Patent ID: 9429340
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: F24S,Y02B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A hot air panel configured to heat air within the hot air panel using solar energy, the hot air panel comprising: a glazing configured to allow solar energy into the hot air panel and defining a top of the hot air panel; a base layer defining the bottom of the hot air panel, wherein the glazing and the base layer define in part a volume of the hot air panel; a collection plate positioned between the glazing and the base layer such that the collection plate divides the volume of the hot air panel into two portions that are isolated from each other, a first portion comprising a volume that is at least partially defined by the glazing and the collection plate, and a second portion comprising volume that is at least partially defined by the base layer and the collection plate; wherein a plurality of spacing blocks disposed in spaced within the second portion, each spacing block contacting from the base layer of the hot air panel to the collection plate; wherein each spacing block has a width less than the width of the second portion.