Patent ID: 7175314

Claim:
A unidirectional lighting device for illuminating objects and/or for marking lanes, preferably in the airport area, having: a main body for erecting and fastening the lighting device, said main body including an external housing, and having optical components for generating a light beam along an optical axis, the optical components including at least a light source, a reflector and a front glass, wherein the optical components are arranged in an optics module which can be attached to the main body, the external housing is non-metallic and that the optics module is rotatably linked to the main body via a pivoting means, wherein the optics module can be swung between an operating position in which it is fixed to the main body, and an opened maintenance position giving unimpeded access to the optical components, wherein the main body has an upper part that includes the optics module, with the upper part being fixed to a lower part in tiltable relation about a horizontal axis and rotatable about a vertical axis in relation to the lower part of the main body, wherein the lower part supports the upper part.