Solar energy collector means

Claim 1

A MEANS FOR DEPLOYING A SOLAR COLLECTOR AND HEAT ABSORBER, SAID MEANS COMPRISING: A MOUNTING STRUCTURE INCLUDING A TUBULAR STRUCTURE HAVING A FLANGE AT ONE END THEREOF AND A RING WITH A SUPPORTING NETWORK JOINING SAID STRUCTURE AND SAID RING IN A RADIALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP; AN ANNULAR COLLAR ADAPTED TO RECIPROCATE ALONG SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE FORWARDLY OF THE FLANGE THEREON AND WITHIN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND SAID RING; A PLURALITY OF CONNECTING MEANS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID RING AT A COMPOUND ANGLE SUCH THAT AN AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID CONNECTING MEANS IS AT A PRESELECTED ANGLE WITH A VERTICAL PLANE AND A HORIZONTAL PLANE PASSING THROUGH SAID RING; A PLURALITY OF ADJUSTABLE LINK MEANS JOINING SAID COLLAR WITH SAID CONNECTING MEANS; A PLURALITY OF MIRROR SEGMENTS EACH HAVING A FREE END AND AN END AFFIXED TO EACH OF SAID CONNECTING MEANS; A TELESCOPING TUBE ATTACHED TO SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE; A FORCE PRODUCING MEANS TO PROJECT SAID COLLAR AND SAID LINK MEANS TO ROTATE SAID CONNECTING MEANS ABOUT THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF RADIALLY DEPLOY SAID MIRROR SEGMENTS; A SWITCH MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE AND ARRANGED TO BE ACTUATED BY SAID ANNULAR COLLAR WHEN SAID MIRROR SEGMENTS HAVE BEEN FULLY DEPLOYED; AND A MEANS FOR GENERATING PRESSURE TO PROJECT SAID TELESCOPING TUBE FROM SAID TUBULAR STRUCTURE WHICH MEANS FOR GENERATING PRESSURE IS RESPONSIVE TO ACTUATION OF SAID SWITCH MEANS.