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US 6,226,454 B1Granted
Apparatus for heating at a distance with light radiance using lamps arranged in a matrix on a support
AssigneeHydro-Quebec
InventorPierre Couture
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for heating at a distance by light radiance includes a support and narrow-beam lamps mounted on the support in a matrix of lines and columns. Each of the lamps produce a luminous beam having a central axis of projection. The lamps in each column can be oriented to make their central axes converge to a first focal area. The lamps in each line can be oriented to make their central axes converge to a second focal area.
Claims16
An apparatus for heating at a distance by light radiance, comprising:
- a support;
- a plurality of narrow-beam lamps mounted on the support, each of the lamps being able to produce a luminous beam having a central axis of projection, the lamps being disposed on the support in a matrix of lines and columns;
- first converging means cooperating with the support and the lamps of each column to orient said lamps of each column so that the central axes of the luminous beams thereof converge towards a first focal area;
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- second converging means comprising positioning elements mounted between the lamps of each line and the support to orient said lamps of each line with respect to the support so that the central axes of the luminous beams thereof converge towards a second focal area.
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A method of heating at a distance by light radiance, comprising the following steps:
- (a) activating a plurality of narrow-beam lamps mounted on a support in a matrix of lines and columns, each of the lamps being able to produce a luminous beam having a central axis of projection;
- (b) orienting the lamps of each column by means of the support so that the central axes of the luminous beams produced by the lamps of each column converge towards a first focal area;
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- (c) orienting the lamps of each line by means of positioning elements mounted between the lamps and the support so that the central axes of the luminous beams of each line converge towards a second focal area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.