SNOW MELTING DEVICE

• Main Authors: KATAOKA KENJI, INOUE HITOSHI, YAMAKAGE HISAAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.04.1991
• Subjects: CLEANING BEACHES; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, ORTHE LIKE; DISPERSING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FOG IN GENERAL; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR; STREET CLEANING

PURPOSE:To develop the stable snow melting faculty for speedily melting the snow on a heat radiation panel by installing the heat radiation panel which is thermally attached with one side of a heat pipe arranged in a snow storage groove and installing a vibrationproof body, overriding the other side of the heat pipe and the heat radiation panel. CONSTITUTION:One edge side 9a of a heat pipe 9 is heated by the heat in the soil 2, and the working fluid in the heat pipe 9 is vaporized, and transferred to the other side 9b of the heat pipe 9 arranged in a snow storage groove 7 through the inside of the heat pipe 9. Since the temperature of a heat radiation panel 10 arranged in the snow storage groove 7 is lower than that of the soil 2, the vapor of the working fluid is condensed and liquefied, and liberates the condensation latent heat into the heat radiation panel 10 arranged in the snow storage groove 7. Further, the liquefied working fluid is returned to one side 9a of the heat pipe 9 along the inner wall surface of the heat pipe 9, and the heat radiation panel 10 is heated by the repetition of the above-described operations, and snow is molten. A vibrationproof body 11 is set, overriding the other side 9b of the heat pipe 9 and the heat radiation panel 10, and the stability for vibration is secured.