System for visual signalling
AssigneeObsta
InventorsXavier BEAUMONT, Antoine GUICHARD, Heinrick BURGAUD
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Abstract
A light-signaling system includes three lighting modules, each including two projectors fixed together. Each projector includes an elongated cylindrical lens defined by a horizontal generatrix direction, and a linear light source parallel to the generatrix direction, for emitting a luminous flux. The cylindrical lens is capable of generating and projecting a main flat light beam within a predefined azimuthal angular sector that is greater than 60°. The two projectors of the same lighting module are arranged such that the generatrix direction of the first projector and the generatrix direction of the second projector form an angle of 120° the bisectrix of which defines the main direction of the lighting module.
Claims8
1-10. (canceled).
A light-signaling system (1) comprising three lighting modules, in which:
- each lighting module (28) comprises two projectors (6) being fixed together;
- each projector (6) of the lighting module comprising:
- an elongated cylindrical lens (7), the cylindrical shape of which is defined by a horizontal generatrix direction (10);
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- a linear light source (16) parallel to the generatrix direction (10), extending over all or part of the length of the cylindrical lens in order to emit a luminous flux (31) in the direction of the cylindrical lens;
- the cylindrical lens being capable of generating a main flat light beam (26, 27) by concentrating the luminous flux within a predefined elevation (S) angular sector (3) around the horizontal generatrix direction in the direction of the space located on the opposite side of the cylindrical lens (7) with respect to the light source (16), and being capable of projecting the main flat light beam (26, 27) within a predefined elementary azimuthal angular sector around the vertical direction, the predefined elementary azimuthal angular sector (45) being greater than or equal to 60°;
- each lighting module (28) being configured to illuminate within an azimuthal angular sector (450) smaller than or equal to the sum of the 2 elementary azimuthal angular sector(s) (45) of each of the 2 projector(s);
- the bisectrix (432) of the azimuthal angular sector (450) of each lighting module defining a main direction of the lighting module (28), the lighting modules (281, 282, 283) being arranged such that the main directions (431, 432) of two adjacent lighting modules form between them an angle of 120°, such that the light-signaling system (1) is capable of emitting light around the light-signaling system (1) in all azimuthal directions (Φ), in which
- 2 of the lighting modules (28), are defined as secondary modules (43) and the third lighting module (28), is defined as the main module (44), each of the secondary modules is connected by a power supply cable (35) to the main module, the main module itself being connected to a main power supply cable (41) that is capable of being connected to an electrical power supply in order to supply the projectors (6) of each lighting module (43, 44) with power,
- in which each lighting module (28) comprises a housing fixing the two projectors (6) together,
- in which the housing is horizontally substantially triangular in shape, two sides of the triangle (38) each being defined respectively by the respective generatrix direction of one of the two projectors (6) fixed to the housing and the third side being capable of being fixed to a support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.