Apparatus for accumulating heat loss data derived from weather conditions

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR ACCUMULATING HEAT LOSS DATA ON HEATED BUILDINGS FOR SCHEDULING FUEL DELIVERIES THERETO COMPRISING, A RELATIVELY SMALL SENSING CHAMBER POSITIONED OUT OF DOORS AND EXPOSED TO THE SAME WEATHER AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AS THE BUILDINGS ON WHICH THE DATA IS BEING ACCUMULATED, A HEAT RADIATING ELECTRICAL ELEMENT POSITIONED IN SAID SENSING CHAMBER FOR HEATING THE INTERIOR THEREOF, A THERMOSTAT POSITIONED IN SAID SENSING CHAMBER FOR SENSING THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURE THEREOF TO DETECT HEAT LOSSES THEREFROM, A FIRST RELAY MEANS INCLUDING AN OPERATING COIL AND CONTACT MEANS OPERATED TO CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID OPERATING COIL IS ENERGIZED, A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER, A FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID THERMOSTAT AND SAID FIRST RELAY OPERATING COIL CONNECTED IN SERIES RELATION ACROSS SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER, SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BEING ENERGIZED WHEN SAID THERMOSTAT CLOSES TO CALL FOR HEAT IN SAID SENSING CHAMBER, A SECOND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID HEAT RADIATING ELECTRICAL ELEMENT AND SAID FIRST RELAY CONTACT MEANS CONNECTED IN SERIES RELATION ACROSS SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER, SAID SECOND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BEING ENERGIZED WHEN SAID OPERATING COIL OF SAID FIRST RELAY MEANS IS ENERGIZED, A SECOND RELAY MEANS INCLUDING AN OPERATING COIL CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH SAID HEAT RADIATING ELECTRICAL ELEMENT AND CONTACT MEANS OPERATED TO CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID SECOND RELAY OPERATING COIL AND SAID ELECTRICAL ELEMENT ARE ENERGIZED, AND A THIRD ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING DIGITAL TOTALIZING MEANS CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID SECOND RELAY CONTACT MEANS ACROSS SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGIZED WHEN SAID ELECTRICAL ELEMENT AND SAID SECOND RELAY MEANS ARE ENERGIZED TO RENDER A DIGITAL INDICATION OF HEAT UNITS SUPPLIED TO SAID SENSING CHAMBER WHICH WHEN HAVING AN EMPIRICAL MATHEMATICAL FACTOR FOR A SELECTED BUILDING APPLIED THERETO RENDERS A MEASUREMENT OF THE FUEL CONSUMED BY THAT BUILDING IN A GIVEN TIME, THUS RENDERING A BASIS FOR SCHEDULING FUEL DELIVERIES.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR ACCUMULATING HEAT LOSS DATA ON HEATED BUILDINGS FOR SCHEDULING FUEL DELIVERIES THERETO COMPRISING, A RELATIVELY SMALL SENSING CHAMBER POSITIONED OUT OF DOORS AND EXPOSED TO THE SAME WEATHER AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AS THE BUILDINGS ON WHICH THE DATA IS BEING ACCUMULATED, A HEAT RADIATING ELECTRICAL ELEMENT POSITIONED IN SAID SENSING CHAMBER FOR HEATING THE INTERIOR THEREOF, A THERMOSTAT POSITIONED IN SAID SENSING CHAMBER FOR SENSING THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURE THEREOF TO DETECT HEAT LOSSES THEREFROM, A FIRST RELAY MEANS INCLUDING AN OPERATING COIL AND CONTACT MEANS OPERATED TO CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID OPERATING COIL IS ENERGIZED, A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER, A FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID THERMOSTAT AND SAID FIRST RELAY OPERATING COIL CONNECTED IN SERIES RELATION ACROSS SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER, SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BEING ENERGIZED WHEN SAID THERMOSTAT CLOSES TO CALL FOR HEAT IN SAID SENSING CHAMBER, A SECOND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID HEAT RADIATING ELECTRICAL ELEMENT AND SAID FIRST RELAY CONTACT MEANS CONNECTED IN SERIES RELATION ACROSS SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER, SAID SECOND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BEING ENERGIZED WHEN SAID OPERATING COIL OF SAID FIRST RELAY MEANS IS ENERGIZED, A SECOND RELAY MEANS INCLUDING AN OPERATING COIL CONNECTED IN PARALLEL WITH SAID HEAT RADIATING ELECTRICAL ELEMENT AND CONTACT MEANS OPERATED TO CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID SECOND RELAY OPERATING COIL AND SAID ELECTRICAL ELEMENT ARE ENERGIZED, AND A THIRD ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING DIGITAL TOTALIZING MEANS CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SAID SECOND RELAY CONTACT MEANS ACROSS SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND ENERGIZED WHEN SAID ELECTRICAL ELEMENT AND SAID SECOND RELAY MEANS ARE ENERGIZED TO RENDER A DIGITAL INDICATION OF HEAT UNITS SUPPLIED TO SAID SENSING CHAMBER WHICH WHEN HAVING AN EMPIRICAL MATHEMATICAL FACTOR FOR A SELECTED BUILDING APPLIED THERETO RENDERS A MEASUREMENT OF THE FUEL CONSUMED BY THAT BUILDING IN A GIVEN TIME, THUS RENDERING A BASIS FOR SCHEDULING FUEL DELIVERIES.