Shutter for use with a light source
AssigneeMiltec Corporation
InventorRobert Michael Blandford
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Abstract
A shutter for use with a light source is provided. The shutter includes a first section that has an inner receiving surface for receiving at least part of a reflector liner. A second section is present and has an inner receiving surface for receiving at least part of the reflector liner. The second section is removably securable to the first section. The sections cooperate to provide adequate force to the reflector liner to cause the reflector liner to be retained on the inner receiving surfaces between engaging projections on the sections during attachment between the first and second sections. Detachment of the second section from the first section allows for the removal of the reflector liner from the receiving surfaces.
Claims23
A shutter for use with a light source, comprising:
- a first section having an inner receiving surface for receiving at least part of a reflector liner, said first section having an engaging projection located thereon;
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- a second section having an inner receiving surface for receiving at least part of the reflector liner, said second section having an engaging projection thereon, said second section being removably securable to said first section, wherein said sections cooperating to provide adequate force to the reflector liner to cause the reflector liner to be retained on said inner receiving surfaces between said engaging projections during attachment between said first and second sections, detachment of said second section from said first section allowing for the removal of the reflector liner from said receiving surfaces.
A shutter for use with a light source, comprising:
- a pair of replaceable reflector liners;
- a pair of first sections, each being the mirror image of the other, said first sections having an inner receiving surface for receiving at least part of one of said replaceable reflector liners, and said first sections each having an engaging projection located thereon;
- a pair of second sections, each being the mirror image of the other, said second sections having an inner receiving surface for receiving at least part of one of said replaceable reflector liners, and said second sections each having an engaging projection located thereon, one of said second sections being removably securable to one of said first sections, and both being pivotable about a pivot point, and the other of said second sections being removably securable to the other of said first sections, and both being pivotable about another different pivot point;
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- wherein said sections cooperating to provide adequate force to said reflector liner to cause said reflector liner to be retained on said inner receiving surfaces between said engaging projections during attachment of said second sections to said first sections, and wherein detachment of said first sections from said second sections allowing for removal of said replaceable reflector liners from their respective first and second sections.
A clam shell style shutter for use in blocking light from a UV light source, comprising:
- a pair of first sections each being the mirror image of the other, said first sections having a semi-elliptical shaped inner receiving surface thereon, said first sections having a plurality of fins located thereon for dissipation of heat from the UV light source, said first sections having at least one aperture for use as a pivot point in order to allow said first sections to pivot at least partially about said UV light source;
- a pair of second sections each being the mirror image of the other, said second sections having a semi-elliptical shaped inner receiving surface thereon, one of said second sections being removably securable to one of said first sections and the other of said second sections being removably securable to the other of said first sections;
- a pair of replaceable reflector liners, one of said replaceable reflector liners being retained in and being matingly flush against said inner receiving surfaces of said attached first and second sections, and the other of said replaceable reflector liners being retained on and being matingly flush against said inner receiving surfaces of the other of said attached first and second sections;
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- a male and female tapered groove arrangement located at the connection between one of said attached first and second sections, and another male and female tapered groove arrangement located at the connection between the other of said attached first and second sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.