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US3239659A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Glare-reducing lamp

Assignee: Polaroid Corp
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Filing: 1963-06-14
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Granted: 1966-03-08
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Expires: 1983-06-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Albert S Makas

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 07:26
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21S; F21S6/00; F21S6/002; F21S6/003; F21V; F21V9/00; F21V9/14

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
A LAMP FOR PRODUCING BOTH POLARIZED AND NON-POLARIZED LIGHT FUNCTIONING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY GLARE-FREE OVERALL ILLUMINATION OF A REMOTELY LOCATED FUNCTIONAL SURFACE, SAID LAMP COMPRISING LIGHT SOURCE MEANS, A RECESSED, ELONGATED CONCAVE LIGHT SHIELD PARTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID LIGHT SOURCE MEANS AND HAVING AN OPEN FACE AT A SIDE DIRECTED TOWARD SAID SURFACE TO BE ILLUMINATED, REFLECTING MEANS AFFIXED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID LIGHT SHIELD, A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SHEET COMPRISING PLANE LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL MOUNTED ON SAID SHIELD, SAID LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL EXTENDING ACROSS A CENTRAL PORTION ONLY OF SAID OPEN FACE FOR POLARIZING LIGHT RAYS PASSING DIRECTLY THERETHROUGH AND BEING SPACED FROM BOTH ENDS OF SAID SHIELD, THE REFLECTING LIGHT SHIELD BEING OF SUCH SHAPE AND CONTOUR THAT LIGHT RAYS FROM SAID SOURCE AND TWICE REFLECTED FROM THE REFLECTING SURFACE ARE DIRECTED INTO THE AREA OF USE ON SAID FUNCTIONAL SURFACE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ILLUMINATION OF SAID SURFACE WITHOUT GLARE, THE LIGHT SOURCE BEING SO POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO THE LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL AND REFLECTING SURFACE THAT LIGHT RAYS PASSING DIRECTLY THROUGH THE OPEN SPACES ADJACENT TO THE ENDS OF THE LIGHT SHIELD AND THE ENDS OF THE LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL ARE EMITTED LATERALLY OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF USE OF SAID FUNCTIONAL SURFACE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
A LAMP FOR PRODUCING BOTH POLARIZED AND NON-POLARIZED LIGHT FUNCTIONING TOGETHER TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY GLARE-FREE OVERALL ILLUMINATION OF A REMOTELY LOCATED FUNCTIONAL SURFACE, SAID LAMP COMPRISING LIGHT SOURCE MEANS, A RECESSED, ELONGATED CONCAVE LIGHT SHIELD PARTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID LIGHT SOURCE MEANS AND HAVING AN OPEN FACE AT A SIDE DIRECTED TOWARD SAID SURFACE TO BE ILLUMINATED, REFLECTING MEANS AFFIXED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID LIGHT SHIELD, A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SHEET COMPRISING PLANE LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL MOUNTED ON SAID SHIELD, SAID LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL EXTENDING ACROSS A CENTRAL PORTION ONLY OF SAID OPEN FACE FOR POLARIZING LIGHT RAYS PASSING DIRECTLY THERETHROUGH AND BEING SPACED FROM BOTH ENDS OF SAID SHIELD, THE REFLECTING LIGHT SHIELD BEING OF SUCH SHAPE AND CONTOUR THAT LIGHT RAYS FROM SAID SOURCE AND TWICE REFLECTED FROM THE REFLECTING SURFACE ARE DIRECTED INTO THE AREA OF USE ON SAID FUNCTIONAL SURFACE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ILLUMINATION OF SAID SURFACE WITHOUT GLARE, THE LIGHT SOURCE BEING SO POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO THE LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL AND REFLECTING SURFACE THAT LIGHT RAYS PASSING DIRECTLY THROUGH THE OPEN SPACES ADJACENT TO THE ENDS OF THE LIGHT SHIELD AND THE ENDS OF THE LIGHT POLARIZING MATERIAL ARE EMITTED LATERALLY OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF USE OF SAID FUNCTIONAL SURFACE.

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