APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SUN TRACKING WITH RECEIVING PANEL Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC F24J2/54 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus for automatic sun tracking using a receiving panel behind the sun has a stand on which is mounted a vertical shaft having a revolving frame rigidly mounted on it for azimuthal movement, a receiving panel, a gearmotor, a sun orientation detector with an automatic control unit which connects the electric motor to an accumulator battery. In the middle part, the receiving panel is pivotally connected to the revolving frame with possibility of movement thereof in the vertical plane relative the revolving frame, wherein between the lower part of the receiving panel and the lower part of the stand there is a rod whose length can be varied depending on the date, the rod being mounted by hinges at its outermost points which enables corresponding change in the zenithal position of the receiving panel during azimuthal movement of the revolving frame during daylight.

EFFECT: providing maximum level of illumination of an object mounted on the receiving panel of the apparatus during the tracking process, and enabling monitoring using one electric motor, tracking is carried out automatically using a kinematic scheme whose components are meant for the presumed latitude of the place where the apparatus is used.

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