Patent ID: 6421845
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A below-deck solar blanket roller assembly comprising:a rotatable roller shaft for rolling and unrolling a solar blanket, the shaft having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction; a first end support supporting the first shaft end and positioning the first shaft end inside and relative to the casing; a second end shaft support supporting the second shaft end and positioning the second shaft end inside and relative to the casing, said first and second end supports each having first and second ends, said first and second ends suspending said first and second end supports above a bottom of the casing in a generally horizontal position; a first end wall closing the first end of the casing; a second end wall closing the second end of the casing; a power coupler at an end of the roller shaft for receiving power from a source to rotate the roller shaft.