Co-extruded light pipe

Details Co-extruded light pipe Co-extruded light pipe

1998-01-20

2000-08-01

Cariaso, Alan

Illumination

Light fiber, rod, or pipe

Specific material

362307, 362551, 385901, F21V 800

Patent

active

060956739

ABSTRACT:
A light transmitting strip or light pipe 2 is used to illuminate an elongate area along which the light pipe 2 extends. The illumination is provided by light emanating laterally relative to the axis of the light pipe, and the light intensity is substantially uniform, at least to an observer, along the length of the light pipe 2. The light pipe 2 has a clear light guide section 4 and an opaque section 10 that is separated from the light guide section 4 by an air gap 8. The clear section 4 and the opaque section 10 are joined by top and bottom couplings 12 and 14, and the two sections are formed by coextruding an acrylic resin through a single coextrusion die. Light emitted laterally from the light guide 4 toward the arcuate opaque section 10 is reflected laterally through the clear light guide 4 transverse to the axis of the light pipe 2, so that all light extends through the front surface 6 of the light guide 4. By separating the reflecting opaque section 10 from the clear light guide 2 by an air gap 8, the lighting intensity can be more uniform over the length of the lighting strip or light pipe.

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