Patent ID: 8171928
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: F03G,F24S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A reciprocating solar engine, which comprises: a) a seesawing platform having a central fulcrum support upon which said platform is moveably positioned to reciprocally rotate via weight shifts, through a predetermined arc, said predetermined arc having a bottom, said bottom being the arc base; b) a first solar heat-receiving closed container located on said platform on a first side of said central fulcrum support and a second solar heat-receiving closed container located on said platform on a second side of said central fulcrum support and opposite said first side, each of said containers being positioned on said platform to reciprocally rotate through said predetermined arc with said platform; c) a connecting tube, connected to said first solar heat-receiving closed container and to said second solar heat-receiving closed container; d) a fluid contained within at least one of said first solar heat-receiving closed container and said second solar heat-receiving closed container, said fluid being evaporable from solar heat and condensable from shading from solar heat; e) a roof located above said platform, said roof having at least two windows, at least one window of which is located above said first solar heat-receiving closed container and at least one window of which is located above said second solar heat-receiving closed container; f) shutter means connected to said roof and movably related to said at least two windows and functionally connected thereto, said shutter means having a first rest position and a second rest position, wherein in said first rest position, said at least one window above said first solar heat-receiving closed container is open and said at least one window above second solar heat-receiving closed container is closed, and wherein in said second rest position, said at least one window above said first solar heat-receiving closed container is closed and said at least one window above second solar heat-receiving closed container is open, said shutter means being selected from the group consisting of a single sliding door, doors, shutters, screens and shades; and, g) shutter control means functionally connected to said shutter means and functionally connected to said platform such that said shutter control means activates said shutter to said first rest position when said second solar heat-receiving closed container is at its arc base, and to said second rest position when said first solar heat-receiving closed container is at its arc base.