US Patent Class 62
REFRIGERATION
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| DF | CLASS NOTES | |
| 1 | DF | CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY COOLING |
| 3.1 | DF | USING ELECTRICAL OR MAGNETIC EFFECT |
| 3.2 | DF | .~ Thermoelectric; e.g., peltier effect |
| 3.3 | DF | .~.~ Heat pump, selective heating and cooling |
| 3.4 | DF | .~.~ Including dehumidifying and condensate handling |
| 3.5 | DF | .~.~ Made with flexible heat exchanger material; e.g., blanket, wearing apparel, etc. |
| 3.6 | DF | .~.~ Interior of enclosure cooled; e.g., refrigerator |
| 3.61 | DF | .~.~.~ Having vehicle feature; e.g., cooling cart, car, truck, boat, etc. |
| 3.62 | DF | .~.~.~ Portable, having transporting feature; e.g., handle |
| 3.63 | DF | .~.~.~ Icemaker |
| 3.64 | DF | .~.~.~ Beverage dispenser |
| 3.7 | DF | .~.~ Including specific circuitry or heat exchanger material |
| 4 | DF | CHEMICAL REACTION OR SOLIDS DISSOLVING |
| 5 | DF | VORTEX TUBE, E.G., RANQUE |
| 6 | DF | GAS COMPRESSION, HEAT REGENERATION AND EXPANSION, E.G., STIRLING CYCLE |
| 7 | DF | UTILIZING FUEL AS REFRIGERANT |
| 600 | DF | CRYOGENIC TREATMENT OF GAS OR GAS MIXTURE |
| 601 | DF | .~ Solidification |
| 602 | DF | .~.~ Carbon dioxide |
| 603 | DF | .~.~.~ Snow |
| 604 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Pressed block |
| 605 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Extruded pellets |
| 606 | DF | .~ Liquefaction |
| 607 | DF | .~.~ Hydrogen |
| 608 | DF | .~.~ Helium |
| 51.2 | DF | .~.~ Utilizing Joule-Thomson effect |
| 610 | DF | .~.~.~ He3/He4 dilution refrigerator (i.e., superfluid) |
| 611 | DF | .~.~ Natural gas |
| 612 | DF | .~.~.~ Multicomponent cascade refrigeration |
| 613 | DF | .~.~.~ Compression, expansion, and condensation |
| 614 | DF | .~.~.~ Heat exchange with liquid cryogen |
| 615 | DF | .~.~ Air |
| 616 | DF | .~.~ Heat exchange with liquid cryogen |
| 617 | DF | .~ Separation of gas mixture |
| 618 | DF | .~.~ Natural gas |
| 619 | DF | .~.~.~ Compression, expansion, and condensation |
| 620 | DF | .~.~.~ Distillation |
| 621 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Flowline expansion engine |
| 622 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Downstream of column |
| 623 | DF | .~.~.~.~ External refrigeration circuit |
| 624 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Membrane |
| 625 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Liquid contact |
| 626 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Solid sorption |
| 627 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Dephlemation |
| 628 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Automatic control |
| 629 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Solidification |
| 630 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Plural columns |
| 631 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Recycle |
| 632 | DF | .~.~.~ Liquid contact |
| 633 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Dehydrating |
| 634 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Expansion |
| 635 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Plural contact columns |
| 636 | DF | .~.~.~ Sorption |
| 637 | DF | .~.~.~ Solidification |
| 638 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Regenerating heat exchanger |
| 639 | DF | .~.~ Helium |
| 640 | DF | .~.~ Air |
| 641 | DF | .~.~.~ Regenerating heat exchanger |
| 642 | DF | .~.~.~ Filtration |
| 643 | DF | .~.~.~ Distillation |
| 644 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Upstream operation |
| 645 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Flowline expansion engine |
| 646 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Spaced initial charging |
| 647 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Spaced initial charging |
| 648 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Downstream operation |
| 649 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Flowline expansion engine |
| 650 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ High pressure nitrogen |
| 651 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Low pressure nitrogen |
| 652 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Oxygen |
| 653 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Flowline pump |
| 654 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Liquid oxygen |
| 655 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Membrane |
| 656 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Automatic control |
| 657 | DF | .~ Automatic control |
| 45.1 | DF | STORAGE OF SOLIDIFIED OR LIQUIFIED GAS (E.G., CRYOGEN) |
| 46.1 | DF | .~ With sorbing or mixing |
| 46.2 | DF | .~.~ Mixing of substance with hydrogen |
| 46.3 | DF | .~.~ Sorbing into capillary material |
| 47.1 | DF | .~ With conservation of cryogen by reduction of vapor to liquid within storage receptacle |
| 48.1 | DF | .~ With vapor discharged from storage receptacle |
| 48.2 | DF | .~.~ And subsequently restored to receptacle as liquid |
| 48.3 | DF | .~.~ And subsequently used to cool receptacle |
| 48.4 | DF | .~.~ Discharge caused by ignition of combustible gas |
| 49.1 | DF | .~ With measuring |
| 49.2 | DF | .~.~ Of liquid level |
| 50.1 | DF | .~ Liquified gas transferred as liquid |
| 50.2 | DF | .~.~ With vaporizing of liquified gas downstream of storage |
| 50.3 | DF | .~.~.~ Energy converted to work (e.g., used to drive prime mover) |
| 50.4 | DF | .~.~.~ Operates valve which controls flow of liquid |
| 50.5 | DF | .~.~.~ In phase separator |
| 50.6 | DF | .~.~ Specific pump structure |
| 50.7 | DF | .~.~ Specific conduit, valve, or coupling structure |
| 51.1 | DF | .~ Including cryostat |
| 52.1 | DF | .~ Spraying of cryogen |
| 53.1 | DF | .~ Underground or underwater storage |
| 53.2 | DF | .~ Storage in modified vehicle (e.g., ship, truck, etc.) |
| 54.1 | DF | .~ Cryogen stored in both phases (e.g., as slush or gel) |
| 54.2 | DF | .~ Controlled conversion of solidified gas to another phase |
| 54.3 | DF | .~ Storing solidified gas |
| 55.5 | DF | LOW PRESSURE COLD TRAP PROCESS AND APPARATUS |
| 56 | DF | PROCESSES |
| 57 | DF | .~ Suspending in upwardly directed current |
| 532 | DF | .~ Fractionally solidifying a constituent and separating the same |
| 533 | DF | .~.~ Including direct contact with added refrigerant |
| 534 | DF | .~.~.~ Liquid refrigerant converted to vapor phase during cooling |
| 535 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Spent refrigerant vapor used in direct contact to melt solidified component or heat product liquid |
| 536 | DF | .~.~.~ Refrigerant remains liquid during cooling |
| 537 | DF | .~.~ Utilizing a constituent of the original mixture or solution as refrigerant |
| 538 | DF | .~.~ Solidifying or purifying in a pulsed column or using sonic vibration |
| 539 | DF | .~.~.~ With control of pulsed column process parameter |
| 540 | DF | .~.~ With measured parameter responsive control |
| 541 | DF | .~.~ With separated constituent recycle |
| 542 | DF | .~.~ Using melted solid to wash solidified constituent |
| 543 | DF | .~.~ With squeezing or compression of solidified component |
| 544 | DF | .~.~ With stirring, agitating or scraping of the solidification zone |
| 545 | DF | .~.~.~ With externally scraped drum or helix or screw |
| 59 | DF | .~ Accumulating holdover ice in situ |
| 60 | DF | .~ Packaging |
| 61 | DF | .~ Utilizing motion of vehicle |
| 62 | DF | .~ Treating an article |
| 63 | DF | .~.~ Moving through cooling zone during cooling |
| 64 | DF | .~.~ By contacting with liquid |
| 65 | DF | .~.~ Diverse sequential temperatures, e.g., precooling |
| 66 | DF | .~ Congealing flowable material, e.g., ice making |
| 67 | DF | .~.~ With filtering or gravitational separating |
| 68 | DF | .~.~ Agitating |
| 69 | DF | .~.~.~ Introducing gas, e.g., air |
| 70 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By injecting |
| 71 | DF | .~.~ Removing product from congealing surface |
| 72 | DF | .~.~.~ Flexing supporting surface |
| 73 | DF | .~.~.~ By heating |
| 74 | DF | .~.~ Spraying or dripping |
| 75 | DF | .~.~ Sequential stages, e.g., composite block making |
| 76 | DF | .~ With preliminary refrigerant manufacturing |
| 77 | DF | .~ Assembling, charging, or repairing of refrigeration producer |
| 78 | DF | .~ Deodorizing, antisepticizing or providing special atmosphere |
| 79 | DF | .~ Exchanging heat between plural systems, e.g., disparate |
| 80 | DF | .~ Defrosting or frost inhibiting |
| 81 | DF | .~.~ By utilizing working fluid of refrigeration producer |
| 82 | DF | .~.~ By utilizing fluid strange to system |
| 83 | DF | .~ Preventing slugging to compressor |
| 84 | DF | .~ Lubricant handling |
| 85 | DF | .~ Separating or preventing formation of undesirables |
| 86 | DF | .~ Reducing pressure on compressed gas |
| 87 | DF | .~.~ Converting energy of expansion to mechanical movement |
| 88 | DF | .~.~.~ With reheat of gas stream |
| 89 | DF | .~ Circulating external gas |
| 90 | DF | .~.~ With reheating |
| 91 | DF | .~.~ With adding of moisture |
| 92 | DF | .~.~.~ With removing of moisture |
| 93 | DF | .~.~ With removing of moisture |
| 94 | DF | .~.~.~ By sorption |
| 95 | DF | .~.~ Plural cooling, e.g., precooling by exhaust |
| 96 | DF | .~.~ Indirect cooling using closed circuit heat transfer fluid |
| 97 | DF | .~.~ Combining streams having diverse temperatures |
| 98 | DF | .~ Fluid external of refrigeration producing cycle |
| 99 | DF | .~.~ Indirect by using heat transfer fluid external of cycle |
| 100 | DF | .~ Vacuumizing an open outlet chamber |
| 101 | DF | .~ Evaporation induced by sorption |
| 102 | DF | .~.~ Using diverse refrigerants |
| 103 | DF | .~.~ With modulated flow rate of fluid |
| 104 | DF | .~.~.~ By varying heat input or output |
| 105 | DF | .~.~.~ Varying non-refrigerant fluid flow |
| 106 | DF | .~.~ Intermittent operating of generation and sorption cycle |
| 107 | DF | .~.~ With absorption liquid circulation aided by system generated pressure |
| 108 | DF | .~.~ With liquid refrigerant transfer to evaporator against gravity |
| 109 | DF | .~.~ Cooling by evaporation of refrigerant from sorption solution |
| 110 | DF | .~.~ With diffusion of refrigerant into inert gas |
| 111 | DF | .~.~.~ With forced circulation between evaporator and sorber |
| 112 | DF | .~.~ Utilizing particular refrigerant and/or sorbent materials |
| 113 | DF | .~ Transferring heat between diverse function portions of refrigeration cycle |
| 114 | DF | .~ Employing diverse materials or particular material in refrigeration circuit |
| 115 | DF | .~ Compressing, condensing and evaporating |
| 116 | DF | .~.~ Utilizing motive energy of fluid to compress |
| 117 | DF | .~.~ Dividing refrigerant flow, e.g., bypass parallel units |
| 118 | DF | .~ Pumping fluid in closed circuit |
| 119 | DF | .~ Condensing and evaporating |
| 120 | DF | .~ Spaced cooling steps |
| 121 | DF | .~ Gas and liquid contact |
| 122 | DF | .~ Combining fluids having diverse temperatures |
| 123 | DF | SEPARATOR FOR SOLIDIFIED CONSTITUENT OF LIQUID MIXTURE |
| 124 | DF | .~ With heater for liquid mixture container |
| 125 | DF | WITH INDICATOR OR TESTER |
| 126 | DF | .~ Operatively correlated with automatic control |
| 127 | DF | .~ Diverse function indicators or testers |
| 128 | DF | .~ Atmospheric condensation accumulation, e.g., frost |
| 129 | DF | .~ Condition sensing |
| 130 | DF | .~.~ External cooled material |
| 131 | DF | .~ Position or extent of motion of movable element |
| 132 | DF | AUTOMATIC CONTROL |
| 133 | DF | .~ Responsive to vehicle body motion or traction |
| 134 | DF | .~.~ Electrical generator |
| 135 | DF | .~ By congealed removable product condition |
| 136 | DF | .~.~ By change of consistency, e.g., viscosity or overrun |
| 137 | DF | .~.~ By accumulation of product |
| 138 | DF | .~.~.~ On heat absorber |
| 139 | DF | .~ By accumulation on freezing surface, e.g., ice |
| 140 | DF | .~.~ By frost, i.e., atmospheric condensate |
| 141 | DF | .~ Of closed system sorbent type |
| 142 | DF | .~.~ Discontinuous operation of refrigerant or sorbent container unit |
| 143 | DF | .~.~.~ Of intermittent generator-sorber unit |
| 144 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Plural unit sequence or alternation |
| 145 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Serially connected type |
| 146 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Of cooling fluid |
| 147 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Including sorbent refrigerant flow |
| 148 | DF | .~.~ Of heating means |
| 149 | DF | .~ Withdrawing or adding refrigerant from or to normally closed system |
| 150 | DF | .~ Preventing, removing or handling atmospheric condensate |
| 151 | DF | .~.~ Defrosting |
| 152 | DF | .~.~.~ Limited area, e.g., preferred zone |
| 153 | DF | .~.~.~ By storage compartment closure actuated means |
| 154 | DF | .~.~.~ By energy input actuated means |
| 155 | DF | .~.~.~ Including time or program actuator |
| 156 | DF | .~.~.~ By temperature |
| 157 | DF | .~ Time or program actuator |
| 158 | DF | .~.~ Time delay of condition sensing or control operation |
| 159 | DF | .~ Selective heating or cooling |
| 160 | DF | .~.~ Reversible cycle machine |
| 161 | DF | .~ With correlated manual or external operator and condition sensing means, e.g., cutoff or reset |
| 162 | DF | .~.~ Manual initiate with sensor terminate |
| 163 | DF | .~.~ Selective |
| 164 | DF | .~.~ Manual reset or sensor operates additional element |
| 165 | DF | .~ Solidified gas |
| 166 | DF | .~.~ Diverse control or response |
| 167 | DF | .~.~ Of heater, heat transmitter or secondary fluid |
| 168 | DF | .~.~ By temperature |
| 169 | DF | .~ Vacuumized chamber with open outlet |
| 170 | DF | .~.~ Evacuating means, e.g., jet pump |
| 171 | DF | .~ Gas-liquid contact cooler, fluid flow |
| 172 | DF | .~ Air compessor, cooler and expander |
| 173 | DF | .~ Of external fluid reheating |
| 174 | DF | .~ Trapping and discharging refrigerant batches |
| 175 | DF | .~ Diverse, cascade or compound refrigeration-producing system |
| 176.1 | DF | .~ Humidity sensor |
| 176.2 | DF | .~.~ Having defrost control related to humidity |
| 176.3 | DF | .~.~ Controlling variable compressor capacity |
| 176.4 | DF | .~.~ Controlling gas-liguid contactor for air |
| 176.5 | DF | .~.~ Control of air heater, e.g., reheat pump |
| 176.6 | DF | .~.~ Plus air temperature sensor exerting a control |
| 177 | DF | .~ Of external fluid or means |
| 178 | DF | .~.~ Diverse control or response |
| 179 | DF | .~.~.~ Plural external fluids or means controlled |
| 180 | DF | .~.~.~ External fluid and refrigeration producer |
| 181 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Condenser cooling fluid flow |
| 182 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Sequential |
| 183 | DF | .~.~ Cooling fluid for heat rejecter, e.g., condenser |
| 184 | DF | .~.~.~ By refrigerant |
| 185 | DF | .~.~ Indirect heat transfer liquid, e.g., brine |
| 186 | DF | .~.~ Air controller or director |
| 187 | DF | .~.~.~ Damper between storage compartments |
| 188 | DF | .~.~ By lever, e.g., float-controlled valve |
| 189 | DF | .~.~ By fluid flow, e.g., check valve |
| 190 | DF | .~ Refrigeration producer |
| 191 | DF | .~.~ Of or by jet-type compressor |
| 192 | DF | .~.~ Lubrication |
| 193 | DF | .~.~.~ Of or by compressor |
| 194 | DF | .~.~.~ Lubricant aspirator in evaporator liquid level control chamber |
| 195 | DF | .~.~ Impurity removal |
| 196.1 | DF | .~.~ Bypass, e.g., compressor unloading |
| 196.2 | DF | .~.~.~ For plural compressor cylinders |
| 196.3 | DF | .~.~.~ Direct bypass of compressor |
| 196.4 | DF | .~.~.~ Condensor bypass |
| 197 | DF | .~.~.~ Of expansion zone |
| 198 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Of serially arranged evaporator |
| 199 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Through an evaporator, i.e., parallel |
| 200 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Individual flow controllers and sensors |
| 201 | DF | .~.~ By external cooled liquid or holdover |
| 202 | DF | .~.~ Including external thermal source modifying sensor action |
| 203 | DF | .~.~ Plural refrigerating producing elements and plural sensors |
| 204 | DF | .~.~.~ Including expansion valve or variable restrictor |
| 205 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Plural variable restrictors in flow line |
| 206 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ High and low side |
| 207 | DF | .~.~ Diverse function refrigeration elements controlled by single sensor |
| 208 | DF | .~.~ Single refrigeration producer controlled by plural sensors |
| 209 | DF | .~.~.~ Compensating or modifying |
| 210 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Expansion valve or variable restrictor |
| 211 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ External condition sensor |
| 212 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Plural sensors at low side |
| 213 | DF | .~.~.~ Alternative or selective sensors |
| 214 | DF | .~.~ Single sensor mounted or formed to respond to plural conditions, e.g., compensators |
| 215 | DF | .~.~.~ Controlling compressor or its drive, e.g., torque or speed |
| 216 | DF | .~.~ Of or by evaporation zone |
| 217 | DF | .~.~.~ Back flow or pressure regulator |
| 218 | DF | .~.~.~ Valve or restrictor by liquid lever |
| 219 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Low side float |
| 220 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Float chamber at suction line |
| 221 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~.~ Valve isolated from float chamber |
| 222 | DF | .~.~.~ Of expansion valve or variable restrictor |
| 223 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By external condition |
| 224 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By condition at low side |
| 225 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ At or beyond evaporator outlet, i.e., superheat |
| 226 | DF | .~.~.~ Compressor or its drive controlled |
| 227 | DF | .~.~.~.~ By conducted evaporator temperature |
| 228.1 | DF | .~.~ Compressor or its drive controlled |
| 228.2 | DF | .~.~.~ For ice or ice cream maker |
| 228.3 | DF | .~.~.~ By refrigerant pressure |
| 228.4 | DF | .~.~.~ By variable speed motor or pulley type mechanism |
| 228.5 | DF | .~.~.~ By variable compressor output, e.g., unloading, staging, etc. |
| 229 | DF | .~.~.~ By external cooled gas |
| 230 | DF | .~.~.~ By condition of power source |
| 231 | DF | TIME OR PROGRAM ACTUATOR |
| 232 | DF | .~ Closed system sorbent type |
| 233 | DF | .~ Congelation product maker |
| 234 | DF | .~ Defrosting |
| 235 | DF | RINK |
| 235.1 | DF | UTILIZING SOLAR ENERGY |
| 236 | DF | WITH ALTERNATELY USABLE ENERGY SOURCES |
| 237 | DF | SEPARABLE AMBULANT COOLED ENCLOSURE AND POWER OR COOLING SOURCE |
| 238.1 | DF | DISPARATE APPARATUS UTILIZED AS HEAT SOURCE OR ABSORBER |
| 238.2 | DF | .~ With vortex tube, thermoelectric, Stirling or air cycle |
| 238.3 | DF | .~ With sorption |
| 238.4 | DF | .~ With power vapor generator |
| 238.5 | DF | .~ With distillation, ice maker, or freeze separation |
| 238.6 | DF | .~ With vapor compression system |
| 238.7 | DF | .~.~ Reversible, i.e., heat pump |
| 239 | DF | WITH VEHICLE FEATURE |
| 240 | DF | .~ Ship |
| 241 | DF | .~ Utilizing motion of vehicle |
| 242 | DF | .~.~ Axle drive |
| 243 | DF | .~ Vehicle contained common power supply |
| 244 | DF | .~ Occupant-type vehicle |
| 245 | DF | .~ Melt control |
| 246 | DF | DISPLAY TYPE |
| 247 | DF | .~ With means dispersing or evaporating liquid into atmosphere |
| 248 | DF | .~ Means removing or preventing condensate on transparent panel |
| 249 | DF | .~ With feature extraneous to cabinet or cooler |
| 250 | DF | .~ With material conveyer or transporter, e.g., for ice or goods |
| 251 | DF | .~ Stepped, e.g., shelves |
| 252 | DF | .~ Plural storage compartments |
| 253 | DF | .~.~ Formed by hollow imperforate cooled partition |
| 254 | DF | .~.~ Including nondisplay storage compartment |
| 255 | DF | .~ With air controlling or directing means |
| 256 | DF | .~.~ Spaced elongated air inlet and outlet type, e.g., air curtain |
| 257 | DF | .~ Bottom cooling means, e.g., cooled floor |
| 258 | DF | WITH MEANS FORMING NON-COOLED WORK SURFACE, E.G., COUNTER, TABLE, SIDEBOARD |
| 259.1 | DF | STRUCTURAL INSTALLATION |
| 259.2 | DF | .~ With electrical component cooling |
| 259.3 | DF | .~ With body applicator |
| 259.4 | DF | .~ With evaporative type cooler |
| 260 | DF | .~ Geographic, e.g., subterranean feature |
| 261 | DF | .~ Article of furniture, e.g., bed cover or canopy |
| 262 | DF | .~ Window connected or mounted |
| 263 | DF | .~ Vertical partition or wall mounting feature |
| 264 | DF | WITH ILLUMINATING OR RADIANT ENERGY MEANS |
| 265 | DF | COMPARTMENT ACCESS OR USE AND AIR BLOCKING |
| 266 | DF | .~ Including article conveyer or transporter |
| 267 | DF | INTERLOCKED DIVERSE FUNCTION ELEMENTS |
| 268 | DF | VACUUMIZED CHAMBER WITH OPEN VAPOR OR GAS OUTLET |
| 269 | DF | .~ Including sorbent agent |
| 270 | DF | .~ System, i.e., multiple treating or fluid handling means |
| 271 | DF | ATMOSPHERE AND SORBENT CONTACTING TYPE |
| 272 | DF | WITH MEANS PREVENTING OR HANDLING ATMOSPHERIC CONDENSATE RELATIVE TO HEAT ABSORBER |
| 273 | DF | .~ Operating on insulation, e.g., vent to refrigerated compartment |
| 274 | DF | .~ With means to add moisture to cooled space |
| 275 | DF | .~ By external heater |
| 276 | DF | .~.~ Heating principal heat absorber, e.g., evaporator |
| 277 | DF | .~ Means utilizing heat developed by refrigeration producer |
| 278 | DF | .~.~ Bypassing or reversing internal fluid flow |
| 279 | DF | .~.~ Means conducting atmospheric condensate to heat rejecter |
| 280 | DF | .~.~.~ Pump or thrower for condensate |
| 281 | DF | .~ With porous or foraminous atmospheric condensate receiver |
| 282 | DF | .~ Means contacting heat absorber with fluid strange to system |
| 283 | DF | .~ Moisture condensing means distinct from principal heat absorber |
| 284 | DF | .~ Wiper or scraper |
| 285 | DF | .~ Retainer or flow director for atmospheric condensate |
| 286 | DF | .~.~ Adjustable position or selectively usable |
| 287 | DF | .~.~ Wetted inner surface type refrigerator |
| 288 | DF | .~.~ With flow director directing condensate to retainer |
| 289 | DF | .~.~.~ Retainer exterior of refrigerated space |
| 290 | DF | .~.~ Plural distinct flow directors acting in parallel |
| 291 | DF | .~.~ Condensate retainer |
| 292 | DF | WITH MEANS FOR CHARGING CLOSED REFRIGERATION PRODUCING SYSTEM |
| 293 | DF | HAND MANIPULABLE TOOL |
| 294 | DF | CONTAINER CUTTER OR PUNCH-TYPE OPENING MEANS |
| 295 | DF | RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED POWER AND/OR HEAT REJECTING ELEMENT |
| 296 | DF | MUFFLER OR SOUND DAMPENER |
| 297 | DF | EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR REFRIGERATOR HOUSING |
| 298 | DF | WITH REPAIR, ASSEMBLY OR DISASSEMBLY MEANS |
| 299 | DF | .~ Detachable valve and coupling |
| 300 | DF | .~ Means releasing mold from support |
| 301 | DF | .~.~ With grid or cube release means |
| 302 | DF | .~ Sliding or rolling on guide means |
| 303 | DF | WITH CLEANING MEANS FOR APPARATUS |
| 304 | DF | MATERIAL COOLING MEANS INCLUDING GAS-LIQUID CONTACTOR |
| 305 | DF | .~ Cooling heat rejector of refrigeration producer |
| 306 | DF | .~ Means feeding gas into pressurized receiver |
| 307 | DF | .~ Submerged gas inlet |
| 308 | DF | .~.~ Drop tube type |
| 309 | DF | .~ Gas recirculated relative to enclosure |
| 310 | DF | .~ Fluid recirculating means |
| 311 | DF | .~ Diverse treating means |
| 312 | DF | .~.~ Ice holder and ice melt-gas contactor |
| 313 | DF | .~.~.~ Elongated vertical passage for melt and air |
| 314 | DF | .~ With gas forcing or directing means |
| 315 | DF | .~ Porous wall liquid container or flow line |
| 316 | DF | .~ Porous cover member |
| 317 | DF | WITH SEPARATOR-CLARIFIER FOR COOLED FLUID OR ICE-MELT |
| 318 | DF | .~ For liquid |
| 319 | DF | .~.~ Isolated from coolant |
| 320 | DF | WITH COMMINUTOR OR CUTTER |
| 321 | DF | .~ Including means utilizing product |
| 322 | DF | DISPARATE SERIALLY ARRANGED PRODUCT TREATING APPARATUS |
| 323.1 | DF | WITH INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE |
| 323.2 | DF | .~ With cooling apparatus other than gas compressor |
| 323.3 | DF | .~ With electrical motor drive |
| 323.4 | DF | .~ With clutch or variable speed transmission controlling compressor drive |
| 324.1 | DF | REVERSIBLE, I.E., HEAT PUMP |
| 324.2 | DF | .~ With cooling apparatus other than gas compressor |
| 324.3 | DF | .~ With product treatment |
| 324.4 | DF | .~ With refrigerant collection and intermittent discharge |
| 324.5 | DF | .~ With atmospheric condensate removal or prevention |
| 324.6 | DF | .~ With flow control or compressor details |
| 325 | DF | .~ External fluid flow reversed |
| 326 | DF | CONVERTIBLE |
| 327 | DF | .~ Storable or variable capacity ice bunker |
| 328 | DF | .~.~ Bunker wall movable to chamber wall |
| 329 | DF | .~ Movable partition within cooled compartment |
| 330 | DF | WITH REFRIGERANT OR COOLANT MANUFACTURING MEANS |
| 331 | DF | COMBINED |
| 332 | DF | DIVERSE SYSTEMS, E.G., ICE AND MECHANICAL |
| 333 | DF | .~ Primary and secondary dependent circuits |
| 334 | DF | .~.~ Secondary evaporator contacting inner liner, e.g., two zone cold wall |
| 335 | DF | PLURAL PAIRED DIFFERENT FUNCTION REFRIGERATION PRODUCING ELEMENTS, E.G., CASCADE |
| 336 | DF | MATERIAL HANDLERS OF DIVERSE TYPES |
| 337 | DF | COOLED ARTICLE STORAGE COMPARTMENT AND COOLED ISOLATED MATERIAL HANDLER |
| 338 | DF | .~ Liquid container or flow line within cooled enclosure |
| 339 | DF | .~.~ Including inlet flow line connection |
| 340 | DF | MEANS PRODUCING SHAPED OR MODIFIED CONGEALED PRODUCT |
| 341 | DF | .~ With article press means |
| 342 | DF | .~ With means for working congealing material, e.g., beater |
| 343 | DF | .~.~ Diverse blades |
| 344 | DF | .~ With product receiving and storing means |
| 345 | DF | .~ Freezing surface mounted for movement during freezing |
| 346 | DF | .~.~ Drum |
| 347 | DF | .~ With raw material projector, e.g., spray |
| 348 | DF | .~ With means to precool or recirculate raw material |
| 349 | DF | .~ Thawing means |
| 350 | DF | .~.~ Attached to hand-manipulable mold |
| 351 | DF | .~.~ Electrical heater |
| 352 | DF | .~.~ Means using refrigerant or coolant as heating fluid |
| 353 | DF | .~ Heat absorber with product remover |
| 354 | DF | .~.~ Moving scraper |
| 356 | DF | .~ Mold with means to absorb heat, e.g., brine tank |
| 371 | DF | PORTABLE, COMMODITY-CONTAINING |
| 372 | DF | .~ Mutually supported commodity and solid coolant |
| 373 | DF | LIQUID CONTACTING DISCRETE COMMODITY |
| 374 | DF | .~ With article conveyer or transporter |
| 375 | DF | .~.~ With liquid recirculating means |
| 376 | DF | .~ With liquid recirculating means |
| 377 | DF | ARTICLE HOLDER MOUNTED ON DOOR OR PIVOTED PARTITION |
| 378 | DF | ARTICLE MOVING MEANS |
| 379 | DF | .~ Solid refrigerant |
| 380 | DF | .~ Continuous longitudinal-type conveyor |
| 381 | DF | .~ Rotary about fixed axis, e.g., rotary shelf or scraper |
| 382 | DF | .~ Drawer, tray or track-guided type; horizontally movable |
| 383 | DF | MOVABLE THERMAL MEANS VARYING HEAT TRANSMISSION |
| 384 | DF | COOLER UTILIZING SOLIDIFIED GAS |
| 385 | DF | .~ Sublimed gas entering insulation or within hollow wall |
| 386 | DF | .~ Means cooling withdrawable liquid |
| 387 | DF | .~ External as circulator or director |
| 388 | DF | .~ Means dispersing sublimed gas into cooled enclosure |
| 389 | DF | WITHDRAWABLE LIQUID, E.G., DISPENSER |
| 390 | DF | .~ With plural liquid outlets or sources, e.g., distributing system |
| 391 | DF | .~ With withdrawn liquid receiver |
| 392 | DF | .~ With agitator for withdrawable liquid |
| 393 | DF | .~ With intermediate indirect heat transfer fluid container or conductor |
| 394 | DF | .~ Refrigerant evaporator surrounding or within a container |
| 395 | DF | .~.~ Between cooled liquid container and insulation |
| 396 | DF | .~ In indirect heat exchanging relationship to coolant |
| 397 | DF | .~.~ Barometric feed-type liquid container |
| 398 | DF | .~.~ Cooled liquid container supporting ice |
| 399 | DF | .~.~ Helical or spiral coil |
| 400 | DF | .~.~ Ice holder and cooled liquid container concentrically nested |
| 401 | DF | AIR COMPRESSOR, COOLER AND EXPANDER TYPE |
| 402 | DF | .~ Motor-type expander |
| 403 | DF | .~.~ Reciprocating element-type motor, e.g., piston |
| 404 | DF | GAS CONTROLLER OR DIRECTOR |
| 405 | DF | .~ Isolated gas compartment, e.g., cold air jacket |
| 406 | DF | .~ Gas passage over or through indirect heat-transfer container or holdover |
| 407 | DF | .~ Cooled gas directed relative to cooled enclosure |
| 408 | DF | .~.~ With adjustable gas flow controller |
| 409 | DF | .~.~.~ For exterior port |
| 410 | DF | .~.~ Exterior port, i.e., ventilating |
| 411 | DF | .~.~.~ With additional means causing flow, e.g., blower |
| 412 | DF | .~.~.~ Inlet and outlet ports |
| 413 | DF | .~.~ Means verging gas streams within storage space |
| 414 | DF | .~.~.~ Gas flow forcing means |
| 415 | DF | .~.~.~ Space cooler units in separate streams |
| 416 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Above storage space and adjacent opposed walls |
| 417 | DF | .~.~ With imperforate partition forming storage compartments |
| 418 | DF | .~.~ Foraminous gas distributor flow connected to cooler unit |
| 419 | DF | .~.~ Gas forcing means |
| 420 | DF | .~.~ Directed relative to ice container |
| 421 | DF | .~.~.~ Foraminous wall or bottom ice container |
| 422 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Melt collector over storage space |
| 423 | DF | .~.~.~.~.~ Storage space along container side |
| 424 | DF | .~.~.~ Gas flow passage means under ice container |
| 425 | DF | .~ Gas flow through ice compartment contacting ice |
| 426 | DF | .~ Gas forcing means, e.g., cooler unit |
| 427 | DF | .~.~ Plural gas inlets, e.g., recirculated and fresh air |
| 428 | DF | .~.~ Means directing gas over heat rejector |
| 429 | DF | .~.~.~ Unitarily driven plural blowers |
| 430 | DF | INTERMEDIATE FLUID CONTAINER TRANSFERRING HEAT TO HEAT ABSORBER OR HOLDOVER |
| 431 | DF | .~ Side-by-side or superimposed cooled compartments |
| 432 | DF | .~.~ Different temperature arrangements |
| 433 | DF | .~.~ With top access to each compartment, e.g., ice cream cans |
| 434 | DF | .~ Flow line connected transfer fluid supply and heat exchanger |
| 435 | DF | .~ With indirect fluid pump or agitator |
| 436 | DF | .~ Connected distinct sections for indirect fluid |
| 437 | DF | .~ Non-liquid heat accumulator |
| 438 | DF | .~ Forming cooled storage compartment |
| 439 | DF | .~ Unitary jacket surrounding coolant line |
| 440 | DF | COOLED ENCLOSURE |
| 441 | DF | .~ Plural cooled compartments |
| 442 | DF | .~.~ Coolers in parallel for plural compartments |
| 443 | DF | .~.~ Cooler integral with or forming dividing wall |
| 444 | DF | .~.~.~ Exterior wall |
| 445 | DF | .~.~.~ With non-dividing cooler |
| 446 | DF | .~.~.~ Forms plural sides of a storage compartment |
| 447 | DF | .~.~ Insulating dividing wall |
| 448 | DF | .~ Movable unit of refrigeration producing assembly |
| 449 | DF | .~.~ Unit includes movable wall section, e.g., door |
| 450 | DF | .~.~.~ Unit includes condenser fan |
| 451 | DF | .~ Flowing coolant container covered by insulation means or within hollow wall of enclosure |
| 452 | DF | .~ With heat rejecting element enclosure or cooling feature |
| 453 | DF | .~.~ Heat rejector contacting enclosure wall |
| 454 | DF | .~.~ With ventilation means therefor |
| 455 | DF | .~.~.~ Forced circulation |
| 456 | DF | .~.~.~ Vertical flue venting bottom compartment |
| 457.1 | DF | .~ Portable receptacle |
| 457.2 | DF | .~.~ With holdover material |
| 457.3 | DF | .~.~.~ Drinking container |
| 457.4 | DF | .~.~.~ For beverage receptacle |
| 457.5 | DF | .~.~.~.~ For multiple receptacles |
| 457.6 | DF | .~.~ Cooled serving dish |
| 457.7 | DF | .~.~ Picnic/lunch box type cooler |
| 457.8 | DF | .~.~ Wine server/cooler |
| 457.9 | DF | .~.~ Cooled by means other than ice (e.g., mechanical, electrical, absorption, cryogenic, etc.) |
| 458 | DF | .~ Access surface open to atmosphere |
| 459 | DF | .~ Ice support, e.g., container |
| 460 | DF | .~.~ Flowing ice melt heat exchanger within cooled enclosure |
| 461 | DF | .~.~.~ Lateral ice melt distributor |
| 462 | DF | .~.~ Valve or trap within ice melt flow line |
| 463 | DF | .~.~ Partially surrounding storage compartment |
| 464 | DF | .~.~ Top access to ice compartment |
| 465 | DF | .~ With particular internal element support |
| 466 | DF | .~.~ Resilient |
| 467 | DF | REFRIGERATION PRODUCER |
| 468 | DF | .~ With lubricant handling means |
| 469 | DF | .~.~ Of unitary motor-compressor in casing |
| 470 | DF | .~.~ Lubricant separator |
| 471 | DF | .~.~.~ At evaporator or evaporator-discharge line |
| 472 | DF | .~.~.~.~ With lubricant heating means |
| 473 | DF | .~.~.~ At condenser or receiver |
| 474 | DF | .~ With refrigerant treater |
| 475 | DF | .~.~ Means for discharging impurity from system |
| 476 | DF | .~ Sorbent type |
| 477 | DF | .~.~ Absorber-still, e.g., intermittent |
| 478 | DF | .~.~.~ Evaporator-condenser unit |
| 479 | DF | .~.~.~ With means returning sorbent from evaporator |
| 480 | DF | .~.~.~ With solid sorbent |
| 481 | DF | .~.~.~ With sorber-generator cooling means |
| 482 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Internal liquid flow to external cooler |
| 483 | DF | .~.~ Pump means forcing gas or vapor relative to sorber |
| 484 | DF | .~.~ Vapor-liquid contact in reabsorber forming liquid refrigerant |
| 485 | DF | .~.~ Means causing cooling fluid contact with sorber and/or condenser |
| 486 | DF | .~.~ Means cooling liquid refrigerant flow line to evaporator |
| 487 | DF | .~.~ Internally generated pressure or capillary means moving sorption liquor |
| 488 | DF | .~.~.~ Transfer vessel, e.g., liquid trap |
| 489 | DF | .~.~ Means attempering flow line between sorber and generator |
| 490 | DF | .~.~ Inert gas |
| 491 | DF | .~.~.~ Gas-liquid contactor within inert gas circuit |
| 492 | DF | .~.~.~.~ In evaporator |
| 493 | DF | .~.~.~ Means cooling inert gas flow line from sorber to evaporator |
| 494 | DF | .~.~ Particular gas-liquid contact in sorber |
| 495 | DF | .~.~ Sorbent vapor separator between generator and condenser |
| 496 | DF | .~.~.~ Submerged gas-liquid contact means |
| 497 | DF | .~.~ With means to enhance separations in generator |
| 498 | DF | .~ Compressor-condenser-evaporator circuit |
| 499 | DF | .~.~ Unitarily movable connected units |
| 500 | DF | .~.~ Jet powered by circuit fluid |
| 501 | DF | .~.~ External fluid actuates compressor and exchanges heat |
| 502 | DF | .~.~ Diverse fluids |
| 503 | DF | .~.~ With liquid trap or disperser in suction line |
| 504 | DF | .~.~ Means to apportion refrigerant to evaporator |
| 505 | DF | .~.~ Cooling motor and/or compressor by refrigerant |
| 506 | DF | .~.~ External cooling fluid contacts heat rejector |
| 507 | DF | .~.~.~ Air cooled |
| 508 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Motor-compressor in common housing |
| 509 | DF | .~.~ Condensed liquid receiver, e.g., surge tank |
| 510 | DF | .~.~ Plural compressors or multiple effect compression |
| 511 | DF | .~.~ Fixed restrictor |
| 512 | DF | .~ Distinct vapor liquid separator and separated liquid recycle |
| 513 | DF | .~ Heat exchange between diverse function elements |
| 515 | DF | .~ Evaporator, e.g., heat exchanger |
| 516 | DF | .~.~ Enclosure forming |
| 517 | DF | .~.~.~ With closure |
| 518 | DF | .~.~.~ Surrounds inner container |
| 519 | DF | .~.~.~ Plural distinct sections or diverse zones |
| 520 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Shelf is evaporator |
| 521 | DF | .~.~.~ Shelf, shelf or receptacle support |
| 522 | DF | .~.~.~.~ Integral or attached shelf |
| 523 | DF | .~.~.~ Corrugated or embossed wall |
| 524 | DF | .~.~ Plural distinct sections |
| 525 | DF | .~.~.~ With particular flow distributor to sections |
| 526 | DF | .~.~.~ Serially connected |
| 527 | DF | .~.~ Flow controller or boiling expeditor |
| 528 | DF | .~.~.~ Adjustable controller |
| 529 | DF | REFRIGERANT OR COOLANT, STORER OR HANDLER |
| 530 | DF | .~ Envelope type |
| 531 | DF | MISCELLANEOUS |
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| CROSS REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS | ||
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| 900 | DF | Triple column |
| 901 | DF | Single column |
| 902 | DF | Apparatus |
| 903 | DF | .~ Heat exchange structure |
| 904 | DF | .~.~ Coiled heat exchanger |
| 905 | DF | .~ Column |
| 906 | DF | .~.~ Packing |
| 907 | DF | .~.~ Insulation |
| 908 | DF | .~ Filter or absorber |
| 909 | DF | .~ Regeneration |
| 910 | DF | .~ Expander |
| 911 | DF | .~ Portable |
| 912 | DF | External refrigeration system |
| 913 | DF | .~ Liquified gas |
| 914 | DF | Magnetic or electric field |
| 915 | DF | Combustion |
| 916 | DF | Explosion reduction |
| 917 | DF | Mercury |
| 918 | DF | Halocarbon |
| 919 | DF | Isotope |
| 920 | DF | Carbon monoxide |
| 921 | DF | Chlorine |
| 922 | DF | Sulfur |
| 923 | DF | Inert gas |
| 924 | DF | .~ Argon |
| 925 | DF | .~ Xenon or krypton |
| 926 | DF | Gasoline |
| 927 | DF | Natural gas from nitrogen |
| 928 | DF | Recovery of carbon dioxide |
| 929 | DF | .~ From natural gas |
| 930 | DF | .~ From nitrogen |
| 931 | DF | Recovery of hydrogen |
| 932 | DF | .~ From natural gas |
| 933 | DF | .~ From helium |
| 934 | DF | .~ From nitrogen |
| 935 | DF | Olefin |
| 936 | DF | Erickson |
| 937 | DF | Cheng |
| 938 | DF | Mehra |
| 939 | DF | Partial feed stream expansion (air) |
| 940 | DF | .~ High pressure column |
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| DIGESTS | ||
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| DIG 1 | DD | Radiant cooling |
| DIG 2 | DD | Refrigerant pumps |
| DIG 5 | DD | Aircraft cooling |
| DIG 7 | DD | Vacuum plates |
| DIG 10 | DD | Tool cooling |
| DIG 11 | DD | Hydrator receptacles |
| DIG 13 | DD | Insulation |
| DIG 16 | DD | Roof and ceiling located coolers |
| DIG 17 | DD | Condenser pressure control |
| DIG 19 | DD | Ionic Thompson effect |
| DIG 20 | DD | Materials used to prevent corrosion in refrigeration system |
| DIG 21 | DD | Evaporators where refrigerant covers heat exchange coil |
| DIG 22 | DD | Free cooling |
| DIG 23 | DD | Explosive digest |