Solar collector
OwnerRay Arbesman, Nghi Pham +1inventors
InventorsRay Arbesman, Nghi Pham, Albert Bachli
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Abstract
A solar collector array is disclosed. The array has a plurality of thin walled dishes interconnected by unitary webbing. The dishes and the webbing are formed from a single metallic sheet. Each dish is pressed into a symmetric parabolic surface that concentrates incident light to a position in front of the dish.
Claims6
A solar collector array comprising a plurality of thin walled parabolic dishes interconnected by unitary and integral webbing, the parabolic dishes and the webbing being formed from a single metallic sheet, each parabolic dish having a parabolic surface that concentrates incident light to a position in front of the parabolic dish, each parabolic dish being a circular paraboloid, the surface of each parabolic dish being uninterrupted and corresponding to a parabola revolving around its axis.
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