Solar panel

Patent · Tue May 03 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6054341

Wojcik, W

A highly efficient solar panel ideally suited for use in heating swimming pools, hot tubs and the like, comprising a plurality of elongated, flexible fluid carrying conduits fixedly secured together in a side by side relationship. The conduits are interconnected at their extremities with header members embodying integral compression fittings of unique design. The panel is shipped in a rolled up, preassembled configuration and is installed by simply unrolling the panel onto any suitable supporting surface. To accommodate the size and shape of the available supporting surface, such as a roof, the novel design of the panel permits it to be periodically rolled back upon itself with the oppositely extending portions thereof resting on the supporting surface in a substantially coplanar, side by side relationship with the next adjacent portions. When the panel is completely rolled out, the adjacent portions thereof are interlocked together by novel interlocking means to provide a highly stable assembly which is substantially impervious to damage by wind, vibration, moisture and mildew.

• Assignee: EDB-83-139363
• Patent Number(s): US 4381764
• OSTI ID: 6054341
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 20 Mar 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-132311
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
THERMIC DIODE SOLAR PANELS
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
STABILITY
SWIMMING POOLS
APPLIANCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
HEATERS
HEATING SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
PASSIVE SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER HEATERS
140909* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Miscellaneous Solar Applications- (1980-)