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4832001 Lightweight solar panel support  
A lightweight support for one or more solar panels is disclosed. A compression frame is mounted to the supporting surface, and tension members extend laterally from the frame in opposite directions...
4519381 Solar heating apparatus and method  
A solar heating apparatus is disclosed along with a method of making a solar heating apparatus. The apparatus has a frame with a solar collector movably mounted thereto. A solar tracking mechanism...
4476854 Gas spring solar tracker  
The present invention provides apparatus for tracking the sun which reorients itself immediately in the absence of sunlight. Large and small cannisters are provided at the respective ends of a...
4352350 Means for tracking the sun  
The subject invention involves equipment for tracking the sun by utilizing its energy. Otherwise expressed, the invention is directed to what may be termed a solar collector assembly which is...
4334522 Solar heat apparatus  
A solar energy device comprising a member adapted to contain a liquid and a lens for concentrating rays from the sun on a surface of the member. Cold liquid enters the member and heated liquid is...
4332239 Sun powered automatic sun following reflector  
A solar ray reflector of semi-hemispherical form is joined at its periphery to one end of a short rigid cylindrical support member fixed to trunnion tubes extending through diametrically opposite...
4332240 Solar-energy-powered sun tracker  
Apparatus for following the sun using the sun's radiant energy to heat a fluid-containing sensor to create a pressure which is used to rotate the apparatus against a spring force provided by an...
4328789 Solar tracking drive mechanism  
A solar tracking mechanism is used to orient a solar collector to directly face the rays of the sun using a hydraulic actuator and gear motor to both adjust the orientation of the collector and to...
4304993 Solar energy collection system  
A solar energy collection system utilizing a fluid which dissociates endothermically and recombines exothermically is described. The preferred fluid is ammonia. Solar radiation is focussed onto...
4279240 Self-regulating solar window device  
A window device for controlling the transmission of solar radiation therethrough, having a first diffuser means forming the exterior of the device for diffusing incoming solar radiation, a second...
4263892 Heat sensing means, particularly for solar water heating apparatus  
This invention relates to temperature differential sensing means particularly suitable for sensing temperatures at respective opposite sides of a heat shield whereby alignment of the shield with...
4245616 Solar tracking device  
A solar tracking device having a plurality of reflector banks for reflecting the sun rays onto collector tubes and heating a fluid circulated therethrough. The reflector banks synchronized to...
4235222 Heat-responsive alignment system and solar collection device  
A system which automatically aligns itself, and any attached hardware such as a solar energy collection device, in response to changes in the solar position. The alignment system comprises a...
4198954 Solar collector, comprising solar tracking means  
A solar collector comprising a focussing reflector rotatable about an axis; an adjusting mechanism for effecting rotation of the reflector about such axis; and a solar-tracking arrangement for...
4175391 Self reorienting solar tracker  
Apparatus for causing a solar energy collector to constantly follow the sun by using solar radiant energy to differentially heat fluid-containing reservoirs to cause differential vaporization and...
4159710 Solar collector comprising solar tracking means  
A solar collector includes a plurality of elongate parallel reflectors mounted for rotation about their respective longitudinal axes, together with mechanism coupled to the reflectors for...
4158356 Self-powered tracking solar collector  
A solar collector tracking the sun through changes in the relative position between the sun and the earth. The collector may rotate about a single axis to follow the sun throughout the day. A...
4153038 Solar energy collecting system  
A plurality of directional solar energy sensors are each positioned skyward at a different orientation defined by a unique combination of elevation and azimuth so only one sensor at a time receives...
4063543 Servo tracking apparatus  
The servo tracker of the instant invention comprises an apparatus for positioning of a major reflector to compensate for relative movement between the Earth and Sun. A base member supports a...
4022185 Heat actuable directing device  
A heat actuable directing device suitable for directing a member such as a solar energy collection device to more favored dispositions with respect to the source of heat which actuates the device....
4002032 Solar heated device  
A solar heated device including a conduit for expansion and flow of gases, and a solar light collector for heating the gas in the conduit, is provided with a gas turbine that is driven by the gas...
3162189 Ray intensity control for solar mirror  
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