Lighting devices

Claim 2

A lighting device comprising a thermoplastic mass of predetermined configuration, a plurality of first light emitting sources of the neon tube type hermetically embedded in said mass, lead wires extending from said sources, respectively to without said mass, respective means connected to said wires to energize said sources within said mass in a predetermined sequence, and broken areas integral with and located within said mass in the proximity of said light emitting sources to constitute fan-shaped mirroring formations at said sources.

Claim 3

A light display device comprising, in combination, a mass of preshaped resinous material, one or more light emitting bodies spaced from each other and substantially hermetically encased in said material, bare conductors lEading from each of said bodies through said mass therewithout and electrically insulated by the latter, circuit means including a plurality of time delay means controlling the rate of flow of electric current to said conductors of said bodies, respectively, and connected to an electric current supply source, incandescent colored lamp means switched to said circuit means for irradiating at least a portion of said mass in alternate relation to light effects emitted by said bodies, and light rays reflecting facet means forming part of said mass and embedded therein remote from the surface of said mass and coacting with the light effects of said light emitting bodies and of said colored lamp means.

Claim 4

A light display device comprising, in combination, a mass of preshaped resinous material, one or more light emitting bodies spaced from each other and substantially hermetically encased in said material, bare conductors lEading from each of said bodies through said mass therewithout and electrically insulated by the latter, circuit means including a plurality of time delay means controlling the rate of flow of electric current to said conductors of said bodies, respectively, and connected to an electric current supply source, incandescent colored lamp means switched to said circuit means for irradiating at least a portion of said mass in alternate relation to light effects emitted by said bodies, and light rays reflecting facet means forming part of said mass and embedded therein remote from the surface of said mass and coacting with the light effects of said light emitting bodies and of said colored lamp means.

Claim 5

A device according to claim 2, wherein said reflecting means are located in said mass in the proximity of said light emitting bodies, the colors of said lamp means being different from each other and contrasting with those of said bodies.

Claim 6

A device according to claim 2, wherein said bare conductors are surrounded in said mass by respective capillary ducts along which light rays are perceivable which emanate from said light emitting bodies and said lamp means.

Claim 7

A device according to claim 2, said plurality of time delay means being connected to one side of said circuit means, a mounting board carrying on one face said light emitting bodies including their conductors and supporting on the opposite face the remainder of said circuit means including said time delay means and said incandescent lamp means which are joined to the other side of said circuit means, and a hollow support for said mass, said mounting board forming a partition between said preshaped mass and said support.

Claim 8

A device according to claim 2, including a variable resistance element connected via said circuit means to said plurality of time delay means for simultaneously changing the periodic energization of said light bodies.

Claim 9

A device according to claim 2, in which said bare conductors form light conducting cannulas within said mass.

Claim 10

A display device having lighting means and a hollow base for accommodating therein means forming an electric circuitry to operate said lighting means; comprising a substantially transparent upright receptacle forming a mold, a translucent resinous mass of predetermined color filling at least partly said mold, said lighting means being neon glow bulbs arranged in said mass and having respective conductors insulated by said mass, said conductors being connected to said circuitry in said base, and actuatable means forming part of said circuitry to operate said lighting means in predetermined sequence and fashion.

Claim 11

A display device having lighting means and a hollow base for accommodating therein means forming an electric circuitry to operate said lighting means; comprising a substantially transparent upright receptacle forming a mold, a translucent resinous mass of predetermined color filling at least partly said mold, said lighting means being neon glow bulbs arranged in said mass and having respective conductors insulated by said mass, said conductors being connected to said circuitry in said base, and actuatable means forming part of said circuitry to operate said lighting means in predetermined sequence and fashion.

Claim 12

A display device according to claim 8, said lighting means forming a series of neon glow bulbs of which some are operated at times different than others to bring about differing lighting effects from within said receptacle for perception therewithout.

Claim 13

In a display device for producing light effects, the combination of a thermoplastic body, with a neon glow light source hermetically embedded within said thermoplastic body, insulation-bare conductors leading spaced from each other from the terminals of said neon glow light source through said body, and light conducting means forming ducts within said body and structured for accommodating said conductors and for guiding rays of light from said light source along the walls of said ducts.

Claim 14

In a display device for producing light effects, the combination of a thermoplastic body, with a neon glow light source hermetically embedded within said thermoplastic body, insulation-bare conductors leading spaced from each other from the terminals of said neon glow light source through said body, and light conducting means forming ducts within said body and structured for accommodating said conductors and for guiding rays of light from said light source along the walls of said ducts.

Claim 15

In a display device according to claim 10, wherein said neon glow light source is located completely heat-insulated in said body, enclosing further a fluorescent and like substance to enhance the effects of said light source.

Claim 16

In a lighting device according to claim 10, including one or more facet portions formed in and integrally with said body, which constitute fan-shaped mirroring formations to enhance the lighting effect of said light source.