Patents by Inventor Harry Borders Ramey

Harry Borders Ramey 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: 4005583
    Abstract: A combination heat pump and low temperature solar heat collector includes a compressor and lines having a restrictor for forming vapor and condensate sections. The collector comprises containers for liquid, which may be water, mixed with substances for lowering the freezing point and for darkening the liquid or for influencing the heat conductivity. The heat pump has a reversing valve to convert the evaporator tubes, winter setting, to condenser tubes, summer setting. Solar radiation or ambient air restores heat to the cooled water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Inventor: Harry Borders Ramey
  • Patent number: 3991938
    Abstract: A combination heat pump and solar heat absorber includes an outside conduit acting as an evaporator and heat absorber in cold weather and as a condenser and heat dissipator in warm weather. The heat absorber is exposed to the sun, and a spray device enables the heat absorber to freeze a sheet of ice and further cool the ice so that ice also absorbes heat from the atmosphere and is then melted by the sun's rays. The melted material is further heated and returned to the inside of the house to the condenser of the heat pump and is heated thereby and used as a heat exchange fluid for home heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Inventor: Harry Borders Ramey