US 2012/0234486 A1 · METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTICOLORED ILLUMINATOR

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a multicolored illuminator is disclosed. In an embodiment, a first transparent sheet (499) comprising light diffusing particles is provided. Second and third transparent cladding sheets (404) are provided on either sides of the first transparent sheet. A mirror (406) is provided adjacent to the second sheet. The first sheet, second sheet, third sheet and mirror are merged to give a multicolored illuminator.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

manufacturing a core sheet;
providing a layer of cladding material on both the faces of the core sheet to give a light guide sheet;
cutting the light guide sheet into multiple columns;
stacking the columns to give a laminated structure;
and
providing a mirror on one of the faces of the laminated structure;
wherein the mirror comprises a reflector with corrugations and
the mirror with corrugations has cladding material deposited on it.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/486,102Filed 1 Jun 2012

Priority

IN 1058/MUM/20075 Jun 2007

Published

20 Sep 2012

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

G02B 6/0041
Scattering dots or dot-like elements, e.g. microbeads, scattering particles, nanoparticles: provided in the bulk of the light guide
G02B 6/0075
The light guides being planar or of plate-like form: arrangements of multiple light guides
G02B 6/0065
The light guides being planar or of plate-like form: manufacturing aspects; Material aspects
Y10T 29/49826
Method of mechanical manufacture: assembling or joining

Method of manufacturing multicolored illuminator

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Method of manufacturing multicolored illuminator

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Abstract

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