Passive solar heating apparatus
OwnerMark D. Bennettinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for heating of a body of water is floatingly received within the body of water. The collector includes a housing formed with an interior cavity containing aluminum oxide crystals in communication with collector tubes extending orthogonally downwardly relative to the housing also filled with the aluminum oxide crystals. A lens assembly plate is mounted above the cavity, with the lens assembly including a matrix of magnification lens members coextensively directed throughout the plate above the cavity. A modification of the invention includes a water storage tank for the storage and heating of water in association with a heating tank structure.
Claims5
A passive solar heating apparatus, comprising,
- a solar collector housing, the solar collector housing including a housing floor, and
- a continuous housing side wall, and
- a housing cavity defined within the housing above the floor within the side wall, and
- a magnification lens member mounted coextensively over the cavity to an upper distal end of the side wall, and
- a housing flange abutment integrally and orthogonally mounted to an upper distal end of the side wall extending exteriorly of the cavity, with a tubular flotation ring mounted in surrounding relationship relative to the side wall below the flange abutment in contiguous communication therewith, and
- the lens assembly plate including a matrix of magnification lens members mounted within the lens assembly plate, and
- a matrix of collector tubes integrally and orthogonally mounted to a bottom surface of the housing floor extending downwardly therefrom, the housing cavity and the collector tubes filled with aluminum oxide powder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.