Lighting device
OwnerStefan Karleinventor
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Abstract
A lighting device, such as a softbox 1 used for illumination in film locations, comprises a self-supporting funnel-shaped reflector 3 having a proximal edge 5 and a distal edge 7. A circumferential length of the funnel-shaped reflector at the proximal edge 5 is smaller than a circumferential length of the funnel-shaped reflector at the distal edge 7. The funnel-shaped reflector 3 is formed of a wall material 19 and the wall material is a thermoplastic material. The funnel-shaped reflector 3 includes plural corner lines 17 extending between the proximal edge 5 and distal edge 7, and wherein the corner lines 17 are formed by thermoplastic deformation of the wall material 19.
Claims17
A lighting device, comprising:
- a reflector having a central axis and including a proximal edge and a distal edge,
- wherein a circumferential length of the reflector around the central axis at the proximal edge is smaller than a circumferential length of the reflector around the central axis at the distal edge,
- wherein the reflector is made of at least a first piece of a flat material having a first edge and a second piece of the flat material having a second edge,
- wherein the first edge of the first piece is attached to the second edge of the second piece,
- wherein the first edge of the first piece and the second edge of the second piece extend around the central axis, and
- wherein the first and second pieces of the flat material, when resting on a flat surface before being attached to each other, have the following properties:
- a first circle approximating the first edge of the first piece has a first radius,
- a second circle approximating the second edge of the second piece has a second radius, and
- the first radius is smaller than the second radius;
- wherein the second piece of material has a fourth edge opposite to the second edge,
- wherein the fourth edge of the second piece provides the distal edge of the reflector,
- wherein the second piece of material has a seventh edge connecting the second and fourth edges, and an eighth edge connecting the second and fourth edges,
- wherein the seventh edge is attached to the eighth edge when the reflector is formed,
- wherein the seventh edge is releasably attached to the eighth edge, and
- wherein the flat material forming the first and second pieces has a flexural rigidity greater than 1.0×10−3 N·mm and less than 1.0×103 N·mm.
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