Solar collector assembly and kit

Patent · Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5859727

Matzkanin, R L

A solar collector water heater assembly is described comprising a rectangular insulation board serving as a base; a solar absorber plate mounted on the insulation board and including a heat exchanger with couplings for connection to a tank; a water tank having main water inlet and outlet means and means connected to the couplings of the heat exchanger; a main frame assembled onto the insulation board about the solar absorber plate including a front rail, a rear rail, side rails and cornerkeys joining adjacent ones of the rails at their ends to form corners of the frame; a tank bed attached within the frame and mounting the tank; and at least one glazing panel having a top surface including a pair of legs inwardly disposed therefrom and a sheet of transparent material stretched onto the glazing panel. One of the legs is insertably received and retained by a first depression formed in one of the rail members; another of the legs is insertably received and retained by a second depression formed in a glazing rim; and the top surface of one of the glazing panels is cooperatively retained adjacent to one of the rail members by a side cap and also retained adjacent to the glazing rim by an upper cap so that the glazing panel is securely retained within the assembly.

• Assignee: Alternative Energy Resources, El Paso, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4706650
• OSTI ID: 5859727
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 25 Jul 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR COLLECTORS
DESIGN
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
GLAZES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
SOLAR ABSORBERS
TANKS
THERMAL INSULATION
WATER
APPLIANCES
COATINGS
CONTAINERS
EQUIPMENT
HEATERS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
WATER HEATERS
140907* - Solar Thermal Utilization- Water Heating
141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators