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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:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roland Winston, Chicago, IL (US);
Philip L Gleckman, Oak Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
NiOptics Corporation, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V / ; F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362346 ; 362 32 ; 362298 ; 362300 ;
Abstract
An illumination system having a concave minor for imaging a light source. The illumination system includes a light source, a first concave minor for imaging the light source and a second concave minor for reimaging the imaged light source at another location. The system timber includes a light collecting element passing through the surface of one of the concave mirrors enabling light removal without reimaging the light source outside the radii of curvature of the concave mirrors.