Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
134 words
A device for collecting light comprised of a body functioning as a light trap and having at least one light exit window, said body being comprised of a solid synthetic carrier material having an index of refraction greater than one and containing therein substantially uniformly dispersed fluorescent particles which have finite dipole moments with different values in the basic state and in the excited state of said particles and an amount of at least one amphiphilic additive colloidally dissolved in said synthetic carrier material in such a manner that each fluorescent particle is enclosed by a colloidal particle and are positioned in an environment with an orientation polarization whereby the environment can re-orientate so quickly that it achieves its thermodynamic equilibrium substantially completely during the existence of the excited state in the fluorescent particle.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
134 words
A device for collecting light comprised of a body functioning as a light trap and having at least one light exit window, said body being comprised of a solid synthetic carrier material having an index of refraction greater than one and containing therein substantially uniformly dispersed fluorescent particles which have finite dipole moments with different values in the basic state and in the excited state of said particles and an amount of at least one amphiphilic additive colloidally dissolved in said synthetic carrier material in such a manner that each fluorescent particle is enclosed by a colloidal particle and are positioned in an environment with an orientation polarization whereby the environment can re-orientate so quickly that it achieves its thermodynamic equilibrium substantially completely during the existence of the excited state in the fluorescent particle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said amphiphilic additive is a polar material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said amphiphilic additive is a soap selected from the group consisting of an ionic, a non-ionic and a polymeric soap.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device as defined in claim 3 wherein said soap is polyethylene sorbitan monolaurate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device as defined in claim 3 wherein said soap is selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polymethacrylic acid and salts thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device as defined in claim 1 wherein a polar solvent for the fluorescent particles is enclosed in the individual colloid particles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A device as defined in claim 6 wherein said polar solvent is a relatively high boiling alcohol.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
14 words
In a device as defined in claim 7 wherein said alcohol is a glycol.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
In a device as defined in claim 1 wherein said synthetic carrier material is selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate, a polymethacrylate and a polystrene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said synthetic carrier material is a copolymer with a methacrylate and a styrene as main components.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said synthetic carrier material includes a non-oxidizing polymerization initiator.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device as defined in claim 11 wherein said initiator is a tetraphenyl ethane.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
A device as defined in claim 12 wherein said tetraphenyl ethane is benzopinacol.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
38 words
A device as defined in claim 1 wherein the amount of amphiphilic additive in the synthetic carrier material ranges between about 1 and 10 weight % on the basis of the total weight of the entire fluorescent body.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
40 words
A device as defined in claim 6 wherein the amount of additive and polar solvent in the synthetic carrier material ranges between about 1 and 10 weight % on the basis of the total weight of the entire fluorescent body.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
52 words
The device of claim 1 manufactured by a process wherein said fluorescent particles, which are dissolved in a polar solvent, and the amphiphilic additives are mixed with a select synthetic carrier material existing in liquid form and then the resultant material mixture is brought into a desired final body shape and stabilized.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device as defined in claim 16 wherein said synthetic carrier material existing in liquid form is a monomer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device as defined in claim 16 wherein said synthetic carrier material existing in liquid form is a uncross-linked polymer.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device as defined in claim 16 wherein said synthetic carrier material existing in liquid form is a pre-polymerized material.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
34 words
The device as defined in claim 16 wherein the material mixture is brought into a desired final body shape via casting and is stabilized via a polymerization reaction initiated by a non-oxidizing polymerization initiator.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
33 words
The device as defined in claim 16 wherein the material mixture is brought into a desired final body shape via casting and is stabilized via cross-linkage reaction initiated by a non-oxidizing cross-linking initiator.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
A device as defined in claim 1 wherein said synthetic carrier material is polymerized.