Appeal No. 2006-0576
Application No. 10/284,473
The claimed invention relates to a curing lamp which includes a band-pass filter
which transmits light having a particular wavelength and reflects light having other
wavelengths. A heat sink, formed of a woolen material such as steel wool, is provided
proximate the band-pass filter and serves to absorb the light transmitted through the
band-pass filter and to dissipate the associated heat.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A lamp light trap and heat transfer apparatus comprising:
a light source adapted to radiate light having a plurality of wavelengths including
light having a wavelength in a first range and a wavelength outside of the first range;
a band-pass filter positioned in the path of at least some of the light which the
light source is adapted to radiate, the band-pass filter being adapted to reflect light
having wavelengths in the first range and to transmit light having wavelengths outside of
said first range;
a heat sink provided proximate the band-pass filter, wherein the heat sink is
formed of a woolen material adapted to absorb the light transmitted by the band-pass
filter.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references:1
Nath 4,149,086 Apr. 10, 1979
Glaus 4,644,899 Feb. 24, 1987
Arai et al. (Arai) 5,932,886 Aug. 03, 1999
1 In addition, the Examiner relies on Appellant’s admissions as to the
prior art at paragraphs 0005-0011 of the specification and Figure 1 of
the drawings.
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