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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
David P. Heck, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael R. Zolnowski, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24S 20/30 (2018.01); F24S 50/20 (2018.01); F03G 6/06 (2006.01); F24S 23/30 (2018.01); F24S 20/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24S 20/30 (2018.05); F03G 6/06 (2013.01); F24S 23/30 (2018.05); F24S 50/20 (2018.05); F24S 23/31 (2018.05); F24S 2020/23 (2018.05); Y02E 10/46 (2013.01); Y02P 80/24 (2015.11);
Abstract
Disclosed is a solar refraction device ('SRD') for heating industrial materials in a heating container, having a bottom, with diffuse solar energy that impinges on an outside surface of the SRD and is refracted through the SRD. The SRD may include a lens array assembly and a plurality of lens panes attached to the lens array assembly. The lens array assembly may include an outside surface corresponding to the outside surface of the SRD, an inside surface, and a plurality of lens array sub-assemblies.