Patent ID: 9109812
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: F24S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A solar heating cell comprising: a core, said core being substantially in the form of a parallelepiped having two open sides opposite to one another, said core having an edge extending around each of said two open sides, said core further having an increased thickness adjacent to said edges defining shoulders inward of said edges on an outer surface thereof, said edges having outwardly and oppositely directed channels extending thereabout; a first O-ring and a second O-ring, said first O-ring being disposed in said channel on one of said two sides of said core and said second O-ring being disposed in said channel on the other of said two sides of said core; a first glass plate and a second glass plate, said first glass plate being on one of said two sides of said core in contact with said first O-ring and said second glass plate being on the other of said two sides of said core in contact with said second O-ring; and a plurality of elongated compression clips of substantially U-shaped cross section, said compression clips extending between said shoulders and said first glass plate and between said shoulders and said second glass plates to compress said first glass plate against said first O-ring and said second glass plate against said second O-ring, thereby enclosing an interior volume of said solar heating cell, wherein said interior volume is adapted for being substantially filled with a heat absorbing material.