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Combination solar heat collector and awning

Details

Inventors: Lanciault, Joseph A.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Sprague; Kenneth W.
Assistant Examiner: Yeung; James C.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Victor J. Evans & Co.

A combination solar heat collector and awning is disclosed as an attachment for a travel trailer or mobile home wherein the heat collector panel is extendable to an awning position overlying the wall of the vehicle which should be facing toward the sun. The heat collector panel has water pipes extending therethrough which provide heated water to a tank mounted on the roof of the vehicle and connected to the domestic hot water system of the trailer or to heat radiators as desired. The heat collector panel is extendable and retractable with a cable system which is selectively motor operated or hand operated. The total unit when in stored position or in position of use has a relatively low silhouette and permits passage of the vehicle through normal roadways.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A combined solar heater and awning unit for attachment to vehicles of the type having a generally flat horizontal roof comprising a base adapted to be supported on and adhesively secured to the vehicle roof, a pair of longitudinally extending spaced apart parallel cog tracks secured to said base, an insulated box having a glass or fiber-glass covered top, means including spur gears engaging in said cog tracks for supporting said box for longitudinal movement along said base, means at one end of said cog tracks engagable with said spur gears for raising one end of said box to position said box at an angle to the horizontal, means in said box for collecting solar heat in water, means extending from said box to supply water to be heated to said box, means extending from said box for conducting heated water to a place of use, means on said vehicle connected to said box for rotating said spur gears to move said box longitudinally on said vehicle.
2.
A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means on said vehicle connected to said box includes an endless cable and means on said trailer for moving said endless cable.
3.
A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein an insulated tank is mounted on said base and forms a part of the conduit extending from said box to a point of use.
4.
A device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said box in its extended position slopes downwardly to shape one end of said vehicle.
5.
A device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said cog tracks have U-shaped end portions to provide said means for raising one end of said box.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1.
Field of the Invention The present invention relates to combined solar heat collectors and awnings as attachments for travel trailers or mobile homes.
2.
Summary of the Invention The present invention includes a solar heat collector panel mounted on the roof of a mobile home or travel trailer and extendable to a position overlying one wall of the trailer so as to act as an awning for that wall while collecting solar heat by heating water which can be used as domestic hot water or for heating radiators

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