Don W. Prideaux

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Donald William Prideaux (* 1. September 1903 in Houghton , Michigan , United States , † January 1991 in Orange , California ) was an American engineer who 1958/59 an Oscar -badge (Class II) in the category "Science and Development ” .

patent

In 1958/59 Prideaux, along with his colleague Leroy G. Leighton and the Lamp Division of General Electric Co., had the honor of being awarded an Oscar plaque. The duo received the award for the design and production of an improved 10-kilowatt incandescent lamp for lighting films. The design of this lamp was based on US Pat. No. 2,933,632 to Leighton, which used a collector screen (or optical grating ) placed over the filament . The sieve that was now in place allowed tungsten atoms and particles convex over the filament to be captured. This led to an improved light output with a longer burning time as well as a reduction in the excessive heating and bubble formation on the glass surface above the filament. The lamp also had a Bipost structure for the power supply. The collector shade lamp was very large. This general improvement greatly increased the ability to record a movie for a much longer period of time at a near constant level of light.

Award

Don W. Prideaux and Leroy G. Leighton received the Academy Award for Science and Development (Scientific or Technical Award (Class II)) in 1958/59 “for the development and production of an improved 10-kilowatt lamp for lighting Film sets "(" for the development and production of an improved 10 kilowatt lamp for motion picture set lighting ").

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Place of birth and death on ancestry.com
  2. ↑ Don W. Prideaux see page collections.new.oscars.org (English).
  3. ↑ Donald W Prideaux's life data on deathfigures.com (English).
  4. ↑ Results Oscars 1958 (31st) see page collections.new.oscar.org Details (English).
  5. ↑ Leroy G. Leighton see page lamptech.co.uk/Documents (English).
personal data
SURNAME Prideaux, Don W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prideaux, Don William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American engineer
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Houghton , Michigan , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 1991
Place of death Orange , California