(19)
(11) EP 0 814 453 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/52

(21) Application number: 97201731.3

(22) Date of filing: 07.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G09F 13/04, F21V 7/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 18.06.1996 US 665754

(71) Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Rochester, New York 14650 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Taylor, Roy Yuille, Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74) Representative: Nunney, Ronald Frederick Adolphe et al
Kodak Limited, Patent Departement (W92)-3A, Headstone Drive
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4TY
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4TY (GB)

   


(54) Illumination apparatus


(57) A light apparatus having:

a) a housing having a back side and a front light opening through which light can pass;

b) at least one light source within the housing emitting light in a forward and a rearward direction;

c) a lenticular lens sheet positioned behind the light source in the housing, the sheet having a plurality of parallel elongated, laterally convex, lens surfaces extending in a path to form a pattern geometrically following the contour of the light source, and facing the linear light source; and

d) a reflecting surface behind the lens surfaces to redirect light emitted from the light source in the rearward direction to the forward direction.






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