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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:
Oct. 27, 1981
Filed:
May. 29, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard S Steele, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165 74 ; 165136 ; 165163 ; 126437 ; 425417 ; 264314 ; 264 452 ; 220444 ;
Abstract
A solar water tank for use in solar heating systems includes an insulated tank with flow systems comprised of a plurality of inlet and outlet tubes, heat exchangers, level switch and supplemental heating element, all assembled together with the manway cover for the tank in a unitary embodiment. The tank also includes a layer of polyurethane foam insulation on its interior surface. Forming apparatus for placing the insulation layer in the tank includes a flexible synthetic membrane in the form of an enclosed bag adapted for positioning in the interior of the tank.