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US 2003/0151919 A1Published application
Bulb cooling
AssigneeLight and Sound Design Ltd.
InventorMatt Beaumont
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Abstract
A system and method of cooling a bulb of a type that requires cooling in one part, but not in others. A deflector assembly is coupled through a reflector, to the bulb, to cool only one part.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- using a bulb with a reflector to project light along a specified direction;
- and
- cooling one portion of said bulb without cooling an other portion of said bulb, while projecting light.
A lighting fixture, comprising:
- a lighting reflector;
- a lighting socket located within said lighting reflector;
- a cooling air aperture, extending into an inside of said lighting reflector, and configured to cool only a specified area within said lighting reflector.
A lighting fixture, comprising:
- an optical reflector, having a first reflecting part, and a second non reflecting part;
- a bulb socket, formed in said second non reflecting part;
- and
- a cooling air chimney portion, extending from a first point outside said optical reflector, to a second point inside said optical reflector, and forming a channel for cooling air inside said optical reflector that is directed along a confined path, inside said chimney portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.