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Solar energy collector having a convection current inhibiting member
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Inventors: Hopper, Thomas P.;
Assignee: Sunworks, Inc. (Guilford, CT)
Primary Examiner: Sprague; Kenneth W.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: DeLio and Montgomery
A solar energy collector housing having a transparent cover, and a solar energy absorbing panel in the housing beneath the cover, and including a transparent member having closed tubular air pockets positioned between the panel and the cover to inhibit convection currents therebetween. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
In a solar energy collector having a transparent cover member, means defining a housing including end and side walls, and a solar energy absorber therein beneath a transparent cover member, said housing adapted to be operatively positioned with one end wall higher than the other, the improvement comprising means for inhibiting convection currents between the absorber and cover member, said means comprising a plurality of pins attached to said housing, an elongated tubular gas-containing member of transparent material of good light transmissivity, said tubular member being wrapped in a serpentine manner over the absorber around said pins, with adjacent horizontally extending turns in essentially parallel contact, and at least one member juxtaposed one of said pins compressing said tubular member against the proximate pin to divide said tubular member into segments.
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The collector of claim 1 further including a plurality of compressing members, each juxtaposed one of said pins.
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The collector of claim 2 wherein said compressing members are resilient.
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The collector of claim 1 wherein said pins are generally cylindrical, each pin having a notch formed in the cylindrical side thereof to permit air flow between adjacent segments of said tubular member.
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The collector of claim 4 wherein at least one of said compressing members is provided with a bulge projecting into the notch in its proximate pin.
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In a solar energy collector having a transparent cover member, means defining a housing including end and side walls, a solar energy absorber in said housing beneath the transparent cover member, said housing adapted to be operatively positioned with one end wall higher than the other, the improvement comprising a plurality of adjacent tubular horizontally extending members of transparent material of good light transmissivity positioned between the absorber and the cover member having heat sealed ends, each end including a dove-tail portion that overlaps the dove-tailed portions of adjacent members and is engaged to said housing to thereby inhibit convection currents between said absorber and said cover member
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Heat Accumulators 
