Illumination – Display backlight – Lcd backlight
Patent
1981-03-05
1983-11-29
Walsh, Donald P.
Illumination
Display backlight
Lcd backlight
362223, 362248, 362291, 362311, 362343, 362354, G09F 1304
Patent
active
044183780
ABSTRACT:
A light box having one or more fluorescent light source tubes provided with light diffusing and mixing members of tubular form for modifying the light emitted by the fluorescent light tubes to provide a substantially uniformly illuminated backlighted work surface for use in tracing, stripping art work, and viewing color slides, photo negatives, and X-rays. The light box includes internal coated reflective surfaces on bottom and side walls. The light diffusing and mixing member includes light reflective interior and exterior coatings, shaped end portions and in one example perforations providing light transmitting openings. A light diffusing and mixing member of selected light translucent material having shaped end portions and arranged in accordance with the intensity of light emanating from the tubular fluorescent light source.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3348039 (1967-10-01), Schrage
patent: 4335421 (1982-06-01), Modia
Plan Hold Corporation
Walsh Donald P.
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