Patent ID: 7401641

Claim:
A system for installing geothermal heat pump sub-surface, vertically oriented, fluid transport tubing in a well/borehole, the system comprising: at least one elevated containment structure, the containment structure defining a central open area, the structure adapted to laterally support, within the central open area, fluid transport tubing when the containment structure is temporarily positioned above a well/borehole for insertion of the fluid transport tubing into the well/borehole; and an extension structure connected to and extending downward from the containment structure, the extension structure adapted to temporarily elevate and support the containment structure above a around surface proximate the well/borehole during installation of the fluid transport tubing into the well/borehole, further comprising vertically oriented fluid transport tubing for a sub-surface geothermal heat pump system, the fluid transport tubing positioned and laterally supported by the elevated containment structure for insertion into the well/borehole, wherein the lower distal end of the fluid transport tubing comprises a lower distal end of a first segment operatively coupled to an upper/top end of a second segment partially extending from and out of the well/borehole, wherein the second fluid transport tubing segment partially extending from and out of the well/borehole comprises at least one supply fluid transport tube and at least one return fluid transport tube, and said supply and return fluid transport tubes are operatively connected by a U-bend coupling positioned within the well/borehole; and, further comprising a bar attached across the coupling in the well/borehole and a rope/cord/line/cable attached to the bar and extending from the bar to above the ground surface.