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US 10,118,206 B2Granted
Snow adhesion preventing device and signaling apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasushi Kuribayashi
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Abstract
There is provided a signaling apparatus including a plurality of LED elements provided in a signal lamp body; a transparent panel provided in the LED elements and configured to transmit outgoing light from the LED elements on a rear side to a front surface to which snow adheres; a frame unit provided on an outer periphery of the panel; and vibration generators provided in the frame unit and configured to vibrate the panel.
Claims14
A signaling apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of LED elements provided in a signal lamp body;
- a transparent panel provided on a front side of the LED elements and configured to transmit outgoing light from the LED elements on a rear side to a front surface to which snow adheres;
- a frame unit provided on an outer periphery of the transparent panel;
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- vibration generators provided in the frame unit facing a circumferential edge of the transparent panel on the outer periphery thereof, the vibration generators configured to vibrate the transparent panel and remove the snow adhesion.
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