Patent Application
20110205729
The present invention generally relates to a stereopsis LED (Light-Emitting Diode) aqua-lamp photo frame assembly, and more particularly to an aqua-lamp photo frame that shows dual fascinating entertainments of stereopsis visual effect and fluid flowing visual effect by providing an electrical resistor and an LED inside a base that supports a photo frame to induce an effect of liquid flowing inside an aqua lamp so as to realize the above mentioned results.
Decorations, such as decorative puppets/dolls, pictures, or photo frames positioned on a desk top, are commonly used in household arrangement. These decorations are commonly used as embellishment for indoor decoration and also means for improving atmosphere of the indoor surroundings.
Among the most commonly accepted and used decorations is a photo frame, which can serve as an embellishment and also help holding a photo of the user or a family member or it can be used as a picture frame that holds a beautiful drawing or painting. Photo frames are often made in different forms or shapes or the configuration or material thereof is selectively changed. However, the conventional photo frames are constrained in the function thereof to simply decorations. Thus, the applications of the photo frames are very limited. It would be more consumer appealing if the photo frame could be added with an entertainment function or show an additional breakthrough in visual effect.
The applicant provided a structure of photo frame that has an additional entertainment function and also shows a unique visual effect in Taiwan Utility Model Publication No. M340768, wherein an aqua-lamp photo frame assembly is disclosed, comprising a base, a motor, a light-emitting element, and a light-transmittable aqua-lamp photo frame. The base comprises a body forming an open end. The motor is mounted inside the base and has a spindle to which a magnetic element is mounted. The light-emitting element is set inside the base and is controlled by a power circuit. The light-transmittable aqua-lamp photo frame forms a vision window around which a circular hollow channel is formed. The channel receives therein a flowable liquid (which can be a low boiling point liquid, such as calcium nitrate and dichloromethane) and forms a receiving slot in the bottom thereof opposing the magnetic element carried by the motor. The slot receives therein a movable member that is caused to move by the rotation of the magnetic element. As such, when the motor drives the rotation of the magnetic element, the switch-over of the magnetic poles makes the movable member rotating to induce swirl like flow of the liquid contained in the light-transmittable aqua-lamp photo frame, and the light-emitting element generate flashing and twinkling of light.
The present invention aims to provide a stereopsis LED aqua-lamp photo frame assembly that provides a stereopsis visual effect for viewing and entertainment.
Thus, the present invention provides a stereopsis LED aqua-lamp photo frame assembly comprising a base inside which an impedance heating type resistor that generates heat and an LED component that emits light are mounted. The base has a top that receives and supports an aqua-lamp photo frame that has front and rear surfaces respectively forming front-side and rear-side recessed chambers. One of the recessed chambers receives and holds therein a photo or a picture. The aqua-lamp photo frame forms therein a flow channel at a portion thereof corresponding to the two recessed chambers, whereby the heat generated by the resistor causes a low boiling point flowable medium contained in the aqua-lamp photo frame to flow and with the brilliant lighting provided by the LED component, spangles contained in the flowable medium can entrain the flowing medium to pass through the flow channel, serving as embellishment of the photo or picture, thereby enhancing a stereopsis effect of the photo frame.
The foregoing objectives and summary provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
The following descriptions are exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
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The base 1 comprises a body in which an open receptacle 11 is formed. The open receptacle 11 has an end face on which the impedance heating type resistor 12 (such as a regular electrical resistor, a ceramic resistor, or a chip resistor), which functions to generate heat, and the LED component 2 are mounted, both being electrically connected to an electrical power source to receive electrical power therefrom for generation of lighting and heat.
The aqua-lamp photo frame 3 comprises a body that, as a whole, is light transmittable and forms a hollow chamber 31. The hollow chamber 31 receives therein a flowable medium, such as a liquid (which can be a low boiling point liquid, for example calcium nitrate and dichloromethane), containing spangles, such as shiny flasks or shiny particles. The aqua-lamp photo frame 3 has front-side and rear-side surfaces, each of which forms a recessed chamber 32, 33. The rear-side recessed chamber 33 is shaped and sized to receive a photo 4 or a picture therein. Further, the hollow chamber 31 of the aqua-lamp photo frame 3 forms an inwardly recessed width-reduced section, serving as a flow channel 34, at a portion thereof corresponding substantially to the two recessed chambers 32, 33.
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To summarize, the stereopsis LED aqua-lamp photo frame assembly according to the present invention shows several advantages, some of which are listed as follows:
(1) The stereopsis LED aqua-lamp photo frame assembly according to the present invention comprises a base that contains therein LED component(s) for light emission and impedance heating type resistor(s) for heat generation to cause circulation of a flowable medium, as wall as spangles entraining the circulating medium, so as to provide a photo frame that shows a unique illumination visual effect and also forms fascinating embellishment for the photo.
(2) The stereopsis LED aqua-lamp photo frame assembly according to the present invention comprises an aqua-lamp photo frame that forms a hollow chamber in communication with a flow channel to allow a flowable medium to alternately and interchangeably flow therebetween, whereby the flowable medium, as well as spangles that entrain the medium, is allowed to flow in front of a photo so as to form dazzlingly brilliant and fascinating embellishment for the photo and induce a stereopsis effect for the photo.
(3) The stereopsis LED aqua-lamp photo frame assembly according to the present invention comprises an aqua-lamp photo frame that form front-side and rear-side recessed chambers of which one receives and holds therein a photo, whereby the photo can be viewed from the other recessed chamber that provides stereopsis visual effects of magnification and light diffraction.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
