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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4676227 | Solar panel A solar panel comprising a generally cylindrically shaped sealed housing which is hollow and defines therein a relatively shallow generally cylindrical chamber one end of which is bounded by an impervious base and the opposite end of which is bounded by a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4587952 | Passive solar water heater A passive solar water heater comprising a collector enclosure having a transparent upper surface and a curved, reflective inner surface and end walls. A storage tank within the collector enclosure is positioned to be heated by the sun's rays both directly... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4559924 | Thin film absorber for a solar collector This invention pertains to energy absorbers for solar collectors, and more particularly to high performance thin film absorbers. The solar collectors comprising the absorber of this invention overcome several problems seen in current systems, such as exce... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4413618 | Solar collector A solar collector for heating water includes a collector housing having a longitudinal axis. The upper edges of the side walls of the housing define a plane in which the longitudinal axis of the housing lies. A curved concentrating light reflector is moun... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4388917 | Triangular solar collector A solar collector is provided having a substantially triangular-shaped housing defined by a base and a pair of converging side walls. The housing of the collector includes an outlet adjacent the top of the housing, an inlet, a central area and a pair of o... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4377155 | Solar energy collector assembly An evacuated, one-wall tubular housing having a reflector positioned at the opposite side of the tubular housing from the radiation energy of the sun. The tubular housing includes a solar energy absorber member of a cylindrical shape, for example, and a m... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4327707 | Solar collector The field of this invention is solar collectors, and more particularly, the invention pertains to a flat plate collector that employs high performance thin films. The solar collector of this invention overcomes several problems in this field, such as exce... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4323053 | Solar 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 |
| 4314544 | Solar collector for a window frame A solar collector for use as or on the window frames of a building. In one application, the main window frame is a hollow channel open on the side facing away from the wall of the building and covered, for example, with glass or another transparent cover.... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4271818 | Solar heater roof-panel construction A roofing structure in which roofing panels support solar collector plates in cavities in the roofing panels, or formed on the roofing panels, above which are shielding panels which pass solar radiation but prevent water flow into the cavities, so that th... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4269171 | Building structure and integral solar energy collecting apparatus A solar energy collecting apparatus which is integrally incorporated into a conventional building structure so that it does not protrude from the normal contour of the building, and which utilizes components of the building structure as a part of the coll... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4262657 | Solar air heater A solar air heater including a housing having a transparent front wall and an inlet and outlet for establishing a flow path for a gas such as air to be heated and a porous radiation absorbent collector plate positioned across the flow path and arranged to... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4235287 | Heat exchange panel A heat exchange panel having a desired system of internal tubular passageways is described, wherein the internal passageways include opposed headers connected by connecting portions of said passageways extending therebetween. The headers are designed to p... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4207869 | Solar collector construction This invention provides a solar collector construction consisting of two spaced-apart rigid panels with aligned edges, and a flexible web structure with a width substantially the same as the desired spacing between the panels. The web is strung in tension... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4170223 | Solar heat energy collector The invention provides a solar heat energy collector, more particularly of the kind used for heating water which comprises two members, for instance, metal sheets, between which is sandwiched sealing means located towards the periphery of the members to p... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4154223 | Modular construction for solar heat collector An open top housing member, the top being arranged to be closed by a solar radiation transparent covering, is arranged to be mounted in side by side and end to end relationship with similar members to provide a large area solar heat absorber unit, and eac... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4148293 | Solar energy receptor apparatus A solar heating system operating on a phase-change cycle and suitable for operation in buildings. A solar heating panel is positioned to receive solar energy, and fluid passages within the panel are connected in a sealed closed fluid system. The closed fl... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4138991 | Flat solar collector A flat solar collector arrangement used for collecting solar energy in which a metal tub serving as a carrier and made by a deep-drawn process, is filled with synthetic material. A heat carrier channel system and a collector plate are located on top of th... | 02/13/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4095584 | Solar heating system A solar heating system which includes a heat accumulating structure and a heat storage pit. A roof of the heat accumulating structure includes a backing board and a corrugated metal plate mounted on and overlying the backing board to form air heating chan... | 06/20/1978 |
| 3974822 | Solar heat collector A solar heat collector is disclosed having an outer cover plate, an intermediate cover plate and a solar radiation absorber mounted in spaced relation to each other by edge packing. The edge packing (1) removes moisture from the air space between the cove... | 08/17/1976 |
