US 4,682,432 AGranted

Self-supporting element for mosaic display panel

AssigneeMonitronik Ltee

InventorsFrank S. Taylor, Claude Bourdon

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Abstract

A light assembly for mounting to a synoptic display panel is composed of a tile having a transparent surface portion, of a light-conducting transparent body, having at one end thereof adjacent to the tile, a diffusion surface, of a hollow block with baffles dividing the block into chambers in which are disposed light elements, and of a transparent plate mounted between the baffles housing and the transparent body; the transparent plate displays a geometrical pattern of colored areas, each area corresponding in shape to the cross-sectional area of a chamber with which it is in registry so that the light emitted from one of the light elements is colored by the area registered therewith, transmitted through the light-conducting body to the diffusion surface and emerges from the transparent surface portion of the tile.

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Dependent claims

A light assembly for mounting to a synoptic mosaic panel structure formed of an arrangement of vertical and horizontal rails and of an arrangement of inter-engaged self-supporting hollow blocks, said block arrangement being mounted to said rail arrangement, said assembly comprising:

(a) a tile adapted to be mounted to one end of one of said hollow blocks, said tile having at least one transparent surface portion
(b) light-conducting means received in said one hollow block extending from said one end to an opposite end thereof;
(c) light-diffusion means at one end of said light-conducting means;
(d) a second hollow block adapted to be mounted rearwardly of said one hollow block at said opposite end thereof;
(e) baffle means in said second hollow block dividing said block in two or more chambers;
(f) light coloring means at the opposite end of said light-conducting means, displaying a geometrical pattern of colored areas, each area corresponding in shape to the cross-sectional area of an associated chamber disposed in registry therewith;
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(g) light source means in each said chamber whereby light emitted from one of said source means is colored by the registered area of said light coloring means associated therewith, transmitted through said light-conducting means to said diffusion means, and emerges through said transparent surface portion of said tile.

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