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US 4,501,128 AGranted
Heat reclamation
OwnerPaul H. Gallagherinventor
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Abstract
In a hot water system, a receptor heat exchanger unit mounted in a wall with a flat surface exposed in a room. A refrigerator positioned in that room has a plate with a condenser coil thereon. The plate is exposed, and it extends outwardly beyond the wall of the refrigerator body and at the wall, and the plate is positioned in heat transfer engagement with the exposed surface on the receptor heat exchanger unit.
Claims9
Heat reclamation apparatus incorporating,
- (a) a water system including a cold water inlet and hot water outlet, and
- (b) a movable refrigerator separate from and operable independently of the water system, and generating heat as a necessary function of its operation,
- wherein,
- the water system includes a receptor heat exchanger unit through which the water flows, and which has a first exposed surface,
- the refrigerator includes a donor heat exchanger unit having a second exposed surface receiving the heat generated by the refrigerator, and
- the refrigerator is movable into and out of a position in which its said second exposed surface is in heat transfer engagement with said first exposed surface, and those exposed surfaces are also detached and separate items without interconnection except loose contact engagement.
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