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7621145 |
High-pressure freezing device, automatic apparatus for loading specimens into a high-pressure freezing device, and method for loading a high-pressure freezing device
An automatic loading apparatus ( 12 ) for specimens ( 1 ) for high-pressure cryosubstitution is disclosed. The automatic loading apparatus ( 12 ) is connected to a high-pressure freezing device (...
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7585410 |
Environmentally neutral processing with condensed phase cryogenic fluids
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for utilizing a substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid for the purpose of remediation and retrieval of, e.g., spilled crude oil and other “oil...
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7565812 |
Method for improving residual stress in pipe and apparatus
An method for converting tensile residual stress on an inner surface of a welded part of a pipe to compressive residual stress with use of ice plugs formed by cooling the pipe from the outer...
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RE40815 |
Control system for cryosurgery
An apparatus and method for automatic operation of a refrigeration system to provide refrigeration power to a catheter for tissue ablation or mapping. The primary refrigeration system can be open...
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7497087 |
Liquid cooler apparatus
A liquid cooler is disclosed that includes a housing and at least two heatsinks attached with the housing. The heatsinks each include a top wall with an inwardly facing wall, a bottom wall with an...
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RE40049 |
Precooled cryogenic ablation system
A method and apparatus for using a secondary refrigerant to precool and liquefy a primary refrigerant, then vaporizing and expanding the primary refrigerant to cool a cold tip of a cryosurgical...
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7266955 |
Modular freeze branding
In a disclosed modular freeze branding method, refrigerant is caused to flow through a first thermally conductive conduit having exposed, coplanar segments that are arranged in the shape of a set...
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7174723 |
Portable liquid cooler
A liquid cooler is disclosed that includes a housing and at least two heatsinks attached with the housing. The heatsinks each include a top wall with an inwardly facing wall, a bottom wall with an...
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7162881 |
Thermophoretic wand to protect front and back surfaces of an object
Methods and apparatus for enabling a clean, fragile object to be transported while protecting both front and back surfaces of the object are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present...
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7055706 |
Drink bottle
A drink bottle has a side wall and a floor together forming an interior drink space, an array of tubes extending away from the floor, defining an downwardly open compartment and a plurality of...
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7007497 |
Modular freeze branding device
A disclosed modular freeze branding device includes a frame and a number of character assemblies that are configured to be supported by the frame. Each assembly includes a substrate and a section...
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6952934 |
Self-cooling liquid container
The present invention relates to a self-cooling liquid container for rapidly cooling the liquid in a container by evaporation of coolant gas. A self-cooling liquid container having a liquid cooling...
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6901947 |
Rapid evacuation and charging system, and apparatus and methods relating thereto
A system for performing rapid charging and evacuation of systems that contain a fluid, such as cooling systems on refrigeration products. In addition, the invention relates to methods of...
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6889507 |
Self-cooling can
A self-cooling can comprising an evaporator unit within the can and an absorber unit provided outside the container body. A beverage within the can is cooled by means of vapor which passes from the...
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6817202 |
Aerosol propelled scent generating self-cooling beverage container with phase locked propellant mixtures and process of manufacturing the same
A self cooling container with an internal receptacle. The receptacle responds to differences in pressure between its internal and external walls so that when pressure acting external to the...
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6769262 |
Chilling sleeve for expansion-fitting hollow cylinders
A chilling sleeve is provided for insertion into a hollow cylinder, such as a control rod driving mechanism guide tube, for adjusting the temperature and therefore the diameter of the cylinder. The...
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6719514 |
Process for producing a metal can with an insert piece for packaging, for example, a foodstuff, and a can of this nature
A process for producing a metal can, having a cylindrical body, a base and a lid, of the type in which the base has a cylindrical recess which projects into the inside of the can, in which process:...
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6718789 |
Pipe freezer with defrost cycle
A compact, inexpensive pipe freezer with defrost cycle for forming a frozen ice plug in a section of pipe to be repaired, and, after the repair operation has been completed, defrosting the pipe...
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6672095 |
Therapeutic freezing device and method
A therapeutic freezing device includes a barrel and a superconducting needle. The barrel defines a receiving space adapted to receive a coolant medium. The superconducting needle is mounted on the...
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6629417 |
Hand-held, heat sink cryoprobe, system for heat extraction thereof, and method therefore
A cryoprobe system utilizing a monolithic, insulated, hand-held thermal mass having an exposed tip for cryosurgical applications and the like, as well as a heat extraction base configured to...
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6598412 |
Interchangeable adapters for pipe freezer apparatus
A set of interchangeable adapters for coupling an evaporation head of a pipe freezer apparatus with pipes of different diameters is described. Each adapter includes a thermally conductive body...
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6581401 |
Self-cooling container with phase locked refrigerant and process of manufacturing the same
A self-cooling container with an internal receptacle. The receptacle responds to differences in pressure between its internal and external walls so that when the pressure acting external to the...
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6513336 |
Apparatus and method for transferring a cryogenic fluid
A method and apparatus are set forth for transferring a cryogenic fluid. A polymeric, coaxial (i.e. “tube-in-tube” geometry) transfer line is utilized where a first portion of the cryogenic...
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6434952 |
Freezer head for pipe freezing devices
A freezer head for pipe freezing devices has a casing having a first exterior side with one or more first exterior depressions for receiving a pipe section to be frozen. The casing has a second...
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6408638 |
Pipe freezer with quick connect evaporator heads
A portable pipe freezer apparatus includes a condenser/compressor unit and a pair of flexible coaxial hoses each connected to an evaporator head with a set of interchangeable adapters configured...
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6338570 |
Thermoelectric cooling stirrer
A thermoelectric stirrer for cooling a substance includes a housing formed of thermoelectric material for absorbing heat from the substance and includes a conduit 38 between an input port 18 ...
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6305175 |
Beverage container with heating or cooling material
A container for a beverage has a conventional external configuration with a cylindrical wall closed by a top member. The base member closing the other end of the wall is shaped to form an external...
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6286329 |
Pipe freezer
A pipe freezing apparatus comprises a multi-cavity adapter and an evaporator adapted to be fitted therein. The present invention uses a multi-cavity adapter having from two to eight cavities to fit...
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6280439 |
Adjustable position injection tubing
A cryogenic catheter includes an outer flexible member having a cryogenic fluid path defined by an injection tube disposed in the outer flexible member. The injection tube is slidably disposed...
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6209341 |
Dry-ice container, and process and plant for manufacturing a dry-ice container
A dry-ice container comprising: a casing and, in this casing; carbon dioxide, part of which is in a solid state and another part of which is in a gaseous state, wherein the casing comprises...
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6178753 |
Container with self-heating module having liquid reactant and breakable reactant barrier at distal end of module
A self-heating or self-cooling container has a container body, a closure at one end of the body through which the contents of the container can be consumed, and a thermic module at the other end of...
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6173579 |
Sealed liquid container
A beverage containing system comprises a sealed drink can 1 having located therein both a liquid 11 to be consumed and a sealed compartment 13. The system includes means 33 for rupturing a wall 23...
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6167718 |
Self-carbonating self-cooling beverage container
There is disclosed a self-cooling self-carbonating beverage container including a beverage container housing containing a liquid beverage, a coolant gas bottle inside said beverage container...
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6151901 |
Miniature mixed gas refrigeration system
A miniature mixed gas refrigeration system is disclosed, having a coaxial catheter with an inner high pressure supply lumen and an outer low pressure return lumen. The gas mixture is pressurized by...
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6148619 |
Method and apparatus for non-invasively freezing a content of a pipe
A method, apparatus, and kit are provided for non-invasively freezing a content of a pipe. The method comprises the steps of applying a substantially continuous seal over an outside surface of a...
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6141985 |
Self-contained and portable cryogenic apparatus using carbon dioxide in liquid/solid phases
A self-contained portable cryogenic apparatus that operates at the temperature (of the order of -78° C. at atmospheric pressure) reached by reducing the pressure of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) or...
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6141972 |
Invasive cryogenic tool and method for freezing the content of a pipe
A cryogenic tool capable of freezing the pipe content which otherwise flows through a pipe is provided to permit isolation of a repair site in the pipe. The cryogenic tool comprises a tool body and...
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6134894 |
Method of making beverage container with heating or cooling insert
A container for a beverage has a conventional external configuration with a cylindrical wall closed by a top member. The base member closing the other end of the wall is shaped to form an external...
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6109057 |
Apparatus for cooling and/or gassifying a liquid
The present invention provides an apparatus for cooling and/or gassifying a liquid 12 stored in a container 10 having an outlet 10b. The apparatus comprises an adsorbent 14 for receiving and...
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6105384 |
Self-cooling or self-heating food or beverage container having heat exchange unit with external protective coating
A heat exchange unit for incorporation internally of a food or beverage container in such a manner that the external surface thereof is in contact with the food or beverage. A food grade coating is...
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6103280 |
Self-cooling containers of beverage and foodstuffs
A self cooling beverage container or can. Different embodiments of a self cooling can are shown including the use of an endothermic reaction perhaps between ammonium nitrate and water. In another...
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6102108 |
Heat exchange unit having thermally conductive discs having preferential flow paths
A heat exchange unit and a beverage or food container including a heat exchange unit therein. The heat exchange unit includes a vessel having a plurality of thermally conductive discs with a layer...
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6098417 |
Fluid chilling apparatus
A beverage chiller which chills the liquid through the desorption of gas from an adsorbent within a vessel, wherein the chiller comprises a plurality of heat transfer elements, formed of...
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6073452 |
Rapid chilling of foodstuffs
Apparatus for the rapid chilling of foodstuffs contained within an open top container including a chilling device connected to a source of refrigerant. The refrigerant source operates to cool the...
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6065300 |
Self-cooling container with internal beverage vessel having a vessel wall with reversible wall bulges
A rapid refrigeration apparatus includes a container having a container upper end, a container wall with a container opening in the container upper end bordered by a container rim; a beverage...
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6041811 |
Plug for forming an ice barrier in a pipeline
An ice plug for defining a barrier in a pipeline section filled with water, comprises a hollow, cylindrical body enclosed at a front end and provided with guide means for sliding movement of the...
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6035657 |
Flexible catheter cryosurgical system
A microminiature laminated heat exchanger for use in a cryogenic probe, and a method of manufacture. The heat exchanger has high and low pressure flow patterns etched into oxygen free copper...
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6035646 |
Liquid cryogen withdrawal device with pump
A liquid cryogen withdrawal device includes a plug (14) for insertion into the neck of a cryogen-containing dewar (10) in gas-tight relationship. A withdrawal tube (17) passes through the plug to...
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6003321 |
Open flow helium cryostat system and related method of using
An open flow helium cryostat system for cooling a sample crystal to be examined using X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, or a similar method. The cryostat system including a primary helium...
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5992158 |
Cryosurgical instrument
A cryosurgical instrument comprises a cooling tip operable to be cooled by a flow of a cryogenic fluid within the tip; and a fluid transfer chamber having a fluid inlet for receiving cryogenic...
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