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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367388 | Evaporator for carbon dioxide air-conditioner A core includes heat-exchange tubes and radiation fins are alternately stacked on each other. The heat-exchange tubes define refrigerant passages. A header tank is connected to the heat-exchange tubes. A partition separates the header tank into first and second head... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7299863 | Louver fin type heat exchanger having improved heat exchange efficiency by controlling water blockage Disclosed is a louver fin type heat exchanger positioned upright at a certain angle with respect to the ground, wherein lower end portions of louver fins close to the ground are bent toward lower end portions of adjacent louver fins, such that the air passage at the... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7197838 | Condensing-type dryer A condenser of a condensing-type dryer is provided. In the condensing-type dryer, a hydrophilic film is formed on a heat emission plate by a plasma discharge. In the heat emission plate, an indoor air can be heat exchanged with a circulation air cycling in a drum. A... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7096666 | Air-cooled condensing system and method An air-cooled condenser has a first stage comprising both a K and a D section with fin tubes fed with steam at both ends, and a second stage comprising a D section. Each core tube in the first stage has at least one extraction channel at the trailing edge of the cor... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6959561 | Automotive air conditioner An automotive air conditioner comprises a housing having an air flow passage defined therein. The housing includes mutually opposed side walls between which a part of the air flow passage is defined. A fan is installed in an upstream part of the air flow passage to ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6918436 | Brazed condenser for an air conditioner In a brazed condenser for an air conditioner, a collecting tube connected with a collector is prefabricated as a one-piece tube. The collecting tube is connected by tack weld seams with the collector before brazing the collecting tube and the collector together.... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6796368 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle In an air conditioning apparatus where air flows through a cooling heat exchanger (21) upwardly from below, it is an object to improve draining performance of condensed water in the cooling heat exchanger (21). To achieve this object, the cooling heat ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6769196 | Condensing type clothes dryer and condenser thereof A condenser of a condensing-type clothes dryer includes a plurality of condensing ducts provided in a middle portion of a circulation duct, the condensing ducts condensing air being circulated there-through after being discharged from a drum; and a plurality of cool... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6629560 | Brazed condenser for an air conditioner In a brazed condenser for an air conditioner, a collecting tube connected with a collector is prefabricated as a one-piece tube. The collecting tube is connected by tack weld seams with the collector before brazing the collecting tube and the collector to... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6446714 | Brazed condenser for an air conditioner In a brazed condenser for an air conditioner, such as a motor vehicle air conditioner, a collecting tube connected with a collector is a prefabricated as a one-piece tube which is connected by tack weld seams with the collector before brazing the collecti... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6435265 | Gravity cooling unit A gravity cooling unit having at least one pair of cooling columns with each column having a plurality of cooling fins mounted on one more serpentine cooling coils carrying a refrigerant. The unit has mounting means for use in mounting the unit against a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6435268 | Evaporator with improved condensate drainage An evaporator used in a vehicle air conditioner has vertical plates with a hybrid corrugated fin between the plates. The leading section of the fin as horizontally oriented corrugations, as is normal, while the trailing section has vertically oriented cor... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6401809 | Continuous combination fin for a heat exchanger A continuous combination fin for a heat exchanger includes a base wall having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The continuous combination fin also includes a plurality of entrance louvers in the first portion extending outwardly at a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6286587 | Freeze-protected heat exchanger The freeze-protected heat exchanger comprises a fluid supply header for receiving a pressurized heated fluid and a drain chamber coextending with the fluid supply header for collecting and draining cooled fluid. A plurality of heat exchanger tubes extends... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6083380 | Fluid coalescing method and apparatus A method to condense or coalesce matter is carried out by providing a suitable, narrow passageway for throughput of matter in a vapor state, and passing the matter in a vapor state through said passageway, under conditions such that the matter is coalesce... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5980697 | Component separation system including condensing mechanism A method and apparatus for separating components from a mixture includes a condensing surface located in a high vapor concentration region above the source of evaporated liquid. The evaporated liquid is condensed on the condensing surface. The condensed l... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5800673 | Stack type evaporator A stack type evaporator includes tubular elements 1 each having a plurality of inwardly protruding recessed ribs 7 which extend from an upper header portion 1a of the element to a lower header portion 1b, with the ribs serving as straight drainage canals ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5765629 | Steam condensing apparatus with freeze-protected vent condenser A two-stage steam condenser that prevents freezing from occurring in the tube rows by continual purging of the tube rows. Such continual purging prevents any steam from back-flowing into a tube row thereby eliminating the possibility that condensate or no... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5570680 | Condensing furnace hot air humidification Apparatus and process for condensing furnace hot air humidification using aqueous condensate from flue gases generated by the thermal exchanger in the furnace as the primary aqueous input to the evaporator of a humidifier which, preferably, may be integra... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5567215 | Enhanced heat exchanger flue gas treatment using steam injection A two-stage flue gas treatment condensing heat exchanger system allows for flue gas to be passed into a two-stage housing at an inlet of the housing. The flue gas is channeled downwardly through a first stage of the housing having a first condensing heat ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5514248 | Stack type evaporator A stack type evaporator including tubular elements 1 each having a plurality of inwardly protruding recessed ribs 7 which extend from an upper header portion 1a of the element to a lower header portion 1b, with the ribs serving as straight drain canals 7a... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5481886 | Cooling unit and drain case for air conditioners A drain case 4 is disposed between the bottom wall of a unit case and the lower end of refrigerant passage pipes 15 of a stacked type refrigerant evaporator. The drain case 4 is W-shape in cross section, and comprising two pieces of outside inclined walls... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5476088 | Flue product exhaust and condensate collecting systems A methods and apparatus for exhausting flue products and removing condensate from a combustion of air/gas mixtures provide a condensate collecting pan for flue products. That pan is provided with an inlet for flue products and condensate, and with an outl... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5470431 | Stack type evaporator A stack type evaporator includes tubular elements 1 each having a plurality of inwardly protruding recessed ribs 7 which extend from an upper header portion 1a of the element to a lower header portion 1b, with the ribs serving as straight drainage canals ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5404937 | Method of and apparatus for producing power from solar ponds Power is produced by a power plant using a salt-water solar pond comprising an upper wind-mixed layer, a halocline and a lower convective heat storage layer. The power plant includes a heat engine for utilizing heat present in the heat storage layer of th... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5379749 | Condensate trap for multi-poise furnace There is disclosed a furnace having an air flow path for heated air and combustion products that passes through a condensing heat exchanger. Condensate forming in regions of negative and positive pressure is separately conducted to a unitary condensate tr... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5368096 | Condensing heat exchanger scrubbing system A scrubber and heat recovery system for flue gas comprises a housing having a cooling section and a condensing section. An inlet is located near the cooling section and an outlet is located near the condensing section for the entry and exit of the flue ga... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5368090 | Geometrical vapor blocker for parallel condensation tubes requiring subcooling An apparatus and method is disclosed for regulating flow of working fluid through parallel condensation tubes requiring subcooling. The apparatus provides an elongated restriction element extending into the outlet of the respective condensation tubes to t... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5347980 | Dual drainage slope recuperative heat exchanger assembly for fuel-fired condensing furnaces A fuel-fired forced air condensing furnace has installed therein a recuperative heat exchanger assembly with a primary heat exchange section operative, during furnace operation, to transfer sensible combustion gas heat to air being flowed through the furn... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5345924 | Cold spot baffle for coupling box A coupling box for a condensing furnace having primary and secondary heat exchangers places the discharge ports of the primary heat exchanger in fluid communication with the inlet ports of the condensing heat exchanger. A baffle in the coupling box direct... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5321946 | Method and system for a condensing boiler and flue gas cleaning by cooling and liquefaction A method for cleaning a flue gas stream continuously emitting from a thermal power plant fossil fueled boiler, and containing hazardous volatile organic vapors, heavy metal vapors, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide by cooling, condensing... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5309890 | Dual-sided condensate trap for furnace There is disclosed a furnace having an air flow path for heated air and combustion products that passes through a condensing heat exchanger. Condensate forming in regions of negative and positive pressure is separately conducted to a unitary condensate tr... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5261963 | CVD apparatus comprising exhaust gas condensation means Chemical vapor deposition apparatus comprises a reactor having a chamber with a coating region for coating a substrate and an exhaust region communicating with the coating region. The coating region includes an inlet for introduction of a gaseous reactant... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5238056 | Heat exchanger with oscillating flow Various heat exchange apparatuses are described in which an oscillating flow of primary coolant is used to dissipate an incident heat flux. The oscillating flow may be imparted by a reciprocating piston, a double action twin reciprocating piston, fluidic ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5193610 | Defrostable ventilation system The present invention relates to an apparatus for defrostable ventilation systems which include an element for the transfer of heat from warm exhaust air (taken from inside a building) to cooler exterior fresh air which is drawn into the building, the sys... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5189887 | Heat condensing furnace with de-intensifier tubes A condensing furnace which includes an outdoor coil of the type having aluminum fins pressed to copper tubes through which a refrigerant is conducted. Heat is generated, preferably from a flame, and the relatively intense temperature (approximately 2200°... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5163503 | Multi-type air conditioner with dew formation protection function in distribution unit An outdoor unit includes at least a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger coupled to the compressor. Each of a plurality of indoor units includes at least an indoor heat exchanger. A distribution unit couples the outdoor unit in parallel with the plura... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5159975 | Unit to enhance heat transfer through heat exchanger tube A unit to enhance heat transferring through a tube in a condenser-type heat exchanger comprises a series of elements. The elements engage a surface of the tube in contact with a high temperature condensable medium flowing through the exchanger. The elemen... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5152337 | Stack type evaporator A stack type evaporator according to the invention comprises a plurality of plate-shaped tubular elements stacked in a direction of their width with a fin member interposed between two of such tubular elements which have inlet header portions at their end... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5141048 | Condenser for vaporous materials A condenser for vaporous materials, in which at least two pipes are assigned to one another in a series arrangement and are circumflowed by a cooling medium. A separation device is provided at the discharge port of every pipe. This separation device cause... | 08/25/1992 |
