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Class 126/650 - Particular material


Subclass of Class 126 - Stoves and furnaces
Definition: Apparatus wherein significance is attributed to a substance
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 11/29/2005


NumberTitleIssue Date
6968654Solar 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
6955168Solar heat collecting apparatus
A solar heat collecting apparatus comprises a casing body, a lid for the casing body, a plurality of pillars, and a shield member. The lid for the casing body allows sunlight to pass through the lid and forms a vacuum space in collaboration with the casing body. A p...
10/18/2005
6619282Solar 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
6178966Heat and moisture exchange apparatus for architectural applications
An apparatus for enhanced heat and moisture exchange between make-up and exhaust air streams includes a housing having an exterior wall defining an interior channel through which air streams may pass and a water vapor permeable barrier disposed within the...
01/30/2001
6109258Device for capturing solar energy and transferring it onto a receiving medium to be heated
The invention concerns a device for capturing solar energy and transferring it onto a receiving medium to be heated. The device comprises a multiplicity of blades (16), mutually spaced and tiered up to form a screen (10) with an external surface (18) for ...
08/29/2000
5979439Solar receiver
A solar receiver (10; 110) for a solar thermal power plant comprises an elongated supply chamber (16; 118) for a heat carrier medium flowing in the supply chamber (16; 118) at a small loss of pressure, an elongated absorber (13; 113), the inlet areas (21;...
11/09/1999
5931157Thermal insulation/thermal collector assembly
A combined thermal-insulation/thermal-collector assembly for the outside walls or roofs of buildings has a heat-insulating layer which is transparent to solar radiation and is designed with a transparent structure. The heat-insulating material including a...
08/03/1999
5497762Device for collecting solar energy and transferring it to a reception body to be heated
The device for collecting solar energy and transferring it to a reception body to be heated includes a plurality of parallel profiled elements and a closure mechanism. The profiled elements are spaced apart and superposed in order to form a curtain having...
03/12/1996
4993403Method and apparatus for trapping heat energy
A heat trap for collecting heat energy includes an enclosure having an interior surface reflective with respect to heat energy within the enclosure and a heat absorbent exterior surface. Heat energy applied to the exterior surface of the enclosure is abso...
02/19/1991
4719904Solar thermal receiver
A solar thermal energy collector includes a thermal receiver for receiving thermal energy from incident solar radiation and converting that energy, with minimum heat loss, into thermal energy transferred to and carried by a thermal fluid in a copper condu...
01/19/1988
4716882Solar heat collector
A solar heat collector, wherein an absorber plate is mounted in a box member provided on the upper surface thereof with a transparent sheet. The surface of the absorber plate is subjected to a selective absorption surface treatment, and a transparent heat...
01/05/1988
4643168Liquid cooled fiber thermal radiation receiver
A radiation-to-thermal receiver apparatus for collecting radiation and converting it to thermal energy is disclosed. The invention includes a fibrous mat material which captures radiation striking the receiver. Captured radiation is removed from the fibro...
02/17/1987
4543946Nontracking parabolic solar energy collector apparatus
A mirror collector having a generally parabolic surface terminating near the vertex in a circular or cylindrical curve, an evacuated cylindrical heat entrapment tube composed of a clear glass for energy admission and an elongated, U-shaped heat collector ...
10/01/1985
4475537Nontracking parabolic collector apparatus
A mirror collector having a generally parabolic surface terminating near the vertex in a circular or cylindrical curve, a collector tube composed of a clear glass outer tube for energy admission and for passing an inner fluid, the collector being generall...
10/09/1984
4392483Solar collector means
A hot roof solar collector. A narrow modular matrix structure having a web or plate portion and lower and upper support rails connected to the web portion. These narrow modules are placed side by side adjacently on an insulating surface. A clear sheet mem...
07/12/1983
4353356Solar collector units with mounting frame
A rigid metal framework includes parallel u-shaped guides which are spaced apart and lined with a resilient material for supporting the edges of a solar absorber or core, which guides are connected with separate transverse members at their opposite ends t...
10/12/1982
4334524Solar heater with bondless honeycomb heat trap
A solar heater including a housing having a transparent front wall for passing incident solar radiation, a radiation absorbent collector element positioned in the housing and arranged to accept incident solar radiation passing through the front wall, mean...
06/15/1982
4323053Solar heater with integral heat trap glazing
A solar heater including a housing having a combined transparent front wall and heat trap, a radiation absorbent collector element positioned in the housing and arranged to accept incident solar radiation passing through the front wall, and means for pass...
04/06/1982
4313427Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger in which the main component is formed of a plurality of elongated strips of rigid heat conductive material. Each of the strips has a cross-sectional configuration which is elongated in a direction transverse to the elongated extent of the...
02/02/1982
4301787Solar heat collector
Disclosed herein is a solar heat collector which is placed across an open window area for selectively heating the interior of a dwelling place or the like. The collector includes a plurality of fins transversely disposed across the window area between two...
11/24/1981
4237867Solar energy collector
Solar energy absorbing means in solar collectors are provided by matts of a fibrous material which by its chemical composition absorbs solar radiation, converting this energy to thermal energy within the fiber itself. The solar energy absorbing properties...
12/09/1980
4232658Solar collector panel
A solar collector panel and method of making same are disclosed. The solar collector panel has four layers of fiberglass mat which are each saturated with a catalyzed liquiform resin. Between the first two layers, unimpregnated Kraft honeycomb paper havin...
11/11/1980
4046135Highly efficient solar collector including means for preventing cover plate fluid condensation
A solar energy collector of low cost and high thermal efficiency is disclosed having a heat trap produced by zigzagging a thin strip of polyethylene terephthalate between opposite sides of the trap while wrapping the strip about rows of dowels positioned ...
09/06/1977
 
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