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US 5,871,345 AGranted
Percussively fired flash lamp array
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorStanley W. Stephenson
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Abstract
A compact flash lamp array includes a housing defining a plurality of cavities. Each cavity has a light emitting opening and a primer vent opposite the light emitting opening. A combustible mass is deposited in each cavity over the primer vent and a primer mass is deposited on the outside of the housing over each primer vent. A primer is cover secured over each primer mass, and a sheet of transparent material is bonded over the cavities in the housing.
Claims17
A compact flash lamp array, comprising:
- a) a housing defining a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a light emitting opening and a primer vent opposite the light emitting opening;
- b) a combustible mass deposited in each cavity over the primer vent;
- c) a primer mass deposited directly on the outside of the housing over each primer vent, whereby the housing itself functions as an anvil for the primer mass;
- d) a primer cover secured over each primer mass to hold the primer mass in place over the primer vent;
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- e) a sheet of transparent material bonded over the cavities in the housing.
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