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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ugur Ortabasi, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126271 ; 126270 ;
Abstract
A solar energy collector structure has been provided which comprises a plurality of at least partially evacuated tubular members arranged in a group and closely packed in parallel axial alignment. The tubular members are joined together to form a tube sheet. A pair of such tube sheets are placed in tandem with a pair of opposite margins thereof being sealed, one to the other, to form a flow channel therebetween. An absorber, disposed between the tube sheets, in the flow channel, intercepts and absorbs solar energy, which by heat transfer is carried off by a working fluid in the heat exchange relation with the absorber surface.