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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337628 | Low-temperature storage An object is to provide a low-temperature storage capable of further dividing a medium storage chamber divided by a medium partition into upper/lower small sections (small storage chambers) by adding of an optional component and changing of an inner door, and the st... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337707 | Thermal conditioning system having continuous conveyor A thermal conditioning system for heating and cooling cylindrical containers is disclosed, including a container heating apparatus and a container cooling apparatus, with the container cooling apparatus positioned generally coaxially below the heating apparatus, and... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318633 | Refrigerator home bar unit door A refrigerator having a door to open and close a refrigerator compartment, a home bar unit provided on the door and having an opening through which the refrigerator compartment communicates externally thereof, and a home bar unit door to open and close the opening o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290551 | Washing device and its work conveying method The present invention resides in a washing device constructed by a conveyer of a carrying-in side arranged in a frame, a reservoir lower portion having plural rails for holding the work and an ultrasonic generator arranged in this frame, each reservoir upper portion... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287951 | Device and method for the harmonized positioning of wafer disks A device for aligning a plurality of vertically arranged (upright) disks (20), especially wafer disks during the fabrication of semiconductor chips. Two mounting or bearing elements (30, 32) respectively have individually mounted guide rollers (34 | 10/30/2007 |
| 7266964 | Data center room cold aisle deflector A method and system of deflecting air circulated in a data center room are disclosed. A method for controlling air circulation within a room having an aisle between racks with computer systems mounted thereon comprises supplying cooling air to computer systems in th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261151 | Suction line heat exchanger for COcooling system A heat exchanger including a suction line for gaseous or two phase refrigerant output from an evaporator and a capillary tube carrying cooled refrigerant to the evaporator. The suction line includes first and second substantially parallel straight cylindrical portio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254958 | Refrigerator A refrigerator is provided which selectively opens or closes an inner cover according to the closing or opening of an auxiliary door. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator door to open or close a refrigerator storage chamber, a door storage space provided at an i... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7204570 | Refrigerator for bottles A refrigerator includes a housing having a cooled interior space. At least one drawer is disposed in the interior space for storing bottles in an inclined or horizontal position. The drawer has a frame with two opposite sides. The drawer also has a plurality of rods... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197888 | Drawer appliance A modular cabinet for a family of drawer appliances including an insulated liner defining a drawer space, a machine compartment, a wiring harness leading from the machine compartment to the drawer space, a passage leading from the machine compartment to the drawer s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7142987 | Apparatus, system, and method of archival and retrieval of samples A sample archive method and system implement a plurality of sample carriers configured to support a plurality of sample nodes in a predetermined spatial relationship, sample storage devices for selectively placing the plurality of sample carriers in an archive, and ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7059693 | Refrigerator A refrigerator with a home bar door is smoothly and automatically opened and includes an automatic opening unit, a hook unit, a latch unit, and a damping unit. The automatic opening unit pushes the home bar door to a predetermined angle, so that the home bar door is... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017352 | Cooling of extruded and compression molded materials The present invention relates to a system and a method for cooling extruded and molded materials. The present invention is especially useful to thoroughly cool an extrudate by directing a cooling fluid toward a surface of the extrudate (e.g., an interior surface tha... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6971250 | Freedom fridge device A refrigeration device includes a refrigeration compartment with planar, horizontal top and bottom portions and vertical sidewall portion. The compartment has an elliptical cross-section and is supported by a vertical support member. The compartment includes at leas... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6941762 | Automated storage and retrieval apparatus for freezers and related method thereof An automated cold storage apparatus, and related method thereof, provides a sample process management system that is a revolutionary approach to the storage and retrieval regarding critical samples. The system—a significant technological breakthrough in laboratory... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6925816 | Cooling a drinking vessel A drinking vessel 38 in which a beverage, for example a draught beer, is to be served is cooled by formation thereon of ice formed of frozen potable liquid for example a small volume of the same beer. The potable liquid can be sprayed at 40 onto the in... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6694767 | Work enclosure having article supports that obstruct access openings A work enclosure, and in particular a system for low temperature storage that includes a chest provided with a refrigerator unit. The chest has a top plate provided with a plurality of openings each suitable for allowing a support for at least one contain... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668582 | Apparatus and methods for low pressure cryogenic cooling Methods and apparatus for cooling an object using a heat transfer fluid are presented. One of the methods comprises the steps of contacting the object with a heat transfer fluid comprising helium as a major component, the object traversing through a heat ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6640573 | Combination structure of guide rail member for kimchi storage device Disclosed is combination structure of a guide rail member for a kimchi storage device which includes guide grooves for guiding guide rail members formed at both lower sides of a drawer-type inner case for storage of vegetables, a hooking protrusion elonga... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6604452 | Food processor with circulation system and method 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 ori... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6135173 | Ice dispenser for refrigerator An ice dispenser for a refrigerator includes an ice reservoir mounted inside the refrigerator, an ice supplier disposed within the ice reservoir, a cavity mounted in a refrigerator door, an ice supply tube communicating the ice reservoir with the cavity, ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5966946 | Method and apparatus for retention of a refrigerant fluid in a refrigeration enclosure The method of the invention is based on the comparison of local vapor concentrations at the inlet and outlet refrigeration ports and taking action based on that comparison. Control apparatus incorporating the invention is installed inside a refrigeration ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5921102 | Storage apparatus particularly with automatic insertion and retrieval A storage unit includes a housing with a storage chamber, a carrier disposed inside the chamber for supporting a plurality of specimens in a predetermined array, and an access port on the housing for enabling access to the chamber for insertion and retrie... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5797278 | Air treatment apparatus An air treatment apparatus comprises a housing (1) which has a casing made up of three elements (2-4), which are pivotable in relation to each other about shafts (9, 15) parallel to a longitudinal direction of an elongate trough provided in the housing. A... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5664338 | Inlet air seal for use with a cooler/dryer A horizontal cooler/dryer having a continuous traveling conveyor, the conveyor being a chain conveyor formed of a plurality of links adjoined in end-to-end relationship, each of the links being pivotally pinned at its ends to adjacent links; a housing abo... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5623829 | Vortex tube cooling system for solder reflow convection furnaces A vortex tube cooling system is presented. The cooling system contains one or more vortex tubes connected to a supply of compressed gas, the vortex tubes providing a stream of cold gas which cools product as it emerges from a furnace. The cooling system i... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5520004 | Apparatus and methods for cryogenic treatment of materials The invention includes a tunnel-conveyor section designed to process large-scale quantities of such materials as automobile tires for frangiation and embrittlement to low- or cryogenic-temperature levels for separation of fibrous and metal portions and su... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5517827 | Dual flow tunnel freezer The present invention is a tunnel freezer which incorporates a "dual flow" design whereby the refrigerant is introduced at each end of the tunnel and withdrawn from the middle of the tunnel. A key to the present invention is that the dual flow design allo... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5367887 | Apparatus for frosting drinking glasses The instant invention is directed to an apparatus for frosting drinking glasses. The apparatus is a self contained flash freezer designed for placement on a countertop wherein a miniaturized refrigeration system is mounted directly above a flash freezing ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5365752 | Freezing apparatus A freezing tunnel includes a longitudinally extending housing defining a cooling cavity containing a cooling atmosphere which progresses from one end of the tunnel to the other end. An endless mesh belt extends through the housing for carrying articles to... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5305615 | Frozen food storage & dispensing system A system for and method of storing and automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of one or more food products from closed containers is described. The system preferably includes multi-compartment containers carried by a carrousel assembly and moved b... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5295366 | Sealed refrigeration immersion vessel A refrigeration immersion vessel primarily designed for direct immersion of comestibles into liquid chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) at approximate minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit is described wherein said vessel employs pairs of rotary vane valves with internal v... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5277246 | Sealing arrangement for a running belt A belt travels forwardly upon the upper faces of a pair of laterally spaced, stationary sealing strips. Heat exchange liquid is sprayed against a bottom surface of the belt between the sealing strips to exchange heat with material traveling on the top sur... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5259212 | Cryogenic freezer with a liquid trap A trap or seal system for effecting an air impervious seal for a food freezer, such as a cryogenic or mechanical freezer. The seal system includes a barrier forming a vapor-impervious partition and which has its bottom extending into a cryogenic bath. A c... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5230221 | Chilling door for vacuum tumblers and massagers Disclosed is an apparatus and method for cooling a product in a vacuum chamber which utilizes a door mounted in an opening portion of a vacuum tumbler chamber, a mechanism mounted on the door for injecting a coolant fluid into the tumbler chamber, a mecha... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5226295 | Air treatment plant and method for balancing pressure differences in such a plant An air treatment plant comprises a housing (1); a conveyor (4) adapted to feed food to be processed through an inlet opening (2) in the housing, to and through an air treatment area, and to feed the processed food from this area to and through an outlet o... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5186008 | Cryogenic freezer apparatus and method The present invention provides a cryogenic freezer and method using a freezing chamber within which articles are cooled under the direct application of a cryogen, causing the cryogen to vaporize into a cryogenic vapor. The freezing chamber has inlet and o... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5176202 | Method and apparatus for use in low-temperature storage A method used in low temperature storage of biological specimens comprises the steps of (a) maintaining a multiplicity of biological specimens within a predetermined low temperature range in a cryogenic storage unit, (b) selecting at least one biological ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5148687 | Cooling apparatus for bulk material The invention relates to a cooling apparatus for hot bulk material, such as sintered ore. Gaps are defined between respective lower ends of side wall portions of a moveable annular air duct and respective upper ends of side wall portions of a stationary a... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5125240 | Storage apparatus, particularly with automatic insertion and retrieval A cryogenic storage apparatus comprises a housing with an automatically operated access door. A holder device disposed in the housing supports a plurality of specimen-containing ampules, while a conveyor moves the holder device, together with the pluralit... | 06/30/1992 |
