Claims
- 1. In a solar heating system using a moving liquid medium for collecting heat energy as the liquid medium flows through a solar energy collector device, the improvement in said collector device comprising:
- (a) a substantially continuous planar surface for collecting solar energy provided exclusively by a plurality of tubes formed from copper tubing with not more than 4.0 percent iron which has been flattened to substantially its maximum diameter to provide two flat faces with an intervening flat passageway for the liquid medium, said passageway having a smooth uninterrupted surface of uniform thickness, and said tubes being disposed in diametric abutting relation to one another to present said substantially continuous planar surface for collecting solar energy;
- (b) a first header member having a longitudinal slot into which one end of the flattened and abutting tubes is inserted and connected thereto to seal said slot; and
- (c) a second header member having a longitudinal slot into which the other end of the flattened and abutting tubes is inserted and connected thereto to seal said slot.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 936,192 filed Aug. 24, 1978 which was a division of application Ser. No. 795,143, filed May 9, 1977, which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 690,362, filed May 26, 1976 all now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (5)
Divisions (1)
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795143 |
May 1977 |
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Aug 1978 |
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