The present invention relates to a projection lamp, and more particularly to a projection lamp used as a light source (so-called projector light) for a projector and suitable for various occasions of the projected light applications such as stage projection lighting.
Because with functions of enlarging images and projecting the enlarged images onto a screen, projector is an imaging equipment commonly used on some specific events and occasions, such as business meetings, banquets and home theaters. In a projector, a display device first processes the light beams emitted from a projection lamp to the image beams, and a projective lens then projects the image beams onto a screen so as to form images on the screen. Thus, it is understood that the projection lamp is an essential component in a projector.
Generally, the wick 110 is wrapped by a lamp tube. Although in the book “Projection Lamp Design” does not describe the fixing means of the main reflective cover 120 and the secondary reflective cover 130, it is understood that the lamp tube and the reflective cover are fixed to each other by using binder or adhesive. For example, Taiwan Patent (patent No. 90111710) discloses means of fixing a lamp tube and a reflective cover by using blinder and another Taiwan Patent (publish No. I235303) discloses means of bonding a main reflective cover to a lamp tube, which wraps a wick, by using adhesive. Thus, it is apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art to understand that the lamp tube and the main reflective cover as well as the secondary reflective cover are commonly fixed to each other by adhesive.
However, the wick may result in heat when the lamp is lit up; and the heat will be transmitted to the secondary reflective cover through the adhesive due to the secondary reflective cover is disposed close to the high temperature zone of the wick. Due to the relatively large thermal expansion coefficient difference between the adhesive and the lamp tube as well as the secondary reflective cover both, the secondary reflective cover may crack or the lamp tube may burst by the corresponding thermal stress generated by the high temperature.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a projection lamp with higher reliability.
The present invention provides a projection lamp, which includes a bulb, a main reflective cover and a secondary reflective cover. The bulb includes a wick and a lamp tube which wraps the wick. The wick is configured to emit divergent light beams while the bulb is lit up. The main reflective cover is connected to the lamp tube and includes a main reflective surface facing the wick. The main reflective surface is configured to convert the divergent light beams into projection beams. The secondary reflective cover is melt bonded to the lamp tube and includes a secondary reflective surface facing both of the wick and the main reflective surface. The secondary reflective surface is configured to reflect a portion of the divergent light beams, cannot be directly emitted onto the main reflective surface, onto the main reflective surface while the bulb is lit up. Thus, the projection lamp has enhanced light projection efficiency through employing the secondary reflective cover to reflect the divergent light beams, cannot be directly emitted onto the main reflective surface, onto the main reflective surface.
In one embodiment, the secondary reflective cover includes a substrate and a reflective layer. The substrate is melt bonded to the lamp tube and includes material of either glass or ceramic. The reflective layer is coated on a surface of the substrate facing the main reflective surface and thereby forming the secondary reflective surface.
In one embodiment, the lamp tube includes a spherical part, a first sealing part and a second sealing part. The first and second sealing parts are connected to two ends of the spherical part, respectively. The wick is located in a space surrounded by the spherical part. The main reflective cover includes a main reflection part and a first cylindrical part connected to the main reflection part. The main reflection part includes the main reflective surface. The first cylindrical part is disposed at the backside of the main reflective surface. The main reflection part includes a first penetrating hole. The first penetrating hole is communicatable with a first internal space of the first cylindrical part. The first sealing part extends into the first internal space via the first penetrating hole and protrudes from the first cylindrical part. The secondary reflective cover includes a secondary reflection part and a second cylindrical part connected to the secondary reflection part. The secondary reflection part includes the secondary reflective surface. The second cylindrical part is disposed at the backside of the secondary reflective surface. The secondary reflection part includes a second penetrating hole. The second penetrating hole is communicatable with a second internal space of the second cylindrical part. The second sealing part extends into the second internal space via the second penetrating hole and protrudes from the second cylindrical part. The second cylindrical part is melt bonded to the second sealing part.
The present invention further provides a projection lamp, which includes a bulb, a main reflective cover, a secondary reflective cover and a fixing member. The bulb includes a wick and a lamp tube which wraps the wick. The wick is configured to emit divergent light beams while the bulb is lit up. The main reflective cover is connected to the lamp tube and includes a main reflective surface facing the wick. The main reflective surface is configured to convert the divergent light beams into projection beams. The secondary reflective cover is connected to the lamp tube and includes a secondary reflective surface facing both of the wick and the main reflective surface. The secondary reflective surface is configured to reflect the divergent light beams onto the main reflective surface. The fixing member is configured to attach the secondary reflective cover and the lamp tube to each other; wherein the fixing member has no adhesiveness. Thus, the projection lamp has enhanced light projection efficiency through employing the secondary reflective cover to reflect the divergent light beams, cannot be directly emitted onto the main reflective surface, onto the main reflective surface.
In one embodiment, the secondary reflective cover includes a second cylindrical part. The fixing member is an annular member fixed to the second sealing part. The second cylindrical part of the secondary reflective cover is fixed to the fixing member.
In one embodiment, the fixing member is telescoped to the second sealing part and includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other. The first portion is located between the wick and the second portion. The second cylindrical part is telescoped on an outer surface of the first portion.
In one embodiment, the fixing member surrounds a portion of the second sealing part and includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other. The first portion is disposed between the wick and the second portion. The second cylindrical part is telescoped on an inner surface of the first portion.
In one embodiment, the aforementioned projection lamp further includes a first adhesive and a second adhesive. The first adhesive is for bonding the fixing member and the second cylindrical part to each other. The second adhesive is bonding the fixing member and the second sealing part.
In one embodiment, the fixing member is an elastic member engaged between the second cylindrical part and the second sealing part.
In one embodiment, the elastic member includes a plurality of metal domes.
In summary, through melt bonding the secondary reflective cover to the lamp tube of the bulb and thereby without the need of adhesive, the projection lamp of one embodiment can avoid the secondary reflective cover and lamp tube dehiscence issue, resulted by the stress caused by a relatively large expansion coefficient difference between the adhesive and the secondary reflective cover and the lamp tube under a relatively high temperature. In addition, through employing the fixing member to fix the secondary reflective cover to the lamp tube of the bulb so that the secondary reflective cover, the fixing member and the adhesive can have a relatively large distance to the high-temperature zone of the wick, the projection lamp of another embodiment can avoid secondary reflective cover and lamp tube dehiscence issue. Thus, the projection lamp of the present invention can have better reliability.
The above embodiments will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, in which:
The disclosure will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred embodiments are presented herein for purpose of illustration and description only. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed.
The secondary reflective cover 230 is melt bonded to the lamp tube 212 and has a secondary reflective surface 231 facing both of the wick 211 and the main reflective surface 221. The secondary reflective surface 231 is configured to, while the bulb 210 is being supplied with electrical power and lit up, reflect the invalid divergent light beams S onto the main reflective surface 221 and thereby converting the invalid divergent light beams S into the projection beams L; wherein the invalid divergent light beams S herein are referred to the divergent light beams S cannot be directly projected onto the main reflective surface 221 from the wick 211. In this embodiment, the secondary reflective surface 231 is a spherical surface, and accordingly the wick 211 is located at the center of the spherical surface. Thus, after being projected onto the secondary reflective surface 231, the invalid divergent light beams S can be reflected onto the main reflective surface 221 via the same optical paths and thereby being converted into the projection beams L. Specifically, the projection beams L are functioned as illumination beams of a projector when the projection lamp 200 is equipped in the projector. Afterwards, the projection beams L are converted into image beams by a display element of the projector and then the image beams are projected onto a screen by a projection lens of the projector so as to form images on the screen.
In this embodiment, the secondary reflective cover 230 includes a substrate 236 and a reflective layer 237. The substrate 236 includes material of silicon dioxide; and the present invention is not limited thereto. Specifically, the material of the substrate 236 can be either glass or ceramic. The reflective layer 237 is a multilayer media interference reflective film, a polished surface of a substrate body, or other material having a high reflectance with luminescent effect. The substrate 236 is melt bonded to the lamp tube 212. The reflective layer 237 is coated on a surface of the substrate 236 facing the main reflective surface 221, and thereby forming the secondary reflective surface 231. In other embodiments, the secondary reflective cover 230 may have a monolayer structure made of one single material, or a multilayer structure made of multilayer material.
In addition, the lamp tube 212 includes a spherical part 213, a first sealing part 214 and a second sealing part 215. The first sealing part 214 and the second sealing part 215 are connected to two ends of the spherical part 213, respectively; and the wick 211 is located in a space surrounded by the spherical part 213. The main reflective cover 220 includes a main reflection part 222 and a first cylindrical part 223; wherein the first cylindrical part 223 is connected to the main reflection part 222. The main reflection part 222 has the main reflective surface 221; the first cylindrical part 223 is disposed at the backside of the main reflective surface 221; and the main reflection part 222 has a first penetrating hole 224. The first penetrating hole 224 is communicatable with a first internal space 225 of the first cylindrical part 223; and the first sealing part 214 extends into the first internal space 225 via the first penetrating hole 224 and protrudes from the first cylindrical part 223. The first sealing part 214 of the lamp tube 212 is boned to the inner surface of the first cylindrical part 223 of the main reflective cover 220 by an adhesive 240.
The secondary reflective cover 230 includes a secondary reflection part 232 and a second cylindrical part 233; wherein the second cylindrical part 233 is connected to the secondary reflection part 232. The secondary reflection part 232 has the secondary reflective surface 231; the second cylindrical part 233 is disposed at the backside of the secondary reflective surface 231; and the secondary reflection part 232 has a second penetrating hole 234. The second penetrating hole 234 is communicatable with a second internal space 235 of the second cylindrical part 233; the second sealing part 215 extends into the second internal space 235 via the second penetrating hole 234 and protrudes from the second cylindrical part 233; and the second cylindrical part 233 is melt bonded to the second sealing part 215.
Because being melt bonded to the second sealing part 215, the secondary reflective cover 230 can be stably fixed to the projection lamp 200 in this embodiment. Thus, the secondary reflective cover or lamp tube dehiscence issue, resulted from an over large thermal stress of the adhesive boned between the secondary reflective cover and the lamp tube in a conventional projection lamp under a relatively high temperature, can be avoided; and consequently the projection lamp 200 of the present invention has better reliability.
It is to be noted that the aforementioned structure of the fixing member 340 is used for purposes of exemplification only; and the structure of the fixing member 340 can be modulated based on actual design requirements. For example,
In summary, through melt bonding the secondary reflective cover to the lamp tube of the bulb and thereby without the need of adhesive, the projection lamp of one embodiment can avoid the secondary reflective cover and lamp tube dehiscence issue, resulted by the stress caused by a relatively large expansion coefficient difference between the adhesive and the secondary reflective cover and the lamp tube under a relatively high temperature. In addition, through employing the fixing member to fix the secondary reflective cover to the lamp tube of the bulb so that the secondary reflective cover, the fixing member and the adhesive can have a relatively large distance to the high-temperature zone of the wick, the projection lamp of another embodiment can avoid secondary reflective cover and lamp tube dehiscence issue. Thus, the projection lamp of the present invention can have better reliability.
While the disclosure has been described in terms of what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
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101216958 | Sep 2012 | TW | national |