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OwnerPeter Melbyinventor
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The invention concerns a product (1) and a procedure for the manufacture of a product (1) for the further transport of an incoming light, comprising at least one layer (3) of material substance (2) in which a number of optical fibre threads (6) are incorporated, each optical fibre thread (6) comprising an input surface (7) for the interception of the incoming light, and an output surface (8) for emission of the incoming light from the input surface (7), in that said surfaces (7, 8) are connected by a body (9) through which body (9) the incoming light is conducted from the input surface (7) to the output surface (8), said output surface (8) and input surface (7) lying substantially free of the layer (3) of the material substance, said layer (3) comprising a first surface (4) oriented towards the incoming light. The input surface (7) and the output surface (8) are both able to intercept and emit light and are extending from the first surface (4), said light including both visible light and UV and infrared light. There is hereby achieved a product and a procedure for the manufacture of said product which reflects an incoming light in the same direction as that in which it has ben intercepted. The product is thus suitable for road stripes, signs, clothing, algae growth, airports, tele-and date-communications etc.
Product (1) for the further transport of an incoming light, comprising at least one layer (3) of material substance (2) in which a number of optical fibre threads (6) are incorporated, said optical fibre threads (6) each comprising an input surface (7) for interception of the incoming light, and an output surface (8) for emission of the incoming light coming from the input surface (7), where said surfaces (7,8) are connected by a body (9) through which body (9) the incoming light is conducted from the input surface (7) to the output surface (8), said output surface (8) and said input surface (7) lying substantially free of the layer (3) of material substance, and where said layer (3) comprises a first surface (4) oriented towards the incoming light, characterised in that the input surface (7) and the output surface (8) are extending from the first surface (4), and are both able to intercept and emit light, said light including both visible light and UV and infrared light.
Product (1) according to any of the foregoing claims, characterised in that the body (9) on each optical fibre thread (6) is bent to provide a curved part (10), a first leg (11) and a second leg (12), said first leg (11) comprising the input surface (7) and said second leg (12) comprising the output surface (8).
Product (1) according to any of the foregoing claims, characterised in that the optical fibre threads (6) are made of silicate, silicate connections or PMMA.
Procedure for the manufacture of a product (1) for further transport of an incoming light comprising at least one layer (3) of flexible material (2b), for example weave, in which flexible material (2b) there is incorporated a number of optical fibre threads (6), each optical fibre thread (6) comprising an input surface (7) for interception of the incoming light, and an output surface (8) for emission of the incoming light from the input surface (7), in that said surfaces (7,8) are connected by a body (9) through which body (9) the incoming light is conducted from the input surface (7) to the output surface (8), said output surface (8) and said input surface (7) lying free of the layer (3) of the flexible material, said layer (3) comprising a first surface (4) and a surface (5) which is underlying in relation to said first surface (4), said surfaces (4,5) comprising coincident meshes (14), characterised in that the flexible material (2b) comprises two separate, vertically-displaced and substantially plane parallel layers, a first layer (3a) and a second layer (3b), said layers (3a,3b) being held together by the incorporation of at least one optical fibre thread (6).
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