Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
242 words
A concentrator of rays into at least one concentrated output beam, comprising: at least two warped truncated shells, including an outer concave shell, provided with at least one inner reflecting surface and an inner convex paraboloidal shell of a diameter, smaller than that of said outer shell provided with at least one outer reflecting surface; means to mount said shells about the common focal point on their central axis; the extremities of said shells being aligned on a conical surface and being defined by an immaginary cone whose surface is traversed by the limiting rays and whose vertex is at the common focal point, and whose axis coincides with the central axis, said extremities defining the limiting rays impinging upon said reflecting surfaces; an exit orifice in the vertex of said outer shell at the intersection with the said central axis; the reflecting surfaces of the shells being mounted spaced from each other and substantially facing each other at angles and at distances providing at least two successive reflections from each surface of said rays impinging upon them; the ratio of the diameter of the exit orifice to the outermost diameter of the outer shell being less than 1/''R2 where R is the ratio of the dimension of the outer shell to that of the inner shell and at least one radiating source of paraxial rays located rearwardly from the concentrator, the vertex of the inner shell being a one way mirror.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
242 words
A concentrator of rays into at least one concentrated output beam, comprising: at least two warped truncated shells, including an outer concave shell, provided with at least one inner reflecting surface and an inner convex paraboloidal shell of a diameter, smaller than that of said outer shell provided with at least one outer reflecting surface; means to mount said shells about the common focal point on their central axis; the extremities of said shells being aligned on a conical surface and being defined by an immaginary cone whose surface is traversed by the limiting rays and whose vertex is at the common focal point, and whose axis coincides with the central axis, said extremities defining the limiting rays impinging upon said reflecting surfaces; an exit orifice in the vertex of said outer shell at the intersection with the said central axis; the reflecting surfaces of the shells being mounted spaced from each other and substantially facing each other at angles and at distances providing at least two successive reflections from each surface of said rays impinging upon them; the ratio of the diameter of the exit orifice to the outermost diameter of the outer shell being less than 1/''R2 where R is the ratio of the dimension of the outer shell to that of the inner shell and at least one radiating source of paraxial rays located rearwardly from the concentrator, the vertex of the inner shell being a one way mirror.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A concentrator of rays as claimed in claim 1, at least one of said reflecting surfaces including at least one paraboloidal reflector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A concentrator of rays as claimed in claim 1, the inner reflecting surface of the outer concave shell and the outer reflecting surface of the inner shell being paraboloids.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A light concentrator as claimed in claim 1 and means to mount the reflecting surfaces of said outer and inner shells fixedly relative to eaCh other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
A concentrator of rays as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a housing extending rearwardly axially from the vertex of said inner shell for accessories of the power supply, functioning simultaneously as a handle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A concentrator of rays as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a shaft extending rearwardly axially from the vertex of said inner shell, said shaft to serve as a handle or mounting means for said concentrator.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
93 words
A light concentrator as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an outer truncated, toroidal paraboloidal shell with a concave reflecting surface, the outer periphery of said toroidal shell mating with the periphery of said outer shell, the inner periphery of said toroidal shell extending into a mating contact with the periphery of said inner shell, said source of rays being a ring-like source, means to mount said ring-like source in the focal ring of said toroidal shell, and means to mount said toroidal shell to said outer and inner shells fixedly and disengagingly.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
A light concentrator as claimed in claim 7 further comprising a central elongated shaft extending from the periphery of said inner shell axially away from its vertex, the inner periphery of said toroidal shell coinciding with the periphery of said shaft and means to assemble it with said shaft.