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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Applicant:
Mark A. Mueller, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Mueller, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system of passively heating water using solar energy and an absorber formed from two identical halves of molded darkened glass that are fused together. The absorber is essentially a plurality of black glass struts that are sandwiched between two black glass surfaces. The struts act as baffle plates and define cells. Water is carried through the system via the thermosiphoning effect.