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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6792938 | Air type solar system An air type solar system of the present invention has a heat-collecting unit for heating air by solar heat, and a blower fan for blowing the air as a heat medium from the heat-collecting unit. The blower fan is of a large scale, which is capable of: blowing the air ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 5950618 | Solar energy baking apparatus A solar energy baking apparatus comprises one or more baking containers for receiving material to be baked or dried; reflectors with respect to the baking containers for reflecting solar energy and collecting and focusing the light on the baking container... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5601075 | Solar energy collecting system A solar energy collecting system includes a water tank and a solar collector and a pump for pumping water from the water tank to the solar collector. A sensor is arranged close to the solar collector. A CPU is connected to the pump and the temperature sen... | 02/11/1997 |
| 4495937 | Thermal collector and storage system A thermal collector and storage system is described as comprising a plurality of energy storage elements or rods mounted in a parallel array within an enclosure, which is adapted to be readily built into a housing wall. Each such storage rod contains a he... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494527 | Solar heating A solar heater has an outlet conduit above an inlet conduit intercoupling a solar heating chamber with the inside of a building through a window opening. In one form the solar collecting chamber is outside the building below the window and the outlet cond... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4455999 | Solar hot-water heaters A solar energy collection system including a collector having an absorber structure in the form of a closed chamber defined between an upper sheet comprised of a thin metal sheet or foil and an under layer. The under layer includes a plurality of supports... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4425903 | Chemical heat pump A chemical heat pump system is disclosed for use in heating and cooling structures such as residences or commercial buildings. The system is particularly adapted to utilizing solar energy, but also increases the efficiency of other forms of thermal energy... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4422444 | Solar energy control system and method An improved solar energy control system and method are disclosed that enables efficient utiliziation of heat produced from solar energy in heating air and/or water. The system and method sense the availability of heat along with the need for such heat at ... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4392481 | Solar collector apparatus having increased energy rejection during stagnation The disclosure relates to an active solar collector having increased energy rejection during stagnation. The collector's glazing is brought into substantial contact with absorber during stagnation to increase re-emittance and thereby to maintain lower tem... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4369765 | Supplemental heating system using solar radiation A heating system for supplementing a conventional furnace or the like is disclosed. The system includes a blower that receives air from the hot air supply system of the conventional furnace, and directs the air through a separate duct to the space to be h... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4334521 | Solar energy system Solar energy system incorporating a dirigible motor-driven collector and an electronic sensor for turning the collector to follow the sun. The collector is turned progressively during the day to occupy successive positions during predetermined time period... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4324224 | Temperature control system A temperature control system for a building wherein a solar collector extends substantially coextensive with at least a portion of at least one vertical wall of the building. The system includes a solar collector and storage unit having means connected th... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4300531 | Sunlight collector A sunlight collector comprises a main frame carrying a highly transparent glass covering and a collector element in parallel spaced relationship, the collector element comprising a support element with a liquid channel therein and convex leg curved toward... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4290412 | Solar collector and process for its operation The invention relates to a solar collector assembly comprising a hollow housing body that is at least partially transparent. An absorber means is contained in the housing and a vacuum pump means is connected to the housing. A particular process of operati... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4270518 | Controller for condenser-side-storage solar heat-pump systems To improve the efficiency of a condenser-side-storage solar heat-pump system, the controller for the heat pump measures the temperature outside the house and: (1) subtracts it from the temperature within a collector for the solar heat system; and (2) adds... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4258697 | Pneumatic collection, storage and transfer of solar heat The collection, storage and transfer of solar heat by pneumatic means includes: a solar collection system; a heat storage system; and a means for selectively directing air through the solar collector, the heat storage, and the point of use. The solar coll... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4227515 | Dual phase solar water heater A solar energy conversion apparatus having two phases of operation which, in one phase, absorbs thermal energy from sunlight incident on the device, and in a second phase, absorbs energy from air in an attic-type space heated by solar radiation. The two p... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4201188 | Solar collector and heat trap A solar collector unit of triangular transverse cross section is provided with a corrugated heat trap element on at least the rear vertical wall of the collector. The heat trap element has a V-shaped cross section, the angle of the V being in the range of... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4192292 | Solar heating system A solar heating system for a structure in which a matrix of beverage containers of the convenient opening variety is mounted on a generally flat support member. The beverage containers extend through holes in the support member formed from alternating pol... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4155344 | Air-heating solar collector An air-heating solar collector having a plurality of parallel, spaced-apart, substantially coextensive translucent sheets and a convoluted air passage passing in succession between successive pairs of said sheets, the air finally passing over a blackened ... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4112918 | Solar energy collector This invention features a mechanism within a flat plate solar collector for modulating the temperature therein by reflecting incident solar radiation with a solar reflective surface and as a function of the temperature within the flat plate collector. The... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4085731 | Solar energy conversion system A solar energy conversion system that provides for complete utilization of the solar energy impinging on solar collectors by having cylindrical lens type collection panels. This system can be used with separate heat sinks with fluid retained at different ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4072141 | Prefabricated ventilating panel including heat transfer means A prefabricated ventilating panel including heat transfer means is disclosed for supplying air to an enclosure, including a vertical core member formed of heat insulating a material, a vertical outer facing member formed of heat conductive material arrang... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4060195 | Solar heating control system A control circuit for a solar heating system having a solar collector, a heating load and a heat transfer control unit, including a collector valve or damper for controlling the flow of heating fluid to and from the solar collector; a load valve or damper... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4058109 | Solar heating and insulating apparatus A combined solar heating and insulating apparatus for use on existing buildings or in new construction. The apparatus is inexpensive to manufacture and provides for auxiliary solar heating during the day and insulation during the night, both of which resu... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4052000 | Solar energy augmented water heating system Solar energy is utilized to augment the heater of a water heating system, such as a domestic hot water system, having a water storage and heating tank by conducting water to the tank through a solar energy storage tank and circulating a heat transport liq... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4043317 | Vented solar collector A solar collector of the type embodying a collector plate with fluid conduits disposed in heat-conductive relation to the plate, and a transparent cover spaced above the plate-conduit assembly, with venting devices being provided in opposite end portions ... | 08/23/1977 |
