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US 2011/0079011 A1Published application
Electro-repulsive vacuum glazing
OwnerAnthony Saboinventor
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Placing a vacuum between two panes of glazing material will form a glazing panel which is a perfect insulator against heat loss by conduction. However, at sea level air pressure of 14.7 psi, the glazing panel would have to resist a crushing force of about 2117 pounds per square foot. Rather than use mechanical pane separators as in prior art, in the present invention an electric charge cloud is trapped on or between the two layers of glazing material, in the vacuum space,in the vacuum space between them and the mutual electrostatic repulsion of the electrons or holes therein provide sufficient force to maintain separation of the glazing layers. The resulting panels may be seasonally or permanently attached to the sunny sides of buildings to trap solar heat, rendering them self-heating or used as window, greenhouse glazing etc.
1) A vacuum insulation comprised of matched layers of sheet material hermetically sealed around their perimeter, with a vacuum between them and with an electric charge also on the sheet's inner surfaces and/or in the same interlayer space as the vacuum, so as to provide a repulsive force to separate the layer/sheets and thus prevent heat transfer across the panel by conduction.
18) A solar or other radiative heat thermal internal expansion engine in which the incoming radiative energy is absorbed by a region of the expansion chamber, which in turn heats a working fluid which is admitted to the expansion chamber to produce power, by moving a moveable portion of said expansion chamber.
19) An enclosure comprised, at least on sides facing the sun, of transparent panels of at least two layers of material, sealed around the perimeter, with a vacuum in the interlayer space(s).
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