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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136363 | Temperature control system and method of operating the same A method of conditioning air in a vehicle load space. The method includes providing a refrigeration circuit including an evaporator, directing refrigerant through the refrigeration circuit, directing load space air across the evaporator, sensing a first condition ba... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8033124 | Refrigerator and defrost control method thereof Disclosed herein are a refrigerator and a defrost control method thereof that are capable of sensing an amount of frost formed on an evaporator based on a change amount of absolute humidity in the refrigerator to control a defrost operation. A defrost control method... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8006506 | High speed defrosting heat pump Disclosed is a high speed defrosting heat pump having a closed refrigerant circulation loop including a four-way valve so as to conduct cooling and heating operations by switching a refrigerant-circulating direction by means of the four-way valve. A three-way valve ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7739880 | Compressor and air conditioner There is provided a compressor and an air conditioner capable of preventing a piston from being locked to a cylinder by iced matters. A compressor operation control section 18 of a control unit 20 stops the piston 2 in a high-temperature region ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7716936 | Method and apparatus for affecting defrost operations for a refrigeration system A method for affecting a scheduled defrost operation for a refrigeration system includes the steps of: (a) after an extant the scheduled defrost operation commences, evaluating at least one predetermined parameter relating to operation of the refrigeration system; (... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7610766 | High-speed defrost refrigeration system A defrost refrigeration system of the type having a main refrigeration circuit operating a refrigeration cycle. The defrost refrigeration system comprises a first line extending from the first compressor to the evaporator stage and is adapted to receive a portion of... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7587906 | Adaptive defrost control circuit with relay power saving feature A defrost heater relay control circuit having reduced power consumption during a de-energized mode of operation is provided. The relay drive circuit utilizes a series connected capacitor to introduce a phase shift in the AC current waveform such that the amount of r... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7461515 | Sequential hot gas defrost method and apparatus The present invention provides a method and apparatus for using hot gas to defrost sequentially each refrigerated display case (evaporator) in a group of refrigerated display cases (evaporators). A unique cross-feed line connects the distributor and the evaporator s... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7331189 | Cooling device In a cooling system having a compressor for supplying refrigerant under pressure, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, a liquid receiver arranged to temporarily store the condensed refrigerant supplied from the condenser, an expan... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320226 | Freezer with defrost function and method for operating the freezer A freezer includes a refrigeration surface that can be frozen, such as an evaporator surface, a heating device for heating the refrigeration surface, and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the heating device in accordance with a timer. The control ci... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302803 | Compressor, method for manufacturing the compressor, defroster of refrigerant circuit, and refrigerant unit There is provided a rotary compressor capable of preventing deterioration of performance following plug fixing carried out to prevent falling-off of a spring member. The rotary compressor comprises a cylinder constituting a rotary compression element, a roller engag... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7275387 | Integrated ice and beverage dispenser An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a sep... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7251953 | Environmental control unit for hospital room An air conditioner and filtering unit produces a positive or negative pressure to create an isolation space. A common air intake plenum has first and second inlets for admitting return air from the space or outside air which may be from a building main A/C system su... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237402 | Refrigerator and method Refrigerator comprising at least one compartment (2, 21) to be cooled and a refrigeration apparatus with an evaporator, which evaporator is arranged in heat conducting contact with a heat exchanger (6, 24, 50). The refrigerator further comprises an ess... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234311 | Prevention of compressor unpowered reverse rotation in heat pump units A heat pump is provided with a method and control for eliminating compressor un-powered reverse rotation at shutdown. In particular, the position of the four-way reversing valve is changed and the heat pump is moved to the opposite mode of operation as compared to t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228692 | Defrost mode for HVAC heat pump systems A heat pump, and in particular a heat pump for heating a hot water supply is provided with an improved defrost mode. The defrost mode is actuated to remove frost from an outdoor evaporator that may accumulate during cold weather operation. An algorithm for operation... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222496 | Heat pump type air conditioner having an improved defrosting structure and defrosting method for the same A heat pump type air conditioner having an improved defrosting structure and a defrosting method for the same. When frost is not excessively accumulated on piping of an outdoor heat exchanger, a solenoid valve is controlled such that warm refrigerant from a compress... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7181917 | Control method for four-way valve of multiple heat pump Disclosed herein is a control method for four-way valves of a multiple heat pump. In the control method, if even at least one of four-way valves of respective outdoor units is not switched to a desired mode upon switching of all of the four-way valves to the desired... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181922 | Automotive air conditioner A cooled air temperature detector detects the temperature of air that has just passed through a refrigerant evaporator. The detector detects air temperatures for a plurality of locations on the cooling unit. When determining a control condition (ON/OFF condition) of... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171817 | Heat exchanger liquid refrigerant defrost system A heat exchanger liquid refrigerant defrost system disclosed herein specifically designed to defrost the coil subsystems used on an outdoor heat exchanger used on a building heat pump unit or combination heat pump/air condition unit. The outdoor heat exchanger conta... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168257 | Rotary compressor, method for manufacturing the same, and defroster for refrigerant circuit An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a multi-stage compression type rotary compressor which can avoid the replacement of parts to be used as much as possible to reduce costs and also which enables easily setting an appropriate ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159409 | Method and apparatus for controlling the load placed on a compressor A method of operating a vapor compression system, the vapor compression system defining a closed fluid circuit in which a refrigerant is circulated and having operably disposed therein, in serial order, a compressor, a high pressure heat exchanger, an expansion devi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7089754 | Apparatus and method for controlling heating operation in heat pump system There is provided an air conditioner, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for controlling a heating operation in a heat pump system, in which a continuous heating operation is provided. 1. The apparatus for controlling a heating operation in a heat pump s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7059144 | Methods of freezeout prevention for very low temperature mixed refrigerant systems Refrigerant freezeout is prevented by the use of a controlled bypass flow that causes a warming of the lowest temperature refrigerant in a refrigeration system that achieves very low temperatures by using a mixture of refrigerants comprising at least two refrigerant... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055336 | Air-conditioning device for vehicles, and method therefor The invention concerns a method using a system (10) for heating or cooling air in a motor vehicle passenger compartment provided with a windscreen, by input into the passenger compartment air which has passed through an exchanger (12) comprised in a re... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054693 | High data rate actuator/sensor control system for a plastics processing machine A control system for a plastics processing machine with at least one central processing unit with a real-time operating system is described. The central processing unit is connected to a plurality of actuators and/or sensors via a bus system, with at least one actua... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051546 | Defrosting system using compressed air Defrosting frost deposited on the coolers disposed in a refrigerating-storage room for cooling the room can be carried out without the necessity of stopping the operation of refrigerating cycle and with low cost and high efficiency. Compressed air is blown to the co... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047158 | Method and device for monitoring the performance of industrial equipment A method and an apparatus for automatically monitoring the performance of industrial equipment during its operation. During this monitoring, various operating parameters of the equipment are measured, a performance factor representative of the equipments operation i... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032395 | Transport temperature control unit and methods of defrosting an evaporator coil of the same A transport temperature control unit and methods of defrosting an evaporator coil of a transport temperature control unit. The transport temperature control unit includes an evaporator coil, an ambient air temperature sensor for sensing an ambient air temperature, a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028494 | Defrosting methodology for heat pump water heating system Refrigerant is circulated through a vapor compression system including a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion device, and an evaporator. When a sensor detects that frozen water droplets form on the evaporator, a valve positioned between the discharge of the compre... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017353 | Integrated ice and beverage dispenser An ice cube-making machine that is characterized by noiseless operation at the location where ice cubes are dispensed and be lightweight packages for ease of installation. The ice cube-making machine has an evaporator package, a separate compressor package and a sep... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004246 | Air-to-air heat pump defrost bypass loop An improvement in defrosting an air-to-air heat pump system when in the heating mode. A bypass loop transfers refrigerant at a higher temperature and pressure than is normally cycled through the outdoor unit to an outdoor coil to defrost ice on the outdoor coil, The... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000414 | Defrost and refrigerator employing the same A refrigerator having a main body, and a compressor and an evaporator in the main body, comprises a heat pipe forming a closed loop so as to allow the refrigerant to be circulated therein; a first heat exchanger provided in the heat pipe, absorbing heat generated fr... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999996 | Communication network and method of communicating data on the same A network including a master device and a slave device in communication with the master. The slave includes (n) input terminals adapted to receive a (n)-bit input, and (n) output terminals adapted to communicate a (n)-bit output. The network further includes a proce... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6966198 | Air-cycle air conditioning system for commercial refrigeration A refrigeration and air-cycle air conditioning system is provided for a body defining interior space, preferably a stand alone refrigeration cabinet. The air conditioning system includes a unique combination of a compressor, intercooler, expander, motor and plenum t... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964172 | Adaptive defrost method The accumulation period between defrost cycles of a refrigeration apparatus having a electrical defrost heater is calculated on the basis of energy expended to remove the ice from the coil during the previous defrost cycle. In this way, variations in the voltage lev... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6931866 | Multistage compression type rotary compressor and cooling device A multi-stage compression type rotary compressor, having a driving element and a first and a second rotary compression element that are driven by the driving element in a sealed container, is provided. The refrigerant compressed by the first rotary compression eleme... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6910341 | Temperature control apparatus and method of operating the same A temperature control unit and a method of operating a temperature control unit. The temperature control unit including a refrigeration circuit enclosing a refrigerant and having a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator coil. The method including providing a fir... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6904767 | System for the dehumification of air An improved air conditioner system for controlling a desired temperature and a reduced humidity level in a space to be environmentally controlled, that comprises an additional second heat exchanger in the separate indoor air flow path. The refrigerant circuit includ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901763 | Refrigeration system The efficiency of refrigeration systems operating on the vapor compression cycle and employing suction line heat exchangers is increased by introducing refrigerant into the lower pressure side of the suction line heat exchanger at a quality less than 1 and introduci... | 06/07/2005 |
