Illuminative device
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Abstract
An illuminative device including a light source and a diffusing cover assigned to the light source and of colored plastic. The light source includes one or plural light-emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting a colored and substantially monochromatic light. The diffusing cover has a transmission of at least 35% (measured according to DIN 5036) and a reflection of at least 15% (measured according to DIN 5036) with the wavelength of the light-emitting diode operating at relative maximum energy.
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Citations
40 Claims
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1-20. -20. (Canceled).
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21. An illuminatable device, comprising:
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a light source; and
a light-scattering cover associated with the light source and of colored plastic, wherein the light source includes one or more light-emitting diode (LED) that emit colored, essentially monochromatic light, and the associated light-scattering cover has a transmission, measured according to DIN 5036, of at least 35% and a reflection, measured according to DIN 5036, of at least 15% at a wavelength of maximum relative energy of the light-emitting diode.
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22. A device according to claim 21, wherein the one or more LED and the light-scattering cover are associated with one another at a distance of from 3 to 12 cm.
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23. A device according to claim 21, wherein the light-scattering cover includes a moulded or extruded polymethyl methacrylate plastic.
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24. A device according to claim 21, wherein the plastic of the light-scattering cover has a light-scattering power, measured according to DIN 5036, of at least 0.5.
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25. A device according to claim 24, wherein BaSO4, polystyrene, or light-scattering beads made of a crosslinked plastic are contained in the light-scattering cover.
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26. A device according to claim 25, wherein BaSO4 or polystyrene are contained in an amount of from 1.5 to 2.5 wt. %.
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27. A device according to claim 21, wherein the one or more LED is located in a box or frame covered by the light-scattering cover.
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28. A device according to claim 21, wherein color loci of transmission and re-emission of the colored cover made of plastic, with respect to a standard color chart, lie in a region which, with respect to a straight line that passes through achromatic point (x/y=0.33/0.33) and color locus of the one or more LED, lies no more than 0.2 x/y units away from color locus of the one or more LED in the direction of the straight line and no more than 0.05 x/y units away at right angles on both sides of the straight line.
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29. A device according to claim 21, wherein the one or more LED emits yellow light and has a color locus in a region of coordinates x/y=0.5/0.5 /−
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30. A device according to claim 29, wherein the plastic of the light-scattering cover is colored with from 0.075 to 0.09 wt. % of pyrazolone yellow and from 0.002 to 0.004 wt. % of perinone orange.
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31. A device according to claim 21, wherein the one or more LED emits red light and has a color locus in a region of coordinates x/y=0.67/0.33 /−
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32. A device according to claim 31, wherein the plastic of the light-scattering cover is colored with from 0.13 to 0.17 wt. % of pyrazolone yellow and from 0.01 to 0.03 wt. % of anthraquinone red.
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33. A device according to claim 31, wherein the plastic of the light-scattering cover is colored with from 0.055 to 0.07 wt. % of naphthol AS and from 0.005 to 0.015 wt. % of DPP red.
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34. A device according to claim 31, wherein the one or more LED emits green light and has a color locus in a region of coordinates x/y=0.16/0.73 /−
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35. Device according to claim 34, wherein the plastic of the light-scattering cover is colored with from 0.01 to 0.025 wt. % of Cu phthalocyanine green and from 0.025 to 0.045 wt. % of pyrazolone yellow.
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36. Device according to claim 21, wherein the one or more LED emits blue light and has a color locus in a region of coordinates x/y=0.14/0.06 /−
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37. Device according to claim 36, wherein the plastic of the light-scattering cover is colored with from 0.05 to 0.1 wt. % of ultramarine blue and from 0.005 to 0.01 wt. % of anthraquinone blue.
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38. Device according to claim 36, wherein the plastic of the light-scattering cover is colored with from 0.007 to 0.013 wt. % of anthraquinone blue.
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39. Use of a colored plastic element containing scattering means as a cover for an illuminatable device according to claim 21.
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40. Use of one or more LED emitting colored or monochromatic light as a light source in an illuminatable device according to claim 21.
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