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US 2010/0165495 A1Published application
Collection optic for solar concentrating wedge
OwnerR. Michael Murthainventor
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Abstract
A nontracking solar concentrator, called the wedge, is given the ability to collect overhead light. This is made possible by a new prism, having the cross section of a cornucopia, that delivers an abundance of bright light into the wedge to create a higher intensity focus.
Claims1
A light collecting optic, comprising:
- 1) a prismatic guiding plate
- 2) a plurality of reflectors
- whereby said prismatic plate and said reflectors direct overhead light into a solar concentrating wedge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.