Torch Comprising a Battery Charging Device
AssigneeZweibruder Optoelectronics GmbH
InventorRainer Opolka
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Abstract
The invention relates to a torch (1) having rechargeable batteries and contacts (3) on the housing outer surface (4), via which a closed circuit with a battery charging device (2) can be produced, said device being provided with an adapter plug for connection to a passenger vehicle or goods vehicle outlet, in particular a cigarette lighter socket (8). According to the invention, the battery charging device has a pot-shaped or sleeve-shaped housing (6), into which the torch (1) can be plugged such that contacts (7) on the inner surface of the housing (6) bear against the contacts (3) of the housing outer wall (4) of the torch (1).
Claims11
A flashlight with rechargeable batteries, a light source, and contacts on the outer surface of its housing via which a closed circuit can be produced with a battery charger provided with an adapter plug for connection to a car or truck socket, in particular a cigarette lighter socket wherein the battery charger is a can-shaped or casing-shaped housing into which the flashlight can be inserted in such a manner that contacts on the inner jacket of the housing rest on the contacts of the outer housing wall of the flashlight.
In a vehicle, in combination:
- an electrical-power socket;
- a sleeve-shaped charger fittable in the socket and having inwardly directed charger contacts;
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- a flashlight having
- a housing fittable in charger,
- rechargeable batteries in the housing,
- a light source energizable to emit light by the batteries,
- flashlight contacts exposed on an outside surface of the housing and engageable with the charger contacts when the housing is fitted in the charger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.