Reflective beam concentrator
US4325612A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1981 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/44
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The disclosure is an optical instrument which produces a concentrated beam of light by reducing the size of an incipient beam. An annular incipient solar beam is reflected inward to a concave conical lens which refracts the beam out of the lens in a direction parallel to the incipient beam. The concentrated beam is composed of parallel rays of coherent light similar to the laser beam.
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