Gas Forcing Means Patents (Class 62/419)
  • Publication number: 20100126206
    Abstract: An indoor unit for an air conditioning apparatus is provided. The indoor unit includes a cross flow fan having a structure that can reduce noise and flow resistance of air passing through a heat exchanger in the indoor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Jeong Taek Park, Deok Huh, Ki Won Seo
  • Publication number: 20100126201
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include an evaporator that generates cold air supplied to a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, a first fan that supplies the cold air generated by the evaporator to a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber of the refrigerator, and a second fan that circulates the cold air within the refrigerating chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Chang Ho SEO, Dong Jeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20100126208
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an air conditioning unit that includes an intake vent, an exhaust vent, a return vent, a supply vent, and an economizer assembly including a sliding damper and a partition. The partition includes an opening through which air can flow from the return vent to the supply vent during a mechanical cooling mode. The sliding damper includes a vertical panel capable of moving vertically to close the intake vent and the exhaust vent during the mechanical cooling mode and an angled panel capable of closing the opening in the partition in order to enter an economizer mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Scott Dean Stammer, Randal Alan Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20100126207
    Abstract: A ventilating device and a refrigerator, more particularly, a ventilating device including a scroll (122) of an optimized structure and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The ventilating device includes a ventilation fan for ventilating air, a first duct (130) for allowing some of the air discharged from the ventilation fan to flow therealong, a second (140) duct for allowing at least some of the remaining air, excluding the air discharged from the ventilation fan and flowing along the first duct, to flow therealong, and a scroll for guiding the air discharged from the ventilation fan to the first duct (130) and the second duct (140), the scroll (122) being constructed in the shape of a spiral track in which a coefficient of expansion angle from a cutoff part to at least one of the first (130) and second (140) ducts is 0.35 to 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Jun Ho Bae, Soo Kwan Lee, Chang Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100125365
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a freezing chamber positioned under a refrigerating chamber. A refrigerating chamber fan and a freezing chamber fan may be provided at a refrigerating chamber duct and a freezing chamber duct, respectively, and a damper may selectively open and close the refrigerating chamber duct. By controlling the refrigerating chamber fan, the freezing chamber fan and the damper, cold air may be selectively supplied to the refrigerating chamber and/or the freezing chamber based on individual cooling needs as appropriate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Kwang Woon AHN, Gye Young SONG, Kyung Seok KIM
  • Patent number: 7716944
    Abstract: An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes an indoor unit casing, a horizontal flap, and a front panel. The indoor unit casing includes an outlet through which air is blown into a room. The horizontal flap is disposed so as to freely open and close the outlet and guides the air blown out through the outlet. In a closed state, the front panel covers at least part of the indoor unit casing and at least one end of the horizontal flap closing the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuuichi Murai
  • Publication number: 20100115985
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body defining a compartment, the compartment having an access opening, a first wall and a heat exchanger supported by the first wall; a refrigeration system containing therein a working medium and including an evaporator which is disposed outside of the compartment for cooling the compartment; a door supported by the main body for selectively closing at least part of the access opening of the compartment; and a sub-compartment on the door and including a second wall with an opening. The heat exchanger is coolable by the working medium. The heat exchanger and the second wall are positioned so that when the door is in a closed position, the heat exchanger is exposed to an interior of the sub-compartment through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Alan Joseph MITCHELL, Brent Alden JUNGE
  • Publication number: 20100115982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to evaporators, and more particularly to an evaporator (10) having a duct integrated therewith, in which a circulating duct (20) and an evaporator (10) are mounted to an inner case like one body for reducing a performance deviation and working man-hours. To do this, the evaporator (10) having a duct integrated therewith includes an evaporator (10), and a circulating duct (20) including, a duct portion (30) for circulation of cold air, and a mounting portion (10) mounted to an inner case one body in a state the evaporator (10) is placed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Kyeong Yun Kim, Nam Soo Cho, Su Nam Chae, Jang Seok Lee, Youn Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20100115972
    Abstract: A refrigerator that is capable of achieving smooth flow of cool air therein and improving cooling efficiency of a cooled evaporator (10) and a control method of the same that is capable of controlling operation time of an evaporator (10) and a fan (20), thereby improving cooling efficiency of the refrigerator are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Soo Kwan Lee, Jun Ho Bae, Chang Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100107678
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. A refrigerator includes a body comprising a cooling compartment (10) and a storage compartment (10) provided in the cooling compartment (10) to form a predetermined cooling space, a cool air generation compartment (20) comprising a cooler and a fan to supply cool air, a partition plate (100) to partition a predetermined space into the cooling compartment (10) and the cool air generation compartment (20), the partition plate (100) comprising a main path to guide the cool air into the cooling compartment (10) and a bypass path (120) to guide the cool air into the storage compartment (30), and a cool air control unit (100) provided at the bypass path (120) to control the cool air supplied to the storage compartment (30) via the bypass path (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Chang Joon Kim, Jun Ho Bae, Soo Kwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20100107673
    Abstract: In a dehumidification/humidification device, a blower (2) and an adsorbent module (3) are contained in a casing. In other embodiment, the blower (2), the adsorbent module (3), and a flow passage-changing device (4) are contained in the casing. The adsorbent module (3) comprises an adsorbing element (30) formed by carrying an adsorbent on a permeable element and a heater (31) directly disposed on the adsorbing element. The state of the electrification of the heater (31) is changed and an air-blowing direction or a flow passage is changed, whereby a dehumidified air is discharged from a first suction/discharge port (or discharge port), and a humidified air is discharged from a second suction/discharge port (or discharge port).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu Nakaguro, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi, Hideto Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20100107655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a climate control device having a cooling air outlet (10a) for cooled air (12a), and a heated air outlet (10b) for heated air (12b), wherein the air to be cooled (14a) is cooled by means of the cold side (16a) of a Peltier element arrangement (18) and is blown out by means of a cooling air feed device (20a) via the cooled air outlet (10a), and wherein the air to be heated (14b) is heated by means of the warm side (16b) of the Peltier element arrangement (18) and is blown out by means of a heated air feed device (20b) via the heated air outlet (10b). Each of the warm side (16b) and/or the cold side (16a) of the Peltier element arrangement (18) is coupled to a coolant circuit (22a; 22b), to which an air/fluid heat exchanger arrangement (28a; 28b) is connected. The device is used, for example, for cooling or ventilating a housing, particularly of a control cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Ralf Braun, Ralf Schneider, Patrick Löffler
  • Publication number: 20100107677
    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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Jun Ho Bae, Chung Joon Kim, Soo Kwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20100106303
    Abstract: A method for operating a refrigeration system for a container to pull down the temperature of cargo from ambient to a predetermined set-point temperature, and a system employing the method. The method includes operating a compressor at a first power to compress a refrigerant and direct the refrigerant through a condenser and an evaporator of the refrigeration system, initially operating an evaporator fan at a first speed to supply refrigerated supply air from the evaporator to the cargo within the container, sensing the temperature of the supply air, comparing the temperature of the supply air with a predetermined set-point temperature, and increasing the speed of the evaporator fan to a second speed faster than the first when the temperature of the supply air is lower than the predetermined set-point temperature to maintain the temperature of the supply air at the predetermined set-point temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Ole Thogersen, Allan Dyrmose, Dan Vad Steffensen
  • Patent number: 7703504
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes fins arranged in parallel with each other with a predetermined spacing along the rotational axis direction of a blower. Heat exchanger tubes are inserted into the fins to form rows along a longitudinal direction of the fins connected to each other along the airflow direction, to form refrigerant channels. A branch portion is provided to connection portions of the heat exchanger tubes to increase or decrease the number of paths in the refrigerant channels. Refrigerant flows through each of the refrigerant channels passing through paths mutually different at least at one portion between the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlets, flows along one direction from the windward-side row to the leeward-side row, or from the leeward-side row to the windward-side row in the airflow direction, in sequence between rows. One-path portion is provided in the most windward-side row heat exchanger tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Ishibashi, Kunihiko Kaga, Riichi Kondou, Takuya Mukouyama
  • Patent number: 7703298
    Abstract: Refrigerator with an icemaker including a cabinet having a mullion wall for compartmentalization of a freezing chamber and a refrigerating chamber, a case provided to a door on the refrigerating chamber, having a cavity therein, a first duct for supplying cold air from a neighborhood of an evaporator in the freezing chamber to the cavity, the icemaker in the cavity for producing ice, an ice container in the cavity for storing the ice, and a dispenser in the door in communication with the cavity, thereby having ice supplied to a user at an outside of the refrigerator through a dispenser provided to the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myung Ryul Lee, Seong Jae Kim, Chang Ho Seo, Sung Hoon Chung
  • Publication number: 20100095692
    Abstract: This invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with an ice maker, wherein the appliance includes at least one fan associated to the ice maker, which is arranged such that cold air is supplied to the ice maker by means of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Holger Jendrusch, Matthias Wiest, Manfred Gradl
  • Publication number: 20100083687
    Abstract: The present invention is to realize supercooled freezing as a method of enhancing the quality of frozen food with a simple arrangement by a method other than quick freezing. Further, the present invention is to obtain a refrigerator and a frozen food preservation method capable of realizing high quality freezing by a simple arrangement. The refrigerator, which stores food making use of the cold air generated by a cooler 3, includes a supercooling case 81 for keeping the stored food in a supercooled state, in which the food is not frozen even at a temperature equal to or less than the freezing point of the food, for at least a predetermined period of time. The supercooling case 81 is composed of, for example, a lower case of two-stage type upper and lower cases disposed in a switching chamber 200 capable of being switched to a plurality of temperature zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masumi Handa, Toshie Hiraoka, Isamu Hirashiki, Kiyoshi Yagita, Mariko Matsumoto, Katsumasa Sakamoto, Go Maeda, Kaori Ono, Hisao Isaka
  • Patent number: 7685833
    Abstract: There is provided an indoor unit of an air conditioner, in which a front part of the indoor unit can be easily assembled and disassembled. The indoor unit includes: a main chassis forming a rear appearance; a front frame disposed at a front of the main chassis to form a front appearance; a heat exchanger disposed between the main chassis and the front frame; a fan for generating airflow through the heat exchanger; a suction grill detachably mounted at a front of the front frame; and a filter disposed at a front of the front frame, for filtering foreign particles from air, wherein the suction grill is fixed to the front frame by an elastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Weon Ju, Kyo Ha Keum, Yang Mo Son
  • Patent number: 7685837
    Abstract: A storage assembly for a refrigerator having a freezer storage compartment includes a second storage compartment positioned within the freezer storage compartment, and a cooling plate positioned within the second storage compartment. The cooling plate is configured to support a food item and transfer thermal energy between the food item and the cooling plate through conduction. The storage assembly also includes a fan positioned at a first end of the second storage compartment. The fan is configured to draw cool air into the second storage compartment and direct the cool air across the food item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sheena Leigh Ritchie, Mark W. Wilson, Arunkumar Pappusamy
  • Publication number: 20100071402
    Abstract: An air conditioner has a function of carrying a mist of charged minute water particles on a ventilated air being blown into a room. The air conditioner includes a blower blowing the ventilated air and an atomizing unit configured to be supplied with water and to electrostatically atomize it into the mist of minute charged water particles. A housing of the air conditioner is divided by a partition into a flow channel leading from an air inlet to an air outlet and a compartment accommodating therein the atomizing unit. A feed conduit extends from a feed port of the atomizing unit into a flow channel through the partition to feed the mist to the air being blown out through the air outlet, while the atomizing unit is isolated from the flow channel to minimize flow resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Fumio Mihara, Akihide Sugawa
  • Publication number: 20100071874
    Abstract: Disclosed are a food heat-exchange device capable of rapidly freezing food stored in a refrigerator or thawing frozen food in the refrigerator, and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a body in which a storage compartment is defined, and the food heat-exchange device is mounted in the storage compartment, to enable thawing or rapid-freezing of food. The food heat-exchange device includes a heat-exchange plate, which is provided at a surface thereof with a contact portion to come into contact with food and at the other surface thereof with a pin to facilitate heat-exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Nojima, Masaji Yamanaka, Kyung Hee Hahm, Jin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20100064719
    Abstract: A cool air supplying fan motor assembly and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. According to the cool air supplying fan motor assembly and the refrigerator having the same, because the fan motor assembly is configured to be compact, the capacity of a storage space of the refrigerator can be increased, and because a power line that supplies power to the motor does not interfere with the flow of cool air, the refrigerating efficiency of the refrigerator can be increased and vibration and noise can be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Dong-Il Lee, Jun Ho Bae, Hyoun-Jeong Bae
  • Publication number: 20100050678
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan mounted in an air conditioner has the following relationship: outer diameter of a side plate of the centrifugal fan>outer diameter of the blade rear-edge part on side-plate side>diameter of the blade rear-edge part on main plate side>outer diameter of the main plate. In the centrifugal fan, the blade rear-edge part is positioned inside from a straight line connecting the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the main plate, to the connection point between the blade rear-edge part and the side plate, as viewed from the rotation axis. The blade rear-edge part has a shape such that the distance from the rotation axis becomes larger from the main plate toward the side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Naho Takahara, Hiroshi Tsutsumi, Takahiro Yamatani, Kazunobu Nishimiya, Yukihiko Kawanori
  • Patent number: 7665327
    Abstract: An appliance with a separately chilled storage area is disclosed. The appliance comprises a refrigerated compartment; a refrigeration system for cooling air; an air circulation system for circulating the cooled air about the refrigerated compartment; and a secondary air circulation system for circulating a portion of the cooled air in the storage assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sub-Zero, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott T. Tunzi
  • Publication number: 20100031676
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning unit (1) comprising an air circuit with an air inlet (5), a main fan (10) and an air outlet (6) designed to be connected to a chamber such as, for example, an aircraft parked on the ground, preferably via one or more flexible ducts, and a refrigerant circuit comprising a heat exchanger/evaporator (12) positioned in said air circuit to cool the air by evaporating the refrigerant, a compressor (17) and a condenser (18) for condensing the refrigerant before it is returned to the heat exchanger/evaporator (12). Said heat exchanger/evaporator (12) comprises several parallel circuits (19) each having at least one regulator valve (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Claudy Christian Urbain
  • Publication number: 20100036533
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system includes an air-conditioning unit that is switchable between local air-conditioning and overall air-conditioning, a data acquisition unit configured to acquire state quantity data of a requester, and a control unit. The control unit calculates comfort assessment values for both the requester and a neighbor, and controls the air-conditioning unit so that the local air-conditioning is performed to an extent whereby the comfort assessment value of the neighbor is kept in a comfort range and the comfort assessment value of the requester can be within the comfort range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Masuda, Atsushi Nishino, Satoshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20100024465
    Abstract: An integrated airflow control facility for force cooling of produce in a cool room (10), including a dedicated storage zone (1) for storage of the produce and a dedicated refrigeration zone (2) separated by a physical divider (34) in which the divider includes one or more integral extraction fans (24) to extract air form the storage zone and direct said air through refrigeration coils (40/42) positioned in said the refrigeration zone for cooling thereof, in which the divider further includes one or more air outlets (44/46) to direct the cooled air exiting the refrigeration zone into the storage zone and in which the storage zone, refrigeration zone and the physical divider are integrated into a single airflow control facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: COOL DYNAMICS REFRIGERATION PTY LTD, POST HARVEST TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Don Guyomar
  • Publication number: 20100011790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a no-frost refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit comprising a fan for the generation of an airflow in a compartment of the unit to be cooled, wherein the unit comprises detection means for the detection of at least one parameter as well as a control or regulation unit which is made such that it varies the speed of the fan in dependence on the at least one measured parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Schropp, Klaus Oelmaier
  • Publication number: 20090301120
    Abstract: Embodiments of a storage compartment cooling apparatus include a liquid circulation system configured to circulate a liquid coolant having a temperature lower than an ambient temperature. The embodiments also include a centrifugal fan configured to cause a gas to flow in contact with the liquid circulation system and thereby cool the gas. The centrifugal fan is configured to receive the gas from a direction approximately parallel with an axis of rotation of the fan and output the gas to a direction approximately perpendicular with the axis of rotation of the fan. Embodiments of the apparatus also include a duct configured to direct the gas into contact with the liquid circulation system and through the centrifugal fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: William Godecker, R. Bruce Thayer, Mark Edward Wesley, Timothy Andrew Birkmann, Patricia Gary
  • Publication number: 20090301119
    Abstract: A solar-powered air conditioning system comprising an energy-storage medium made of a mixture of 5%-20% glycerin, 2.5%-10% alcohol and water in a thermally insulated container is disclosed. While frozen, the said energy storage medium becomes slurry of thin sheets of ice dispersed in liquid, which will not damage the container and the heat-exchange pipes. The system uses a solar photovoltaic panel to directly drive a vapor-compression refrigeration unit to freeze the said energy storage medium. A ventilation system forces air through a heat-exchange coil in the said energy-storage medium, to generate chilled air to cool the space. In the absence of sunlight, the energy-storage medium can keep frozen for days. With or without sunlight, the flowing air chilled by the frozen energy-storage medium continues to cool the room or the entire building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventor: Chengjun Julian Chen
  • Publication number: 20090282853
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a main body formed by a plurality of members assembled with each other and an air passage along which air introduced into the main body flows. At least one of the member includes a Kimchi lactic bacterium zymogenic material formed on a portion of the member, which contacts the air flowing along the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Sung-Hwan Lee, Kam-Gyu Lee, Dong-Jin Kim, Ju-Ho Ock
  • Patent number: 7614246
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus is capable of being mounted on the ceiling of an air-conditioned room. The air conditioning apparatus includes a casing in which an intake port is formed in a bottom surface, a filter provided in the intake port, a cleaning mechanism for removing dust collected by the filter from the filter, and a dust box provided at the bottom of the casing to collect dust removed by the cleaning mechanism. A nozzle insertion hole through which a nozzle of a vacuum cleaner can be inserted is formed facing downward in the dust box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Yabu, Hiromune Matsuoka, Jun Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20090248208
    Abstract: An in-ceiling embedded type air conditioner including an indoor unit having an air blower and an indoor heat exchanger accommodated in a housing a substantially box-shape, and a filtering unit including a gas-liquid contact member that is disposed at the downstream side of the indoor heat exchanger on an air blowing passage through which air sucked by the air blower flows in the indoor unit and infiltrated with electrolytic water generated by electrolyzing water, the air and the electrolytic water being brought into contact with each other in the gas-liquid contact member, whereby the air cooled or heated in the indoor heat exchanger is filtered, that is, virus, etc. contained in the air is inactivated, sterilized or the like and then blown out to a room to be air-conditioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Fukushima, Toru Arakawa, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Takuro Nishihara, Hiroaki Usui, Yoichi Uchida
  • Patent number: 7594412
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a refrigerating appliance preferably for cooling of drinks, comprising a cooling section with a freezing unit arranged therein having a freezing section where an ice making device is arranged, said cooling section and/or freezing section being optionally divided into several compartments by means of partition walls, and having an evaporator for creating and supplying cold air into the freezing section and cooling section, where several cooling channels are formed in a body of the refrigerating appliance for distributing cooling air via several discharging slots into each separate compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Gorenje gospodinjski aparati, d.d.
    Inventor: Dejan Dren
  • Patent number: 7591720
    Abstract: A compact ventilating system having an air purifying function is disclosed, which includes a case provided in the inside of a room; an air-supplying passage for penetrating a wall through the case under a ceiling, to introduce an outdoor air to the inside of the room by communicating the outside of the room, the case, and the inside of the room with one another; an air-discharging passage for penetrating the wall through the case under the ceiling, to discharge an indoor air to the outside of the room by communicating the inside of the room, the case, and the outside of the room with one another; an air-circulating passage for communicating the inside of the room with one point of the air-supplying passage in the case, to introduce the indoor air to the inside of the case, and to re-supply the introduced indoor air to the inside of the room; and a fan provided in the case, for providing the outdoor air introduced to the case through the air-supplying passage to the inside of the room, or re-supplying the indo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Yong Kim, Baik Young Chung, Ho Seon Choi, In Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 7584627
    Abstract: Refrigerator including a freezing chamber (1), a refrigerating chamber (2) at a side of the freezing chamber, a barrier (303) between the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber, the barrier having a freezing chamber cold air passage (A) formed therein, a partition plate (7) for compartmentalizing a freezing chamber cold air passage in rear of the freezing chamber where an evaporator (104) is positioned, the evaporator provided in a “” form along the freezing chamber cold air passage (A) and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage (B), a partition wall (9) between the freezing chamber cold air passage and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage, and a fan (305) mounted over the freezing chamber cold air passage and the refrigerating chamber cold air passage for discharging cold air flowing through respective cold air passage (10) to the freezing chamber and the refrigerating chamber respectively, thereby improving a cooling rate of the refrigerating chamber and providing more efficient refrigerat
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Sung Sim, Jong Min Shin, Young Hwan Ko
  • Publication number: 20090217690
    Abstract: An auxiliary device is tended and adapted to be accommodated in an air conduit forming part of an air conditioning device, to which air conduit first flow components, such as a fan, are connected for the purpose of bringing about a main airflow through the air conduit such that the whole main airflow flows through the auxiliary device. The auxiliary device has an arrangement of a number of air conditioning modules which in an active state of the relevant air conditioning module, each allow passage of a partial flow of the airflow and together allow passage of the whole main flow. Control components adjust each of the air conditioning modules between an active state, in which passage of the relevant partial flow is allowed, and a passive state in which a partial flow substantially amounts to zero or flows in opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventor: Hermannus Gerhardus Maria Silderhuis
  • Publication number: 20090193833
    Abstract: An ice harvesting storage vessel (10) having an outer structural shell and insulated to maintain a frozen environment for ice filled containers (11) in a subterranean environment. The intake vent damper (16) opens during natural climatic sub-zero temperatures via temperature sensors (24,25) allowing cold air to flow into said vessel. The exhaust vent damper (17) operates in conjunction with the intake damper to allow warmer internal air to exit the vessel. Thermal sensors in conjunction with a thermostat control module close the vent dampers when external atmospheric temperatures exceed internal vessel temperatures. In addition, refrigerant line (22,23) circulate an antifreeze fluid via pump (30) throughout the vessel transferring cold temperatures to a heat transfer medium or antifreeze fluid for transfer to an adjacent facility or point of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Kenneth Lee Poole
  • Publication number: 20090193821
    Abstract: A pre-riding air conditioning method in which if an intention of a passenger to ride in a vehicle is detected, an inside air fan (3) is operated to stir air in a passenger room, and an air conditioner comprising the inside air fan (3) which can stir air in the passenger room, and a control (21) which operates the inside air fan (3) when the intention of a passenger to ride in the vehicle is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Yukio Ozeki, Hiroshi Soma, Toshio Ohashi, Takehiko Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7559211
    Abstract: An air tower is provided for a refrigeration appliance that has a first cooled compartment and a second cooled compartment. The air tower has a diffuser section with a plurality of vent outlets to communicate with the first cooled compartment. A central duct section is defined by walls extending away from the diffuser section. An outlet is located at an end of the central section opposite the diffuser section to communicate with the second cooled compartment. A heat trap compartment is formed along one of the walls defining the central duct section. The heat trap compartment may communicate with a defrost heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Johnny R. Revlett, Matthew P. Deig, Daryl L. Reuter, Matthew W. Hartmann
  • Patent number: 7555907
    Abstract: A refrigerating storage, includes a refrigerating compartment; a plurality of air inlets and air outlets formed in an inner wall of the refrigerating compartment; a duct for providing an air passage between the air inlets and the air outlets; a thermoelectric element, installed in the duct, for cooling down the air in the duct; and a blowing unit for drawing the air in the refrigerating compartment into the duct via the air inlets, and discharging the air cooled by the thermoelectric element into the refrigerating compartment via the air outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Daewoo Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Woo Jong Bang
  • Publication number: 20090168345
    Abstract: A system and method of reducing consumption of electricity used to cool electronic computer data center, networking, and telecommunications equipment, and to reduce the incidence of thermal failure of electronic components, includes provision of one or more partitions to reduce the volume of the cooled environment supplying coldest possible cooled air from air conditioning systems to a chamber adjacent to racks containing the electronic components, preventing dilution of the supplied cooling airflow by warmer air from outside of the reduced volume environment, and controlling the delivery of cooling air flow through the reduced volume of the cooled environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: Valan R. Martini
  • Patent number: 7549300
    Abstract: Provided is a radiating apparatus of a built-in refrigerator that can improve heat radiation in a machine room of the refrigerator installed in a built-in cabinet. The radiating apparatus includes: a refrigerator body installed in a built-in cabinet; a machine room disposed at a rear lower side of the refrigerator body; a compressor installed at one side of the machine room; a condenser and a blower fan installed at the other side of the machine room; and an airflow guide member installed between the blower fan and the condenser, for guiding a suction of an external air toward the other side of the machine room and guiding a discharge of an air that has exchanged heat in the other side of the machine room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chan Ho Chun, Yang Kyu Kim, Se Young Kim, Kyung Sik Kim, Hyoung Keun Lim, Youn Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 7540169
    Abstract: A cold air supply and control device for a refrigerator is provided. The cold air supply and control device includes a cylindrical, duct main body having an inlet that allows cold air generated in a heat exchange chamber to be introduced thereinto and an outlet that supplies the cold air introduced through the inlet to a refrigerating chamber. The duct main body is pivotably installed to at least one of both side surfaces of the refrigerating chamber. An opening and closing piece is fixed to the side surface of the refrigerating chamber and selectively opens and closes the outlet according to a rotation of the duct main body. An interlocking plate formed below the outlet of the duct main body rotates the duct main body by a load of a shelf so as to open the outlet. In addition, a torsion spring is installed between a surface of the refrigerating chamber and a front or rear surface of the duct main body, and elastically supports the duct main body in a direction in which the outlet is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yong Chol Kwon
  • Publication number: 20090133425
    Abstract: A refrigeration device, in particular a no-frost device, refrigerator and/or freezer, comprising a thermally insulating housing containing at least one product storage compartment that can be supplied with cold air by a fan and an evaporator chamber that holds an evaporator. According to the invention, the evaporator chamber is thermally separated from the storage compartment by a partition. The device also comprises an electronic control system for controlling the refrigeration device and at least one light source for illuminating the storage compartment. The evaporator, the partition and the electronic control system and/or the evaporator, the partition and the light source are provided in the form of modules. The refrigeration device is characterised in that it is particularly reliable, works efficiently, can be cost-effectively produced and is easy to service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: BSH Bosch und Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Goerz, Renate Pradel, Ralf Spiller
  • Publication number: 20090133432
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and a switching compartment to store food items. Various elements are provided to maintain the three compartments at selected target temperatures. A heater and/or a light source may be provided to rapidly heat the switching compartment when the switching compartment is being changed from a freezing operation to a refrigerating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Dong Soo Lee, Ki Chul Woo, Na Eun Kim, Dong Won Kim, Sung Min Kim, Sung Ryong Kim
  • Publication number: 20090113919
    Abstract: An arrangement suitable for cooling goods includes a controller with a database in which at least one time interval and one desired temperature value valid in the time interval is stored. A regulator function is implemented in the controller, via which function the temperature, returned to the controller via a temperature sensor, of a thermally insulated interior is regulated to the desired temperature value as a function of the time interval by activation or deactivation of a cooling device. Since the goods—for example filled drinks—are only available cooled during the time interval, energy is conserved and the emission of carbon dioxide thus also reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: DANNY CUMMINS
  • Publication number: 20090107160
    Abstract: A modular and compact air conditioning system is designed to be conveyed by a ground support equipment cart and to occupy minimal space within the cart. The system is constructed within a rectangular frame supporting top, bottom, left side, right side, front side, and back side panels. The top and back side panels contain thin air conditioner condensers. One of the left and right side panels contain an air outlet, and the other contains an air inlet and a duct that may be connected to an airplane to provide cooling air to the airplane. A condenser fan is mounted within the rectangular frame and is arranged to draw outside air in through the condensers and to blow the air out through the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Montminy, Kyta Insixiengmay, James W. Mann, III, Benjamin E. Newell, Ty A. Newell
  • Publication number: 20090112368
    Abstract: Ground support equipment for servicing an airplane includes a ground support equipment cart upon which are mounted at least two equipment modules and a control module. A first equipment module mounted upon the cart contains ground support equipment for servicing an airplane and also has a network connection, and at least one additional equipment module mounted upon the cart contains additional ground support equipment for servicing an airplane and also has a network connection. The control module has a user display and user controls that are connected to a control processor which has a network connection. The user display and the user controls serve as a shared control panel for the ground support equipment contained in the modules mounted upon the cart. A network interconnects the network connections of the modules mounted upon the cart. The control processor can cause the user display to present a menu listing various types or classes of airplanes for selection by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: James W. Mann, III, Jeffrey E. Montminy, Steven E. Bivens, David Wayne Leadingham