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US4250537:
Discotheque simulating home entertainment system
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Roegner, George P.; Far Hills, NJ
Hawley, Richard; Santa Claus, IN
Steen, Howard; Santa Claus, IN
Biener, Sig; Santa Claus, IN
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| Assignee: |
Soundesign Corporation, Jersey City, NJ
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| Published / Filed: |
1981-02-10
/ 1979-05-17
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| Application Number: |
US1979000040150
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63J 17/00;
B44F 1/00;
F21S 10/06;
IPC-7:
F21V 7/04;
F21V 33/00;
G11B 1/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63J17/00; B44F1/00; F21S10/06;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
362/086;
040/431;
040/455;
362/087;
362/133;
362/253;
362/297;
362/343;
362/346;
362/348;
362/811;
369/005;
369/012;
Original:
362/086;
362/087;
362/253;
362/297;
362/343;
362/346;
362/348;
362/811;
362/133;
040/431;
040/455;
369/005;
369/012;
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| Field of Search: |
040/431,433,455-457
362/811,35,86-87,133,253,806,297,343,346-348,350,297
D14/015,18,22-23
D21/064,112
274/10 D,2
084/464
353/015-16
358/250,254
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| Priority Number: |
| 1979-05-17 |
US1979000040150 |
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| Abstract: |
A home entertainment system and lighting cabinet simulates the sound and lighting effects of a discotheque. Light rays from a bank of differently colored lights are directed both to a mirrored rotating globe and to a rear reflecting panel behind the globe. A plurality of reflecting part-spherical domes and pyramidal-like projections are arranged on the rear panel and are configurated to reflect at least some of the impinging light rays back to the globe for subsequent reflection therefrom. The light rays reflected off the globe, domes and projections are projected about the room in which the system is located in a very dense pattern of reflected differently colored images. A stereo music system is mounted on the cabinet to combine a discotheque sound effect with the above-described lighting effect.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Kirschstein, Kirschstein, Ottinger & Cobrin ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Bentley, Stephen C.; Miles, Edward F.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims:
1. An entertainment system for simulating the sound and lighting effects of a discotheque in a room in which the entertainment system is located, comprising:
- (a) an upright support for supporting the entertainment system on the floor of the room;
- (b) sound-generating means mounted on the support and operative for transmitting amplified sounds;
- (c) a mirrored generally ball-shaped globe mounted on the support for rotation about a vertical axis, said mirrored globe having a plurality of reflecting surfaces located on its outer surface;
- (d) light-generating means mounted on the support at a location remote from the mirrored globe, and operative for transmitting light rays, some of which impinge on and reflect off the mirrored globe to thereby project reflected images in a scattered pattern on the surrounding surfaces of the room in which the system is located;
- (e) means for rotating the mirrored globe such that the projected reflected images are scanned across the surrounding room surfaces to thereby project thereon a moving light pattern which together with the amplified sounds transmitted by the sound-generating means simulate the amplified sound and moving light environment of a discotheque;
- (f) additional light-reflecting means mounted on the support for increasing the number of scattered reflected images on the room surfaces to thereby provide a denser lighting pattern, including a reflecting panel mounted on the support and having a rear reflecting portion which is located rearwardly of the globe and which extends in a direction generally parallel to said vertical axis;
- (g) said additional light-generating means being mounted on the support at a location forwardly of the mirrored globe such that first ones of the light rays are transmitted rearwardly towards the globe for direct impingement thereon and thereupon for reflection therefrom, and such that second ones of the light rays are transmitted rearwardly past the mirrored globe without impinging directly thereon;
- (h) said rear reflecting portion being located in the paths of some of said first and second rays such that some of said first rays are reflected from said rear reflecting portion in a direction generally away from the globe, and such that some of said second rays are reflected back towards the globe for direct impingement thereon and for subsequent reflection therefrom;
- (i) said rear reflecting portion having an array of generally cup-shaped reflecting domes thereon which are so configurated such that said some second light rays are focused back towards the globe for direct impingement thereon and for subsequent reflection therefrom, whereby said some second light rays which impinge the turning globe directly from the reflecting domes as well as the first light rays which impinge the turning globe directly from the light-generating means are all scanned across the room surfaces to thereby project thereon a moving light pattern; and
- (j) said domes being arranged in horizontally-extending rows and vertically-extending columns, each dome having a part-spherical configuration.
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