Device for preventing signal lamps from presenting false lighting phenomenon

A device for preventing a false lighting phenomenon provided between a light source of a main body of a signal lamp and a cover lens, the device comprising:

• a pair of complex spherical lenses each formed of spheres arranged in a planar matrix, said spheres being truncated to have a substantially square outline in said planar matrix allowing said spheres to form lines of continuous contact with each other along front, rear, left and right sides of each of the spheres thereby eliminating gaps between said spheres;
• said spheres having first and second spherical lens surfaces on opposing sides of said complex spherical lenses forming spherical lenses;
• a shielding element interposed between said pair of complex spherical lenses and having light transmitting slits for supportively receiving adjacent ones of said spherical lens surfaces of said spherical lenses;
• said shielding element having a thickness for positioning focal points of said spherical lenses on one side of said shielding element proximate corresponding vertices of the spherical lenses on an opposite side of said shielding element;
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• each of the light transmitting slits of said shielding element receiving three spherical lenses of the complex spherical lenses from the corresponding side.

A device for preventing a false lighting phenomenon provided between a light source of a main body of a signal lamp and a cover lens, the device comprising:

• a pair of complex spherical lenses each formed of spheres arranged in a planar matrix, said spheres being truncated to have a substantially square outline in said planar matrix allowing said spheres to form lines of continuous contact with each other along front, rear, left and right sides of each of the spheres thereby eliminating gaps between said spheres;
• said spheres having first and second spherical lens surfaces on opposing sides of said complex spherical lenses forming spherical lenses;
• a shielding element interposed between said pair of complex spherical lenses and having light transmitting slits for supportively receiving adjacent ones of said spherical lens surfaces of said spherical lenses;
• said shielding element having a thickness for positioning focal points of said spherical lenses on one side of said shielding element proximate corresponding vertices of the spherical lenses on an opposite side of said shielding element;
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• the light transmitting slits of said shielding element defining cross bars and at least one vertical bar, the at least one vertical bar intersecting central parts of the cross bars, and the at least one vertical bar and the cross bars being disposed to interface with lens boundaries of the spherical lenses of said complex spherical lenses.

A device for preventing a false lighting phenomenon provided between a light source of a main body of a signal lamp and a cover lens, the device comprising:

• a pair of complex spherical lenses each formed of spheres arranged in a planar matrix, said spheres being truncated to have a substantially square outline in said planar matrix allowing said spheres to form lines of continuous contact with each other along front, rear, left and right sides of each of the spheres thereby eliminating gaps between said spheres;
• said spheres having first and second spherical lens surfaces on opposing sides of said complex spherical lenses forming spherical lenses;
• a shielding element interposed between said pair of complex spherical lenses and having light transmitting slits, each of said light transmitting slits supportively receiving a line of said spherical lens surfaces of said spherical lenses in said planar matrix;
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• said shielding element functioning as a spacer for positioning focal points of said spherical lenses on one side of said shielding element proximate corresponding vertices of the spherical lenses on an opposite side of said shielding element.

A device for preventing a false lighting phenomenon provided between a light source of a main body of a signal lamp and a cover lens, the device comprising:

• a pair of complex spherical lenses each formed of spheres arranged in a planar matrix, said spheres being truncated to have a substantially square outline in said planar matrix allowing said spheres to form lines of continuous contact with each other along front, rear, left and right sides of each of the spheres thereby eliminating gaps between said spheres;
• said spheres having first and second spherical lens surfaces on opposing sides of said complex spherical lenses forming spherical lenses;
• a shielding element interposed between said pair of complex spherical lenses and having light transmitting slits, each of said light transmitting slits supportively receiving a plurality of lines of said spherical lens surfaces of said spherical lenses in said planar matrix;
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• said shielding element functioning as a spacer for positioning focal points of said spherical lenses On one side of said shielding element proximate corresponding vertices of the spherical lenses on an opposite side of said shielding element.

A signal lamp comprising:

• a main body forming a reflective lens and having a projecting aperture and a light source disposed proximate a focal point of the reflective lens;
• a cover lens covering said projecting aperture;
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• a planar lens assembly disposed between said light source and said cover lens, said planar lens assembly comprising:
• a pair of complex spherical lenses each formed of spheres arranged in a planar matrix, said spheres being truncated to have a substantially square outline in said planar matrix allowing said spheres to form lines of continuous contact with each other along front, rear, left and right sides of each of the spheres thereby eliminating gaps between said spheres;
• said spheres having first and second spherical lens surfaces on opposing sides of said complex spherical lenses forming spherical lenses;
• a shielding element interposed between said pair of complex spherical lenses and having light transmitting slits, each of said light transmitting slits supportively receiving a line of said spherical lens surfaces of said spherical lenses in said planar matrix;
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• said shielding element functioning as a spacer for positioning focal points of said spherical lenses on one side of said shielding element proximate corresponding vertices of the spherical lenses on an opposite side of said shielding element.

A method of preventing false lighting phenomena in a signal lamp having a main body forming a reflective lens and having a projecting aperture, a light source disposed proximate a focal point of the reflective lens, and a cover lens covering said projecting aperture, the method comprising the steps of:

• forming a pair of complex spherical lenses each having spheres arranged in a planar matrix, said spheres being truncated to have a substantially square outline in said planar matrix allowing said spheres to form lines of continuous contact with each other along front, rear, left and right sides of each of the spheres thereby eliminating gaps between said spheres, and said spheres having first and second spherical lens surfaces on opposing sides of said complex spherical lenses forming spherical lenses;
• interposing a shielding element between said pair of complex spherical lenses and having light transmitting slits;
• fixing together said complex spherical lenses with said shielding element to form a spherical lens assembly with each of said light transmitting slits supportively receiving a line of said spherical lens surfaces of said spherical lenses;
• dimensioning said shielding element to function as a spacer for positioning focal points of said spherical lenses on one side of said shielding element proximate corresponding vertices of the spherical lenses on an opposite side of said shielding element;
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• disposing said spherical lens assembly between said light source and said cover lens.