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US 4,308,574 AGranted
Automobile headlight with reduced heating of the cover glass
AssigneeCibie Projecteurs
InventorHector Fratty
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Abstract
The invention relates to an automobile headlight comprising a light source, a reflector and a cover glass, wherein zones of the reflector giving rise to a concentration of the rays reflected on the cover glass are concealed, thus minimizing the heating of the glass, without substantially disturbing the luminous efficacy.
Claims6
An automobile headlight comprising:
- (a) a reflector having a rear central opening and a focus in front of that opening;
- (b) a transparent cover closing the front of the reflector;
- (c) a light source located in front of the reflector focus so that the rays from the light source which are reflected by the reflector tend to converge toward the cover, thereby heating the cover, and the headlight having a cut-off plane for providing a dipped beam;
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- (d) the reflector having a region which does not reflect direct rays from the light source toward the cover, said region being adjacent to and radially outward of the rear central opening of the reflector, and said reflector region stopping short of preventing reflection of dipped beam rays from the reflector in the vicinity of the cut-off plane;
- whereby the heating effect of the reflected rays on the cover is reduced.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.