Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7328886 | Air-to-air atmospheric heat exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent A sheet for use in a heat exchange apparatus. The sheet includes a first vertical rib that extends in a first direction generally parallel to the vertical axis of the heat exchange apparatus, wherein said first vertical rib protrudes in a second direction out of the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7278631 | Composite support system for a fill media cooling tower A base for a cooling tower having a fill media heat exchange system. The cooling tower, or heat transfer device, includes a plurality of heat exchanging plates positioned to form the fill media, a moisture collection area positioned under the heat exchanging plates,... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7128310 | Air-to-air atmospheric heat exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent A cooling tower having a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes at least one heat exchanger pack having a generally diamond shape. The heat exchanger pack includes a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm, water laden air and a second set of pa... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6955340 | Variable steam injector The invention relates to a variable steam injector of the type which has an injector housing (1) with an inlet (2) for the product which is to be heated and an outlet (3) for the heated product. The injector housing (1) also has an inlet ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6663694 | Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent Heat exchanger packs having a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of ambient air and a second set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm water laden air is disclosed. The first set of passageways and second set of passageways being sepa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6663087 | Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent Heat exchanger packs having a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of ambient air and a second set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm water laden air is disclosed. The first set of passageways and second set of passageways being sepa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6355162 | Apparatus for increasing the flocculation rate of suspended solids from wastewater A wastewater aerating system that conditions air inlet to a blower of the system to adjust the condition of air discharged into the wastewater so as to increase the flocculation rate of suspended solids from the wastewater. The wastewater aeration system ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6247682 | Plume abated cooling tower The plume abated cooling tower having a heat exchanger in which an aqueous fluid is cooled by an air flow. The heat exchanger has first channels in which air and fluid counterflow, second channels in which air flows, and a means for avoiding the passage o... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5964950 | Method and apparatus for cooking starch A method and apparatus for cooking a starch solution and then dispensing that cooked starch solution to a commercial laundry washer provides a vessel with an interior surrounded by a wall for holding a volume of liquid, a water supply inlet for supplying ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5877356 | Process for the continuous preparation of aqueous formaldehyde solutions The process uses a supply column and additional heat exchangers associated with absorption columns. Air and methanol from outside and a subcurrent of methanol, originating from a cold methanol current exiting from the supply column, are fed to the supply ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5422044 | Method and apparatus for mixing a cold gas with a hot liquid A gas injection and heating device and method for the bubbling of a gas into a body of hot liquid to be interacted with the gas. The device comprises an elongate heat exchange gas container, designed to be immersed in the hot liquid to pre-heat the gas in... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5182921 | Solar dehumidifier A solar dehumidifier which utilizes solar energy to evaporate the moisture in air absorbed by the liquid desiccant and then to make said liquid desiccant denser for reuse. In other words, the humid air is dried in order to be used in a specific area. In p... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5076065 | High saturation efficiency indirect and indirect/direct evaporative cooling process and apparatus A heat exchange process and apparatus for supplying cool air or cool water to a location by cooling a recirculating working fluid utilized in the heat exchange process wherein a primary air stream or second working fluid is cooled by indirect heat exchang... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4623494 | Atmospheric cooling tower with reduced vapor cloud A wet atmospheric cooling tower has a vertical chimney defining an air path from air inlet openings at the lower end thereof for admitting atmospheric air to an exhaust opening at the upper end thereof, a stationary packing extending circumferentially wit... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4486388 | Apparatus for neutralizing acidic or acid-containing pollutants in furnace flue gases An apparatus for neutralizing acidic or acid-containing pollutants in furnace flue gases comprising a flue gas duct having an inner pipe suspended therein and arranged so that the flue gases can flow both inside and outside the pipe. Preferably, the gases... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4444698 | Special heat exchange for coal liquefaction system Apparatus for heating a flowable mixture of particulate coal and a liquid hydrocarbon stream at high pressure by heat exchange with reaction products of a coal hydrogenation and liquefaction process which are obtained in the gaseous phase under reaction c... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4374071 | Counterflow cooling tower A counterflow cooling tower includes a casing having cooling air inlet openings formed at its lower end and cooling air outlet openings formed at its upper end, a contact body positioned in the casing and formed from a plurality of contact layers arranged... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4318872 | Absorber intercooler An absorber intercooler having a heat exchanger formed integrally therein. The absorber intercooler includes a cylindrical outer casing having a tube bundle disposed longitudinally therein. Inlet and outlet ports are provided in the cylindrical casing to ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4312819 | Air cooling apparatus An apparatus for efficiently and economically cooling air by sequentially passing the air to be cooled through a chilled water heat exchanger mechanism and then through an evaporative cooler mechanism.... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4284128 | Air conditioner and heat dispenser In an evaporation type air cooler, the improvement comprising a heat exchanger wherein circulating liquid is cooled by the evaporatively cooled air and subsequently used to air condition occupant space without humidity increase, and associated air ducting... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4269796 | Wet/dry cooling tower and method A wet/dry cooling tower wherein a liquid to-be-cooled is flowed along channels of a corrugated open surface or the like, which surface is swept by cooling air. The amount of the surface covered by the liquid is kept small compared to the dry part thereof ... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4202847 | Apparatus and method for cooling cooling water especially in cooling towers A water cooling tower and method which provides for both wet and dry cooling within the same vertical space and significantly reduces the discharge of water particles out of the tower. Water is deposited on one side of each of a plurality of trickler plat... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4133654 | Apparatus for treating exhaust gas Apparatus for treatment of exhaust gas from internal combustion engines, for use in underground mine workings, comprises an exhaust pipe with a water jacket, and a conditioner chamber retaining a bath of water through which the exhaust gas flows in passin... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4121541 | Process for purifying flue gases A process is provided for removing pollutants from flue gases generated in a steam generating power plant. The flue gases are partially cooled and directly contacted with a portion of the cooling water of a circulating cooling water system used to remove ... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4098854 | Combined wet and dry liquid cooling system and method Liquid used in a liquid-heating machine such as a turbine condenser is continuously circulated in an endless fluid flow path which passes through the machine and which is subdivided at a location spaced from the machine into a pair of parallel branches. A... | 07/04/1978 |
| 3997635 | Method and device for evaporative cooling The invention relates to a method and a device for preventing formation of mist by the discharge of moistened air from an evaporative cooler, primarily a cooling tower of the multi-layer type, comprising a contact body composed of a plurality of layers fo... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3986846 | Fuel supply apparatus An apparatus for providing from a supply of liquid fuel fluid a gaseous fuel fluid having a preselected calorific value. The apparatus includes means for vaporizing the liquid fuel fluid into air compressed by a compressor having a closed loop coolant sys... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3976456 | Gas scrubber An improved gas scrubber is provided which is particularly suited for cleaning and cooling the exhaust gases from a diesel powered mine vehicle. The invention is embodied in apparatus including an enclosure which is partially filled with a liquid such as ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3969450 | Heat-exchanger trays and system using same A novel distillation tray useful as a horizontally disposed internal for a distillation column, especially a cryogenic distillation column, has a set of parallel horizontal pipes spaced from one another to support a pool of down-flowing liquid and to prov... | 07/13/1976 |
