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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7069976 | Method and arrangement for controlling the temperature of the outstream flow from a heat exchanger and measuring produced heat Process and device for controlling the temperature of an outbound secondary flow in a secondary circuit from a heat exchanger by a primary flow in a primary circuit, via a member that regulates the primary flow, influenced by a control unit. The enthalpy difference ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6951998 | Controller, temperature regulator and heat treatment apparatus A plurality of individually corresponding heaters and temperature sensors are provided along with a plurality of a PID control means. An average temperature/gradient temperature calculating means calculates the average temperatures of the temperatures measured by th... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6796375 | Cooling circuit A coolant circuit (10) includes at least one heat source (12), a radiator (14), and a bypass line (22), which connects a radiator inlet (18) to a radiator return (20) and whose junction (24) has a control valve (26... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6622927 | Low voltage thermostat circuit A thermostat circuit (FIG. 4) is provided which (i) works properly with very low supply voltages, (ii) does not need a separate constant value as a reference, and (iii) has improved temperature sensitivity over prior art thermostat circuits. The thermosta... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6525550 | Method and apparatus for temperature control A two-stage circuit configured to control the temperature of a device, having: a first stage connected to the device for controlling the temperature of the device; and a second stage having a temperature sensor and a heat source associated with the first ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6360955 | Method and means for automated variable heater control for agricultural unit heaters A space heater for the interior of a building has a support enclosure containing a gas burner and a gas conduit connecting the burner to a source of combustible gas. An electronically controlled proportional valve is located in the gas conduit. A fan and ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6209794 | Method for designing a vehicle thermal management system A method for designing a thermal management system on a vehicle includes the steps of determining a parametric solid model of a vehicle and determining an exterior thermal output of the vehicle from the parametric solid model of the vehicle. The method al... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6182902 | Device and method for automatically controlling rotating speed of fan cooler A thermal control method and device for automatically regulating the rotational speed of the fan cooler are disclosed in the present invention. The thermal control device comprises a control-voltage generator having a temperature-sensing device for sensin... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6173903 | Procedure for regulating the temperature of a material to be processed in a processing chamber and device to accomplish this To regulate the temperature in the processing chamber of an incubator with a fault protection function, two temperature sensors are provided to measure actual temperatures or rather sensor signals, and they and their associated peripherals undergo a plaus... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6145751 | Method and apparatus for determining a thermal setpoint in a HVAC system The present invention discloses methods for determining setpoint information in a HVAC system. Setpoint values are determined using occupant feedback provided by individual occupants over at least one of an Internet or Intranet communications network. Acc... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6134134 | Thermostat voltage adapter The present invention is a voltage adapter for a low voltage thermostat which permits the following input voltage ranges: 100-132 VAC/50 or 60 Hz, 200-264 VAC/50 or 60 Hz, and 265-330 VAC/50 or 60 Hz maintaining an output of at or just effectively about 24 VAC.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6052999 | Method for controlling opening/closing of cool air discharge ports of a refrigerator A method for controlling opening/closing of cool air discharge ports of a refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator has a device for opening/closing the ports. The device has a member for opening/closing the ports, and a motor for driving the member. A ... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5926390 | Programmed temperature controller A programmed temperature controller including a difference detector which detects a temperature difference ƊT between a quick-response temperature TC2 and a slow-response temperature TC3 at a quickly-responding portion and a slowly-responding portion of ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5884491 | Temperature controlling apparatus for refrigerator adopting fuzzy interference and method using the same A temperature controlling apparatus adopting a fuzzy adaptation model and a method using the same are provided, in which temperatures of a plurality of positions of a refrigeration compartment are estimated in order to rapidly reach temperature equilibriu... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5850969 | Method for controlling temperature in a refrigerator when a temperature sensor operates abnormally A method for controlling the temperature of a compartment of a refrigerator, the compartment utilizing at least two spaced apart temperature sensors, such that, even when one of the sensors malfunctions, the compartment is cooled without any degradation o... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5816053 | Apparatus and methods for cooling and tempering processed food products An apparatus (10) for cooling and tempering bacon slabs supported upon wheeled trucks (24) which can be rolled on the floor (14) inside a cooler (12) includes an evaporator (26) having multiple fans (34) for moving air through refrigerated coils (32) and ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5803357 | Thermostat with remote temperature sensors and incorporating a measured temperature feature for averaging ambient temperatures at selected sensors A thermostat includes a first temperature sensor integral with the thermostat and at least one and typically three remotely positioned temperature sensors. Switches are provided to select which one or more temperature sensors are employed to provide an av... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5743464 | System for controlling work temperature by a programmed controller A temperature program pattern PP for desired change of surface temperature TC1 of a work 11 with time is set by a temperature setter 31. Work temperature-difference Ɗtpv between the surface temperature TC1 and inside temperature TC2 of the wor... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5734593 | Fuzzy logic controlled cryogenic cooler A fuzzy logic controller for a cryogenic system in which, for example, a cold tip cooling an infrared detector uses a Stirling cycle cooler-compressor with the helium coolant maintained at typically 78° K. This temperature is maintained by a fuzzy logic ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5697552 | Setpoint limiting for thermostat, with tamper resistant temperature comparison A thermostat for heating or cooling, operative to maintain an indoor air temperature to a limited setpoint range, is provided with a comparison circuit to prevent tampering intended to exceed a setpoint limit. A first temperature sensor responds to ambien... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5647220 | Method of controlling cooling in a vending machine and device therefor Merchandise temperature sensors 16 for detecting merchandise temperatures simultaneously with in-housing temperature sensors 17 for detecting the in-housing air temperature of a merchandise housing are provided in the merchandise housing of a vending mach... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5611484 | Thermostat with selectable temperature sensor inputs A thermostat has terminals to receive at least two temperature sensor signals, and changes the one of these terminals which provides the feedback signal for temperature control responsive to a detected condition. This condition may be a manual input, expi... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5584437 | Air flow control apparatus in an air conditioner An air conditioner comprises a heat exchanger for conducting refrigerant in heat exchanging relationship with an air flow, and a blower for drawing air through the heat exchanger. An adjustable flow distributing plate is disposed between the heat exchange... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5495887 | Temperature control system and controller therefor A temperature control system for a building structure such as a household is divided into a plurality of zones. A controller acts between temperature sensing devices in each of the zones and an adjustable thermostat which allows the desired temperature in... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5477698 | Air conditioner An air conditioner includes a comprising temperature regulator for regulating air temperature in a room, a circulating mechanism for circulating the temperature regulated air, a first room temperature detector for detecting room temperature in a set locat... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5476137 | Ultra-precision temperature control system for machine tool and control method therefor A control system for effecting ultra-precision temperature control for a controlled system having large load fluctuations or including a dead time component. A control unit (5) instructs a high-precision PID temperature controller (10) to renew and correc... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5364026 | Ventilation fan control The residential structure ventilating apparatus disclosed herein employs a variable speed exhaust fan. The speed is responsive to a sensor which detects air temperature at the exhaust port. The fan is energized when the sensed air temperature rises above ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5333676 | Cooling abnormality detection system for electronic equipment A cooling abnormality detection system for external electronic equipment includes a protection unit. The protection unit includes two temperature sensors arranged in each piece of external electrical equipment to be monitored, in order to measure the temp... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5322216 | System and method for controlling outlet water temperature of an instantaneous water heater An apparatus accurately controls output water temperature of an instantaneous water heater to maintain a desired outlet temperature. A first electronic sensing device senses a flow of water through the heater, and an ignition sequence commences when flow ... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5316214 | Air conditioner for railway vehicles An air conditioner for railway vehicles controlled in accordance with the air temperature in the car and data on at least one selected from the group consisting of underfoot temperature, radiant heat, air flow, humidity, outside air temperature, number of... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5232151 | Cold zone heat regulation device and method for a deep fat fryer A computerized control system for use in a deep fat fryer is provided for controlling a heating device and a temperature probe added to the deep fat fryer whereby both the heating device and temperature probe are located in proximity to the bottom zone of... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5226729 | Averaging temperature probe An averaging temperature probe is disclosed wherein a sensor strip extends from a mounting plate substantially across a stratified airflow. Temperatures at points spaced along the sensor strip are measured and averaged by circuitry to provide a more accur... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5205132 | Computer-implemented method and system for precise temperature control of a device under test An embodiment of the present invention is a temperature forcing system and method for precision temperature control of a device-under-test. The system comprises a thermal test head suspended by a support arm that receives a temperature controlled air flow... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5197537 | Apparatus for controlling temperature of machine tool A temperature control apparatus for a machine tool includes four temperature sensors for detecting a reference temperature, outlet temperature of heat transfer fluid at an outlet of a heat exchanger, and temperatures of the heat transfer fluid at both inl... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5197666 | Method and apparatus for estimation of thermal parameter for climate control A parameter estimation system (16) automatically determines the relevant thermal and thermodynamic parameters which govern the energy consumption of the climate control system (18) within an enclosure (30). The method of the parameter estimation (16) asse... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5165884 | Method and apparatus for controlled reaction in a reaction matrix Method and apparatus are provided for establishing and controlling the stability and movement of a reaction wave of reacting gases in a matrix of solid heat-resistant matter. At least a portion of the bed is initially preheated above the autoignition temp... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5149265 | Method for firing direct-fired burner A method for providing uniform temperature in a furnace, such as a soaking pit or a reheat furnace is disclosed. Temperatures at a front wall and a burner wall within the heating chamber are constantly monitored by a computer, and the computer operates a ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5127576 | Vehicle passenger compartment temperature control system with P.I.D. control of heater servo-valve A system for controlling vehicle passenger compartment comfort. An electronic controller receives input from: (i) a thermistor array sensing blower plenum discharge temperature, (ii) a user movable Level Select Control (iii) a potentiometer sensing the po... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5123477 | Thermal reactor for biotechnological processes A thermal reactor, and a method of operating the thermal reactor, in which the thermal reactor includes: a chamber which is thermally isolated by refrigerated air circulating in the walls of the chamber, and which holds a tray of sample vials; means for s... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5079817 | Apparatus for controlling the heating and cooling of a roll A hydraulically supported roll includes a stationary crosshead extending through a rotatable hollow roll, which is heated at its inner and outer circumferences. A thermostatic control and regulating device is provided to keep the temperatures at the inner... | 01/14/1992 |
