Solar energy device
OwnerEduardo E. Gonzalezinventor
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Abstract
A solar energy device for converting solar energy to a usable form of energy which includes a solar energy collector arranged adjacent a solar energy collector surface in sun energy transferring relation and tracking means to orient the face in perpendicular relationship to the sun rays.
Claims11
In combination, sun tracking means and a solar energy collector, said solar energy collector including sun energy collecting means to continuously conduct flowable material and including an inlet and an outlet for the material, and a main collector face arranged in sun energy transferring relation with the collecting means, said tracking means including means to selectively orient the face to receive sun rays and including drive means to orient the collector face, and means to support the combination;
- said means to orient including sun-seeking sensing means to sense the azimuth angle and elevation angle of the sun and means operatively interconnecting said sensing means and drive means to orient,
- connector means including conduit to continuously travel flowable material through said inlet and outlet simultaneously with the operation of said tracking means.
A sun tracking solar energy device comprising:
- a yoke having a pair of spaced upstanding members and a lower lateral member connecting the upstanding members,
- a support base for the yoke,
- means rotatably connecting the yoke to the base for rotation of the yoke about a vertical axis through a first range of azimuth positions,
- a frame including a main face pivotally connected between the upright members for rotational movement about the pivotal connection through a second range of elevation positions,
- sun tracking means including drive means to move the frame through the ranges of position and including sensing means connected to the drive means to sense the location of the sun, and
- a pipe means with an inlet and an outlet, said pipe means being in a predetermined heat exchanging relation with the face and supported on the frame for simultaneous movement with the frame;
- said pipe means including connector means and conduit means to continuously travel liquid through said inlet and outlet simultaneously with operation of said sun tracking means,
- said face comprising a black face and said pipe means comprises a network of interconnected black pipe in heat exchanging relation with said face to heat (water) liquid flowing through the pipe means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.