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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| H2231 | Tubular heating-pipe solar water-heating-system with integral tank A collector core for a solar water-heating-system includes a plurality of heat-absorbing pipes each of which surrounds a cooler-water return-pipe. The heating-pipes may connect directly to an insulated hot-water storage-tank from which cooler water descends through ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7398779 | Thermosiphoning system with side mounted storage tanks An improved thermosiphon solar heater is disclosed. The thermosiphon solar heater includes a substantially planar collector including a plurality of heat exchanger channels that are positioned next to one another in a parallel relationship. The thermosiphoning solar... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7093619 | Vacuum-insulated pipe To provide a thermal insulation piping with no radially projecting part from a periphery thereof, so as to facilitate insertion of the thermal insulation piping into a pipeline or equivalent. In a thermal insulation tube 10 having a vacuum layer between an in... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062911 | Natural thermo-carrier heat release system A natural thermo-carrier heat release system that provides open or closed temperature regulation on an object with temperature delta to receive the heat release based on the work principle of descending of a flow at lower temperature and ascending at higher temperat... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6968654 | Solar panel mounting structure, solar panel system, and methods of making and installing thereof A mounting structure for a solar panel unit, and a system of solar panel units are disclosed that are easy to manufacture and to install. The mounting structure has a relatively simple frame that can be formed by sheet metal bending operations. The solar panel unit ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6776154 | Solar energy system with direct absorption of solar radiation A solar energy system comprises a solar absorber in the form of a solar boiler tank with a lower working liquid region having a liquid inlet and filled with a working liquid capable of boiling under a predetermined pressure, and an upper vapor accumulation region ha... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6696637 | Conversion of solar energy An array of elongated concave parabolic trough-shaped reflectors is disclosed. The orientation of the array is biaxially kept essentially perpendicular to rays of the sun by an optical control such that sunlight is reflected and concentrated along a focal... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6655375 | Solar thermoaccumulator A solar thermoaccumulator, including a parallel battery of closed-circuit vacuum solar pipes, and provided with a plurality of accumulation bulbs, which are either immersed in a primary conductive fluid that circulates in an annular chamber having an air ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6619282 | Solar concentrating liquid lightguide This nontracking solar concentrator can be larger than a football field and produce a 20 sun focus. A tank holds panels to collect light and water to guide light to the focus. The tank has a wide field of view that eliminates the need for a sun-tracking m... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6498290 | Conversion of solar energy An array of elongated concave parabolic trough-shaped reflectors is disclosed. The orientation of the array is biaxially kept essentially perpendicular to rays of the sun by an optical control such that sunlight is reflected and concentrated along a focal... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6407328 | Photovoltaic device A photovoltaic device for converting radiation energy into electric power, includes a front side exposed to radiation from a radiation source, a backside; and a cooling unit having a liquid medium, e.g. water, arranged between the front side and the radia... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6370328 | Water heating tank with thermosiphonic circulation for improved heat recovery rate An electric water heater has a vertically disposed tank with a cold water inlet, a hot water outlet and at least one horizontally disposed elongated immersion heating element extending into the region of the tank between an upper region and a lower region... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6357512 | Passive heating and cooling system An apparatus and method are disclosed by which the temperature of an enclosure can be prevented from reaching extremely high or extremely low points. The enclosure provides a functional area whose temperature is adjusted by heated or cooled water containe... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6119682 | Water heater and storage tank The invention provides a low-profile, solar energy powered, thermosyphon-circulated water heater and storage device (10) comprising: a flat, tilted solar radiation absorber panel (12); an insulated hot fluid storage tank (18); a conduit (20) providing flu... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6018122 | Tracking solar module To provide a tracking-type solar module capable of high-performance sunlight-tracking with a simple configuration while simultaneously performing highly effective cooling of a solar cell, a solar cell is movably installed within a transparent cooling tube... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6014968 | Tubular heating-pipe solar water-heating-system with integral tank A collector core (104) for a solar water-heating-system (100) includes a plurality of heat-absorbing pipes (108) each of which surrounds a cooler-water return-pipe (116). The heating-pipes (108) may connect directly to an insulated hot-water storage-tank ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5931156 | Integral heat-pipe type solar collector A heat-pipe type solar collector includes a heat absorber portion adapted to absorb solar energy to evaporate a working fluid in heat tube elements; and a heat release portion communicating with the heat absorber portion and having a body of a semi-annula... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5537990 | Solar water heating system A solar water heating system includes a water storage tank to which a hot water outlet pipe and a cold water inlet pipe are connected. A solar-collector unit is mounted below the water storage tank. A downcomer pipe connects the water storage tank and the... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5462047 | Solar water-heater with integrated storage A solar water heater with integrated storage tank can be filled isothermally with water of which the temperature is freely selected and which, when the tank is full, passes into a thermosiphoning mode. A collector and the storage tank are housed compactly... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5351488 | Solar energy generator A system for coupling a plurality of solar powered bubble pumps in series is described. By controlling the boiling temperature of the circulating fluid contained in the system, the flow of liquid between the units of the series can be balanced and the pre... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5245984 | Solar domestic hot water system with thermal siphon preheating A solar energy based domestic hot water system which employs a columnar-type heat exchanger designated as a thermal booster having two columns, through one of which passes extremely warm water coming from the output of a solar collector to prewarm colder ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5103802 | Thermosyphon heat-storage and backup heat apparatus Prior inventions in 2-tank solar heat-storage systems, generally speaking, provide for solar-produced heat stored in a first tank. Therefore STORED solar heat is limited to that one tank. Backup heat is produced and stored in a second tank. In the present... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4960105 | Sun operated boiler for heating liquids A sun operated installation for heating liquids generally comprises a collector of insolation and a storage tank. The collector and the tank are interconnected by a circulation pipe. In that pipe are provided two inlet openings, one in the upper and one i... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4745906 | Passive heat transfer device The invention relates to a device for passive heat transfer between a heat source and a condenser (6) by means of a vaporizable liquid and a cycle with two phases controlled by a float valve (2, 4, 11). This device comprises a boiler (1) heated by said so... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4685445 | Solar heater A thermosyphonic solar heater including a solar collector for heating a liquid by solar radiation, the collector having an inlet socket and an outlet socket, a tank into which the heated liquid is transferred by thermosyphonic action, a hot-liquid, outlet... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4676225 | Method and apparatus for enhancing the pumping action of a geyser pumped tube A geyser pump and a geyser pumped heat transfer system having a multitude of heat absorbing tubes from which heated liquid is pumped into a vapor/liquid separator by geyser action enhanced by positive vapor bubble generation apparatus and flow control met... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4637375 | Integrated solar heating unit The instant solar heating unit takes advantage of anti-reverse-siphon techniques developed by the inventor and combines anti-freeze features, and houses the entire unit in a wedge-shaped, integral cocoon to retain heat and enclose the piping and fixtures.... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4604991 | Hot water preheater system A secondary heating source is used to preheat the water supplied to a conventional hot water tank. Three two-position valves permit the water from the water supply line to be supplied directly to the hot water tank during part of the year (such as the win... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4599994 | Thermosiphon solar water heater having freeze rupture protection A thermosiphon solar water heating system includes a solar energy collector coupled to an elevated heated water storage tank. Water at about 4° C. is produced and used to displace colder, less dense water in the solar collector, thereby establishing circ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4573525 | Thermally actuated heat exchange method and system An improved heat actuated heat exchange system having conduit in a primary heating zone, a boiler in a second heating zone, and an accumulator in a third heating zone operatively connected by other conduits to a condenser, two check valves, and a heat rej... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4567878 | Solar anti-reverse siphon system A solar heater system utilizes a passive anti-reverse siphon system to prevent the reversal of the fluid flow during evenings and other times when the ambient temperature is below the temperature within the system. The anti-reverse siphon system used func... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4541412 | Check valve and spring to prevent forward and reverse thermosiphoning in solar collector systems A freeze protection system allows the working fluid contained in the communicating tubes of the solar collector to drain from both the input and output tubes of the collector when a first predetermined temperature of the working fluid is detected and to f... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4531510 | Bidirectional thermal syphon valve, installation for the production and storage of heat or cold comprising such a thermal syphon valve, and various uses The invention relates to a bidirectional thermal siphon-valve operating by natural convection. It further relates to an installation for the production and storage of heat or cold comprising such a thermal siphon-valve, preferably with a continuously oper... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4528976 | Thermal control system for solar collector A fluid cycling system for a solar collector is disclosed. The collector has a pump to force fluid through the collector to a fluid exit. The present invention provides a vertically extending expansion tank with an inlet coupled to the fluid exit from the... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4519383 | Anti-reverse siphon solar heating system A solar heater which is adapted for liquid heating and space heating, or both, utilizes a passive anti-reverse siphon concept in which fresh air or water is required to traverse upwardly along a passageway and then descend along a descending passageway in... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4508102 | Heat collection, dissipation and storage Heat collection and dissipation are provided utilizing a roofing system having a support sheet with an upstanding edge around its periphery and a pair of water impermeable membranes disposed in the volume defined by the support sheet and upstanding edge. ... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4483321 | Solar heat collector system This invention discloses a solar heat collector and system in which radiant heat energy is absorbed by an absorber plate and the heat is transferred by conduction to a circulating fluid. During normal operation, heat loss from the solar panel is reduced b... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4478211 | Self-pumping solar heating system with geyser pumping action A self-pumping solar heating system having a collector including a multitude of small diameter riser tubes from which heated liquid is pumped into a header by a geyser action. A vapor condenser assures a header pressure conducive to bubble nucleation in t... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4467788 | Solar energy actuated apparatus for distilling water from liquids and solids The apparatus of the disclosed invention uses solar energy that impinges upon it for the purposes of distilling water from solutions and mixtures and for drying out of agricultural produce and other materials containing water. In a single apparatus, the m... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4437456 | Heat collector A heat collector and method suitable for efficiently and cheaply collecting solar and other thermal energy are provided. The collector employs a heat pipe in a gravity-assist mode and is not evacuated. The collector has many advantages, some of which incl... | 03/20/1984 |
