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Device for controlling the temperature of rooms in a building

US4518033A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1982
Grant dateMay 21, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 1, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24F5/0003
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

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.

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