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US 4,302,710 AGranted
Sun tracking controller
AssigneeMenser Industries
InventorsHoward K. Menser, Robert D. Newcomb
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Abstract
An apparatus which controls the electric tracking motors of solar energy collectors and other solar devices which are adapted to be aimed at the sun.
Claims9
A sun tracking controller for use in conjunction with a solar energy collector or other solar device which is adapted to be aimed at the sun by electrically controlled actuators comprising,
- a control head exposed to receive sun rays,
- electrical means responsive to said control head and controlling said actuators for causing movement of a solar device in response to changes of the orientation of the sun from morning dawn to nightfall,
- said control head including a base,
- an opaque post supported and projecting from said base,
- a plurality of light conductors carried by said base alongside and substantially equally spaced around said post and of shorter length than said post,
- and an electromagnetic radiation responsive electrical device associated with each conductor and with said electrically controlled actuators.
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