Industry Patents

Patent: 8366277

Projectors Having Facetted Reflectors Which are Movable Relative to Their Lamps

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Patent Number: 8366277 
Title: Projectors Having Facetted Reflectors Which are Movable Relative to Their Lamps 
Abstract: A projector having a lamp and a reflector that reflects the light beams emitted by the lamp toward a light exit opening of the projector is provided. It is possible to vary the position of the reflector and of the lamp relative to one another, and to set the distribution of the exiting light by displacing the reflector and/or the lamp. The reflector is provided with facets that form a reflective surface for reflecting the light beams emitted by the lamp. The facets being constituted by their surface shaping such that the light beams generate a light field with a desired light distribution and whose light beam width can be set in a wide range by displacing the reflector and/or the lamp.  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Melzner, Schumacher 
Assignee: Arnold and Richter (Arri) 
Continuation or Divisional of:  
International Classification: G03B 21/28 
US Classification: 353/98 
Issue Date: 02-05-2013 
Filing Date: 06-19-2006 
Application : 11/922836 
Notes:  
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 8366277 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 8366277 at Google Patents 

 

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