NOMA-World Wide Fiber Optic Christmas Tree (1973 Patent)
- Year
- 1973 Source verified
- Manufacturer
- Noma-World Wide Inc. Source verified
About this item
Artificial Christmas tree lit by sprays of optical fibers fed from a lamp in the base, with a turning color wheel that shifts the colors at the fiber tips. The patent was assigned to Noma-World Wide Inc. and granted in 1973, an early documented fiber-optic tree design and a forerunner of the fiber-optic trees of the 1970s and later.
Details
- Holiday
- Christmas
- Archive type
- Decoration
- Materials
- artificial tree, optical fiber bundles, base lamp, rotating color wheel
Collector details
Research notes
The patent documents the design. Retail models and names sold under it have not been identified.
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Sources & verification
- US Patent 3,766,376: Artificial Christmas Tree Illuminated by Optic Fiber Sprays Other Supports: Inventors Albert V. Sadacca and Bernard Paulfus; assignee Noma-World Wide Inc; filed March 2, 1972; granted October 16, 1973; base light source and rotating color wheel View source