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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
May. 14, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward J Heffernan, Oviedo, FL (US);
Ronald S Tomlinson, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
Assignee:
Heil-Quaker Corporation, Lavergne, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1261 / ; 1261 / ; 1261 / ; 16510411 ; 16510426 ;
Abstract
In the operation of a heat pipe furnace having a plurality of heat pipes and means for conducting a heated fluid in sequential heat transfer association with the heat pipes, an apparatus and method of detecting a malfunction of any one of the heat pipes of said plurality comprising means for and the steps of monitoring the temperature of the most sequentially downstream heat pipe of the plurality of heat pipes and determining whether said monitored temperature is within a preselected range of temperatures.