Patent ID: 9488363
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: F16B,F21S,F21V,F21Y

Claim Text:
1. An illumination apparatus comprising: a first light emitting section; a thermal actuator configured to generate a driving force based on heat dissipated by said first light emitting section; and a displacement mechanism configured to displace at least one second light emitting section from a plurality of second light emitting sections by making use of said driving force generated based on said heat dissipated by said first light emitting section disposed opposite to said plurality of second light emitting sections, wherein said displacement mechanism includes a plurality of rotation-object holding sections each used for holding one of said plurality of second light emitting sections, wherein an uppermost rotation-object holding section of said plurality of rotation-object holding sections is positioned closest to the first light emitting section, and remaining of said plurality of rotation-object holding sections are positioned below said uppermost rotation-object holding section, and on one another.