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6899097 Solar blackbody waveguide for efficient and effective conversion of solar flux to heat energy  
A solar blackbody waveguide that captures and uses sunlight to heat a thermal working or heat transfer fluid. Solar cell arrays capture the sunlight. The arrays are movably mounted on solar towers...
6532952 Heating and cooling solar system control module  
A control for a solar-heating and ventillation-cooling air type solar system has temperature sensors, dual air distribution valves, valve actuators and a fan-integrated into a single module that is...
5507275 Solar shower  
A reservoir for storing and solar-heating water, a shower head, and means in fluid communication between said reservoir and said shower head for adjusting a temperature of water leaving said shower...
4982723 Accumulator arrangement for the sunlight energy  
A solar energy accumulator arrangement including a plurality of optical systems for focusing the sunlight and a fluid passage in a transparent body which is disposed such that it passes through, or...
4949902 Building heating system  
A building heating system includes a plurality of intake ducts located at various spaced apart locations in an attic as well as temperature sensors and a control circuit. The system has the intake...
4790477 Solar heating  
The invention relates to a space heating system comprising an air cooled solar collector, a heat store, air ducting, a forced draught mechanism valves, auxiliary heating means and a control system....
4745906 Passive heat transfer device  
The invention relates to a device for passive heat transfer between a heat source and a condenser (6) by means of a vaporizable liquid and a cycle with two phases controlled by a float valve (2, 4,...
4703749 Solar apparatus  
An improved solar apparatus for heating above 100° C. is disclosed. Said apparatus comprises a solar collector means for heating a heat transferring gas, ducting means extending from said solar...
4674476 Solar heating and cooling apparatus  
Solar heating and cooling system comprising an insulated fluid containing tank positioned with a portion thereof disposed above and below ground level. The system includes apparatus for...
4541413 Pump and control unit for a solar heating installation for a water tank, and particularly for a swimming pool  
The invention relates to a pump and control unit for a solar heating installation system for a water tank, particularly for a swimming pool. The system contains a solar collector, a hydraulic...
4535754 Manufactured fuel assisted solar heat exchanger  
A heat exchange system operates on solar energy, supplemented by nonsolar manufactured fuels such as electricity, natural gas, propane and the like. The system includes a solar heat collector and a...
4531510 Bidirectional thermal syphon valve, installation for the production and storage of heat or cold comprising such a thermal syphon valve, and various uses  
The invention relates to a bidirectional thermal siphon-valve operating by natural convection. It further relates to an installation for the production and storage of heat or cold comprising such a...
4505262 Passive solar heated system  
A passive solar water heater includes a heat exchanger having concentric pipes for providing heat transfer by convective, counterflow action. The inner pipe includes reducer elements at each end....
4498457 Control for solar system  
A modular space-heating solar system has integral air-handling controls which automatically select a heating mode, a venting mode, or a variable combination of the two, according to room...
4492219 Valve and system incorporating same  
A temperature responsive valve having a primary inlet, secondary inlet and an outlet, in which the two inlets communicate with one another through a chamber within the valve body and communicate...
4485803 Solar receiver with interspersed panels  
A solar receiver comprising a plurality of vapor generating tube panels and a plurality of superheating tube panels interspersed with the vapor generating tube panels to maintain nearly a constant...
4473063 Solar heater  
Solar heater having a collector wherein heat transfer fluid is heated by solar radiation and a heat-dissipating conduit operatively connected to the collector so that fluid from a return line...
4471758 House siding solar panel  
A house siding solar panel for the efficient conversion of solar radiation into usable heat energy, which includes an aesthetically pleasing housing having forwardly beveled side edges so that the...
4455999 Solar hot-water heaters  
A solar energy collection system including a collector having an absorber structure in the form of a closed chamber defined between an upper sheet comprised of a thin metal sheet or foil and an...
4444177 Apparatus for converting solar energy into heat  
The invention concerns an apparatus for converting solar energy into heat, comprising a solar collector made up of a plurality of collector elements which are attachable to the outside of a...
4420947 Heat pump air conditioning system  
A heat pump air conditioning system with an active digital control of the refrigeration cycle thereof to improve the coefficient of performance. The system can incorporate solar collectors in...
4409961 Solar water pump  
The intermittent generation of steam by a solar heat source provides a reciprocating column of water when the steam pressure acts on the top of a water column and the column in turn causes a...
4396004 Venting means for solar collectors  
Venting means for solar collectors of the air flow type. An upper manifold has a gap formed by a top extending over and spaced above the upper end of the collector. An elongated inflatable tube is...
RE31321 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system. A roof mounted panel collects heat from the sun. The panel having an upper sunlight-absorbing surface. A translucent cover is mounted above the panel to protect it from the...
4340030 Solar heating system  
Various systems are disclosed for absorbing radiant heat, especially solar heat, by evaporating a refrigerant, and for releasing the heat thus absorbed to a medium to be heated, by condensing the...
4331128 Climate-controlled building  
The present invention is directed to a method for running a climate-controlled building or rain greenhouse, and to such a climate-controlled building or rain-greenhouse with a gable shaped cross...
4327705 Solar heat recovery control  
Flow control arrangement for use in a heating process utilizing multiple heat sources at different temperatures to transfer heat to a selected fluid circulated through the sources including at...
4319561 Solar energy collector assembly  
A solar energy collector assembly is provided which finds particular utility when interconnecting a plurality of tubular solar energy collectors with each other, in parallel, to form a bank of...
4315499 Self-compensating solar collector  
The self-compensating solar collector comprises a base tray having inlet and outlet ports at opposite ends covered by a thin metallic diaphragm also serving as an heat absorbing plate. The interior...
4313428 Diverter/bypass valve  
The present invention provides a unitary diverter/bypass valve. The valve has a housing which includes a chamber which is rotationally symmetric about one axis. A damper is mounted within the...
4305382 Self-contained reflux condenser solar water heater  
Disclosed are apparatus and method for heating water by reflux condensation wherein a solar vaporized heat transfer fluid passes through a condenser in heat exchange relationship with a volume of...
4304220 Solar collector  
Disclosed herein is a tube type solar heating device in which room air is circulated through tubes located exteriorly of the building and confined in an enclosure having a reflector. The...
4300540 Refrigerant solar energy system and method  
Apparatus and a method for utilizing energy from a high temperature source such as a solar collector to both provide heat energy to a low temperature source such as a body of water and to...
4291833 Heating system with focused solar panels and heat pump assist  
A heating system for a building having solar panels for collecting solar heat including sunlight concentrating lenses and a heat storage chamber for storing excess solar heat is disclosed. A heat...
4287879 Water heating system using solar energy  
A water heating system includes a solar collector panel, a hot water heater tank, a serpentine tube-in-sheet heat exchanger jacket built into the water tank assembly, pumping means, fluid transfer...
4280481 Forced-air heat exchange system  
The present forced-air heat exchange system has a solar collector through which air is circulated by a blower to the air inlet of a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has an air outlet connected to...
4273102 Solar energy system  
A solar energy system employing high-pressure high velocity air as the primary heat transfer medium comprises a plurality of collector panels connected in parallel with each other in a closed loop...
4265221 Solar energy collector assembly and method and apparatus for controlling the flow of a transfer medium  
A solar energy collector assembly is disclosed. The collector assembly includes an outer enclosure which has a light transparent major face adapted to face a light source and a plurality of walls...
4265219 Solar heating (cooling) system  
For solar heating (with cooperating cooling) both simplification and automatic control are needed. In the present invention solar heating and air conditioning apparatus is improved in various ways....
4261332 Solar heating systems  
A solar heating system for a swimming pool and the like is disclosed. The system includes a circulation circuit having a pump by which water is withdrawn from the pool, passed through a filter and...
4244519 Solar heated and cooled building  
Solar heated or cooled building in which attic functions as solar energy collector, ducts are provided to convey air between attic and thermal storage chamber, two blowers, each preceded by a...
4240404 Heat pump having a timer activated furnace  
A heating system for a building having a conventional gas furnace which includes a combustion chamber for heating air passing from a cold-air return to a hot-air duct is disclosed. The gas furnace...
4235223 Solar-liquid heat system  
A liquid medium solar heating system especially suitable to effectively capture intermittent and/or low intensity solar radiation as in cooler and/or cloudier climates. The system employs a quick...
4231351 Method and apparatus for solar heating a building  
This invention relates to a building having a central unit defined and enclosed by a peripheral main section therearound. The central unit has a transparent roof to permit the passage of solar...
4228785 Solar heating system  
A solar heating system is provided which utilizes the suns rays to heat fluid in a solar panel, which heated fluid is released to a storage tank when it reaches a predetermined temperature, and...
4221210 System and method for collecting energy from the sun  
The system for collecting energy from the sun is composed of a transparent panel having a plurality of channels open at both ends, a liquid capable of absorbing about 85-100% of the energy from...
4219009 Vented solar panel  
A solar panel having venting gates at opposite ends of an air plenum defined between a collector element and a protective, light-transmissive cover and having a wax thermal actuator for both the...
4213447 Air distribution control system  
An air distribution control system is specifically adaptable for use with a solar heating installation and utilizes a common plenum having a plurality of damper controlled openings which can be...
4212287 Insolation integrator  
An electric signal representative of the rate of insolation is integrated to determine if it is adequate for operation of a solar energy collection system.
4203422 Solar heating system and component  
A solar system heating component is provided for use in a solar heating system. The heating system comprises a solar collector structure operatively connected to a heat-dissipating structure for...
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