Refrigeration – Automatic control – Refrigeration producer
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-28
2010-02-02
Norman, Marc E (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Automatic control
Refrigeration producer
C062S222000, C062S228100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07654098
ABSTRACT:
A system includes a scroll compressor having a first scroll member interleaved with a second scroll member to define at least two moving fluid pockets that decrease in size as they move from a radially outer position to a radially inner position. A valve in fluid communication with the compression chamber is movable between an open state allowing fluid to the compression chamber and a closed state preventing fluid to the compression chamber. A controller continuously cycles the valve between the open state and the closed state at a rate that is faster than a thermal time constant of a load on the system.
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Rejection Decision rega
Bass Mark
Caillat Jean-Luc
Pham Hung M
Singh Abtar
Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Norman Marc E
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