Solar energy collector

A solar energy collector, comprising:

• floor and upstanding perimetrical wall means providing a primary housing, including one transparent sidewall portion;
• a transparent panel covering said primary housing;
• a longitudinally extending, series of transversally extending, curved light-reflecting baffles mounted within said primary housing for focusing towards said one transparent sidewall portion the sunlight which enters the primary housing through said transparent panel when sunlight is incident upon said solar energy collector;
• the curved light-reflecting baffles each comprising a generally cylindrically curved arcuate body of approximately 60.degree. in arcuate extent and each being oriented in the primary housing so as to have a concave upper surface with an upper edge that is nearly vertical and a lower edge that is forwardly and downwardly slanted but nearly horizontal, the upper edge of each baffle being generally in vertical alignment with the lower edge of its respectively upstream neighbor;
• roof, floor and upstanding perimetrical wall means providing a secondary housing located downstream of said series of baffles, said secondary housing including said transparent sidewall portion, the remainder of these wall means being of thermally insulating material;
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• collector plate means housed within the secondary housing and including means for leading collected energy from the solar energy collector secondary housing.