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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4171619 | Compressor assisted absorption refrigeration system In an absorption refrigeration system comprising a generator, a condenser, an evaporator, an absorber and a heat exchanger, a compressor is provided to improve generator output and performance. The compressor is operative between the evaporator and the ab... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4171624 | Air conditioning apparatus Air conditioning apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a thermal compressor which is used to regenerate an aqueous hygroscopic liquid, e.g., a solution of lithium chloride or lithium bromide in water. The regenerated hygroscopic liquid is used bo... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4160366 | Absorption refrigerating apparatus An absorption refrigeration apparatus provided with a single pipe boiler system having a pump and a standpipe containing a rectifier, and a boiler, with the latter having heat supplied to it. The arrangement permits one to choose a more favorable reaction... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4158295 | Spray generators for absorption refrigeration systems A spray generator for an absorption refrigeration system that includes a heat exchanger comprised of a multiplicity of variably spaced heat exchange tubes. The tubes are spaced close together near the top of the heat exchanger and spaced more widely apart... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4152904 | Absorption heating-cooling system An improved heating or cooling system based on absorption principles is disclosed and claimed herein. A closed system is provided with a refrigerant-absorbent solution where separation of the refrigerant-absorbent is accomplished by a semi-permeable membr... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4138855 | Transferring heat from relatively cold to relatively hot locations Heat is transferred from a cold heat source to a hot heat sink by an absorption type heat pump wherein the working fluid and the absorbent liquid are capable of forming a solution having a lower critical solution temperature tc. The working flu... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4134273 | Home heating and cooling system A home heating and cooling system consisting of a pair of large water tanks and a heat-operated absorption-type refrigeration system disposed between the tanks and operable to transfer heat from one tank to the other. The "hot" tank supplies hot water for... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4133183 | Solar powered absorption refrigeration system An absorption refrigeration system utilizes a solar collector in the heat input circuit and includes means within the collector housing for condensing water vapor released from the absorbent solution. Ambient air abstracts heat from the vapor and causes c... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4127993 | Method and generator unit of an absorption heat pump system for separating a rich liquor into a refrigerant and a solution low in refrigerant content A generator unit of an absorption heat pump system having a plurality of vertical tubular conduits around the reservoir zone in the lower portion of the generator unit, each conduit having a lower opening for drawing rich liquor from the reservoir portion... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4127010 | Heat activated heat pump method and apparatus In a heat activated heat pump apparatus having a generator, condensor, evaporator and absorber, a first coolant pathway through the absorber and condenser and a second coolant pathway through the evaporator. An ambient air heat exchanger and a second heat... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4127009 | Absorption heat pump absorber unit and absorption method An absorber unit for an absorption heat pump including a housing defining an interior absorption space and having first and second ends, a first inlet adjacent to the first end, a second inlet and an outlet adjacent to the second end, a plurality of heat ... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4126014 | Solar collector panel and refrigeration system operated thereby Solar energy is collected by a plate-shaped panel of pliable plastic construction. The two major walls of the panel whose edges are sealed to each other consist of transparent and black plastic respectively and bound a cavity. The panel is expanded by air... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4111004 | Gas operated refrigerator having a sealed combustion system with separated fresh air and combustion gas conduits A heat operated refrigerator having a gas burner and a flue pipe, a fresh air intake conduit and a combustion gas conduit connected to the flue pipe, with the gas burner, flue pipe, and conduits forming a sealed combustion system that is separated from th... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4106309 | Analyzer and rectifier method and apparatus for absorption heat pump A generator unit of an absorption heat pump includes a housing defining a lower boiler zone, a middle analyzer zone and a rectifier zone extending upwardly and outwardly from above the analyzer zone. A refluxer is located in the distal end of the rectifie... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4100755 | Absorption refrigeration system utilizing solar energy An absorption refrigeration system having a primary condenser-generator unit powered by solar energy, or any other suitable relatively low temperature energy source. A secondary condenser-generator unit is operatively connected to the primary unit. The se... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4100756 | Solar powered absorption refrigeration system An absorption refrigeration system utilizes a solar collector in the heat input circuit.... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4094355 | Heat recovery process Process for recovery of heat characterized by the concentration of heat from a heat source and transfer of the heat to raise the temperature of a heat receiving medium above that of the heat source.... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4090372 | Fuel conservation controller for capacity controlled refrigeration apparatus Control system capable of controlling the refrigeration capacity of a refrigeration system adapted for cooling a fluid medium, the refrigeration system being of the type including a refrigerant; an absorbent having an affinity for the refrigerant; an evap... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4085596 | Absorption refrigerator of double effect type An absorption refrigerator of double effect type in which at a portion at which a weak solution transported from an absorber to a generator of the absorption refrigerator and a strong solution transported from the generator to the absorber flow in paralle... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4085595 | Double effect absorption refrigerating system A double effect absorption system having improved thermal efficiency is provided wherein a part of a weak solution fed from an absorber to a high pressure or first generator is bypassed to a second generator and the bypassed solution is transferred with t... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4078399 | Absorption type refrigerator An arrangement of an evaporator, an absorber, a generator and a condensor within a shell of a single effect absorption type refrigerator or a multiple effect absorption type refrigerator, such as a double effect or triple effect type refrigerator. Positio... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4056947 | Absorption refrigerator In an absorption refrigerator having a non-electric boiler heating system, a box having a coolable interior and a side at which refrigerating equipment is mounted, the refrigerating equipment including a boiler and a heating burner located adjacent the bo... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4048810 | Refrigerating process and apparatus therefor This invention relates to a refrigerating process according to the known compression-absorption method, in which a solution of gas in a liquid absorbent is conducted in a closed cycle from an absorber to an evaporator in which by heat supply thereto a cer... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4028078 | Method and apparatus for absorption refrigeration system A novel absorption type refrigeration system is disclosed which is capable of being operated from a relatively low temperature heat source. A lithium bromide absorption solution equilibrium diagram for this cycle is also included. This system uses two gen... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4018694 | Absorption refrigerant composition Solutions containing lower aliphatic alcohols, the halides of lithium, calcium, strontium and barium and water are used as absorbent-refrigerant compositions in absorption refrigeration systems.... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4016730 | Refrigerators An improvement in refrigerators of the absorber type in which heat from a flame circulates the refrigerant in the refrigerating cycle, particularly for use in caravans. To prevent the flame being extinguished in draughty conditions there is provided shiel... | 04/12/1977 |
| 4014183 | Absorption refrigerator of natural circulation type An absorption refrigerator of natural circulation type comprising a first generator connected to the lower end of a gas-liquid lift and a second generator connected to the upper end of the gas-liquid lift. A solution of an absorbing medium, which may be a... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4003215 | Absorption refrigeration system An absorption refrigeration system utilising a pair of refrigerant fluids one of which constitutes a distillate, the other of which constitutes an absorber, the fluids being separated from one another in a closed circuit, by a distillation process, the mo... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3990264 | Refrigeration heat recovery system A combination vapor compression and refrigeration cycle employing a mechanical compressor for developing high temperatures. The suction end of the compressor is exposed to both the vapors discharged from the refrigeration evaporator and a mixture of oil f... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3990263 | Absorption refrigerating installation In an absorbtion refrigerating installation each evaporator-absorber unit has a group of vertical pipes secured at their ends in pipe sheets. Provided in the upper portion of the units is an outlet for the liquid to flow down outside the pipes. Both, in t... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3978683 | Absorption refrigerator of natural circulation type An absorption refrigerator of natural circulation type employing water as a refrigerant and lithium salt as an absorbing medium, in which a U-tube is disposed in a conduit portion between a condenser and an evaporator and is connected at one end thereof t... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3977211 | Alcohol separator An alcohol reclaiming apparatus for use in an absorption refrigeration system having a separator operatively connected to the system condenser for removing alcohol from liquid refrigerant prior to passing the refrigerant from the condenser section to the ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3977204 | Alcohol circulation system An alcohol circuit for use in an absorption refrigeration system for circulating alcohol through the system along an independent path of travel which prevents the alcohol from stagnating within the evaporator section of the system. Further means are provi... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3964273 | Compact absorption refrigeration apparatus An absorption refrigeration apparatus includes an annular absorber-evaporator surrounding a condenser both of which are evaporatively cooled by wetting their exterior surfaces and by flowing a stream of ambient air over the wetted surfaces. The refrigeran... | 06/22/1976 |
