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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1997
Tomiya Abe, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Kouki Hirano, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Fumitaka Nakahigashi, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Masanori Matsumoto, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Tohru Sasaki, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An illumination device comprises a light source like a halogen lamp, a light guide, a round rod-shaped transparent radiation member having a proximal end and a distal end, and a transparent radiation plate. The light guide is a plastic optical fiber comprising a single core of silicon rubber and a cladding layer of tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer. The radiation member is a transparent circular cylinder made of acrylic resin, and has a predetermined pattern of light scattering regions on its surface oppose the directions where the light is radiated. The radiation plate is placed such a position that one side plane of the radiation plate oppose to he radiation member, and also has a predetermined pattern of light scattering regions on the back. The light scattering regions are provided along said radiation member in such a way that a ratio of an tea of one region to that of adjacent region becomes larger as the one region becomes distant from the proximal and of the radiation member.