Abstract: A window insulating device is set forth wherein a first member telescopingly receives a second member in an interior surface of complementary configuration to the exterior surface of the second member. Each elongate member includes an inverted "J" shaped forward wall surface formed with an upper edge extending above and rearwardly of a rear edge side wall of each first and second member to provide a trough shape when the device is positioned adjacent a window and positioned upon an associated window sill. Cooled air is captured within the trough and heated prior to its ability to enter the room. To this extent, modifications include a mirrored internal surface of each of the first and second members to effect solar heating of the captured air, or alternatively may enclude a transparent envelope including a gel therewithin that is heated by solar rays and effects warming of the entrapped cold air.

Abstract: A belled orifice inlet plate is provided for an induced draft combustion furnace heat exchanger of the type in which an inshot burner produces a hot gaseous combustion that is injected through an opening in the inlet plate into a combustion zone in the heat exchanger. The inlet plate has a flared collar that surrounds the opening at its periphery, and which extends a predetermined distance into the combustion zone. Preferably, the collar should have a depth on the order of one-quarter inch to one-half inch, and the flared portion should have a radius of curvature on the order of about one-quarter inch.

Abstract: A compressible heat-dissipating fin, a compressed heat-dissipating fin assembly, and a method for making a fin assembly for cooling an electromechanical device such as a transverse-flow forced air-cooled ion gas laser are disclosed. Each fin preferably has a slit running through its center except for a small hinge. The slit provides the fin with compressibility and increased contact pressure when the fin is fitted directly to and compressed against the tube, preferably by clamping, during the brazing cycle.

Abstract: An air-processing installation designed to ventilate and air-condition seal rooms, as well as an air-processing module designed for the making of an installation of this type are disclosed. With each room to be air-conditioned, there is associated a structurally and functionally independent air-processing module housed in an engine room common to the different air-processing modules and remote controlled, independently of the other air-processing modules, from the associated room. Preferably, the modules are suspended in a mutually juxtaposed state in the engine room. An installation of this type reconciles requirements of hygiene and comfort with easy maintenance while at the same time, occupying the minimum amount of space.

Abstract: A heating system for heating the floor of a room. The heating system includes an airtight sealed chamber directly beneath the floor which is to be heated. The top wall of the chamber is a concrete panel which also forms the floor which is to be heated. An electric heater or other type of incombustible heater source is provided in the chamber for heating the air therewithin. A heat diffusion plate is provided immediately above the heater to assist in the application of heat to the concrete panel.

Abstract: A blow convector for indoor space air conditioning which can be installed in a room while maintaining its walls fully available for other uses, the blow convector having a segmental shape with a base substantially in the form of a circular segment and having an arcuate front.

Abstract: A polymeric composition comprising a polymeric material and polyethylene glycol or end-capped polyethylene glycol as a phase change material, said polyethylene glycol and said end-capped polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight greater than about 400 and a heat of fusion greater than about 30 cal/g; the composition is useful in making molded and/or coated materials such as flooring, tiles, wall panels and the like; paints containing polyethylene glycols or end-capped polyethylene glycols are also disclosed.

Abstract: A fiber optic light source is disclosed that comprises a three part heat sink structure for absorbing and transmitting heat out of the interior of the light source to thereby reduce the possibility of heat damage. The heat sink structure comprises an internal stationary heat sink in thermal contact with external stationary and movable heat sinks. The movable heat sink acts as a turret which functions to align fiber optic cables with one or more light sources.

Abstract: A retrofit assembly for adapting two replacement rooftop air handling units to a multizone installation that originally had only one air handling unit. The two replacement units include one heating unit and one cooling unit, while the original unit typically had provided both heating and cooling to several zones in the building. The retrofit assembly includes a valve manifold and a curb adaptor that make it possible to use the building's existing roof curb and air ducts. The curb adaptor supports the cooling unit on top of the existing roof curb and includes an air duct for conveying air from the existing return air ducts in the building to the inlet of the cooling unit. The heating unit is mounted on its own separate roof curb and the valve manifold receives the air discharged from both replacement units and directs it into the existing plurality of supply air ducts which further convey the air to the plurality of zones in the building.

Abstract: A roof-mounted, modular system of evaporator and condensor units is constructed and designed to be interchangeable with existing condensor and evaporator units on a motorized vehicle, such as, a bus or rail car and can be mounted as a external single system or independently mounted and retrofit for incorporation into the existing air conditioning and circulating system of the vehicle. The evaporator unit is compact and of low design height and is operable in combination with existing condensor units and compressor systems of the vehicle or can be combined with the modular condensor unit. The evaporator contains evaporator coils flanked on either side by heater coils, an expansion valve and control panel as well as the necessary blower fans together with a damper-controlled fresh air/return air system to meet all heating and cooling requirements of the vehicle.

Abstract: An overhead or ceiling heater panel for room heating, mainly with radiant heat, includes a relatively elongate radiant plate (1) in the form of an extruded aluminum profile or the like, a reflector (2) mounted with a spacing behind the radiant plate seen in relation to the heat radiation direction (S), and attached to the radiant plate at two longitudinal edges (1A, 1B) thereof, and a surrounding box-like housing (3) generally composed of sheet members. Problems with respect to deformation and skew in such a radiant plate are eliminated by providing adjacent each end of the radiant plate (1), a locking spring (10) which is mounted with at least a mounting member (11A, 11B) at one edge (1A, 1B) of the radiant plate (1), and which adjacent this edge is formed with a locking part (10A, 10B) adapted to cooperate with a holding member (21A, 21B) in an adjacent end wall (13) of the surrounding housing (3).

Abstract: A building comprises hollow, load-bearing structure, the interior of the structure defining ducts, exterior panels carried by the structure in heat-conducting relationship with the panels, a heat sink, and a heat pump. Water is circulated through the interior of the hollow structure so as to extract solar and other ambient heat from the panels and to transfer this useful heat to the heat sink.

Abstract: An air conditioner system in a building comprising a heat exchanger unit disposed below a building floor, a pair of juxtaposed air passages disposed within a hollow sill in heat exchange relationship to an internal conduit for a heat transferring medium and communicating with the outside air through the heat exchanger unit, a fresh air outlet defined in a top wall of the sill and communicating with the heat exchanger unit through one of the air passages, and a room air inlet defined in a side wall of the sill and communicating with the heat exchanger unit through the other air passage. The air conditioner system thus constructed is sightly to view and provides an air circulation for better air conditioning effects and a uniform air temperature distribution in a house interior space.

Abstract: A heat-exchanging system for an enclosed space having wall-forming members, pipes provided on said members, and being adapted for discharging water for flow along the surfaces of the same, a source of water, a pump connecting said source and said pipes, ducts for returning water to said source, and a temperature sensor controlling the operation of said pump whereby said members serve as a heat exchanger for both heating and cooling purposes in response to predetermined temperatures.

Abstract: A liquid surface-heating arrangement for heating floors is comprised of a plurality of heating tubes arranged and secured in relatively wide longitudinal passages formed as recesses in heat-isolating elements which form the primary layer of the floor. The heating tubes are arranged in the longitudinal passages so that they do not project upwardly from the upper surface of the heat-isolating elements and upon the application of the floor finish onto the floor primary layer all the channels receiving the tubes are entirely filled with the finish.

Abstract: A vertical mullion includes an outer structural member and a vertical mullion body coupled together by bolts to embrace a heat insulating member. The vertical mullion body, which has a substantially rectangular cross section, is provided with a heat transfer medium flow passage extending depthwise through the interior thereof. The vertical mullion body has a lower end portion extending below from a connecting portion to a fastener which is mounted to a floor slab, and the lower end portion is connected to a feed pipe and/or a drain pipe.

Abstract: Structures fabricated from modules of permeable concrete provide heat storage and transfer capability. Such structures derive solar energy directly, store it within the modules for future use in a building, or it can withdraw heat from a building and dispose of it to the sky with little utility derived energy. After erection without mortar both surfaces are coated with fiber filled mastic for strength and to enclose an air circulation system. Each module has a central bin filled with gravel and two planar ducts between each end and the central bin. Air injected into the first, from the outside end, duct removes heat from the surface, distributes the heat by uniform transverse flow to warm the gravel and exits through the third duct. Similarly, at useful times, it removes heat from the gravel and warms the interior surface. At other times and by the same process heat is removed from the interior surface and stored; later it is transferred to the exterior surface and radiated into space.

Abstract: A spot thermal conditioning apparatus selectively operable in warming and cooling modes includes a housing containing a suction blower and a fan with radial blades. The suction blower receives ceiling air and projects an exiting stream of the ceiling air along one leg of an acute angle to an intersection. The fan is located substantially at the intersection and not only receives the exiting blower stream but also concurrently draws a stream of floor air substantially along the other leg of the angle to the intersection. The mixed air is then expelled through a louver to provide directional control of the movement of the conditioned air mass and circulation of air to an open spot work area. The suction blower and fan also each include an electronic speed control circuit so as to allow completely independent operation.

Abstract: Temperature control apparatus comprising a system of conduits or pipes at least a portion of which are perpendicularly related and connected by means accommodating the movement therethrough of heat exchange fluid feature interconnecting means which are free of weldments. In a preferred embodiment of the system so provided, at least a portion of the conduits or pipes are embodied as integral parts of upright and/or horizontal members fabricated of heat conductive material. The preferred material of said conduits or pipes and the members of which they form a part is aluminum. The interconnecting means include elements which have a plug-like form and embody one or more passages for flow therethrough of the heat exchange fluid.

Abstract: A thermal energy storage composite pellet-shaped product of about 1/8 inch to 1 inch in size, formed of an outer seamless shell member which defines a cavity that permanently encases a phase-change composition, the composition being present in a quantity such that the total volume of the composition, whether in its solid form, liquid form, or both forms as in its transition state, never exceeds the volume of the cavity; and a process for making the product which includes using the phase-change composition in a compacted powder form as cast about which the shell member is formed by roll-coating steps.

Abstract: A system for conditioning the air of a selected area, e.g. a room, of a house or other building structure, including individual refrigeration units for respectively heating and cooling the room. The respective units are sized according to the heating and cooling loads of the room, and when heating add blower motor and compressor heat and when cooling exclude such extraneous heat.

Abstract: An improved heat transfer and air circulation system for homes and like constructions wherein heat is removed from the home or like construction and stored for later utilization. The system utilizes a blower with a non-conductive aggregate structural circulation medium supporting the home and transmits circulating air from the home to the area adjacent the underlying soil mass thereby providing an effective and workable heat transfer thermal cap system for use under the floor or slab portion of a home to be heated or cooled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for using phase-change compounds for insulating purposes. Selected phase-change compounds are stored in the voids of particles of suitable insulating materials that are maintained surface dry whereby temperatures of walls and ceilings containing such insulation are maintained at a much more constant temperature than can be achieved using insulating materials alone.

Abstract: A device for air control for an air ventilated room is provided with an outer pane on its weather side and at its room side with an inner pane. An air channel is formed between the panes for the exhausted room air and a fresh air channel with a weatherside fresh air suction opening and a room side fresh air discharge opening is provided in connection with the air channel. The air channel is connected to a weather side exhaust air opening on its downflow side and is also in connection with a heat exchanger disposed in front of the weather side exhaust air opening through which the exhaust air can transmit heat to the fresh air flowing through the fresh air channel. The air control device is a compact structural unit and is exclusively disposed on the inside of the room. The compact structural unit comprises a separate air control box and a ventilator box.

Abstract: The subject invention is a movable solar panel apparatus adapted for slidable movement from areas outside of a building to areas inside such building; the invention comprising a generally spatial zone constructed inside the building generally adjacent a floor or ceiling area. Inside the spatial area are longitudinally extending guide members affixed on each side, such guide members being adapted to receive a longitudinally extending solar panel member adapted to move inside such internal spatial area, and then outside of the building to collect solar heat.

Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of rooms in a building comprising curtain walls having a skeleton made up of columns and horizontal members to which facade elements and, if required, window surfaces are secured so as to be substantially free from heat bridges, comprising a temperature-control facility substantially in the form of a pipeline system in which a heat transfer fluid flows, said pipeline system being constructed and arranged to dispose inside the room and adjacent the skeleton of columns and horizontal members and relative to the skeleton so as to produce a thermal coupling between the skeleton and the temperature control facility. In certain applications the temperature control facility is disposed at a relatively short distance from and in facing relation to the skeleton in an arrangement producing a close radiation coupling between the skeleton and the temperature control facility.

Abstract: A precast construction panel for buildings and a method of manufacturing the panel are disclosed. The panel is lightweight and possesses full structural integrity with the ability to serve as a solar energy collector and/or storage module alone or in a system with other panels and active solar collection devices. The panel includes an internal, concealed containment element for the storage and circulation of a thermally efficient fluid, such as water. In the casting of the solar construction panel, the fluid-filled containment element serves as a core around which cementious material, such as concrete, is placed. The panel is provided with internal reinforcement as required.

Abstract: A vehicle front end structure includes a radiator support having a generally rectangular shaped opening and an inverted V-shaped brace having the legs and the apical portion secured to the radiator support for reinforcement purposes. The apical portion also provides a striker for the vehicle hood latch.

Abstract: A system for heating a building adapted to confine animals includes a solar collector, means for storing the heat absorbed by the collector and heat radiating floor mats which use such heat. The collector includes panels each having lightweight, clear, parallel plastic tubes secured at their ends to headers of similar material. The tubes are disposed in troughs in the panel base having inclined reflective side walls to concentrate reflected solar energy on the tubes. The heat radiating floor mats comprise tubes and headers like those used in the solar collector panels.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for using phase-change compounds for insulating purposes. Selected phase-change compounds are stored in the voids of particles of suitable insulating materials that are maintained surface dry whereby temperatures walls and ceilings containing such insulation are maintained at a much more constant temperature than can be achieved using insulating materials alone.

Abstract: Heat is transferred to and from a building having a stack or other group of containers for thermal storage mass, arranged to be illuminated directly or indirectly by sunlight, via a frontally spaced sun swept glazing system. A connection path is established through the glazing to module space and a shade system is provided for modulating heat transfer. For cooling, warmest water may be removed from the modules, spray cooled and circulated back to coolest modules. Designs for field-erectable modules are disclosed.

Abstract: A shaped mounting module for a liquid-type panel heating system is provided on which a heater pipe is mounted by means of discrete holder devices. In one embodiment, the panel is provided with a grid of flanges for supporting the heater pipe above the surface of the panel. In another embodiment, the panel is provided with a plurality of protrusions having their upper surfaces approximately level with the top of the mounted heater pipe to form a plurality of intersecting channels through which the heater pipe passes. Each of the holder devices has a plurality of opposite paired axially symmetrical openings formed by a plurality of axial symmetrical fingers having recesses therebetween. The heater pipe is either pressed into or passed through a selected pair of openings during assembly of the heating system. The holder devices are affixed to the panel either during the panel forming process or by adhesive bonding of the base into circular depressions on the panel during assembly of the heating system.

Abstract: A rectangular enclosed electric furnace cabinet, for mobile and modular homes, has a downward blower which draws air downward from an upper wall duct inlet over electric resistance heaters and out through a lower wall duct outlet to the underfloor ducts of the home. A rectangular open frame member, mounting a louvered door, is secured to the cabinet upper wall at its forward end. After closet installation of the cabinet, final wall trim, adjacent to the cabinet sides and the open frame member, may be added. In use exclusively as an electric furnace, a furnace filter is secured beneath the upper furnace inlet by a pair of diagonally-crossed elongated clips. The cabinet is adaptable for use as the indoor unit of a central air conditioner or heat pump by the addition of an A-coil over the upper air inlet; then filters are provided instead on the upper sloping sides of the coil and the elongated clips are utilized to secure insulation sheet to the interior of the cabinet.

Abstract: Heat exchange is effected in a simple and economical manner by allowing natural flow, i.e., without mechanical compressors, pumps, etc., of a heat exchange fluid such as a conventional refrigerant liquid between two heat exchangers which are exposed to air at different temperatures. The two heat exchangers, which may conveniently take the form of fin-tube heat exchangers, for example, are arranged with one end at a higher elevation than the other, the upper ends of the two exchangers being connected in direct communication and the lower ends being likewise connected.

Abstract: A solar collector for use as or on the window frames of a building. In one application, the main window frame is a hollow channel open on the side facing away from the wall of the building and covered, for example, with glass or another transparent cover. Inside the channel are located passages or conduits through which a heat transfer medium, for example water, may be circulated to transfer heat from the channel. The solar collector according to the invention may also be attached subsequently to already existing window frames as well as to existing window sub-frames. The solar collector according to the invention may be so constructed as to blend with the architectural appearance of the building without detriment thereto.

Abstract: A heat insulation system for an attic and the like comprises a moving fluid barrier between layers of static insulation. In the disclosed embodiment the fluid barrier comprises a plane of moving air which extends over substantially the entire surface to be insulated. A method of circulating air through the air passage of the air barrier to reduce the temperature gradient between the attic and an underlying room is also disclosed.

Abstract: A heating installation equipped with a radiation- and convection floor heater for heating a room by means of a liquid heat carrier, comprising a device for heating the heat carrier, a circulation pump for circulating the heat carrier, and inflow line and return flow line for the heat carrier. The room is heated by a radiation- and convection floor heating element comprising a pipe through which flows the heat carrier. The pipe is arranged in a hollow space having a starting portion and a terminal portion. The hollow space is further provided with an inflow opening and an outflow opening. The starting portion of the hollow space communicates via the inflow opening with the heated room and the terminal portion of the hollow space communicates via the outflow opening with the heated room. The heated air in the hollow space, which flows through the heated room, is circulated by natural ventilation or forced ventilation.

Abstract: Heat is transferred to and from a building having a stack or other group of containers for thermal storage mass, arranged to be illuminated directly or indirectly by sunlight, via a frontally spaced sun swept glazing system. A connection path is established through the glazing to module space and a shade system is provided for modulating heat transfer. For cooling, warmest water may be removed from the modules, spray cooled and circulated back to coolest modules. Designs for field-erectable modules are disclosed.

Abstract: An elongated flexible elastomer or plastic double tube structure for storing heat energy includes inner and outer flexible tubes held in coaxial relationship by integral angularly spaced apart webs which divide up the annular space between the tubes into angularly spaced apart segments. The segments are filled with phase change material such as salt hydrate. The annular space is sealed at opposite ends by sealing the outer tube against the inner tube and the inner tube provides a conduit for the passage of a heat transfer fluid, such as water, through the structure.

Abstract: Apparatus for climatizing a building comprising means including elements of a structural frame adapted to provide a portion of a facade for such building, at least a portion of said elements being hollow, said hollow elements being formed to provide for movement therethrough of fluid for supplying heat thereto or extracting heat therefrom, means for the delivery of fluid to and for the direction of fluid from said hollow elements, and said hollow elements being arranged for the mounting of facade elements to extend in bridging relation thereto and to be conditioned thereby.

Abstract: A sun shield for installation on the outside of building facades comprising a plurality of orientable adjacent pallets. The pallets are adapted to act as sun shields and also as collectors of solar energy. Each pallet has at least one transparent surface and an inner collector which is irradiated through the transparent surface and within which an intermediate fluid is circulated to be warmed by solar radiation incident on the pallet.

Abstract: An arrangement for exchanging heat between a system of pipes which conduct a fluid heat exchange medium and a platelike heat exchange member. The arrangement is particularly intended for use in connection with air temperature regulating means such as solar heaters and waste heat systems which operate at a small temperature differential between the temperature of the plate-like heat exchange member and the fluid medium. Mutually facing surfaces of two substantially parallel material layers form a plenum. One of these surfaces comprises one side of the plate-like heat exchange member. The pipes which conduct the fluid medium are arranged parallel to one another in the plenum and are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the plenum. A stream of gas or air is arranged to flow through the plenum. Gaps are formed on opposite sides of the pipes by spacer means.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a heating and air-conditioning system for one or multi-storied buildings with multi-glazed windows contained in the facade of the building. A fresh air entrance arrangement is disposed below at least one of these windows on the outside of the facade of the building. A fresh air processing device is connected to the fresh air entrance arrangement with means to filter, heat or cool and humidify the fresh air and to expel the same over a distributing cavity arranged beneath the window. The distributing cavity is connected to a window cavity between the panes of the multi-glazed windows. An entrance opening arranged at the top end of the window, connected to the window cavity, extends over a good part of the width of the window and opens out toward the room to be air conditioned. A stale air flow out arrangement controlled by valves directs stale air out of the room.

Abstract: An air-conditioning device having a common housing case in which there are a heat exchanger through which used air and fresh air can flow formed with plate-shaped heat-exchanger walls which are made of aluminum foil, as well as a fresh-air blower and a spent-air blower. The interior of the housing case is divided into a fresh-air passage leading through the heat exchanger and a spent-air passage leading through the heat exchanger by the stack of foils of the heat exchanger together with internal partitions in the interior of the housing; the housing partitions comprise a controllable by-pass damper through which the spent-air entry side of the heat exchanger can be connected directly to its spent-air outlet side, and comprise a controllable recirculated-air damper through which the spent-air entry side of the heat exchanger can be connected directly to its fresh-air outlet side, the fresh-air inlet and the exhaust-air outlet of the housing case being constructed so as to be able to be shut off.

Abstract: Platform paddle tennis court including suitable base support structure, marginal enclosing taut screening and a platform deck. This deck may be made up of a plurality of parallel, hollow deck panels extending in one of the directions of transversely and longitudinally of the usual court area and defining at least one section or one of a plurality of sections, which may constitute a deck portion margined on one side by the central transverse net line. Each deck panel is substantially rectangular in cross section and defined by lateral top and bottom sheets and laterally-spaced upright side sheets of heat transfer material successively connected together along meeting corners thereof in substantially fluid-tight joints for defining together an elongated, hollow, tubular duct-defining interior.

Abstract: A building structure includes a plurality of structural load bearing wall portions in thermal contact with the external atmosphere and further load bearing means located inside the building structure in thermal contact with the internal atmosphere of the building. The structural load bearing wall portions are formed by a plurality of liquid tight, hollow load bearing panel members for the flow of a liquid at a preselected temperature therethrough. Each of the panel members includes inlet means for the introduction of liquid therein and outlet means for the removal of liquid therefrom. The panel members and their inlet and outlet means are arranged and connected in fluid flow relation to provide a predetermined flow pattern of the liquid through the load bearing structural wall portions. Pumping means are connected in fluid flow relation to the panel members for forcing liquid through said wall portions.

Abstract: The daily variation of the outside temperature is utilized for control of the air temperature in a premise, in such a way, that outside air is directed to the premise through channels in the building structure surrounding the premise. The channel walls are adapted to absorb or give off heat to the air flowing through the channels. This utilization is, for example, such that that cold night-time air during the night might flow through the channels and cool the mass surrounding the channels, for example a framing of joists of concrete, which cooled mass during the day-time cools warm outside air prior to its entering the premise.

Abstract: A heat sump system for building structures in which side walls for a space for fill material, preferably of a granular nature such as sand, and a thermal insulating material is disposed between the fill material and the earth to prevent the escape of heat generated in the fill material normally generated by an electrical heating cable. An insulating material may be disposed around the periphery of the fill material along the side walls around the building foundation. The insulating material is also preferably impervious to moisture to prevent the transfer of moisture from the earth and the side walls to the fill material. While the electrical heating cable, which may be disposed throughout a major portion of the fill material on a horizontal plane, is preferably embedded in the fill material, it may be disposed between the fill material and a concrete slab disposed thereon, or disposed in the concrete slab.

Abstract: A radiant heater for installation in or support from ceilings, walls or similar supporting arrangements in which a corrugated heated panel of metallic construction radiates heat with the radiant heater panel being enclosed peripherally by an inwardly facing, channel-shaped frame of metallic construction in which the frame is completely insulated from the heated metal panel thereby maintaining the peripheral frame at a substantially lower temperature than the heated metal panel which, in turn, enables the heated metal panel to be heated to a substantially higher temperature than is normally employed in such panels while maintaining the frame at a relatively low temperature in order to satisfy various building code regulations and maintain the contact with supporting structure at a safe temperature level. In one embodiment of the invention, insulation is provided completely across the upper surface of the panel to reduce upward radiation of heat.

Abstract: Ordinarily and naturally heat, once freed, tends to travel upwardly. Here means and a method causes heat to travel downwardly, to heat any out of sight area where warmth is required.