System for comfort conditioning of inhabited closed spaces

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR COMFORT CONDITIONING OF AN INHABITED CLOSED SPACE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING AT LEAST FOUR SEPARATE ENERGY TRANSFER DEVICES, A FIRST OF SAID DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE TO ABSORB ENERGY FROM, AND TO REMOVE WATER FROM, AIR CIRCULATED IN CONTACT THEREWITH, A SECOND OF SAID DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE TO REDUCE THE SENSIBLE HEAT OF AIR CIRCULATED IN CONTACT THEREWITH AND TO AFFECT THE DEW POINT OF SUCH CIRCULATED AIR, A THIRD OF SAID DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE, BY CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER, TO REDUCE THE SENSIBLE HEAT OF AIR CIRCULATED IN CONTACT THEREWITH, AND A FOURTH OF SAID DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE TO ABSORB RADIANT ENERGY FROM THE CLOSED SPACE, MEANS FOR CIRCULATING AIR SEQUENTIALLY THROUGH THE FIRST, THE SECOND AND THE THIRD OF SAID DEVICES AND THEN INTO THE CLOSED SPACE, A CLOSED CIRCULATING SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING ENERGY FROM THE SECOND, THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH OF SAID TRANSFER DEVICES TO AN ENERY TRANSFER MEDIUM, SAID CIRCULATING SYSTEM BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH AT LEAST TWO OF SAID DEVICES, REFRIGERATING MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CIRCULATING SYSTEM AND EFFECTIVE TO TRANSFER ENERGY FROM THE ENERGY TRANSFER MEDIUM, AND A SECOND CIRCULATING SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING ENERGY FROM THE FIRST OF SAID TRANSFER DEVICES TO A SECOND ENERGY TRANSFER MEDIUM.