Patents by Inventor Budd L. Proctor

Budd L. Proctor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4416260
    Abstract: A solar heating collector is employed in the form of a plenum constituted of the greenhouse translucent roof and a roof floor of black plastic sheeting. Hot air from the plenum is distributed by air directing means to a heat storage chamber in a charge cycle or directly to the greenhouse in a direct heat cycle. In a discharge cycle air from the greenhouse is directed through the heat storage chamber to be heated and discharged into the greenhouse. Specially designed collapsible tubes are employed in the system for distribution of exhaust air and distribution of heated air from a manifold. The heat storage chamber employs cylindrical containers of a phase change material to store solar energy and serves to support the air directing means and the aforementioned collapsible tubes to provide a central unit for providing and monitoring solar heat distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: PSI Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Budd L. Proctor