Device for supporting solar panel and a solar panel assembly comprising this device
AssigneeCooperatief Advies en Onderzoeksburo u.a. Ecofys
InventorsWillem Otto Julius Bottger, Antonius Bernardus Schaap, Klaas Jetze Hoekstra, Antonius Joseph Nicolaas Schoen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for supporting one or more solar panels or thermal collectors which may be arrangeable on a flat roof. The device has a bottom wall, a rear wall which extends upwardly from a rear side of the bottom wall, and two oppositely arranged side walls which are integrally joined with side edges of the bottom wall and rear wall. The side walls slope from the rear wall to a front edge of the bottom wall.
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A device for supporting one or more solar panels or thermal collectors, wherein the device comprises:
- a) a bottom wall,
- b) a rear wall which extends upwardly from and is integrally joined with a rear side of the bottom wall,
- c) two oppositely arranged side walls which are integrally joined with side edges of the bottom wall and rear wall, wherein the side walls slope forwardly and downwardly from the rear wall and are integrally joined with a front edge of the bottom wall,
- d) wherein the bottom wall, rear wall and side walls are a continuous form and provide a single integral part, and
- e) wherein the bottom wall is directly attached between the side walls.
An assembly comprising:
- a) a solar panel or thermal collector, and
- b) a device for supporting the solar panel or thermal collector wherein the device comprises a bottom wall, a rear wall which extends upwardly from and is integrally joined with a rear side of the bottom wall, two oppositely arranged side walls which are integrally joined with side edges of the bottom wall and rear wall, wherein the side walls slope forwardly and downwardly from the rear wall and are integrally joined with a front edge of the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall, rear wall and side walls are a continuous form and provide a single integral part, wherein the bottom wall is directly attached between the side walls, and wherein the solar panel or thermal collector is mounted thereon.
A method for arranging one or more solar panels or thermal collectors on a flat roof, comprising the steps of:
- a) manually placing one or more devices for supporting one or more solar panels or thermal collectors at a desired location on a flat roof in a predetermined pattern wherein each device comprises a bottom wall, a rear wall which extends upwardly from and is integrally joined with a rear side of the bottom wall, two oppositely arranged side walls which are integrally joined with side edges of the bottom wall and rear wall, wherein the side walls slope forwardly and downwardly from the rear wall and are integrally joined with a front edge of the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall, rear wall and side walls are a continuous form and provide a single integral part, and wherein the bottom wall is directly attached between the side walls;
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- b) mounting and securing of one or mor solar panels or thermal collectors on the devices.
A device for supporting one or more solar panels or thermal collectors, wherein the device comprises:
- a) a bottom wall,
- b) a rear wall which extends upwardly from a rear side of the bottom wall,
- c) two oppositely arranged side walls which are integrally joined with the side edges of the bottom wall and rear wall, wherein the side walls slope downwardly from the rear wall to a front edge of the bottom wall, wherein the device is made of plastic, and
- d) wherein one or more air channels are arranged in the walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.