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Solar energy collection and transfer arrangement and method, and method of assembly
Assignee: Textron Systems Corp
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Filing: 1975-07-09
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Granted: 1977-04-19
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Expires: 1995-07-09
Abstract
Abstract A structural solar energy collection and transfer arrangement and method, and method of assembly, including an insulating light-transmitting honeycomb sandwich array and a lateral fluid flow solar energy collection and heat transfer honeycomb sandwich array, the lateral fluid flow honeycomb sandwich array having dark, preferably non-gloss or dull surfaced, honeycomb walls and bottom surface for solar energy absorption and transfer to a fluid, preferably a liquid, passed laterally through fluid passageway openings formed in the honeycomb walls. Solar energy is absorbed and transferred to a flowing fluid, by passing solar light rays through the insulating honeycomb sandwich array and into contact with the dark walls and base of the facially interconnected heat transfer honeycomb sandwich array, and passing the heat transfer fluid through the lateral openings formed in the honeycomb cell walls and thereby flowing such fluid through adjacent honeycomb cells. In a preferred method of assembly when using metal honeycomb in one or both of the honeycomb arrays, an insulating single layer or multilayer bead is preferably formed on the edges of one or both sides of the honeycomb of the insulating honeycomb sandwich array and on the upper or outer facing edges of the honeycomb of the heat transfer honeycomb sandwich array, and such beaded edges are in turn secured, as by adhesive, to a respective light-transmitting panel sheet or plate.
Inventors
- 👤 Irwin R. Barr
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 15:38
CPC Classifications
F; F24; F24S; F24S70/00; F24S70/60; F24S10/00; F24S10/60; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B10/00; Y02B10/20; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/40; Y02E10/44; Y10; Y10S; Y10S126/00; Y10S126/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 145
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement, comprising, a honeycomb panel sandwich assembly including a light-transmitting multicelled honeycomb insulation layer having light-transmitting top and bottom sheets with a light-transmitting honeycomb celled core extending in facial interconnection therebetween and a lateral fluid flow heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer connecting with and extending laterally beneath said insulation layer, and a plurality of lateral fluid passageways formed in the cell walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer for guiding and passing heat transfer fluid beneath the bottom sheet of said insulation layer to absorb solar energy transferred thereto through said light-transmitting insulation layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement, comprising, a honeycomb panel sandwich assembly including a light-transmitting multicelled honeycomb insulation layer having light-transmitting top and bottom sheets with a light-transmitting honeycomb celled core extending in facial interconnection therebetween and a lateral fluid flow heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer connecting with and extending laterally beneath said insulation layer, and a plurality of lateral fluid passageways formed in the cell walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer for guiding and passing heat transfer fluid beneath the bottom sheet of said insulation layer to absorb solar energy transferred thereto through said light-transmitting insulation layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 1, and an insulation layer extending beneath said heat transfer layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 2, said insulation layer comprising a layer of expanded foamed plastic.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 1, said heat transfer honeycomb layer having a plurality of discrete walled cells having lateral openings therein forming said lateral fluid passageways.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 4, the lateral walls and bottom wall of said walled cells of said heat transfer honeycomb layer being dark colored and heat absorptive.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 5, said dark lateral walls of said walled cells being opaque and having a dull surface for maximizing heat absorption.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 4, said fluid flow openings being formed in the lateral walls of said cells of said heat transfer honeycomb layer and connecting adjacent ones of said honeycomb cells in lateral fluid passing relation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, said lateral walls of said honeycomb cells being heat absorptive and dark colored with a dull matte surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 8, said lateral walls of said honeycomb cells being opaque.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, said honeycomb cells being generally hexagonal in shape and formed of laterally expanded laterally multilayered walls interconnected at staggered zones between succeeding lateral wall layers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, said honeycomb cells being formed of angularly intersecting walls.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the honeycomb cells of said light-transmitting insulation layer and the cells of said heat transfer layer being in non-alignment with one another.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the honeycomb cells of said light-transmitting insulation layer and the cells of said heat transfer layer being in general alignment with one another.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the cells in said insulation layer being different in size from the fluid flow connected cells of said fluid flow heat transfer layer.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 14, the cells in said insulation layer having a greater depth/width ratio than the fluid-flow-connected cells of said lateral fluid flow heat transfer layer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 14, the cells in said insulation layer having a lesser depth/width ratio than the fluid-flow-connected cells of said lateral fluid flow heat transfer layer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the cells in said insulation layer having a depth/width ratio greater than 1.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 17, the walls of said cells in said insulation layer being light transmitting therethrough.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 17, said ratio being greater than 2.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 19, the walls of said cells in said insulation layer being light transmitting therethrough.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the cells in said insulation layer having a depth/width ratio lesser than 1.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the cells in said fluid flow heat transfer layer having a depth/width ratio greater than 1.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 22, the lateral and bottom walls of said heat transfer layer cells being opaque and dark.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
25 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the cells in said fluid flow heat transfer layer having a depth/width ratio lesser than 1.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
24 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 24, the lateral and bottom walls of said heat transfer layer cells being opaque and dark.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 1, said light-transmitting top and bottom sheets being substantially transparent to solar light.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
29 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 26, at least one of said light-transmitting top and bottom sheets having a relatively low transmittance for black body radiation wave-lengths.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 27, said low transmittance sheet being at least said bottom sheet of said insulation layer.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 26, at least one of said light-transmittance top and bottom sheets being glass.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 29, both of said top and bottom sheets of said insulation layer being glass.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 26, at least one of said light-transmitting top and bottom sheets being plastic.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 29, both of said top and bottom sheets of said insulation layer being plastic.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, said heat transfer honeycomb layer having an opaque dark dull upper-surfaced bottom sheet.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
27 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the lateral walls of said cells of said insulation layer being smooth and highly reflective to incident light.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
23 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 34, the walls of said cells of said insulation layer being of solar light-transmitting material.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
28 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the walls of said cells of at least one of said layers being formed of pressed fiber sheet material.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
16 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 36, said pressed fiber sheet material being paper.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
44 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 36, the cells walls of said heat transfer layer being formed of pressed fiber sheet material covered with fluid-absorption-resistant material for fluid absorption resistance during flow of fluid through the cells of said heat transfer layer.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
35 words
A solar transfer arrangement according to claim 36, the cell walls of said insulation layer being formed of pressed fiber sheet material and having an incident light-reflective surface covering for increase of incident light reflectively.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
29 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the walls of said cells of said fluid flow heat transfer layer being formed of material of good heat conductivity.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
15 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 40, said good conductivity material being metal.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
25 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 40, said bottom sheet of said heat transfer layer being formed of material of good heat conductivity.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
26 words
A solar energy arrangement according to claim 42, said bottom sheet and said cell walls of said fluid flow heat transfer layer being formed of metal.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
37 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 7, the lateral walls forming the cells of said insulation layer being secured between and in insulated spaced relation between said top and bottom sheets of said insulation layer.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
39 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 44, the lateral walls of the cells of said fluid flow heat transfer layer being secured to and in insulated spaced relation from said bottom light-transmitting sheet of said insulation layer.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
44 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 45, said secured insulated spaced relation of said cells and sheets being formed by a heat-insulating bead disposed on the edges of said cell walls, which bead is in turn secured to the respective said sheet.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 44, said secured insulated spaced relation of said cells and sheets being formed by a heat-insulating bead disposed on the edges of said cell walls, which bead is in turn secured to the respective said sheet.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
35 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 1, the lateral walls forming the cells of said insulation layer being secured in insulated spaced relation between said top and bottom sheets of said insulation layer.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
50 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 48, said secured insulated spaced relation of said cells and sheets being formed by a heat-insulating cured adhesive bead disposed on the edges of said cell walls, which bead is in turn secured to the respective said sheet by a further adhesive.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
18 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 1, said multicelled honeycomb insulation layer being under a vacuum.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
36 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 1, and fluid flow means for passing a heat transfer fluid through said lateral fluid passageways formed in said cell walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
31 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 51, said fluid flow means comprising a fluid pump and conduit means connecting between said pump and said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
29 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, further comprising heat radiation means in fluid connection with said conduit means and spaced from said honeycomb panel sandwich assembly.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 53, said heat radiation means comprising a building radiator for heating of a building.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
24 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, said heat radiation means comprising a portion of an evaporative cooling unit for a building.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
19 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, said honeycomb panel sandwich assembly being a building roof panel.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
20 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, said honeycomb panel sandwich assembly being a building side wall panel.
Claim 59
Dependent Claim
39 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, and a plurality of said honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies forming a building roof, said fluid flow means connecting in fluid flow relation with said plurality of honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies.
Claim 60
Dependent Claim
40 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, and a plurality of said honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies forming a building side wall, said fluid flow means connecting in fluid flow relation with said plurality of honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
42 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, and a plurality of said honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies forming a building roof and side wall, said fluid flow means connecting in fluid flow relation with said plurality of honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies.
Claim 62
Dependent Claim
24 words
A solar energy transfer arrangement according to claim 52, and an insulated heat storage tank in fluid flow connection with said fluid flow means.
Claim 63
Independent Claim
97 words
The method of collection and transfer of solar energy to a heat conductive fluid, comprising passing solar light rays through a first light transmitting insulating multicelled honeycomb sandwich array of multiple discrete insulating cells and into contact with a second solar energy absorbing multicelled honeycomb sandwich array, and passing a heat transfer fluid laterally through the cells of said second solar energy absorbing honeycomb array and to a heat transfer zone external of said arrays for further heat transfer of energy absorbed by said fluid during passage through said cells of said solar energy absorbing honeycomb array.
Claim 64
Independent Claim
97 words
The method of collection and transfer of solar energy to a heat conductive fluid, comprising passing solar light rays through a first light transmitting insulating multicelled honeycomb sandwich array of multiple discrete insulating cells and into contact with a second solar energy absorbing multicelled honeycomb sandwich array, and passing a heat transfer fluid laterally through the cells of said second solar energy absorbing honeycomb array and to a heat transfer zone external of said arrays for further heat transfer of energy absorbed by said fluid during passage through said cells of said solar energy absorbing honeycomb array.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 62, including passing said solar light rays through said first honeycomb array while the cells of said first honeycomb array are under a vacuum.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method according to claim 62, including passing said solar light rays through solar light transmitting sheets of said insulating honeycomb array, at least one of said sheets being substantially opaque to transmittance of black body radiation.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method according to claim 62, including passing said solar light rays through light transmitting first and second upper and lower spaced bounding sheets of said first light transmitting insulating honeycomb sandwich array, said sheets being substantially opaque to transmittance of black body re-radiation frequencies therethrough from said second solar energy absorbing honeycomb array.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 62, including passing of said solar light rays into energy absorbing contact with a dark walled energy absorbing zone of said second solar energy absorbing honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 66, and passing said heat transfer fluid in heat transfer contact with said dark walled energy absorbing zone.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method according to claim 66, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a liquid in contact with said dark walled energy absorbing zone.
Claim 71
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method according to claim 66, including reflecting incident said solar light off the surfaces of the wall forming said cells of said first light transmitting insulating multicelled honeycomb sandwich array and passing the reflected said light rays into contact with a dark walled energy absorbing zone of said second solar energy absorbing honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 72
Dependent Claim
50 words
The method according to claim 66, and reflecting and resisting passage of black body radiation from said dark walled black body radiation from said dark walled energy absorbing zone of said second solar energy absorbing honeycomb sandwich array, out into and through said first solar light transmitting honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 73
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 66, and extracting solar accumulated heat from said fluid at said further heat transfer zone external of and spaced from said arrays.
Claim 74
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 71, and heating a portion of a building with said extracted solar accumulated heat.
Claim 75
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 71, and effecting absorption cycle cooling by said extracted solar accumulated heat to enable cooling of a portion of a building.
Claim 76
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 62, including passing of said solar light rays into energy absorbing contact with dark walled energy absorbing side and bottom cell walls of said solar energy absorbing honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 77
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 74, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a liquid along the bottom wall of said second energy absorbing multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 78
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 74, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a plurality of liquid streams along the bottom wall of said second energy absorbing multicelled honeycomb array.
Claim 79
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 62, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a plurality of liquid streams along the bottom wall of said second energy absorbing multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 80
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 66, including passing said solar light rays through the side walls forming the cells of said first light transmitting insulating multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 81
Dependent Claim
83 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement, comprising a honeycomb panel sandwich assembly including a light-transmitting insulation layer having light-transmitting top and bottom sheets and a lateral fluid flow heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer extending laterally beneath said insulation layer, and lateral fluid passageways formed in the cell lateral walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer for guiding and passing heat transfer fluid beneath the bottom sheet of said insulation layer to absorb solar energy transferred thereto through said light-transmitting insulation layer.
Claim 82
Dependent Claim
83 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement, comprising a honeycomb panel sandwich assembly including a light-transmitting insulation layer having light-transmitting top and bottom sheets and a lateral fluid flow heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer extending laterally beneath said insulation layer, and lateral fluid passageways formed in the cell lateral walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer for guiding and passing heat transfer fluid beneath the bottom sheet of said insulation layer to absorb solar energy transferred thereto through said light-transmitting insulation layer.
Claim 83
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, and an insulation layer extending beneath said heat transfer layer.
Claim 84
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 80, said insulation layer comprising a layer of expanded foamed plastic.
Claim 85
Dependent Claim
45 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said heat transfer honeycomb layer having a plurality of discrete walled cells having lateral openings therein forming said lateral fluid passageways and connecting adjacent ones of said honeycomb cells in lateral fluid passing relation.
Claim 86
Dependent Claim
33 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 82, the lateral walls and bottom wall of said walled cells of said heat transfer honeycomb layer being dark colored and heat absorptive.
Claim 87
Dependent Claim
30 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 83, said dark lateral walls of said walled cells being opaque and having a dull surface for maximizing heat absorption.
Claim 88
Dependent Claim
29 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 84, the walls of said cells of said heat transfer honeycomb layers being formed of pressed fiber sheet material.
Claim 89
Dependent Claim
18 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 85, said pressed fiber sheet material being paper.
Claim 90
Dependent Claim
46 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 85, the cell walls of said heat transfer layer being formed of pressed fiber sheet material covered with fluid-absorption-resistant material for fluid absorption resistance during flow of fluid through the cells of said heat transfer layer.
Claim 91
Dependent Claim
29 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said lateral walls of said honeycomb cells being heat absorptive and dark colored with a dull matte surface.
Claim 92
Dependent Claim
20 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 88, said lateral walls of said honeycomb cells being opaque.
Claim 93
Dependent Claim
36 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said honeycomb cells being generally hexagonal in shape and formed of laterally expanded laterally multilayered walls interconnected at staggered zones between succeeding lateral wall layers.
Claim 94
Dependent Claim
20 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said honeycomb cells being formed of angularly intersecting walls.
Claim 95
Dependent Claim
30 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, the honeycomb cells in said fluid flow heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer having a depth/width ratio greater than 1.
Claim 96
Dependent Claim
28 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 92, the lateral and bottom walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer cells being opaque and dark.
Claim 97
Dependent Claim
30 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, the honeycomb cells in said fluid flow heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer having a depth/width ratio lesser than 1.
Claim 98
Dependent Claim
26 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 94, the lateral and bottom walls of said heat transfer layer cells being opaque and dark.
Claim 99
Dependent Claim
23 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said light-transmitting top and bottom sheets being substantially transparent to solar light.
Claim 100
Dependent Claim
31 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 96, at least one of said light-transmitting top and bottom sheets having a relatively low transmittance for black body radiation wave-lengths.
Claim 101
Dependent Claim
25 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 97, said low transmittance sheet being at least said bottom sheet of said insulation layer.
Claim 102
Dependent Claim
23 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 96, at least one of said light-transmitting top and bottom sheets being plastic.
Claim 103
Dependent Claim
24 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 99, both of said top and bottom sheets of said insulation layer being plastic.
Claim 104
Dependent Claim
23 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 96, at least one of said light-transmitting top and bottom sheets being glass.
Claim 105
Dependent Claim
24 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 101, both of said top and bottom sheets of said insulation layer being glass.
Claim 106
Dependent Claim
24 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said heat transfer honeycomb layer having an opaque dark dull upper-surfaced bottom sheet.
Claim 107
Dependent Claim
29 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, the lateral walls of said cells of said insulation layer being smooth and highly reflective in incident light.
Claim 108
Dependent Claim
25 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 104, the walls of said cells of said insulation layer being of solar light-transmitting material.
Claim 109
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, the walls of said cells of said fluid flow heat transfer honeycomb layer being formed of material of good heat conductivity.
Claim 110
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 106, said good conductivity material being metal.
Claim 111
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 106, said bottom sheet of said heat transfer honeycomb layer being formed of material of good heat conductivity.
Claim 112
Dependent Claim
29 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 108, said bottom sheet and said cell walls of said fluid flow heat transfer layer being formed of metal.
Claim 113
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, the lateral walls of the cells of said fluid flow heat transfer layer being secured to and in insulated spaced relation from a bottom light-transmitting sheet between said insulation layer and said heat transfer honeycomb layer.
Claim 114
Dependent Claim
25 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said fluid passageways being formed at the lower extent of said cell lateral walls.
Claim 115
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said fluid passageways being formed at the upper extent of said cell lateral walls.
Claim 116
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, including plural said passageways in individual said lateral walls.
Claim 117
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said plural said passageways in an individual said lateral wall being laterally side by side at the lower extent of the respective said wall.
Claim 118
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, said insulation layer being under a vacuum.
Claim 119
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 79, and fluid flow means for passing a heat transfer fluid through said lateral fluid passageways formed in said cell walls of said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer.
Claim 120
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 116, said fluid flow means comprising a fluid pump and conduit means connecting between said pump and said heat transfer multicelled honeycomb layer.
Claim 121
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, further comprising heat radiation means in fluid connection with said conduit means and spaced from said honeycomb panel sandwich assembly.
Claim 122
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 118, said heat radiation means comprising a building radiator for heating of a building.
Claim 123
Dependent Claim
26 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, said heat radiation means comprising a portion of an evaporative cooling unit for a building.
Claim 124
Dependent Claim
21 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, said honeycomb panel sandwich assembly being a building roof panel.
Claim 125
Dependent Claim
22 words
A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, said honeycomb panel sandwich assembly being a building side wall panel.
Claim 126
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, and a plurality of said honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies forming a building roof, said fluid flow means connecting in fluid flow relation with said plurality of honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies.
Claim 127
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, and a plurality of said honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies forming a building side wall, said fluid flow means connecting in fluid flow relation with said plurality of honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies.
Claim 128
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, and a plurality of said honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies forming a building roof and side wall, said fluid flow means connecting in flow relation with said plurality of honeycomb panel sandwich assemblies.
Claim 129
Dependent Claim
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A solar energy collection and transfer arrangement according to claim 117, and an insulated heat storage tank in fluid flow connection with said fluid flow means.
Claim 130
Independent Claim
87 words
The method of collection and transfer of solar energy to a heat conductive fluid, comprising passing solar light rays through a light-transmitting insulating layer and into contact with a solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array, and passing a heat transfer fluid laterally through the cells of said solar energy-absorbing and transfer honeycomb array and to a heat transfer zone external of said arrays for further heat transfer of energy absorbed by said fluid during passage through said cells of said solar energy-absorbing honeycomb array.
Claim 131
Independent Claim
87 words
The method of collection and transfer of solar energy to a heat conductive fluid, comprising passing solar light rays through a light-transmitting insulating layer and into contact with a solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array, and passing a heat transfer fluid laterally through the cells of said solar energy-absorbing and transfer honeycomb array and to a heat transfer zone external of said arrays for further heat transfer of energy absorbed by said fluid during passage through said cells of said solar energy-absorbing honeycomb array.
Claim 132
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 127, passing said solar light rays through a honeycomb array formed in said insulating layer, intermediate to passage to said solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 133
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 127, including passing said solar light rays through said insulating layer while the cells of said insulating are under a vacuum.
Claim 134
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 127, including passing said solar light rays through solar light-transmitting sheets of said insulating layer, at least one of said sheets being substantially opaque to transmittance of black body radiation.
Claim 135
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 128, including passing said solar light rays through light-transmitting first and second upper and lower spaced bounding sheets of said first light-transmitting insulating layer, said sheets being substantially opaque to transmittance of black body re-radiation frequencies therethrough from said second solar energy-absorbing honeycomb array.
Claim 136
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 127, including passing of said solar light rays into energy-absorbing contact with a dark-walled energy-absorbing zone of said solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 137
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 132, and passing said heat transfer fluid in heat transfer contact with said dark-walled energy-absorbing zone.
Claim 138
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 132, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a liquid in contact with said dark-walled energy-absorbing zone.
Claim 139
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 127, includig passing of said solar light rays into energy-absorbing contact with dark-walled energy-absorbing side and bottom cell walls of said solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 140
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 135, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a liquid along the bottom wall of said solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 141
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 135, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a plurality of liquid streams along the bottom wall of said solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 142
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 127, and passing said heat transfer fluid as a plurality of liquid streams along the bottom wall of said solar energy-absorbing and heat transfer multicelled honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 143
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 127, and extracting solar accumulated heat from said fluid at said further heat transfer zone external of and spaced from said insulating layer and heat transfer honeycomb sandwich array.
Claim 144
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 139, and effecting absorption cycle cooling by said extracted solar accumulated heat to enable cooling of a quantity of environmental air.
Claim 145
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 139, and effecting heating of a quantity of air or liquid with heat extracted from said fluid at said further heat transfer zone.
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