US PATENT SUBCLASS 126 / 569
SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR

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569SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR {18}
570  DF  .~> Having external damage preventer {1}
572  DF  .~> With control means energized in response to actuator stimulated by condition sensor {3}
600  DF  .~> With means to reposition solar collector for optimum radiation exposure {6}
609  DF  .~> With auxiliary heat source for fluent medium {7}
617  DF  .~> With heat storage mass {3}
621  DF  .~> Solar collector forms part of building roof {1}
623  DF  .~> Solar collector supported on existing roof structure
624  DF  .~> Rollable or foldable collector unit of nonrigid material {2}
627  DF  .~> Foldable collector unit of rigid material
628  DF  .~> Including means to utilize fluent medium from collector to heat interior of building {2}
634  DF  .~> With means to convey fluent medium through collector {7}
678  DF  .~> Particular fluent medium including radiation absorbing material {1}
680  DF  .~> Energy concentrator with support for material heated {1}
683  DF  .~> With concentrating reflector and concentrating lens
684  DF  .~> With concentrating reflector {5}
698  DF  .~> With concentrating lens {2}
701  DF  .~> Controlling solar radiation {2}
704  DF  .~> Collector housing {3}

DEFINITION

Classification: 126/569

SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR:

(under the class definition) Apparatus having (1) means to direct solar radiation and support means for an article to be heated by the directed radiation or (2) means to convert solar radiation to heat.

(1) Note. The "means" of clause (2) may be combined with (a) means to concentrate or direct solar radiation to the converting means, or (b) a spaced cover or enclosure for the converting means, or (c) a means to utilize the heat to heat a fluent medium (i.e., a gas, liquid, or a flowable solid), or (d) a support for the converting means.

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400, for means, per se, for storing heat which may have been derived from a solar collector.

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23, Chemistry: Physical Processes,

295, for subject matter utilizing solar energy for crystallizing a substance.

29, Metal Working, 890.033, for making solar energy device.

34, Drying and Gas or Vapor Contact With Solids,

93, for subject matter utilizing solar energy to dry material.

47, Plant Husbandry,

17, 59, and 65 for a greenhouse or other structure with specific means for holding or growing a plant in combination with solar heating means for the greenhouse or plant.

52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), for a building structure, per se.

60, Power Plants,

641.1+, for a power plant operated by means of heat from the sun.

62, Refrigeration,

235.1, for a refrigeration system utilizing solar energy.

136, Batteries, Thermoelectric and Photoelectric, 206, for electric power generator utilizing solar energy; and subclasses 243+ for a solar concentrator, orientator, or reflector in combination therewith which changes solar radiation into electrical energy. Where the sole disclosure of the collector is a Class 136 device and is claimed broadly, classification is in Class 136. For a disclosure of diverse collectors classifiable in different classes and claimed merely as a collector, classification is in Class 126. When a Class 136 collector is claimed, classification is in Class 136.

159, Concentrating Evaporators,

1.1, and 902+ for a concentrator utilizing solar energy.

165, Heat Exchange, especially

48+, for a combined heating and cooling means which utilizes solar energy.

202, Distillation: Apparatus,

234, for distillation by solar energy.

203, Distillation: Processes, Separatory, Digest 1 and

10, and 100 for a distillation process utilizing solar energy.

237, Heating Systems, for a method, apparatus for heating a room, chamber, house, or other enclosing structure wherein the source of heat claimed is other than a solar collector.

244, Aeronautics,

168, for control of attitude of a spacecraft by solar pressure. 323, Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems,

906, for subject matter utilizing solar energy.

359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,

619+, and 642+ for a lense; and subclasses 871+ for a reflector, per se, used to concentrate solar energy.

422, Chemical Apparatus and Process Disinfecting, Deodorizing, Preserving, or Sterilizing,

22+, for subject matter utilizing solar energy.

428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles, for a particular coating or surface preparation for absorbing solar energy.