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Christopher Heil, Liberty, MO US
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| 20110071414 | ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING APPLICATIONS AND DISPLAY - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing healthcare environments are provided. In embodiments, a first waveform tracing for data received from one or more medical devices for a first individual is displayed. A second waveform tracing for data received from one or more medical devices for a second individual is displayed. In response to the determination to hide the first waveform tracing, only displaying the second waveform tracing. | 03-24-2011 |
Daniel P. Heil, Savannah, MO US
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| 20090035984 | BATTERY CONNECTOR - A device for electrically connecting a plurality of batteries includes a member including a handle and two arms extending from the handle. The handle includes a first portion, a second portion spaced apart from the first portion, and a connector extending between the first portion and the second portion. The member also includes a contact coupled to a first of the two arms for contacting at least a portion of a battery terminal when the device is secured to a battery. The first of the two arms is configured for securing the device to a first side of a battery and a second of the two arms is configured for securing the device to a second side of the battery. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100144192 | BATTERY CONNECTOR - A device for electrically connecting a plurality of batteries includes a member including a handle and two arms extending from the handle. The handle includes a first portion, a second portion spaced apart from the first portion, and a connector extending between the first portion and the second portion. The member also includes a contact coupled to a first of the two arms for contacting at least a portion of a battery terminal when the device is secured to a battery. The first of the two arms is configured for securing the device to a first side of a battery and a second of the two arms is configured for securing the device to a second side of the battery. | 06-10-2010 |
Darren R. Heil, Peachtree City, GA US
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| 20090276250 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM TO DETERMINE COMMERCIAL AIRLINE ARRIVALS - An apparatus, a method, a system and a computer program for providing users with early and accurate information relating to a status of a particular flight. Early and accurate information relating to a status of a particular flight is provided to the user. The method includes receiving user data that includes aircraft departure information, determining inbound aircraft data based on the user data, receiving constraint status information, generating update status data based on the inbound aircraft data, outbound aircraft data and constraint status information, and sending an update status message to the user. | 11-05-2009 |
Don Heil, Lake Villa, IL US
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| 20090269717 | Angles hose connection for dental handpiece - A dental handpiece having a distal end including an attachment for assembly of a removable workpiece and a handpiece body intermediate a proximal end and the distal end. The handpiece extends in a substantially axial direction. A coupler is included having a cylinder portion and a supply-end portion, the cylinder portion being assembled into the handpiece extending in the axial direction toward the distal end. The cylinder portion includes at least one seal that interfaces with an interior of the body so as to isolate a portion of the body interior into at least one distinct chamber. The supply-end portion of the coupler extends from the proximal end of the handpiece body at an angle from the axis. The supply-end portion also includes a plurality of outlets, the at least one distinct chamber in fluid communication with one of the outlets of the plurality of outlets. | 10-29-2009 |
Donald Heil, Lake Villa, IL US
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| 20090162811 | Dental prophylaxis angle and handpiece assembly - A dental prophylaxis angle and handpiece assembly for cleaning and polishing teeth is provided. The dental prophylaxis angle is removably attached to the dental handpiece by an interlocking mechanism that includes extension locking tabs, a locking annular member, and an interlocking drive member in the handpiece. The prophy angle is securely snap-fitted onto the handpiece and locked in place so that it has minimal lateral movement. After the prophy angle has been used to treat a patient, it can be removed easily from the handpiece and disposed thereof. | 06-25-2009 |
Duane A. Heil, Arroyo Grande, CA US
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| 20110054652 | Building Construction Software and System - A method of building construction includes designing a building with software for execution on a computer such that an envelope of the building principally comprises expanded polystyrene foam panels, and the software is used to automatically generate a plan with reference numbers that identify substantially all the component pieces of the building. The software and computer are coupled to a computer aided design (CAD) program for generating computer numerical controlled (CNC) milling commands for expanded polystyrene foam panels, and a cut-list for steel reinforcing studs to fit into matching slots milled into the expanded polystyrene foam panels. At least the expanded polystyrene foam panels and matching steel reinforcing studs are marked with identifying numbers corresponding to the reference numbers. The expanded polystyrene foam panels are milled with a CNC machine and panel cutter according to CNC milling commands from the CAD program. | 03-03-2011 |
Howard Heil, Downers Grove, IL US
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| 20090050211 | Method and Apparatus For Water Surge Protection - A method and apparatus protecting a water distribution system from main breaks caused by sudden pressure spikes in the distribution system. A surge suppressor apparatus may include a surge suppressor tank. The surge suppressor tank may be a hollow, cylindrical container adapted to retain liquid. The surge suppressor apparatus may also include a tee pipe integrally formed to the suppressor tank. The tee pipe is sized so that it connects to an underground supply pipe. End caps may be integrally formed to the suppressor tank. The end caps create an airtight seal in the surge suppressor tank. | 02-26-2009 |
James R. Heil, Ann Arbor, MI US
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| 20100317120 | Multiplexed Analyses of Test Samples - The present disclosure describes methods, devices, reagents, and kits for the detection of one or more target molecules that may be present in a test sample. In one embodiment, a test sample is contacted with an aptamer that includes a tag and has a specific affinity for a target molecule. An aptamer affinity complex that includes an aptamer bound to its target molecule is allowed to form. If the test sample contains the target molecule, an aptamer affinity complex will generally form in the test sample. The aptamer affinity complex is optionally converted to an aptamer covalent complex that includes an aptamer covalently bound to its target molecule. The aptamer affinity complex (or optional aptamer covalent complex) can then be detected and/or quantified using any of a variety of methods known to one skilled in the art, including using a solid support, using mass spectrometry, and using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR). | 12-16-2010 |
James R. Heil, Denver, CO US
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| 20110065209 | Integrated Sample Preparation and Analyte Detection - A system for sample preparation and analyte detection includes a cartridge, with a fluidic channel, a waveguide, and a capture spot. The system further includes a force field generator, an imaging system, and a fluid, which includes a sample potentially containing a target analyte, first type particles, which include binding moieties specific for the target analyte and are responsive to a force field, and second type particles, which include binding moieties specific for the target analyte and are capable of generating a signal. When the sample contains the target analyte, specific binding interactions between the target analyte and binding moieties link first and second type particles via the target analyte to form multiple-particle complex capturable at a capture spot. The force field allows manipulation of the particles and multiple-particle complex such that the detected signal from the second type particles is indicative of the target analyte within the sample. | 03-17-2011 |
Jeremy Heil, Derwood, MD US
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| 20110022555 | Computer Algorithm for Automatic Allele Determination from Fluorometer Genotyping Device - The present invention provides methods and systems for an automated method of identifying allele values from data files derived from processed fluorophore emissions detected during the observation of fluorophore labeled nucleotide probes used in analyzing polymorphic DNA are provided. These methods are used in the rapid and efficient distinguishing of targeted polymorphic DNA sites without control samples. | 01-27-2011 |
Kenneth D. Heil, Marietta, GA US
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| 20090121836 | Systems and Methods for Determining Identity and Personal Assistance - Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to identification and reminding. A wireless communication device is mounted at a point of security such as a car. When a user wishes to enter or start the car, the wireless communication device detects nearby items through wireless communication. These items, which possess wireless transmitters, are compared with an internal database to determine the identity of the user. Once the identity has been determined, the user can then be reminded of missing items. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20100100486 | USER TERMINAL AND WIRELESS ITEM-BASED CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION SERVERS, SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - Credit card transaction authorization is performed using ad-hoc, short-range wireless links to obtain item identification information from items that include ad-hoc short range wireless link transmitters and that are carried by a user who is associated with a prospective credit card transaction. Authorization information for the prospective credit card transaction is generated based on the item identification information that was obtained. Location information for a wireless terminal that is associated with the user and/or Internet Protocol (IP) address information for a transaction terminal that is associated with the transaction may also be used. Related systems, devices and computer program products are also described. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100228638 | USER TERMINAL AND WIRELESS ITEM-BASED CREDIT CARD AUTHORIZATION SERVERS, SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - Credit card transaction authorization is performed using ad-hoc, short-range wireless links to obtain item identification information from items that include ad-hoc short range wireless link transmitters and that are carried by a user who is associated with a prospective credit card transaction. Authorization information for the prospective credit card transaction is generated based on the item identification information that was obtained. Location information for a wireless terminal that is associated with the user and/or Internet Protocol (IP) address information for a transaction terminal that is associated with the transaction may also be used. Related systems, devices and computer program products are also described. | 09-09-2010 |
Kenneth Dale Heil, Marietta, GA US
Matt Heil, Sherman, CT US
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| 20100260857 | Enzyme delivery systems and methods of preparation and use - This invention relates to coated digestive enzyme preparations and enzyme delivery systems and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the preparations. This invention further relates to methods of preparation and use of the systems, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations to treat persons having ADD, ADHD, autism, cystic fibrosis and other behavioral and neurological disorders. | 10-14-2010 |
Matthew Heil, Sherman, CT US
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| 20090317487 | KITS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF RHINITIS - Kits providing a combination of one or more pharmaceutical information comprising one or more agent(s) for the treatment or alleviation of symptoms commonly associated with a cold and an immunonutritional composition comprising immunonutritional agent and methods of using these kits are described. The kits provide both the pharmaceutical agent(s) and the immunonutritional agent in a convenient form for administration. The kit typically includes instruction for coordinating the administration of the pharmaceutical formulation with the administration of the immunonutritional composition. The preferred immunonutritional agents are compounds that contain a pharmaceutically acceptable form of zinc, such as zinc acetate, zinc gluconate, zinc gluconate glycine, and zinc sulfate. Preferably the kit contains multiple dosage forms containing the immunonutritional composition. In the most preferred embodiment, the immunonutritional composition is in the form of a lozenge. Suitable pharmaceutical agents include but are not limited to antihistamines, decongestants, anticholinergics, antitussives, analgesics, mucolytics, expectorants, and combinations thereof. The pharmaceutical formulations may be in any suitable dosage form, including forms which provide controlled release of the pharmaceutical agent, including immediate, sustained, modified, delayed or pulsed release pharmacokinetic mechanism or a combination thereof. The combined treatment requires administration of both the pharmaceutical formulation(s) for the treatment of symptoms commonly associated with a cold and the administration of the immunonutritional composition, which supplies nutritional support for the patient's innate immune response to the presence of infectious organisms. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100169409 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING REMOTE DATA GATHERING AND MONITORING FOR DIAGNOSING, STAGING, AND TREATMENT OF PARKINSONS DISEASE, MOVEMENT AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, AND CHRONIC PAIN - This disclosure relates to early diagnosis and assessment tools for Parkinson's disease, movement disorder, neurological disease, and/or chronic pain, designed to drive innovation and to accelerate best Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, neurological disease, and chronic pain research. The present disclosure facilitates improved access to | 07-01-2010 |
Matthew F. Heil, Duluth, GA US
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| 20100041759 | MULTI-PHASE RELEASE POTASSIUM GUAIACOLSULFONATE COMPOSITIONS - Formulations have been developed administering a guaiacolsulfonate salt, preferably potassium salt, in multi-phases. In a preferred embodiment, the formulation contains potassium guaiacolsulfonate in an immediate release (“IR”) form and a sustained or delayed release (“DR”) form and/or pulsed release (“PR”) form. In another embodiment, the potassium guaiacolsulfonate is released in a gradient, decreasing the side effects associated with rapidly elevated blood levels. In another embodiment, the drug is bound to an ion-exchange resin, which can be suspended in a liquid or incorporated into a matrix for delayed, sustained and/or pulsed release. Dosage unit forms may be tablets, gels, liquids, capsules, beads, microparticles, films or lozenges. Multi-phase delivery can also be achieved through the use of a kit that provides for dosage escalation. The formulations are useful in the treatment of one or more symptoms of coughs, colds, sinusitis and other respiratory illnesses. The formulations are also useful in the treatment or relief of fibromyalgia, pain, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100063084 | MULTI-PHASE RELEASE METHSCOPOLAMINE COMPOSITIONS - Formulations have been developed administering methscopolamine in multi-phases. In a preferred embodiment, the formulation contains methscopolamine in an immediate release. (“IR”) form and a sustained or delayed release (“DR”) form and/or poised release (“PR”) form. In another embodiment, the methscopolamine is released in a gradient, decreasing the side effects associated with rapidly elevated blood levels. In another embodiment the drug is bound to an ion-exchange resin, which can be suspended in a liquid or incorporated into a matrix for delayed, sustained and/or pulsed release. Dosage unit forms may be tablets, gels, liquids, capsules, beads, microparticles, films or lozenges. Multi-phase delivery can also be achieved through the use of a kit that provides for dosage escalation. This kit can be a blister pack or equivalent, wherein the drug is packaged so that a first dosage is taken, then sequentially larger dosages. The dosages can be the same in each unit, and instructions provided so that the correct dosage is obtained through the number of units and the time of administration or the dosages may be different, and the units ordered so dial the desired dosage administration profile is obtained when the patient takes the units in order as instructed. | 03-11-2010 |
Michael D. Heil, Scottsdale, AZ US
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| 20090322160 | LOAD CONDITION CONTROLLED POWER STRIP - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and circuit for reducing power consumption of a power strip is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a power strip is configured for reducing or eliminating power during idle mode by disengaging an outlet from power input. A power strip may include two or more outlets and two or more outlet circuits, with AC power input connected to the outlets through the outlet circuit(s), which may include a current transformer, a control circuit, and a switch. The current transformer secondary winding provides an output power level signal proportional to the outlet load. If behavior of the current transformer secondary winding indicates that the outlet is drawing substantially no power from the AC power input, the switch facilitates disengaging of the current transformer primary from the outlet. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100314949 | LOAD CONDITION CONTROLLED POWER STRIP - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and circuit for reducing power consumption of a power strip is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a power strip is configured for reducing or eliminating power during idle mode by disengaging an outlet from power input. A power strip may include two or more outlets and two or more outlet circuits, with AC power input connected to the outlets through the outlet circuit(s), which may include a current transformer, a control circuit, and a switch. The current transformer secondary winding provides an output power level signal proportional to the outlet load. If behavior of the current transformer secondary winding indicates that the outlet is drawing substantially no power from the AC power input, the switch facilitates disengaging of the current transformer primary from the outlet. | 12-16-2010 |
Philip Edward Heil, Champaign, IL US
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| 20090230222 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR APPLYING ONE OR MORE MATERIALS ON ONE OR MORE SUBSTRATES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a tube with an ingress opening to receive a liquid, and an egress opening to release the liquid, a conductor positioned in a conduit of the tube, the conductor and the conduit having dimensions to cause a surface tension of the liquid to prevent a constant flow of the liquid from the egress opening, and a power supply coupled to the conductor to apply a charge to the liquid to overcome the surface tension and form at the egress opening a single jet stream of the liquid applicable on a substrate to create a pattern. The single jet stream can be controllable in part by a viscosity of the liquid. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 09-17-2009 |
Robert Heil, Belleville, IL US
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| 20100119098 | Low handling noise vocal microphone - A handheld microphone includes a hollow cylindrical housing with a portion of a cylindrical shock mount device positioned within the top end thereof. The shock mount device incorporates an isolation band such that only the isolation band contacts the inner surface of the housing, thus dampening the external noises transmitted to the dynamic element of the microphone. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100208929 | MICROPHONE HAVING REAR PHASE REJECTION COLLECTION TUBE - A microphone includes an annular gap between the inner cylindrical housing and the outer tubular shell such that the undesired acoustical signals entering the microphone from the side and rear flow into and through the annular gap. The signals are ported through a phase reversal entrance circumferentially surrounding a magnet assembly and impact the diaphragm such that the undesired acoustical signals entering the front of the microphone are substantially cancelled out by undesired acoustical signals originating from the side and rear. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100254559 | Drum Microphone Mounting Device - A device for mounting a microphone includes an elongate coupling plate designed such that the microphone may be adjustably mounted to the plate at a desired location along the length of the coupling plate. The device also includes a clamping assembly for attaching the device to the drum. The clamping assembly is preferably pivotally attached to the coupling plate. The clamping assembly may include a pair of clamping plates to engage the counterhoop of a drum to retain the microphone on the drum. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110143820 | HEADPHONES WITH ATTACHED MICROPHONE BOOM - A headphone assembly includes a pair of earpieces, each for engagement over one ear of a user. The earpieces are coupled to ends of an arcuate headband adapted for wear on the user's head. A microphone boom for holding a microphone is retained to one of the earpieces by a housing having mating upper and lower gaskets. The gaskets have notches for retaining the microphone boom within the gaskets. | 06-16-2011 |
Robert H. Heil, Almena, WI US
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| 20100146679 | FACE SHIELD DEVICES AND METHODS - Disclosed are improved face shields that comprise a piece of flexible, liquid-impervious, transparent film that has adhered thereto an elongate strip of a liquid-absorbent material. The face shield is adapted to be held in place between the worker's forehead and the rim of a hat, for example, a baseball cap, painter's hat or surgical hat. When in place, the liquid-absorbent material contacts the forehead of the worker and helps to hold the face shield in place. In addition, the flexible liquid-absorbing member absorbs perspiration coming from the worker's forehead. The face shield cantilevers in a self-supporting manner outward and downward from the rim of the hat thereby protecting the worker's face from deposits of airborne liquid (e.g., airborne liquid such as paint, texture spray, or bodily fluids) or from airborne particulate (e.g., sanding dust). Together with the hat, the face shield of the invention provides protection for both the top of the head and the face of the worker. | 06-17-2010 |
Ron Heil, Roseville, MN US
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| 20100198283 | Automatic Orientation Determination for ECG Measurements Using Multiple Electrodes - Cardiac monitoring and/or stimulation methods and systems provide monitoring, defibrillation and/or pacing therapies. A signal processor receives a plurality of composite signals associated with a plurality of sources, separates a signal using a source separation algorithm, and identifies a cardiac signal using a selected vector. The signal processor may iteratively separate signals from the plurality of composite signals until the cardiac signal is identified. The selected vector may be updated if desired or necessary. A method of signal separation involves detecting a plurality of composite signals at a plurality of locations, separating a signal using source separation, and selecting a vector that provides a cardiac signal. The separation may include a principal component analysis and/or an independent component analysis. Vectors may be selected and updated based on changes of position and/or orientation of implanted components and changes in patient parameters such as patient condition, cardiac signal-to-noise ratio, and disease progression. | 08-05-2010 |
Ronald W. Heil, Roseville, MN US
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| 20080202940 | Electrodes With Increased Surface Area And Methods of Making - Disclosed herein, among other things, are high surface area electrodes and methods of making the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of increasing the surface area of an electrode of an implantable medical device including immersing the electrode in an electrolyte solution and oxidatively removing material from the surface of the electrode. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of increasing the surface area of an electrode of an implantable medical device including immersing the electrode in an electrolyte solution and applying an oscillating electrical potential. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of manufacturing an implantable stimulation lead including welding an electrode to a conductor and increasing the surface area of the electrode by oxidatively removing a portion of the electrode surface. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080249596 | MYOCARDIAL LEAD WITH FIXATION MECHANISM - The present invention is a myocardial lead attachment system for securing a distal end of a cardiac lead within a myocardium of a patient's heart and anchoring against an epicardium of the patient's heart. The system includes an anchor configured to advance in a first orientation and anchor against an epicardial surface in a second orientation and a tether having a proximal end and a distal end. The anchor is coupled to the distal end of the tether. The system includes a cardiac lead having a lead body, a lumen extending through the lead body, a conductive member, a proximal end, a distal end, and an electrode configured for stimulating the myocardium located at the distal end. The lead body and the lumen are configured such that the lead body can be threaded over the proximal end of the tether and slideably advanced over the tether toward the anchor during implantation. The system includes a fixation mechanism at the distal end of the cardiac lead. The fixation mechanism is adapted to collapse to a first configuration during implantation and deploy to a second configuration after implantation. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20110093026 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARDIORENAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION - An implantable cardiorenal stimulator delivers cardiorenal stimulation in response to detection of decompensation associated with heart failure. The cardiorenal stimulation includes delivering renal stimulation pulses to promote diuresis and/or natriuresis and delivering cardiac stimulation pulses to enhance the diuretic and/or natriuretic effects of the renal stimulation pulses. | 04-21-2011 |
Thomas F. Heil, Batesville, IN US
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| 20080263840 | MEMORIALIZATION CASKET - A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid closeable upon the shell, and a memorial shelf pivoted to the lid and movable to and between an extended position at which the shelf is adapted to support items of memorialization and a retracted position. | 10-30-2008 |
Timothy Hume Heil, Rochester, MN US
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| 20090150642 | Indexing Page Attributes - Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatus for increasing the number of page attributes specified by a page table while minimizing an increase in size of the page table. According to embodiments of the invention, attribute index bits may be included within a page table and may be used to determine page attributes stored within an attribute index. Additionally, embodiments of the invention provide a plurality of new page attributes. | 06-11-2009 |
Virgil O. Heil, Birmingham, MI US
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| 20110030413 | COOLER APPARATUS - A cooler apparatus is disclosed having an onboard air conditioning assembly. The apparatus may be used to retain and chill food and beverages while simultaneously functioning to cool the surrounding environment. The air conditioner assembly may include a radiator positioned on or in a wall of a housing and an exhaust fan positioned to circulate air through the radiator. A source of air may be provided to the exhaust fan by an air intake fan. Additionally, a fluid reservoir containing a coolant for the radiator may be provided that includes at least one surface positioned proximate the interior of the housing. The coolant may thus be chilled by adding a predetermined quantity of ice to the interior of the housing and the chilled coolant may then be circulated between the reservoir and the radiator by a pump. | 02-10-2011 |