air flow on the evaporator, and comprising a bearing shell for retaining the fan housing on the evaporator in a vibration-decoupled manner. The fan housing has at least one first bearing pin and a second bearing pin. The bearing shell has at least one first receiving recess for receiving the first bearing pin in a pivotal manner and a second receiving recess for receiving the second bearing pin, and a pivotal locking element is provided for locking the second bearing pin in the second receiving recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Koch, Michaela Malisi, Renate Pradel
  • Patent number: 8950210
    Abstract: A refrigeration system includes an airflow system which eliminates the traditional air tower in the freezer area by utilizing at least one air outlet formed between a freezer cavity area and a fresh food cavity area. The air outlet is configured to permit at least a portion of a cooled air stream generated by a fan of an evaporator assembly and circulated in the freezer cavity area to flow into the fresh food cavity area through the air outlet. The refrigeration system also includes at least one air return formed between the evaporator assembly and the fresh food cavity area. The air return is configured such that air from the fresh food cavity area flows into the evaporator assembly through the air return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Brent Alden Junge
  • Patent number: 8950209
    Abstract: A refrigeration system includes an airflow system which eliminates the traditional evaporator fan cover assembly in the freezer area by utilizing at least one air outlet formed between a freezer cavity area and a duct coupled to the fresh food cavity area. The air outlet is configured to permit at least a portion of a cooled air stream generated by a fan of the evaporator assembly received in the freezer cavity area to be provided to the fresh food cavity area through the air outlet and via the duct. The refrigeration system also includes at least one air return formed between the evaporator assembly and the fresh food cavity area. The air return is configured such that air from the fresh food cavity area flows into the evaporator assembly through the air return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Blake Mackenzie Whelan
  • Publication number: 20150027160
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable air conditioning device for vehicles. The device includes an air duct system and an exhaust pipe that is connected to a housing member that encloses a compressor, an air condenser, a power supply, and a dual fan system with a fan speed control switch that is connected to one or more capacitors. The duct system supplies cool, filtered air to the interior of a vehicle while the exhaust pipe releases heat to the outdoors. The device may be internally powered via a battery or externally powered via a power adaptor or outlet. The device may be conveniently placed inside of a vehicle and secured in place via a strap system disposed thereon. In this way, the device may be ideally used with existing vehicles lacking an operable air conditioning system. Additionally, the device may be used to supplement an operable air conditioning system for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Shea Patrick Callahan
  • Patent number: 8935939
    Abstract: Provided is a chilling device or cooling apparatus that quickly chills a beverage. The chilling device or cooling apparatus may be provided to a refrigerator or a refrigerating storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yeonwoo Cho, Yanggyu Kim, Younseok Lee
  • Publication number: 20150007603
    Abstract: The invention provides a cooling apparatus with vented backrest and an optional air intake and circulation system for dual functioning as (1) a cooler effective to maintain food and beverages below ambient temperatures and (2) a seat with vented backrest that provides cooled air to the individual seated on the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: THOMAS KEENAN
  • Publication number: 20150007600
    Abstract: A chiller for an aircraft galley that is sized to be disposed in a compartment for housing beverage carts, the chiller comprising a vapor cycle refrigeration system with a liquid cooled condenser located within the housing and a liquid cooling unit located within the housing. Further, the vapor cycle refrigeration system and the liquid cooling unit have a combined footprint that is less than a footprint of a food and beverage cart within the housing, such that the space occupied by the chiller displaces no more than one beverage cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: William J. Godecker, Qiao Lu, Tortsten Trumper
  • Publication number: 20150000317
    Abstract: An integrated air conditioning system includes an indirect outdoor air cooler having a first heat exchanger for passing through indoor air as warm air, a second heat exchanger for passing through outdoor air, and piping and a pump for circulating a fluid through the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger; an air conditioner having an evaporator, a compressor, and a condenser, for passing the indoor air to convert to cold air; a fan for passing the outdoor air through the second heat exchanger and the condenser; and a control device. The control device sets any mode from among a first mode for performing an individual operation of the indirect outdoor air cooler, a second mode for performing an individual operation of the air conditioner, or a third mode for performing a combined operation of the air conditioner and the indirect outdoor air cooler, to a current operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Kenya Murakami, Masaki Takahashi, Taiji Mori, Shunsuke Ohga, Shuhei Shibata, Yuichiro Minegishi
  • Patent number: 8919146
    Abstract: A soft freeze assembly is provided within a freezer compartment of a refrigerator assembly. The refrigerator assembly includes a fresh food compartment maintained at a first temperature arranged adjacent the freezer compartment maintained at a second temperature. The soft freeze assembly includes a support structure attached to a wall within the freezer compartment. The soft freeze assembly further includes a storage bin being supported by the support structure and movable with respect to the support structure. The storage bin is structured to allow air exterior from the freezer compartment to enter the storage bin and maintain the storage bin at a third temperature that is colder than the first temperature and warmer than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Proucts, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Ellis, Timothy Bryan Rackley, Christopher W. Baum
  • Publication number: 20140373567
    Abstract: A drug refrigerator capable of temperature control with a small fluctuation range in interior temperature is provided. This is the drug refrigerator in which cold air in a cooling chamber partitioned by a vertical partition plate in the back of an interior is circulated into the interior by a fan. A cold air inlet is formed above the center of the vertical partition plate. At right and left positions lower than a cooler in the cooling chamber, forward-facing cold air outlets are provided. A downward-facing cold air outlet for blowing out cold air toward a bottom part of the interior is provided at a position lower than the forward-facing cold air outlets. The circulation amount of cold air blown out through the forward-facing cold air outlet is made larger than the circulation amount of cold air blown out through the downward-facing cold air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Takao OTSUKI, Kenichi MIZUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8904817
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are provided. A refrigerator includes a body having a cooling compartment and a storage compartment provided in the cooling compartment to form a predetermined cooling space, a cool air generation compartment having a cooler and a fan to supply cool air, and a partition plate that partitions a predetermined space into the cooling compartment and the cool air generation compartment. The partition plate includes a main path to guide the cool air into the cooling compartment and a bypass path to guide the cool air into the storage compartment. A cool air controller is provided at the bypass path to control the cool air supplied to the storage compartment via the bypass path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Joon Kim, Jun Ho Bae, Soo Kwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20140345304
    Abstract: An integrated mobile apparatus pre-cools produce prior to shipment, for example, to purchasers or to a cold storage facility. The apparatus comprises a preparation chamber for receiving and arranging produce on a movable carrier, a cooling chamber for receiving the produce from the preparation chamber, and a shipping chamber for receiving the produce from the cooling chamber. The chambers are preferably housed in a single enclosure and are arranged linearly, with the cooling chamber interposed between the preparation chamber and the shipping chamber. A method for pre-cooling produce prior to shipment comprises (a) arranging the produce on a movable carrier located within the preparation chamber, (b) conveying the carrier from the preparation chamber to the cooling chamber, (c) cooling the produce in the cooling chamber, (d) conveying the cooled produce to the shipping chamber, and (e) unloading the produce from the shipping chamber on to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: David Joe Yee Leung, Thomas King Fu Leung
  • Publication number: 20140338387
    Abstract: An assembled temperature controlling device includes a casing body and a mechanic body at an opening of the casing body, The mechanic body includes a housing, a temperature controlling component inside the housing, a cover lid covering the temperature controlling component, and a thermostat base between the cover lid and the opening. The surface of the temperature controlling component has a temperature controlling panel. A compressor, a heat sink, an evaporator between the air inlet and the returned air inlet, a set of fans corresponding to the outlet and an expansion valve between the evaporator and the heat sink are provided inside the temperature controlling component. The casing body can have single one accommodating space, or a plurality of individual accommodating spaces, Alternatively, a plurality of casing bodies is connected. to one another in a manner that a plurality of accommodating spaces communicates with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Jish-Shyan JIANG
  • Patent number: 8863549
    Abstract: Provided is a chilling device or cooling apparatus that quickly chills a beverage. The chilling device or cooling apparatus may be provided to a refrigerator or a refrigerating storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yeonwoo Cho, Yanggyu Kim, Younseok Lee
  • Publication number: 20140298851
    Abstract: A contact freezer (10) combining the techniques of plate freezing and impingement freezing. One or more cooling modules (11) are disposed sequentially with a continuous conveyor (14) for carrying a food product. Each cooling module (11) includes a refrigerated plate (16) disposed underneath and supporting the conveyor (14). The food product is simultaneously cooled using the impingement freezing technique. A cooling coil (19) is disposed above the conveyor (14). One or more fans (22) disposed below the cooling coil (19) circulate air downwardly through the cooling coil (19) and through an array of diverters (23) so that high speed cooled air is directed onto the food product. The contact freezer (10) may also include a pre-chilling section (12) with a refrigerated plate (24) but without impingement freezing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Michael M. MILLER, Darin L. CHANCELLOR
  • Publication number: 20140298850
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a body having storage chambers formed therein, and a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator that form a refrigerating cycle to cool the storage chambers. The condenser may include a refrigerant condensation channel through which refrigerant from the compressor passes and a working fluid evaporation channel through which working fluid is evaporated due to heat exchange with the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant condensation channel. The condenser may be connected with a hot line, through which the working fluid evaporated through the working fluid evaporation channel flows and discharges heat to reduce condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Taehee LEE, Dongseok KIM
  • Publication number: 20140290303
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body with a first storage compartment and a first evaporation compartment provided within the main body in order to cool the first storage compartment. The refrigerator also includes a second storage compartment independently provided in the first storage compartment and maintained at a temperature lower than a temperature of the first storage compartment; and a second evaporation compartment located at a rear side of the second storage compartment to cool the second storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Shin, Heayoun Sul, Changho Seo, Yongjoo Park
  • Publication number: 20140290302
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body with a first storage compartment; a first evaporation compartment provided within the main body in order to cool the first storage compartment; and a first evaporator provided in the first evaporation compartment. The refrigerator further includes a second storage compartment independently provided in the first storage compartment including a case forming an insulation space so as to maintain a temperature lower than the first storage compartment and a drawer to insert into and remove from the case; a second evaporation compartment, independent from the first evaporation compartment, formed in the second storage compartment; and a second evaporator provided in the second evaporation compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS
    Inventors: Jaehoon SHIN, Heayoun SUL, Changho SEO, Yongjoo PARK