Horticulture lighting system for providing uniform illumination from an elevated height
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1. A horticulture lighting system for providing a uniform field of radiant energy, the system comprising:
- a reflector hood having a focal point enclosed by side, corner and center reflective panels attached together to form an octagonal-shaped pyramid;
wherein the center panel is octagonally shaped along a flat plane and the reflector hood comprises;
two pairs of side panels attached to and downwardly depending from the radially outermost portion of the center panel, each side panel being diametrically opposed to another side panel; and
two pairs of corner panels attached to and downwardly depending from the radially outermost portion of the center panel, each corner panel being diametrically opposed to another corner panel;
so that a plurality of flutes are formed at the intersections of side and corner panels, the flutes reflecting radiation emitted from a bulb positioned at the focal point of the reflector hood perpendicularly downwardly from the flat plane of the center panel.
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A horticulture lighting system reflector hood having a plurality of reflective flutes formed at the intersections of essentially identical side panels and corner panels to reflect radiation emitted from the focal point of the reflector hood downwardly in a way that provides a highly uniform pattern of radiation. Light sources within the reflector hood may be easily changed between several different types of commercially available bulbs without sacrificing the uniformity or desired level of illumination of the exposed plant area.
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1. A horticulture lighting system for providing a uniform field of radiant energy, the system comprising:
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a reflector hood having a focal point enclosed by side, corner and center reflective panels attached together to form an octagonal-shaped pyramid; wherein the center panel is octagonally shaped along a flat plane and the reflector hood comprises;
two pairs of side panels attached to and downwardly depending from the radially outermost portion of the center panel, each side panel being diametrically opposed to another side panel; and
two pairs of corner panels attached to and downwardly depending from the radially outermost portion of the center panel, each corner panel being diametrically opposed to another corner panel;so that a plurality of flutes are formed at the intersections of side and corner panels, the flutes reflecting radiation emitted from a bulb positioned at the focal point of the reflector hood perpendicularly downwardly from the flat plane of the center panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A horticulture lighting system for providing a uniform field of radiant energy, the system comprising:
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a reflector hood having a focal point enclosed by side, corner and center reflective panels attached together to form an octagonal-shaped pyramid; wherein the center panel is octagonally shaped along a flat plane and the reflector hood comprises;
two pairs of side panels attached to and downwardly depending from the radially outermost portion of the center panel, each side panel being diametrically opposed to another side panel; and
two pairs of corner panels attached to and downwardly depending from the radially outermost portion of the center panel, each corner panel being diametrically opposed to another corner panel, so that a plurality of flutes are formed at the intersections of side and corner panels, the flutes reflecting radiation emitted from a light bulb positioned at the focal point of the reflector hood perpendicularly downwardly from the flat plane of the center panel;a socket bracket housing having three pairs of bracket mounting holes formed therein; and
,a light bulb socket assembly mounted by means of said socket bracket housing to a side panel of the reflector hood, the socket assembly adapted to hold a single light bulb having an arc for electrically producing radiant energy, wherein the socket assembly has three socket mounting holes formed therein, the socket mounting holes being adapted for mounting the socket assembly within the socket bracket housing using any of the three pairs of bracket mounting holes, so that the arc of different light bulbs mounted within the light bulb socket assembly can be positioned at the focal point of the reflector hood. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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