Projector

• US 7,144,122 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2005
• Issued: 12/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Sakurai, Teruo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dowling, William C.
• Application Number:
  US11/198,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20060044513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 353/119, 353/52, 353/60, 353/61, 353/122, 349/5, 349/7, 349/8, 349/9
• US Class Current: 353/119
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/145 Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/16 Cooling; Preventing overheating
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3144 Cooling systems cooling of liquid crystal cells in general G02F1/133382; cooling of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/16

Abstract

A projector includes a projector body that enlarges and projects image light and an image reproducing device that reproduces an image relating to the image light. The projector body and the image reproducing device are integrally arranged in a vertical direction such that the projector body is above the image reproducing device. A partition member is formed between the projector body and the image reproducing device, and the projector body is placed on the partition member.

Claims

1. A projector, comprising:

a projector body including,

a light source,

an optical modulator that modulates a light beam emitted from the light source according to image information, and

a projection optical device that enlarges and projects image light modulated by the optical modulator; and

an image reproducing device that reproduces an image relating to the image light,

the projector body and the image reproducing device being integrally arranged in a vertical direction such that the projector body is above the image reproducing device;

a partition member between the projector body and the image reproducing device, the projector body being placed on the partition member, the partition member being formed with an introducing port that introduces heat from the image reproducing device; and

a heat generating portion in the image reproducing device being disposed right below or around the introducing port, and

a portion of the partition member facing the projector body being provided with a duct that communicates with the introducing port by air flow.

2. The projector according to claim 1,

the partition member being integrally formed with at least one of a part of or all of a duct in the projector body and the image reproducing device.

3. The projector according to claim 1,

the partition member being integrally formed with a lateral side that surrounds the projector body, and

the lateral side being formed with a peripheral rib that surrounds a front end of the projection optical device.

4. The projector according to claim 1,

an exhaust unit of the projector body and an exhaust unit of the image reproducing device being arranged adjacent to each other.

5. The projector according to claim 1,

the image reproducing device being a digital versatile disc (DVD) player.