Inventors:
Joseph H. Heyman - Ridgefield CT
Assignee:
American Solar Heat Corporation - Danbury CT
International Classification:
B23P 1500, F24J 302
Abstract:
Lightweight, economical and highly effective solar energy collector panels are formed with a sheet of transparent plastic exposed to solar radiation and spaced by a rigid lightweight spacer frame above a sheet of metallic foil, which embraces in heat conducting relationship a spaced array of metal water-carrying tubes all supported by an underlying plastic foam slab, with the overall assembly being encircled by a channel section peripheral frame.
By completing the panel assembly with foam material which substantially entirely encapsulates the panel components internally in an inexpensive, lightweight, and completely effective framed unit, a unique panel construction is achieved by a unique manufacturing process.