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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8037706 | Refrigeration device with a modular configuration for the control system and evaporator A refrigeration device, in particular a no-frost device, refrigerator and/or freezer, comprising a thermally insulating housing containing at least one product storage compartment that can be supplied with cold air by a fan and an evaporator chamber that holds an ev... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033130 | Refrigerator A refrigerator having a body defined with a plurality of cooling compartments, a plate arranged to partition the cooling compartments, and a cold air supplier arranged at one wall of the plate, to supply a cold air to at least one of the cooling compartments. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7353663 | Evaporator assembly for a refrigeration device A refrigerator includes an evaporator assembly. The evaporator assembly includes an evaporator fan located in a refrigeration compartment of the refrigerator. The refrigerator evaporator assembly includes a fan cover at least partially enclosing the evaporator fan, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325408 | Method of controlling a refrigerator A method of controlling a refrigerator having a shaved ice discharger to discharge shaved ice produced within the refrigerator to the outside. The refrigerator includes a shaved-ice maker equipped within a freezing compartment to produce shaved ice, a shaved ice dis... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302809 | Refrigerator A refrigerator having a shaved ice discharger to discharge shaved ice produced within the refrigerator to an outside of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body having a freezing compartment defined therein, a freezing compartment door to open and close th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290396 | Cryogenic biological preservation unit A cryogenic biological preservation unit having a removable lid and an integrated cryocooler positioned apart from, or within a fixed portion of, the lid and which provides refrigeration to the upper portion of the interior of the unit which also contains a pool of ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7266963 | Switching device for refrigerator A switching device for an integrated product, such as a display, installed on a front surface of a door of a refrigerator is provided. The switching device includes a hinge assembly which rotatably couples the door to the refrigerator. The hinge assembly includes a ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7240501 | System for preventing condensation on refrigerator doors and frames The present invention is a device for reducing energy consumption by heaters on refrigerator doors and frames. A control unit is set so that the heater is on prior to the formation of condensation. The preferred embodiment provides for preset heater stop and start t... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7210601 | Variable flow water dispenser for refrigerator freezers A variable flow rate water dispenser mounted on a refrigerator door is provided that can dispense water at user selected flow rates. The water dispenser includes a nozzle for dispensing water from a dispenser housing on a refrigerator door and a user adjustable flow... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201005 | Measured fill water dispenser for refrigerator freezer A water dispenser for a refrigerator freezer having a water dispensing control including a measured fill mode of operation in which the water dispenser dispenses a predetermined amount of water and a manual fill mode of operation. The water dispensing control allows... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185502 | Multi-type air conditioner and method for controlling operation of the same Air conditioner, and method for controlling an operation of the same, the air conditioner including a sheath heater in the accumulator for heating the refrigerant in room heating for delaying deposition of frost on the outdoor heat exchanger. The sheath heater inclu... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7137262 | Supplemental heat control apparatus and method for freezer/refrigeration equipment A method and apparatus that provides supplemental heat from a heat source based upon the operating environment of a refrigeration or freezer. The supplemental heat is automatically controlled to provide heating to a sealing area to prevent condensation from forming.... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7104081 | Condensate removal system and method for facilitating cooling of an electronics system System and method are provided for removing condensate from an air-to-liquid heat exchanger of a combined air/liquid enclosed apparatus for cooling rack-mounted electronic equipment. The condensate removal system includes a condensate collector for collecting liquid... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104583 | Vehicle with storage/utility system A truck with one or more storage compartments in the bed adjacent the side panels and in which a hinged panel in the side panel or fender allows access to a storage compartment. The side panels maintain the appearance of a conventional pickup truck without storage c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093453 | Refrigerator with cold air circulation A refrigerating appliance has a heat-insulating housing, at least one door, and an interior cooling chamber enclosed by the housing and the door. The chamber is cooled by the circulation of cooling air. A flow channel for the cooling air is mounted at the door. The ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7059138 | Biological refrigeration system A refrigeration system especially useful for refrigerating biological samples wherein a cryocooler, such as one employing a pressure wave from a pressure wave generator, is used to generate refrigeration for cooling liquid coolant or purging fluid, which is employed... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047754 | Heater controller and heater control method of refrigerator The present invention relates to a heater controller and a heater control method of a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a heater controller and a heater control method of a refrigerator, which control a heater mounted in a refrigerator dispenser. In the presen... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7028499 | Refrigerator with an evaporator A refrigerator with an evaporator having a refrigerant pipe, and a defrosting heater placed below the evaporator and defrosting the evaporator, wherein the refrigerant pipe includes a main refrigerant pipe evaporating a refrigerant, and a heat-transfer refrigerant p... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6993919 | Processing apparatus and processing apparatus maintenance method The electrode temperature control device in a processing apparatus 100 includes a freezing circuit 110 comprising a compressor 148, a condenser 142, an expansion valve 150 and an evaporator 108 with the evaporator disposed i... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6983565 | Air heated, flexible door panel A door system for a cold storage locker has increased resistance to damage by including resilient door panels that flex when hit by a forklift. A high degree of insulation is achieved by the choice and thickness of the resilient foams therein. Also, the resilient do... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6922945 | Seal for motor vehicle opening frame A seal with a first profiled section, a second profiled section (5) housed inside a third profiled section made of an elastically deformable flexible material, the third profile section forming by itself or with the part of the first and/or the second profile... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907663 | Refrigerator and method for manufacturing heat pipe unit of refrigerator Disclosed is a refrigerator comprising an outer casing defining an outer appearance thereof, and an inner casing accommodated in the outer casing, forming a storage chamber, further comprising a heat pipe unit having an evaporator pipe disposed to surround at least ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6889517 | Heated dispenser door and method A method of heating a dispenser door by applying direct heat to only a peripheral region of a front layer of the door at a rate sufficient to heat an edge surface of the door to a point above zero degrees Centigrade. In one embodiment this is done by placing a perim... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6868688 | Access tunnel for low temperature freezing systems A method and apparatus for accessing low temperature refrigeration systems is provided. In one embodiment, an access tunnel is provided and a heater, an access door, a vacuum insulation panel, a thermal break, a sealing gasket that mates with a sealing surface toget... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6862891 | Methods and apparatus for controlling heating within refrigerators A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a freezer compartment having a freezer door, an ice maker in communication with an ice dispensing system, the ice dispensing system has an ice delivery conduit extending through the freezer door, and a heating el... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6786060 | Method and apparatus for drying a heat exchanger in a vehicular air conditioning system A method and apparatus for drying the surface of a heat exchanger in a vehicle of moisture accumulating as a result of its use as an evaporator in an air conditioning system. Air is first heated by the heater core in the air conditioning system and then directed thr... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6755044 | Heater-evaporator Heater-evaporator has a hollow refrigerator fluid evaporator body with which is incorporated a heater. The body can enclose the heater, which is separate from the body, or the body and the heater can be part of one another. The heater can be heated by any suitable m... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6694755 | Adaptive defrost control device and method Adaptive defrost control and method for a household refrigerator wherein a defrost heater is prevented from being powered as long as a compressor is running. The adaptive defrost control also provides a vacation mode in which the defrost interval is set t... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6658882 | Integral-type air conditioner In an air conditioner (10) including an indoor-side chamber (21) containing an indoor heat exchanger (11) and an indoor fan (12), and an outdoor-side chamber (22) containing outdoor heat exchanger (13) and an outdoor fan (14), the indoor-side chamber (21)... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6591626 | Water removal device for refrigeration system A water removal device for refrigeration system comprises an electrode and a voltage source; the voltage source provides voltage for the electrode, which is located under the evaporator of the refrigeration system. Through the electric effect produced by ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591623 | Kim-chi refrigerator having a heater for a vegetable chamber The present invention provides a compound type Kim-chi refrigerator having a heater composed of the electrically heated wire to the backside of a vertical partition wall defining vegetable chamber for maintaining the temperature of the vegetable chamber w... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6532749 | Stirling-based heating and cooling device A device for heating a first article and cooling a second article. The device may include an enclosure with a hot compartment and a cold compartment. The device also may include a Stirling cooler with a hot end and a cold end. The hot end may be positione... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6460353 | Method and apparatus for improved aircraft environmental control system utilizing parallel heat exchanger arrays A heat exchanger subsystem for an environmental control system comprises a heat exchanger array having a plurality of heat exchanger elements that operate in parallel to an inlet cooling airflow to the heat exchanger array such that each load heat exchang... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6408636 | Method and apparatus for preventing ice build up around a freezer door To prevent ice build up around the door of a walk in freezer a heater is provided under the threshold of the door to heat a column of air between the inner surface of the door and the flexible thermal barrier inside the freezer. The heater is operated con... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6397919 | Sectional roll-up door with heated edge seals A sectional roll-up door has two generally planar panels having confronting longitudinally extending edges, a hinge between the panels at the edges, a seal extending longitudinally along one of the edges and operatively engageable with the other of the ed... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6397620 | Ultra-low temperature freezer cabinet utilizing vacuum insulated panels An ultra-low temperature refrigeration system (10) comprising a housing (12) and a door (14) which together define an interior storage compartment (16). The system (10) uses multiple layers (20,22) of varying insulative materials to insulate the housing (... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393855 | Methods and devices for retaining a heating element within a refrigeration cabinet Methods and devices for retaining a heating element, such as warm refrigerant tubing, within a refrigerator cabinet. Semispherical raised dimples are formed upon a retaining panel in a rolled triple flange. The dimples are intermittently positioned along ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6394076 | Engine charge air cooler An engine charge air cooler system including a charge air compressing system, a refrigerant cycling system, and a charge air cooling apparatus for transferring heat from the compressed charge air of the charge air compressing system to the refrigerant flu... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389833 | Evaporator having defrosting capabilities An evaporator having defrosting capabilities for space-saving and hard-to-reach installations and for connecting to a condensing unit with a condensing coil and a compressor. The evaporator includes a center tube, a middle tube, and an outer tube. The cen... | 05/21/2002 |
