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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056825 | Heating tank and hot water storage tank An object is to provide a heating tank capable of highly efficiently heating a target to be heated and having high safety and reliability, and a hot water storage tank. The heating tank in which the target to be heated is stored and which heats the target to be heat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7380588 | Heat pump control system and method of operating to provide automatic backup heating modes A heat pump type heating and air conditioning system includes a gas furnace or other auxiliary heat source and a thermostat and controller associated with the heat pump and the auxiliary heat source for automatically energizing the heat pump if the auxiliary heat so... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7334419 | Heat pump water heater A heat pump water heater system including a water storage tank and a heat exchange system. The heat exchange system includes a heat absorber positioned below the water storage tank and a heat rejecter in fluid communication with the heat absorber and positioned with... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316120 | Refrigeration/air conditioning equipment Refrigeration/air conditioning equipment includes a first internal heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a refrigerant to be sucked in a compressor and a high-pressure liquid refrigerant, an injection circuit for evaporating a bypassed high-pressure liquid at i... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7296426 | Interactive control system for an HVAC system An interactive system for controlling the operation of an HVAC system is provide that comprises a thermostat for initiating the operation of the HVAC system in either a full capacity mode of operation or at least one reduced capacity mode of operation, and a control... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7278379 | Heat exchange system An improved shell-and-tube steam instantaneous heat exchange system of a closely coupled feedback design which overheats water in the heat exchanger portion of the system and then blends the water, as needed, with proportional amounts of cold water to achieve the co... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261243 | Thermostat responsive to inputs from external devices A thermostat is provided that receives one or more inputs from at least one heating system of a climate control system, and initiates an appropriate action in response to the input. The thermostat can turn off a heat pump providing substandard heat and responsively ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7240509 | Heating and cooling system A heating and cooling system includes a compressor for pumping a heat medium through a tubing device, a heat exchanger coupled to the compressor for receiving compressed heat medium from the compressor, a flowing control device coupled to the heat exchanger, another... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234646 | Heat pump hot-water supply system A hot-water supply system heats water through heat exchange between high-temperature refrigerant of a heat pump circuit and water of a water circulating circuit. The system is an instantaneous water heater unit for instantaneously heating, at a water heat exchanger,... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234314 | Geothermal heating and cooling system with solar heating A sealed well direct expansion geothermal heat exchange unit, whose sealed well can be placed in ground and/or in water, consisting of a conventional direct expansion, or other heat pump, system wherein the exterior refrigerant heat exchange lines are placed within ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228695 | Heat pump type hot water supply device A heat pump type hot water supplying apparatus includes a hot water reservoir tank (3) and a circulating path (12) for connecting a water intake port (10) formed at the bottom of the hot water reservoir tank (3) and a hot water inlet (... | 06/12/2007 |
| RE39625 | Boosted air source heat pump A boosted source heat pump (BSHP) is presented having a primary compressor, a booster compressor, an economizer, and a lubricant management system. At least the primary compressor is a twin-single compressor. The lubricant management system includes traps to prevent... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207379 | Automotive air conditioning system An automotive air conditioning system comprising a main heating unit 4 for heating air passing through an air conditioning duct 2 with cooling water of an engine E and a refrigeration cycle device 20 having a first refrigerant circulating circui... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7191610 | Energy collecting system and method of operating the same In the air-conditioning system, a primary side to generate heat includes a heat storage and a heat source and produces cool or warm water using an inexpensive commercial power source such as a nighttime power source. A system collaboration unit is disposed between a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182129 | Device for heating and/or air-conditioning the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle A device for air-conditioning a motor vehicle has an engine-cooling loop, a heat-pump loop containing a compressor, an evaporator as cold source of the heat pump and a condenser as hot source of the heat pump. The condenser is integrated into the engine-cooling loop... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174735 | Energy collecting system and method of operating the same In the air-conditioning system, a primary side to generate heat includes a heat storage and a heat source and produces cool or warm water using an inexpensive commercial power source such as a nighttime power source. A system collaboration unit is disposed between a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170191 | Electricity generating and air conditioning system with water heater A cogeneration system includes an engine, a generator connected to an output shaft of the engine to generate electricity, a heat pump type air conditioner, which uses the electricity generated from the generator, and includes a compressor, a directional valve, an ou... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168274 | Combination washer/dryer having common heat source The combination washer/dryer and method for operating a combination washer/dryer. The washer/dryer has a containment drum which receives wash water, and includes a perforated clothes drum which rotates within the containment drum. A heat plenum is provided in heat t... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155922 | Energy efficient heat pump systems for water heating and air conditioning A heat pump system for providing water heating and air conditioning, comprising one or more compressors for circulating a refrigerant in the system, a hot water tank having a heat exchanger for heating and storing the hot water, an outdoor heat exchanger and a fan f... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145258 | Electricity generating and air conditioning system An electricity generating and air conditioning system including an engine, a generator connected to an output shaft of the engine to generate electricity, an air conditioner, which uses the electricity generated from the generator and includes a compressor, an indoo... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140427 | Vehicle air conditioner with defrosting operation in exterior heat exchanger In a vehicle air conditioner for heating a passenger compartment by a heater core and a heat pump cycle, when operation of a heat pump cycle is switched from a defrosting operation to a heating assist operation, a heating degree of the heater core is increased highe... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137266 | Time division multi-cycle type cooling apparatus and method for controlling the same The present invention relates to a cooling apparatus including a compressor, a condenser, a first expanding unit, a second expanding unit, a third expanding unit, a first evaporator, and a second evaporator; a first refrigerant circuit containing refrigerant dischar... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121110 | Air conditioning system The present invention discloses an improved air conditioning system which can supply fresh air prepared separately. A first preferred embodiment of the present invention provides an air conditioning system including an outdoor unit, an indoor unit installed in a cei... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104079 | Heat pump A heat pump apparatus that having a refrigerating cycle including a compressor, a gas cooler, a pressure reducing device and an evaporator and is designed so that water can be heated by the gas cooler. A refrigerant such as CO2 or the like working in a su... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7066729 | Gas powered heat delivery system A gas powered heat delivery system, comprising a fuel gas supply, a catalytic heater connected to the fuel gas supply; a tank containing fluid, the tank being disposed to receive heat from the catalytic heater; a one way conduit having an inlet for receiving fluid f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063137 | Heat pump with secondary loop air-conditioning system A chiller-condenser is disposed downstream of a condenser and a chiller-evaporator is disposed downstream of the chiller-condenser. A main three-way valve is disposed between the compressor and the condenser for directing flow from the compressor to the condenser in... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055590 | Air conditioning apparatus for vehicle An air conditioning apparatus includes a valve for selectively introducing the coolant discharged from a compressor to either a flow path for a water-coolant heat exchanger or another flow path to avoid the heat exchanger, a thermostat for detecting the temperature ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048044 | Heat control system There are provided a water-refrigerant heat exchanger 30 for exchanging heat between refrigerant discharged from a compressor 21 and engine-cooling water circulating an engine-cooling water circuit 10, prior to being fed into the radiator 22,... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040544 | System and method for warm air space heating with electrical power generation This invention provides a system and method for cogeneration of building heat and electric power and that efficiently interfaces a warm air heating system with a liquid-cooled electric power generator. The system and method utilizes an electric generator that is rat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028501 | Air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle In an air-conditioning system for a motor vehicle having an integrated heat pump for cooling and heating, in which refrigerant is circulated and which allows heat exchange with the incoming air for the interior compartment of the motor vehicle, the heat transfer is ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028752 | Ventilation device An incoming air duct (9) and an exhaust air duct (12) which connect an incoming air inlet (14) and an exhaust air outlet (10), respectively, in an outside side-wall (1b) to an incoming air outlet (13) and an exhaust a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028767 | Vehicle air conditioner with hot-gas heater cycle A vehicle air conditioner selectively switches one of a cooling mode in which an interior heat exchanger of a refrigerant cycle is operated as an evaporator for cooling air, and a heating mode in which the interior heat exchanger is operated as a radiator for heatin... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024877 | Water heating system A water heating system including a water storage vessel; a water circuit; first and second heat exchangers operably disposed in the water circuit; and a vapor compression system defining a refrigerant circuit. The vapor compression system includes first and second c... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021073 | Heat pump hot water supply system of hot water storage type When heating up the water in the lower inner part of a hot water tank by a heat pump unit, a control unit stops the heat-up operation while leaving the hot water in an amount corresponding to the residual water capacity in the hot water tank detected by water level ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7011300 | Steam humidifier and method The steam humidifier fed with a premix of natural gas and forced air under low pressure (less than 1 psi) includes a main frame, a movable lower frame, a two part evaporation canister, releasably sealed, for water, an immersible combustion chamber retaining a radian... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003964 | Heat pump system A heat pump system (10) including a heat generator (15), a heat engine (26) supplied with heat engine working fluid (18) by the heat generator (15) having a heat engine cylinder chamber (34), a heat engine piston (32)... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6990830 | System and method for supplying consumers with heat energy or with cooling energy A system and method supplies users with heat energy or cooling energy via a carrier medium. At least one source of heat energy or chilling energy has an output line that is connected to the input of at least one controllable distributor device. The distributor has a... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6976524 | Apparatus for maximum work An apparatus for maximum work comprising central equipment comprising a refrigeration machine, a water heater, an evaporative cooler and hot and cold storage tanks. Airside equipment for providing supply air to a room or zone. A hot supply/return pipe, a cold supply... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962150 | Pool heating system A modular swimming pool water heating system including a first casing for mounting in an attic of a building, a heat exchange unit removably mounted in said first casing, an opening in said first casing permitting access to the interior of the first casing for recei... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959557 | Apparatus for the storage and controlled delivery of fluids A vessel for containing a refrigerant fluid in a vapor compression system. The vessel includes a housing defining a fixed interior volume and an internal structure subdividing the interior volume into a storage chamber and a displacement chamber. The storage chamber... | 11/01/2005 |
