Examining lamp

Claim 1

A medical examining lamp including a generally parabolic reflector having a peripheral margin and a socket mounted within the reflector for receiving an incandescent lamp, the reflector having a blue surface coating for color correcting the light emanating from the incandescent lamp and for reflecting the corrected light onto a patient, shield means having a periphery smaller than the peripheral margin of the reflector, mounting means supporting said shield means in a spaced relation to the peripheral margin of said reflector and in an opposed relation to the expected location of an incandescent lamp in said socket to permit the passage of reflected color corrected light between said shield means and said peripheral margin but preventing the projection of uncorrected light directly from said incandescent lamp onto such a patient, said shield means including first and second plates, coupling means for mounting said first plate in an opposed, generally parallel, spaced apart relation to said second plate, said first plate being disposed closer to the expected location of said incandescent lamp than said second plate and shielding said second plate from the heat generated by said incandescent lamp, the gap between said plates insulating the second plate from the heat of said first plate whereby said second plate remains relatively cooler.