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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:
May. 06, 1980
Filed:
May. 04, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D Cummings, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research & Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126429 ; 126446 ;
Abstract
A solar collector unit of triangular transverse cross section is provided with a corrugated heat trap element on at least the rear vertical wall of the collector. The heat trap element has a V-shaped cross section, the angle of the V being in the range of about 35.degree. to about 55.degree.. The heat trap element, in part, serves to increase the effective heat transfer surface of the collector at relatively little expense. Additionally, the corrugated member serves as a channel for direction of the flow of fluid to be heated through the collector.