Photocurrent-generating fabric and support for such a fabric
OwnerJacques Lambeyinventor
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Abstract
A device intended to be used as a shade, awning, blind and swimming pool cover includes a photocurrent-generating fabric and a support for winding and storing the fabric. The support is formed by an axisymetric tube of regular polygonal cross-section around the periphery of which the fabric is wound. The photo current-generating fabric includes a layer of interconnected photovoltaic cells.
Claims11
A device intended to be used as a shade, awning, blind and swimming pool or pond cover, comprising a photocurrent-generating fabric and a support for winding and storing said fabric, wherein the support is formed by an axisymetric tube of regular polygonal cross section, the fabric is wound around a periphery of the tube and the photocurrent-generating fabric comprises a layer of interconnected photovoltaic cells, said photovoltaic cells being distributed over the fabric in a succession of rows, spacing between two adjacent rows being chosen in such a way that storage of said fabric on the tube of polygonal cross section allows the cells to be kept in a plane parallel to one of sides of a polygon formed by said regular polygonal cross section.
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