Treating An Article Patents (Class 62/62)
  • Patent number: 11466919
    Abstract: A portable cooler container is provided. The temperature control system cools a chamber of the container to transport temperature sensitive contents via the container. An electronic display screen on one of the lid and the container body selectively displays an electronic shipping label for the portable cooler container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Ember Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Daren John Leith, Mikko Juhani Timperi, Christopher Thomas Wakeham, Rahul Mulinti, Jacob William Emmert, Paul Thomas Gurney
  • Patent number: 11414918
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated door for an appliance includes an outer wrapper that defines an evacuation port. An inner liner is coupled to the outer wrapper defining an insulating cavity therebetween. A base is coupled to the outer wrapper adjacent to the evacuation port. A servicing tube has a connecting end and a servicing end. The servicing tube is in fluid communication with the insulating cavity via the evacuation port. The connecting end is coupled to the base. A handle has first and second ends coupled to the outer wrapper and a center portion therebetween spaced-apart from the outer wrapper. The first end is coupled to the outer wrapper proximate the evacuation port. The servicing tube extends along an inner surface of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Sunil S. Ekshinge
  • Patent number: 11406931
    Abstract: The invention discloses methods and apparatus(es) for the removal and control of pollutants such as gases and suspended particulates in the air of an enclosed space or an outdoor environment by passing the air through absorbent media. The absorbent media includes any liquid, solid or combination of liquid and solid media that is capable of absorbing a material in which it comes in contact. In one aspect of the invention, formaldehyde is removed by air sparging through a liquid such as water, optionally containing additional scavenging agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PALOZA LLC
    Inventor: Peter C. Zhu
  • Patent number: 11290797
    Abstract: A specialized audio/instrument cable adapter with built-in digital signal processing capabilities that adds user-defined audio effects (such as reverb, delay, chorus and/or distortion) from within the cable adapter itself to affect the sound generated from an instrument or microphone such that the cable adapter (with a instrument/microphone cable) is the only connection needed between the instrument or microphone and an output device (such as an amplifier, PA, powered speaker, music mixer, or a recording device). The audio effects used by the cable adapter can be changed via (i) an app from a smartphone, tablet, computer or other electronic device; (ii) a wireless controller that attaches to the instrument; (iii) a pedal, and/or (iv) any other type of wireless controller that has the ability to communicate with a smartphone/tablet/computer or other electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bobby Elijah Aviv, David G. Aviv, Mark Schaffel, Guy Zohar
  • Patent number: 11279553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container provided with heat insulation means (8), characterized in that the heat insulation means (8) are removable and consist of a partition having a multilayered structure, or films, arranged between the wall of the tank (5) and at least the walls of two of the above-mentioned sides (2, 2?) as well as the upper surface (4) of the container (1). The invention further relates to the use of such heat insulation means (8) in a conventional container (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Olaf Tietze, Philippe Maj, Ralf Wittlinger, Martin Moellers
  • Patent number: 11193708
    Abstract: Manual and automated methods of pre-charging an empty or partially empty insulated container with CO2 snow are provided. A first location such as a charging location charges CO2 liquid into a container to create a pre-charged container with CO2 snow. The charging location prepares the pre-charged container for delivery to a second location, either by itself, or through a third party. The second location may be a clinical site, which upon receipt of the pre-charged container, loads a perishable item such as a biological sample into the pre-charged container. A user receives the pre-charged container with perishable item and removes the perishable item from the pre-charger container for testing (e.g., biological testing). Depending on the level of depletion of the CO2 snow in the pre-charged container, the user returns the depleted container to the first location or the intermediate location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sever, Ranko Bursac, Ying Zhou
  • Patent number: 11089720
    Abstract: A heat extraction system for an enclosure comprises heat pipes having an evaporating reference temperature and a condensing reference temperature lower than the evaporating reference temperature, an evaporator portion and a condenser portion. The heat extraction system includes a support frame adapted for connection to the enclosure. The support frame is arranged with respect to the heat pipes such that, when the support frame is connected to the enclosure, the evaporator portion is thermally coupled to the at least one computer and the condenser portion is thermally coupled to a surrounding environment of the enclosure. The heat pipes are arranged with respect to the enclosure so as to transfer thermal energy from the enclosure to the surrounding environment when an interior temperature of the enclosure is greater than the evaporating reference temperature and an exterior temperature of the surrounding environment is less than the condensing reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: OVH
    Inventors: Henryk Klaba, Ali Chehade
  • Patent number: 11079160
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a first liner, a second liner, a first fan, a second fan, and a return line. The cabinet may define an evaporator chamber. The first liner may be attached to the cabinet and may define a first chilled chamber having a primary air inlet, a secondary air inlet, and an air outlet. The second liner may be attached to the cabinet and may define a second chilled chamber spaced apart from the first chilled chamber, the second chilled chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet. The return line may extend in fluid communication from the air outlet of the second chilled chamber to the secondary air inlet of the first chilled chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Vineeth Vijayan, Stephanos Kyriacou
  • Patent number: 10863759
    Abstract: A high efficiency airflow management system can be used to reliably and consistently draw air through palletized product stacks with a minimum of energy expenditure. A racking system is provided with a grid of pallet bays separated from an air plenum/chamber by a wall having an airflow opening for each pallet bays. An air seal is formed at the periphery of each opening by resiliently flexible side seals and a top seal to form a highly airtight interface between the pallet assembly and the adjacent airflow opening. When a pressure differential is developed between the chamber and the pallet bay, air is efficiently drawn substantially exclusively through the pallet assemblies with minimal leakage. The flexible sealing arrangement accommodates pallet assemblies with unevenly stacked rows of cases without significant loss of system efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Tippmann Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel J. Tippmann
  • Patent number: 10863649
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air generating system for reservoir tank, an immersion cooling apparatus having the same and a method for operating the same. The air generating system is adapted for a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank has a liquid accommodation space and an opening connected to each other. The air generating system includes a first air generating assembly configured to be disposed on the reservoir tank and to generate an airflow distribution at the opening or between the opening and the liquid accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Hua Chen, Sheng Yen Lin
  • Patent number: 10653122
    Abstract: The present invention provides a waterless keep-alive apparatus and a refrigeration appliance having the same. The waterless keep-alive apparatus is provided in an inner tank of a refrigeration appliance, and comprises: a keep-alive box allowing pulling inward and outward; a temperature controlling module and a humidity controlling module which are connected with the keep-alive box; and an air controlling module having an air hole provided on a side wall of the keep-alive box and an air duct fixed on the inner tank of the refrigeration appliance. The air duct is hermetically connected with the air hole when the keep-alive box is pushed into the inner tank of the refrigeration appliance. The air duct is disconnected from the air hole when the keep-alive box is pulled out. The waterless keep-alive apparatus realizes convenient article fetching while the oxygen concentration in the keep-alive box can meet the survival needs of aquatic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Riyong Lu, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 10647077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for subjecting oleaginous vegetable material to a continuous prepressing for extracting at least part of the oil contained in said oleaginous vegetable material and producing a cake comprising an at least partially de-oiled oleaginous vegetable material. The apparatus comprises a mechanical prepress for mechanically compressing said oleaginous vegetable material, wherein the prepress is provided with a cake discharge for discharging the cake to a cooler. The cooler comprising means for subjecting the cake to a downward movement, and means for supplying a coolant gas, preferably air, in a counter-current flow to the downward movement of the cake with the purpose of cooling the cake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Desmet Ballestra Engineering n.v./s.a.
    Inventors: Marc Kellens, Etienne Le Clef, Timothy G. Kemper
  • Patent number: 10215673
    Abstract: A system and method for concurrently and uniformly removing thermal energy from clustered specimen samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Cool Lab, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Schryver, Scott Ganaja
  • Patent number: 10127586
    Abstract: Aspects relate to methods, systems, and processes related to providing purchasing recommendations to a consumer including tracking and recording, by a processor, perishable product input related to a perishable product, tracking and recording consumption information related to the perishable product and the consumer, tracking and recording waste information related to the perishable product and the consumer, and providing a purchasing recommendation to the consumer based on the recorded perishable product input, the consumption information, and the waste information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Santosh K. Beyagudem, Marit L. Imsdahl, Austyn N. Laures, Alexandra D. Markello, Edna Y. Morales
  • Patent number: 9984457
    Abstract: Methods, systems, workstations, viewers, grossing stations and computer include a display and a viewer circuit configured to cause the display to concurrently display: (i) a macroscopic view of a grossing specimen with virtual cut location marks associated with orientation and location of actual physical cut locations used to obtain tissue samples from the grossing specimen and (ii) at least one digital microscopic whole-slide image (WSI) of a tissue section from the specimen. The display can show the at least one WSI image on the display with a relevant cut location mark on the macroscopic view shown visually enhanced from other cut location marks on the macroscopic view to thereby allow a user to visually connect where the tissue section in the WSI image was obtained during a grossing procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sectra AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Häll, Kristian Köpsén, Jesper Molin, Joackim Pennerup, Olle Westman, Tobias Dahlberg, Claes Lundström
  • Patent number: 9557090
    Abstract: A method for hyper-fast cooling of samples is described. The samples are secured in a sample container, then the sample container inserted into a cryogenic cooling chamber through an opening of the cooling chamber. The sample container is placed some distance away from a cooling head, but within range of a continuous stream of pressurized liquid coolant emitted by the cooling head, where, the sample is hyper-cooled by spraying the sample container with a continuous stream of the pressurized liquid coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Celltronix
    Inventors: Igor Katkov, Vladimir Fedorovich Bolyukh, Valery Sergeevich Lupikov
  • Patent number: 9476069
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling and processing materials are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventor: Marshall Medoff
  • Patent number: 9045254
    Abstract: A cargo pallet cover (14) having a main panel (15) and a plurality of side panels (16) extending therefrom, the main panel (15) being adapted to overlie a load (10) on a pallet (12) in use and the side panels (16) being adapted to hang down against the sides of the load (10), each side panel (16) being attached to an adjacent side panel (16) along adjacent edges to define a corner, the cargo pallet cover (14) comprising at least one drainage panel (22) to permit liquid to drain through the cargo pallet cover (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AMSAFE Bridport Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Alexander Davies, Ahamed Shakir Jamaldeen, Ranasinghe Hewage Prasad Kularatna, Gamaralalage Manoj Buddhika
  • Patent number: 9045229
    Abstract: A sealing system (38) for use in an aircraft facility to be sealed from the environment comprises a closing element (40) which can be connected to a housing (42) of the aircraft facility in order to seal an opening (44) formed in the housing (42) of the aircraft facility. Furthermore, the sealing system (38) comprises a receiving device (46), and a sealing element (48) received in the receiving device (46). A transfer device (54) is adapted to transfer the sealing element (48) between an inactive state, in which the sealing element (48) is shaped and/or positioned such that it cannot be brought into sealing contact with a sealing surface (64), and an active state, in which the sealing element (48) is shaped and/or positioned such that it can be brought into sealing contact with the sealing surface (64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Sebastian Roering
  • Patent number: 9027356
    Abstract: The biocontainer of the present invention provides a low cost, simple solution of many of the problems encountered during shipping, freezing and thawing of biopharmaceutical materials. The present invention enables a user to monitor the temperature profile of each biopharmaceutical container during the cryogenic process, so as to ensure the integrity of materials within each biocontainer by using a pre-installed and pre-sterilized temperature sensor. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly includes a wireless transmitter and is capable of transmitting information regarding the measured reading. In other embodiments, the sensor assembly includes a processing unit, which determines whether the temperature profile is acceptable. In a further embodiment, an indicator is included, such that the processing unit may indicate whether the biopharmaceutical material has been properly frozen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Burke, Michael Felo, Brian Pereira, Elias Noukas, Dennis Wong
  • Publication number: 20150107274
    Abstract: A machine (10) for the production and dispensing of food products such as ice cream and the like comprises a tub (11) cooled by a refrigerating circuit (12) and a motor-driven helical mixer (14) which rotates inside the tub. The tub is provided at the front with a tap (15) for dispensing the product through a dispensing outlet (16) and comprises a control system (21), a sensor (23) for rotation of the mixer and an interface panel (22) which are connected to the control system (21) so that, when rotation of the mixer (13) is detected by means of the sensor (23), the control system (21) shows on the interface panel (22) an animated image (28) representing said rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Marco Corrado Ugolini
  • Publication number: 20150096309
    Abstract: A system and method of use of same for cooling process vessels, particularly those having reactor beds inside such as hydrotreaters, hydrocrackers, and catalytic reformers as part of processing units, during unit turnarounds. While the process vessel is in normal operation or in a preliminary cool down phase, quench gas flow is routed through a bypass flow path while a recirculating gas cooling system is installed in the primary flow path, requiring no unit downtime. During a turnaround, the process vessel temperature is lowered to a desired temperature, permitting entry and replacement of catalyst inventory, using the existing hydrogen recirculating (recycle gas) compressor to circulate a recirculating gas stream through the recirculating gas cooling system, the process vessel, and back through the compressor and recirculating gas cooling system. The cooling system removes heat from the circulating flowstream, thus lowering the process vessel temperature, faster than cold nitrogen injection methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Umesh Mathur
  • Publication number: 20150089964
    Abstract: a cup assembly includes a cup and a removable cooler block. The cup includes a base and a circumferential wall to commonly define a space for containing the liquid wherein at least one of the cooler block and the base is equipped with a magnet and the other with either the magnetic attraction part or another magnet. The cooler block includes material of the high specific heat and/or of the high thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventor: Jeffrey Chung
  • Publication number: 20150087056
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for cryoprotecting a biological specimen comprising the step of freezing said biological specimen in the presence of a hydrogel and in the absence of cryoprotectant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Anne Pelle Meddahi, Aicha Abed, Didier Letourneur, Anne Baudot
  • Publication number: 20150082815
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for creating and maintaining modified and controlled atmospheres (MA/CA) in a rigid sealable container having at least one refrigeration unit with an integrated oxygen reduction structure. The refrigeration unit provides the necessary ambient atmosphere movement for the oxygen reduction structure, such as a hydrogen fuel cell. The systems and methods are useful in the, storage, transport, distribution, processing and packaging of fresh perishables with a focus on altering the natural gaseous environment around the perishables such that fresh shelf-life is extended. The systems may operate in a power generation/power production mode, such that the fuel cells maintain the MA/CA environment while providing both primary and back-up power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: FRESH FOOD SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventor: Laurence Don. BELL
  • Publication number: 20150086573
    Abstract: A placental construct for treatment of a disease or condition is provided. The placental construct includes a therapeutically effective amount of a birth tissue material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Timothy R. Brahm
  • Publication number: 20150059365
    Abstract: A method for reducing a temperature of a product in a freezer includes providing a product to a chamber of the freezer; dividing a portion of the chamber disposed between a pair of baffle assemblies in the freezer into an intake zone and an outflow zone; moving each baffle assembly of the pair of baffle assemblies in the chamber 90° degrees out of phase with each other for directing a gas flow in the chamber; oscillating the gas flow within the chamber between the intake zone and the outflow zone during the moving the pair of baffle assemblies; injecting a cryogen substance into the chamber for cooling the gas flow; and contacting the product with the cooling gas flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Michael D. Newman, Stephen A. McCormick
  • Publication number: 20150064330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerated frozen confection with an overrun of between 120% and 160%, which includes acacia gum as all or part of a natural emulsifier. A process for the preparation of this frozen confection is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Madhavi Ummadi, Nirav Chandrakant Pandya, Kenneth Richard Moffitt
  • Publication number: 20150052912
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transporting heat-sensitive products in a refrigerated lorry of the indirect injection type, wherein the temperature Tint inside the storage chamber is regulated by varying the pinch of the exchanger (Pinch=Tint?TFluid outflow) according to the position of the internal temperature Tint in relation to a temperature set value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Mohammed Youbi-Idrissi, Cecile Clement, Anthony Dallais
  • Publication number: 20150047372
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is provided for a switchgear. The switchgear has one or more primary contacts constructed and arranged to connect to a terminal of a circuit breaker. The cooling apparatus includes an evaporator constructed and arranged to be associated with each primary contact. A condenser is located at a higher elevation than the evaporator. Fluid conduit structure fluidly connects the evaporator with the condenser. A portion of the fluid conduit structure defines a busbar tube electrically connected with an associated primary contact and defining a busbar of the switchgear. Working fluid is in the evaporator so as to be heated to a vapor state, with the fluid conduit structure being constructed and arranged to transfer the vapor to the condenser and to passively return condensed working fluid back to the evaporator for cooling the at least one primary contact and the associated busbar tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Patrik Kaufmann, Tilo Buehler, Gabriel Schuler, Peter Unternaehrer
  • Patent number: 8955340
    Abstract: The biocontainer of the present invention provides a low cost, simple solution of many of the problems encountered during shipping, freezing and thawing of biopharmaceutical materials. The present invention enables a user to monitor the temperature profile of each biopharmaceutical container during the cryogenic process, so as to ensure the integrity of materials within each biocontainer by using a pre-installed and pre-sterilized temperature sensor. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly includes a wireless transmitter and is capable of transmitting information regarding the measured reading. In other embodiments, the sensor assembly includes a processing unit, which determines whether the temperature profile is acceptable. In a further embodiment, an indicator is included, such that the processing unit may indicate whether the biopharmaceutical material has been properly frozen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Burke, Michael Felo, Brian Pereira, Elias Noukas, Dennis Wong
  • Patent number: 8938979
    Abstract: A cryogenic refrigeration system for lyophilization is disclosed. The cryogenic refrigeration system includes a cryogenic heat exchanger system adapted for vaporizing a liquid cryogen and using the gaseous cryogen to cool heat transfer fluid and a heat transfer cooling circuit that cools the lyophilization chamber as well as the condenser. The disclosed heat transfer cooling circuit includes a primary recirculation loop adapted for cooling the lyophilization chamber with the heat transfer fluid, a secondary recirculation loop adapted for cooling a condenser with the heat transfer fluid, and one or more valves operatively coupling the cryogenic heat exchanger system, the primary recirculation loop, and the secondary recirculation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Cheng
  • Publication number: 20150013352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a freezer and method for fabricating a freezer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Goran MICIC, Simon CLARK, Elliot ROTHBERG
  • Publication number: 20150007589
    Abstract: A secondary cell module using direct hydrocooling may include: a secondary cell; and a housing containing the secondary cell and filled with a refrigerant. The secondary cell may be directly contacted with the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Yong Ho Lim, Kee Yang Lee, Yong Chun
  • Patent number: 8910491
    Abstract: A Modular Chiller System integrated into a single Standalone Rack Assembly having vertically positioned air intakes, heat exchanger, and an air deflector is disclosed. The orientation of the components in the Standalone Rack Assembly allows for maximum heat exchange from a rack of hot food items positioned coextensively to the Chiller System. Hot air from the food rack is received through the air intakes into the heat exchanger where chilled air is recirculated outward through said frame assembly. The Chiller System is portable and can be retrofitted to existing walk-in cooler configurations, or be embodied in standalone and portable refrigeration enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Inventor: Flavian Iovanel
  • Patent number: 8911703
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a mobile transport platform, a donor substance source carried by the platform, and a thermochemical reactor carried by the platform and coupled to the donor substance. The reactor is configured to carry out a non-combustion dissociation process that dissociates the donor substance into a first constituent and a second constituent. An energy extraction system carried by the transport platform and positioned to extract energy from an airstream passing the transport platform is coupled to the reactor to provide energy for the dissociation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: McAlister Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Roy Edward McAlister
  • Patent number: 8904811
    Abstract: A freezer includes a housing having a sidewall defining a chamber, and an inlet and an outlet in communication with the chamber; a pair of baffle assemblies spaced apart and disposed in the chamber, a first one of the pair movable 90° degrees out of phase from a second one of the pair; a plate disposed in the chamber and extending between the first and second baffle assemblies for dividing a portion of the chamber into an intake zone and an outflow zone; a fan disposed in the chamber between the first and second baffle assemblies and in communication with the intake and outflow zones for providing a gas flow from the intake zone to the outflow zone; and a delivery apparatus in communication with the chamber for delivering a chilling substance to the chamber for reducing a temperature of a product. A method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael D. Newman, Stephen A. McCormick
  • Publication number: 20140352334
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of determining, at a point during shipment, whether the solid phase refrigerant in a shipment is sufficient to preserve the shipment cargo, which is blood or other biological products, for the remaining shipment period, by: monitoring the temperatures encountered to said point and estimating the temperatures likely to be encountered during the remaining shipment period; determining the likelihood that the remaining refrigerant can maintain the shipment cargo within a specified temperature range during the remaining shipment period; and if the risk that the remaining refrigerant cannot maintain the shipment cargo within said range during the remaining shipment period is above a cut-off level, then taking action to preserve the value of the cargo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: TCP RELIABLE, INC.
    Inventor: Maurice Barakat
  • Publication number: 20140345302
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for conditioning meat wherein further processing is optimized wherein the meat with a first temperature between ?35 to ?18° C. is introduced into a conditioner. Inside the conditioner a gas is circulated and by means of said gas the temperature is raised in the meat to a second temperature between ?8 and ?1.5° C., more preferred ?5 and ?1.5° C., with the meat being conveyed by the conveyor arranged inside the conditioner. At the second temperature the meat is transported out of the conditioner, wherein the meat is portioned, sliced, formed and/or cut at said second temperature, after which the processed meat is brought to a third temperature different from said second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Henrik Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20140345303
    Abstract: An installation and method for freezing and cold storage of palletized product. A chiller is provided in the interior of a cold storage warehouse space that maintains the temperature of ambient air within the space below freezing. A plurality of racking structures each define an air flow chamber having air intake openings on opposite sides thereof and an air outlet to enable freezing air to be drawn into the chamber through the intake openings and exhausting into the warehouse space. Pallets on pallet guides are pressed against the intake openings such that freezing air is drawn through the palletized product to thereby quickly freeze the product. The pallet structure and air flow chambers are arranged in spaced-apart rows to enable a forklift to pass down the aisles so as to place and remove the palletized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel J. Tippmann
  • Patent number: 8893518
    Abstract: A coolant mixture, method and apparatus for accelerated cooling of product, especially foodstuffs, is disclosed. A further aspect of this invention is the optimizing and controlling of the cooling process and the cooling medium without the need for pressurization. It further relates to a method of effectively increasing the flexibility and maximizing of cooling capacity and its storage without inducing a change of physical state within the coolant nor incurring high energy costs. Finally it relates to effectively eliminating any corrosive properties of the cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: ICS Solutions B.V.
    Inventor: Paul Bernard Newman
  • Publication number: 20140338373
    Abstract: A produce storage chamber comprising a chamber capable of encasing produce, a refrigeration system, at least one ozone generation units, and at least one ethylene scrubbers. The chamber is capable of delaying postharvest produce deterioration using at least one of temperature control, ozone generation, and ethylene scrubbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Vincent Arrigo
  • Publication number: 20140331695
    Abstract: A storage container incorporates a housing defining a cavity therein. At least one support rail extends from the housing within the cavity having a plurality of encoded first moieties. At least one refrigerant brick having mating encoded second moieties configured to be received into the encoded first moieties couples the refrigerant brick within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: James P. Schalla, Michael J. Burgess, Mark G. Mehlhaff
  • Publication number: 20140331696
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and devices for preserving a sample for histological analysis, in particular embodiments, the disclosed methods and devices allow for contacting a surface with the sample at a contact velocity of between 0.05 cm/s to 10 cm/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nector Ritzakis, Jeffrey W. Ruberti
  • Publication number: 20140326003
    Abstract: The food storage device of the present disclosure includes a cover that can be connected to a food pan, and which at least partially separates refrigerant coils from surrounding insulating foam. This helps to prevent corrosion of the coils caused by condensation reacting with insulating foam, and also helps to prevent the coils from separating from the pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE DELFIELD COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Darrel Jay WALKER, Harry Edward WING, Travis James KRCHMAR
  • Patent number: 8875523
    Abstract: A cryopump includes a refrigerator which cools a cryopanel and a controller which receives a control signal representing an operation mode from a beam irradiating apparatus and controls the refrigerator based on the control signal. The operation mode includes an irradiation mode for irradiating a beam to a target and an idle mode for diverting the beam from the target or keeping the beam with a level weaker than that of the irradiation mode. The controller controls the refrigerator such that the cryopanel is cooled in both the irradiation mode and the idle mode to a cooling temperature at which gas molecules are held and allows the cooling temperature in at least a part of the period of the idle mode to be higher than that of the irradiation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Fukuda
  • Patent number: 8876509
    Abstract: An apparatus according to various embodiments can be configured to use a cryogen for cooling articles, particularly having applications for chilling extrusions. The apparatus removes thermal energy from an article by conductive and convective heat transfer. The apparatus allows for heat transfer from an outer surface of an article, and from an inner surface of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Thomas
  • Publication number: 20140318157
    Abstract: The present application thus provides a refrigerated storage case for storing pre-selected items. The refrigerated storage case may include a number of compartments, a user interface configured to receive an access code and to unlock a predetermined compartment with the pre-selected items therein, and an evaporator coil configured to maintain the compartments at a chilled and/or a frozen temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: James Kenneth Knudsen
  • Patent number: 8869544
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling containers includes a cooling chamber having a side wall with a circular interior surface defining a cylindrical interior chamber cavity. The interior chamber cavity has a diameter and length sufficient to receive the container therein, and an open top permitting insertion of the container and egress of the fluid. At least one fluid inlet is positioned so as to inject a cooling fluid tangential to the circular side wall. At least one fluid outlet is provided for removing the cooling fluid from the cooling chamber. A method for cooling containers is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Andres Bernal
    Inventor: Andres Bernal
  • Publication number: 20140311169
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling an inverter of a variable frequency drive that drives a compressor in a cooling system for electronic equipment are disclosed. The system includes a first fluid circuit that cools electronic equipment using a first fluid flowing therethrough and a second fluid circuit that free cools a second fluid flowing therethrough. The second fluid circuit cools the first fluid using the free-cooled second fluid. The system further includes a third fluid circuit that mechanically cools the second fluid using a third fluid flowing therethrough as a function of the wet bulb temperature of atmospheric air. The third fluid circuit includes at least one compressor compresses the third fluid and is driven by a motor coupled to the variable frequency drive. At least a portion of the first fluid flowing through the third fluid circuit is diverted to cool the inverter of the variable frequency drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: INERTECH IP LLC
    Inventors: Gerald McDonnell, Earl Keisling, John Costakis