Abstract

Attachment device comprising: (a) a housing (12), the housing having: (i) a through bore, the through bore being configured to allow a fluid conduit (16) to pass therethrough, and (ii) an at least one heat source member (20a) receiving section configured to receive at least a portion of a heat source member therein, the housing being configured to receive an at least one thermal connection member (22); and (b) an at least one thermal connection member (22) comprising a fluid conduit engagement portion (22a) and a heat source member engagement portion (22b), the fluid conduit engagement portion being in-use engageable with a corrugated fluid conduit passing through the housing, the fluid conduit engagement portion having a shape complementary to the shape of the corrugated fluid conduit, and the heat source member engagement portion being in-use engageable with at least a portion of a heat source member located within the housing. A heating apparatus and fluid heating system incorporating the attachment device.

IPC Classes  ?

• F24S 10/95 - Solar heat collectors using working fluids using internal thermosiphonic circulation having evaporator sections and condenser sections, e.g. heat pipes
• F24S 25/30 - Arrangement of stationary mountings or supports for solar heat collector modules using elongate rigid mounting elements extending substantially along the mounting surface, e.g. for covering buildings with solar heat collectors
• F24S 50/40 - Arrangements for controlling solar heat collectors responsive to temperature
• F28F 1/42 - Tubular elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being both outside and inside the tubular element
• F28D 15/02 - Heat-exchange apparatus with the intermediate heat-transfer medium in closed tubes passing into or through the conduit walls in which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat-pipes

Abstract

An attachment device (10) for a heating apparatus (100) comprising a housing (12), the housing (12) having a through bore (14), the through bore (14) being configured to allow a fluid conduit (16) to pass through the housing (12), and a heat source member receiving section (18), the heat source member receiving section (18) being configured to receive at least a portion of a heat source member (20) therein. The attachment device (10) further comprising a thermal connection member (22), the thermal connection member (22) being arranged such that, in use, the thermal connection member (22) is engagable with both a fluid conduit (16) passing through the housing (12) and at least a portion of a heat source member (20) located within the housing (12).

IPC Classes  ?

• F24J 2/32 - having evaporator and condenser section, e.g. heat pipe
• F28F 13/06 - Arrangements for modifying heat transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing by affecting the pattern of flow of the heat-exchange media

Abstract

A manifold for a heating and/or cooling apparatus comprising a first conduit and a second conduit, wherein the second conduit is beatable within the first conduit and wherein the first conduit and/or the second conduit are at least partially resilient, and wherein the first conduit is sealed at one end thereof and the first and second conduits are configurable such that a fluid flow path exists between the first and second conduits, and wherein the first conduit includes one or more thermal transfer points.

IPC Classes  ?

• F24J 2/46 - Component parts, details or accessories of solar heat collectors
• F24J 3/08 - using geothermal heat (devices for producing mechanical power from geothermal energy F03G 4/00)
• F28D 7/10 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being arranged one within the other, e.g. concentrically
• F28D 7/12 - Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being arranged one within the other, e.g. concentrically the surrounding tube being closed at one end, i.e. return type
• F28D 20/00 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in generalRegenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or