Illumination – Revolving
Patent
1995-02-27
1996-12-03
Dority, Carroll B.
Illumination
Revolving
126700, 126698, F21V 704
Patent
active
055814476
ABSTRACT:
A solar skylight is provided for collecting sunlight and dispersing the light within a building without the necessity for any roof penetrations of the building. The solar collector includes a base having a fixed portion and a rotatable portion and having a movable housing mounted to the rotatable portion of the base so that the solar collector housing can be rotated and moved up and down to aim the collector face towards the sun. A transparent cover that absorbs ultraviolet light and reflects infrared light is mounted over the front of the housing. A plurality of solar collectors are supported in a frame within the housing and aimed at the transparent cover for collecting solar energy passing therethrough. Each solar collector has a fresnel lens mounted on a mirrored, funnel shaped collector coupled to fiber optic cables for receiving the light collected by the solar collector. The fiber optic cables are combined into a bundle consisting of smaller bundled cables from each of the solar collectors and then passed through the collector housing and through a building transition for connection to a light dispersion unit. A light dispersion unit includes a light reflective interior built into the housing and a prismatic cover for dispersing light within a room in a building.
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Dority Carroll B.
Hobby III William M.
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