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Lighting system
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-04-17
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Granted: 1980-09-09
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Expires: 1998-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A lighting system having a high output lamp constituting an approximately point-shaped light source and a plurality of transparent shells disposed about the high output lamp, each of which shells has a central opening, an inner rim face about the opening and an outer rim face about the periphery of the shell. At least a major portion of the light emitted by the lamp is received by the inner rim faces of the shells and is transmitted by total reflection between the opposite side walls of each of the shells to and out of the outer rim faces of the shells, from which the light emerges.
Inventors
- 👤 Christian Bartenbach
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:43
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/0001; F; F21; F21S; F21S8/00; F21S8/04; F21S8/06; F21V; F21V2200/00; F21V2200/20; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S362/00; Y10S362/806
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A lighting system comprising a high input lamp constituting an approximately point-shaped light source and light-directing means which direct the light from the lamp to a determined area to be illuminated, said light-directing means comprising a plurality of transparent shells disposed about said high output lamp, each of said shells having a central opening, an inner rim face about said opening and an outer rim face about the periphery of said shell, said inner faces having edges in contact with one another, said edges defining a rotational body about said light source, at least a major portion of the light emitted by said lamp being received by the inner rim faces of said shells and being transmitted by total reflection between the opposite side walls of each of said shells to and out of said outer rim faces of said shells.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A lighting system comprising a high input lamp constituting an approximately point-shaped light source and light-directing means which direct the light from the lamp to a determined area to be illuminated, said light-directing means comprising a plurality of transparent shells disposed about said high output lamp, each of said shells having a central opening, an inner rim face about said opening and an outer rim face about the periphery of said shell, said inner faces having edges in contact with one another, said edges defining a rotational body about said light source, at least a major portion of the light emitted by said lamp being received by the inner rim faces of said shells and being transmitted by total reflection between the opposite side walls of each of said shells to and out of said outer rim faces of said shells.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said inner rim faces are substantially at right angle to the adjacent inner and outer sides of said shells and substantially perpendicular to the direction of light from said high output lamp incident on said inner rim faces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said outer rim faces are substantially at right angle to the adjacent inner and outer sides of said shells.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said shells are of at least substantially constant thickness.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said shells are disposed about said lamp coaxially therewith and are of rotationally symmetric shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said shells are of vaulted cup- or bowl-shaped configuration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said shells are superimposed one above the other and their peripheries are of different diameters increasing from a minimum diameter to a maximum diameter, shells of small diameter being placed with their outer, convex side into the inner, concave side of the shell of next larger diameter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
49 words
The system of claim 7, wherein the aforesaid convex and concave side walls of a smaller-diameter shell and the next-larger-diameter shell are in contact with one another in the region of their inner rim faces and spaced from one another over the remainder of their inner and outer sides.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said high output lamp is a metal halide lamp or a halogen incandescent lamp.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said rotational body is a sphere, the center of which is at least substantially at the center of said light source.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 1, wherein said rotational body is cylindrical, the outer sidewall surface of said body being that of a double frustocone with the smaller frustoconical end faces being the end faces of said cylindrical body.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 8, wherein said shells are of vaulted configuration, the shell whose periphery has the smallest diameter being substantially bell- or cup-shaped and the shell whose periphery has the largest diameter being substantially mushroom head-shaped.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 7, wherein the periphery of each of said shells is of polygonal configuration.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 7, wherein the periphery of each of said shells is of square configuration.
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