1. A border lighting strip comprising:
an electrical cable including a plurality of electrical conductors;
a plurality of light emitting devices (LEDs) arranged alongside the electrical cable and electrically connected thereto; and
a sheath at least partially made from a light transmissive material, said sheath having a hollow region adapted to receive the LEDs, and an integrally formed cylindrical lens arranged to optically cooperate with the LEDs.
2. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sheath includes:
an extruded length of light transmissive material of high refractive index.
3. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein the sheath includes:
an extruded length of a wave guiding material.
4. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein the plurality of LEDs are arranged such that they face the same direction.
5. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 4, wherein the cylindrical lens is arranged parallel to the cable such that the plurality of LEDs face the cylindrical lens.
6. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein each LED has associated therewith a lead frame which provides for electrical connection of the LED to the cable.
7. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 1, further including:
a plurality of LED sockets that receive the LEDs and effectuate connection of the LEDs to the cable.
8. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 1, further including:
a plurality of crimps corresponding to the plurality of LEDs which electrically and mechanically connect the LEDs to the electrical cable.
9. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 1, wherein:
the light emitting devices (LEDs) include light emitting diodes.
10. The border lighting strip as set forth in claim 9, wherein the light emitting diodes are selected from a group consisting of:
phosphide-based red light emitting diodes,
blue or bluegreen nitride-based light emitting diodes, and
phosphor-coated UV light emitting diodes emitting white or other colored light.
11. A linear lamp comprising:
an essentially hollow tube of translucent or transparent material;
a plurality of light emitting elements arranged within the tube; and
at least one electrical wire arranged within the tube for supplying electrical power to the light emitting elements.
12. The linear lamp as set forth in claim 11, wherein the tube includes:
a wave guide portion that distributes light generated by the light emitting elements along the tube.
13. The linear lamp as set forth in claim 11, wherein the tube includes:
a refracting portion that spreads light generated by the light emitting elements in a plane perpendicular to the tube.
14. The linear lamp as set forth in claim 11, further including:
a plurality of conductors that electrically and mechanically connect the light emitting elements to the at least one electrical wire.
15. The linear lamp as set forth in claim 11, wherein:
the tube of translucent or transparent material is flexible whereby the linear lamp is flexible and arrangeable in a non-straight orientation.
16. A lighting strip comprising:
a cord including a plurality of parallel conductive wires and an insulating coating;
a plurality of light emitting elements affixed to the cord and arranged to receive electrical power therefrom; and
an at least partially light transmissive tube surrounding the plurality of light emitting elements and at least a portion of the cord.
17. The lighting strip as set forth in claim 16, wherein the tube further includes:
an integral optical element that distributes light emitted by the plurality of light emitting elements along the lighting strip.
18. The lighting strip as set forth in claim 16, wherein the tube further includes:
a lens integrally formed with the tube that optically communicates with the plurality of light emitting elements.
19. The lighting strip as set forth in claim 16, wherein the light emitting elements include light emitting diodes.
20. The lighting strip as set forth in claim 16, further including:
at least one mount that attaches the light emitting elements to the cord.
21. The lighting strip as set forth in claim 16, wherein the tube is formed by an extrusion molding.
22. The lighting strip as set forth in claim 16, wherein the tube includes a color tinting.
23. A method for manufacturing a lighting strip, the method comprising:
electrically connecting a plurality of light emitting devices to an electrical cable to form a linear light source;
extruding a transparent or translucent sheath adapted to receive the linear light source; and
inserting the linear light source into the extruded sheath.
24. The method as set forth in claim 23, wherein the extruding includes:
extruding a cylindrical lens integrally with the extruding of the sheath.
25. The method as set forth in claim 23, wherein electrically connecting includes:
attaching a mount to the electrical cable, which attaching includes an electrical connection between the mount and the cable; and
physically and electrically bonding one of the light emitting devices to the mount.
26. The method as set forth in claim 23, wherein electrically connecting includes:
crimping electrical leads of one of the light emitting devices to the electrical cable to establish an electrical connection therebetween; and
repeating the crimping for each of the plurality of light emitting devices.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An adhesive applicator comprising:
sheet bundle holding means that holds a sheet bundle at a predetermined posture;
an adhesive container that stores adhesive;
applicator roller means disposed in the adhesive container;
moving means that drives the applicator roller means or the sheet bundle holding means so that the applicator roller means and sheet bundle move relative to each other; and
a scraper blade that adjusts an adhesive layer applied to a backside of the sheet bundle by the applicator roller means to a predetermined thickness, said scraper blade being disposed above the adhesive container to move relative to a backside of the sheet bundle, the scraper blade being configured to push away excess adhesive from one end of the sheet bundle to other end thereof across the backside.
2. The adhesive applicator according to claim 1, wherein the scraper blade forms a predetermined gap with a backside edge of the sheet bundle, and is composed of a plate-shaped member set at a predetermined angle with regard to the backside of the sheet bundle to push away excess adhesive from one end of the backside to the other end.
3. The adhesive applicator according to claim 2, wherein the scraper blade forms a predetermined gap with the backside of the sheet bundle, and the gap gradually narrows toward an edge of the sheet bundle to push away excess adhesive.
4. The adhesive applicator according to claim 2, wherein the scraper blade forms a predetermined gap with the backside of the sheet bundle, and has a projection near the sheet bundle edge that pushes excess adhesive, and the projection gradually narrows the gap with the backside edge.
5. The adhesive applicator according to claim 1, wherein the scraper blade is composed of a plate-shaped member set at a predetermined angle across the backside to push away excess adhesive from one end of the backside of the sheet bundle to the other end; and the predetermined angle is set away from the applicator roller means to drop excess adhesive into the adhesive container.
6. An adhesive applicator comprising:
sheet bundle holding means that holds a sheet bundle at a predetermined posture;
an adhesive container that stores adhesive;
applicator roller means disposed in the adhesive container;
applicator roller moving means that moves the applicator roller means along a backside of the sheet bundle;
a scraper blade that adjusts an adhesive layer applied to the backside of the sheet bundle by the applicator roller means to a predetermined thickness; and
blade moving means that moves the scraper blade along the backside of the sheet bundle, said scraper blade forming a predetermined gap with the backside edge of the sheet bundle, and comprising a plate-shaped member set at a predetermined angle with regard to the backside of the sheet bundle to push away excess adhesive from one end of the backside to the other end.
7. The adhesive applicator according to claim 6, wherein the adhesive container is disposed to move along the backside of the sheet bundle, and is equipped with an adhesive container moving means that reciprocates the adhesive container; wherein
the applicator roller means and scraper blade are installed in the adhesive container; and
the applicator roller moving means and blade moving means comprise the container moving means.
8. The adhesive applicator according to claim 6, wherein the scraper blade forms a predetermined gap with the backside of the sheet bundle, and the gap gradually narrows toward an edge of the sheet bundle to push away excess adhesive.
9. The adhesive applicator according to claim 7, wherein the scraper blade forms a predetermined gap with the backside of the sheet bundle, and the gap gradually narrows toward an edge of the sheet bundle to push away excess adhesive.
10. The adhesive applicator according to claim 6, wherein the scraper blade forms a predetermined gap with the backside of the sheet bundle, and has a projection near the sheet bundle edge that pushes excess adhesive, and the projection gradually narrows the gap with the backside edge.
11. The adhesive applicator according to claim 7, wherein the scraper blade forms a predetermined gap with the backside of the sheet bundle, and has a projection near the sheet bundle edge that pushes excess adhesive, and the projection gradually narrows the gap with the backside edge.
12. The adhesive applicator according to claim 6, wherein the scraper blade comprises a plate-shaped member set at a predetermined angle across the backside to push away excess adhesive from one end of the backside of the sheet bundle to the other end; and the predetermined angle is set away from the applicator roller means to drop excess adhesive into the adhesive container.
13. The adhesive applicator according to claim 6, wherein the scraper blade comprises a flat plate-shaped member, and a predetermined gap is formed between a knife-edge of the plate-shaped member and the backside edge of the sheet bundle; and a level formed at a bottom, opposite side of the knife-edge of the plate-shaped member, gradually narrows the edge that pushes the excess adhesive.
14. The adhesive applicator according to claim 6, wherein the scraper blade comprises a flat plate-shaped member, and a predetermined gap is formed between a knife-edge of the plate-shaped member and the backside edge of the sheet bundle; and a level formed at a bottom, opposite side of the knife-edge of the plate-shaped member, gradually narrows the edge that pushes the excess adhesive.
15. A bookbinding apparatus, comprising:
sheet stacking means that stacks sheets into a sheet bundle;
an adhesive applicator that applies adhesive to a backside of a sheet bundle from the sheet stacking means;
cover sheet binding means that joins a cover sheet to the sheet bundle from the adhesive applicator; and
cover sheet folding means that fold the cover sheet over the sheet bundle positioned at the cover sheet binding means;
wherein the adhesive applicator has the configuration of claim 1.
16. A bookbinding apparatus, comprising:
sheet stacking means that stacks sheets into a sheet bundle;
an adhesive applicator that applies adhesive to a backside of a sheet bundle from the sheet stacking means;
cover sheet joining means that joins a cover sheet to the sheet bundle from the adhesive applicator;
cover sheet folding means that fold the cover sheet over the sheet bundle positioned at the cover sheet binding means;
wherein the adhesive applicator has the configuration of claim 3.