Solar heat collector
OwnerSam W. Younginventor
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Abstract
A solar heat collector having a collector element made from interconnected tubular members, each of which is provided with a transverse baffle, the baffles have openings forming spillways over which heat exchanging liquid passes. The collector element is preferably made from a plurality of tandem arranged sheet metal soft drink or beer cans, the ends of certain cans being removed before the cans are assembled. One or a plurality of collector elements are disposed along an incline such as a roof and a pump feeds liquid to the upper end or ends of the inclined collector element or elements to cascade down through each element and be heated by heat absorbed into the metal from the sun's rays. The heated liquid is then fed through a pipe or pipes from the lower end of each collector.
Claims7
A solar collection comprising, a plurality of metal soft drink or beer cans of the type which have body portions and tops across the ends of said body portions, the tops having openings therein formed when the cans were opened, each of said cans having an open bottom received by the top of the next adjacent can for forming a series of connected juxtaposed tandem coaxial cans defining successive compartments of a tubular body closed throughout its length and in which said tops of said cans form longitudinally spaced generally radially extending baffles which, when said tubular body is inclined with said openings being respectively spaced above the lowermost inside portions of the adjacent body portions, successive spillways for liquid fed by gravity from the uppermost can of said series and permit the liquid to collect in successive compartments while cascading down through said successive compartments.
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