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Lens

Also written conical lens · light-guide lens structure

Where it is first named

In principle of operation, the solar incident radiation is collected, redirected, and focused as it passes through the contoured capping lens 20 and wall lens 30. …
Light Guide Lens

How it is written

  • (lens 20)
  • (conical lens 20)
  • (light-guide lens structure 20)

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Where it is named · 6

Light Guide Lens

  1. lens (lens 20)

    In principle of operation, the solar incident radiation is collected, redirected, and focused as it passes through the contoured capping lens 20 and wall lens 30. …

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  2. lens (lens 20)

    … 290 is a composite assembly of a contoured capping lens 20 atop a wall lens 30a. …

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  3. lens (lens 20)

    … Conical lens 283 and hemispherical lens 286 are peak-surface contour focusing lenses that are interchangeable as a capping lens 20 for any silo lens. …

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  4. lens (lens 20)

    Light-guide lens 20 of FIG. …

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  5. conical lens (conical lens 20)

    with conical lens 20 of FIG. 283, with V-shaped lens 90 of FIG. 285, and with angular surface lens 120 of FIG. 288. Light-guide stem 144X can be used in wall lens 30 of FIG. 284. Light-guide stem 144Z of FIG. 17 can be used in place of any light-guide stem configuration-by simply arcing or curving the stem surface to the desired transmission angle.

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  6. light-guide lens structure (light-guide lens structure 20)

    In furtherance of the invention, light-guide lens structure 20 of FIG. 283 can be placed on top of light-guide lens structure 30 of FIG. 284 to form silo capping lens assembly (primary stage) 190 of FIG. 290 to provide a central focal region 133 for transmitted light radiation 26a xxx 26n and 37a xxx 37n. Similarly in assembly, light-guide lens sructure 40A of FIG. 277, 40B of FIG.

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