Patent ID: 8944646
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: F21S,F21W,G02B

Abstract:
1. An effects wheel assembly for a light fixture suitable to generate a light beam, the effects wheel assembly comprising: a supporting device which rotates about a first axis; an effects wheel having a hub that extends about a second axis, and an effects portion that extends about the hub and is suitable to generate optical effects when intercepting the light beam; wherein the supporting device and the effects wheel are selectively connectable to each other; and wherein the supporting device comprises: a first jaw and a second jaw, wherein one of the first or second jaws includes a substantially cylindrical annular section, the cylindrical annular section is received into the other of the first or second jaws, and the first and second jaws are arranged and configured to be elastically operated in an axial direction to clamp the effects wheel in a releasable manner when the hub is inserted between the first and second jaws; and a biasing member arranged and configured to provide a relative axial bias of the first and second jaws toward each other; wherein the hub includes a plate having a radial slot delimited by an edge, the supporting device including an abutting and centering element suitable to be coupled with the hub along the radial slot and arranged in abutment against the edge when the first axis and the second axis are reciprocally aligned; wherein the plate and the effects portion are substantially coplanar, and the radial slot of the plate extends generally along the effects portion.