Solar energy collector
AssigneeSunworks, Inc.
InventorEverett M. Barber, Jr.
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Abstract
A solar heat energy collecting device and system embodying the same is disclosed where the devices are used in multiple to provide the required heating capacity, and where each device includes a housing member supportable on a roof between adjacent joists or on a separate structure. A solar energy collector plate is mounted within the housing, and heat transfer tubes are in intimate contact with the collector. A plurality of devices may be mounted in a columnar and row array with the tubes of each connected.
Claims18
A solar heat collecting device, comprising a housing member having upstanding side wall members, a layer of insulating material in said housing extending between said side walls, a solar heat energy collecting member extending between but not contacting said side wall members above said insulating material, said plate being positioned below the upper edges of said side wall members, flanges extending inwardly of said housing from said side wall members below the upper extremities thereof, a transparent cover member supported at its edges on said flanges, inner sealing means disposed between said cover member and said flanges, outer sealing means on the upper edges of said cover member, and a cap member clamping said cover member to said flanges between said sealing means.
A solar heat collecting device, comprising a housing member having upstanding side wall members, an upper end wall member, a solar heat energy collecting means extending between but not contacting said side and end wall members, upwardly extending dam means on said upper end wall member to block moisture from said collecting means, upwardly extending gutters on said side wall members to direct moisture blocked by said dam along said side wall members, said dam extending between said gutters and a transparent cover member supported on said housing above said dam and gutters.
A solar heat collecting device arranged to be supported on and between two spaced apart structural members, comprising a housing member having upstanding side wall members, a layer of insulating material in said housing extending between said side walls, a solar heat energy collecting member extending between but not contacting said side wall members above said insulating material, said member being positioned below the upper edges of said side wall members, flanges extending outwardly of said housing from said side wall members adjacent the upper extremities thereof, said flanges arranged to support said housing on the spaced apart structural members with the housing therebetween, a transparent cover member supported at its edges on said flanges, inner sealing means disposed between said cover member and said flanges, outer sealing means on the upper edges of said cover member, and a cap member clamping said cover member to said flanges between said sealing means.
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