Rack mounted portable pressurized solar shower
View Patent ↗Improvements on a portable pressurized solar shower which is mounted on the roof of a vehicle using roof rack mounting hardware. The vessel is an elongated elliptical shape ( 20 ), which is capped on both ends ( 32 ) with an endplate. It can be filled by removing a radiator cap ( 34 ) on top. Water can be sprayed out using an attached hose ( 60 ) and nozzle ( 70 ). The vessel is made from black painted or coated conductive metal which absorbs the sunlight and transfers the heat to the water on the inside. The vessel can be pressurized by an air pump via a valve stem ( 39 ) installed on the vessel. A mounting bolt slides within a T-slot which is integrated as part of the shower vessel.
1. A rack mounted solar shower water storage apparatus comprising:
a vessel having an elliptical cross section and defining an internal volume, said vessel made from a heat conductive material, said vessel coated, anodized, or painted a dark color and having an internal rib of metal extending longitudinally an entire length of said internal volume of said vessel, said rib allowing screws to be screwed into said vessel thereat for attaching to said vessel without puncturing said internal volume;
a spray nozzle communicating with said internal volume of said vessel;
a neck connected with said vessel providing an opening into said internal volume of said vessel and releasably closable by a pressure release cap to accommodate filling of said vessel and pressure release should over pressurization of said vessel occur.
2. The rack mounted solar shower water storage apparatus of claim 1 wherein said vessel has a substantially flat underside to inhibit rocking on rough roads in order to prevent mounting hardware failure.
3. A rack mounted solar shower water storage apparatus comprising:
a vessel including an outer shell defining an internal water storage volume and a length, said outer shell of said vessel having an underside; and
a T-slot integrally formed in said underside of said outer shell of said vessel extending longitudinally the entire said length of said underside of said outer shell of said vessel, said slot slidably admitting a carriage bolt at one slot end which is adjustably movable along said T-slot.
4. The rack mounted solar shower water storage vessel of claim 3 wherein said vessel includes flat metal end plates secured at opposite ends of said outer shell.
5. A rack mounted solar shower water storage vessel comprising an internal rib of metal extending longitudinally an entire length of an internal volume of said vessel, said rib allowing screws to be screwed into said vessel thereat for attaching to said vessel without puncturing said internal volume.
6. The rack mounted solar shower water storage vessel of claim 5 wherein said vessel defines a substantially flattened elliptical shape with a flat top.
7. The rack mounted solar shower water storage vessel of claim 5 further comprising a fill neck connected with said vessel and communicating with said internal volume and a pressure relief cap releasably securable at said neck to close said internal volume and to release pressure from said vessel in the result of over pressurization.