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InventorsBoris Vladimirovitch Nalitchaev, Ilia Borisovich Nalitchaev
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The invention relates to outdoor lighting devices used mainly in emergency situations. The inventive light tower comprises an inflatable mast, including a flexible transparent shell, fixed to a support flange provided with an air intake vent for pumping compressed air into a shell chamber, an electric lamp fixed in the shell, an air pump driven with a motor, a working chamber connected to the vent, and power supply means substantially connected to the lamp and in some embodiments to the pump. The shell is divided into a lower and upper parts joined with an airtight coupling means. The mast is furnished with means for changing the length associated with the upper part. A control unit for the light tower and power means are mounted on the flange. The air supply into the shell chamber is manually/automatically adjustable. In several embodiments light reflectors and inflate modes are described.
A light tower comprising
A mast of a light tower, said mast having a length, said mast comprising:
A mast of a light tower comprising:
A control method for operation of a light tower comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Of low-built type, e.g. landscape light: of bollard type, i.e. with lighting fixture integrated into the standard or mounted on top of it and…
Illuminated: illuminated or wired-up posts, bollards, pillars or like upstanding bodies or structures for traffic guidance, warning or control
Characterised by the shape: chinese lanterns; Balloons
Chinese lanterns; Balloons: being inflatable
Term ended 21 Feb 2026 (estimated)
This application is a U.S. national phase application of a PCT application PCT/RU2005/000463 filed on 13 Sep. 2005, published as WO2006049530, whose disclosure is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference, which PCT application claims priority of a Russian Federation patent application RU2004132067 filed on 3 Nov. 2004.
This invention relates to outdoor illumination devices, used primarily in emergency situations. The invention is intended for use in the nighttime at emergency sites requiring restoration, for rescue operations, for repair work in extreme conditions, or for routine repair and construction work in the nighttime, for example on railroads.
There are known devices (of comparatively complex design) for illuminating territories in emergency situations. Each of them consists of an air- or helium-inflatable transparent flexible shell with a light source (typically a lamp) located within the shell, means for supplying air into the shell, means for supplying electricity to the lamp, a control unit, means for protecting the shell from heat damage when it comes into contact with the lamp; such a protective device is made of protective elements surrounding the lamp and located within the shell together with the lamp [1-11].
FIG. 1 is an orthogonal view that shows one of the possible technical solutions for the light tower (light tower arrangement),
FIG. 2 is an orthogonal view that shows view A of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is an orthogonal view that shows view B of FIG. 1,
While the invention may be susceptible to embodiment in different forms, there are shown in the drawings, and will be described in detail herein, specific embodiments of the present invention, with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered an exemplification of the principles of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to that as illustrated and described herein.
The light tower comprises a foundation (illustrated in FIG. 1), made in the form of a stand (1), and a bottom flange attached to the stand. The bottom flange is made in the form of a flat plate (2) with a rounded edge along the entire perimeter of the plate. The flange plate (2) has a central air vent hole (3).
The bottom flange comprises the plate (2) and fastening or coupling elements used for mounting tower components on the plate, described herein below.