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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald R Schindler, Burton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362 16 ; 362 11 ; 362 17 ; 362333 ; 362339 ; 354126 ;
Abstract
A photoflash unit having one or more flash lamps, and a transparent cover in front of the flash lamps which is provided with elongated light-refractive prisms in front of each flash lamp so as to refract directly radiated light from the lamp when flashed in a more frontward direction and into the area to be illuminated. Prisms may be provided on both sides of the cover.