US4754614A
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Prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1987-02-09
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Granted: 1988-07-05
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Expires: 2007-02-09
Abstract
Abstract A prime-motor-driven room-warming/cooling and hot water supplying has a heat exchanger which includes each part of a cooling water circulating circuit, a supplied water circuit, a refrigerant heating circuit and a supplied water heating circuit so as to perform mutual heat exchanging of cooling water for the prime motor in the water heating circuit, the refrigerant in the supplied water heating circuit and the refrigerant in the refrigerant heating circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Yuyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 19:31
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24D; F24D3/00; F24D3/18; F24D5/00; F24D5/12; F24F; F24F5/00; F24F5/0096; F25; F25B; F25B13/00; F25B27/00; F25B41/00; F25B41/20; F25B41/24; F25B49/00; F25B49/02; F25B49/027; F25B2313/00; F25B2313/003; F25B2313/004; F25B2400/00; F25B2400/25; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B30/00; Y02B30/12; Y02B30/13; Y02B30/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
201 words
A prime-motor-driven room-warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus which comprises: a heat pump circuit including a compressor driven by a prime motor, a first room side heat exchanger, a throttling device, a receiver and a second outdoor side heat exchanger, a cooling water circulating circuit connected to the prime motor and having means for circulating cooling water to cool the prime motor, a supplied water circuit separate from said cooling water circulating circuit, a refrigerant heating circuit extending from an intermediate portion of a pipe line connecting said receiver and said throttling device to said room side heat exchanger, a supplied water heating circuit for circulating refrigerant of a high temperature from said compressor, and a third heat exchanger which includes a part of said cooling water circulating circuit, said supplied water circuit, said refrigerant heating circuit and said supplied water heating circuit so as to perform mutual heat exchanging of the cooling water for said prime motor with said water in said supplied water circuit, said refrigerant in said supplied water heating circuit and said refrigerant in said refrigerant heating circuit, whereby water in said supplied water circuit is heated and cooling water in said water circulation circuit is cooled.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
201 words
A prime-motor-driven room-warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus which comprises: a heat pump circuit including a compressor driven by a prime motor, a first room side heat exchanger, a throttling device, a receiver and a second outdoor side heat exchanger, a cooling water circulating circuit connected to the prime motor and having means for circulating cooling water to cool the prime motor, a supplied water circuit separate from said cooling water circulating circuit, a refrigerant heating circuit extending from an intermediate portion of a pipe line connecting said receiver and said throttling device to said room side heat exchanger, a supplied water heating circuit for circulating refrigerant of a high temperature from said compressor, and a third heat exchanger which includes a part of said cooling water circulating circuit, said supplied water circuit, said refrigerant heating circuit and said supplied water heating circuit so as to perform mutual heat exchanging of the cooling water for said prime motor with said water in said supplied water circuit, said refrigerant in said supplied water heating circuit and said refrigerant in said refrigerant heating circuit, whereby water in said supplied water circuit is heated and cooling water in said water circulation circuit is cooled.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
123 words
The prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said third heat exchanger is constituted by an outer tube for feeding condensed refrigerant and forming said part of said refrigerant heating circuit, a first heat transmission tube provided inside said outer tube to feed the water in said supplied water circuit and forming said part of said supplied water circuit, a second heat transmission tube provided inside said first heat transmission tube and forming said part of said cooling water circulating circuit to feed the water for cooling said prime motor, a third heat transmission tube provided inside said second heat transmission tube to feed a liquid refrigerant and forming said part of said supplied water heating circuit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
136 words
The prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said third heat exchanger is constituted by an outer tube for feeding the condensed refrigerant and forming said part of said refrigerant heating circuit, a first heat transmission tube provided inside said outer tube to feed the water in said supplied water circuit and forming said part of said supplied water circuit, a second heat transmission tube provided inside said first heat transmission tube and forming said part of said cooling water circulating circuit to feed the water for cooling said prime motor and a third heat transmission tube placed in parallel to and in contact with said second heat transmission tube inside said first heat transmission tube to feed the liquefied refrigerant and forming said part of said water heating circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
The prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said third heat exchanger has paths in which counter-currents are formed between the condensed refrigerant and the water in said cooling water circulating circuit or said supplied water circuit, and between said liquefied refrigerant and the cooling water.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
The prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus according to claim 1, including electromagnetic valves connected to said heat pump circuit and said supplied water heating circuit to selectively control the refrigerant to be circulated in said circuits.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said supplied water circuit is a closed loop circuit including a water storage tank.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
The prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said third heat exchanger directly receives a city water used for hot water supply and said supplied water circuit is provided with a water flow detecting switch for generating a signal to control the operation of said heat pump.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The prime-motor-driven room warming/cooling and hot water supplying apparatus according to claim 1, including an auxiliary heating device in said supplied water circuit at a position downstream of said third heat exchanger.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-07-05 | 1992-01-04 | 1992-07-05 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-07-05 | 1996-01-04 | 1996-07-05 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-07-05 | 2000-01-04 | 2000-07-05 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |