1. A lighting apparatus for motor vehicles, the lighting apparatus comprising:
a plurality of chambers having at least one light source each and being formed by one light unit each;
a baffle frame having a plurality of openings, each being dedicated to a respective light unit;
at least one cover pane, which is mounted to a front side of the baffle frame;
a plurality of light modules having front housing rims that are mounted to an area of a rear side of the baffle frame; and
at least one adaptor for adjusting the size of the baffle frame openings,
wherein a rear side of the baffle frame is adapted to connect to the front housing rim of each light module, and wherein the at least one adaptor has two free ends with bars thereon.
2. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a terminating module,
wherein at the terminating module, the baffle frame is connected with the cover pane.
3. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one adaptor extends substantially transversely to an optical axis of light emitted by the lighting apparatus.
4. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the baffle frame and the cover pane, as well as the baffle frame and the at least one adaptor, as well as the adaptor and the front housing wall of the at least one of the light modules are respectively attached to one another by adhesion.
5. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the light modules has a pivotable reflector.
6. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising at least one bracket connecting the baffle frame to a vehicle body.
7. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of adaptors to connect the baffle frame andor the terminating module to light modules,
wherein at least one of the plurality of adaptors has two free ends with bars thereon which are adapted to engage with a groove in the front housing rim as well as with a groove in the baffle frame.
8. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one adaptor is distinct from the baffle frame and a light module for adjustably connecting the substantially same fixed size baffle frame openings and at least one of the variably sized light modules.
9. A lighting apparatus for motor vehicles, the lighting apparatus comprising:
a plurality of chambers having at least one light source each and being formed by one light unit each;
a baffle frame having a plurality of openings, each opening being dedicated to a respective light unit;
at least one cover pane, which is mounted to a front side of the baffle frame; and
a plurality of light modules which are mounted to an area of a rear side of the baffle frame; and
at least one adaptor for adjusting the size of the baffle frame openings,
wherein a rear side of the baffle frame is formed such that it conforms to connect to a front housing rim of each light module, and
wherein the baffle frame is provided with tubular wall segments, which connect to a front reflector rim of respective corresponding reflector of the light module, spaced in a light-exit direction, and wherein the at least one adaptor has two free ends with bars thereon.
10. A lighting apparatus for motor vehicles, the lighting apparatus comprising:
a plurality of chambers having at least one light source each and being formed by one light unit each;
a baffle frame having a plurality of openings, each being dedicated to a respective light unit;
at least one cover pane, which is mounted to a front side of the baffle frame; and
a plurality of light modules which are mounted to an area of a rear side of the baffle frame,
wherein the rear side of the baffle frame is formed such that it conforms to connect to a front housing rim of each light module, and wherein one of the light modules is directly connected with the baffle frame, wherein a reflector of the light module includes a first reflector segment, which is dedicated to a first light source of the light module, for generating a first light function, and of a second reflector segment, which is dedicated to a second light source of the light module, for generating a second light function.
11. The lighting apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, in order to generate an adaptive light function, the first reflector segment is arranged on a side of the light module that faces the center of the vehicle.
12. The lighting apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a screw connection adapted to connect the first reflector segment with the second reflector segment.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A process for detecting a fault in a flowing liquid sheet, the process comprising the steps of:
transmitting an electromagnetic beam to the sheet so as to irradiate approximately an entire width of the sheet in a direction approximately transverse to the sheet;
recovering a beam reflected by the sheet by means of a collector;
defining a reference position of the reflected beam on the collector; and
noting deviations of the reflected beam in relation to the previously defined reference position.
2. A detection process according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic beam is emitted by an electromagnetic source which is moved in the transverse direction by means of a rail, the collector being moved in a synchronized way with the electromagnetic source.
3. A detection process according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic beam is emitted by an electromagnetic source which is moved by means of a rotating mirror.
4. A detection process according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic beam irradiates approximately the entire width of the sheet through a slot.
5. A detection process according to claim 2, wherein the beam reflected by the sheet is recovered by the collector which is arranged approximately perpendicular to a plane defined by the sheet when the sheet is in a stable position.
6. A detection process according to claim 3, wherein the beam reflected by the sheet is recovered by the collector which is arranged approximately perpendicular to a plane defined by the sheet when the sheet is in a stable position.
7. A detection process according to claim 5, wherein the collector is a position detector.
8. A detection process according to claim 6, wherein the collector is a position detector.
9. A detection process according to claim 5, wherein the collector is a screen on which the deviations of the reflected beam are observed by means of a camera.
10. A detection process according to claim 6, wherein the collector is a screen on which the deviations of the reflected beam are observed by means of a camera.
11. A process according to claim 4, wherein the reflected beam is recovered on a suitable paper.
12. A process according to claim 1, wherein the emitted beam is a light beam.
13. A process according to claim 1, wherein the emitted beam is a laser beam using visible or infrared light.
14. A coating process using a curtain of a photographic composition, wherein the composition runs on a surface to a lip from which the composition flows so as to form the curtain, the process comprising the steps of:
transmitting an electromagnetic beam to the curtain so as to irradiate approximately an entire width of the curtain in a direction approximately transverse to the curtain;
recovering a beam reflected by the curtain by means of a collector;
defining a reference position of the reflected beam on the collector;
noting deviations of the reflected beam in relation to the previously defined reference position; and
stopping the flow of the curtain when a position of the reflected beam on the collector is offset from the position set in relation to the reference position.
15. A coating process according to claim 14, wherein the emitted beam irradiates the curtain in a direction approximately transverse to the curtain at a distance from the lip of between 0 and 10 cm.
16. A process according to claim 15, wherein the emitted beam irradiates the curtain in a direction approximately transverse to the curtain at a distance from the lip of about 2 cm.
17. A detection apparatus for detecting a fault in a flowing liquid sheet comprising:
a radiating source for emitting an electromagnetic beam;
a shifting device adapted to move the radiating source so that the beam emitted by the radiating source irradiates approximately an entire width of the sheet in a direction approximately transverse to the sheet; and
a collector to recover a beam reflected by the sheet.
18. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the collector is a position detector.
19. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the collector is a screen on which deviations of the reflected beam are observed by means of a camera.
20. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the shifting device is a rail which moves the radiating source and the collector in a synchronized way.
21. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the shifting device is a rotating mirror.
22. A detection apparatus for detecting a fault in a flowing liquid sheet comprising:
a radiating source for emitting an electromagnetic beam;
a slot through which the radiating source irradiates approximately an entire width of the sheet in a direction approximately transverse to the sheet; and
a collector to recover a beam reflected by the sheet.