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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6938687 | Apparatus for transfer of heat energy between a body surface and heat transfer fluid In apparatus for heat exchange to and from a body surface using a heat transfer liquid a heat exchanger comprises a plurality of elements within a casing connected axially against one another with spacer tube elements. Each element has its periphery spaced from the ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929057 | Building heating assembly A heating assembly for a house or other building includes a furnace module, an evaporator coil module and an adaptor module disposed between the furnace module and the evaporator coil module. Tension straps are employed to connect the modules and maintain the adapto... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6880623 | Heat exchanger for heating a product, in particular a composition for producing candies A heat exchanger comprises a housing jacket and tube segments disposed concentrically inside the housing jacket. Between two receiving plates, closing the housing jacket on its face ends, the tube segments embody heating chambers and product chambers. While the prod... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6014966 | Heat transfer unit for a furnace exhaust vent A heat exchange device for harnessing heat from an exhaust vent is provided including a furnace having a main inlet for receiving cooled air suctioned from a living area, a heating mechanism for heating the cooled air suctioned from the living area, a mai... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5762887 | Apparatus for controlling reaction temperatures A reactor arrangement and process for indirectly contacting a reactant stream with a heat exchange stream uses an arrangement of heat exchange plates to control temperature conditions by varying the heat transfer factor in different portions of a continuo... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5525311 | Process and apparatus for controlling reaction temperatures A reactor arrangement and process for indirectly contacting a reactant stream with a heat exchange stream uses an arrangement of corrugated heat exchange plates to control temperature conditions by varying the number and/or the arrangement of the corrugat... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5495714 | Condenser envelope made of concrete for a structurally independent low pressure module A structure comprising an LP module of a steam turbine supported by a concrete support-block carried by posts standing on a concrete raft, and an enclosure constituted by an exhaust box surrounding the LP module and connected thereto via elastic seals and... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5470531 | Exchanger and method for manufacturing the same An exchanger for oxygenating blood includes a casing having walls and a cavity, sheet material with first and second ends covering distal edges of the walls, and a cover extending over the cavity to sandwich the first and second ends of the sheet material... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5468449 | Exchanger and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing an exchanger includes the steps of folding sheet material in a series of pleats, placing the folded sheet material in a casing having an opening defined by walls with distal edges, covering the distal edges with end portions of ... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5423374 | Heat exchanger for flue gas An improved heat exchanger containing a hollow cylindrical pipe casing having a plurality of apertures formed on the surface. A lower elbow pipe is secured to a stove outlet pipe and to the hollow cylindrical pipe casing. The lower elbow pipe functions to... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5311930 | Heat reclamation device A device for reclaiming waste heat from cooking appliances. The device includes a baffle through which exhaust from the cooking appliance flows, an inlet for receiving exhaust from the cooking appliance, and an outlet for venting exhaust to the atmosphere... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5174373 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger having a pair of header pipes and at least one of the header pipes including at least one dividing wall which extends in the longitudinal direction of the header pipe and divides the cavity of the header pipe into at least two chambers. A... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4901677 | Finned-tube heat exchanger with liquid-cooled baffle A gas-to-liquid heat exchanger formed by winding circular finned tubing into a helical coil has bare tubing wrapped around the coil such that it nests between adjacent turns of the finned tubing. Fittings at the inlets and outlets of both coils distribute... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4707587 | Blood warming method and apparatus using gaseous heat exchange medium A blood warming device circulates air as a heating medium through a heater element and heat exchangers to transfer heat from the air to chilled blood being forced through the channels in a disposable warming jacket. A temperature sensor is disposed near a... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4593749 | Process for increasing the heat flow density of heat exchangers working with at least one high-velocity gaseous medium, and a heat exchanger apparatus for undertaking the process A method and apparatus are disclosed for increasing the heat flow density of heat exchangers having at least one gaseous fluid flowing therethrough at a high velocity. In one form of the method, which may be used in motor vehicles, the energy for the acce... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4509582 | Method of and arrangement for, recovering the sensible heat of a continuously cast strand A continuously cast strand is guided through a cooling chamber and brought into direct contact with a coolant evaporating partially. The coolant vapor is brought into heat exchange with a closed surface condenser arranged within the cooling chamber, and a... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4443188 | Liquid cooling arrangement for industrial furnaces A liquid cooling system for thermally highly stressed parts of an industrial furnace consists of cooling channels, arranged essentially vertically and through which liquid flows and by-pass openings arranged at the upper end of the cooling channels for th... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4336836 | Heat reclaimer An apparatus for reclaiming heat from the discharge gas from a combustion fuel heating unit, which has: inlet and outlet sections; an expansion section whose circumference gradually increases in the direction of flow, thereby providing an increased area f... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4093022 | Heat exchanger As shown in an embodiment of the invention as depicted, the heat exchanger comprises a cylindrical chamber into which, and from which heated fluid, such as the combustion gas product from a furnace, is conducted. The chamber confines therewithin a plurali... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4050627 | Adjustable heat recovery system for flue stacks Heat exchange means for use in combination with flue means conducting heated gases from a combustion zone and for extraction of thermal energy from the heated gases. A casing means is provided defining an enclosure with a central axis, and having fresh ai... | 09/27/1977 |
