Sabbath Lamp Cover Track System for Light Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lamps for Sabbath observance either cannot be adjusted for directional light transmission or require complete removal and replacement of covers, leading to suboptimal light distribution and misalignment issues when trying to balance light for different users in a room.
Innovation Solution
A lamp with a track system that allows the cover to move upward and downward, enabling sliding and rotational movement to block or allow light transmission uniformly across 360 degrees, with a cover that can be positioned to vary light intensity and directionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the light encasement elements are misaligned to reduce the amount of light transmitted, then the light transmission is reduced, but the light becomes increasingly directionally transmitted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a rotatable cover that can be dynamically adjusted to different angular positions. Instead of using fixed misaligned encasement elements, the cover can be rotated to any angle to achieve the desired light transmission level while maintaining uniform 360-degree distribution. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by allowing the user to optimize both light amount and distribution uniformity simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the control parameter from fixed mechanical alignment of encasement elements to rotational positioning of a cover. By varying the rotational angle parameter, the system can control light transmission uniformly in all directions. This parameter change allows independent control of light amount without affecting directional distribution, resolving the technical contradiction.
2Illumination intensity
If the cover is completely removed and replaced to alternately reveal and block the light source, then light transmission can be fully controlled, but the cover may become separated and misplaced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical remove-and-replace cover system with a rotational cover system that stays in place. Instead of completely removing and replacing the cover, the user simply rotates it to the desired position. This substitution maintains full light transmission control while eliminating the risk of cover separation and misplacement, thereby resolving the contradiction between control flexibility and positioning reliability.
3Ease of operation
If the lamp is positioned to transmit light uniformly in all directions, then all areas receive equal light, but the amount of light transmitted increases which is contrary to what is needed for sleeping
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a dynamically rotatable cover that can be positioned at any angular orientation. When the cover is rotated to specific angular positions, it blocks light transmission while maintaining the structural symmetry that ensures uniform distribution when opened. This dynamic positioning allows the same device to provide either uniform 360-degree illumination or reduced light transmission, resolving the contradiction between distribution uniformity and light intensity control.
Data Source
AI summary
A lamp comprising: a light source, a cover configured to block the transmission of light from the light source, a cover interface portion configured to interface with the cover such that the cover is disposed for upward and downward movement with respect to the light source between a first position which is configured to fully block the transmission of light from the light source and at least one second position configured to allow light from the light source to illuminate an area around the lamp, the lamp comprising a track system operatively associated with the cover. The tracking system comprises at least one track and at least one tracking element, the track system configured for retaining the at least one tracking element for sliding movement along the at least one track to enable to be held at various heights.