Illuminating system and method for specialized and decorative lighting using liquid light guides

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:871804

Zorn, Carl J ^[1]; Kross, Brian J ^[1]; Majewski, Stanislaw ^[2]; Wojcik, Randolph F ^[1]

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1. Yorktown, VA
2. Grafton, VA

The present invention comprises an illumination system for specialized decorative lighting including a light source, a flexible plastic tube sheath for distributing the light to a remote location, a transparent liquid core filling the tube that has an index of refraction greater than that of the plastic tube and an arrangement where light coupled from the light source is caused to leak from the liquid light guide at desired locations for the purposes of specialized lighting, such as underwater illumination in swimming pools.

• Research Organization: Southeastern Universities Research Associations (SURA), Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• Assignee: Southeastern Univ. Research Assn., Inc. (Newport News, VA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5799124
• OSTI ID: 871804
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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