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US 5,083,253 AGranted
Lighting unit
OwnerWalter Hahnelinventor
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Abstract
The lighting unit (10) is designed for use with video cameras. The lighting unit is light in weight, compact in size and portable. There is a housing (11) including a reflector (30) and a light source (33). A focussing lens (12) is moveably mounted on the housing (11) forwardly of the light source (33). The light source is moveable between two final positions to provide either floodlight or spotlight. This enables the photo amateur to obtain illumination as a professional at affordable costs.
Claims13
A lighting unit comprising:
- a housing;
- a sub-housing slidably mounted in the housing;
- a reflector mounted within the housing;
- a removable light source fixed within the housing and disposed within the region of the reflector;
- a focussing lens fixed in the sub-housing so as to be movably mounted on the housing forwardly of the light source, the lens at least being movable between positions to provide floodlight and spotlight beams;
- resilient arms extending in the direction of relative movement between the sub-housing and the housing and being fastened to the sub-housing;
- finger grips mounted on free ends of the resilient arms;
- cooperating teeth provided on an inner side of said housing and on said resilient arms, respectively, for releasably securing said sub-housing to said housing at different positions.
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