Solar roof vent
AssigneeTaurus Safety Products, Inc.
InventorJoseph W. Wimberly
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Abstract
There is provided in combination with a building roof over an air space requiring forced ventilation of solar energy heated air from the space through a vent hole in the roof, an electrically operated exhaust fan mounted in air exhausting relation on the roof and over the vent hole, and a solar panel for supplying electrical power to a fan driving motor when exposed to solar rays. Air exhaust passage through the device includes a backwash turbulence preventing ring-shape plate extending between a supporting ring body which is of smaller diameter than an exhaust air directing hood on which the solar panel is mounted, and a ring channel member supporting the exhaust fan in a manner to draw the exhaust air through the ring channel into the hood.
Claims3
In a combination for mounting on a building roof having a particular plane and with a vent opening therein:
- an electrical exhaust fan;
- means for mounting the fan in air exhausting relation on said roof and over said vent opening;
- means for supplying electrical power for driving said fan comprising a solar panel supported by said mounting means in a plane which will be in substantially parallel relation to said roof plane so as to face upwardly from the roof;
- said mounting means comprising a ring-shaped member encircling a channel member of smaller diameter carrying said exhaust fan;
- radiating arms connecting said channel member and ring-shaped mounting member;
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- a protective screen extending in a plane overlying said ring-shaped member and said channel member and said radiating arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.