Gobo projector for a vehicle
OwnerGlen A. Grutzeinventor
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Abstract
A gobo projector for projecting an image onto a paved surface below a vehicle including: a cylindrical body; a light source and reflector at a first end of the body for casting a beam of light toward the opposite end of the body; and a window housing attached to the opposite end of the body. The window housing includes a window opening covered with a transparent material in an airtight manner and a pivotal mirror adapted to reflect the beam of light outward through the window opening. The gobo projector further includes a pair of lenses, interposed between the light source and the mirror, slidably mounted in the housing for adjusting the size and focus of the projected image, a slot for receiving a gobo and a heat shield between the slot and the light source to protect the gobo.
Claims5
A gobo projector for projecting images downwardly from the sides of a vehicle onto a portion of the pavement comprising a cylindrical body having a light source at one end and a reflector for directing light towards an opposite end of the cylindrical body, a window housing located at the opposite end of the cylindrical body, the window housing compromising a pair of parallel plates connected tangentially to the sides of the cylindrical body and extending downwardly in parallel relation and terminating in a window opening, a window covering the window opening in an airtight manner, a pivotal mirror located in the window housing and adapted to intercept light beams from the light source and direct them downwardly through the window, a pair of lenses interposed between the mirror and the light source for adjusting the size and focus of the images, a transparent heat shield located in the cylindrical body adjacent the light source, and a slot for receiving therein a gobo disc adjacent the heat shield.
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