Solar heat collecting porous building blocks
OwnerLyle L. Strandinventor
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Abstract
A solar heat collecting building block, having top, bottom, front, back and side surfaces, the block having at least one vertical passage extending therethrough from the bottom surface to the top surface, the top surface having an upper portion which protrudes above the plane of the top surface, the bottom surface having a recessed portion for mating receipt of the upper portion of another block, the front surface of the block having at least one transparent member embedded therein to allow solar rays to pass therethrough and strike the interior portions of said block and heat the same.
Claims13
A solar heat collecting building block comprising a cast block of porous heat sink material having top, bottom, front, back and side surfaces,
- said block having at least one vertical passage extending therethrough from said bottom surface to said top surface,
- said top surface having an upper portion which dwells generally above the plane of said top surface,
- said bottom surface having a recessed portion which dwells in a plane recessed from the plane of said bottom surface,
- said upper portion of one block being capable of matingly being received in said recessed portion of another block,
- said front surface having at least one transparent member embedded therein to allow solar rays to pass therethrough and strike interior portions of said block.
The block of claim 13 wherein said second second face has a layer of insulation material to prevent heat loss.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.