US2499757A

US2499757A - Space heating apparatus

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Publication number: US2499757A
Application number: US44669A
Authority: US
Inventors: Huey M Jordan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-08-17
Filing date: 1948-08-17
Publication date: 1950-03-07
Anticipated expiration: 1967-03-07

Description

March 7, 1950 H. M. JORDAN SPACE HEATING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 17, 1948 V/////////////// Q 4 A A 4 T A 4 A w l v f A a o 2 0* 4 A 5 n o g o w & Q j ES A A A A a A Q I Q Q 4 A 2 A m Huey M. Jordan INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 7, 1950 sPAoE HEATING APPARATUS.

Huey M. Jordan, Nemacolin, Pa. Application August 17, 1948, Serial No. 44,669

1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements and structural refinements in a space heating apparatus and the principal object of the invention is to facilitate heating of space by heat generated during the compression of a gas, such as air, thus eliminating the conventionally employed burners and other combustion devices.

This object is achieved by the provision of a space heating apparatus which embodies in its construction a motor driven gas compressor, a reservoir and a plurality of heat distributors, the heat generated in the gas compressed by the compressor being distributed by the heat radiators throughout the space which is to be heated. The invention is particularly adapted for use for heating homes, oihces, and the like, and important advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity of construction and in its adaptability for efficient, continuous service with the minimum amount of attention.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may be apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

The figure in the drawing is a cross sectional view of a building showing the heating apparatus installed therein.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail. the reference character It) designates a building including a basement l2 and a plurality of rooms l4, l6 which are to be heated, the heating apparatus being designated generally by the reference character i8.

The heating apparatus l8 embodies in its construction a compressed air tank 20, preferably housed in the basement [2 and providing what may be referred to as a base for an air com-v pressor 22 driven by an electric motor 24 through the medium of a belt drive 26.

The compressor 22 is provided with an inlet pipe 28 which, in turn, is connected by means of a T 30 to a duct 32 communicating with the tank 20, while a further duct 34 extends from the T 3|] and carries an air cleaner 36 communieating with the atmosphere. An inlet shut-ofi valve 38 is provided in the duct 34 between the air cleaner 36 and the T 30, while a circulation shut-off valve 40 is provided in the duct 32 between the T 30 and the compressor 20, as will be clearly apparent.

Suitable heat radiators

42, 44 are installed in the various rooms [4, 56, these radiators being connected together in series, as indicated at46, and also being connected in series to the compressed air tank Zil and to the air compressor 22-as indicated at 48, 59, respectively.

The conduit 50, of course, communicates with the exhaust of the air compressor 22, and when the invention is placed in use, the air inlet valve 38 is opened while the circulation valve 40 is closed, so that when the compressor is energized by the motor 24, substantial air pressure will be built up in the

conduits

5B, 46, 48, in the

radiators

42, 44 and in the tank 21!.

Thereupon, the valve 38 is closed and the valve 40 is opened, so that complete, uni-directional circulation of compressed air from the compressor 22 is established through the

conduits

59, 46, 48 and through the

radiators

44, 42, to the tank 29 and then to the air compressor.

In this manner, the heat generated in the compressed gas (air) will pass through the

radiators

42, 44 and will be distributed thereby into the space (M, I6) which is to be heated, as will be clearly apparent.

If desired, a suitable thermostat 52 may be installed in one or more of the rooms l4, I6, this thermostat being electrically connected, as at 54, to the motor 24 so that the motor becomes energized and ceases to be energized automatically in response to the rise and fall of temperature in the various rooms.

Moreover, the

radiators

42, 44 may be provided with a by-pass illustrated at 56 in association with the radiator 42, the by-pass being equipped with a shut-ofi valve 58 while additional shut-off valves 60, 62 are provided in the supply and delivery conduits immediately adjacent the radiator, so that by simply opening the valve 58 and closing the valves 69, 62, the heated air may be diverted through the by-pass 56 without heating the room l4. Alternatively, by closing the valve 58 and opening the valves 60, 62, the heated air will pass through the radiator 42 rather than through the by-pass, as will be clearly apparent.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly understood from the foregoing disclosure, and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a space heating apparatus, the combination of a motor driven gas compressor including an inlet port and an outlet port, a compressed gas reservoir having an inlet port and an outlet port, a heat radiator, a delivery conduit extending from the outlet port of said compressor to said radiator, a return conduit extending from the radiator to the inlet port of said reservoir, a pipe extending outwardly from the inlet port of the compressor, a T-coupling having one arm thereof mounted on the outer end of said pipe, a tube connecting the outlet port of the reservoir to another arm of said coupling, a. shut-ofi valve on said tube. and a second shut-off valve provided on the remaining arm of the coupling and adapted to communicate with the atmosphere, whereby air may be admitted to said compressor selectively from said tank and from the atmosphere through the medium of said valves.

HUEY M. JORDAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 244,237 Hill July 12, 1881 940,567 Wales Nov. 16, 1909 1,838,839 Keichline Dec. 29, 1931 2,107,933 Crockett et a1. Feb. 8, 1938