Prismatic tracking insolation collector
OwnerMilton Mecklerinventor
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Abstract
A tracking insolation collector characterized by elongated prisms of acute apex angle maintained with an objective face disposed normal to the sun rays and through which dispersed light is projected from a transmission face and onto a coordinated mirror for geometric focus onto a target, the heat rays of the spectrum being concentrated onto the target by lens means on the plane of said projection, an astro timer revolving the prisms and mirrors throughout reversed morning and afternoon tracking modes in alignment with the traverse plane of the sun.
Claims13
A tracking insolation collector for operation in a plane substantially normal to the altitude traverse of the sun, and including;
- an elongated prism of acute apex angle rotatably mounted on a rotational axis disposed in said plane for tracking the altitude of the sun and for maintaining said acute apex angle away from the zenith position of the sun,
- the prism being reversible and having divergent faces used alternately for the reception and transmission of sun rays and dispersion thereof along a mean plane respectively,
- an elongated mirror coextensive with and rotatably mounted on an axis disposed along said mean plane and reflecting the incoming sun rays to a target line,
- a clock drive means comprising operating means to maintain the said reception face of the prism substantially normal to the incoming sun rays, operating means to maintain the said acute apex angle of the prism away from the zenith position of the sun, and operating means to rotatably position the mirror to reflect onto said target line,
- and an elongated insolation responsive target coextensive with said prism and on said target line and spaced from and parallel to the axes of prism and mirror rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.