Solar hot water collector

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 1.
Purposes of the Invention It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved solar hot water collector and method of making same.
Another object is to recover solar energy in an improved manner.
A further object is to provide a solar hot water collector which is inexpensive, simple and readily installed by homeowners and other laymen.
An additional object is to provide an improved solar hot water collector which concomitantly produces heated air via solar energy.
Still another object is to provide a channel-type solar hot water collector which is easily assembled and installed and which does not require the services of skilled craftsmen for installation.
Still a further object is to provide a solar hot water collector which may be sold as a package unit, particularly as a roll which is unwound and cut into rectilinear strips constituting channels.
Still an additional object is to supply a low cost, light weight, readily available solar collector panel.
An object is to provide a solar hot water collector having gravity powered alternate back and forth travel of the water to prolong the time duration of the water contact with the heated solar collector.
An object is to provide a solar hot water collector in which the water volume is made to travel in a thin sheet so that a greater surface area of the water is in contact with the solar heated metal, e.
g.
aluminum.
An object is to provide a solar hot water collector featuring simple construction of the channels by folding aluminum strips cut from coiled stock.
An object is to provide a solar hot water collector having channels sealed to each other with tape, so that the one collector can be used for heating either water, air or both; the hot air being forced through the collector from the bottom to the top, opposite to the water flow, by means of a blower; thus it is an object to provide a collector suitable for existing homes that have either hot water, hot air, or electric heat with central air conditioning