Compact attic mounted solar heating pack assembly
A compact attic solar heating pack assembly for mounting within a building attic having south and north facing roof sections overlying a horizontal building attic floor forming the ceiling and defining an enclosed attic space above the occupied room space below the ceiling is described. The pack assembly comprises: a closed sheet metal plenum, means for fixedly mounting the plenum within the attic just below at the roof, a blower fixedly mounted to the plenum, the blower having an air inlet open to the attic enclosure, the blower including a blower outlet opening to the interior of the plenum, an electric motor for driving the blower, at least one air outlet within the plenum, a duct coupled at one end to the plenum chamber outlet and terminating at its other end in a diffuser, a first, normally open, cooling thermostat adapted for mounting within the attic enclosure adjacent the roof and responsive to a substantial increase in temperature of the air within the attic enclosure over the outside air based on direct solar radiation through the roof, a second, normally open, heating thermostat adapted for mounting within the interior of the building below the attic and responsive to the temperature of the interior room, cable means for electrically connecting the blower motor and the first and second thermostats in series and adapted to energize the blower motor via a source of electrical power upon closure of the normally open first and second thermostats, and a blower outlet damper at the plenum chamber inlet for automatically closing off the inlet to the blower from the building interior via the duct to prevent loss of heat from the room interior back through the attic.
- Assignee:
- Robert Weeks; J.A. Porter; Kenneth Hughes; R.H. Maynard and Jack Herald, all of WV
- Patent Number(s):
- US RE 32607
- OSTI ID:
- 5167468
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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