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US 2017/0205116 A1Published application
Solar Oven Positioning
OwnerThomas Mark Hoffmanninventor
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Abstract
Positioning a radiation collection device such as a solar oven using a positioning system attached to an outside of a building structure. The positioning system allowing the collection device to be positioned in a plurality of locations where at least one of the plurality of locations is away from the building structure to allow the radiation collection device to collect solar radiation.
Claims20
A method for allowing an operator inside a building structure to cook using a solar oven, comprising:
- providing a positioning system attached to the solar oven, the position system being attached to the building structure;
- using the positioning system to transport the solar oven from a first location accessible to the operator while the operator remains inside the building structure to a second location outside and away from the building structure where at the second location the solar oven can collect solar radiation and use heat from the solar radiation to cook, the second location being out of direct physical reach of the operator when the operator is within the building structure;
- and,
- wherein the operator controls movement of the solar oven away from the building structure while the operator remains inside the building structure and the position system remains attached to the building structure.
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A method for controlling location of a solar oven, comprising:
- attaching a positioning system to a radiation collection device and to a mounting system, the position system allowing the radiation collection device to be positioned in a plurality of locations to allow the radiation collection device to collect solar radiation;
- using a structural extension assembly of the positioning system to extend the radiation collection device radially out from an anchored pivot, including,
- moving the radiation collection device on a moveable carriage that travels along a rail system,
- controlling location of the moveable carriage along the rail system with a cable system.
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A method to adjust position of a radiation collection device for a solar oven, comprising:
- attaching a moveable carriage to the radiation collection device;
- moving the moveable carriage radially toward or away from an anchored pivot by a structural extension that includes at least one channel rail member on which the moveable carriage travels;
- controlling the moveable carriage with a carriage control system that controls location of the moveable carriage along the at least one channel rail member, the carriage control system being configured so a user located near the anchored pivot can use the carriage control system to control movement of the moveable carriage along the at least one channel rail member even when the moveable carriage is beyond reach of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.