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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266924 | Method and apparatus for irrigating products on cultivating tables A system comprising cultivating tables as well as an irrigation device for supplying a liquid medium to cultivation products being cultivated on the cultivating tables, a special feature being the fact that each cultivating table comprises an inlet and an outlet for... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7063126 | Heat exchange assembly A roofing panel (13) incorporating a heat exchange assembly is described, the roofing panel including: an internal fluid passageway (51) formed between a pair of spaced substantially parallel internal sheets (16, 17) for the passage therethrough... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6913015 | Modular system for utilization of solar energy for heating of sanitary water The subject of the invention is modular system for utilization of solar energy for heating of sanitary water, which is composed from individual modules, each of which comprises a prefabricated, upper-outflow transparent (diaphanous), translucent or non-transparent e... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6787116 | Overmolding insert for heat exchanger, process for manufacturing a heat exchanger, and heat exchanger produced thereby An overmolding insert includes a base having at least one opening in a first surface, the opening communicating with a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one hollow projection extending from the first surface, the hollow projection having a first op... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6604521 | Solar collector pipe An improved solar collector pipe that directly conveys fluid to be heated and collects and transfers solar energy efficiently and directly to the internal fluid, thereby maximizing both the amount of energy transmitted to the internal fluid and the peak t... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6446625 | Solar energy collection system and fluid conduit therefor A solar energy collection system that can be retrofitted into pavement covered lots, such as macadam covered parking lots has a pump and heat exchanger, and a conduit buried below the pavement surface that contains a heat transfer fluid such as water. The... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6024086 | Solar energy collector having oval absorption tubes A flexible solar absorbing means, which can be one or more extruded or molded plastic or rubber oval tubes which may or may not be connected to each other at the edges by a small webbing; communicating with a rounding connection adapter means communicatin... | 02/15/2000 |
| 4898153 | Solar energy panel A low cost easily assembled solar energy panel employing as its major component, a double skinned sheet of polycarbonate which has a plurality of preferably uniformly spaced, rib members separating the two skins. The panel may employ a fluid input and flu... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4527548 | Window blind type solar collector A solar collector is designed for use in the window opening of a house and also serves to retain the window function for the occupants of the house. The collector has a rectangular frame having an inner pane of glass, an outer pane or panes and a pluralit... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4476856 | Process for the production of a solar collector panel assembly and a panel assembly produced thereby In a process for the production of a solar collector panel assembly, a pipe arrangement for carrying a heat exchange fluid and a carrier panel for carrying same and for absorbing solar energy are intimately jointed together as by soldering or brazing. The... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4474168 | Solar heated swimming pool A swimming pool construction incorporating solar heating means to heat the pool water to a desired level. The pool includes a surrounding safety fence supported by a plurality of fence supports which are hollow and which include internal passageways. The ... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4446852 | Terraced solar energy collector The present invention relates to a solar energy collector comprising a plurality of elongated heat-absorbing troughs. The elongated heat-absorbing troughs are supported in a generally parallel side-by-side terraced array, in position to retain liquid and ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4393862 | Solar air duct A ready-to-assemble kit for a solar air heater is provided including a heating chamber composed of a set of side-by-side elongated, hollow, straight ducts having openings at opposite ends thereof; wherein a manifold is placed at each end of the set, where... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4375808 | Solar heat energy collecting systems and methods of making the same A method of making a solar heat energy collecting system which comprises: forming a potentially foamable, resinous base layer containing a blowing agent; applying a printing composition to the surface of the potentially foamable, resinous base layer in th... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4368726 | Solar heating panel A solar heating panel for collecting solar heat energy and method for making same having a heat insulative substrate with a multiplicity of grooves and structural supporting ribs formed therein covered by a thin, flexible heat conductive film to form flui... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4355064 | Covering material Covering material for walls, facades, roofs or the like, which is flown through by a heat transfer medium for the assimilation or absorption of radiant heat and/or heat from the environment and by which the shape and/or size of the cross-section of the fl... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4353355 | Solar energy collectors An improved method of making a solar energy collector is disclosed. The method involves fusing a collector panel to headers using a high frequency magnetic field. End fitments are also fused to the headers. Other improvements in solar energy collectors pe... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4316452 | Solar collector Solar collector, using air as the flowing heated medium, including a glass enclosure, and using a thin metal diaphram in tightly-stressed condition as a heat absorbing agent.... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4309987 | Fluid flow assembly for solar heat collectors or radiators A fluid flow assembly for solar heat absorbers, radiators and the like formed of a pair of tubular headers, defining respectively an inlet header and an outlet header, and placed in fluid flow communication by a plurality of tubular members disposed subst... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4303060 | Collector panel for solar heating system The disclosure is of a metal panel forming part of a solar heating system, having interconnected longitudinal and transverse passages through which the heat exchange fluid flows.... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4300539 | Solar collector A solar collector panel is made from glass fiber reinforced concrete using a dissolvable core of polymer foam to form the internal passageways. The core is dissolved in a solution of solvent and polymer which impregnates and coats the concrete surfaces of... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4297991 | Solar collector device A solar collector device having a plurality of parallel collector tubes mounted between a pair of header members through which a heat carrying liquid flows. The collector tubes each have a plane surface exposed to the solar rays and extending laterally su... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4296740 | Modular solar insolation panels A modular system of solar insolation panels having sun tracking capability and adapted to be installed directly upon a roof structure and integrated with the surrounding roofing, and comprised of prismatic lenses embodied in a multiplicity of transparent ... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4292958 | Solar heat absorber for solar heat collectors A solar heat absorber for solar heat collector panels, formed of a pair of tubular headers, defining respectively an inlet and outlet header, and a plurality of flat tubular members disposed substantially coplanar, parallel and mutually adjoining, and con... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4244353 | Solar heating shingle roof structure A solar heating roof shingle roof structure which combines the functions of a roof and a fluid conducting solar heating panel. Each shingle is a hollow body of the general size and configuration of a conventional shingle, and is provided with a fluid inle... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4244354 | Solar panel A solar heating and cooling panel which has a plurality of conduits through which fluid flows in one or more layers, said conduits being formed by structural elements, said structural elements being attached or in contact with additional elements so as to... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4222373 | Ceramic solar collector In abstract a preferred embodiment of this invention is a flat plate type solar collector constructed of specially prepared ceramic material and designed to give maximum heat exchange with either liquid or gaseous fluids.... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4217887 | Solar heat collector with interlocking expandable construction A solar heat collector comprised of modular elements which may be easily assembled and disassembled without any special tools. The system is comprised of a plurality of conduits arranged in a planar fashion for collecting solar heat and joined at their en... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4210122 | Energy conversion apparatus A modular solar collector comprises a plurality of detachably interconnected modules forming a closed structural surface. Each module comprises a solar collector unit with a cavity receiving a heat carrier fluid through an inlet and delivering the heated ... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4207867 | Solar energy collector and method A solar energy collector and method including an insulated, box-like enclosure having a transparent wall on one side thereof for the transmittance of solar energy into the enclosure. An energy absorption plate is placed in spaced relationship in the enclo... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4204521 | Solar energy tracking collector A solar energy receiving surface having a heat exchange fluid conduit for circulating a heat exchange fluid in contact with the energy receiving surface is positioned between and thermally insulated from an upper and a lower cover, the lower cover serving... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4201193 | Solar energy absorbing roof A roof structure has a supporting base on which a layer of insulating material is placed and over which is a metal layer having water circulating channels. The metal layer is covered by a water proofing layer, the outer surface of which is covered with mi... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4196717 | Solar energy collecting panel A solar energy collecting panel comprising a hollow collector through which an intermediate fluid is circulated to be warmed by solar radiation incident on the panel. The panel comprises a panel body including a general channel-shaped section comprising f... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4191243 | Channel beam having heat transfer fluid volume defined therein A channel beam is characterized by a base portion having upper and lower surfaces thereon with first and second legs depending from the lower surface thereof. A cross piece is disposed between the first and second legs and cooperates with the legs and the... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4186795 | Heat-exchanger An arrangement for exchanging heat between a system of pipes which conduct a fluid heat exchange medium and a platelike heat exchange member. The arrangement is particularly intended for use in connection with air temperature regulating means such as sola... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4155981 | Rectangular cell honeycomb chemical converter-heat exchanger A chemical converter-heat exchanger formed by a plurality of rows of paral, horizontal channels in a housing through which an inflowing fluid is heated. Vertical columns of horizontal channels connect alternately with an inlet and outlet manifold and car... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4144874 | Solar panel An extruded solar panel formed as a unit and including a plurality of co-planar fluid passageways joined side by side and having at least one radiation transmissive cover extending over the passageways. The edges of the cover are joined to the edges of th... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4117831 | Energy collector for collecting solar energy and the like A solar energy collector connectable with a fluid-circulating system is contained in a plenum within an insulative housing and has a plurality of generally parallel, heat-absorbing conduits extending between intake and outlet manifolds and confronting the... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4112922 | Solar energy collector A solar energy collector for use primarily in a closed-loop system has a fluid conduit of serpentine configuration which comprises a plurality of relatively thin extruded aluminum tubes, each tube having a flat top and bottom wall and lateral flat lips or... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4067317 | Solar energy collector panel A solar energy collecting panel includes a pair of elongated spaced apart tubular fluid headers formed of heat conductive material and a plurality of elongated hollow tubular panel elements or risers formed of heat conductive material extended between the... | 01/10/1978 |
