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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:
Dec. 09, 1980
Filed:
May. 15, 1978
Barry Kravitz, Middleboro, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A focusing solar collector which utilizes an elongated parabolic shaped mirror made from a sheet of drapable material so that when draped in a catenary like curved configuration, the sun's rays may be focused on a linear target which is axially aligned with the axis of the mirror. Means are provided for adjusting the angle of the drape of the catenary like curve in order to maintain the focus of the sun's rays on the linear target as the relative diurnal position of the sun to the collector changes. The optimum catenary like curve for the range of the drape angles involved is achieved by using a non-linear distribution of weight along the cross-section of the draped mirror material.
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