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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337843 | Solar blackbody waveguide for solar assisted oil recovery applications A method to enhance oil shale, oil sand, asphaltic crude oil, or other high viscosity crude oil production by using a solar blackbody waveguide to heat these formations in situ. A parabolic mirror collects and directs the solar flux into a vertical shaft of a well d... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7137268 | Vibration dampening device A device is provided for dampening compressor-induced vibration in an air conditioning system of the type having an indoor unit, an outdoor unit and a refrigerant conduit therebetween. The outdoor unit includes a compressor that is operable to circulate a vapor comp... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134404 | Shelter for small animals and pets A novel animal shelter or habitat is constructed from substantially rigid foam insulation for protecting a small pet from extreme temperatures outdoor or in semi-protected locations. The habitat preferably comprises side walls, a roof and floor constructed from rigi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7066529 | Cargo carrying container with peripheral wall structure incorporating a corrugated sheet A cargo container having a floor, a front wall, and spaced side walls. The floor, front wall, and spaced side walls cooperatively bound a cargo storage space. The front and spaced side walls each have an exposed inside surface bounding the cargo storage space and an... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7035532 | Heat storage apparatus with spiral electrically heated phase change material A heat storage apparatus comprises a heat storage material accommodation cell for accommodating therein a heat storage material having an electricity conductive characteristic and configured to be electrically heated, and a fluid passageway for allowing a heat excha... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028685 | Air conditioning system for buildings and air-conditioned building, especially a zero energy house A method of air-conditioning a building with low heat loss, having the following steps: providing a fresh-air/outgoing-air system for feeding fresh air through a heat accumulator being located beneath said building and extracting said outgoing air through the heat a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6978826 | Heating and cooling apparatus, building structure having heating and cooling apparatus, and method of using heating and cooling apparatus A heating and cooling apparatus comprises a generally hollow heating and cooling tower body having a ceiling part for receiving solar heat and a columnar part for storing the solar heat received by the ceiling part. The columnar part has a lower portion adapted to b... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6912816 | Structurally integrated solar collector A structurally integrated solar collector. Roof and wall covering components are integrated with solar collectors to permit solar energy to be converted to heat, electricity and hot water for use within a building. A roof truss is described that additionally capture... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6223743 | Solar power generation and energy storage system A solar energy collection system harvests solar energy from large open areas. A length of flexible solar collector is provided for unrolling along a supporting surface. A first layer of the solar collector is an uninsulated base panel for directly contact... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220339 | Energy system for buildings An energy system for buildings uses solar absorbers, heat exchangers and heat accumulators, and has the following features to improve the thermal balance of the building: the solar absorber has tubes or pipes laid to form meanders between the roofing and ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 5954046 | Heating and ventilation system for a building A system for heating and ventilating a building which includes a generally peripheral foundation element which supports the external walls of the building. Room air is heated and circulated below the floor and up through floor openings at the external wal... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5826650 | Devices and methods for utilization of intermittently available electric energy for heating and cooling of habitable structures Low-cost off-peak electric energy or electric energy from natural energy sources is used for heating of cooling of system air, which is moved in a closed circuit to heat or cool the energy storage medium of permeable concrete and sized gravel in the exter... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5647343 | Latent store The invention relates to a latent store with a photosensitive storage medium and a regenerating agent. To this end, an organic storage substance with at least two stable stereoisomeric configurations is used, the first of which is photosensitive and can b... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5123247 | Solar roof collector A solar roof collector comprising a plate collector with a plurality of transparent conduits to channel a thin film of water from an insulated reservoir in order to increase the temperature of water therein as a result of heat absorption in the plate coll... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5121789 | Warm climate solar building A solar concrete slab building specifically for a warm climate area including a motorized blower fan and duct means connecting solar wall collectors or cool ambient air to a unique pattern of mutliple air flow tubes embedded in the concrete slab and out a... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5103803 | Heating and air conditioning solar heat accumulator The invention relates to a solar accumulator, which is used to collect the sun rays to heat a heat conductive fluid medium contained within a piping system and an arrangement of plates--file bricks of high heat capacity. The heat produced is subsequently ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5048507 | Endothermic building With reference to FIG. 3, the sloping roof (250) of a building (10) incorporates inner and outer juxtaposed metal panels, (15, 16) spaced from each other to define passageways (20) which serve as heat exchangers. A closed-loop water circulation system (18... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4936290 | Solar energy system A solar energy system includes fluidically innerconnected lower and upper collectors. The lower collector includes inner and outer cabinets with an interstitial space therebetween adapted to receive compost or a similar material for providing insulation, ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4779673 | Flexible hose heat exchanger construction A heat exchanger construction for melting snow, heating buildings or objects and transferring solar heat. The construction embodies a flexible, multilayered, reinforced composite hose embedded in or affixed to a slab or other body. The composite construct... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4703749 | Solar apparatus An improved solar apparatus for heating above 100° C. is disclosed. Said apparatus comprises a solar collector means for heating a heat transferring gas, ducting means extending from said solar collector means for permitting moving of said gas past a hea... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4686959 | Thermal storage furnace system A thermal storage furnace system having a mixing means in fluid communication with both a thermal storage means and a thermal storage means bypass conduit for mixing both heated fluid from the thermal storage means and unheated fluid from the thermal stor... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4602676 | Heat transfer and building support system The system is composed in essence of an aggregate mass through which air can be blown, film sheeting enveloping the mass, and apparatus for directing a flow of air from the interior of a home or other building structure through the aggregate mass and back... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4510992 | Solar energy system A heat storage system intended for long term storage between seasons of surplus heat collected in a solar energy system for example, comprises one or several networks of ducts laid out in an earth pack, e.g. underneath a building to be heated and in betwe... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4483318 | Borehole reservoir A borehole reservoir includes a plurality of vertical boreholes (5, 6) in each of which there is arranged pipes (9, 17) for feeding water to and returning water from the boreholes. In order to avoid sealing the boreholes (5, 6) so as to prevent leakage wh... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4478210 | Solar heating system A self-cooling solar forced air heating collector module, and method of constructing a plurality of the same in modularized array from standarized components, for a solar heating system. The collector has an inner heating compartment beneath an inner glaz... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4471760 | Combined solar heater and collector A combined solar collector and storage device comprises a housing including a plurality of wire mesh racks for retaining and storing rock therein and also including a front face formed of mesh allowing solar radiation to impinge on the rock and penetrate ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4462390 | Modular solar greenhouse with elevated overhead heat storage material and movable insulation barriers and method and system for solar heating of attached living space using thermostat-controlled air circulation for harvesting heat A modular solar greenhouse incorporates rigid curving frames overhead with screw and nut tracks for ease of assembly and east side and west side end modules and advantageously employs a thermally broken glazing system; that is, the exterior and interior p... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4459177 | Ground moisture transfer system A method and an apparatus is disclosed in which solar heated air is drawn down a hole in the earth by a draft from a solar heated convection column located above the surface of the earth, the hot air being initially drawn downwards to a depth at which dam... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4452227 | Active thermal storage using the ground underlying a solar pond An apparatus is presented for actively using the ground underlying a solar pond for storage of heat accumulated in the pond. Heated water will be injected down shallow wells and percolated through the soil. Recovery of heat will usually just reverse this ... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4445499 | Ground-storage of heat such as solar heat A method of storing thermal energy in a body which is in direct thermal contact with the surrounding earth. The energy is transferred to said ground body from heat absorbing devices, specifically solar heat absorbing devices, by circulating a liquid in a ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4434785 | Heat accumulator An underground heat accumulator of the low temperature type for storing solar energy from a solar collector (8) by means of a plurality of buried double pipes with an outer pipe (3) and an inner pipe (5) has said pipes conically disposed, extending from a... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4425906 | Solar heating system in a building Solar heating system in a building with a sun collector and a heat accumulating reservoir comprising a first circuit for circulating air in a closed system through the sun collector and the reservoir which is insulated against the surroundings with the in... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4412527 | Greenhouse of an underground heat accumulation system A greenhouse of an underground heat accumulation system wherein the radiant energy of the sun or wasted thermal energy is accumulated in the soil below the floor of the greenhouse over a prolonged period of time, and spontaneous release of the accumulated... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4398529 | Solar heating wall A solar heating wall including a water pipe circulation system having a plurality of separate tubes, each formed as a loop, connected between a water supply and a return. The separate tubes are arranged in a single vertical plane at the approximate center... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4397152 | Solar furnace A solar furnace electricity generating system is provided herein. It includes a concentrator and accumulator for the sun's rays to generate a concentrated high temperature solar beam. A heat hearth is disposed, e.g., in the ground, to absorb the concentra... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4393861 | Apparatus for the utilization of solar energy Apparatus for the utilization of radiated solar energy to heat the interior space of a building includes a solar energy collector in the form of a south-facing wall, energy storage elements in the form of remaining wall structures that, in combination wit... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4375806 | Heating system A heating system utilizing solar panels and buried ground conduits to collect and store heat which is delivered to a heat-pump heat exchanger. A heat-distribution fluid continuously circulates through a ground circuit to transfer heat from the ground to t... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4373573 | Long term storage and use of solar energy A method and system for the passive solar energy induced storage and use of thermal energy at both high and low temperatures, comprising a collector (76,110) communicating with the atmosphere for collecting air acting as a carrier for thermal energy, an u... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4362149 | Heat storage system and method A thermal energy storage system and method for storing substantial quantities of heat for extended periods of time. The system includes a heat collecting fluid which is in a heat-exchange relationship with a source of heat or thermal energy, a housing con... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4340036 | Solar heating system for a greenhouse or other building The present invention provides a solar heating system which is particularly suited for use in a building, such as a greenhouse, having walls defining an enclosed interior with at least one of the walls including a light transmissive area for admitting lig... | 07/20/1982 |
