Lamp fixture including diffused low angle reflective surfaces

In a light fixture having a light source and a reflector with a plurality of reflecting surfaces, a first group of said surfaces toward the center of the reflector reflecting light from said source at low angles in directions substantially focally from the fixture and a second group of said surfaces relatively distant from the center of the reflector reflecting light from said source at substantially high angles to the focal direction, the improvement comprising

• light diffusing means added to said first group of reflecting surfaces, and
• light specular means added to said second group of reflecting surfaces.

The method for establishing a wider reflecting beam spread from a light fixture having a reflector with a first group of reflecting surfaces toward the center of the reflector that directs reflective light from a source in said fixture in low angle directions substantially focally from the fixture and having a second group of reflecting surfaces that directs reflective light from said source at substantially high angles to the focal direction, including

• causing the low reflecting angle surfaces where sharp imaging naturally occurs to have light diffusing characteristics, and
• causing the high reflecting angle surfaces to have light spreading characteristics.

The method for establishing a wider reflecting beam spread from a light fixture having a reflector with a first group of reflecting surfaces toward the center of the reflector that directs reflective light from a source in said fixture in low angle directions substantially focally from the fixture and having a second group of reflecting surfaces that directs reflective light from said source at substantially high angles to the focal direction, including

• making the low angle reflecting surfaces of the reflector of light diffusing material, and
• making the high angle reflecting surfaces of the light reflector of specular material.

In a light fixture having a light source and a reflector with a plurality of reflecting surfaces, a first group of said surfaces reflecting light from said source at low angles in directions substantially focally from the fixture and a second group of said surfaces reflecting light from said source at substantially high angles to the focal direction,

• the improvement comprising
• said first group of surfaces being wider toward the center of the reflector and narrowing toward the periphery, said second group of surfaces being respectively at least partially between said first group of surfaces,
• said first group of surfaces reflecting light in substantially focal directions and being diffusively treated with respect to said second group of surfaces so as to produce a wider reflecting beam spread from the fixture than the reflecting beam spread from a fixture of like reflecting surfaces without any diffusively treated surfaces.

In a light fixture having a light source and a reflector with a plurality of reflecting surfaces, a first group of said surfaces being wider toward the center of the reflector and narrowing toward the periphery, a second group of surfaces being at least partially respectively between said first group of surfaces, said first group of said surfaces reflecting light from said source at low angles in directions substantially focally from the fixture and said second group of said surfaces reflecting light from said source at substantially high angles to the focal direction, the improvement comprising light diffusing means added to said first group of reflecting surfaces.

The method for establishing a wider reflecting beam spread from a light fixture having a reflector with a first group of reflecting surfaces wider toward the center of the reflector and narrowing toward the periphery that directs reflective light from a source in said fixture in low angle directions substantially focally from the fixture and having a second group of reflecting surfaces that directs light from said source at substantially high angles to the focal direction, including

• causing the low reflecting angle surface where sharp imaging naturally occurs to have light diffusing characteristics, and
• causing the high reflecting angle surfaces to have light spreading characteristics.

The method for establishing a wider reflecting beam spread from a light fixture having a reflector with a first group of reflecting surfaces wider toward the center of the reflector and narrowing toward the periphery that directs reflective light from a source in said fixture in low angle directions substantially focally from the fixture and having a second group of reflecting surfaces that directs reflective light from said source at substantially high angles to the focal direction, including

• making the low angle reflecting surfaces of the reflector of light diffusing material, and
• making the high angle reflecting surfaces of the light reflector of specular material.