LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A light irradiation apparatus, comprising an LED, an optical unit with an optical transmission characteristic that makes light from the LED pass through the inside thereof and makes it emit from its apical surface, and a supporting body having the LED installed on its apical surface, whereinthe optical unit is in a shape of a rotating body centered in an optical axis of the light emitted from the LED, andis so configured thata base end recess for housing the LED is opened in a central part of its base end face, anda reflection plane for performing substantially total reflection of the light from the LED is formed on its side,and is further equipped with a position adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position between the LED and the optical unit along an optical axis direction,wherein the position adjustment mechanism makes the optical unit move relative to the LED between a proximity position at which a part or whole of the above-mentioned supporting body is housed in a base end recess and a clearance position at which substantially the whole of the supporting body comes out of the base end recess and the apical surface of the supporting body and a base end face of the optical unit become substantially the same height.
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Abstract
The invention provides a light irradiation apparatus that can adjust widening/narrowing of a light irradiation area and can guide almost whole of light emitted from an LED to the light irradiation area.
The apparatus has an LED 11 and an optical unit 2 for making light for the LED 11 pass through itself and emit from its apical surface 21, and is equipped further with a supporting body 1A for holding the LED on the apical surface and a position adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position of the optical unit 2 to the LED 11 along an optical axis C direction. The apparatus is configured so that the potion adjustment mechanism make the optical unit 2 move relative to the LED 11 between a proximity position P1 at which a part or the whole of the supporting body 1A is housed in a base end recess 25 and a clearance position P2 at which substantially whole of the supporting body 1A comes out of the base end recess 25 so that the apical surface of the supporting body 1A and a base end face 22 of the optical unit 2 become substantially the same height.
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1. A light irradiation apparatus, comprising an LED, an optical unit with an optical transmission characteristic that makes light from the LED pass through the inside thereof and makes it emit from its apical surface, and a supporting body having the LED installed on its apical surface, wherein
the optical unit is in a shape of a rotating body centered in an optical axis of the light emitted from the LED, and is so configured that a base end recess for housing the LED is opened in a central part of its base end face, and a reflection plane for performing substantially total reflection of the light from the LED is formed on its side, and is further equipped with a position adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position between the LED and the optical unit along an optical axis direction, wherein the position adjustment mechanism makes the optical unit move relative to the LED between a proximity position at which a part or whole of the above-mentioned supporting body is housed in a base end recess and a clearance position at which substantially the whole of the supporting body comes out of the base end recess and the apical surface of the supporting body and a base end face of the optical unit become substantially the same height.
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9. A light irradiation apparatus, comprising:
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a solid optical unit with optical transparency that is in a shape of a widening-toward-end rotating body with a center of the optical axis of the light emitted from the LED, and makes the light from the LED pass through its inside and emit it from its apical surface; and a concave lens disposed in a further apical end of the optical unit;
whereinthe optical unit is so configured that a reflection plane for performing substantially total reflection of the light from the LED is formed on its side, and further comprising a position adjustment mechanism for setting a clearance between the concave lens and the optical unit along the optical axis direction to be variable. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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