Patent ID: 8671571

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a parabolic solar collector, said method comprising: placing a central post into the ground, the central post having length, depth, and orientation in accordance with the desired parabolic solar collector, attaching a horizontal jib to the central post, constructing a rim support under a tip of the horizontal jib, attaching a trolley that can move along the horizontal jib, attaching a vertical working arm to the trolley in a perpendicular position that can move freely up or down on the trolley, restraining the vertical working arm with an inelastic string connected to a tip of the central post on a first end of the string and to the trolley on a second end of the string while the vertical working arm rests on the inelastic string by way of rollers, driving support piles into the ground in proximity to the vertical arm to a height indicated by the vertical arm, turning the horizontal jib incrementally around the central post in regular angular increments and driving support piles into the ground at new locations, moving the trolley along the horizontal jib incrementally with regular distance increments and driving support piles into the ground at new locations, placing rib elements on tips of said support piles, and placing at least one sheet with a mirror like surface on said rib element to form a parabolic shaped reflecting surface.