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IN A HEAT PUMP FOR AIR CONDITIONING AN ENCLOSURE INCLUDING A FIRST CYCLE ADAPTED TO SIMULTANEOUSLY FURNISH HEATING AND COOLING TO THE ENCLOSURE, AND A SECOND CYCLE CONNECTED TO AND COOPERATIVE WITH SAID FIRST CYCLE, SAID FIRST CYCLE COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS CONNECTED FOR CIRCULATING LIQUID AND GASEOUS REFRIGERANT TO PROVIDE SIMULTANEOUS HEATING AND COOLING TO SAID ENCLOSURE, SEPARATOR MEANS CONNECTED DOWNSTREAM OF SAID PLURALITY OF HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND STORING REFRIGERANT IN BOTH LIQUID AND VAPOR PHASE, SAID SECOND CYCLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OTHER HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS DISPOSED IN CONTACT WITH A SINK MEDIA AND HAVING THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE THEREOF CONNECTED TO SAID SEPARATOR MEANS FOR DISCHARGING REFRIGERANT THERETO, COMPRESSION MEANS HAVING ITS SUCTION CONNECTED TO RECEIVE VAPOROUS REFRIGERANT FROM SAID SEPARATOR MEANS, CONDUIT MEANS COMMUNICATING THE COMPRESSION MEANS DISCHARGE TO THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE PLURALITY OF HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS AND TO THE OTHER HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS RESPECTIVELY, SAID CONDUIT MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO INTERCHANGEABLY AND SELECTIVELY DISCHARGE HOT COMPRESSED REFRIGERANT TO THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE RESPECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS IN EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CYCLES, REFRIGERANT PUMPING MEANS HAVING ITS SUCTION CONNECTED TO RECEIVE LIQUID REFRIGERANT FROM SAID SEPARATOR MEANS, AND OTHER VALVE MEANS COMMUNICATING THE PUMPING MEANS DISCHARGE WITH THE UPSTREAM SIDE OF THE OTHER HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS IN CONTACT WITH THE SINK MEDIA TO SELECTIVELY AND INTERCHANGEABLY FORCE FEED LIQUID REFRIGERANT TO THE LATTER MENTIONED HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS.