Patent ID: 6850673

Claim:
A method of providing light comprising: generating white light from a plurality of white light sources; focusing the white light into beams of white light; transferring the beams of white light to a plurality of light guides to create guided beams; combining the guided beams in a main light guide to create a single combined guided beam; and emitting the single combined guided beam from the main light guide; wherein the white light sources are light emitting diodes or sulfur fusion lamps, wherein the step of focusing uses a fused glass fiber optic polycarbonate imager, wherein the step of focusing uses a parabolic reflector coupled to a collimating lens assembly, the light guides are liquid light guides, the intensity of the guided beams is varied by varying the number of the white light sources that are allowed to emit light, and the plurality of white light sources are connected to a rotary switch for controlling the operation of each white light source.