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Air operated underground cooler means with natural lift

US3970140A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1974
Grant dateJul 20, 1976
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Expiry dateOct 11, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/11
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The difference in density between heated and unheated air is used to provide flow of air across a heat transfer means located underground. An underground passageway connects an inlet orifice with an outlet orifice for flow of ambient air therethrough. The passageway comprises at least one essentially vertical shaft, said vertical shaft terminating at the outlet orifice and containing proximate its lower end said heat transfer means.

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