Stoves and furnaces – Solar heat collector – With means to convey fluent medium through collector
Patent
1995-01-13
1997-08-26
Jones, Larry
Stoves and furnaces
Solar heat collector
With means to convey fluent medium through collector
126652, 126563, 4599, F24J 204
Patent
active
056601646
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a national stage application based on PCT application PCT/ES93/00073, filed 9th Sep. 1993, which claims priority from Spanish application P9300690, filed 2nd Apr. 1993.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new disposition of elements and material components, which takes advantage of the solar heat in order to heat the water which is used in showers installed in open spaces, such as pools, gardens, chalets, campgrounds, etc.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This type of shower uses a rigid cylinder as heating deposit upon which solar beams fall directly which provide the heating supply on to the water contained in the same. The cylinder is installed at a more or less vertical position for which a plate is attached to the lower part thereof which serves as support and fixing means of the cylinder at the place where the shower is installed. At the upper end of the cylinder a water pulverizer or atomizer with adjustable inclination is installed by means of a hose. Said pulverizer is supplied directly from the water contained in the cylinder and/or also directly from the water maintenance installations. The selection or mixing of each supply channel is carried out by means of valves installed at the vertical side of the cylinder together with the corresponding pipings. All of which is protected inside a longitudinal protector attached to the cylinder and in vertical position. The grips of the valves, situated outside said housing allow for the adjustment and selection of cold and/or hot water.
Furthermore, said shower apparatus has connection for the water supply piping, and cylinder emptying plug in order to avoid deterioration due to frost in winter time.
For a higher efficiency in obtaining heat from solar beams, use is made, in the construction of the apparatus, from materials of high thermal conductivity and high resistance against climatic erosion and corrosion caused by waters.
The cylinder-deposit may be provided by a protecting cover which prevents the cooling of the contained water caused by the environmental air.
The products used in the manicuring of the cylinder-deposit are rigid materials and conductors of heating energy, such as for example, aluminium-magnesium, which is capable of gaining not only the solar heat, but the enviromental heat while the materials used in the existing solar gainers only gain the solar energy and not the enviromental energy since they are hot water accumulators.
The reason for using materials such as those mentioned hereinabove, for example, aluminium-magnesium is to obtain excellent efficiency during the day-time activity hours in gardens, pools, etc, for which the present invention is not based upon what is normally known in relation to storage and accumulating hot water for use, for example, at five o'clock in the morning, but it deals with a more rapid and efficient system of producing hot water at times when it is really needed and used.
Another advantage is that the beams which fall upon one point of the cylinder-deposit are rapidly distributed to all its surroundings so that the water has more contact with the thermal gainer element.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The object of the present invention would be better understood with the aid of the following description made on the basis of a practical example of an embodiment. Said description is carried out with the help of the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 shows an elevation view of the system object of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows in a plan view, the direction in which the device is placed.
FIG. 3 shows an elevation view of the shower in operation.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
This type of shower (1) uses a rigid cylinder (2) as a heating deposit, over which, solar beams (3) fall directly, acting as heating supply on the water contained therein. The cylinder (2) is installed in a more or less vertical position for which a plate (4) is attached to the lower part thereof which serves as support and fixing mean
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