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Solar ice melter for use at low ambient temperatures

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5816023
An apparatus for using solar energy to melt ice at low ambient temperatures, particularly adapted for use in livestock watering systems, is disclosed. A solar energy collector is described which gathers and transmits heat into ice which has formed in a watering receptacle at ambient air temperatures of freezing or below.
Assignee:
TIC; ERA-05-009982; EDB-80-020394
Patent Number(s):
US 4162684
OSTI ID:
5816023
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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