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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1975
Kenneth James Jones, Sutton Coldfield, EN;
Lucas Electrical Company Limited, Birmingham, EN;
Abstract
A lamp assembly has a housing of which part defines a parabolic or paraboloidal mirror and part defines part of an ellipsoidal reflector. A lamp filament is mounted at the inner focal point of the reflector and the focal point of the mirror coincides with the outer focal point of the reflector. The housing has a lens element defining a window through which light is directed from the mirror. In one embodiment, an additional mirror and lens element are provided for receiving light from the reflector. The additional mirror directing the light in the opposite direction to the light directed by the first mentioned mirror. In another embodiment, further mirrors are provided in the housing for increasing the horizontal spread of light.