Reflector including light filter for photographic use
OwnerBill S. Weaksinventor
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Abstract
A filter supporting structure fitted to a reflector and light source for use in photography is shown for positioning the filter medium between the light source for illuminating an object to be photographed and the object itself. The support holds the filter in position before the light source and a reflector associated with the source in a position to permit all of the desired light rays to pass on to the object while the filter is carried in a holder in a position to be spaced apart from the reflector structure so that cooling air can circulate freely around the light source.
Claims6
A hood for carrying a light filter for use in photography wherein a source of light is contained within a reflector body to produce light rays that are formed into a beam issuing from a source of light supported in the reflector body and the filter is interposed between the light source and the object being exposed to the reflected rays, comprising a concave reflector body defined by a flaring reflector wall having an edge forming an outlet, the wall being adapted to collect said rays issuing from said source and project a beam of light through said outlet;
- a hood having an enclosing wall which defines an inlet and outlet opening, said outlet opening being defined by an inwardly projecting peripheral flange on one end of said hood;
- a filter plate disposed within said hood, a circumferential portion of one side of the plate being in engagement with said flange;
- means carried by said hood interiorly thereof for engaging the periphery of the other side of said plate and thereby holding said plate against said flange;
- a plurality of post means carried by said hood near said inlet opening, said post means holding the hood in a position before said reflector to direct said beam toward the outlet end of said hood and to maintain the inlet end of said hood spaced from the outlet edge of said reflector so that air may circulate into the reflector.
A hood for supporting a light filter in front of a concave reflector body, said hood comprising a continuous side wall forming an inlet end and an outlet end disposed on a common axis, said outlet end terminating in a peripheral flanges which is integral with said side wall and which projects toward said axis;
- a filter plate disposed within said hood and having a circumferential portion of one of its sides in engagement with said flange;
- a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart angle clips releasably secured to the inner surface of said side wall adjacent said flange and engaging the other side of said filter plate to thereby hold said filter plate against said flange;
- and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart posts carried by said side wall adjacent said inlet end, each of said posts being constructed of a spring metal and extending away from said inner end of said hood in the direction of sid axis and each of said posts terminating in a C-shaped clip which can be snapped over the edge of a reflector body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.