Articulating crack curing lamp and method
A curing lamp apparatus mounts to a work surface with a suction cup. A base is mounted to the suction cup and defines a hinge point for a first bar. At a distal end of the first bar, a second bar is hingedly mounted to the first bar. A first lamp element is hingedly mounted to one end of the second bar. A second lamp element is hingedly mounted to a second end of the second bar. The first and second lamp elements are positionable in a variety of positions to follow the path of a crack in a surface to be repaired. The lamp elements are also foldable into a storage position.
1. A curing lamp apparatus for mounting to a work surface comprising:
a suction cup defining a longitudinal axis perpendicular to a suction cup surface engageable with the work surface;
a base mounted to the suction cup;
a first bar having a proximal end hingedly mounted to the base and a distal end extending from the base, and further defining a first hinge point between the base and the proximal end of the bar;
a first lamp element hingedly mounted to the distal end of the first bar and defining a second hinge point, and further defining a third hinge point between the first lamp element and a second bar;
a second lamp element hingedly mounted to a distal end of the second bar to form a line of lamp elements.
2. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third bar hingedly mounted to the second lamp element, and a third lamp element hingedly mounted to a distal end of the third bar to form a longer line of lamp elements.
3. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a fourth bar hingedly mounted to the third lamp element, and a fourth lamp element hingedly mounted to a distal end of the fourth bar to form a still longer line of lamp elements.
4. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a second suction cup mounted to an end of the line of lamp elements.
5. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 1 , further defining a fourth hinge point between the second distal end of the second bar and the second lamp element.
6. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a second suction cup mounted to an end of the line of lamp elements.
7. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each lamp element includes a UV LED PC board assembly connectable to an adjacent UV LED PC board assembly of further lamp element.
8. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the lamp elements include:
a PCB;
a light source.
9. A curing lamp apparatus for mounting to a work surface comprising:
a suction cup defining a longitudinal axis perpendicular to a suction cup surface engageable with the work surface;
a base mounted to the suction cup;
a bar having first and second ends, wherein the first end is mounted to the base, and the second end defines a distal end spaced from the base;
a first lamp element hingedly mounted at a proximal end to the distal end of the bar to define a first axis parallel to the longitudinal axis;
a second lamp element hingedly mounted at a proximal end to a distal end of the first lamp element.
10. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a third lamp element hingedly mounted at a proximal end to a distal end of the second lamp element.
11. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a fourth lamp element hingedly mounted at a proximal end to a distal end of the third lamp element.
12. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth lamp elements define linear light sources.
13. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first, second, and third lamp elements define linear light sources.
14. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first end of the bar is hingedly mounted to the base.
15. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first and second lamp elements define linear light sources.
16. The curing lamp apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a second suction cup mounted to an end of a last lamp element of a line of the lamp elements, distal from the base.