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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gijsbert Prast, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126271 ; 126270 ; 136 / ;
Abstract
A solar collector includes a plurality of elongate parallel reflectors mounted for rotation about their respective longitudinal axes, together with mechanism coupled to the reflectors for simultaneously rotating the same. An elongate absorber is arranged parallel to the reflectors for collecting solar radiation focussed thereon by the reflectors. Tracking means including two solar sensor reservoirs containing a vaporizable/condensible liquid working medium is provided for rotation of the reflectors to control the focussing of solar radiation on the absorber.