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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171743 | Cooling apparatus and method for liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device A cooling apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a cooling chamber; a stage in the cooling chamber, a liquid crystal cell placed on the stage; a plurality of cooling coils generating a cooled air; first and second fans blowing the cooled air on oppos... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8117853 | Method of operating a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit as well as a refrigerator unit and/or freezer unit operated using such a method The present disclosure relates to a method for the operation of a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having two compartments or more than two compartments which each have at least one opening which is closable by a closure element and through which the compartm... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7370482 | Rapidly regenerating cryogenic trap The cryogenic trap of the invention comprises, in a hollow body (3) having an access valve (2) and an outlet valve (6), a cold core (11) associated with a plate (13) having low thermal inertia and movable between a trapping positio... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7335222 | Cooling ear muffs A pair of cooling ear muffs, for use by a user in cooling the head of the user. A pair of ear covers each have a shell and contain a reservoir for holding a chilled liquid. A sealing ring on each ear cover encircles the ear and a thermal membrane communicates heat f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7296419 | Cooling method of superconducting cable line To provide a cooling method of a superconducting cable line wherein moistures contained in the cable in the superconducting cable line after laid is removed before cooling, so that solidification of the moistures can be prevented from clogging of piping including a ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7270244 | Polycarbonate double walled liquid holding vessel A double walled polycarbonate liquid holding vessel. The vessel may have an inner wall and an outer wall that are coupled to each other in a manner that defines an air tight gap therebetween. A resealable unit may be provided with the vessel that permits resealable ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7246496 | Thermoelectric based heating and cooling system for a hybrid-electric vehicle A heating and cooling system including a first and second thermoelectric module each has a first surface and a second surface. In thermal communication with the first and second surfaces of the thermoelectric modules are separate heat exchangers. A thermal storage d... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237396 | Ice lighting device A lighting device for illuminating ice has a sheet of light-transmitting film located below an ice layer and coupled to a light source. The index of refraction of the light-transmitting film is greater than that of the adjoining ice or air so that the light within t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7192426 | Cryogenic system A cryosurgical system and method for supplying cryogen to a probe. The system including a container filled with cryogen and having bellows of a pump submerged within said cryogen. Conduits fluidly interconnect the bellows and a probe that is outside the container to... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7145463 | System and methods for providing automatic adjustment of operating setpoints for a monitoring device A method for providing an electronic monitoring device with the ability to detect the status of a controlled condition of a monitored environment, and, based on this status, to automatically self-adjust monitoring parameters in accordance with pre-defined parameter ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7036323 | Cryogenic tank for storing cryogenic fuel in a motor vehicle and method for using same A tank for storing a cryo fuel in a vehicle with an internal storage container, an external container enveloping the internal container, and an electromagnetically switch selectable thermal bridge element which can produce or interrupt a heat conducting connection b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6996988 | AutoSolar Thermal Electric Conversion (ASTEC) solar power system A thermal collection system has a first tank for storing relatively hot working fluid and a second tank for storing relatively cold working fluid. A heat exchanger is connected for receiving the relatively hot working fluid from the first tank for providing heat to ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979096 | LED lighting for proportion blending system The ice dispenser includes an ice hopper for holding the ice and a lighting system positioned about the ice hopper for illuminating the ice. The lighting system may include a number of light emitting diodes. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971122 | Sweat diversion band Worn flat on the forehead as a headband, the Sweat Diversion Band diverts perspiration from the upper forehead and away from the eyes using laminated neoprene. Laminated neoprene is a commercially available, low cost, off-the-shelf material. Laminated neoprene posse... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6938436 | Thermal energy storage system A thermal energy storage container which includes a first panel having a container attachment element located around a periphery thereof. The container attachment element is adapted to engage a complementary lid attachment element. The thermal energy storage contain... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935127 | Refrigerator A refrigerator which performs various refrigeration cycles by variously changing refrigerant paths, thus accomplishing refrigerant evaporating temperatures suitable for a refrigerator compartment evaporator and a freezer compartment evaporator, respectively, and whi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918138 | Heated shower cap A liner for a shower cap has a chamber or ampoule containing a predetermined quantity of a supercooled liquid exotherm compound and a small amount of the compound in the crystal form, such that the crystal and the liquid are separated until time for use. Upon action... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6904617 | Thermal lining A thermal lining includes a first layer, a second layer overlappedly attached to the first layer in an edge to edge manner to form a construction pocket between the first and second layers wherein the construction pocket is shaped and sized for receiving in a storag... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6769261 | Method and system for controlled cooling of small milk quantities A system for controlling the cooling of small milk quantities in a cooling tank (4). An agitation pipe (2) extended through a regular milk outlet (26) in a first end wall (6) of the tank is provided, having a nozzle end (32) for in... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6763667 | Chilled item server A chilled item server is disclosed including an outer barrel formed of thermoplastic material that has a generally cylindrical shape, substantially vertical sides, a generally flat, closed bottom, and an open top having an annular ledge. An inner liner fits within t... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6758046 | Slush hydrogen production method and apparatus A slush hydrogen production device (10) utilizes a hydrogen slushifier magnetic refrigerator (30) having a wheel (50) of material exhibiting the magnetocaloric effect. The wheel is rotated through a magnetic field of varying intensity around the... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6735961 | Device and method for reducing gas permeability in a refrigeration circuit A device for reducing the permeability of tubing in climate control, air conditioning and refrigeration systems, comprising elements for recovering gas escaped by permeation from at least one tube that is at a first temperature and pressure, adapted to convey the pe... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6481635 | Environmental control method A method and system for controlling the environment of storage facilities, including produce and livestock storage facilities, and the like. Movement of air within the facility is accomplished by air-handling units or fans. The speed of each fan is contro... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6453682 | Point-of-sale chilled product housing A point-of-sale display for selling containers of chilled food items includes a quadrilateral vessel having a bottom and end and side walls, the walls containing thermally insulating material. At least seven removable panels each of which contains a mater... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6370885 | Point-of-sale chilled product housing A point-of-sale display for selling containers of chilled food items includes a quadrilateral vessel having a bottom and end and side walls, the walls containing thermally insulating material. At least seven removable panels each of which contains a mater... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6158227 | Monitoring system for beverage chilling A beverage chilling monitoring and alarm device. The temperature sensing, beverage temperature estimating, and remote alarm device is adapted for use in quick chilling beverages in containers, and thus enables one who attempts to quick chill a beverage to... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6079216 | Refrigerator for securely accepting deliveries A refrigerator includes a body defining a compartment, a first door on the body for sealably and releasably closing the compartment and a second door on the body substantially opposite the first door for sealably and releasably closing the compartment. Re... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6077447 | Fibrinogen apparatus, method and container A device for producing fibrinogen includes a platen having a surface configured for heat exchange with a container, which is adhered to the platen by device of a vacuum and heat exchange allowing both cooling and heating to occur along the boundary betwee... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5906769 | Polyol ester lubricants for refrigerating compressors operating at high temperatures A high quality lubricant for heavy duty service air conditioner and refrigerator compressors, especially those using chlorine free hydrofluorocarbon refrigerant working fluids, is provided by mixed esters of hindered polyols, most desirably di-pentaerythr... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5770102 | Ice nucleating-active materials and ice bank system The present invention provides ice nucleating-active materials which are free from problems like corrosiveness against a device owing to the materials used and harmfulness of the materials themselves; and have a function of elevating freezing temperature ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5750658 | Fibrinogen processing apparatus, method and container An instrumentality for promulgating the cryoprecipitation of fibrinogen from a blood product. The instrumentality contemplates a container for the blood product, an apparatus for creating the fibrinogen within the container and a method of manipulating th... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5692380 | Evaporative cooling method An evaporative cooling device and method for removing heat energy from an object in thermally conductive contact with the device that is formed of a flexible and conformable container that is at least partially filled with a liquid absorbing material. Whe... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5687576 | Water-evaporation type cooling system based on electrolytic reaction and water-evaporation type cooling method therefor A water evaporation type cooling system equipped with a hermetically sealed housing and a solid electrolytic membrane placed to divide the hermetically sealed housing into first and second hermetically sealed spaces. Water is reservoired within the first ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5673563 | Pressure relief apparatus and method of use particularly for a refrigeration system The present invention relates to a pressure relief system that utilizes fluid released from a pressure relief valve to activate a sensor. In one form of the present invention a relatively confined passageway is in fluid communication with a reseatable pre... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5615558 | Optical cooling of solids A device and method for laser cooling of a solid to extremely low temperature is disclosed, the device including an active cooling structure having a high purity surface passivated direct band gap semiconductor crystal of less than about 3 microns thick a... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5520003 | Leak container and method A leak container is provided for detecting whether a refrigerant is leaking from an outdoor condenser of a split system air conditioner. The container includes a substantially gas impervious enclosure having top and side walls for fitting over the condens... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5485731 | Protection for motors in refrigerated environments A protection system for electric motors in refrigerated environments, especially those environments cooled to very low temperatures, includes routing a cryogen coolant through the electric motor. A minimum flow of cryogen coolant is maintained through the... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5357761 | Universal thermal insert for beverage containers An improved method to provide cooling properties to common beverage containers or sport water bottles is described. Specifically, a thermal cooling insert is universally applicable for use in many such containers used by outdoors, bicycle and fitness enth... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5339653 | Elastomer bed A high performance, low cost, regenerator/heat exchanger matrix or bed. The bed consists of numerous stretched elastomer sheets separated by spacers and stacked. The resulting matrix is of the parallel plate type with high porosity, and narrow, uniform, u... | 08/23/1994 |
