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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357175 | Heating element The invention relates to a heating element comprising a base body (4) made of metal, preferably aluminum or stainless steel, the surface (10) of which is highly polished and corrosion resistant. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6959757 | Black layer coated heat exchanger Hot combustion products exchange heat with air in a heat exchanger of a condensing furnace. The hot combustion products flow on one side of the heat exchanger, and the air flows on the opposing side of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is electrochemically coat... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6866036 | Cooking heat absorber A cooking heat absorber comprising a radiator assembly for absorbing heat radiated from a cooking surface and from a flue riser, on commercial surface cooking equipment and a tank assembly for holding a fluid and circulating the fluid through the radiator assembly t... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6805192 | Heat radiating structure of an interior member and related method A heat radiating structure of an interior member is provided with a heat radiating portion adapted to be applied to a vehicle and disposed on a rear surface of an interior member whose surface is adapted to be applied with external energy, a heat receiving and radia... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6650040 | Cathode ray tube having a deflection yoke with heat radiator The present invention intends to provide a cathode ray tube capable of preventing a rise in temperature of the deflection yoke efficiently, without increasing the size of a display device. To do so, in the cathode ray tube of the invention, a part of a heat ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6263690 | Apparatus for cooling a room In order to cool a room, a cooling element fitted in the ceiling region is cooled to below the freezing point, preferably to about -40° C., during the cooling phases so that condensate forming thereon freezes immediately. During regeneration phases when ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5954851 | Method for preheating glass batch A method and apparatus for efficiently preheating glass batch utilizing waste gas from a glass melting furnace is provided. In a method and apparatus for preheating glass batch utilizing hot waste gas discharged from a glass melting furnace before glass b... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5896914 | Heater The invention relates to a heater (1) for use in a room of a dwelling, preferably with a convection surface (3) and, in the case, for example, of a hot-water heater, with a water tank with an inlet and an outlet aperture. To obtain a design more advantage... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5819672 | Treatment to enhance heat retention in coal and biomass burning furnaces The present invention provides a method and composition for on-line treatment of furnace walls that are subject to deposition of highly reflective ash. The method involves exposing the walls to a darkening agent, or a combination of a darkening agent and ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5762131 | Heat radiating board and method for cooling by using the same A heat radiating board and a method for cooling by utilizing the same based on a novel principle of heat gradient. The heat radiating board, which is disposed between a high temperature zone and a low temperature zone, consists of a metal plate and a heat... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5758717 | System and method for the recovery of waste heat from pipelines Natural gas pipelines typically employ an underground large diameter pipe, on the order of about 42 inches in diameter, to conduct natural gas from a gas field to a place of consumption or to a shipping terminal. Compressor stations disposed along the pip... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5649593 | Radiator member A radiator member for efficiently releasing heat to the surrounding area. Cordierite powder and copper powder are mixed in a base material of dimethyl silicone. Near one surface of the radiator member the mixture ratio of copper powder is increased, while... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5609200 | Integral roof cooling container A passive temperature regulating system for cooling a structure exposed to extreme heat and a method for manufacturing the temperature regulator system. The system comprises at least one temperature regulator integrally formed to the roof of the structure... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5467814 | Graphite/epoxy heat sink/mounting for common pressure vessel The graphite-epoxy heat sink and mounting structure is comprised of a mounting structure constructed of a graphite-epoxy material that is mounted around a heat generating pressure vessel located inside a spacecraft. The mounting structure is a graphite-ep... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5372183 | Thermal control arrangements for a geosynchronous spacecraft A spacecraft adapted for operation in a low inclination angle earth orbit comprises north, south, east and west panels defining a spacecraft interior volume. The north and south panels are oppositely disposed with respect to each other and the east and we... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5363908 | Heating and cooling arrangement in particular of a structure suspended from a room ceiling The invention relates to a heating and cooling arrangement with which the occurrence of sweat water at particular sites can be prevented. To this end a carrier is provided in which is disposed a pipe or tube system which transports a heating or cooling fl... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5351747 | Heat exchanger especially for spacecraft A heat exchanger for a spacecraft utilizes a droplet radiator, whereby the droplet collector has the shape of a rotation symmetrical ring body that is rotatable about a central rotational axis. Preferably, the rotation symmetric ring body has the shape of... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5332030 | Multi-directional cooler A passive thermal control system for use in a spacecraft or satellite. The system uses at least two heat pipe and radiator systems connected to a heat generating load of the spacecraft. The radiators are located at different sides of the spacecraft. The h... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5322116 | Very high temperature heat exchanger A high temperature fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger is described wherein heat is transferred from a higher temperature fluid flow core region to a lower temperature fluid flow annulus. The wall separating the high and low temperature fluid flow regions is co... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5267605 | Microtube array space radiator The MTS radiator consists of planar arrays of micro-tube strip modules, each of which contain two or three rows of about 200 properly spaced microtubes per row. The three-dimensional tubular titanium structure with support members between microtubes maxim... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5267609 | Heat radiation tube Heat radiation tubes for furnaces and the like heating devices, mainly for industrial processes. Heating can be obtained by electrical heating elements or by combustion for example of gas. The radiation tube is a circular tube having end walls, flanges et... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5241836 | Patch for radiative coolers A unique structure for constructing the emissive patch of a spaceborne radiative cooler is shown. The structure has very high emissivity for all angles up to a designed-in maximum angle and near zero emissivity for greater angles. The structure also allow... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5228500 | Air conditioning system An air conditioning system in accordance with the present invention is disclosed which has a radiation plate including a radiation surface facing a room area. A column of air that is either cooled or heated by a heat exchanger in an indoor unit of the pre... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5224539 | Cooling system for air heaters and the like A cooling system including a cooling duct adjacent to the hot air duct of an air heater. The cooling duct includes a first wall and a second wall spaced from the first wall such that a passageway is formed therebetween. A wire mesh sheet is arranged in th... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5224542 | Gas fired radiant tube heater A radiant tube heater is provided for a gas fired burner which fires heated products of combustion into an inner longitudinally-extending tube which is concentrically pinned to an outer longitudinally-extending tube which in turn is concentrically mounted... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5150748 | Advanced survivable radiator A heat pipe radiator coating of a fibrous material provides protection for the radiator, such as a heat pipe, pumped loop, etc., while allowing good emissivity and heat rejection. Fibers are constructed from fiberglass, glass, quartz, saphire, diamond, ca... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5086828 | Lunar radiator shade An apparatus for rejecting waste heat from a system located on or near the lunar equator which utilizes a reflective catenary shaped trough deployed about a vertical radiator to shade the radiator from heat (i.e., infrared radiation) emitted by the hot lu... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5070933 | Temperature regulating system A temperature regulating system that includes an enclosure having at least one temperature regulator including a container coupled to the ceiling of the enclosure and having an upper wall, a lower wall and an intermediate section that form a chamber which... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5062472 | Turbulent droplet generator with boom mounted pitot pump collector Disclosed is an advantageous system for heat rejection especially useful in the space environment.... | 11/05/1991 |
| 4990747 | Ceramic heating plate A ceramic heating plate which comprises a planar body including a ceramic substratum covered with a far-infrared ceramic layer on the top surface; a heating sheet attached to the back surface of the substratum, the heating sheet including a pair of lead t... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4974668 | LDR centrifugal collector apparatus A liquid droplet radiation centrifugal collector apparatus utilizing a conical-shaped collector with a deflector at its apex to direct a received droplet stream to a trough that is formed within the leading edge of the collector. The collector which is ro... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4969802 | Vibratory pumping of a free fluid stream A vibratory fluid pump having a force generator for generating asymmetric periodic waves or oscillations connected to one end of one or more fluid conveyance means, such as filaments. The opposite ends of the filaments are connected to springs. Fluid intr... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4913225 | Liquid sheet radiator apparatus An external flow, liquid sheet radiator apparatus adapted for space applications has as its radiating surface a thin stable liquid sheet formed by fluid flow through a very narrow slit affixed to the sheet generator.... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4890454 | Wall surface structure having an improved radiant heat discharge capability The wall of a structural component that is subject to high thermal and mechanical stress, such as a position control rocket drive, has a plurality of grooves in its surface for an improved heat discharge by radiation emission. The grooves are cut into the... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4871012 | Variable conductance thermal insulation blanket A variable conductance thermal insulation blanket regulates the temperature of a component (20) on the surface (32) of a spacecraft. The blanket comprises a sealed container (2) and a pressurized gas tank (10). When gas is introduced from the tank (10) in... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4798238 | Shelter for thermally conditioning electronic appliances This invention relates to a shelter for thermally conditioning in particular electronic appliances which generate heat. The shelter comprises a closed box-like structure with thermoinsulating walls which houses the appliance to be conditioned, as well as ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4770232 | Gas particle radiator A gas particle radiator adapted to operate in a microgravity space environment having a transparent boundary which transmits energy in the infrared spectrum, and a gas particle mixture that yields high absorption and emittances.... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4753219 | Reflective heat conductor A reflective heat conductor is presented in the form of a grill having a plurality of individual cells bounded by reflective bare metal surfaces. The grill has an arcuate shape complementary to the object, such as a stovepipe, on which it is located. Heat... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4735556 | Turbocharger A turbocharger of the present invention is provided with a thermo-reducing means between the turbine housing and the bearing housing in order to reduce the heat transferred from the turbine housing to the bearing housing. The thermo-reducing means compris... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4705106 | Wire brush heat exchange insert and method The present invention provides heat exchanger apparatus and method including a tubular heat transfer surface, a heat transfer fluid which is made to pass along the surface, and a wire brush heat exchanger insert positioned to impinge the fluid flowing wit... | 11/10/1987 |
