Light fixture and reflector assembly for same
First Claim
1. A light fixture including:
- a housing having an elongated axis in a horizontal plane and an elongated support having at least one side edge;
an elongated reflector element having a proximal end affixed to the elongated support, an extending reflector portion extending from the proximal end in a first vertical direction normal to the horizontal plane to a distal edge and having at least one specular reflective surface;
a socket means in electrical connection with an electrical power source; and
an elongated lamp that emits light, having a longitudinal axis in the horizontal plane, wherein the lamp is connected to the socket means vertically below the proximal end of the elongated reflector, the distal edge of the extending reflector portion extends vertically beyond the lamp, and the lamp is disposed proximate the support between the extending reflector portion and the at least one side edge,wherein the at least one specular reflective surface of the reflector element receives a portion of the light that is emitted in a first horizontal direction at an emitted angle from a vertical direction, and reflects the portion of light in an opposite second horizontal direction, away from the light fixture, and at a reflected angle from vertical that is greater than the emitted angle, and toward an area more remote from the light fixture.
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Abstract
A light fixture useful in the lighting of parking garages, including a base, a reflector element and at least one light-emitting lamp. The reflector element includes a reflector portion that extends vertical from the base to a distal edge that extends beyond the lamp. The extending reflector portions include a plurality of planer panels positioned in a plane at an angle that faces toward the lamp. A portion of the emitted light is reflected by the extending reflector portion in the opposed horizontal direction away from the fixture at a reflected angle from nadir that is greater than the emitted angle. The light fixture provides a uniform lighting pattern that allows for using fewer of the light fixtures, by projecting or reflecting emitted light horizontally at very high angles from nadir, and delivering more light to areas laterally remote from the fixture, and potentially using less energy.
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16 Claims
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1. A light fixture including:
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a housing having an elongated axis in a horizontal plane and an elongated support having at least one side edge; an elongated reflector element having a proximal end affixed to the elongated support, an extending reflector portion extending from the proximal end in a first vertical direction normal to the horizontal plane to a distal edge and having at least one specular reflective surface; a socket means in electrical connection with an electrical power source; and an elongated lamp that emits light, having a longitudinal axis in the horizontal plane, wherein the lamp is connected to the socket means vertically below the proximal end of the elongated reflector, the distal edge of the extending reflector portion extends vertically beyond the lamp, and the lamp is disposed proximate the support between the extending reflector portion and the at least one side edge, wherein the at least one specular reflective surface of the reflector element receives a portion of the light that is emitted in a first horizontal direction at an emitted angle from a vertical direction, and reflects the portion of light in an opposite second horizontal direction, away from the light fixture, and at a reflected angle from vertical that is greater than the emitted angle, and toward an area more remote from the light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A light fixture including:
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a housing having an elongated axis in a horizontal plane, and including an elongated support means, the housing having first side edge and an opposed second side edge; an elongated reflector assembly, the reflector assembly comprising a proximal end affixed to the support means, a first extending reflector portion extending from the proximal end substantially in a first vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane to a distal edge, the first extending reflector portion having a specular reflective surface that faces in a first horizontal direction, a second extending reflector portion extending from the proximal end in the first vertical direction to the distal edge, the second extending reflector portion having a specular reflective surface that faces in a second horizontal direction opposite the first horizontal direction; and a first and second pair of electrical sockets mounted to the light fixture to detachably secure elongated lamps proximate the support means along a first and second axis, the first axis disposed between the specular reflective surface of the first extending reflector portion and the first side edge and vertically below the proximal end of the reflector assembly, and the second axis disposed between the specular reflective surface of the second extending reflector portion and the second side edge and vertically below the proximal end of the reflector assembly, each pair of electrical sockets being electrically connected with an electrical power source; wherein the distal edge of the first and second extending reflector portions extend in the first vertical direction beyond the first and second lamps, whereby a portion of the light emitted by a first lamp along the first axis in a second horizontal direction toward the first extending reflector portion is reflected in the first horizontal direction, and a portion of the light emitted by a second lamp along the second axis in the first horizontal direction toward the second extending reflector portion is reflected in the second horizontal direction wherein a portion of the distal edge of the first extending reflector extending vertically below the first axis is angled toward the first axis and a portion of the distal edge of the second extending reflector portion extending vertically below the second axis is angled toward the second axis. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A light fixture including:
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a housing having an elongated axis in a horizontal plane, the housing including an elongated support means having at least one side edge; an elongated reflector element having a proximal end affixed to the support means, an extending reflector portion extending from the proximal end in a first vertical direction normal to the horizontal plane to a distal edge, the extending reflector portion having at least one specular reflective surface, and having a plurality of adjoining, elongated panels, including at least one near planar panel having a proximal edge and a distal edge, and being in a plane at a positive angle relative to the first vertical direction, angled away from the respective lamp, at least one intermediate planar panel having a proximal edge at which the intermediate second planar panel extends from the first planar panel, and a distal edge, and at least one distant planar panel having a proximal edge at which the distant planar panel extends from the distal edge of the intermediate second planar panel, and a distal edge, and being in a plane at a negative angle relative to the first vertical direction, angled toward the respective lamp; an elongated lamp disposed proximate the support means between the extending reflector portion and the at least one side edge, the lamp connectable to a socket means in electrical connection with an electrical power source; and wherein the distal edge of the extending reflector portion extends vertically beyond the lamp, whereby a portion of the light emitted by the lamp in a first horizontal direction toward the at least one specular reflective surface is reflected in an opposite second horizontal direction.
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