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Sun tracker

  • US 3,084,261 A
  • Filed: 02/24/1960
  • Issued: 04/02/1963
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A SUN TRACKER, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A VIEWING SECTION CAPABLE OF PROJECTING THE SUN IMAGE AS TWO LINES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO EACH OTHER;

  • A DETECTION SECTION ADAPTED TO HAVE EACH LINE IMAGE OF THE SUN PROJECTED BY THE VIEWING SECTION SENSED BY AT LEAST TWO DETECTORS, ONE DETECTOR WHOSE GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATION IS SO DISPOSED WITH REGARD TO THE VIEWING SECTION AS TO CONSTANTLY SENSE THE ENTIRE PROJECTED SUN IMAGE, AND THE OTHER DETECTOR HAVING A GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATION WHOSE CROSS SECTIONAL LINEAR DIMENSION VARIES LINEARLY FROM THE CENTRAL PORTION THEREOF, AND SO DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID VIEWING SECTION THAT SAID DETECTOR

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