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Luminous edge lighted device

US4249231A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 1979
Grant dateFeb 3, 1981
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Expiry dateApr 3, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/0058
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The device is adaptable for any panel of non-opaque material, whether it concerns advertisement, information panel, signboards, signposts or signalling posts or the like. The panel 1 is associated with at least one source of lighting 3 which faces one of the edges 2 of the panel. The panel carries an engraving 7 having a surface which reflects light and divides the incident beam into a series of pencils of light associated with various elements of the engraving.

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