Waterway marker device and related arrangement
AssigneeFornavi Oy
InventorJunnu HAARA
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Abstract
A floating waterway marker device in the form of a buoy or a waterway navigation mark is provided. The device includes a body and an at least one light source, wherein in the body a number of periodically spaced recesses are circumferentially arranged to a predetermined depth. The waterway marker device further includes a number of optical fibers extending from the at least one light source to each of the recesses and configured to convey light emitted by the at least one light source such that exiting light is directed to an ambient around the periphery of the waterway marker device.
Claims20
A floating waterway marker device (100) comprising a body (10) and an least one light source (13A, 13B), wherein in the body (10) a number of periodically spaced recesses (11) are circumferentially arranged to a predetermined depth, wherein the waterway marker device (100) further comprises a number of optical fibers (14) coupled to said at least one light source (13A, 13B) and extending therefrom to each of the recesses (11), wherein each optical fiber (14) is configured to convey incoming light (21) emitted by the at least one light source (13A, 13B) such, that outgoing light (22) is directed to an ambient (A) around the periphery of the floating waterway marker device (100).
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