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Solar energy collector and glazing system

US4597378A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 12, 1983
Grant dateJul 1, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 12, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S126/904
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A solar device having at least two glazings wherein the inner glazing is a film stretched, positioned and held in place by internal tenter strips in cooperation with pressure uniformly exerted by the outer glazing. The device has plastic structural components to achieve a low k value.

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