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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866378 | Double-wall pipe, method of manufacturing the same and refrigerant cycle device provided with the same A double-wall pipe includes an outer pipe, and an inner pipe disposed inside the outer pipe. An outer wall of the inner pipe has thereon a ridge portion, which defines a groove portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the inner pipe. The outer pipe and the i... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7597136 | Heat exchanger with helical flow paths A heat exchanger includes a body 4 on the surface of which are provided helical or spiral paths 5 which will provide multiple and turbulent flow paths A for a first fluid such as water which is caused to flow through chamber 3 relative to a spir... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7360580 | External flue heat exchangers A heat exchanger is mounted external to a section of flue pipe or is an integral part of a section of flue pipe. The heat exchanger preheats a domestic hot water supply and boosts the return water temperature prior to reentry to the furnace coil. The heat exchanger ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328697 | Radiant tube heater assembly An indirect heater assembly (10) comprises a radiant tube heater (12) and a fan (14) for generating an air flow over the heater (12). In an preferred embodiment and in another aspect, the radiant tube heater (12) comprises a radian... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322404 | Helical coil-on-tube heat exchanger A coil on tube heat exchanger is provided that uses multiple parallel helical coil tubes to limit liquid pressure losses while providing similar performance and production times to previous coil and tube designs. Two or more coil tubes are wrapped together around a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318325 | Method and apparatus for highly efficient compact vapor compression cooling The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for cooling. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a lightweight, compact, reliable, and efficient cooling system. The subject system can provide heat stress relief to individuals operatin... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302815 | Washing machine and dryer having being improved duct structure thereof Disclosed is a washing machine and dryer having a condensation unit (700). A tub (200) is installed in a cabinet (100), and a drum is rotatably installed within the tub (200). A drying duct (610) has one end connected with an inter... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293603 | Plastic oil cooler A heat exchanger transfers heat between primary and secondary fluid coolants. A housing has a longitudinal central axis lying within a transverse housing plane. A bottom wall with a concave inner surface faces upward and extends along the central axis. A plurality o... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276046 | Liquid conductive cooling/heating device and method of use A device for heating or cooling medical fluids to be administered to a patient is disclosed. The device comprises a hollow, cylindrical heat/cold exchanging body having external grooves for receiving flexible tubing, the body comprising conductive material for trans... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264394 | Static device and method of making A static device and method of making is disclosed for mixing matter flowing therethrough. The invention comprises a tube having a polygonic cross section defining a plurality of corners. The tube is spirally twisted with the plurality of corners forming a plurality ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261148 | Direct expansion cooler high velocity dished head A dished head header assembly for a heat exchanger having a containment body that includes a rounded, or dished, wall portion forming an interior cavity. A flange attaches to the containment body and fastens the header assembly to the heat exchanger. A plurality of ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7216696 | External flue heat exchangers A heat exchanger is mounted external to a section of flue pipe or is an integral part of a section of flue pipe. The heat exchanger preheats a domestic hot water supply and boosts the return water temperature prior to reentry to the furnace coil. The heat exchanger ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7205533 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus (10) for cooling a detector (52), the cooling apparatus including an inner and an outer countercurrent heat exchanger (12 and 14, respectively) for a first and a second gas in a thermally insulating housing (16)... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191824 | Tubular charge air cooler A core for a charge air cooler comprises inner and outer concentric tubes providing an axially extending annular passageway for flow of a fluid, preferably a liquid coolant. A first inlet and a first outlet are provided at the ends of the axial annular passageway. A... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190893 | Fluid heater with low porosity thermal mass A fluid heater apparatus and method of making same includes a low porosity material, thermally conductive mass. A heat source is disposed in the thermally conductive mass for imparting heat to the mass. Fluid in a flow path through the mass absorbs heat from the mas... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185677 | Helical formation for a conduit A helical formation (2) for a conduit (1). The helical formation (2) comprises an elongate member defining at least a portion of a helix, the elongate member comprising two inwardly extending portions (6, 7). The inwardly extending portio... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165605 | Multi-tube in spiral heat exchanger A heat exchanger has a first thermally conductive tube for conducting a fluid and a second thermal conductive tube for conducting a fluid. The first thermally conductive tube forms a first loop while the second thermally conductive tube forms a second loop. The firs... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158719 | Medical fluid warming system An improved inline intravenous fluid warming device. In one embodiment, the device includes a resistive film heater that is thermally coupled to a body having a serpentine fluid path extending therethrough. The film heater is coupled to the body via a first layer th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7143820 | Systems for improved heat exchanger A system in which a heat exchanger includes a core, a plurality of fins extending outwardly from the core, and an element disposed within the cavity of the core. The heat exchanger also includes a first cap coupled to the first end of the core, and a second cap coup... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7096664 | Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is provided in which the temperature of an exhaust gas gradually decreases from its upstream side to its downstream side, and the temperature of a working medium of a heat exchanger, which flows in the opposite direction to the exhaust ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7043929 | Alcoholic beverage dispenser with temperature control An alcoholic beverage dispenser includes a housing, a holding tank, a cap member, a cooling device, and a dispensing valve. The housing has a top end formed with a beverage inlet. The holding tank is mounted in the housing, is in fluid communication with the beverag... | 05/16/2006 |
| RE39075 | Heater for physiological fluids A self-contained portable unit for heating physiological fluids is disclosed. A heat exchanger is disposable to ensure sterility, and the hot exchanger is attached to a heating system by inserting it between opposed fluid connection elements. One of the fluid connec... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025119 | Heat exchanger, a method for producing the same and a dehumidifier containing the same Two passages adjacent to each other via walls are formed spirally, and heat is exchanged between fluids passing through the passages via the walls. Upper and lower end faces of the spiral passages are covered with end plates, and the spiral passages and the end plat... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7010936 | Method and apparatus for highly efficient compact vapor compression cooling The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for cooling. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a lightweight, compact, reliable, and efficient cooling system. The subject system can provide heat stress relief to individuals operatin... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6988542 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger specifically intended to act as a water heater by heating water utilizing heat rejected from a gaseous refrigerant in a refrigeration system includes first and second, generally parallel, spaced tubular water headers (10,12) with a plurality ... | 01/24/2006 |
| H2139 | Active heating system for oil pipeline A pipeline for transmitting oil or other substance which forms a solid residue such as wax when the substance is cooled, as in a subsea oil pipeline. Pass a tube through the interior of the pipeline, e.g., at the wall of the pipeline. Transmit heated liquid or water... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6953083 | Condenser A condenser is provided that makes a liquid droplet of a liquid phase medium drop effectively, the liquid phase medium residing in a lower end opening of a medium passage of the condenser, thereby preventing any degradation in the performance of the condenser. In th... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952524 | Fluid heater temperature balancing apparatus A fluid heater apparatus supplies heat to wash fluid via a flow path in a thermally conductive body. A heat source is disposed in the thermally conductive body for imparting heat to the body. Fluid flowing through the thermally conductive body in a flow path envelop... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6920917 | Double-pipe heat exchanger It is an object of the invention to provide an inexpensive double-pipe heat exchanger having high performance and comprising an inner pipe and an outer pipe which constitute a double pipe without adding a heat-transfer facilitating material such as an inner fin. In ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6912357 | Fluid heater A fluid heater apparatus supplies heat to wash fluid via a continuous, labyrinthian flow path in a thermally conductive body. A heat source is disposed in the thermally conductive body for imparting heat to the body. Fluid flowing through the thermally conductive bo... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6886361 | Liquid chiller evaporator A shell and coil type heat exchanger evaporator provides cooling for industrial coolants characterized by high viscosity and a poor heat transfer coefficient. A large heat transfer surface area is provided within a limited volume, and without a high coolant pressure... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6877334 | Cooling unit and manufacturing method of the same A cooling unit adapted for use in a freezing mechanism, which is composed a metallic cylindrical evaporator housing and a metallic freezing pipe helically wound on an outer periphery of the evaporator housing for thermal contact with the evaporator housing, wherein ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6823668 | Waste heat recovery device of internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine waste heat recovery system is provided in which a second heat exchanger, a fifth heat exchanger, a fourth heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, and a first heat exchanger are disposed sequentially from the upstream side to the downstr... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6804965 | Heat exchanger for high purity and corrosive fluids A heat exchange apparatus (10, 10, 10b) for selectively heating and/or cooling a process fluid (38). A process fluid tubing 14 is wrapped around a primary thermally conductive cylinder (12) having a spiral groove (24) therei... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6789615 | Heat exchanger, in particular for swimming pools A heat exchanger for swimming pools, formed of an essentially cylindrical housing through which a first medium flows axially, while a second medium flows through a conduit that is installed in the housing and that is fashioned as a coil. The coil-shaped conduit is f... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6751983 | Air conditioning unit with an inner heat transfer unit The invention relates to an air conditioning unit with a coolant circuit which consists of a compressor, an evaporator, a collector located at the low pressure side between the evaporator and the compressor and an inner heat transfer unit with a beat transfer channe... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6749014 | External flue heat exchangers A heat exchanger is mounted external to a section of flue pipe or is an integral part of a section of flue pipe. The heat exchanger preheats a domestic hot water supply and boosts the return water temperature prior to reentry to the furnace coil. The heat exchanger ... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6736198 | Assembling heat exchanger of spiral sleeve A heat exchanger consists of an outer casing, core tube device, flow guide plate and sealing means. The outer casing comprising the lower and upper outer casings has the front and rear enclosed plates fixed to both ends to form a closed casing. The core tube device ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6662592 | Ice cream machine including a secondary cooling loop An ice cream machine for cooling liquid ice cream into frozen ice cream includes an evaporator system with a secondary evaporator. The evaporator system can be a flooded evaporator or evaporator having an auxiliary tank or section of the evaporator that c... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6644391 | Spiral heat exchanger The invention relates to a spiral heat exchanger including at least two spiral sheets (1, 2) extending along a respective spiral-shaped path about a common center axis (x) and forming at least two spiral-shaped, substantially parallel flow channels (4, 5)... | 11/11/2003 |
