Patents by Inventor Charles R. Crawley

Charles R. Crawley 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: 4870832
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a large, open ended air collector attachment above an external heat exchanger of a standard residential air conditioner, which ducts the exhausted heat exchanger air flow into the attic of a building through a substantially vertically ascending air flow tube. The combination of the fan exhaust pressure together with adiabatic expansion of the warm air rising in the air tube produces sufficient air flow within the attic to pressure ventilate and thereby cool an average household attic, by displacing air trapped within the attic. This, in turn, reduces the heat load into the air-conditioned spaces of the house, by reducing the heat radiated from the attic spaces downward through the ceiling of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Inventor: Charles R. Crawley