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A symmetrical adsorption pump/compressor system having a pair of mirror image legs and a Joule Thomson expander 40, or valve, interposed between the legs thereof for providing a new, efficient refrigeration cycle. The system further includes a plurality of gas operational heat switches 48a, 48b, 48c

A symmetrical adsorption pump/compressor system having a pair of mirror image legs and a Joule Thomson expander 40, or valve, interposed between the legs thereof for providing a new, efficient refrigeration cycle. The system further includes a plurality of gas operational heat switches 48a, 48b, 48c, and 48d adapted selectively to transfer thereto heat from a thermal load 44 and to transfer or discharge heat therefrom through a heat projector 46, such as a radiator or the like. The heat switches comprise gas pressurizable chambers adapted for alternate pressurization in response to adsorption and desorption of a pressurizing gas confined therein.

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In an adsorption refrigeration system the improvement comprising: A. first system means for alternately adsorbing and desorbing a system pressurizing gas including an adsorption chamber; B. second system means for alternately adsorbing and desorbing said system pressurizing gas including an adsorpti

In an adsorption refrigeration system the improvement comprising: A. first system means for alternately adsorbing and desorbing a system pressurizing gas including an adsorption chamber; B. second system means for alternately adsorbing and desorbing said system pressurizing gas including an adsorption chamber; C. circuit means interconnecting said first and second system means for sequentially directing a cyclically reversing flow of said system pressurizing gas between said first and said second system means including a Joule Thomson expander for cooling the gas, said circuit means further including a first and a second expansion chamber interconnected in communicating relation through said Joule Thomson expander, and means connecting said expansion chambers in mutually independent communicating relation with said adsorption chambers; D. a first pair of heat switches connected to said first and second system means for alternately connecting a heat load to said first and second expansion chambers; E. a second pair of heat switches connected to said first and second systems means for alternately connecting a heat rejector to said adsorption chambers; and F. means for alternately closing the heat switches of each pair of heat switches.