Illumination – With static structure – Pavement
Patent
1992-01-24
1995-08-01
Cole, Richard R.
Illumination
With static structure
Pavement
362299, 362301, 362364, F21V 1304
Patent
active
054384958
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a light fitting, preferably intended to be embedded in a runway surfacing and including a light source with a reflector as well as limiting light opening in the field of light.
When implementing embedded airport lights it is important from the safety aspect that the fitting does not project too far above the runway surfacing. At the same time there is the requirement that the light shall be visible from a long distance, also in poor weather (fog, eddying snow etc.) or strong sunlight. Nearly all such embedded air port lights have a slit-shaped light opening to meet the mentioned conditions.
The object of the present invention is to provide a light fitting of the kind mentioned in the introduction, in which the efficiency increased so that the dimensions and weight of the fitting can be reduced.
This object is achieved with a fitting having a reflector having a field of light and a mirror device arranged for reflecting a part of the field of light back towards the reflector. The part of the light is reflected a second time off the reflector and is thereafter directed through the light opening.
The present invention thus relates to a construction which considerably increases the efficiency of light fittings embeded in the surfacing of a runway, signifying that the dimensions of the fittings can be reduced considerably, simultaneously as the light projection from the fitting will be wider and more uniform.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIGS. 1 and 2 schematically illustrate two exemplifying embodiments of the fitting according to the invention,
FIGS. 3 and 4 show a view from above and in cross section, respectively, of a practical embodiment of a bidirectional fitting in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross section of a practical embodiment of unidirectional fitting in accordance with the invention, and
FIG. 6 is a view from above of an exemplifying embodiment of the fitting in accordance with the invention, intended for use as curve light.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
It will be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2 that the fitting includes a lamp with a light source 2 arranged in a reflector 1 reflecting the light from the light source 2.
A preferably slit-shaped light opening 3 is arranged in the casing 7 of the fitting. The lamp is placed so that the light opening will be situated in the light field 4.
To increase the efficiency, a mirror device 5, 6 is arranged in front of the lamp for reflecting a part of the light field 4 which otherwise would not pass through the light opening 3 and consequently would not be utilized. The mirror device reflects this part of the light field back towards the light source 2 or immediately beside it, and after further reflection in the lamp reflector 1, this light is also emitted through the light opening 3.
The reflector 1 has a first side 9 and a second side 11. Referring to FIG. 1, the first side 9 reflects a first portion 13 of the light from the light source 2. The mirror device 5, 6 is positioned to receive the first portion of light 13 reflected by the first side 9 of the reflector 1. The mirror device 5, 6 is configured to reflect the first portion of light 13 back toward the first side 9 of the reflector 1 so that the first portion of light 13 is reflected a second time off the first side 9. The second reflection of the first portion of light 13 is denoted with reference number 14. The first portion of light which is reflected off the first side the second time is directed toward the second side and is thereafter reflected off the second side toward the light opening 3.
Accordingly the light from the lamp will be more effectively utilized, and its efficiency will consequently increase. Practical experiments have shown an increase of 25% in the light yield in the embodiment according to the invention. A more uniform light distribution has also been noted,
The mirror device 5, 6 is suitably somewhat angled or curved for improving its function (it is shown flat in the Figures), and th
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Ahlen Hans
Ek Leif
Airport Technology in Scandinavia AB
Cole Richard R.
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