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US 4,223,663 AGranted
Ceiling mounted solar heat collector
OwnerLeo G. Carmichael, Robert F. Carmichaelinventors
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Abstract
A portion of a suspended ceiling in a room is in the form of an open grid of reflective louvers, those facing a window being curved. A flexible bag containing a mixture including Glaubers salt is supported by the grid and suitable reflecting devices are associated with the window to reflect solar heat to and through the grid where it is absorbed by the mixture in the bag.
Claims5
A solar heat collecting and storing system comprising:
- an enclosure having a ceiling, a portion of said ceiling being a removable grid of reflective louvers;
- a waterproof bag of flexible material overlying and being supported by said grid and containing a heat absorbing and storing material including water and Glauber's salt;
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- means for admitting sunlight into said enclosure and directing the same to said grid to be reflected thereby to said bag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.