Patent ID: 6079408
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: F24S,H01L,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
A sun-ray tracking system comprising:first and second parallel rows of sun-ray collecting units, each row arranged along a first turning axis and having a plurality of said collecting units, said first and second rows of collecting units rotatable about said first turning axes and said collecting units in each of said first and second rows being rotatable about respective second axes perpendicular to said first turning axes;a turning frame supported between first and second stationary support plates for rotatable supporting each of said first and second rows of collecting units on said turning frame, each turning frame being turned about each of said first turning axes, wherein each of said first and second rows of collecting units are connected together by a parallel link disposed in a plane parallel to each of said first turning axes and are arranged on each of said first turning axes, each of said collecting units are arranged on each of said first turning axes;a single cable driving means mounted on said first support plate; anda pair of push-pull cables, each cable having one end connected to said cable driving means and the other end connected to one of said collecting units on each of said first and second rows.