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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360371 | Refrigerating device comprising an evacuatable storage compartment A refrigerating device including a hollow-walled housing surrounding a first and a second storage compartment. A vacuum pump is controllably connected via a suction line to the hollow chamber of the housing and to one of the storage compartments. The pump is control... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331163 | Refrigerator with integral vacuum sealer The present invention is a vacuum packaging system that is comprised of a very convenient vacuum pump and canister-sealing device that is an integral component of a refrigerator. The device is comprised of: 1) one or more external vacuum hose input ports or retracta... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325409 | Vacuum storage apparatus with sliding drawers An apparatus for storing, preserving and dispensing perishable and degradable food and goods having a rigid housing. At least one modular unit is removably disposed in the rigid housing for holding items. The modular unit has a storage unit and a drawer constructed ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7246940 | Method and apparatus for managing the temperature of thermal components A temperature management system for managing the temperature of a discrete, thermal component. The temperature management system comprises a heat exchanger thermally coupled with the thermal component. The system also comprises a fluid transfer device that circulate... | 07/24/2007 |
| 6902755 | Method and apparatus of chilling slurries and liquids A method and apparatus for rapidly chilling liquid or slurried food products through a two-stage sequence of jacket cooling followed by vacuum chilling. Slurry and liquid food products heated in a batch are chilled by first employing a chilled liquid flowing through... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6508065 | System and a process for supplying fluid in hermetic circuits The invention is a system and process for supplying fluid in hermetic circuits. The type of hermetic circuit is identified, and based upon this identification, vacuum and fluid supply conditions that are predetermined for the type of circuit are applied. ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6098744 | Thermal-and sound-insulating container of multilayer insulations Disclosed a thermal- and sound-insulating container having a chamber, which is defined by multilayer wall structure including vacuum layers therein. The chamber is made as small as possible the surface area thereof to achieve the high insulating effective... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6090422 | Refrigerator with automatic vacuum compartment and method of preserving fresh food items using the same A refrigerator (10) includes a vacuum cabinet (20) which includes a vacuum compartment (42) and an open top drawer (34) in the vacuum compartment. When the refrigerator door is closed, a rotary spool (75) of the air control valve (70) is moved to a positi... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5946919 | Food conservator system A preferably self-contained food conservator system includes a vacuum compartment appropriate for storing baked goods, in which a negative pressure of about 10" Hg in maintained, preferably at about 60% relative humidity. The environment of the compartmen... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5701751 | Apparatus and method for actively cooling instrumentation in a high temperature environment An apparatus and method are disclosed for actively cooling instrumentation, in particular electronic circuits, in especially, high temperature environment. This apparatus has a tank containing a cooling agent, a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the in... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5507150 | Expendable liquid thermal management system A thermal management system using an expendable liquid which undergoes phase change to a vapor as waste heat is absorbed and also possesses a high latent heat of vaporization. The vapor is expelled, carrying with it the waste heat. A vacuum source lowers ... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5228314 | Method for storing fruits and/or vegetables and a refrigerating container therefor This invention relates to a method of precooling precooled materials such as fruits and vegetables under vacuum, and keeping it in a precooled state for a long time, and to a refrigerating container therefor. Precooling and keeping the precooled state for... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5209078 | Vacuum fluid cooling apparatus An air cooler system for use in association with an air circulation system and having a process air heat exchanger for recovering heat from the process air in the system, a vacuum chamber with a vacuum chamber heat exchanger in communication with the proc... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5207073 | Ice making system and method utilizing the sorption principle An ice maker utilizing the sorption principle having an air tight sorption container which stores a solid sorption medium. A vacuum pump is connected to the sorption container and is operatively coupled to an icing container. The icing container is clampe... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5186242 | Condenser provided with forced cooling means A condenser is disclosed which is provided with a forced cooling system adapted to effect forced cooling of a gaseous coolant in the condenser by exchange of heat with water. This forced cooling system comprises an evaporation chamber disposed in a coolan... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4870828 | Cooling system in motor vehicle Herein disclosed is a cooling system for use with an internal combustion engine which is operated on evaporable fuel supplied from a fuel tank. The cooling system comprises a tube extending from the fuel tank to a venturi throat portion of an air inductio... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4723415 | Direct water evaporating cooling system An air and water cooling system includes an evaporator tank partially filled with water with a vacuum pump maintaining a partial vacuum in the tank. A spray of water is directed from a header into the tank, and the partial vacuum effects an evaporation of... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4615178 | Apparatus and method for controlling a vacuum cooler An apparatus and method for vacuum cooling produce and similar foodstuffs includes a vacuum cooling chamber, a vacuum pump, refrigeration equipment and data processing equipment which is provided with various data by the operator, weight and pressure sens... | 10/07/1986 |
