Apparatus for collecting and transmitting solar energy

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for collecting a beam of sunlight which includes desired light components in a relatively great amount and for transmitting the beam of sunlight to a desired place.
It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for collecting and transmitting solar energy wherein desired light components of various colors can be selectively transmitted in greater amounts.
According to the present invention, a lens system is used to focus the beam of sunlight.
In order to transmit the focused beam, an optical fiber cable is used and one end thereof is positioned at a focal position of the lens.
In order to select desired light components, one end of the optical fiber cable is positioned at the focal position of the lens which corresponds to the selected light component.
In order to selectively transmit light components of various colors with a single apparatus, a structure is adopted wherein one end of the optical fiber cable can be moved along an optical axis of light focused by the lens, and at the desired position can be fixed.
Further, when light components of a plurality of selected colors are to be transmitted simultaneouly, a cable which comprises a plurality of optical fibers is used.
Each end face of the optical fibers is positioned at a corresponding focal position of the light component of the corresponding selected color.
Other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.