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7093593 Floating solar pool heater  
A soft, flexible, solar pool heater for floating on water generally comprises independently inflatable outer ring and central portion. When chamber and cavity are inflated, the cavity is with the...
6800801 Photovoltaic power generating structure  
There is disclosed a photovoltaic power generating structure in which a solar cell module is arranged on a base member, wherein a closed space portion cut off from the air is provided between the...
6472593 Hybrid roof covering element  
A hybrid roof covering element, which suitable for simultaneously heating a medium and generating electricity, and which comprises a single or multiple transparent layer, a flexible thin film solar...
6111190 Inflatable fresnel lens solar concentrator for space power  
A novel, high-efficiency, extremely light-weight, inflatable refractive solar concentrator for space power is described. It consists of a flexible Fresnel lens, flexible sides, and a back surface,...
4986343 Thermal insulating shade  
A thermal insulating shade for interior use comprises at least one envelope with substantially parallel side panels which hold insulating air therebetween, at least one of the side panels having a...
4784215 Thermal insulating shades  
A thermal insulating shade is made up of a plurality of panels, spaced apart and defining a serpentine air flow path between them. A blower connected to the air flow path ventilates the shade to...
4768315 Shading and heat insulating device  
A shading and heating insulating device, especially for greenhouses, has two films of flexible plastic material interconnected to form a type of pouch enclosing a hollow space, which is preferably...
4709688 Open cell sheeting  
A two-ply sheeting material is provided with open ended dimples formed in the lower layer that will trap air and ensure flotation when the sheeting is deployed on a swimming pool as a pool cover....
4582048 Floating blanket barrier utilizing coverites  
A barrier for retarding transfer of certain energy and/or substances between adjacent fluids having different densities. The barrier includes a floating blanket consisting of a multitude of...
4569389 Laser-hydrogen heating element  
A heating element includes a sealed chamber containing hydrogen gas and a source of high energy light adapted to direct such high energy light into the hydrogen in the chamber to cause...
4543945 Structure and manufacture of radiation collectors  
A radiation collector having a flexible reflective wall which is deflected to a curved preferably paraboloidal configuration by application of differential pressures to opposites sides of the wall....
4517957 Inflation supported solar collector  
An apparatus for collecting solar energy by heating a liquid to be subsequently used for heating purposes. The liquid is injected near the top of an inflated structure and when flowing downward (by...
4510921 Latent heat accumulating greenhouse  
This invention relates to a latent heat accumulating greenhouse utilizing solar heat. The object of the invention is to provide a greenhouse which is simple in construction, of high efficiency for...
4491125 Solar collector  
A solar collector comprising a hemisphere (111) having a reflector internal surface; a caustical concentrator (116) located at the focus of the hemisphere (111) and having a concentrated second...
4485804 Solar heat collector system  
This invention discloses a solar heat collector and system in which radiant heat energy is absorbed by an absorber plate and the heat is transferred by conduction to a circulating fluid. During...
4467786 Solar heating of water utilizing coverites  
A method and a system of solar heating a body of water, which has its surface exposed to air and radiation from the sun, by covering the surface of the body of water with a floating blanket...
4440149 Radiation collectors  
A radiation collector includes a flexible inflatable unit having a portion constructed to concentrate radiation at generally a predetermined location when the unit is inflated, and including a...
4432342 Inflatable solar collector  
A solar collector comprises an upper transparent flexible cover and a lower eflectively metallized sheet, the upper cover and the lower sheet both being flexible and the space between them being...
4426995 Solar quilt  
A flexible quilt collects and absorbs solar energy, and transfers heat to the underlying ground, water or other medium. It includes insulating gastight compartments which are located between an...
4419982 Magnetic edge seal for solar collector film  
An edge seal for a solar collector type flexible film material is provided for forming a generally air-tight heat insulating reusable seal around the edge of an opening in the surface of a building...
4404958 Solar energy collector, and water heater and heating device with a heat pump containing the said collector  
A solar energy collector comprises plastic sheets superposed to delimit a tube for circulation of a gas to be heated by contact with radiant heat absorbing means in the collector, and an insulating...
4364532 Apparatus for collecting solar energy at high altitudes and on floating structures  
Disclosed is apparatus for collecting solar energy with means of producing electricity by concentrating solar energy on sets of photovoltaic cells to be either positioned at high altitudes and...
4326500 Solar radiation collector  
In a solar radiation collector composed of a mat formed of a black foil member and a radiation pervious foil member, the two members being connected together along the outer edges of the mat and at...
4321912 Solar energy collector assembly and frame  
A frame assembly including frame members (14, 14', 15, and 15') for supporting a plurality of films (31, 32, 33, and 34) in tension and in spaced relationship and for directing fluid between a pair...
4320744 Solar heated portable structure  
A solar heated portable structure comprising a flexible bottom panel, a flexible side assembly and a flexible transmitting panel, all coupled together and supported to form an enclosed chamber. The...
4313421 Solar heating apparatus for swimming pools  
A cover for a swimming pool is disclosed comprising first and second layers of plastics material joined together at join zones, to define a plurality of spaces therebetween the spaces being...
4273099 Solar heated building  
The solar heated building comprises a flexible tube of transparent plastic sheeting adapted to be positioned on, or secured to, a building or anchor unit so as to form the top cover therefor, a...
4267824 Solar concentrator  
An inflatable solar concentrator comprising an elongate hollow member of relatively thin flexible material inflatable to an upright position in which it is generally in the form of a cone...
4262864 Solar balloon maneuvering system  
A solar powered hot air balloon with a maneuvering system is disclosed. The balloon is formed of an envelope with an opaque portion and a transparent portion arranged so as to utilize solar heating...
4257396 Solar collector  
A flexible solar collector may be readily attached to a structure, such as a house, mobile home or the like, and may be readily removed from the structure and rolled into a roll of small compass...
4256087 Swimming pool solar heater  
A flexible plastic solar heating panel, such as may be floated on the surface of a body of water and used to heat a swimming pool, comprised of a water supply manifold which communicates with one...
4230175 Heat exchanger element  
A heat exchanger element consists of a double fabric web coated on both sides, the distance between the face fabric and the back fabric of which is maintained by binder filaments. This double...
4203420 Portable solar heat tube  
A portable solar heat tube comprising an outer flexible tubular member having high solar transmittance capabilities and a flexible insulating tubular member positioned within the outer tubular...
4203425 Inflatable solar collector  
A solar collector using air as its heat transfer medium having a top member containing a plurality of transparent sealed air pockets allowing passage of radiant energy but preventing conductive and...
4193543 Solar heating system  
A closed hollow waterproof chamber is disposed below the removable, sectional bottom floor of a building. The chamber is partially filled with water and contains air. The chamber is lined with...
4182307 Inflatable solar energy collector  
An inflatable solar energy collector utilizes flexible materials and is adapted to be inflated by a flow of pressurized gas therethrough. Inflation positions a solar energy collecting panel at an...
4176653 Inflatable enclosure and energy exchange system  
A flexible water-impervious roof with a rigid peripheral structure provides support for a plurality of distinct and separate portions of liquid in a system that provides for repeated cycling of...
4160443 Inflatable solar heat collector  
An elongated inflatable tubular housing is provided including front and rear wall portions. The front wall portion is constructed of solar radiation transparent material and a panel of solar...
4160523 Air structure  
An air structure comprises a double-skin wall construction having an outer skin that is substantially transparent to short wave solar radiation but relatively opaque to long wave heat radiation and...
4146012 Solar heat exchange panel  
Solar heat exchange panel manufactured by a high speed rotogravure or heat sealing process wherein two elongated sheets of flexible plastic film are laminated together along lines defining inlet...
4126123 Solar energy collector including a weightless balloon with sun tracking means  
A solar energy collector having a weightless balloon, the balloon including a transparent polyvinylfluoride hemisphere reinforced with a mesh of ropes secured to its outside surface, and a...
4103368 Pool cover having solar energy heating feature  
A pool cover having solar energy heating capability is provided comprising sheet material adapted to furl about a reelless locus in a storage position and to be deployed in an extended position....
4094299 Heliothermodynamic system  
A system for harnessing solar energy utilizing an inflated balloon having a light transmitting portion and a lower portion thereof lined with a reflecting surface for concentrating the insident...
4079726 System for storage and use of solar energy  
A system for economically storing solar energy in the form of heated water. The system includes an above ground swimming pool in conjunction with a solar collector whereby the water of the pool is...
4051834 Portable, linear-focused solar thermal energy collecting system  
A solar heat collection system is provided by utilizing a line-focusing device that is effectively a cylindrically curved concentrator within a protected environment formed by a transparent...
4033326 Inflatable solar collector for swimming pool  
An inflatable solar collector for heating a swimming pool comprising: A plurality of individual solar heating sections; Each of the sections having an upper portion which is transparent or...
4031674 Inflatable tent  
An inflatable tent is in the shape of a non-planar tetrahedron. The tent is formed from a single rectangular, planar sheet joined with itself along three linear seams.
4022187 Floating solar heater for swimming pools  
A solar heating apparatus is disclosed herein useful as a swimming pool cover whereby the sun's rays can penetrate the apparatus and heat the water therebeneath. The apparatus includes a plurality...
3453666 SOLAR THERMAL BLANKET  
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