Back-to-back lampholder
AssigneePent Technologies, Inc.
InventorFrank Roe
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Abstract
A lampholder assembly in which lampholders are supported on a bracket in a back-to-back configuration with no gap therebetween is formed of a pair of insulative lampholders, each having a generally planar back surface and an opposite front face including a lamp receiving opening. One lampholder includes a set of two resilient latching pawls extending generally orthogonally from and to either side of the back surface thereof and the other lampholder includes a set of two rigid bosses extending from laterally opposite sides thereof. A lampholder mounting bracket receives the bosses and latching pawls to rigidly support the lampholders in back-to-back contact with one another.
Claims20
A lampholder assembly, comprising:
- a pair of insulative lampholders, each having a generally planar back surface and an opposite front face including a lamp receiving opening;
- one lampholder including a set of resilient latching pawls and the other lampholder including a set of rigid bosses, and
- a lampholder mounting bracket for receiving the bosses and latching pawls to rigidly support the lampholders in back-to-back contact with one another.
A lampholder support bracket, comprising:
- a generally flat body portion having a central opening for admitting a lampholder portion;
- a pair of arms extending generally orthogonally from the body portion, one to either side of and closely adjacent the central opening;
- a pair of snap fastener receiving openings in the body portion, one to either side of and closely adjacent the central opening for receiving and retaining corresponding lampholder latching pawls;
- a pair of boss receiving openings, one in each arm, for receiving and retaining respective lampholder bosses.
A method of concatenating a plurality of elongated fluorescent tubes in a longitudinally extending end-to-end assembly, comprising:
- assembling a plurality of lampholders, each of a type having a contact receiving front face and a generally flat back surface, including positioning first and last individual lampholders defining the longitudinal extent of the concatenated assembly, and positioning pairs of individual lampholders intermediate the first and last lampholders, each intermediate pair having respective back surfaces in contact and respective front faces spaced from and aligned with an adjacent lampholder front face to receive therebetween a fluorescent tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.