초록

A strip for forming a solar energy panel is disclosed. The strip has a configuration such that it interlocks with heat transfer conduits and adjacent strips can be interlocked together to form panels. The panels so formed can serve additionally as a roofing material.

대표청구항 ▼

A strip for forming a combination solar energy collecting panel and roof surface, said strip being formed from sheet metal and having a flat upper side and a lower side, said upper side being coated with solar energy absorbent material, said strip being formed with first and second flanges extending

A strip for forming a combination solar energy collecting panel and roof surface, said strip being formed from sheet metal and having a flat upper side and a lower side, said upper side being coated with solar energy absorbent material, said strip being formed with first and second flanges extending longitudinally on opposite marginal edges, said first and second flanges being of generally complementary shape so that the first flange can interlock with the second flange of an adjacent strip whereby a plurality of strips can be interlocked together to form said panel and said roof surface, said strip being formed with a longitudinally extending portion intermediate of the first and second flanges, said portion projecting upwardly from the said flat upper side, said portion including an elongate channel which is open to the lower side of the strip, said channel receiving and snugly engaging a conduit for a heat transfer fluid, said channel being shaped so as to engage more than approximately 225°of the circumference of said conduit, the upper extremity of the channel being located above the upper extremities of said first and second flanges, and wherein said longitudinally extending portion includes first and second longitudinally extending faces, said faces being generally perpendicular to one another and being joined together by said elongate channel.