Patent ID: 6691701
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: F24S,Y02E

Abstract:
A solar radiation collection and distribution system comprising a solar collection system comprising:a primary reflector having an aperture therethrough; a secondary reflector for redirecting, in a concentrated beam, radiation received from the primary reflector along an optical axis through said aperture, the primary and secondary reflectors rigidly disposed in a pivotable assembly, the beam having an exit angle with respect to said assembly different than the incidence angle of solar radiation incident on the primary reflector; means for pivoting said assembly in elevation at an angular rate such that the primary reflector continuously tracks the sun; means for annularly rotating said assembly such that the primary reflector continuously tracks the sun azimuthally; and a pivotable planar reflector for receiving and reflecting downwardly the beam received from the secondary reflector, the planar reflector pivoting about a pivoting axis at one-half said angular rate, said downwardly reflected beam consisting essentially of sunlight and maintained in a substantially constant vertical and horizontal orientation independent of the elevation and azimuth of said assembly.