Illumination system for non-imaging reflective collector
First Claim
1. An illumination system comprisinga light source,a first concave mirror positioned to collect substantially all of the luminous flux emitted within a first half space and to reflect it toward a second opposite half space, said first concave mirror being profiled to form a first image of said light source proximate to said light source,a second concave mirror positioned to collect all the light emitted by the light source within said second half space as well as all the light reflected by said first concave mirror through said first image into said second half space, said second concave mirror being profiled to form a second image of said light source at a point remote therefrom and to form a third image proximate to said second image, said third image being formed from said first image,a non-imaging reflector having an input aperture positioned to receive substantially all the light from said second and third images of said light source.
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Abstract
A first concave mirror collects the light emitted by a light source in a first half space and forms a first image of the light source at a point proximate thereto. A second larger concave mirror opposite the first mirror forms second and third images from the respective source and first image. The second and third images are formed at the input aperture of a non-imaging reflector, which in turn emits the light uniformly through the output aperture thereof.
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1. An illumination system comprising
a light source, a first concave mirror positioned to collect substantially all of the luminous flux emitted within a first half space and to reflect it toward a second opposite half space, said first concave mirror being profiled to form a first image of said light source proximate to said light source, a second concave mirror positioned to collect all the light emitted by the light source within said second half space as well as all the light reflected by said first concave mirror through said first image into said second half space, said second concave mirror being profiled to form a second image of said light source at a point remote therefrom and to form a third image proximate to said second image, said third image being formed from said first image, a non-imaging reflector having an input aperture positioned to receive substantially all the light from said second and third images of said light source.
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10. An illumination system of the type comprising a light source and a first concave mirror positioned to collect substantially all the luminous flux emitted by said light source within a first half space and to reflect it toward a second opposite half space, said system further comprising a non-imaging reflector having an input aperture positioned to receive substantially all of the light emitted by said light source in said second half space as well as substantially all the light reflected by said first concave mirror into said second half space, characterized in that
said first concave mirror is profiled to form a first image of said light source at a point proximate thereto and in that said system further comprises a second concave mirror positioned to collect all the light emitted by the light source in the second half space as well as all the light reflected by said first concave mirror through said first image into said second half space, said second concave mirror being profiled to form a second image of said light source at a point remote therefrom and to form a third image at a point proximate to said second image, said third image being formed from said first image, said input aperture receiving substantially all the light from the second and third images of the light source.
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