Illuminating system

• US 4,630,182 A
• Filed: 03/05/1985
• Issued: 12/16/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1984
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Hiroshi, Hatanaka, Shinya, Moroi, Akihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): CROSS, ETHEL R
• Application Number:
  US06/708,405
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 362/373, 362/345, 362/347, 362/350, 362/294
• US Class Current: 362/294
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/673 the fans being used for intake
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes

Abstract

An illuminating system for generating a high-intensity illuminating light utilizing a lamp of short arc type is equipped with a cooling device capable of effectively cooling the arc lamp and the reflecting optical members with an extremely simple structure. The illuminating system comprises a lamp emitting illuminating light of a high intensity; a reflecting optical member provided with a reflecting face surrounding the lamp and further provided at an end with a window for transmitting the light from the reflecting face and at the other end with an aperture for passing a part of the lamp; a casing integrally housing the reflecting optical member and the lamp and provided with a ventilating hole in a part of the casing for communication with the exterior; and air guide means for connecting the ventilating hole with an air path connecting the light transmitting window of the reflecting optical member with the aperture thereof.

Claims

1. An illuminating system comprising:

a light-emitting lamp;

a reflecting optical member provided with a reflecting face surrounding a space around said lamp and further provided at one end with a light-emitting aperture for emitting the light of said lamp through said reflecting face to the exterior of the reflecting optical member and at the other end with another aperture for passing a part of said lamp, said reflecting optical member having an optical axis passing through said light-emitting aperture and said another aperture, and the diameter of said light-emitting aperture being larger than the diameter of said another aperture;

a case member for accommodating said lamp and said reflecting optical member for separating the interior of said case member from the exterior thereof, provided with at least an intake hole and an exhaust hole for communicating the exterior with the interior of said case member, said intake hole being provided near said light-emitting aperture and said exhaust hole being provided at a position facing said another aperture;

air guide means provided inside said case member for connecting said intake hole with an air flow path passing through said light-emitting aperture and said another aperture, said air guide means having a tubular member disposed in a radial direction relative to said optical axis between said intake hole and the periphery of said light-emitting aperture; and

an air fan provided at said exhaust hole for generating an air flow from said intake hole to said exhaust hole through said tubular member and said air flow path.

2. An illuminating system according to claim 1, further comprising a light shielding member provided between said light-emitting lamp and said fan for preventing the light emitted by said light-emitting lamp from leaking through said exhaust hole and reaching said air fan.

3. An illuminating system according to claim 2, wherein said light shielding member includes plural light shield plates disposed across said optical axis and mutually spaced in the direction of said optical axis.

4. An illuminating system according to claim 1, wherein said air guide means comprises an air shield plate positioned along a plane separating the internal space of said case member into a first space including the light-emitting aperture of said reflecting optical member and a second space including said another aperture, and wherein said intake hole is positioned opposed to said first space.