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Method and apparatus for collecting, storing, and transmitting solar heat

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7328988
A self-contained apparatus for collecting, storing and transmitting solar heat includes an elongated insulated housing in which a quantity of heat retaining material is confined and a collector on one face of the housing which has a multi-layered glass face through which solar heat may pass and be collected upon a unique heat-collecting bed which is insulated from the ambient environment by the glass face. Conditioning pump means are provided within the housing to circulate conditioning air through the collector and the heat retaining material in the housing so that heat is transferred from the collector to the material in the housing. 25 claims, 27 figures.
Assignee:
TIC; EDB-77-060723; ERA-02-029218
Patent Number(s):
US 3987786
OSTI ID:
7328988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English