Heat pump-refrigeration system with water injection and regenerative heat exchanger
I claim as my invention: 1. A heat pump-refrigeration system comprising, in combination, a cool space, a relatively warm space separated therefrom by an insulating barrier, a unitary compressor and ex... Read More
Inventors: Edwards, Thomas C.;, Assignee: The Rovac Corporation (Rockledge, FL) |
Methods and means for storing energy
Electricity supply organisations prefer to operate generating stations at constant high output to make the best use of both plant and fuel. But consumer demand normally falls at night, so some short-t... Read More
Inventors: Oxley, Alan J.;, Assignee: |
Static solar tracking mechanism
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT FIGS. 1 through 3 best illustrate the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention designated generally by the numeral 10. In FIGS. 1 and 2 there can be ... Read More
Inventors: Ueda, Naoaki;, Assignee: |
Micro-wave powered distillation unit
Accordingly, the present invention is a distiller that includes a micro-wave heater having a chamber for holding a fluid to be vaporized. There is a vapor line to conduct the vapor from the chamber to... Read More
Inventors: Myers, Jr., Bert R.;, Assignee: Lakehurst Galleries, Ltd. (Oklahoma City, OK) |
Microwave water heating method and apparatus
OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now in detail to the drawings, there is illustrated in FIG. 1 a preferred embodiment of the microwave fluid heating system of the present invention which is design... Read More
Inventors: Black, Jerimiah B.;, Assignee: |
Microwave heat pipe heating system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIG. 1 illustrates a microwave heat... Read More
Inventors: Krapf, Edward J.;, Assignee: |
Rice oven with forced residual heat exhaust
The present invention was devised in view of problems inherent in the above-mentioned conventional technology, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electric type rice oven which mak... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Kisaku;, Assignee: |
Polyamide-based thermoplastic formulation
What is claimed is: 1. A thermoplastic formulation comprising: (a) at least 50 weight percent, based upon the total weight of said formulation, of an unreinforced nylon selected from nylon 6,6, nylon ... Read More
Inventors: Hussain, Saadat;, Assignee: Ethyl Corporation (Richmond, VA) |
Temperature regulated hot plate for an electric coffee maker
We claim: 1. In an electrical appliance, particularly an electric coffee maker, a fixedly positioned hot plate structure having an upper surface for receiving an article to be heated, an electric heat... Read More
Inventors: Weller, Albrecht; Moravek, Peter; Amsel, Karl; Trebitz, Bernd; Schmidt, Jurgen; Heimrath, Ernst;, Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft (Kronberg, DE) |
Capacitive interface for coupling between a music chip and audio player
OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention capacitive interface is utilized for transmission of encoded audio data between a solid state audio player and a digital recording medium having prerecorded musi... Read More
Inventors: Grewe, Anthony James; Shelby, Kevin Alan;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Method of and means for obtaining white cast iron
I claim: 1. A method of making an iron casting containing at least a region of white iron comprising pouring molten iron into a mold having an internal surface of which at least a portion has first be... Read More
Inventors: Middleton, William Robert;, Assignee: The British Cast Iron Research Assoc. (Birmingham, EN) |
Electrostatic soft tissue wound repair enhancement
It is, therefore, the principle object of this invention to overcome the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art and also provide the above-indicated desirable features, particularly in regard to so... Read More
Inventors: Konikoff, John J.;, Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Nutley, NJ) |
Control system for the stimulation of two bodily functions
We claim: 1. An electronic control system for sending stimulation signals to first and second stimulation implanted in a body, said stimulation systems each including at least one receiver and an elec... Read More
Inventors: Tanagho, Emil A.; Schmidt, Richard A.; Gleason, Curtis A.; Lue, Tom F.;, Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Berkeley, CA) |
Thin composite wire saw with surface cutting crystals
OF THE INVENTION The composite saw wire has a core which is of a high tensile strength metal or alloy, such as tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, osmium, and rhenium, and alloys thereof. The cutting sur... Read More
Inventors: Ronnquist, Axel Georg; Lindahl, Erik Tommie; Stoilov, Nicolay Stefanov;, Assignee: Lumalampan AB (Stockholm, SW) |
Preparation of polyesters and poly(ester-carbonates) by acidolysis of aromatic polycarbonates
We claim: 1. Process for the preparation of polyesters and poly(ester-carbonates) comprising preparing a reaction mixture of an aromatic or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aromatic polycarbona... Read More
Inventors: Jackson, Jr., Winston J.; Darnell, William R.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Process for producing polyurethane
What is claimed is: 1. In a method for producing a polyurethane by the reaction consisting essentially of a polymeric polyol with a polyisocyanate, the improvement comprising, using as said polyol a p... Read More
Inventors: Hirai, Koji; Taniguchi, Shunro; Ishiguro, Michihiro; Murata, Yoshifumi; Yokota, Shinichi; Ishii, Masao; Yoshimura, Noriaki; Okamura, Takayuki;, Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Kurashiki, JP) |
Novel ester-modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls
OF THE INVENTION The ester-modified poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahl compositions of this invention can be prepared by the reactions of poly(alkylene carbonate) polyahls with one or more modifiers. D... Read More
Inventors: Harris, Robert F.;, Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI) |
Polyester urethane fiber: polyester made from methyl pentane diol
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The elastic polyurethane fiber of the present invention is characterized by the high polymer diol residue, that is, the soft segment, contained in its material polyuretha... Read More
Inventors: Hirai, Koji; Yamashita, Setuo; Komiya, Yukiatsu; Maeda, Katsura;, Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Kurashiki, JP) |
Solar heat energy collecting systems and methods of making the same
It has been found that such principal purposes and objects, as well as other principal purposes and objects which will become clear from a further reading and understanding of this disclosure, may be ... Read More
Inventors: Graham, Alan A.; Haemer, Laurence F.; Miller, Charles H.;, Assignee: Congoleum Corporation (Kearny, NJ) |
Heat pump output indicator
What is claimed is: 1. A device for measuring the operating efficiency relative to its design efficiency at a given outdoor temperature, said heat pump or refrigeration device or air conditioning devi... Read More
Inventors: Cornaire, James L.; Crabbs, Phillip R.;, Assignee: |
Method primarily for performance control at heat pumps or refrigerating installations and arrangement for carrying out the method
I claim: 1. A method of primarily testing and performance control of heat pumps, refrigerating installations or corresponding systems, in which system thermal energy from at least one heat source is s... Read More
Inventors: Enstrom, Henrik S.;, Assignee: |
Deep fat fryer
Methods and apparatus are herein disclosed for substantially isothermal heating of a vat containing cooking liquid, such as deep fat frying oil. The apparatus uses a mechanism sometimes known as the h... Read More
Inventors: Lazaridis, Lazaros J.; Searight, Edward F.; Shefsiek, Paul K.;, Assignee: Thermo Electron Corporation (Waltham, MA) |
Solar panel
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an economical process for heating a swimming pool. It is another object of this invention to provide a solar panel with individual panel flow con... Read More
Inventors: Nissen, Roland N.; Soldan, Lyle H.;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for collecting and transmitting solar energy
It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for collecting a beam of sunlight which includes desired light components in a relatively great amount and for transmitting the beam of... Read More
Inventors: Mori, Kei;, Assignee: |
Swimming pool water heating system
Having herein described the invention, what is claimed as new is: 1. A pool water heating device for heating the water in a pool from solar heat from the Sun, and wherein said pool is constructed with... Read More
Inventors: Allocco, Jr., Andrew;, Assignee: Lawrence Peska Associates, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Portable light-weight solar heater
We claim: 1. A flat plate solar energy collector assembly adapted to float on the water surface of a pool, comprising a relatively thin flexible cellular plastic sheet floating upon and insulating the... Read More
Inventors: McColgan, John M.; O'Brien, Philip F.;, Assignee: |
Solar heater
What is claimed is: 1. A low-cost solar heating and cooling system having a fluid supply manifold and return manifold comprising a plurality of solar collector modular units, each modular unit having ... Read More
Inventors: Conley, William M.;, Assignee: |
Flat plate solar heat collector
The present invention is a solar heat collector which fulfills the objects and overcomes the limitations recited above. Briefly, this collector consists of a radiant heat-absorbing panel, normally met... Read More
Inventors: Coleman, Robert A.; Beard, Larry D.;, Assignee: |
Wind loss prevention for open cavity solar receivers
Referring now to FIG. 1, an open cavity receiver 10 which operates at or close to ambient pressure is illustrated as having a cavity 12, an aperture 14, a heat exchanger 16 in the form of a ceramic h... Read More
Inventors: Ross, Don H.; Nussdorfer, Theodore J.;, Assignee: Sanders Associates, Inc. (Nashua, NH) |
Hydrotherapy installation
What is claimed is: 1. A hydrotherapy installation for pools comprising in combination: a rotary driven shaft, a pump assembly connected to said shaft for actuation thereof for pumping water to and fr... Read More
Inventors: Dotson, Troy R.;, Assignee: |
Heat Accumulators 
