Solar heater and roof attachment means

Patent · Tue Feb 21 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6626937

Howe, G L; Koutavas, S G

A solar heater includes an elongated solar collector having two fixedly connected solar panels of highly heat conductive material supported by a roof clamp on a shingled roof. The bottom edges of each of the solar panels include upturned gutter portions. One form of roof clamp for shingled roofs includes a J-shape shingle clamp member having a clamp bolt extending therethrough, and a solar collector clamp member assembled on the bolt and clamped to the bottom gutter portions of the solar panels. A bottom plate of the J-shape clamp member is slid under a shingle of a first shingle course and under a shingle of a second upper shingle course to carry the bolt into the top of the gap between adjacent shingle portions of the first course and to position a top plate of the shingle clamp member over parts of the shank portions of the first course and over a part of the one shingle of the second course. A clamp nut clamps the collector clamp member and the shingle clamp member firmly to the contacted shingles.

• Assignee: Future Tech, Inc.
• Patent Number(s): US 4432341
• OSTI ID: 6626937
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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Consumption
& Utilization-- Buildings
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BUILDINGS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FASTENING
ICE
JOINING
MELTING
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
ROOFS
SNOW
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT