Orchard heat exchanger
OwnerJames R. Siebolinventor
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Abstract
An orchard heat exchanger comprises an engine-driven shaft having an air propeller on each end. The assembly is enclosed in an open-ended horizontal cylindrical shroud, which has a large converging-diverging air inlet at the top, and is trailer mounted. The orchard heat exchanger has the capability of being elevated to treetop level. In a first embodiment, the engine-propeller-shroud assembly may be rotated in a horizontal plane. In a second embodiment, there is no horizontal rotational capability, but the cylindrical shroud is fitted with directional louvers at each end.
Claims10
An orchard heat exchanger comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- a propeller shaft having a propeller on each end, said shaft being driven by the engine;
- a cylindrical shroud, said shroud surrounding the engine and propeller shaft and propellers;
- a converging-diverging air entrance at the top of the shroud;
- said engine, propeller shaft and propellers and shroud being mounted on a wheeled trailer;
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- means to elevate the engine, propeller shaft and propellers and shroud above the trailer.
An orchard heat exchanger comprising:
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a first baseplate;
- a shaft having a propeller on each end, said shaft being driven by the engine, and supported on the first baseplate;
- a second baseplate below the first baseplate and spaced apart therefrom;
- a cylindrical shroud enclosing the engine, shaft and propellers and attached to the second baseplate, said shroud being fitted with a converging-diverging air inlet at the top of the shroud;
- a wheeled trailer;
- a scissors jack mounted on the trailer, said scissors jack having a lift deck at its top end;
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- a means to rotate the second baseplate with respect to the lift deck.
An orchard heat exchanger comprising:
- an internal combustion engine mounted on a first baseplate;
- a shaft, having a propeller on each end, said shaft being driven by the engine, and supported on the first baseplate;
- a second baseplate below the first baseplate and spaced apart therefrom;
- a cylindrical shroud enclosing the engine, shaft and propellers and attached to the second baseplate, said shroud being fitted with a converging-diverging air inlet at the top;
- a wheeled trailer;
- a scissors jack mounted on the trailer, said scissors jack being attached below the second baseplate;
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- said cylindrical shroud being covered at each end with a set of adjustable louvers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.