Window mounted solar heating unit
OwnerJoseph W. Restle, Arthur J. Algaier +1inventors
InventorsJoseph W. Restle, Arthur J. Algaier, George R. Krueger
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Abstract
Spaced apart overlying inner and outer transparent sheets extend across a window opening in an outside wall of a room, to define an air space having no communication with the outside but which space is communicable at its top and bottom with the room. The outwardly facing side of the inner sheet has dull infrared ray absorbing areas to abstract heat from sunlight entering the window and the inwardly facing side of the inner sheet has infrared ray reflecting areas. Thermostatically controlled valves at the top and bottom of said space, when opened in response to a temperature rise in said space, enable room air to circulate through the space and abstract heat therefrom.
Claims24
Means for controlling the transmission of solar energy through a window opening in an outside wall of a room, said opening having top and bottom edges, comprising:
- A. overlying spaced apart inner and outer parallel sheets of transparent material substantially coextensive in size and shape with the window opening;
- B. means connecting the edges of said sheets with the boundaries of the window opening in a manner closing off the space between said sheets from the outside around the entire boundary of the window opening and from the room interior except at spaced apart upper and lower zones of the window opening whereby vertically spaced communication is possible between the room interior and said space to enable room air to be circulated through said space, said means so locating said sheets with respect to said outside wall that no portion thereof extends beyond the outer face of said outside wall;
- C. means on the inner one of said parallel sheets to abstract heat from light rays entering said space through the outer transparent sheet and thereby heat the air in said space;
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- D. means for controlling circulation of room air through said space so that said circulation can be regulated to occur only when the temperature in said space reaches a predetermined magnitude.
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