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Apparatus using a balloon supported reflective surface for reflecting light from the sun

  • US 5,404,868 A
  • Filed: 03/31/1992
  • Issued: 04/11/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A heliostat, comprising a reflective surface with a reflective side and an other side, support means for supporting said reflective surface above a ground surface, said support means comprising an inflated base balloon supported by said ground surface and located between said ground surface and said other side of said reflective surface, and control means for rotationally orienting said reflective surface as a function of time so as to reflect incident solar radiation, falling on said reflective side of said reflective surface from a solar radiation incident direction which is a function of time, to a target region

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