Assemblies and apparatus for lighting especially spotlighting

• US 5,050,047 A
• Filed: 10/30/1987
• Issued: 09/17/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stuart L. Moore
• Original Assignee: Stuart L. Moore
• Inventors: Moore, Stuart L., Viner, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazarus, Ira S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hagarman, Sue
• Application Number:
  US07/115,134
• Time in Patent Office: 1,418 Days
• Field of Search: 362/32, 362/33, 362/61, 362/125, 362/219, 362/224, 362/235, 362/236, 362/237, 362/238, 362/239, 362/240, 362/250
• US Class Current: 362/552
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/28 rigid, e.g. LED bars
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/037 for mounting in a corner, i.e. between adjacent walls or wall and ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/04 intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures F21S8/02 takes precedence; details of ceiling bases F21V21/03
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/405 for shop-windows or displays
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0008 the light being emitted at the end of the fibre

Abstract

The invention provides a system of pinpoint lighting comprising a plurality of lens units supplied with light by the separated tail ends of a fiber optic cable of which the remote input end is supplied by a simple light source. The lens provides separate beams of light which are directed at individual articles such as individual items of jewelry in a display case. Each lens unit is adjustable so that the beam direction can be varied on the one hand and the beam intensity can be varied on the other hand.

Claims

1. An assembly for directing beams of light onto an object or area for illumination purposes, comprising a plurality of bodies each having a lens means and defining a light input and a light output, a fiber optic cable having a plurality of output ends at said respective light inputs so that the light transmitted along said cable passes through means so as to be focussed by the lens means into beams emanating from the light outputs, and a mounting bar receiving the plurality of said bodies for angular adjustment whereby the angles of the beams of light from the light outputs can be individually adjusted.

2. An assembly according to claim 1, wherein the body is spherical and the mounting defines a spherical bearing enabling the body to be angularly adjusted with a cone of adjustment.

3. An assembly according to claim 2, wherein the cone of adjustment has a 90°

cone angle.

4. Apparatus for illuminating a plurality of spaced locations comprising a plurality of lens units, fiber optic cable means having a plurality of output ends connected to said lens units respectively, and input end means, light source means for illuminating said input end means to cause focussed beams of light respectively to issue from said lens units which form said beams, and the lens units being mounted on a hollow bar in which the fiber optic cable means is contained.

5. Apparatus for illuminating a plurality of spaced articles or locations comprising fiber optic cable means having input end means and a plurality of output ends, light source means for illuminating said input end means, a plurality of lens units at said respective output ends for focussing the light emanating from said output ends into a plurality of beams respectively for illuminating said articles or locations, a mounting bar containing said fiber optic cable means and carrying said lens units spaced longitudinally of the bar so as to be capable individually of angular adjustment to adjust the angularity of said beams relative to the bar.

6. Apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising at the input end means of the fiber optic cable means a multi-colored rotatable filter disc interposed between the input end means and the light source means, and means for rotating the filter disc to cause said beams of light to change color.