Patents Assigned to The Obie Company
  • Patent number: 5816690
    Abstract: A compact and efficient theatrical light that includes four mirrors, a gobo apparatus a colorchanger/dowser/diffusion system, and a lens system. The light beam is reflected four times, each time by 90 degrees. The second reflection is perpendicular to the plane formed by the initial path of the beam and the path after the first reflection. The gobo, the lens system and the colorchanger/dowser/diffusion system are located between the second and the third mirrors. This achieves a very compact, but fully capable light which may be attached to and protected by a truss system when in use and when in transport.Also discussed is a simple color changer/dowser/diffusion system with color glass panels mounted to tracks and moveable into and out of the optical path by cables connected to each panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: The Obie Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Romano, Robert A. Fry