Industry Patents
Patent: 5832151
Reflector and Illumination System
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| Patent Number: |
5832151 |
| Title: |
Reflector and Illumination System |
| Abstract: |
An optical pipe illumination system is provided for coupling light from an
illumination source to a number of output "light pipes", which are used
for a variety of purposes, such as illuminating pools, spas, hazardous
material zones, jail cells, and other applications where direct lighting
is dangerous, difficult to maintain, or subject to vandalism. The
illumination system employs an illumination reflector which has been
customized to maximize the efficiency of light transmission between the
illumination source, such as an arc lamp, and the cores of the output
pipes. A method of fabricating the customized illumination reflector
includes mapping the radiation patterns of the particular illumination
source to be utilized, creating a database of those radiation patterns,
and utilizing the database to generate an optimal illumination reflector
configuration. The computer-generated reflector will virtually always be a
non-conic section, because the illumination source is not ideal.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Riser, Albrecht, Liu, To |
| Assignee: |
Remote Source Lighting International |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
5559911 |
| International Classification: |
G02B 6/26 |
| US Classification: |
385/31 |
| Issue Date: |
11-03-1998 |
| Filing Date: |
11-01-1996 |
| Application : |
742846 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
5832151 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
5832151 at Google Patents |
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