Gas Forcing Means Patents (Class 62/419)
  • Publication number: 20040244403
    Abstract: A turbofan to reduce noise through a suppression of turbulent air flow at an outlet thereof and also to guide the air discharged from the outlet in a specific discharging direction, and an air conditioner equipped with the turbofan to improve an efficiency of a heat exchange. The turbofan includes a rotating plate coupled to a shaft of a drive motor, a plurality of blades radially arranged on a peripheral area of a front face of the rotating plate, a ring-shaped shroud joining to ends of the plurality of blades, and a flow guide rib extending from a peripheral edge of the rotating plate in a rearward direction to guide the air discharged from the turbofan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Baek Kim, Hyoung-Mo Koo, Weon-Seok Choi
  • Publication number: 20040244401
    Abstract: Air conditioning system including an outdoor unit, a compact indoor unit, air supply duct, air discharge duct, and preheat exchanger. An indoor heat exchanger in the indoor unit has a space therein in communication with a room, a fan in the indoor unit provided in the space draws air and discharges through the indoor heat exchanger. A ventilation guide duct in the indoor unit on an underside of the indoor heat exchanger has a partition wall for separating external air supplied from an outside of the room, and room air, for guiding the external air to the room through the fan, and the room air to the outside of the room. The air supply duct and the air discharge duct have one ends connected to the ventilation guide duct for guiding the external air to the room, and the room air to the outside of the room, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Gi Seop Lee, Ho Seon Choi, Jeong Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20040237571
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioning system including an outdoor unit, an indoor unit, and air supply and air discharge duct. The outdoor unit includes a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger, and the indoor unit in a ceiling includes an indoor heat exchanger, a fan, guide means, and a preheat exchanger. The indoor heat exchanger has a space therein in communication with a room, and the fan is in the space for drawing air and discharging through the indoor heat exchanger. The guide means is provided on an underside of the indoor heat exchanger, for guiding the external air to the room through the fan, and the room air to an outside of the room. The preheat exchanger is arranged adjacent to, and in communication with the guide means, for indirect heat exchange of the external air and room air passing therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ho Seon Choi, Gi Seop Lee, Kwan Ho Yum
  • Publication number: 20040237572
    Abstract: Air conditioning and ventilating system including air conditioner installed on a ceiling, having air outlets for discharging air having heat heat exchanged at an indoor heat exchanger, and a device for controlling a direction of air discharged from the air outlets, a first air passage for guiding outdoor air to a room, and a second air passage for guiding room air to an outdoor. The first, and second air passages cross at a part, where a regenerative heat exchanger is provided. The deflecting plate is tilted at an angle from a ceiling surface for directing the air from the air outlet, not vertical to the ceiling surface, but at an angle from the ceiling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Gi Seop Lee, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jeong Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20040194490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a combined ventilating and air conditioning system, comprising: a first air duct for guiding outdoor air to the indoor spaces, the first air duct being capable of opening and closing; a second air duct for guiding indoor air to outdoors, wherein the second air duct is capable of opening and closing and installed in such a manner that part of the second air duct intersects with the first air duct; a third air duct for guiding the indoor air to the outdoors, the third air duct being capable of opening and closing; a regenerative heat exchanger, being provided in an intersection between the first and second air ducts, for exchanging heat between the indoor air and the outdoor air passing through the intersection; and blowing fans for controlling airflows, being provided in the first air duct, in the second air duct, and in the third air duct, respectively. The compressor mounted on the air conditioner is provided in the third air duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Won Hee Lee, Yoon Jei Hwang, Chan Ho Song
  • Publication number: 20040187517
    Abstract: A heating, ventilating and air conditioning system providing enhanced protection from environmental contaminants such as chemical, biological or radioactive contaminants by maintaining a positive pressure inside the evaporator compartment thereby reducing the possibility of contaminant entry from the lower pressure ambient environment. The system also increases air flow over the evaporator coil by using a radial fan that provides an improved and efficient diffused air flow over the evaporator coil and enables use of a smaller and lighter evaporator compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Gerald W. Solomon
  • Patent number: 6798657
    Abstract: A cooling system that can be used, for example, for cooling electrical circuit boards housed in an equipment cabinet. The cooling system includes a flow-rate-amplifying pump configured to introduce ambient air into the cabinet. The flow-rate-amplifying pump is a passive device, which has a primary intake and a secondary intake and is designed to produce a large flow of relatively cool ambient air into the cabinet through the primary intake using a small volume of compressed air applied to the secondary intake. In one embodiment, the cooling system has an auxiliary pump driven by a windmill device. Rotation of a propeller in the windmill device is converted into piston oscillation in the auxiliary pump, which oscillation is used to compress air and apply it to the secondary intake of the flow-rate-amplifying pump. A cooling system of the invention can provide efficient cooling while being self-sustaining and generating less noise and/or electrical interference than prior art cooling systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Clifton, Ivan Pawlenko, Larry Samson
  • Patent number: 6796142
    Abstract: A high capacity, continuous production blast freezer includes an insulated enclosure and a plurality of adjustable product-carrying trolleys, individually moveable with the enclosure from an entrance location to an exit location. A heat exchanger in the form of an evaporator is provided in the enclosure. The mechanical equipment for the refrigeration system can be placed within the enclosure and separated from the freezing cell by a bulkhead. In one embodiment the enclosure is in the form of a container adapted to be transportable by ship, rail or truck. The arrangement of the heat exchanger or evaporator relative to the product carrying devices and the enclosure is designed to maximize the capacity of the heat exchanger and minimize frost formation, while providing for a maximum amount of product space within the enclosure to maximize throughput of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Integrated Marine Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Burn
  • Publication number: 20040177634
    Abstract: A showcase includes a showcase body having an upper face whose front end side is provided with a first waste heat air guide plate for guiding condensation prevention air upward that flows forward along an upper face of a top plate. The waste heat air is prevented from flowing into a goods-storing room through a front opening of the showcase body from the front end side of the top plate, thus positively preventing a reduction in cooling efficiency in the goods-storing room, whereby effective cooling in the goods-storing room can be achieved, without the need of providing an air curtain at the front face of the showcase body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Shouichi Yamazaki, Nobuo Kanbayashi, Hayato Zushida
  • Patent number: 6776003
    Abstract: The invention relates to containers which can be placed within a shipping container. At least one wall (20, 21, 22, 23) of the container has ducts (32, 33) through which cooling (or heated) gas may pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: QPod Systems Limited
    Inventor: Arthur Frank Bollen
  • Publication number: 20040154327
    Abstract: The air conditioning case (11) includes: a right and a left case body (112, 111) made of resin; and a partitioning plate (113) made of metal, and the partitioning plate (113) is a partitioning portion for partitioning the face blowout opening portion (15) and the defroster blowout opening portion (16) which are formed into one opening portion by the right and the left case body (112, 111). Accordingly, compared with the partitioning portion formed integrally with the right and the left case body, no dividing face is formed at the center, and rigidity can be enhanced. Due to the above structure, it is difficult for the partitioning portion to be deformed, and the partitioning portion seldom interferes with the blowout mode door (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Suehiro Okazaki
  • Patent number: 6772606
    Abstract: An evaporator fan assembly includes a shroud have a plurality of irregularly staggered shroud legs radially outwardly spaced from a fan orifice and terminating in a motor mount. A motor is removably secured to the motor mount by a motor clip. The motor clip preferably includes a pair of legs terminating in a catch or hook that may be secured to a cross-member or support bar between the shroud legs. The motor is secured in a centered position to properly align a fan blade in the fan orifice. The fan blade is secured to the drive shaft of the motor which passes through a hole in the motor mount. A shroud cover may be secured to the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce A. Kopf, Tim L. Coulter, Richard A. Kirchner, Michael A. Bowen, Troy M. Anderson, Eric K. Silbaugh
  • Publication number: 20040144124
    Abstract: A storage apparatus for boxes containing fruit includes a cabinet having side walls, a rear wall, front wall portions, and a cover portion. The front wall portions together define an access opening for insertion and withdrawal of a stack of the boxes. Each of the side walls include an outer wall and an inner wall separated from the outer wall by a space, and a plurality of vertically oriented partitions disposed between the inner and outer walls where the partitions are spaced from one another and are in intimate contact with the inner and outer side walls. In this way, the inner and outer sidewalls define, with the partitions, airflow channels. The cover portion is positioned atop the front, side and rear walls, and supports blowers disposed atop the airflow channels of each side wall and conduit means interconnecting the blowers and the channels for fluidly communicating said blowers with said air flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth H. Bottom
  • Publication number: 20040144116
    Abstract: Disclosed is air conditioner having an indoor part and an outdoor part as one unit. The air conditioner including: an indoor part for inhaling an indoor air to exchange heat with the inhaled air through an indoor heat exchanger, and again discharging the heat-exchanged air into an indoor space; an outdoor part for inhaling an outdoor air to exchange heat with the inhaled air through an outdoor heat exchanger, and again discharging the heat-exchanged air into an outdoor space; a base having parts constituting the indoor part and the outdoor part installed thereon; and a barrier integrated with the base, for partitioning an upper space of the base into the indoor part and the outdoor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Gyu Rak Kim, Jong Min Ha, Woo Sung Chang
  • Patent number: 6751980
    Abstract: An improvement in the forced air flow system for refrigerators, comprising: at least two refrigeration environments (1, 2); and a refrigeration air impelling means (10) forcing the passage of an air flow from a refrigeration environment (1, 2) through a respective evaporator portion (4, 5) and comprising only one fan (11) associated with at least two suction chambers (12), which are each opened to a respective refrigeration environment (1, 2) and to at least two discharge chambers (13), which are each opened to an inlet side (6) of a respective evaporator portion (4, 5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Multibras S. A. Eletrodomesticos
    Inventor: Luiz Antonio Diemer Lopes
  • Publication number: 20040107724
    Abstract: A cool air supplying apparatus of a refrigerator comprises a guide passage formed at a rear wall of a refrigerating chamber and provided with a plurality of discharge ports towards the refrigerating chamber for guiding cool air to a rear side of the refrigerating chamber, and a direction control unit installed at the guide passage for selectively opening and closing the discharge ports in order to control a discharge direction of cool air discharged into the refrigerating chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Bae Kim, Sang-Ho Park, Byeong-Gyu Kang, Youn-Chul Choi
  • Publication number: 20040099000
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cool air circulating blower for a refrigerator. The blower comprises a blowing fan for blowing cool air, a motor for driving the blowing fan, and a shroud for guiding the cool air leaving the blowing fan. The shroud is designed to suppress generation of turbulence in such a manner that the cool air leaving the blowing fan is dispersed quickly and condensed water obtained by condensation of moisture laden in the cool air is guided to some places other than the motor, whereby the noise caused due to the turbulence is reduced, the power consumption is decreased, the blowing efficiency is improved, and any breakdown of the motor due to the condensed water is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc
    Inventors: Young Gyu Jung, Chang Joon Kim
  • Publication number: 20040093886
    Abstract: The present invention is an air conditioner that is built into or hung from a ceiling and which employs a cross fin type of heat exchanger, in which the effective length of the heat exchanger is increased without increasing the size of the casing of the indoor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Makio Takeuchi, Akihiko Sakashita
  • Patent number: 6735976
    Abstract: A refrigerator designed to enlarge the interior capacity of a storage compartment and to enhance the circulating efficiency of cool air. The refrigerator includes a cabinet, a projecting part, an evaporator, a cool air circulating fan, and a machine room. The cabinet is provided with a storage compartment. The projecting part is upwardly projected from a predetermined position on the upper portion of the cabinet to define an air cooling chamber, and the air cooling chamber is defined in an upward direction from the upper portion of the storage compartment. The evaporator and cool air circulating fan are installed in the air cooling chamber defined in the projecting part. The machine room is provided on the upper portion of the cabinet at a position opposed to the projecting part. A compressor and a condenser are installed in the machine room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jae-Seung Lee
  • Publication number: 20040083747
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a blower/evaporator housing case for housing side-by-side a blower that is rotated by a motor and creates an air flow and an evaporator linked with coolant pipings through which a coolant flows in and out is provided so as to completely prevent leakage of condensed water which collects at the evaporator of the an air-conditioning system for automotive use and also to simplify the structure of a means for locking used to lock an expansion valve at the evaporator. The blower/evaporator housing case is constituted of two recessed members, i.e., an upper recessed member and a lower recessed member, set on the two sides of a parting line extending along the horizontal direction. The means for locking used to lock the expansion valve is formed at joint portions at the edges of the upper and lower recessed members constituting the blower/evaporator housing case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Yutaka Shichiken, Keisuke Hara
  • Patent number: 6725680
    Abstract: A multi compartment refrigeration appliance is provided wherein each compartment is to be maintained at an independently selected temperature. The appliance includes a temperature selection input device for each compartment, at least one compressor, at least one evaporator, at least one fan for creating an air flow over the evaporator, a temperature sensor located in each compartment, and a control circuit to receive an input from said temperature selection input device for each compartment and a temperature signal for each temperature sensor and to produce an error condition signal with a magnitude dependent on a difference between the selected temperature and the sensed temperature for each compartment. The control circuit also controls a speed of the fan in response to a greater of the error condition signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis G. Schenk, John R. Wisnoski, David A. Diekman, Steven J. Kuehl
  • Publication number: 20040040335
    Abstract: A refrigerator designed to enlarge the interior capacity of a storage compartment and to enhance the circulating efficiency of cool air. The refrigerator includes a cabinet, a projecting part, an evaporator, a cool air circulating fan, and a machine room. The cabinet is provided with a storage compartment. The projecting part is upwardly projected from a predetermined position on the upper portion of the cabinet to define an air cooling chamber, and the air cooling chamber is defined in an upward direction from the upper portion of the storage compartment. The evaporator and cool air circulating fan are installed in the air cooling chamber defined in the projecting part. The machine room is provided on the upper portion of the cabinet at a position opposed to the projecting part. A compressor and a condenser are installed in the machine room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Seung Lee
  • Publication number: 20040035140
    Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit of a packaged air conditioner including a cabinet having an inlet grill at a lower part and an outlet grill at an upper part so as to provide a circulation space of an indoor air, an evaporator established on a slant at an inner upper part of the cabinet to cool the indoor air with evaporation heat of a refrigerant, a cross-flow fan installed at an inner lower part of the cabinet to compulsorily inhale to exhale the indoor air toward the evaporator wherein the inhaled and exhaled indoor airs coexist at a same height, and a separator installed between a top of the cross-flow fan and the evaporator to prevent the inhaled and exhaled airs from intervening each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Jeong-Hun Kim, Sung-Man Hwang, Yun-Seoh Fom, Jeong-Hwan Joo, Seong-Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20040007002
    Abstract: In an air conditioner having a vertical wind deflector in an air outlet, in order to blow almost all of a warm air flow toward a floor surface without leakage on the ceiling surface side at the heating operation time, a recess connecting with an air passage in a housing is formed at the front part of the air outlet, and a vertical wind deflector is disposed in the recess via a support frame. At the cooling operation time, the support frame and the vertical wind deflector are opened integrally, and at the heating operation time, only the vertical wind deflector is opened in a state in which the support frame is stored in the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Asami, Akihiko Nojima, Shinji Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20040007007
    Abstract: In a method of making available temperature controlled air for a first region and a second region in a vehicle, a cold air flow and a hot air flow are generated. At least one first cold air part flow and one first hot air part flow respectively are formed from the cold air flow and from the hot air flow and the first cold air part flow and the first hot air part flow are mixed to form a first temperature controlled part flow for the first region. Furthermore at least one second cold air part flow and one second hot air part flow respectively are formed from the cold air flow and the hot air flow and the second cold air part flow and the second hot air part flow are transported separately by means of an auxiliary blower and are mixed downstream of the auxiliary blower to form a second temperature controlled part flow for the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Petesch, Hartmut E. Van Hauten
  • Publication number: 20040007010
    Abstract: An evaporator fan assembly includes a shroud have a plurality of irregularly staggered shroud legs radially outwardly spaced from a fan orifice and terminating in a motor mount. A motor is removably secured to the motor mount by a motor clip. The motor clip preferably includes a pair of legs terminating in a catch or hook that may be secured to a cross-member or support bar between the shroud legs. The motor is secured in a centered position to properly align a fan blade in the fan orifice. The fan blade is secured to the drive shaft of the motor which passes through a hole in the motor mount. A shroud cover may be secured to the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce A. Kopf, Tim L. Coulter, Richard A. Kirchner, Michael A. Bowen, Troy M. Anderson, Eric K. Silbaugh
  • Patent number: 6675604
    Abstract: A cooling air passage apparatus of a refrigerator includes: a left cooling air duct installed having a plurality of cooling air discharge holes in the vertical direction at the left side of the opened marginal portion of an inner case forming a storage chamber, and discharging cooling air from the left side of the storage chamber toward a refrigerator door; a right cooling air duct installed having a plurality of cooling air discharge holes in the vertical direction at the right side of the opened marginal portion of the inner case, and discharging cooling air from the right side of the storage chamber toward the refrigerator door; a ventilating unit for ventilating cooling air generated from a freezing system to the storage chamber; and a diverging unit for diverging and guiding cooling air ventilated by the ventilating unit to the left cooling air duct and the right cooling air duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Hee Lee, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
  • Publication number: 20040003617
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating a horizontal air curtain for a cooler doorway has at least one air moving device; at least one motor powering the air moving device; a control system including a sensor, the control system providing power to operate the motor when the sensor detects that the door of the cooler is open; and at least one air discharge nozzle mounted adjacent to the air moving device directing air emitted by the air moving device to create a curtain of air that flows generally horizontally across at least a portion of the doorway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Michael S. Chandler, Larry R. Scallion
  • Publication number: 20030217560
    Abstract: In a refrigerating open showcase comprising a showcase body whose top surface is open; an inner plate disposed to form an air passage between the inner plate and the showcase body; and a cooler disposed in the air passage, in which an air curtain is formed on the top surface of the showcase body by causing air having been cooled in the air passage to flow from a discharge port to a suction port, the upper end of the inner plate on the suction port side is bent toward the air passage on the suction side, and the upper face of the bent portion is inclined slightly with respect to the horizontal in the direction that the upper face of said bent portion faces a side wall on the suction port side of the showcase body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Sanden Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Kasuya, Takahiro Takei
  • Patent number: 6616524
    Abstract: A raised floor air handling system for use in a building that is used in combination with and set into an elevated floor assembly that is mounted on a principal floor of a building so as to provide an air plenum between the two floors. An air handling assembly is mounted below an integral raised or elevated floor tile to pull air via a radial impeller fan from the air plenum and directs it vertically through the integral raised floor tile into air distribution ducting (flexible, anti-static fabric with nozzles, linear vents, or other types of perforations) and onto the equipment/location being served air. The raised floor tile is designed to match the load rating of other floor tiles to become an integral part of the elevated floor assembly. The ducting attaches to the top of the raised floor tile via removable duct collars and is supported vertically/horizontally by miscellaneous hardware attached to existing/new structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventors: Gary A. Storck, Jr., Wesley W. Weigel, Jay D. Ray
  • Patent number: 6604378
    Abstract: This invention relates to refrigerating or air conditioning system comprising at least one exchanger (2, 3) The system uses a refrigerant fluid according to a thermodynamic cycle comprising at least one liquid-vapor expansion phase. According to the invention, the liquid-vapor expansion phase is created by means of a diphasic turbine (4b) that actuates a ventilator (5b), causing air to circulate on said exchanger (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Armines
    Inventor: Denis Clodic
  • Patent number: 6604452
    Abstract: A food processing system circulates a processing medium along a circulation path having first and second segments perpendicular to food product travel along a horizontal conveyor. In another aspect, desired sequencing is provided including reversal of orientation order of return and supply path segments of the circulating processing medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Alkar-RapidPak, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Hanson, Dennis F. Conohan, Brian G. Sandberg, Peter G. Senn, Dennis P. Roelke, David L. Brethorst, Glenn L. Leach, Christopher D. McLinn, Seth T. Pulsfus, Thomas J. Betley
  • Patent number: 6584799
    Abstract: A cooling air blowing apparatus of a refrigerator includes: a driving motor fixed at a motor mount formed at a rear side of a freezing chamber; a blowing fan mounted on a rotational shaft of the driving motor and configured to blow cooling air in both an axial and a radial direction as the driving motor is driven; and a shroud positioned in a circumferential direction of the blowing fan. The blowing fan includes turbo blades for blowing cooling air in a radial direction in addition to the axial flow blade for blowing cooling air in an axial direction. The cooling air blown in the axial direction is sent to a freezing chamber, while the cooling air blown in the radial direction is sent to the cooling chamber. Thus, the blowing fan with the turbo blades ensures that in a refrigerator having a complicated and long cooling air passage structure, cooling air can be circulated smoothly and quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Gyu Jung, Chang Joon Kim, Seung Jo Baek
  • Publication number: 20030041614
    Abstract: A high capacity, continuous production blast freezer includes an insulated enclosure and a plurality of adjustable product-carrying trolleys, individually moveable with the enclosure from an entrance location to an exit location. A heat exchanger in the form of an evaporator is provided in the enclosure. The mechanical equipment for the refrigeration system can be placed within the enclosure and separated from the freezing cell by a bulkhead. In one embodiment the enclosure is in the form of a container adapted to be transportable by ship, rail or truck. The arrangement of the heat exchanger or evaporator relative to the product carrying devices and the enclosure is designed to maximize the capacity of the heat exchanger and minimize frost formation, while providing for a maximum amount of product space within the enclosure to maximize throughput of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Integrated Marine Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Burn
  • Patent number: 6508074
    Abstract: Air conditioning system and method in which a refrigerant from a compressor is circulated through a cooling element within a hermetically sealed, thermally insulated cooling compartment, and cooled air from the compartment is delivered to a space to be cooled. In one disclosed embodiment, the cooling compartment is located at the center of a solid cube of insulative material and is heavily insulated from the ambient conditions outside the cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventor: Frank James Cava
  • Patent number: 6484524
    Abstract: A system of and a method of cooling an interior of a room provided with a wall air conditioning unit has an air conditioning unit installable in a the wall of the room and having an inlet for entering of an outside air and an outlet which is open into the interior of the room, and a guide having one end connected with the output of the air conditioning unit and extending vertically upwardly from the air conditioning unit to an upper area of the room so as to release a cool air not at a level of the air conditioning unit but as the upper level of the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Inventor: Gennaty Ulanov
  • Patent number: 6474092
    Abstract: A blower cover and an air conditioner using such blower. A rollable sheet is locked between two side plates by rollable connectors. A belt plate is secured between the side plates to lock the rollable sheet between the side plates. The belt plate also directs air from the blower. The blower cover can easily be assembled at a work site without welding or expert metal working. The blower cover is used in an air conditioner in which air is forced upwards from the blower and the air is directed into a heat exchange unit by one or more air deflectors. Another air deflector directs air coming out of the heat exchanger in an upwardly direction out of the air conditioner and this air deflector also directs any condensate downwards toward a drain system generally located below the heat air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventor: Il Yoo Davis
  • Patent number: 6463752
    Abstract: A food storage system mounted in a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator includes an enclosure defined by inner and outer housings, as well as a food receptacle slidably positioned in the inner housing. The inner and outer housings are spaced so as to define a zone therebetween within which air is forced to flow in order to cool the contents of the receptacle. Inlet vents are provided in the inner housing to permit a portion of the cooling air to flow directly into the food receptacle, while the remainder of the air flow is directed about the inner housing for indirect cooling of the contents in the food receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Sheldon Wayne Mandel, Robert Stephen Mercille, William J. Vestal
  • Publication number: 20020124589
    Abstract: Fan intended in particular for equipping a tunnel for refrigeration of products such as food products, this tunnel having a gaseous current flowing through it, characterized in that it comprises at least one pair of funnels (1) fixed onto one face of a support (2) mounted so that it can rotate about a vertical axis (XX) and connected to a means of driving rotation; these funnels have their entrance apertures (4) arranged radially so as to allow the gaseous current to penetrate into them and to emerge from them at an accelerated speed via their exit aperture (5). One or several fans according to the invention can be arranged at appropriate places in the tunnel, their rotation speed being chosen so that the exit gas currents from the funnels ensure a high degree of heat transport while reducing the risk of undesirable movement of products passing by on a conveyor placed below the fans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Robert Taylor
  • Patent number: 6446457
    Abstract: A intended in particular for equipping a tunnel for refrigeration of products such as food products, wherein this tunnel has a gaseous current flowing through it. The fan includes at least one pair of funnels (1) fixed onto one face of a support (2) mounted so that it can rotate about a vertical axis (XX) and connected to a device for driving rotation. The funnels have their entrance apertures (4) arranged radially so as to allow the gaseous current to penetrate into them and to emerge from them at an accelerated speed via their exit aperture (S). One or several fans [according to the invention] can be arranged at appropriate places in the tunnel, their rotation speed being chosen so that the exit gas currents from the funnels ensure a high degree of heat transport while reducing the risk of undesirable movement of products passing by on a conveyor placed below the fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Robert Taylor
  • Patent number: 6438988
    Abstract: A kit which retroactively fits an ice-maker to increase the rate of production of ice. The kit comprises a bracket, a fan and fan motor, and a power source for the fan motor. The fan motor and fan is positioned above the ice maker within the freezer compartment and blows air downward, directly over the ice production tray which contains water. The circulation of a stream of cold air causes the temperature in the vicinity of the water to drop more rapidly than it would without the fan-produced circulation of cold air. Also, cooling is hastened by the induced evaporation of the water by the cold air stream. When the water is frozen, the ice maker ejects the ice into an ice container. The bracket provides support for the fan motor, which is secured to the bracket with four machine screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Dennis J. Paskey
  • Publication number: 20020112495
    Abstract: A blowerless air conditioning or heat pump system for use in providing conditioned air includes an outdoor section that is preferably coupled to an indoor section, and is advantageously used with a forced hot air furnace and a corresponding air distribution duct system of a home or building. The two sections are preferably installed along a boundary of the home or building such that outdoor section is outside of the home and the indoor section is inside or below the home and proximate to a forced hot air furnace. Disposed within the outdoor unit are a compressor, an outdoor coil and an outdoor fan. Disposed within the indoor section is an evaporator coil. There is no separate fan or blower disposed within the indoor section. An inlet air tube couples the indoor section to a first point in the air distribution system, and an outlet air tube couples the indoor section to a second point in the air distribution system. The second point is downstream of the first point relative to the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventor: Bradley J. Campbell
  • Patent number: 6434969
    Abstract: A positive pressure heat pump system and method wherein a heat pump is housed within a cabinet having an outdoor blower section and a segregated indoor blower section. The heat pump condensing coil is positioned within the outdoor air blower section and a cooling coil is positioned within the indoor blower section. A variable angle vane is operable to divert pressurized and heated outdoor air, downstream of the condensing coil, from the outdoor air blower section into the indoor air blower section, upstream of the cooling coil, so that cooled and pressurized air is recycled into the interior of a building to maintain a positive pressure within the building relative to the surrounding ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Leon Sosnowski
  • Patent number: 6434954
    Abstract: An air circulation system mounted within a chamber is provided. The chamber receives a product to be tested or processed. The air circulation system comprises an enclosure defined within the chamber with at least one inlet formed in the enclosure for receiving air from the chamber. A pair of counter rotating fans are mounted within the enclosure adjacent the inlet for circulating the air. Additionally, at least one air diverter plate is mounted within the enclosure adjacent the fans for diverting the circulating air substantially across the width of the enclosure. Furthermore, at least one air outlet is formed in the enclosure for introducing circulating air into the chamber about the product being tested or processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: QualMark Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Hess, Loddie Alspach, Wagdy Wahba
  • Publication number: 20020108386
    Abstract: An air conditioning cooling apparatus and method which includes the steps of supplying cooling air generated from a cooling apparatus into an air passageway formed below a floor; guiding the cooling air in a controlled manner within the air passageway into an equipment assembly disposed on the floor through an opening located in the floor; communicating the cooling air introduced into the equipment assembly in a controlled manner into a plenum and introducing the air released from within the equipment into the plenum and communicating the released air through the cooling apparatus for cooling the released air. The method can permit temperature differential between the air supplied to the air passageway and the air introduced into the plenum from the equipment assembly to be 45° F. to substantially 40° F. so as to reduce the power necessary for operating on the fan of the blowing apparatus, and can also permit a controlled, uniform flow of air to and from the equipment in the equipment assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: TOC TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: R. Stephen Spinazzola, Dennis L. Peltz
  • Publication number: 20020108391
    Abstract: A ceiling-embeded cassette type air conditioner has a driving fan, a heat exchanger, a cabinet, and a deflector. An air is controlled to have desired temperature and humidity while passing the driving fan and the heat exchanger. The cabinet and the heat exchanger define a fluid channel guided to exhaust ports between the cabinet and the heat exchanger. The deflector extends straight and inclined to the heat exchanger, so as to enable the air to smoothly flow toward the exhaust ports without a secondary air-flow. By the fluid channel, the quantity of blown-air is increased with the same motor while the noise is reduced with the same quantity of blown-air. Consequently, the performance and the efficiency of the air conditioner are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Sung Chun Kim
  • Patent number: 6427466
    Abstract: A cooling system for telecommunication equipment including a heat exchanger having outwardly protruding, parallel fins to dissipate heat. Each pair of fins forming an elongated channel. The system includes an ejector positioned within each channel to direct pressurized air through the channels while dragging ambient air through the channels along with the pressurized air. The pressurized and ambient air passing through the channels increases the ability of the fins to dissipate heat. Since the source of pressurized air can be remote from the telecommunications equipment in a protected and easily accessed location, the ejectors provide a rugged cooling mechanism adjacent the heat exchanger with no moving parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Celletra LTD
    Inventor: Avinoam Livni
  • Publication number: 20020100289
    Abstract: A blower cover and an air conditioner using such blower. A rollable sheet is locked between two side plates by rollable connectors. A belt plate is secured between the side plates to lock the rollable sheet between the side plates. The belt plate also directs air from the blower. The blower cover can easily be assembled at a work site without welding or expert metal working. The blower cover is used in an air conditioner in which air is forced upwards from the blower and the air is directed into a heat exchange unit by one or more air deflectors. Another air deflector directs air coming out of the heat exchanger in an upwardly direction out of the air conditioner and this air deflector also directs any condensate downwards toward a drain system generally located below the heat air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventor: Il Yoo Davis
  • Patent number: 6418744
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus containing means for ambient climate control is a structural frame apparatus or housing frame mounted onto a mobile platform. The mobile platform has mounted thereon a power source for providing power to means for ambient climate control. A condensation vessel is provided to receive the condensation generated by means for ambient climate control during operation thereof. An air duct may, if desired, be installed on means for ambient climate control to extend the climate control range. A substantially rectangular air duct adapter is provided to adapt a plurality of different sized air ducts to means for ambient climate control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Earnest J. Neal
  • Patent number: 6415622
    Abstract: An air outlet opening apparatus for air conditioners is provided. The air outlet opening apparatus includes a shutter for selectively opening and closing the air outlet formed on an air conditioner body. A pair of support plates is mounted beside the shutter to guide the elevation and lowering of the shutter. The air outlet opening apparatus further includes elevation means for selectively elevating and lowering the shutter. The elevation means includes a pair of elevation members positioned to be slid on the support plates, a drive motor for generating power to move the elevation members, and power transmission means for converting the rotating movement of the drive motor to the simultaneous linear movements of the elevation members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Whal Kim, Do-Yeon Kim