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Light-emitting device for emitting neon-like light

US6278833A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 18, 1999
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 18, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4298
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light emitting device for emitting neon-like light, comprises a transparent pipe, a plurality of optical fibers within the transparent pipe, a protecting pipe within the transparent pipe, a flexible supporting wire located within the protecting pipe, and a plurality of micro-windows cut on the surface of each optical fiber such that the light propagating along each fiber leaks from the micro-windows, thus providing a surface emitting effect.

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