Heliotropic orientation mechanism

• US 3,213,285 A
• Filed: 11/16/1961
• Issued: 10/19/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomas J. Mccusker
• Original Assignee: Thomas J. Mccusker
• Inventors: Mccusker, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US04/152,880
• Time in Patent Office: 1,433 Days
• US Class Current: 250/215
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/446 Thermal solar power generation
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 50/20 for tracking
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/47 Mountings or tracking

Claims

1. A SOLOR ENERGY CONCENTRATOR COMPRISING:

A SOLAR ENERGY CONVERTER FOR CONVERTING SOLAR ENERGY INTO USABLE ENERGY, SAID CONVERTER HAVING A BEARING FACE, A PLURALITY OF BI-METALLIC SENSING STRIPS FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID BEARING FACE ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF AND EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE CONVERTER, ONE END OF SAID BI-METALLIC STRIPS FORMING A SUN RAY OPENING LEADING INTO THE CONVERTER, A SENSING STRIP SUPPORT, THE OTHER END OF SAID BI-METALLIC STRIPS BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID SENSING STRIP SUPPORT, A GIMBAL SUPPORT, MEANS MOUNTING THE GIMBAL SUPPORT TO THE CONVERTER, MEANS CONNECTING THE GIMBAL SUPPORT TO THE SENSING STRIP SUPPORT, A CONCENTRATOR HAVING A REFLECTING SURFACES FACING THE CONVERTER BEARING FACE, MEANS CONNECTING THE CONCENTRATOR TO THE SENSING THE STRIP SUPPORT TO NORMALLY REFLECT SUN RAYS FROM THE REFLECTING SURFACE AND THEREBY CONCENTRATE THE SUN RAYS AT A FOCAL POINT LOCATED AT THE SUN RAY OPENING LEADING INTO THE CONVERTER TO PROVIDE SAID CONVERTER WITH THE CONCENTRATED SUN RAYS, AND