Road structure – process – or apparatus – Traffic director – Attenuated lane marker type
Patent
1985-10-21
1987-05-26
Novosad, Stephen J.
Road structure, process, or apparatus
Traffic director
Attenuated lane marker type
404 16, E01F 1100
Patent
active
046681205
ABSTRACT:
A self-contained solar-powered illuminated reflector provides improved visibility at a distance as a traffic safety aid. A housing adapted to be secured to a highway or alternatively, to a vertical wall, encloses a reflector for reflecting light in a predetermined direction toward highway traffic, a light source, a battery and a photovoltaic system. The housing includes a window member for transmitting light outward from the light source in the predetermined direction toward highway or pedestrian traffic. An optical lightguide between the light source and the window member focuses the light from the light source so that the visible effectiveness of the light source is optimized. Circuitry is provided for selectively enabling the operation of the light source for minimizing the power requirement to extend the useful life performance of the traffic marker. The illuminated reflector is arranged to provide maintenance free and fail-safe operation over its useful life.
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Novosad Stephen J.
Smith Matthew
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