摘要 |
The invention relates to an apparatus for reflecting incident light, in particular sunlight, comprising a plurality of reflector units arranged next to one another, in particular next to one another in two directions, each reflector unit comprising at least one reflector surface (4), wherein the reflector surfaces (4) of all of the reflector units are pivotable, wherein each reflector unit (2, 3, 4, 5) comprises a rod (3) and comprises a reflector surface (4) fastened at the upper free end of the rod (3) and a lower spherical hinge (5) at the lower end of the rod (3), with which hinge the rod (3) is connected in articulated fashion to a movable coupling element (6), which is common to all of the reflector units (2, 3, 4, 5), and comprises a spherical hinge (2) in an intermediate region between the upper end and the lower end of the rod (3), said hinge connecting, in articulated fashion, the rod to a stationary base element (1) which is common to all of the reflector units (2, 3, 4, 5) and bearing each reflector unit (2, 3, 4, 5) movably about a dedicated stationary hinge center point thereof and wherein, owing to the movement of the coupling element (6) arranged beneath the base element (1), the reflector surfaces (4) of all of the reflector units (2, 3, 4, 5) are movable simultaneously in the same direction and to the same extent. |
主权项 |
1. An apparatus for reflecting incident light, the apparatus: comprising:
a plurality of reflector assemblies arranged next to one another in two directions and each comprising
at least one reflector surface, the reflector surfaces of all of the reflector assemblies being pivotable,a rod having an upper free end carrying a respective one of the reflector surfaces anda lower spherical joint at a lower end of the rod; a movable coupling element that is pivotally connected to all of the lower spherical joints and common to all of the reflector assemblies with center points of all the lower spherical joints in a common plane at the lower ends of the rods: a stationary base; and
a respective middle spherical joint in an intermediate region between the upper end and the lower end of each rod, each middle joint pivotally connecting a respective one of the rods to the stationary base that is common to all of the reflector assemblies and carrying the reflector assembly movably about a dedicated stationary joint center point thereof with the joint center points of all middle spherical joints of the intermediate regions in a common plane such that, on movement of the coupling element beneath the base the reflector surfaces of all of the reflector assemblies move simultaneously in the same direction and to the same extent. |