A LIGHT HARDENING DEVICE AND A LIGHT SOURCE SUITABLE FOR USE IN A LIGHT HARDENING DEVICE

摘要

A light hardening device is provided and includes a light sourcehaving a plurality of LEDs supplied by an electrical energy source, and acooling device arranged upstream of the light source and operable to coolthe light hardening device. The LED arrangement is disposed on a rearsurface of a cooling body and the light hardening device has a connectionin the manner of a halogen glow lamp. Also, a light source is providedhaving a plurality of LEDs, a cooling body on which the LEDs aremounted, and a connector element and an overall exterior geometry,each of which corresponds to the respective connector element andoverall exterior geometry of a conventional reflecting halogen glow lamphaving a rated voltage of 12 volts.