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AssigneeMusco Corporation
InventorsMyron K. Gordin, Timothy J. Boyle
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An apparatus and method of minimizing glare from a lighting fixture using reflective glass as a lens and where the fixture is configured or desired to be configured to converge light to the same point in space. The method aims a top-most or bottom-most portion of the main reflector so that light reflected from it travels perpendicularly to the lens. Remaining portions of the main reflector either automatically adjust to the top-most or bottom-most portion or are adjusted so that glare is minimized by reimaging of the light source caused by reflectance from the glass lens in a manner that such reflectance is blocked wholly or partially by the light source and/or the holder of the light source and/or the supporting structure positioning the holder of the light source in place inside the housing. The apparatus according to the invention includes a lighting fixture having a housing, a light source and reflector in the housing, and a glass have reflecting properties on the housing. The reflector is configured to convergence all light to the same point in space. Either a top or bottom portion of the reflector is oriented relative to the light source and the lens so that reflected light from that portion travels perpendicularly into the lens. The remainder of the reflector is oriented relative to the portion so that all light continues to converge to the same point in space.
A method for minimizing glare from a lighting fixture having a light source, a primary reflector on the same order of size as the light source and positioned near or on one side of the light source, a secondary reflector larger than the primary reflector and spaced apart and on an opposite side of the light source from the primary reflector, and a housing containing the light source on a supporting holder, the primary reflector, and the secondary reflector, the housing including a planar glass lens through which light captured by the secondary reflector passes to a target, the glass lens having reflectance properties, the method comprising:
An apparatus for minimizing glare from a lighting fixture having a light source, a primary reflector on the same order of size as the light source and positioned near or on one side of the light source, a secondary reflector larger than the primary reflector and spaced apart and on an opposite side of the light source from the primary reflector, and a housing containing the light source on a supporting holder, the primary reflector, and the secondary reflector, the housing including a planar glass lens through which light captured by the secondary reflector passes to a target, the glass lens having reflectance properties, comprising:
A method for minimizing glare from a lighting fixture having a light source, a primary reflector on the same order of size as the light source and positioned near or on one side of the light source, a secondary reflector larger than the primary reflector and spaced apart and on an opposite side of the light source from the primary reflector compromising a plurality of portions, and a housing containing the light source on a supporting holder, the primary reflector, and the secondary reflector, the housing including a planar glass lens through which light captured by the secondary reflector passes to a target, the glass lens having reflectance properties, the method comprising:
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