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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314347 | Pressurized fluid bladeless turbine engine with opposing fluid intake assemblies A bladeless pressurized fluid turbine engine having a bladeless turbine, internal, concentric or circumferential shaft fluid ways which transmit pressurized gas to the turbine, and a pair of opposing pressurized fluid intake assemblies. Each intake assembly has a fi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7104687 | X-ray diagnosis apparatus having a common cooler An X-ray diagnosis apparatus is disclosed which includes two different cooling circuits and a single cooling portion. A first heat transfer medium is circulated for absorbing heat generated in the X-ray generator. A second heat transfer medium is circulated for abso... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093454 | Centrifugal heat transfer engine and heat transfer systems embodying the same A heat transfer engine having cooling and heating modes of reversible operation, in which heat can be effectively transferred within diverse user environments for cooling, heating and dehumidification applications. The heat transfer engine of the present invention i... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7010929 | Centrifugal heat transfer engine and heat transfer systems embodying the same A heat transfer engine having cooling and heating modes of reversible operation, in which heat can be effectively transferred within diverse user environments for cooling, heating and dehumidification applications. The heat transfer engine of the present invention i... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6997674 | Pressurized fluid turbine engine A bladeless pressurized fluid turbine engine having a bladeless turbine, internal, concentric or circumferential shaft fluid ways which transmit pressurized gas to the turbine, and a pressurized fluid intake assembly. The intake assembly has a fixed outer housing, t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6964176 | Centrifugal heat transfer engine and heat transfer systems embodying the same A heat transfer engine having cooling and heating modes of reversible operation, in which heat can be effectively transferred within diverse user environments for cooling, heating and dehumidification applications. The heat transfer engine of the present invention i... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948328 | Centrifugal heat transfer engine and heat transfer systems embodying the same A rotor structure rotatably supported within a stator structure, having primary and secondary heat exchanging chambers in thermal isolation from each other. The rotor structure has primary and secondary heat transferring portions within which a closed fluid flow cir... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6564574 | Sealed unit of refrigerant fluid for a refrigeration appliance A sealed unit of refrigerant fluid for a refrigeration appliance, comprising a hermetic compressor (1), a condenser (3), an evaporator (2), an expanding device, and conducting tube (4) of refrigerant fluid, at least one of the parts consisting of the cond... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6532748 | Cryogenic refrigerator A cryogenic refrigerator for cooling a rotating device includes a stationary regenerator, and a rotatable cold heat exchanger coupled to the stationary regenerator to rotate relative thereto. The cryogenic refrigerator is, for example, of the Gifford-McMa... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6446455 | Personal air conditioner Personal air conditioner including a heat discharging part having small sized compressor and condenser, a heat absorbing part having a small sized evaporator, a flexible high pressure pipe line connecting between the condenser and the evaporator, and a fl... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6334323 | Centrifugal heat transfer engine and heat transfer systems embodying the same A heat transfer engine having cooling and heating modes of reversible operation, in which heat can be effectively transferred within diverse user environments for cooling, heating and dehumidification applications. The heat transfer engine of the present ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6321547 | Centrifugal heat transfer engine and heat transfer systems embodying the same A heat transfer engine having cooling and heating modes of reversible operation, in which heat can be effectively transferred within diverse user environments for cooling, heating and dehumidification applications. The heat transfer engine of the present ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6196020 | Motor, refrigeration machine or heat pump When not only integrating the compressor and expander, but also the heat exchanger in one single rotor, a machine working according to the gas turbine process can be simplified. The gas turbine process in such a machine can also be run in reversed mode as... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5987894 | Temperature lowering apparatus using cryogenic expansion with the aid of spirals The apparatus for the expansion of fluid in the gaseous or liquid state or in double phase is characterized in that it has an expansion compartment comprising: a first spiral (72), a second spiral (70) located within said first spiral, means (52, 63) to permit... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5906108 | Centrifugal heat transfer engine and heat transfer system embodying the same A heat transfer engine having cooling and heating modes of reversible operation, in which heat can be effectively transferred within diverse user environments for cooling, heating and dehumidification applications. The heat transfer engine includes a roto... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5901568 | Rotating heat pump A heat pump with a closed cooling medium circuit for transport of heat from one air flow to another, comprises an evaporator (27) provided in one air flow for evaporation of a cooling medium, a compressor for compression of the vaporiform cooling medium, ... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5829256 | Specimen freezing apparatus An apparatus for cryogenically freezing tissue specimens includes a linear motion platform and a pair of rotary motion platforms. The rotary motion platforms can be used alternatively with respect to the linear motion platform and a mechanism is provided ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5332546 | Working fluid for absorption heat pumps operating at very high temperatures Working fluid for absorption heat pumps operating at very high temperature, particularly 200° to 1000° C., said working fluid being a mixture of at least two constituents, characterized in that the working fluid is constituted by a mixture of at least t... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5315844 | Low profile concentric heat pump with reversible air flow The heating or cooling apparatus includes a heat pump further including a compressor, a radiator portion, an expansion valve and a cooling portion, the heat pump being constructed in the form of a thin rotatable wheel wherein the cooling portion forms a r... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5303565 | Rotary absorption heat pump of improved performance A rotary absorption heat pump assembly. The assembly comprises a generator (2), condenser (3), evaporator (4), absorbent cooler (5), and absorber (1), all operatively associated to function as components of an absorption-type heat pump of high efficiency ... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5295370 | Air conditioner An air conditioner comprises a compressing and expanding apparatus which includes a compressing system for compressing air taken into compression chambers in one of two cylinder blocks through an inlet aperture and discharging the air from an outlet apert... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5243836 | Sealing device for a rotary evaporator A sealing device for a rotary evaporator (1) possesses a two part vapor duct arrangement (6). With that, the component on the evaporator side (6a) is formed to rotate and the component (6b) on the cooler side is formed to be stationary. Both the component... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5168726 | Centrifugal refrigeration system An improved centrifugal refrigeration system having an elongated rotatably supported shaft with means to rotate the shaft, a condenser unit affixed to and rotated with the shaft, the condenser unit having a tubular member coiled about the shaft in a path ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5009085 | Heat pumps An absorption-cycle heat pump comprises a rotary assembly including a vapor generator (GE,14), a condenser (CO,23), an absorber (AB,22), an evaporator (EV) and a solution heat exchanger (X,16). The vapor generator, the condenser and the absorber each incl... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4793154 | Centrifugal heat pump A vapor compression heat pump is described which comprises an evaporator, a compressor and a condenser and in which at least the evaporator or the condenser is in the form of one or more rotatable plates across the thickness of which plate(s) a heat trans... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4726198 | Centrifugal heat exchanger A integrated system, using one power source (M) for environmental conditioning and heat exchange or transfer, utilizing simultaneously by means of its design configuration, two physical laws of rotating mechanics embodied in the rotating member of which o... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4722194 | Absorptive thermodynamic apparatus and method Heat is transferred between conduit sections so as to use heat which otherwise would not be utilized and improve the efficiency of the apparatus and method. The sections contain working fluids flowing in opposite directions. Heat transfer longitudinally o... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4709559 | Cooling system for relatively movable components A cooling system for relatively movable components, such as a rotor seated for rotation with respect to a stationary component, includes a sealed channel in the stationary component disposed between the stationary component and the movable component, and ... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4611472 | Heat pump equipment A heat exchange apparatus including an external rotor. An internal stator is hermetically sealed within the rotor. An inertia device, attached to the stator, is able to resist movement of the stator so that a difference in speed between the stator and the... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4553408 | Centrifugal heat pump An absorption heat pump is described comprising at least an evaporator, an absorber, a vapor generator and a condenser and in which at least one of the components is in the form of one or more rotatable plates across the thickness of which plate(s) a heat... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4538417 | Vapor trap for supercooled rotor A vapor trap is placed in fluid communication with the vapor exhaust pipe of a supercooled rotor between, and in fluid communication with, the helium reservoir of the supercooled rotor and the portion of the exhaust pipe which is in contact with the torqu... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4524587 | Rotary thermodynamic apparatus and method A rotary inertial thermodynamic absorptive system which can be used as a gas-driven heat pump, a heat-flow-driven gas pump, or, in combination, a heat splitter for moving low-grade heat energy from a lower temperature source to a higher temperature heat s... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4520632 | Method and apparatus for extracting heat and mechanical energy from a pressured gas The disclosure provides a rotating cylinder defining an elongated S-shaped fluid pressure chamber having the two ends thereof remotely located with respect to the axis of rotation. The S-shaped fluid pressure chamber accommodates a free piston which recip... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4513575 | Centrifugal piston expander The improved method and apparatus for operating a centrifugal piston expander of the type wherein a free piston is mounted in a rotating fluid pressure chamber having a longitudinal axis that is non-radial with respect to the axis of rotation, but extends... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4513576 | Gas pressure operated power source The disclosure provides an oscillatable body mounting a cylinder defining an elongated fluid pressure chamber having at least one end thereof remotely located with respect to the axis of oscillation. The elongated fluid pressure chamber accommodates a fre... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4494386 | Vapor refrigeration cycle system with constrained rotary vane compressor and low vapor pressure refrigerant A refrigeration system including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator with controls and interconnections to provide a system operating in a vapor refrigeration cycle containing a refrigerant or combination thereof selected from ... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4449379 | Method and apparatus for extracting heat and mechanical energy from a pressured gas The disclosure provides an apparatus for extracting heat and/or mechanical energy from a pressured gas wherein the pressured gas is applied to the radially outer ends of rotating cylinder elements defining logitudinally extending fluid pressure chambers h... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4441337 | Rotary thermodynamic apparatus and method Rotary thermodynamic compression and refrigeration apparatus and methods in which the mechanical impedance and/or thermodynamic impedance of the system are controlled in order to obtain stable operation. By controlling these impedances, the overall pressu... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4438636 | Heat-actuated air conditioner/heat pump A heat-actuated air conditioner/heat pump is disclosed which includes a sealed, rotatable tube. The sealed tube contains a working fluid and includes an evaporator leg and a condenser leg, the condenser leg extending a greater distance from the axis of ro... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4433551 | Method and apparatus for deriving mechanical energy from a heat source The invention provides a method and apparatus for operating any centrifugal piston expander to convert energy derived from a heat source into mechanical energy. Pressured gas received from the heat source is circulated through the centrifugal piston expan... | 02/28/1984 |
