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Solar heating shingle roof structure

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7075512

A solar heating roof shingle roof structure which combines the functions of a roof and a fluid conducting solar heating panel. Each shingle is a hollow body of the general size and configuration of a conventional shingle, and is provided with a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. Shingles are assembled in a normal overlapping array to cover a roof structure, with interconnections between the inlets and outlets of successive shingles to provide a fluid path through the complete array. An inlet manifold is contained in a cap used at the peak of the roof and an outlet manifold is connected to the lowest row of shingles.

Assignee:
EDB-84-106745
Patent Number(s):
US 4428361
OSTI ID:
7075512
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English