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6911110 Thermally controlled solar reflector facet with heat recovery  
A high concentration central receiver system and method provides improved reflectors and a unique heat removal system. The central receiver has a plurality of interconnected reflectors coupled to a...
6863065 Portable concave reflector assembly  
A portable concave reflector assembly having a hub member, a plurality of blade members radiating from the hub member, hub interlocking means for holding each of the blade members in selectively...
6196217 Bat warmer  
A solar powered bat warmer having a container which has openings for receiving at least one baseball bat. The container has an open side which is covered with plexiglass to accumulate solar rays...
6035850 Concentrator for focusing solar radiation  
A concentrator for focusing solar radiation onto an elongate absorber, comprising a plurality of transverse supports arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction, stabilizing the...
5950618 Solar energy baking apparatus  
A solar energy baking apparatus comprises one or more baking containers for receiving material to be baked or dried; reflectors with respect to the baking containers for reflecting solar energy and...
5924415 Solar grill  
A solar cooker which has at least one biconvex lens which can concentrate solar rays onto an item to be cooked. In addition, the solar cooker utilizes a series of pulleys to rotate the lens from an...
5915376 Evacuated solar collector  
A solar heat collecting apparatus includes a first, inner glass dome, and a second, larger outer glass dome disposed outwardly from the inner dome. Both of the inner and outer domes have respective...
5860415 Portable golf ball warming device  
A portable, solar powered golf ball warming device includes a hollow black tube as a warming chamber for golf balls. The black tube has separate elastomer loading and dispensing apertures disposed...
5850831 Loose-tight-loose twist, twisted-tape insert solar central receiver  
This invention reduces a molten salt, solar central receiver's size, pressure loss and cost by using a loose-tight-loose twist, twisted-tape insert inside the receiver's tubes to enhance the tube's...
5706798 Solar lens, stove and solar panel combination  
The invention comprises a solar assembly for heating a stove with solar energy. The assembly includes a foundation pipe having an opening. A substantially vertical pipe is positioned in the opening...
5676128 Solar device for cooking or sterilizing and method or use thereof  
A solar energy collector for cooking food or sterilizing liquids or articles is described, which may be fixed in place or portable. The device includes a heating (cooking or sterilization) chamber...
5617843 Solar oven with orienting apparatus  
An apparatus for supporting and adjusting a solar oven with respect to the sun, the apparatus having a horizontally disposed main frame and a pair of vertical, spaced apart supports mounted to the...
5584127 Solar fruit dryer  
A system for drying fruits, spices, vegetables and the like comprises a heating compartment having an inlet for introducing a flow of drying gas and heating arrangement for elevating the...
5529054 Solar energy concentrator and collector system and associated method  
A power generating system comprises a solar concentrator defining an effectively concave reflective surface on a surface of the earth for concentrating incoming solar energy. A solar collector is...
5322053 Solar cooking panel apparatus  
A cooking panel member formed of a plurality of individual panel reflector plates includes first and second inner rows of individual panel plates hingedly mounted together, with first and second...
5113845 Portable solar heating device and heating process utilizing solar energy  
A concave parabolic reflector receiving solar rays directly and by reflection from an angularly adjustable auxiliary collecting plate and from a stationary side plate reflects such solar rays to a...
5058675 Method and apparatus for the destructive distillation of kerogen in situ  
A method and apparatus for the destructive distillation of kerogen and extraction of oil and gas from oil shale. The method and apparatus includes generating super heated steam or air, injecting...
5054467 Solar hot dog cooker  
The present invention relates to solar hot dog cookers. A dark M-W cross sectioned cylindrical hot dog holder holds at least two hot dogs. The hot dogs are placed on the holder and covered by a...
5001846 Solar electric drying apparatus  
A solar electric drying apparatus for drying and dehydration of articles positioned therein and collecting of clean distillate produced during the drying operation which includes a housing with...
4979494 Method and apparatus for generating thermal energy  
A solar cooking apparatus, and method for its use, wherein the apparatus comprises an offset focus reflecting parabolic dish and a food receptacle located at or outside of a cylinder defined by the...
4913129 Solar receiver having wind loss protection  
A central solar receiving tower includes an air permeable heating surface which is exposed directly to the ambient. The heating surface receives solar radiation from a heliostat field and a warm...
4913130 Solar cooker assembly  
This invention relates to a solar cooker assembly comprising a circular and convex Fresnel lens having its convex side facing either upward or downward, a protective frame unit rigidly fitted to...
4850339 Solar oven  
A solar oven. A rectangular cooking pan has a bottom and four side walls and is open at the upper end. It is in an exterior casing having a bottom and four side walls, and having an outer coating...
4846257 Exhaustible cooler and solar powered warmer  
Apparatus for keeping food hot and/or cold includes a body of heavily insulated material in which there are separate recesses for hot food and cold food. The cold food is kept cold by means of an...
4781174 Cremation apparatus and method  
Heat rays of the sun are concentrated and focussed by means of a reflective and/or lenticular device at a focal point for the purpose of the cremation of corpses, and their reduction to ashes...
4706651 Solar solids reactor  
A solar powered kiln is provided, that is of relatively simple design and which efficiently uses solar energy. The kiln or solids reactor includes a stationary chamber with a rearward end which...
4696285 Solar cooker  
A solar cooker that includes an insulated oven, a main reflector joined to the oven which reflects solar radiation to a secondary reflector that in turn reflects the radiation into the oven; a...
4662354 Heating and/or cooking device using solar energy  
A device to be used for space heating and/or cooking comprises a solar collector connected via an inclined heat pipe to a heat store. A thermal load, in the form of a heat-emitting plate, either is...
4655196 Through the wall solar cooker  
A solar oven or cooker for permanent installation as a kitchen appliance with provision made for collection of solar radiation throughout the daylight hours. Reflective panels are provided for...
4610240 Solar lighter  
A solar furnace comprises a hollow tube, a concentrating lens at one end of the tube and a wooden base at the other end with a hole vertically through the base, whereby a cigarette, cigar or...
4561425 Solar cooker  
A solar cooking device made of a flat array of concentric mirrors tilted to focus at a small area, the array being movable mounted on a stand to be movable around a ball joint and with a carrier...
4479488 Rotatable solar-heated water container  
A container for holding and heating water within the positionable outer casing of a portable solar heating device. The container, which has an open spout to prevent the buildup of steam pressure,...
4442828 Portable type solar heat cooker assembly  
A portable type solar heat cooker assembly including a cooking glass tube comprising an outer bottomed glass tube and an inner bottomed glass tube coated with a selective absorption film showing a...
4433672 Solar energy modulator  
A solar energy module characterized by a receiver 14 having a solar energy acceptance opening 22 and supported by a mounting ring 18 along the optic axis A of a parabolic mirror 12 in coaxial...
4378790 Demountable solar oven  
A demountable solar oven includes a principal base upon which is mounted a secondary supporting base collar which contains the essential operating parts and which supports two removable arms at...
4373514 Device for collecting, transmitting and using solar energy  
A solar energy system is provided whereby solar energy which has been collected, concentrated and collimated is transmitted through a unique transmitter device to a solar energy storage or...
4333704 Solar alignment device  
A solar alignment device for positioning a solar grill so that its collector plate is perpendicular to the incoming rays of the sun. The device is comprised of a light-transmitting fiber cable with...
4299178 Furnace and heat storage assembly  
A furnace and associated heat storage assembly includes a firebox arranged within a rock storage area that incorporates a recirculating flue arrangement for returning unburned gases to below a fuel...
4284071 Solar oven  
An efficient heat insulating food heating chamber for a solar oven. The heating chamber includes a compartment and reflecting devices for concentrating solar radiation to elevate the temperature of...
4274397 Solar heater  
The invention is a solar heater which may function as a humidifier and which has a reflector that is constructed to provide a window, and external thermal insulation. The window has a cover that is...
4249511 Solar grille  
A grille pan hangs within the focal region of an angularly adjustable parabolic solar collector and is substantially horizontally disposed in all positions of the collector. An aperture in the...
4203427 Portable solar/non-solar cooker  
A portable, solar cooker of the type having an insulated housing with an oven compartment and associated reflector elements is adapted for cooking with a portion of the housing removed and using a...
4193389 Solar radiant energy umbrella  
In a preferred embodiment, an umbrella has a reflective concave face serving a radiant energy collector when the umbrella is invertedly mounted, and a clamp clamps onto the umbrellas shaft a vessel...
4149856 Method and apparatus for producing a gaseous fuel by means of solar energy  
A gaseous fuel is produced, utilizing thermolysis and a water-gas reaction, by heating a piece of carbon through exposure to reflector-focused solar radiation and contacting it with steam. The...
4098019 Soil pasteurizing apparatus  
In the soil pasteurizing apparatus disclosed herein, soil to be treated is placed within elongate canisters which are then inserted in an enclosure in the form of a shallow box having a transparent...
4082079 Portable solar oven and grill  
A portable oven and grill heated by solar energy, which is fabricated of lightweight materials. The oven box is formed of a shaped open diagonal box, the walls of which are heat insulators,...
4070861 Solar reactor combustion chamber  
A solar reactor combustion chamber is disclosed which includes a concrete or other suitable housing having a reactor chamber and a combustion chamber therein. A solar intensifier, such as a...
4018212 Solar heating and cooking apparatus  
This invention relates to a solar appliance apparatus for utilizing solar thermal radiation to supply heat to a heating and cooking surface. The apparatus includes a housing permanently stationed...
3972183 Gas dissociation thermal power system  
A gas dissociation solar thermal power system in which SO 3 in a solar furnace is heated by a sun ray reflector. The SO 3 dissociates into SO 2 + O 2 + absorption of heat. The SO 2 + O 2 gas...
3896786 Solar stove  
A portable solar stove, which can also be used as an insulated food container or table, has a foil-lined oven portion and upwardly divergent arcuate reflective petaloid panels adapted to reflect...
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