Indicator light tower technology
OwnerLee Cloreinventor
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Abstract
A light tower or stack light including an exterior which has a cylindrical or columnar configuration including transparent or translucent panels or lenses, and a interior based on a flat, planar arrangement of light sources. The light tower translates the flat, essentially unidirectional or bidirectional arrangement of lights to a 180 to 360 degree, multidirectional light source. The light indicator tower is for use with a industrial apparatus or process to indicate the status of the apparatus or process. The tower includes a flat, planar, PCB light panel having two sides, the light panel further having a plurality of LED light sources disposed on each side of the light panel. The tower has a curvilinear light dispersing lens disposed to disperse light over a range of 360 degrees.
Claims14
A light indicator comprising:
- a. a flat, planar, PCB light panel having two sides, the light panel further having a plurality of LED light sources disposed on each side of the light panel, the light sources being disposed in groups having at least two light sources per group;
- b. a curvilinear light dispersing lens disposed near each group of one light sources to disperse light emitted from the at least one light source over a range of at least 360 degrees;
- c. a frame for holding each light dispersing lens;
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- d. means to actuate the light source.
A light indicator tower for use with a industrial apparatus or process to indicate the status of the apparatus or process, comprising:
- a. a flat, planar, PCB light panel having two sides, the light panel further having a plurality of LED light sources disposed on each side of the light panel, the light sources being disposed in groups having at least two light sources per group, the groups of light sources being spatially separated a predetermined distance;
- b. a curvilinear light dispersing lens disposed near each group of one light sources to disperse light emitted from the at least one light source over a range of at least 360 degrees, each light dispersing lens including a light dispersing film member and a rigid, light transmissive cover member;
- c. a cylindrical frame for holding the light panel in a vertical orientation and for holding each light dispersing lens proximate a group of light sources, the frame having a base electrically communicatively connected to a bottom end of the PCB light panel and a lens supporting array vertically and upwardly extending from the base, the lens supporting array having a plurality of apertures for supporting the light dispersing lenses;
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- d. means, integrated into the PCB light panel, to actuate the groups of light sources and indicate the status of the apparatus or process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.