Adjustable solar panel cap and method of manufacturing same

摘要

A solar panel cap and light cap secured to a wall or parapet through the use of a fixed coping having two vertical supports on either side of a locking channel. The vertical supports are biased or resilient to secure the coping to the top of the parapet or wall. The locking channel is configured to slidably receive a locking insert from a solar panel cap or light cap, each configured to connect to an adjacent cap such that they are electrically coupled. The solar panel caps include a horizontal base and an angled solar panel pivotally attached on one edge to the horizontal base. Support plates are pivotally attached to opposite edges of both the horizontal base and the angled solar panel such that when they overlap and are secured to one another the angled solar panel is adjustably positionable relative to the horizontal base.

主权项

1. A process for manufacturing a seamless coping for attachment to a top of a wall or parapet, the process comprising the steps of:
measuring a width and length of the top of the wall or parapet; providing a metal forming machine having adjustable pairs of forming rollers to bend and shape a metal material; adjusting a lateral spacing of the pairs of forming rollers on the metal forming machine, such that the lateral spacing corresponds to the width of the top of the parapet or wall; feeding a length of flat metal material into the metal forming machine; shaping the flat metal material into a predetermined shape using the pairs of forming rollers so as to form the seamless coping; sensing a length of metal material fed into the metal forming machine; and cutting the metal material when the sensed length of the metal material equals the measured length of the top of the parapet or wall.