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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7314239 | Tube device, and piping system including the tube device A tube 4 includes a casing 1 made of a fluororesin. The casing 1 surrounds a fluid tube 3 and lid members 5 each made of a fluororesin and include a receiving portion 8 for receiving one end portion of the tube 4. At ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7287575 | Component for supporting a filter member, a device including a tubular filter member and said component, a plate heat exchanger including a tubular filter member and said component The invention relates to a component (20) for supporting a tubular filter member (15) in a portable channel (2) in a plate heat exchanger (1). The invention also relates to a device including the component (20) and the filter membe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7195056 | Thermal control covers A heat transfer cover mitigates temperature changes of an object. A cover body is configured to receive the object. A plurality of heat transfer channels are defined in an interior of the cover body. The channels are arranged to transport a heat transfer fluid in th... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7156166 | Heating and air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle A heating and air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle has a conditioning housing that includes a connecting section which is provided with at least one air outlet opening. Using connecting structure on the connecting section, the air outlet opening may be connec... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7070874 | Fuel cell end unit with integrated heat exchanger An end unit for a fuel cell stack is described that contains an integrated heat exchanger for superheating the fuel gas before delivery to the stack. Heat is transferred from the hot cathode outlet stream to the cool fuel inlet stream in a space adjacent the stack's... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065963 | Vibration and heat insulating board A vibration and heat insulating board fixed so as to cover at least part of a heat source while forming a gap against the heat source surface, in order to lessen diffusion of heat from the heat source fixed in a vibration source, in which the heat source and the vib... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025126 | Conduit assembly for fluid transfer A conduit assembly for transferring heated fluid from a pump to a heat exchanger and to return cooled fluid from the heat exchanger to the pump is disclosed. The conduit assembly includes a flexible inner conduit disposed within a relatively rigid conduit. The heate... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021089 | Laundry appliance A laundry appliance such as a washing machine includes an outer housing and a drum rotatably mounted therein. The drum has an inner wall and an outer wall separate from the inner wall, the inner and outer walls being perforated to allow washing liquid to flow into a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6962195 | Vehicle heating and air conditioning modules A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for a vehicle is constructed from two modules, one for the engine compartment and a second for the passenger compartment. The engine compartment module has a base formed for positioning on at least two locations on ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6948553 | Modular heat recovery ventilation system A modular heat recovery ventilation system includes a modular heat exchanger and a modular apparatus spaced from the heat exchanger for delivering both fresh air and exhaust air to the heat exchanger. The apparatus includes separate blowers for generating two separa... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935417 | Solution heat exchanger for absorption refrigerating machine The present invention relates to a solution heat exchanger used for performing heat exchange between a dilute solution and a concentrated solution in a solution passage of an absorption refrigerating machine. The solution heat exchanger (H) comprises a plate type he... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929739 | Cooling device A cooling device includes a cooling unit (10) through which a fluid to be cooled, especially hydraulic oil, can flow and a filter unit (12) for filtering fluid. The cooling unit (10) and the filter unit (12) are joined together as one pie... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904965 | Radiator with side flat tubes A vehicle radiator including inlet and outlet headers, a soldered core having a plurality of coolant flat tubes joining the inlet header and the outlet header with cooling fins on opposite sides of the coolant flat tubes, and a multifunction flat tube on at least on... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6827141 | Vehicle heating and air conditioning modules A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for a vehicle is constructed from two modules, one for the engine compartment and a second for the passenger compartment. The engine compartment module has a base formed for positioning on at least two locations on ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6789400 | Cap assembly and optical fiber cooling process A cap assembly for collecting cooling gas from a coolant chamber tube is disclosed. The cap assembly having connecting means and outlet means extending from its side walls being generally shaped and sized for detachable mounting on the body of the cooling gas chambe... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6609563 | Vehicular air conditioning apparatus including a detachably installed mix door assembly An air conditioning apparatus for an automotive vehicle includes a heater core and a mix door assembly installed in a case. The mix door assembly is detachably installed in the case through an opening formed at a side wall of the case. The mix door assemb... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6378717 | Removable closure cap with temperature dependent control element A closure cap which can screw onto the fixed neck of a cooling system expansion tank. The closure cap is provided with a screw cap and a threaded section in which a combination pressure-vacuum valve is mounted concentrically and in such a way that it can ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6170500 | Retrievable cane A retrievable cane disclosed includes a cane body to which there is attached a retrieval line that is anchored at a lower end and extends from the inside of the cane body at the lower end up through the cane body out through the rear of the cane body belo... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5787974 | Spiral heat exchanger and method of manufacture A spiral heat exchanger is disclosed for indirect heat transfer between fluid media, primarily in heat recovery applications characterized by undissolved materials suspended in one or both fluid media. The heat exchanger has a transition chamber between t... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5314009 | Exhaust gas recuperator The cylindrical enclosure 12 of a recuperator 10 as in FIG. 2 contains an annular coaxial heat exchanger 50 full of cooling liquid 22 circulating therethrough. Exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine flows from an inlet end 32 through the heat exch... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5301516 | Potable water collection apparatus An improved potable water collection apparatus contained within a housing, for the collection of potable water from a dynamic airflow extending between inlet and outlet ports. A compressor is mounted within the housing to circulate a refrigerant fluid in ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 4971136 | Dual fuel heat pump controller An operating system for a dual fuel heating system having first and second heat pump stages, first and second gas furnace stages, an executive controller for tracking time increments and call control strategies at appropriate levels, a demand control for ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4846262 | Head closure apparatus for heat exchanger The invention discloses a novel head closure apparatus for shell and tube-type heat exchangers. The disclosed apparatus is substantially resistant to thermal stress cracking in that it has an internal closure chamber configured to withstand and dissipate ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4750554 | Internal tube sheet sealing apparatus assembly for tubular heat exchangers Internal tube sheet sealing apparatus assembly for tubular heat exchangers which operate with pressures of, e.g., greater than 1000 psi on both sides of the tube sheet and wherein the tube sheet itself is usually subject to a lower differential pressure, ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4738310 | Heat exchanger A glass tube heat exchanger including a sealing sleeve comprising at least one hydraulic sealing section, an intermediate sealing section and an interior sealing section is disclosed. The hydraulic sealing section has a triangular cross section including ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4736274 | Air seal retention means Disclosed are air seals adapted to be so engaged in a receiving card rack slot as to thrust out against the opposed slot bases and thus establish "base-engaging" retention forces, this effected in some embodiments by forming a base-engaging flexure strip ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4729427 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for two fluids, especially an oil cooler for oil and water in an internal combustion engine. The heat exchanger is made up of a dividing wall having a meander-like cross section which is bounded by two side covers to form longitudinal cha... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4678028 | Plastic laboratory condenser An impact resistant compact condenser comprising a plastic shell having two side walls enclosing at least one heat transfer disc disposed between said side walls dividing the shell into at least one cooling cell and at least one vapor cell. Means are prov... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4664178 | One-piece removable tube lane blocking device for nuclear steam generator A one-piece removable tube lane block includes an L-shaped angle bar, having one end thereof fixed to the closed end of a cylindrical sleeve and extending axially outwardly therefrom. The outer end of the sleeve has a radially outwardly extending annular ... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4630673 | Clamping assembly heat exchanger tube plates The device comprises a segment ring effective to be inserted into a circumferential groove formed in the exchanger headpiece and having, in the radial direction such dimension as to include, within the annular portion projecting from the header chamber po... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4502530 | Waterbox for a shell and tube heat exchanger A waterbox for a shell and tube heat exchanger is disclosed. The waterbox is attached at one end of the heat exchanger to a tube sheet through which heat exchange tubes extend. Nozzle connections are made to the waterbox through a top member having an acc... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4493367 | Repair of double shell heat exchangers A method and apparatus for sealing a hole in the inner wall of a double wall heat exchanger in which cover means is positioned in biased relationship to the hole and a frame positioned in the opening through which the cover means is inserted against the h... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4457298 | Solar heating device A modular solar heating device particularly designed and constructed for installation at the base of a mobile home, and comprising a support housing of a substantially triangular cross sectional configuration for supporting a light transmitting cover in a... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4449571 | Heat recovery system This invention relates to method and apparatus used as an addition to any existing heating system--burning any fuel--for heat recovery from stacks and chimneys. It uses a suitable heat exchanger mounted at the apex of such stacks, by virtue of which locat... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4398452 | Energy recovery heat exchanger installation An installation for energy recovery heat exchangers arranged to transfer heat into or out of air exhausted from an air handling system for paint spray booths. The system includes a collection chamber about which the intakes of a series of exhaust fans are... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4359084 | Temperature tank container A temperable container with a heat-insulating jacket completely enclosing a tank supported in the container with predetermined passages between the tank and the jacket for conducting a heat transfer medium in forced circulation around the entire outer sur... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4325428 | Heat exchanger Tube and plate heat exchangers for power recovery (cat.-cracker) purposes are improved by securing the tube plate with a two-parts gland flange, which flange is fastened with a loose bolt and nut connection, the bolts being secured by special split rings.... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4311189 | Heat exchanger Exchanger which incorporates a casing in which the heat carried by a primary fluid is transferred to a secondary fluid so as to heat the latter, the secondary fluid circulating in the tubes, whose opposite ends issue into tubular supply and discharge main... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4196771 | Ventilator with heat exchanger A ventilator having a rotating drumlike heat exchanging fan and a housing with separation walls and a stationary conical member arranged in the hollow of the fan. Separation walls cooperating with external and internal sides of the fan have lips arranged ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4121656 | Header In a heat exchanger for condensing a gas by passage through vertically spaced heat exchange tubes, flooding of the lower tubes is prevented. A return flow header includes nested baffles which define isolated flow channels connecting one or more predetermi... | 10/24/1978 |
