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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8424330 | Portable auxiliary refrigeration unit for temporary, emergency refrigeration of refrigerated trucks/trailers A method and apparatus for temporarily refrigerating perishable items contained in a refrigerated truck or trailer whose refrigeration unit is not functioning properly or at all. The apparatus comprises a portable, auxiliary refrigeration unit adapted to be transpor... | 04/23/2013 |
| 7536868 | Temperature controlled cart A temperature controlled cart for carrying items such as food, beverages, and menu items. The cart includes a heated or refrigerated compartment for storing the items. A temperature control unit carried in a drawer selectively heats or cools the compartment, and a s... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7412840 | Aircraft ground support cart with component life optimization control A ground-based system and method of supplying electrical power and temperature-controlled air to an aircraft environmental control system during ground support operations uses a throttle valve to control the flow of compressed air flowing through a heat exchanger. A... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7367201 | Air conditioning fan An air conditioning fan apparatus including a ceiling fan unit, an air conditioning unit and a motor unit, all suspended as an integral device to a ceiling inside a user's home or office. The ceiling fan unit includes a multiplicity of fan blades each having evapora... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7353658 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting, and thawing biopharmacuetical material A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material ther... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322203 | Device for supplying preconditioned air to an aircraft on the ground A device (10) for supplying preconditioned air to an aircraft on the ground, comprises a compressed air inlet (16) and a compressed air hose (34) having a first end connected to the compressed air inlet (16) and an opposite second end for... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305834 | Vortex tube cooler The invention provides an apparatus for moving thermal energy with respect to at least one of a beverage and a food product positioned in a vehicle or a stationary beverage machine. The apparatus includes a vortex tube positionable in a vehicle or a stationary bever... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7278273 | Modular data center Modular data centers with modular components suitable for use with rack or shelf mount computing systems, for example, are disclosed. The modular center generally includes a modular computing module including an intermodal shipping container and computing systems mo... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7237403 | Refrigerated cabinet A refrigerated cabinet includes a fan assisted refrigeration unit and a duct in communication with the fan, for distributing cold air from the fan throughout the cabinet; the duct is substantially the full width and the full length of the product storage of the cabi... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228989 | High efficiency beverage vending machine The invention provides a vending machine for cooling food products. The vending machine includes a housing defining an interior. The vending machine also includes a plurality of holding members substantially thermally isolated from one another and disposed in the in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7198228 | Aircraft cabin crew complex A cabin crew area (10) of an aircraft (14) includes an aft area (16) with multiple galley carts (30). The aft area (16) has a fore/aft depth that is approximately equal to the depth of two or more of the galley carts (30). A... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185509 | Refrigerator A refrigerator in which a machine room and an air cooling chamber having an evaporator, are placed at a top of a cabinet to maximize the storage capacity of lower sections of storage compartments. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7144057 | Modular sensor platform robotic vehicle Robot and remote controlled devices have been utilized for information gathering purposes. However these robotic vehicles lack efficiency because they are not capable of operating out of doors or where the sensors and apparatus located on the robots are subject to h... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137261 | Systems and methods for freezing, mixing and thawing biopharmaceutical material A system for controlled freezing, storing and thawing of a biopharmaceutical material includes a cavity for receiving a container for holding the biopharmaceutical material. Further included are at least a pair of opposed surfaces facing the biopharmaceutical materi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7111852 | Utility cart A utility cart including a housing portion having a cabinet and a storage compartment disposed above the cabinet. A cover member is slidably mounted to the housing for movement between a first or closed position, in which the cover member is disposed above the stora... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104074 | Systems and methods for freezing, storing, transporting and thawing biopharmaceutical material A system for freezing, thawing, transporting, and storing a biopharmaceutical material, which includes a container, a supporting structure, a temperature control unit, and a transportation cart. The container is adapted to receive the biopharmaceutical material ther... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100394 | Apparatus to adapt a convective treatment system or device for cooling An adaptor enables a convective treatment system to be modified for cooling by providing a bath of pressurized, cooled air intended to lower the body core temperature of a person. The adaptor may be constructed for being coupled between a blower assembly that provid... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080522 | Car air conditioner and car with its conditioner There is provided a car air conditioner with a high COP, low GWP and high reliability. A simple refrigerant R32 is filled in a refrigerant circuit 1 of the car air conditioner. This simple refrigerant R32 has a high COP and low GWP, but is easily polarized an... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7026929 | Food information monitoring system Systems and methods for gathering data, representative of food condition information, from a plurality of remote locations and providing the information to a user together with information about the locations from which the information was gathered. The sensors may ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019638 | Food information monitoring system Two-stage systems and methods are provided for gathering food information and communicating the food information to a data collection apparatus. A system includes a remote unit, having a sensor device and a wireless transmitter; a translator or intermediate unit, ha... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7007492 | Air conditioning system A natural and environmentally friendly cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system includes an insulating enclosure, a block of ice within the insulating enclosure, a primary coil of tubing contacting the block of ice and beneath the block of ice for transferrin... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6941764 | Process for keeping chilled the food on board aircraft and means for implementing Refrigerated trolley for an aircraft. According to the invention: each trolley (1) is equipped with a removable unit (11) that can be inserted in and removed from said trolley (1) as a single piece and t... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931875 | Cooling vest system A basic vest is formed of a rear panel and laterally disposed front panels. The panels are fabricated of a material of low thermal insulation capabilities. A plurality of pockets has two laterally spaced rectangular front sheets located on the exterior surface of th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6915657 | Cold-storage appliance A cold-storage appliance comprises an open-topped insulating container defining an external surface, an insulating lid adapted to close the open top of the container, a cooling means adapted to cool the interior but not the exterior of the container, and a structure... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912863 | Cooling structure for cooling vehicle electronic unit A vehicle air conditioner includes an air conditioning case, a blower fan for blowing conditioned air into a passenger compartment, and an evaporator disposed in the air conditioning case. The air conditioning case has a cooling opening upstream from the evaporator,... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6895764 | Environmentally friendly method and apparatus for cooling a temperature controlled space An apparatus and a method for conditioning air in a plurality of spaced apart and thermally separated conditioned spaces with a cryogenic temperature control apparatus. The apparatus includes a storage tank housing a cryogen, an evaporator coil being selectively mov... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6845627 | Control system for an aircraft galley cooler An aircraft galley air cooling system utilizes a controller having software for regulating the temperature within food carts within a galley air cooling unit. The cooling unit includes supply air and return air temperature sensors which measure the temperature of th... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6820433 | Ice maker An ice maker including a cooling and heating apparatus to absorb heat on one side of the apparatus's structure, and then distribute the heat on the opposite side of the apparatus's structure, and at least one receptacle to receive water for freezing, wherein the rec... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6746323 | Airflow system for maintaining constant temperature inside a lead trailer and attached pup trailer An airflow system adapted for receiving airflow from a refrigeration unit mounted on a front of a lead trailer. The airflow system is also adapted for transferring and receiving airflow from a pup trailer pulled behind the lead trailer. The airflow system uses heate... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6684657 | Rethermalization / refrigeration food delivery system A novel thermal treatment apparatus is provided that includes at least one thermal treatment section (212) having a plurality of individual thermal treatment sections. The apparatus further includes: (a) an air supply duct (356) with at least one supply p... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6604373 | Air conditioning system A natural and environmentally friendly cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system comprises an insulating enclosure, a block of ice within the insulating enclosure, a primary coil of tubing contacting the block of ice and beneath the block of ice for... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6418742 | Removable reservoir cooler A water cooler is provided with a removable reservoir separable from a cooler housing and transportable as a portable unit to a different location for remote dispensing of chilled water or other selected beverage. The removable reservoir comprises an insu... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6347526 | Air conditioning or heating refrigerator assembly An air conditioning or heating refrigerator assembly, preferably for use in institutional kitchens. The refrigerator assembly includes a refrigerator unit having a cooling/heating coil subassembly mounted thereon, a blower subassembly mounted thereon down... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6330809 | Application of a chiller in an apparatus for cooling a generator/motor A generator/motor cooling apparatus comprising a cooler for cooling gas used to cool the generator/motor, the gas flowing serially across first and second heat exchangers that are supplied with water from an ambient source; and a chiller having an evapora... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6263688 | Transportable display system A transportable refrigerated display system having a display unit and a refrigeration unit, the display unit having first and second side walls and an end wall, the display unit being placed adjacent a refrigeration unit end wall which has an upper air in... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6237361 | Collapsible cold storage system A palletized cooling system for shipping goods at controlled temperature and which includes a self powered cooling box and a plurality of storage boxes. Coolant is circulated by means of coolant outlet and return lines from the cooling box to each of the ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6218796 | Storage cart for rechargeable devices A cart for storing rechargeable devices includes shelves on which the devices are stored. Charging transformers are positioned in an air cooled upper chamber of the cart and electrical connections for connecting the charging transformers are provided in a... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6209330 | Modular air handling system and method for providing cooling A modular air handling supply system and method for producing a supply of cooled air for cooling purposes is disclosed. The modular air handling supply system includes a module container and ducting for transporting the air within said module container an... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6155071 | Vending machine A vending machine according to the invention is easily movable and can be used at a place at which a commercial power supply is not available. Then, it can be installed at a desired place, and can effectively sell articles by certainly catching a chance f... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6141982 | Cold cell or cold chamber A cooling cell, cabinet or chamber having hollow walls which have fitting at top and bottom which can be alternatively used as inlet and outlet for the fresh cooling medium and the depleted cooling medium and collected gas. In a first phase the fresh cool... | 11/07/2000 |
