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Thermosyphon heat pipe hot water appliance

US4421100A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 1981
Grant dateDec 20, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/44
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermosyphon heat pipe hot water appliance combines a solar collector with a heat reservoir wherein fluid vaporized in the collector transfers latent heat to reservoir fluid, for re-transfer to fluid such as water supplied by city reservoirs, or from municipal mains.

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