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WO2008073786A3
WO2008073786A3 PCT/US2007/086537 US2007086537W WO2008073786A3 WO 2008073786 A3 WO2008073786 A3 WO 2008073786A3 US 2007086537 W US2007086537 W US 2007086537W WO 2008073786 A3 WO2008073786 A3 WO 2008073786A3
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flame
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Larry K Moreland
Richard W Burkett
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HNI Technologies Inc
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C7/00—Stoves or ranges heated by electric energy
    • F24C7/002—Stoves
    • F24C7/004—Stoves simulating flames

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Illuminated Signs And Luminous Advertising (AREA)

Abstract

The present invention includes an apparatus and method of simulating a flame. The apparatus and method provides a top down projection of a simulated flame. The simulated flame may include a multilayered flame effect and may be viewed from both the front and the rear so as to provide a realistic uninterrupted flame with varying color. One embodiment may include a light source, a gobo with a flame pattern formed therein, a rotating disc that spins on a motor, and a lens. The light is formed into a flame pattern by the gobo transmitted through the disc such that the refraction and intensity of the light transmitting therethrough is constantly altered as the disc rotates. The lens focuses the flame pattern. In one embodiment the present invention may include a generally see-through viewing screen onto which the flame pattern is projected.
PCT/US2007/086537 2006-12-11 2007-12-05 Topdown simulated flame Ceased WO2008073786A2 (en)

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