APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OIL LAMP LIGHTING EFFECTS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for creating an oil lamp lighting effect, comprising:
- a receptacle with an inner surface defining a basin for containing a volume of liquid;
a nozzle extending into the receptacle a height above the inner surface;
a liquid input manifold for directing pressurized liquid to an inlet of the nozzle, wherein the nozzle has an outlet ejecting the pressurized liquid received at the nozzle inlet vertically upward; and
a light source operable to output light into the liquid input manifold, whereby the output light illuminates the pressurized liquid received at the inlet and ejected out of the nozzle outlet.
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Abstract
An oil lamp-type apparatus or a Kukui pot candle device for achieving the illumination and the appearance of an ignited oil lamp. This is achieved by illuminating water flowing upward (e.g., substantially vertically to provide a flame-shaped element or small fountain of water above the pool surface) using a light source directing its light output upward through the water. The flame-shaped element has kinetic and dynamic movement similar to a flame on an oil lamp or candle wick due to the combination of the water flowing upward and the water falling nearly straight down back into a pool about the water outlet. Further, the effect is achieve by only illuminating the liquid in the flame-shaped element with the vertically upward-direct light stream and not by shining light from the side, from above, or even from an adjacent location.
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1. An apparatus for creating an oil lamp lighting effect, comprising:
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a receptacle with an inner surface defining a basin for containing a volume of liquid; a nozzle extending into the receptacle a height above the inner surface; a liquid input manifold for directing pressurized liquid to an inlet of the nozzle, wherein the nozzle has an outlet ejecting the pressurized liquid received at the nozzle inlet vertically upward; and a light source operable to output light into the liquid input manifold, whereby the output light illuminates the pressurized liquid received at the inlet and ejected out of the nozzle outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A lighting device, comprising:
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a pressurized water source providing water at an inlet pressure; a bowl with a sidewall with an inner surface defining a pool for receiving a volume of water; a drain element extending upward into the pool of the bowl; a nozzle extending upward into the pool, the nozzle having an outlet at a first height, the drain element having an inlet at a second height exceeding the first height and being less than a depth of the pool; and a light source outputting a stream of light, wherein the water and stream of light are concurrently directed to an inlet of the nozzle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An oil lamp simulator, comprising:
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a liquid inlet manifold; a light source operable to output light into a first port of the liquid input manifold; a second port of the liquid inlet manifold operable to receive a light transmissive liquid at a pressure of at least about 3 psi; and a nozzle fluidically connected to a third port of the liquid inlet manifold for receiving a flow of the light transmissive liquid, wherein the first port and third ports are opposite, whereby the output light travels through the nozzle to be projected out a nozzle outlet with the received flow of the light transmissive liquid. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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