Illuminated looped light pipe
OwnerGeoffrey Peter Lepley, Joep Bijlholtinventors
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Abstract
A light pipe illuminator 1 comprises a looped light pipe 3 defining an endless light path, the looped light path 3 including a substantially planar front surface 5 and a faceted back surface 7 comprising a series of angled facets 9 arranged about the loop and arranged to reflect light towards and through the planar front surface 5, and a light input port 11, 13 through which light is fed into the light pipe 3 substantially along the light path, the walls 15, 17 of the light pipe 3 arranged such that light entering the light pipe 3 travels about the loop such that the loop is illuminated through the front surface 5.
Claims16
A light pipe illuminator comprising a looped light pipe defining a light path, the looped light pipe including a substantially planar front surface and a faceted back surface having a series of angled facets arranged about the light pipe and arranged to reflect light towards and through the planar front surface, and at least one light input port through which light is fed into the light pipe.
A light pipe illuminator, comprising:
- a looped light pipe defining a light path, the looped light pipe including a front surface and a back surface defining a series of angled facets arranged about the looped light path and arranged to reflect light towards and through the front surface,
- a first light input port through which light is fed into the looped light pipe;
- a second light input port;
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- at least one mounting bracket for mounting the illuminator about an item to be illuminated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.