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7484507 Method and apparatus for mounting an array of solar collectors  
An integrated, modular solar collector comprising an array of solar collection devices, wherein the array of solar collection devices is mounted in a frame providing for air flow between the devices.
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...
5308187 Parking lot pavement for making hot precombustion air for a fossil fuel burner  
A method of making hot air in the range of 200 degrees (F) from the sunlight striking the paved surface of a parking lot is described. The transparent surface is above an opaque surface forming a...
5121789 Warm climate solar building  
A solar concrete slab building specifically for a warm climate area including a motorized blower fan and duct means connecting solar wall collectors or cool ambient air to a unique pattern of...
5001846 Solar electric drying apparatus  
A solar electric drying apparatus for drying and dehydration of articles positioned therein and collecting of clean distillate produced during the drying operation which includes a housing with...
4913129 Solar receiver having wind loss protection  
A central solar receiving tower includes an air permeable heating surface which is exposed directly to the ambient. The heating surface receives solar radiation from a heliostat field and a warm...
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...
4577619 Energy efficient window and skylight assemblies  
Energy efficient window and skylight assemblies having self-contained ventilating systems. Two sheets of a transparent or translucent material are spaced apart in parallel relationship so as to...
4524726 Utility water boiler  
A liquid boiler, particularly a utility water boiler, has internal walls dividing the interior of a tank into auxiliary spaces communicating with each other and with the rest of the inner space of...
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...
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...
4426997 Solar energy panel  
A solar heating panel utilizing an improved panel member construction to increase the strength and heat transfer capacity of the panel. The panel has upper and lower layers of individual...
4421097 Solar lighting space and water heating system  
A daylighting space and domestic water heating system comprised of primary and secondary hot water storage, a light diffusing solar absorber with a water recirculating pump and a space air...
4421102 Process and apparatus for heating a transparent, gaseous medium by means of concentrated solar radiation  
Between a device (15, 16) for supplying a transparent gaseous medium and a device (17, 18) for exhausting the heated medium, a number of quartz glass pipes (11) are disposed. Within each quartz...
4404961 Apparatus for collecting solar energy  
A solar collector has a nonlinear collecting surface, for example, a substantially spherical surface, such collector being positioned perpendicular to the rays of the sun throughout the day thereby...
4394859 Central solar energy receiver  
An improved tower-mounted central solar energy receiver for heating air drawn through the receiver by an induced draft fan. A number of vertically oriented, energy absorbing, fin-shaped slats are...
4393860 Solar heat collecting apparatus  
A vertically-oriented solar collecting apparatus primarily for installation in the wall of a building is disclosed in which the panel has a heat collecting plate spaced therefrom and covering an...
4384569 Solar energy collector/storage system  
A solar energy collector/storage system which includes an insulated container having working fluid inlets and outlets and an opening, a light-transmitting member positioned over the opening, and a...
4343297 Solar energy collector  
A solar energy collector has, as its basic component, a molded multipocketed collector panel, the pockets of which are modified polyhedral shapes, to increase exposed surface and heat transfer...
4340032 Solar heating system  
A subterranean furnace contains a shell in which a plurality of bricks are arranged in a mass. A mirror reflects sun light into the furnace chamber and onto a magnifying glass which concentrates...
4328792 Solar heat collector  
A solar heat collector utilizing an elongated vertical mast to support a rectangular parabolic reflector and a transparent cover. The mast is located at the focal point of the parabolic reflector,...
4318393 Porous surface solar energy receiver  
A porous surface receiver and concentrator of reflected solar radiation. The receiver is part of a moderately or strongly concentrating solar collector such as a solar power tower system. In the...
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...
4297990 Solar collector  
A modular, air-to-air solar energy collector for adding heat to a circulating flow of air includes a frame-like enclosure and a solar radiation absorbing plate disposed within the frame-like...
4294229 Thermosiphoning module for environmentally driven heating and cooling system  
The module includes a panel of thermal insulation which facially separates the interior space into an outer, facially large, volumetrically small chamber and an inner volumetrically large chamber....
4294228 Solar heating and subterranean cooling  
A pyramidal-shaped living structure, having a triangular base plan, includes a pyramidal-shaped solar heating unit which forms the apex of the living structure. The heating unit contains a heat...
4289117 Solar panel unit and system for heating circulating air  
A solar panel unit for collecting solar heat and imparting it to circulating air has air flow directing means, desirably in the form of a perforated, corrugated baffle plate, sandwiched between a...
4287877 Solar and central fireplace heating system  
A solar heating system for supplying heated air to various portions of a building. A solar panel is mounted externally of the building. The solar panel includes a solar radiation absorbing plate...
4282859 Solar heater  
A pair of generally conical heat-collector surfaces, one spaced above the other, are mounted over a plenum chamber. Helical baffles define tortuous passages between the cones. Air to be heated is...
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...
4267826 Solar collector for heating and cooling  
An improved solar collector for heating space air comprising a concentric arrangement of an inner cylindrical shell around which is coiled heat transfer tubing. Around the tubing is mounted a...
4266531 Rooftop solar energy collector panel  
A solar energy collector panel adapted to be mounted on a rooftop for heating air forced therethrough. The panel is rectangular in form and outwardly opens. A closure member is affixed to the...
4263894 Air storing and transmitting system  
A system for storing heated air in the attic of a building by solar energy and for transmitting the heated air to a heat exchanger. The attic includes a floor, a roof formed of two oppositely...
4248209 Coupled toroidal solar collector  
A solar collector is formed by a stack of vehicular tires for absorbing solar radiant energy. A series of conduits intercepting the upper and lower sidewall of each tire at locations spaced about...
4246888 Solar heat collecting apparatus  
A combined solar heating apparatus for heating air or water or both air and water comprising a corrugated collector plate with S-shaped tubing traversing the enclosure beneath the plate. The rear...
4246887 Heat recovery and solar assist heating system  
Heat energy is extracted from the exhaust discharged by heating devices within a house by a roof-mounted recovery unit through which the exhaust is ultimately vented in order to heat air and water...
4237868 Solar heating balloon  
A solar heat collector comprising primarily an inflatable envelope transparent to solar radiation filled with a gas, lighter than air, and tethered to the earth's surface by a pair of fluid...
4228786 Flow director  
A flow director including a diverting box defining four openings and having four baffles mounted therein. A damper is rotatable within the diverting box to provide for flow in one position between...
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...
4178912 Solar heating system  
Solar heating system, wherein solar heating assemblies are adapted to form the roof of a structure. The solar heating assemblies may not occupy the entire surface area of a roof, but the upper...
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...
4171620 Cooling method and system  
A cooling method and system are provided wherein a stream of relatively wet warm air is passed in contact with a liquid hygroscopic material in a water cooled absorbent zone to produce a stream of...
4169459 Solar converter  
A solar heating unit which is covered at the top by a glass plate and at the bottom by an insulating layer, and at a height therebetween by an absorber plate which divides the unit into an upper...
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...
4159707 Solar energy collector and installation employing same  
The invention relates to a solar energy collector of the type comprising a pick-up receiving the solar radiation and converting at least a part of this radiation into heat, and heat-exchange means...
4154222 Solar collector for gas heating  
Heat transfer structure comprises: A. sandwich assembly including a heat transfer plate to receive infra-red radiation or to transmit such radiation, respectively to or from skyward, B. the...
4137898 Air type solar heating system  
An air type heating system includes a heat collector connected to heat air streams running through the collector by solar heat and a heat storage member containing heat-storage material for...
4132356 Solar heating for home use  
A system for using solar heat to supplement the heat supplied by a conventional furnace in a house. Solar energy collector panels include conduits for the flow of water, the conduits heating water...
4131231 Fireplace heating system  
A heating system for heating a confined area with an open-hearth wood-burning fireplace. A fireplace jacket is provided which comprises a multi-chambered double-walled arrangement or a grate...
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