Increased efficiency light fixture, reflector, and method
AssigneeMusco Corporation
InventorMyron K. Gordin
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for increasing the efficiency of reflectors used in high intensity wide area lighting includes a reflector with an interior surface and a very high total reflectivity material overlaid on at least part of the interior surface of the reflector.
Claims44
A lighting fixture for high intensity, controlled, concentrated light beams to relatively distance wide area targets comprising:
- a lamp;
- a bowl-shaped symmetrical reflector having an interior surface;
- a plurality of segments placed over the interior surface of the reflector, each segment having a higher total reflection than the interior surface of the reflector.
A reflector used for producing high intensity, controlled concentrated light beams to relatively distant wide area targets comprising:
- a bowl shaped shell with an interior surface;
- a plurality of segments overlaid upon the interior surface of the shell, each segment having a higher total reflection than the interior of the shell.
A method of increasing efficiency of a reflector used for high intensity, controlled concentrated light beams to relatively distant, wide area targets comprising:
- selecting a reflector with an interior surface;
- overlapping a material of higher total reflectivity over at least a portion of the interior surface of the reflector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.