公开(公告)号：US09945590B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US14644510

申请日：2015-03-11

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  James C. L. Guarino ,  James W. Kendall ,  Steven J. Kuehl

IPC: B03C3/12 ,  B03C3/36 ,  B03C3/45 ,  F25B39/00 ,  F24F1/06 ,  F24F1/48 ,  B01D46/00 ,  B01D46/30 ,  F25B49/00 ,  F24F1/00 ,  F24F1/38 ,  F24F1/56 ,  F24F1/10 ,  F25B39/02

CPC classification number: F25B39/00 ,  B01D46/0023 ,  B01D46/0028 ,  B01D46/0032 ,  B01D46/30 ,  F24F1/0003 ,  F24F1/06 ,  F24F1/10 ,  F24F1/38 ,  F24F1/48 ,  F24F1/56 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F25B49/00

Abstract: A split air conditioner has a cabinet with a fan and evaporator for mounting within a structure. The cabinet includes a filter or a stacked filter system positioned in the flow path between an air inlet and an air outlet for filtering contaminants from the air. Movable dampers are provided for selectively changing the airflow path to selectively bypass the filter to provide a greater or lesser degree of filtration of the air. Preferably, the filter is a high performance HEPA-like filter having substantially less pressure drop.

公开(公告)号：US09714785B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-25

申请号：US14225826

申请日：2014-03-26

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  Steven John Kuehl ,  Andrew D. Litch ,  Luiz A Lopez ,  Guolian Wu

IPC: F25D13/02 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25B1/00 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25B5/02 ,  F25D23/06

CPC classification number: F25D11/022 ,  F25B5/02 ,  F25B2600/0252 ,  F25D11/006 ,  F25D23/065 ,  F25D2400/04 ,  F25D2400/06 ,  F25D2500/02 ,  Y02B40/32

Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet; a first compartment; and a second compartment. The first compartment and the second compartment are separated by a horizontal mullion. The cabinet also typically includes a coolant system that has: a single compressor for regulating a temperature of the first compartment and a temperature of the second compartment operably connected to at least one evaporator; a shared coolant fluid connection system; and a coolant fluid spaced within the shared coolant fluid connection system used to regulate both the temperature of the first compartment and the second compartment. The compressor can provide the shared coolant at least two different pressures to at least one evaporator using the shared coolant fluid connection circuit. The ratio of the substantially steady state heat gain for the first compartment to the substantially steady state total heat gain for the overall cabinet is about 0.65:1 or greater.

公开(公告)号：US09291384B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-22

申请号：US13732478

申请日：2013-01-02

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  Guolian Wu

IPC: F25B7/00 ,  F25C5/02 ,  F25C5/08 ,  F25C5/10 ,  F25D21/06 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/02 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25C5/18

CPC classification number: F25D11/025 ,  F25B45/00 ,  F25B2500/06 ,  F25C5/182 ,  F25C5/185 ,  F25C2400/10 ,  F25D17/02 ,  F25D21/06 ,  F25D21/12 ,  F25D23/028

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a secondary cooling path for circulating liquid coolant through the refrigerator wherein the liquid coolant is cooled by the freezer compartment and wherein the liquid coolant cools the ice maker and the ice bin as the liquid coolant circulates through the secondary cooling path. A pump is positioned along the secondary cooling path for pumping the liquid coolant through the secondary cooling path. A tube having a first end proximate the pump and an opposite end exposed to atmosphere may control suction pressure associated with the pump. The refrigerator reduces frost build up through configuration of the secondary cooling path or performing ice harvesting operations which melt frost. The secondary cooling path may be used to provide for circulating hot liquid. The secondary cooling path may be used to provide for circulating liquid coolant during a power outage.

公开(公告)号：US20150354871A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-10

申请号：US14644510

申请日：2015-03-11

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  James C.L. Guarino ,  James W. Kendall ,  Steven J. Kuehl

IPC: F25B39/00 ,  B01D46/30 ,  F25B49/00 ,  B01D46/00

CPC classification number: F25B39/00 ,  B01D46/0023 ,  B01D46/0028 ,  B01D46/0032 ,  B01D46/30 ,  F24F1/0003 ,  F24F1/06 ,  F24F1/10 ,  F24F1/38 ,  F24F1/48 ,  F24F1/56 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F25B49/00

Abstract: A split air conditioner has a cabinet with a fan and evaporator for mounting within a structure. The cabinet includes a filter or a stacked filter system positioned in the flow path between an air inlet and an air outlet for filtering contaminants from the air. Movable dampers are provided for selectively changing the airflow path to selectively bypass the filter to provide a greater or lesser degree of filtration of the air. Preferably, the filter is a high performance HEPA-like filter having substantially less pressure drop .

Abstract translation: 分体式空调具有带有风扇和蒸发器的机柜，用于安装在结构内。 机柜包括一个位于空气入口和空气出口之间的流动路径中的过滤器或堆叠的过滤器系统，用于过滤空气中的污染物。 提供可移动阻尼器，用于选择性地改变气流路径以选择性地绕过过滤器，以提供或多或少程度的空气过滤。 优选地，过滤器是具有基本上较小的压降的高性能HEPA样过滤器。

公开(公告)号：US09970667B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US14265896

申请日：2014-04-30

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  Steven J. Kuehl ,  Guolian Wu

IPC: F25B7/00 ,  F24F3/06 ,  F25B5/02 ,  F25B41/06 ,  F25B41/00 ,  F25B1/00 ,  F25B49/02 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F24F1/00 ,  F24F5/00 ,  F25B41/04 ,  F25B6/02 ,  F24F11/00

CPC classification number: F24F3/065 ,  F24F1/0003 ,  F24F5/0096 ,  F24F11/30 ,  F24F2120/10 ,  F25B1/005 ,  F25B5/02 ,  F25B6/02 ,  F25B41/00 ,  F25B41/043 ,  F25B41/062 ,  F25B49/02 ,  F25B2400/06 ,  F25B2400/077 ,  F25B2600/21 ,  F25B2600/2511 ,  F25B2600/2515 ,  F25B2700/02 ,  F25B2700/135 ,  F25B2700/2104 ,  F25B2700/2115 ,  F25B2700/2117 ,  F25D17/06

Abstract: A high-efficiency air conditioning system for conditioning a plurality of zones within an interior of a building that includes: at least two independent ductwork systems within a building wherein each independent ductwork system directs heating and cooling to one zone within the building; a single outdoor unit a refrigerant flow pathway having a common refrigerant flow path portion, a first divergent flow path, and a second divergent flow path; at least one throttling device and at least a first indoor air handling unit providing cooling to a first independent ductwork system and a second indoor air handling unit providing cooling to a second indoor ductwork system. The compressor is incapable of simultaneously supplying both the first evaporator and the second evaporator at their full cooling capacity.

公开(公告)号：US09759438B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US14711173

申请日：2015-05-13

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  James C. L. Guarino ,  James W. Kendall ,  Steven J. Kuehl

IPC: B03C3/12 ,  B03C3/36 ,  B03C3/45 ,  F24F3/16 ,  F24F13/28 ,  F24F1/00 ,  F24F11/00

CPC classification number: F24F3/1603 ,  F24F1/0007 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F13/28 ,  F24F2003/1614 ,  F24F2110/64 ,  F24F2110/70 ,  F24F2110/72 ,  Y02A50/21 ,  Y02A50/243 ,  Y02A50/25 ,  Y10T29/49361

Abstract: A split air conditioner has a cabinet with a fan and evaporator for mounting within a structure. The cabinet includes one or more movable dampers or movable filters positioned in the flow path between the air inlet and the outlet for selectively filtering contaminants from the air to provide a greater or lesser degree of filtration of the air. The movable filters include sliding and/or pivot mounting structure which may accommodate stacking multiple filters with different filtering characteristics. The system may operate in a filtering only mode with no cooling, a cooling only mode with no filtering, or a combination of cooling and selective filtering.

公开(公告)号：US09731234B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-15

申请号：US14095204

申请日：2013-12-03

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  Kirk W. Goodwin ,  Timothy A. Kee ,  James W. Kendall ,  Steven John Kuehl ,  Verne H. Myers ,  Ginger Elayne Patera ,  Mark M. Senninger

IPC: B01D27/02 ,  C02F1/28 ,  B01D35/30 ,  C02F1/00 ,  B01D15/10 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/68 ,  C02F5/10 ,  C02F101/20 ,  C02F101/30 ,  C02F101/32

CPC classification number: B01D35/30 ,  B01D15/10 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F1/003 ,  C02F1/281 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/68 ,  C02F5/10 ,  C02F2101/20 ,  C02F2101/306 ,  C02F2101/322 ,  C02F2303/185 ,  C02F2307/04

Abstract: A liquid (water) pitcher that includes a pitcher having a liquid receiving aperture configured to allow a liquid (water) to be delivered into an interior liquid storage volume defined by at least one upwardly extending wall extending upward from a base and a liquid (water) filter positioned within the pitcher that includes a filter housing and at least one gravity-driven fluid treatment medium within the filter housing where the filter housing has a plurality of fluid intake apertures and at least one treated fluid outlet configured to deliver treated fluid into an internal volume of a vessel wherein the at least one fluid filtering medium treats the liquid at a rate of at least about one liter per minute while removing at least chlorine odor and chlorine taste components from the liquid (water).

公开(公告)号：US09550138B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-24

申请号：US14095237

申请日：2013-12-03

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Scott Hugh Bradford ,  Marco Casucci ,  David P. Cooper ,  Nihat O. Cur ,  Beth M. Jackson ,  Timothy A. Kee ,  James W. Kendall ,  Italo Renzo Menegon ,  Verne H. Myers ,  Ginger Elayne Patera ,  Mark M. Senninger ,  Gordon Jay Stannis ,  Sara Manfredini-Taube ,  Torsten Rickard Mathias-Tingstrom ,  Joel Graham Vanfaasen

IPC: B01D35/30 ,  B01D15/10 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F1/28 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/68 ,  C02F5/10 ,  C02F101/20 ,  C02F101/30 ,  C02F101/32

CPC classification number: B01D35/30 ,  B01D15/10 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F1/003 ,  C02F1/281 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/68 ,  C02F5/10 ,  C02F2101/20 ,  C02F2101/306 ,  C02F2101/322 ,  C02F2303/185 ,  C02F2307/04

Abstract: A gravity-driven fluid filtering system that includes a universal fluid (typically water) filter and a plurality of differently sized fluid dispensing adapters. The universal fluid filter includes: at least one gravity-driven fluid filter media; a housing having an interior and at least one fluid inlet aperture configured to allow a fluid to be treated to enter the interior of the housing by a force of gravity and into contact with the at least one gravity-driven water filter media spaced within the interior of the housing; and at least one treated fluid outlet aperture configured to deliver treated fluid to at least one of a plurality vessels each having a differently sized fluid receiving aperture. The plurality of differently sized fluid dispensing adapters each having a sloped and contoured fluid receiving portion, which is different for each adapter.

Abstract translation: 重力驱动的流体过滤系统，其包括通用流体（通常为水）过滤器和多个不同尺寸的流体分配适配器。 通用流体过滤器包括：至少一个重力驱动的流体过滤介质; 壳体，其具有内部和至少一个流体入口孔，所述至少一个流体入口孔被配置成允许待处理的流体通过重力进入所述壳体的内部并与所述内部间隔开的所述至少一个重力驱动的水过滤介质接触 的住房; 以及至少一个经处理的流体出口孔，其构造成将经处理的流体输送到多个容器中的至少一个，每个容器具有不同尺寸的流体接收孔。 多个不同尺寸的流体分配适配器各自具有倾斜和轮廓的流体接收部分，其对于每个适配器是不同的。

公开(公告)号：US20150354874A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-10

申请号：US14711173

申请日：2015-05-13

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. Cur ,  James C.L. Guarino ,  James W. Kendall ,  Steven J. Kuehl

IPC: F25B39/00 ,  B23P15/26 ,  F25B49/00

CPC classification number: F24F3/1603 ,  F24F1/0007 ,  F24F11/65 ,  F24F13/28 ,  F24F2003/1614 ,  F24F2110/64 ,  F24F2110/70 ,  F24F2110/72 ,  Y02A50/21 ,  Y02A50/243 ,  Y02A50/25 ,  Y10T29/49361

Abstract: A split air conditioner has a cabinet with a fan and evaporator for mounting within a structure. The cabinet includes one or more movable dampers or movable filters positioned in the flow path between the air inlet and the outlet for selectively filtering contaminants from the air to provide a greater or lesser degree of filtration of the air. The movable filters include sliding and/or pivot mounting structure which may accommodate stacking multiple filters with different filtering characteristics. The system may operate in a filtering only mode with no cooling, a cooling only mode with no filtering, or a combination of cooling and selective filtering.

Abstract translation: 分体式空调具有带有风扇和蒸发器的机柜，用于安装在结构内。 机柜包括位于空气入口和出口之间的流动路径中的一个或多个可移动阻尼器或可移动过滤器，用于选择性地从空气中过滤污染物以提供或多或少程度的空气过滤。 可移动过滤器包括滑动和/或枢转安装结构，其可以适应堆叠具有不同过滤特性的多个过滤器。 该系统可以仅在无过滤的过滤操作模式下运行，无过滤的冷却模式或冷却和选择性过滤的组合。

公开(公告)号：US20150013829A1

公开(公告)日：2015-01-15

申请号：US13940950

申请日：2013-07-12

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Steven J. Kuehl ,  Nihat O. Cur

IPC: F17C5/06

CPC classification number: F17C5/06 ,  F17C2221/033 ,  F17C2225/0123 ,  F17C2225/036 ,  F17C2227/0157 ,  F17C2227/0164 ,  F17C2260/025 ,  F17C2265/065 ,  F17C2270/0178 ,  F17C2270/07

Abstract: A multi-stage home refueling appliance and method supplying compressed natural gas from a utility natural gas supply. The multi-stage home refueling appliance includes a first compressing stage having a first stage inlet fluidly coupled to the supply of natural gas and a first stage outlet, a second compressing stage having a second stage inlet fluidly coupled to the first stage outlet and a second stage outlet and a vehicle refueling dispenser fluidly coupled to the second stage outlet and configured to be selectively fluidly coupled to a storage tank of a vehicle.

Abstract translation: 一种多级家用加油装置和从公用事业天然气供应提供压缩天然气的方法。 多级家用加油装置包括具有流体耦合到天然气供应的第一级入口和第一级出口的第一压缩级，具有流体耦合到第一级出口的第二级入口的第二压缩级和第二级入口 并且配置为选择性地流体地联接到车辆的储存罐。