Patent · US Expired

Portable projector

US5170196A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
6References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 29, 1991
Grant dateDec 8, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/30
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable projector which can be used at a location where no commercial ac power source is available and can be carried readily, has a battery section for supplying power therefrom, an illuminating section including a lamp for receiving power from the battery section and emitting light therefrom, a picture image holding section for forming a picture image thereon and for being irradiated by light emitted from the irradiating section to pass the light in accordance with the picture image formed thereon, and a lens section for enlarging a picture image of light passing through the picture image holding section. The battery section, illuminating section, picture image holding section and lens section can be removably coupled on a common optical axis to each other.

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