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Color-changing apparatus, and associated method, for a light assembly

  • US 7,163,317 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2004
  • Issued: 01/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Color-changing apparatus for a light assembly having a light source that generates a light beam in at least an axial direction, said color-changing apparatus comprising:

  • a first lens and a second lens spaced apart therefrom, the first lens and the second lens positioned in a path defined by an axial direction of the light beam;

    at least a first filter flag formed of a first color, said first filter flag exhibiting along at least a portion of a length thereof a first range of first color-saturation gradations in the first color;

    at least a first filter-flag positioner for supportively positioning said at least first filter flag at least selectably at an angle offset from the axial direction of the light beam, said first filter-flag positioner for translating said first filter flag selectably to position a selected portion thereof in the light beam, a light-beam characteristic of the light beam dependent upon which portion of said first filter-flag forms the selected portion selectably positioned in the light beam; and

    wherein said first filter flag is positionable by said first filter-flag positioner between the first lens and the second lens.

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