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Strobe light distribution lens and zoom strobe

US6179447A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 18, 1998
Grant dateJan 30, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2215/0592
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a light distribution lens for a strobe provided in front of a strobe light emitter to gather strobe light, one of opposed lens surfaces is made of a convex surface, and the other lens surface is made of a convex Fresnel surface. A zoom strobe device is also disclosed, which includes a light emitter unit having a light emitter and a reflector, a light distribution lens provided in front of the light emitter unit to gather light emitted from the light emitter, and a zoom device for varying the distance between the light emitter unit and the light distribution lens.

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