Solar energy collection apparatus
CA 1102193 A · Owner: Owens-Illinois, Inc. · Inventors: Bieringer, Robert J.; Mather, George R. Jr.
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An evacuated double wall, tubular solar energy, collector having a concave specular reflecting surface, corresponding to a segment of a cylinder positioned at the opposite side of the collector tube from the sun. The reflector is detachably connected to the tube and the tube is engaged by raised spacing points on the reflector to provide the proper spaced relation between them and allow for water drainage along the reflector. Plural units of the collector tube and cylindricallyshaped reflector combination are supported along opposite sides of an elongated manifold for circulation of an energy absorbing media through them. This system improves the efficiency of total energy collection …
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- Granted June 2, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 2, 1998.
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