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Abstract

The probe for circulating heated water for thawing frozen ground is a portion of a mobile heating system including a plurality of hose sections. The probe includes a T-connection having a fluid inlet section, a first fluid outlet section, and a second fluid outlet section. An elongate outer tube having an ingress port is affixed to the first fluid outlet section. The elongate outer tube includes a closed penetrating end for insertion into a frozen ground surface. An inner tube is positioned inside the T-connection and the outer tube. The inner tube has an inflow end positioned proximate to the closed penetrating end and an elbow having an outflow opening positioned within the T-connection where the outflow opening is positioned proximate to the second fluid outlet section. The probe defines a perpendicular fluid-flow course which depends downwardly between the outer tube and the inner tube for entry into the inner tube proximate to the penetrating end. The perpendicular fluid-flow course then extends vertically upward through the inner tube for exit from the outflow opening and T-connection proximal to the second fluid outlet section.

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