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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7240674 | Solar tracking apparatus A solar tracking apparatus which is movable from a morning position to an evening position, the apparatus comprising a support means to which a solar device can be supported, a cylinder, the cylinder including a ram which is extendable from and retractable into the ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 6960717 | Adjustable solar panel A nonrotating adjustable solar panel for optimizing cell charging of a portable message sign, comprising a movable frame, a message sign, a solar panel, a support post attached to the underside of the solar panel by a universal joint, and a mechanism for adjusting t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945160 | Outdoor cooker and smoker apparatus A cooker and smoker apparatus for an outdoor grill is comprised of a plurality of louvers that are pivoted between a first position where the louvers overlap each other and a second position where the louvers are oriented uprightly relative to each other for the res... | 09/20/2005 |
| 4832001 | Lightweight solar panel support A lightweight support for one or more solar panels is disclosed. A compression frame is mounted to the supporting surface, and tension members extend laterally from the frame in opposite directions to the supporting surface. The solar panels are attached ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4519381 | Solar heating apparatus and method A solar heating apparatus is disclosed along with a method of making a solar heating apparatus. The apparatus has a frame with a solar collector movably mounted thereto. A solar tracking mechanism moves the solar collector on the frame during daylight hou... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4476854 | Gas spring solar tracker The present invention provides apparatus for tracking the sun which reorients itself immediately in the absence of sunlight. Large and small cannisters are provided at the respective ends of a pivotable frame. When the sun is not normal to the plane conta... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4352350 | Means for tracking the sun The subject invention involves equipment for tracking the sun by utilizing its energy. Otherwise expressed, the invention is directed to what may be termed a solar collector assembly which is operated by the rays of the sun for automatically maintaining t... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4334522 | Solar heat apparatus A solar energy device comprising a member adapted to contain a liquid and a lens for concentrating rays from the sun on a surface of the member. Cold liquid enters the member and heated liquid is extracted from it. A device produces relative movement betw... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4332239 | Sun powered automatic sun following reflector A solar ray reflector of semi-hemispherical form is joined at its periphery to one end of a short rigid cylindrical support member fixed to trunnion tubes extending through diametrically opposite sides of the support member and rotating in bearings on an ... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4332240 | Solar-energy-powered sun tracker Apparatus for following the sun using the sun's radiant energy to heat a fluid-containing sensor to create a pressure which is used to rotate the apparatus against a spring force provided by an expansion bellows. The sunlight is permitted to strike the se... | 06/01/1982 |
| 4328789 | Solar tracking drive mechanism A solar tracking mechanism is used to orient a solar collector to directly face the rays of the sun using a hydraulic actuator and gear motor to both adjust the orientation of the collector and to stabilize it against spurious movement. One or more hydrau... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4304993 | Solar energy collection system A solar energy collection system utilizing a fluid which dissociates endothermically and recombines exothermically is described. The preferred fluid is ammonia. Solar radiation is focussed onto absorber-reaction vessels from many paraboloidal mirrors. Mea... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4279240 | Self-regulating solar window device A window device for controlling the transmission of solar radiation therethrough, having a first diffuser means forming the exterior of the device for diffusing incoming solar radiation, a second diffuser means spaced interiorly from the first diffuser me... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4263892 | Heat sensing means, particularly for solar water heating apparatus This invention relates to temperature differential sensing means particularly suitable for sensing temperatures at respective opposite sides of a heat shield whereby alignment of the shield with respect to a heat source may be monitored so as to enable th... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4245616 | Solar tracking device A solar tracking device having a plurality of reflector banks for reflecting the sun rays onto collector tubes and heating a fluid circulated therethrough. The reflector banks synchronized to follow the sun during the daily and yearly cycle of the earth a... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4235222 | Heat-responsive alignment system and solar collection device A system which automatically aligns itself, and any attached hardware such as a solar energy collection device, in response to changes in the solar position. The alignment system comprises a directional sunlight-admission element which is adapted to be fo... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4198954 | Solar collector, comprising solar tracking means A solar collector comprising a focussing reflector rotatable about an axis; an adjusting mechanism for effecting rotation of the reflector about such axis; and a solar-tracking arrangement for actuating the adjusting mechanism, the solar-tracking arrangem... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4175391 | Self reorienting solar tracker Apparatus for causing a solar energy collector to constantly follow the sun by using solar radiant energy to differentially heat fluid-containing reservoirs to cause differential vaporization and shifting of fluid to rotate the apparatus. Automatic mornin... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4159710 | Solar collector comprising solar tracking means 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 ... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4158356 | Self-powered tracking solar collector A solar collector tracking the sun through changes in the relative position between the sun and the earth. The collector may rotate about a single axis to follow the sun throughout the day. A second optional axis may compensate for the orientations of the... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4153038 | Solar energy collecting system A plurality of directional solar energy sensors are each positioned skyward at a different orientation defined by a unique combination of elevation and azimuth so only one sensor at a time receives appreciable solar energy. A solar energy collector is sup... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4063543 | Servo tracking apparatus The servo tracker of the instant invention comprises an apparatus for positioning of a major reflector to compensate for relative movement between the Earth and Sun. A base member supports a movable major reflector and a fixedly positioned minor reflector... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4022185 | Heat actuable directing device A heat actuable directing device suitable for directing a member such as a solar energy collection device to more favored dispositions with respect to the source of heat which actuates the device. The device itself consists of the member to be directed, a... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4002032 | Solar heated device A solar heated device including a conduit for expansion and flow of gases, and a solar light collector for heating the gas in the conduit, is provided with a gas turbine that is driven by the gas as it expands as a result of the solar heating. The conduit... | 01/11/1977 |
