Heating and air conditioning system
AssigneeX-Changer, LLC.
InventorDouglas A. NEWCOMER
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Abstract
A heating and cooling system for a building utilizes lower vents which open into lower portions of rooms of a building, and upper vents which open into upper portions of rooms of the building. When the system is operating in a heating mode, heated air is delivered into the upper portions of the rooms through the upper vents and air is removed from the rooms through the lower vents. When the system is operating in a cooling mode, cool air is delivered into the rooms through the lower vents, and air is removed from the rooms through the upper vents. Operating the heating and cooling modes in this fashion provides the most efficient operation of the heating and cooling system.
Claims20
A switching unit for an environmental control system of a building, comprising:
- a rectilinear enclosure;
- an inlet located on an upper portion of a first sidewall of the enclosure and opening into an interior of the enclosure;
- an outlet located on a lower portion of the first sidewall of the enclosure and opening into the interior of the enclosure;
- a first I/O port located on an upper portion of a second sidewall of the enclosure that is opposite the first sidewall, the first I/O port opening into the interior of the enclosure;
- a second I/O port located on a lower portion of the second sidewall of the enclosure and opening into the interior of the enclosure;
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- a switching plate that is rotatably mounted inside the enclosure, the switching plate being rotatable between first and second positions, wherein when the switching plate is in the first position, the inlet is operatively coupled to the first I/O port and the outlet is operatively coupled to the second I/O port, and wherein when the switching plate is in the second position, the inlet is operatively coupled to the second I/O port and the outlet is operatively coupled to the first I/O port.
A switching unit for an environmental control system of a building, comprising:
- a rectilinear enclosure that can be divided horizontally into upper and lower hemispheres or divided vertically into front and rear hemispheres;
- an inlet located on a first sidewall of the enclosure and opening into an interior of the enclosure;
- an outlet located on the first sidewall of the enclosure and opening into the interior of the enclosure;
- a first I/O port located on a second sidewall of the enclosure that is opposite the first sidewall, the first I/O port opening into the interior of the enclosure;
- a second I/O port located on the second sidewall of the enclosure and opening into the interior of the enclosure;
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- a switching plate that is rotatably mounted inside the enclosure, wherein the inlet and the first I/O port are located on the upper hemisphere of the enclosure, wherein the outlet and the second I/O port are located on the lower hemisphere of the enclosure, wherein the inlet and the second I/O port are located on the front hemisphere of the enclose, and wherein the outlet and the first I/O port are located on the rear hemisphere of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.