ILLUMINATION-INFORMATION GEAR Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: constant information gears, predominantly of large information volume or large signs, illumination adverting in various organizations and exhibitions, aids for visual display of information. SUBSTANCE: illumination-information gear includes base and light guide inside which sources of light are mounted. Base is manufactured in the form of information or decorative element to which light guide us attached. Light guide is made in the form of flexible translucent, electric insulation, frost- and heat-resistant tube, produced, for example, from polyvinylchloride. Flexible conductive panel carrying sources of light interconnected in parallel is positioned inside tube. Panel is fabricated from foiled double-sided paper- based laminate or glass cloth-based laminate. Width of panel does not exceed 1/2 diameter of flexible translucent tube and height is not more than diameter of envelope of source of light. Superminiature filament lamps are used as sources of light. First leads-out of lamps are soldered on one side of panel and second leads-out - on the other side of it. Distance between sources of light equals 2 cm. EFFECT: increased functional reliability of illumination- information gear. 5 cl, 3 dwg