Greenhouse heating system
First Claim
1. A method of heating an enclosure comprising the steps of:
- providing a source of heated air;
connecting one end of a non-rigid, normally collapsed tube to said source and positioning said tube within said enclosure; and
blowing heated air from the source through the tube to inflate the tube and provide radiant heat to the enclosure.
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Abstract
A radiant heating system for a greenhouse utilizing radiator tubing formed from substantially gas impermeable plastic material. The system includes a radiator tube disposed overhead and formed from light transmitting material so that sunlight projecting into the greenhouse will be substantially transmitted to the plants grown thereunder and a second radiator tube disposed proximate the greenhouse floor and formed of similar plastic material. The radiated tubes are interconnected at one of their ends and a burner communicates through a manifold connected to the other ends of the radiator tubes to transmit a heated effluent through the tubes. Valve means and exhaust means are associated with the manifold. The valve means operates to selectively direct the heated effluent from the burner to the overhead radiator tube for subsequent movement through the inner connection and the floor radiator and back to the manifold for discharge from the greenhouse through the exhaust means, or to direct the heated effluent from the burner to the floor radiator tube for subsequent movement through the inner connection and the overhead radiator and back to the manifold for discharge from the greenhouse through the exhaust means. This allows for a primary heating radiator and a secondary or residual radiator in the greenhouse.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of heating an enclosure comprising the steps of:
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providing a source of heated air; connecting one end of a non-rigid, normally collapsed tube to said source and positioning said tube within said enclosure; and blowing heated air from the source through the tube to inflate the tube and provide radiant heat to the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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- 6. A method of heating an enclosure utilizing a burner arranged to transmit a heated effluent through a radiator to heat an area of the enclosure in proximity to the radiator, characterized in that the radiator is provided as a length of collapsible tubing and the heated effluent is passed through the tubing to inflate the tubing and provide radiant heat to the enclosure.
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