Inventors:
Melvin K. Carter - Los Gatos CA
Fredric Nadel - San Jose CA
Assignee:
Advanced Energy Technology - Los Gatos CA
International Classification:
F24J 302
Abstract:
In a solar heating panel, the panel includes a plate-like solar collector having a serpentine shaped fluid conduit soldered to the plate collector in heat exchange relation therewith. Laterally directed manifolds are provided at opposite ends of the collector and are coupled in fluid communication with the serpentine flow path for coupling a plurality of such solar heating panels in parallel across a manifold structure. The panels include frame structures having a pair of elongated side frame members closed at opposite ends by means of end members with the side and end members having slots formed therein in registration one with the other such that when the side members are mated to the end members, the slots are in registration to define the side ports in the frame for passage therethrough of said manifold conduits. Thermally insulative collars surround the manifold pipes and include annular recesses for receiving the marginal edges of the slots, thereby forming an interlocked framed solar collector structure.