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US 8,046,849 B2Granted
Shower heated by solar energy
AssigneeG.F. S.R.L.
InventorGiorgio Gaiti
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Abstract
The shower heated by solar energy comprises a platform (2), to a base (2a) of which is connected a piping (3) containing a water supply. A tubular body (4) is connected superiorly to the platform (2), bearing a shower head (5) at a top thereof. The platform (2) internally exhibits a plurality of conduits (7) for retaining water, which plurality of conduits (7) is exposed to solar rays.
Claims15
A shower heated by solar energy, comprising:
- a platform having a lateral perimeter and comprising a base and a top, to which platform a piping is connected, said piping being connectable to a water supply;
- a tubular body extending from the top of the platform to a shower head, the tubular body defining within the tubular body a cold water passageway and a hot water passageway;
- the platform having internally thereof a plurality of conduits for retaining water, which plurality of conduits is exposable to solar rays to heat water therewithin, wherein a cold water conduit extends from adjacent the perimeter of the platform and beneath the plurality of conduits to a first location beneath the top of the platform and then extends substantially vertically via a first tract and connects to the cold water passageway in the tubular body for guiding cold water to the head, wherein said plurality of conduits comprises a substantially spiral-developing second tract which receives cold water adjacent the perimeter of the platform and guides said water to the top of the platform where the second tract connects to the hot water passageway in the tubular body for guiding hot water to the head.
A shower heated by solar energy, comprising:
- a platform exhibiting a base and a top, to which base a piping containing a water supply is connected;
- a tubular body, inferiorly in hydraulic communication with the platform at the top of the platform and bearing at an upper end thereof a head;
- the platform exhibiting internally thereof a plurality of conduits for retaining water, which plurality of conduits being exposed to solar rays, wherein the plurality of conduits is defined by a substantially vertical first tract which is destined to supply cold water and axially crosses the base platform, and by a substantially spiral-developing second tract designed to supply hot water, wherein water flows from the base to the top of the platform, wherein the second tract exhibits plurality of circular pipes concentric to one another, with a decreasing radius starting from the base and going towards the top of the platform, each lower of the plurality of circular pipes communicating with a corresponding higher of the plurality of circular pipes via a respective opening.
A shower heated by solar energy, comprising:
- a platform exhibiting a base and a top, to which base a piping containing a water supply is connected;
- a tubular body, inferiorly in hydraulic communication with the platform at the top of the platform and bearing at an upper end thereof a head;
- the platform exhibiting internally thereof a plurality of conduits for retaining water, which plurality of conduits being exposed to solar rays, wherein the plurality of conduits is defined by a substantially vertical first tract which is destined to supply cold water and axially crosses the base platform, and by a substantially spiral-developing second tract designed to supply hot water, wherein water flows from the base to the top of the platform, wherein the second tract exhibits a plurality of circular pipes concentric to one another, with a decreasing radius starting from the base and going towards the top of the platform, each lower of the plurality of circular pipes communicating with a corresponding higher of the plurality of circular pipes via a respective opening, wherein a lower circular pipe of the plurality of circular pipes exhibits a safety valve for safeguarding the platform from pressure peaks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.