Flame simulating assembly for simulated fireplaces including a light channeling shield
AssigneeLiving Style (B.V.I.) Limited
InventorsPaul Jones, Willard Lassen, John R. Marshall, Jr.
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Abstract
A flame simulating assembly is provided with a reflected flickering light that includes only one light source. Light from the light source passes through a rotating flicker element onto an angled reflector, or mirror, that reflects light up onto a simulated fuel bed and the some of the light is reflected off of the flicker elements towards a flame screen to create a simulated flame. The clipping flicker elements creates a fluttering light effect due to the flicker elements “intermittently dipping” into the light path. This fluctuating light is reflected onto the logs and ember bed in front and creates a dancing effect, which simulates glowing embers.
Claims19
A flame simulating assembly for providing an image of flames, comprising:
- a light source comprising a linear array of a plurality of lights;
- an imaging wall disposed above said light source;
- a rotating flicker rod having a plurality of reflective flicker elements configured and arranged to create fluctuating light, the flicker rod being disposed within a path of the light source;
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- a light channeling shield disposed adjacent to the light source within a path of the light source between the light source and the rotating flicker rod, and below the imaging wall, the light channeling shield including a plurality of walls defining a plurality of channels each configured to direct light from the light source.
A flame simulating assembly for providing an image of flames, comprising:
- a light source comprising a linear array of a plurality of lights;
- an imaging wall disposed above said light source;
- a rotating flicker rod having a plurality of reflective flicker elements configured and arranged to create fluctuating light, the rotating flicker rod being disposed within a path of the light source;
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- a light channeling shield disposed within a path of the light source, the shield including a plurality of walls defining a plurality of channels each configured to direct light from the light source, and
- wherein the light channeling shield comprises an upper plate and the plurality of walls extending downward, substantially perpendicular, from the upper plate.
A flame simulating assembly for providing a simulated image of flames, comprising:
- a light source comprising a linear array of lights generating light along a path;
- an imaging wall disposed above said light source;
- a rotating flicker rod disposed in front of said light source in the path of said light and further disposed below said imaging wall, said rotating flicker rod having a plurality of reflective flicker elements configured and arranged to create a fluctuating light pattern from said light;
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- a light channeling shield disposed adjacent to the light source within a on the path of the light source between the light source and the rotating flicker rod, and below the imaging wall, the light channeling shield including a plurality of walls defining a plurality of channels each configured to channel the light from the light source towards the rotating flicker rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.