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AssigneeSaint-Gobain Industries
InventorRobert H. Auger
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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 framework includes a plurality of joists where each joist comprises a cambered member connected to a beam which in turn connects with a girder forming part of the rigid rotatable member. Each cambered member supports a long side of a reflector panel. Adjustment means are provided for moving a beam with respect to a girder whereby associated reflector panels may be accurately positioned with respect to the rigid rotating member. A method by which a solar reflector comprising a plurality of panels may be positioned with respect to a rigid supporting base where the panels are supported by a framework comprising a plurality of joists formed by parallel beams adjustably connected to girders which in turn form part of the rigid supporting base including the step of establishing a reference plane by means of a laser and a rotating prism and the step of moving a beam with respect to a girder by the adjustment means in order to bring electronic sights carried by a cambered member connected to the beam into the reference plane.
A solar reflector having a plurality of contiguous rectangular reflector panels and a supporting framework for the panels adated to be connected to a rigid rotatable member which is rotatable with respect to a fixed base and which includes girders following the curvature of the reflector, and where the framework includes a plurality of joists formed by parallel extending beams having cambered members following the curvature of the reflector joined thereto and supporting the long sides of the panels and the beams extending transversely to and being connected to the girders, the improvement comprising in that said joists are identical, in that a pin integrally connects each beam of a joist with a girder, in that a housing for each pin is contained within each girder and in that a longitudinal adjusting means is included for longitudinally moving each said pin with respect to a girder to provide adjustment of a beam with respect to a girder and the rigid rotatable member.
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