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7600392 Refrigeration system  
A refrigeration system for merchandisers, drug cabinets and similar enclosures ( 10 ) that continues to provide temperature control during periods when external power is not necessarily available....
7571621 Fluid cooling system, cooled fluid dispenser comprising the later, and methods for sterilization thereof  
The present invention relates to a fluid cooling system ( 1 ), for use in dispensing or distributing a chilled or cooled fluid, comprising a primary heat exchanger system ( 2 ), a secondary heat...
7552593 Supplying draught beverages  
Draft beverage is cooled in a cooling water tank in a cooling unit under a drinks bar. It is then cooled in a thermoelectric cooler, and transferred to a font in pipe which is surrounded in a water...
7543455 Solar-powered refrigerator using a mixture of glycerin, alcohol and water to store energy  
A solar-powered refrigerator is disclosed. It uses a solar photovoltaic panel to convert solar energy to electricity to power a DC motor. The DC motor drives the compressor of a vapor-compression...
7503185 Refrigerant-based thermal energy storage and cooling system with enhanced heat exchange capability  
Disclosed is a method and device to increase the cooling load that can be provided by a refrigerant-based thermal energy storage and cooling system with an improved arrangement of heat exchangers....
7421846 Thermal energy storage and cooling system with gravity fed secondary refrigerant isolation  
Disclosed are a method and device for a refrigerant-based thermal storage system wherein a condensing unit and an ice-tank heat exchanger can be isolated through a second heat exchanger. The...
7401473 Dual refrigerant refrigeration system and method  
A dual refrigerant refrigerating system provides a refrigeration cycle in which a primary refrigerant cools a secondary refrigerant in a primary evaporator into a partially frozen state, in which a...
7272935 Device and method for forming ice around a bottle  
A device for forming ice around an exterior surface of a container has an upper piece. The upper piece is an elongated tubular member having a hollow interior section and an open bottom and top...
7231775 Energy management system, method, and apparatus  
An energy management system may include a refrigeration apparatus such as may be used to form an ice rink. Heat rejected from that apparatus may be used to address heating loads elsewhere. The...
7162878 Refrigeration apparatus  
Disclosed is an efficient refrigeration apparatus that provides refrigerant based energy storage and cooling. When connected to a condensing unit, the system has the ability to store energy...
7146818 Cooling bank control assembly for a beverage dispensing system  
A beverage dispensing system includes a cooling chamber filled with a bath of cooling fluid for cooling beverage fluids. A cooling unit, including an evaporator coil extending from the cooling unit...
7124594 High efficiency refrigerant based energy storage and cooling system  
Disclosed is an efficient, energy storage and cooling system that is refrigerant based. When connected to a condensing unit, the system has the ability to store energy capacity during one time...
7062923 Cooling method for interior portion of vehicle and cooling apparatus thereof  
The present invention is to provide a cooling method and a cooling apparatus in which a thermal storage and a cooling in a vehicle, in particular in an automobile, are provided with the minimum...
7063138 Automotive HVAC system and method of operating same utilizing trapped coolant  
The present invention concerns a method for cooling a passenger compartment in a hybrid vehicle that operates an engine intermittently during vehicle operation. The hybrid vehicle includes an HVAC...
7043931 Method and apparatus for cooling interior spaces of vehicles  
A vehicle interior cooling system ( 100 ) for a vehicle having a cabin ( 108 ) and an engine ( 107 ) for providing propulsion power is disclosed. The vehicle interior cooling system includes a...
7036326 Beverage dispensing system  
A beverage dispenser is provided that stores ice and has a cold plate. The cold plate is provided with refrigerant and/or ice water drainage for cooling of the beverage upon dispensing.
6877342 Controlled method for the energy-saving and energy-releasing refrigerating air conditioner  
A controlled method for an energy-saving and energy-releasing air conditioning discloses the energy-saving and energy-releasing actions performed by the two adjoined heat exchangers of the storage...
6662573 Cooling bank control assembly for a beverage dispensing system  
A beverage dispensing system includes a cooling chamber filled with a bath of cooling fluid for cooling beverage fluids. A cooling unit, including an evaporator coil extending from the cooling unit...
6581391 Ice thickness control system and sensor probe  
The present invention provides an improved system and method for sensing the presence of ice, particularly applicable in the control of ice thickness in machines employing an ice bank such as a...
6560972 Retrofit system and method for a carbonated beverage dispenser  
The present invention provides a system and method for enhancing the carbonation efficiency of an ice-chilled beverage dispenser. The system includes a beverage dispenser having an ice bin, a...
6543245 Multi-temperature cold plate refrigeration system  
A system and method of maintaining multiple temperatures using a single refrigeration system. A single refrigeration system includes a compressor, reservoir, condenser and associated piping is...
6415615 Ice thermal storage control  
An arrangement of apparatus for the measurement of the quantity amount of ice in an ice thermal storage system having a storage tank with a storage fluid and a cooling coil assembly therein, and...
6374622 Ice bank control with voltage protection sensing  
The present invention is an apparatus and method that regulates the size of an ice bank ( 50 ) and that prevents short cycling of the compressor ( 30 ) therefor and operation thereof at undesired...
6367268 Cold transportation method  
A method for the refrigerated transportation of a product introduced into a hollow-walled refrigerated container. The steps of the method include: a) keeping a pumpable suspension of minute ice...
6363733 Refrigerator, specially for beverage bottles, in particular beer bottles, a system of producing humidity for a refrigerator and a method for generating a covering of ice crystals on a bottle  
A refrigerator is described, specially for beverage bottles, in particular beer bottles, a humidity production system for a refrigerator and a method for generating a COVERING OF ICE CRYSTALS on...
6330909 Vehicle air conditioning system  
In a vehicle air-conditioning system, an evaporator is disposed in an air-conditioning case to form a bypass passage through which air bypasses the evaporator, and an opening degree of the bypass...
6253557 Ice bank detector  
An ice detector for an ice water bath tank having an evaporator system operated by a compressor to promote the growth of ice therein. The detector includes a device for providing reciprocating...
6250088 Method and apparatus for cooling a product using a condensed gas  
Method for cooling a product, preferably in gas or liquid form, using the cooling content of a condensed gas, where the condensed gas is vaporized in a vaporization heat exchanger arrangement and...
6240734 Ice bank chillers  
An ice bank chiller comprises a reservoir, a vertically extending cooling coil adjacent to a side wall of the reservoir, and an agitation pump for agitating water contained in the reservoir, the...
6220047 Semi-frozen food product producing machine  
The present invention includes a dual purpose carbonator/blending bottle connected to a source of beverage syrup, a source of potable water and to a source of pressurized carbon dioxide gas. The...
6216469 Device and process for chilling goods  
Devices and methods for rapid chilling of products, articles and devices, including both perishable and non-perishable goods are provided. These devices and methods store thermal energy by ice...
6216486 Ice storage coil arrangement  
The present invention provides a planned array tubes and circuits in a cooling coil for a thermal storage unit to maintain at least some of the vertical aisles between adjacent circuits or sets of...
6158235 Evaporator coil  
A component configuration for enhancing the serviceability of a dispenser includes a platform positionable on the housing of the dispenser. A refrigeration unit mounts at a center and rear portions...
6158499 Method and apparatus for thermal energy storage  
Methods and apparatus for extracting stored thermal energy using a combined internal and external melt cycle are disclosed. The present invention relates, in one aspect, to a heat exchange system...
6131393 Cooling of stored water  
A chilling chamber (10) connected to a water reservoir (12) or to a pipe (29) within which water flows has a thermally conductive probe (16) which is connected to the cold side of a thermoelectric...
6119464 Beverage servers and their controlling methods  
A beverage server comprises a tank containing water serving as a coolant and a coiled beverage duct through which beer or other beverage flows and cooling means fitted to a portion of the wall of...
6101821 Ice thermal storage coil systems and methods  
The present invention is directed toward an ice-on-coil (IOC) thermal storage coil system and method utilizing "deep-tank" technology and dimensional relationship of coil height to coil width...
6056043 Heat accumulator for a vehicle  
6003318 Thermoelectric water cooler  
A water cooler is provided with a thermoelectric heat transfer module for chilling water within a cooler reservoir. The water cooler includes a sensor mounted in a position to detect build-up of an...
5987897 Ice bank system  
A refrigeration system control apparatus for use with an ice bank for sequentially cycling a refrigerator compressor on and off based on sensed conditions. The system includes a first temperature...
5984144 Beverage dispensing apparatus  
A beverage dispenser comprises a cooling device comprising a cooling chamber (6) filled with a cooling liquid, such as water. Located within the chamber (6) is a refrigeration component (8)....
5975202 Mobile trolley for distributing hot and cold meal trays having warming-up and refrigeration capacities  
PURPOSE: To facilitate a bending of a core and to reduce a resistance of fluid by a method wherein a fin at one end is overlapped integrally between each of rows from a deformation part of the core...
5944089 Thermal storage systems for buildings  
Apparatus and processes related to thermal storage and exchange systems for use in buildings to selectively cool and/or heat a heat storage medium and cause said medium to reversibly pass between a...
5860280 Liquid cooling system with solid material formation control and method of manufacture  
A liquid cooling system (10) includes a container (12) for storing a liquid (13) and a cooling element (14) disposed within the container (12) for cooling the liquid (13). The system (10) also...
5816062 Air conditioning system with supplemental ice storing and cooling capacity  
The present air conditioning system with ice storing and cooling capacity can generate and store ice in its pipe assembly or in an ice storage tank particularly equipped for the system, depending...
5778683 Thermal storage system controller and method  
An thermal storage system controller implements a near optimal control strategy for minimizing energy and demand costs. A system performance variable is determined and evaluated under a given set...
5770102 Ice nucleating-active materials and ice bank system  
The present invention provides ice nucleating-active materials which are free from problems like corrosiveness against a device owing to the materials used and harmfulness of the materials...
5737928 Process fluid cooling means and apparatus  
A method of cooling a liquid process fluid in which a liquid process stream is formed from the liquid process fluid and the process fluid contained within the liquid process stream is frozen into a...
5735133 Vehicular cooling system with thermal storage  
Uncomfortable air temperatures in an air conditioned vehicle immediately following start up of the air conditioning system or when the air conditioning system compressor is being driven at low...
5724827 Ice regenerative air conditioner system  
There is an ice regenerative air conditioner system in which a cooled-liquid from an ice storage tank is heated by exchanging heat between the cooled-liquid and a coolant supplied from indoor heat...
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