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4377155 Solar energy collector assembly  
An evacuated, one-wall tubular housing having a reflector positioned at the opposite side of the tubular housing from the radiation energy of the sun. The tubular housing includes a solar energy...
4372651 Solar collector module  
An extended width parabolic trough solar collector (12) is supported from pylons (14). Collector (12) is formed from a center module (30) and two wing modules (32) joined together along abutting...
4359041 Light energy concentrating device  
A device for concentrating light to a focal region. The device includes a plurality of segments which are capable of reflecting light and which are arranged for rotation about two axes, one offset...
4359265 Controlled directional scattering cavity for tubular absorbers  
A specular cavity is provided in which an optical receiver is emplaced. The cavity is provided with a series of V groove-like indentations (or pyramidal-type indentations) which redirect energy...
4344673 Focusing reflector  
A focusing reflector comprises a sheet of transparent material such as acrylic or the like formed to have a smooth-surfaced upper face and a lower face with a modified corner cube geometry. The...
4326773 Solar energy focusing means comprising modular elements  
The invention concerns a cylindro-parabolic reflector for focusing solar rays on the focal axis of the cylinder. The reflector comprises modular elements which are assembled by means of tubes which...
4318394 Solar energy concentrator  
A solar energy concentrator is provided which includes a flexible reflective surface to focus solar flux on absorber tubes. The surface is mounted above a plurality of partially evacuated chambers....
4312329 Focus improver and solar energy collector  
A focus improver for a concave reflector having a circular cross section. It has an array of plane mirrors diametrically across the mouth of the reflector. The angle of tilt of the mirrors is...
4291677 Solar energy collector  
A solar energy collector comprising a parabola shaped mirror formed a plurality of flexible reflective film strips stretched over a plurality of supports being arranged to position the film in a...
4262660 Solar cooker  
This disclosure is directed to a portable, knock down, solar cooker having a box-shaped supporting body to which an expandible parabolic reflector and associated solar oven can be readily assembled...
4253895 Method and apparatus for forming a segmented mirror parabolic solar collector trough  
This invention relates in general to the manufacture of segmented mirror solar collector troughs and specifically to the method and apparatus employed to initially subject the faceted segments to a...
4243019 Light-weight-trough type solar concentrator shell  
A parabolic cylindrical trough solar concentrator shell is disclosed having a pair of oppositely disposed end support members jointed by spanning structural support members which may be in the form...
4239033 Parabolic reflector unit for solar energy collector  
The invention relates to reflective means for use in solar energy utilizing apparatus and including reflective surfaces comprising two or more adjacent parallel troughs having inner surfaces with a...
4226506 Swiveling solar reflector with multiple reflecting elements supported by prefabricated cambered members  
A solar reflector made up of a plurality of contiguous rectangular panels which are mounted by supporting framework onto a rigid rotatable member which may rotate with respect to a fixed base. The...
4222370 Nontracking concentrating solar collector  
A nontracking concentrating solar collector is provided in which a series of parallel parabolic reflector segments reflective on both sides thereof are disposed with their focal points lying in a...
4166446 Solar collector  
A solar collector comprising liquid-containing elements and a reflector. The reflector comprises overlapping plates which can be shifted into a first extended position imparting an approximately...
4162824 Nonimaging radiant energy collector and concentrator  
A collector and concentrator of the nonimaging type for radiant energy, and particularly for solar energy, which includes a plurality of longitudinally-extending, generally trough-shaped channels...
RE30027 Solar radiation collector and concentrator  
A device is described for concentrating solar radiation upon the surface of a helicoidal tube assembly containing a circulating heat transfer medium whereby the energy of said radiation may be...
4149521 Solar energy collection system  
A fixed, linear, ground-based primary reflector having an extended curved sawtooth-contoured surface covered with a metalized polymeric reflecting material, reflects solar energy to a movably...
4148564 Solar sensor with linear concentration with a fixed receiver and movable mirrors  
Solar sensor with linear concentration with a fixed receiver and movable mirrors. The solar sensor with a linear concentration comprises a system of elementary segmental mirrors arranged along the...
4138994 Solar heating unit  
Solar heating apparatus comprising a plurality of similar sections, each having a light-reflecting surface and providing, when opened out in an edge-to-edge position of the sections, a...
4136671 Electromagnetic radiation reflector  
A cylindrical arc reflector of electromagnetic radiation which is a rectangular sheet of material having a radiation reflective surface composed of longitudinal segments that reflect substantially...
4131336 Primary reflector for solar energy collection systems  
A fixed, linear, ground-based primary reflector having an extended curved sawtooth-contoured surface covered with a metalized polymeric reflecting material, reflects solar energy to a movably...
4129119 Solar energy collector  
A solar energy collector is disclosed herein which comprises a pipe interconnecting lower and upper headers, the upper header structurally supporting the pipe. The pipe extends within an opening in...
4122833 Non-tracking solar energy collector system  
A solar energy collector system characterized by an improved concentrator for directing incident rays of solar energy on parallel strip-like segments of a flat-plate receiver and a plurality of...
4116221 Solar energy collecting and concentrating apparatus  
Apparatus for collecting and concentrating solar energy, having parabolic-cylindrical reflector elements driven at both ends and caused to follow up the changing position of the sun, whereby the...
4114596 Method and apparatus for tracking the sun for use in a solar collector with linear focusing means  
The invention introduces a coplanar rotational method of tracking the sun for use in a focusing solar collector that comprises of one or more linear focusing means such as cylindrical parabolic...
4109638 Solar energy converter carousel  
A solar energy collector and converter carousel comprising a plurality of elongated reflectors mounted on a platform for arcuate movement and mounted for further movement each around a heating tube...
4106083 Reflector for use in sunlamps or the like  
A trough-shaped reflector for use with rod-shaped sources of ultraviolet radiation in sunlamps has a rear wall behind the source and two side walls which flank the source and define therewith two...
4071017 Tensioned reflector support system  
A system for supporting a plurality of reflective surfaces in an arrangement for reflecting the rays emitted from a source of energy and converging the reflected rays to concentrate the heating...
4038971 Concave, mirrored solar collector  
A concave, mirrored solar collector includes a concave shell, a series of mirrored strips disposed in the shell and acting as the reflecting surface, a support for the shell and a cover. The...
4003638 Radiant energy collection  
Disclosed are non-imaging systems and devices for collection and concentration of electromagnetic energy and particularly solar energy including one or more longitudinally-extending, generally...
3923381 Radiant energy collection  
Disclosed are non-imaging systems and devices for collection and concentration of electromagnetic energy and particularly solar energy including one or more longitudinally-extending, generally...
3841738 CURVED PAPER PANEL REFLECTIVE STRUCTURE  
An inexpensive, lightweight reflective panel for solar-thermal collector modules of the type including a parabolic reflector for reflecting incident solar radiation onto a fluid carrying conduit...
3543024 GLANCING-INCIDENCE RADIATION FOCUSING DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF MEMBERS WITH TENSION-POLISHED REFLECTING SURFACES  
3367607 Boresight axis discriminator  
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