GB2264555B - Flame effect display and method of producing a flame effect - Google Patents

Flame effect display and method of producing a flame effect

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Publication number
GB2264555B
GB2264555B GB9303409A GB9303409A GB2264555B GB 2264555 B GB2264555 B GB 2264555B GB 9303409 A GB9303409 A GB 9303409A GB 9303409 A GB9303409 A GB 9303409A GB 2264555 B GB2264555 B GB 2264555B
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flame effect
producing
effect display
flame
display
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GB2264555A (en
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Philip Coats
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INGLEBY
KENHOLME APPLIANCES
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INGLEBY
KENHOLME APPLIANCES
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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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S10/00—Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect
    • F21S10/04—Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect simulating flames
    • F21S10/043—Lighting devices or systems producing a varying lighting effect simulating flames by selectively switching fixed light sources
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B39/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources
    • H05B39/09—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources in which the lamp is fed by pulses
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/40—Details of LED load circuits
    • H05B45/44—Details of LED load circuits with an active control inside an LED matrix
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Illuminated Signs And Luminous Advertising (AREA)
  • Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
GB9303409A 1992-02-28 1993-02-19 Flame effect display and method of producing a flame effect Expired - Fee Related GB2264555B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GB929204362A GB9204362D0 (en) 1992-02-28 1992-02-28 Fuel and/or flame effect

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GB9303409D0 GB9303409D0 (en) 1993-04-07
GB2264555A GB2264555A (en) 1993-09-01
GB2264555B true GB2264555B (en) 1996-03-27

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GB9303409A Expired - Fee Related GB2264555B (en) 1992-02-28 1993-02-19 Flame effect display and method of producing a flame effect

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