Inspection light assembly

A portable cordless inspection light assembly comprising:

• a lamp capable of producing a spectral distribution which is substantially identical to daylight color temperature, said lamp having first and second opposite ends, having an outer surface between said ends, having a larger cross sectional area at said second end than at said first end, having a reflector portion adjacent said second end and a light outlet lens across said second end, and having an electrically operable bulb partially within said reflector portion with electrical contact pins for said bulb at said first end;
• a housing comprising a generally tubular housing portion having an axis, a first end, a second end, and a through axially extending opening between said ends;
• means for mounting said lamp within said opening with the second end of said lamp transverse of said opening adjacent the second end of said housing portion and with the lamp between the second and first ends of the lamp extending along said through opening toward the first end of said housing portion;
• means for providing air passageways communicating externally of said housing portion from said through opening around the outer surface of said lamp and adjacent the second end of said lamp;
• a fan assembly within said opening through said housing portion, said fan assembly being electrically operable to propel air through said opening between the first and second ends of said housing portion over said outer surface of said lamp, and through said air passageways around the second end of said lamp;
• said housing further comprising a handle portion adapted for manual engagement, and means for supporting a battery on said housing;
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• said inspection light including means for making electrical connections between a battery on said means for supporting and said bulb and said fan assembly.