Luminaire utilizing gasket vent
AssigneeIDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
InventorsTheodore D. Lowes, Chandan Bhat, Mark Youmans
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Abstract
According to one example aspect, a device for venting a luminaire compartment comprises a luminaire compartment disposed between first and second luminaire components and one or more luminaire gaskets maintaining a weather-proof seal about the luminaire compartment. The device further comprises one or more venting tubes traversing the one or more luminaire gaskets such that the one or more venting tubes extend into the luminaire compartment and the one or more venting tubes equalize one or more environmental parameters of the luminaire compartment with one or more environmental parameters of the ambient environment.
Claims20
A device for venting a luminaire compartment, comprising:
- a luminaire compartment disposed between first and second luminaire components;
- one or more luminaire gaskets maintaining a weather-proof seal about the luminaire compartment;
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- one or more venting tubes traversing the one or more luminaire gaskets;
- wherein the one or more venting tubes extend into the luminaire compartment such that the one or more venting tubes equalize one or more environmental parameters of the luminaire compartment with one or more environmental parameters of the ambient environment.
A method for providing a vent for one or more luminaire compartments, comprising:
- positioning one or more weather-proof gaskets about one or more compartments of a luminaire;
- wherein the one or more weather-proof gaskets prevent environmental debris from entering the one or more luminaire compartments;
- forming one or more tubes comprising one or more respective pointed ends;
- piercing the one or more weather-proof gaskets with at least one of the one or more pointed ends of the one or more tubes;
- inserting the one or more tubes through the one or more weather-proof gaskets;
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- wherein the one or more tubes remain disposed through the one or more weather-proof gaskets after piercing therethrough;
- providing passage of air between the one or more luminaire compartments and another one or more luminaire compartments so that the one or more luminaire compartments adjust to ambient environmental conditions.
A system for weather-proofing a light fixture, comprising:
- a gasket formed from a curable polymer dispensed about a perimeter of a first volume within a light fixture;
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- one or more tubes and one or more other electrical components disposed across the perimeter of the first volume about which the curable polymer is dispensed;
- wherein the one or more tubes extend into the first volume and into a second volume wherein the second volume comprises ambient environmental conditions;
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- wherein the one or more tubes extend a length out from the gasket such that a likelihood that an opening of the one or more tubes encounters environmental debris is decreased.
A system for weather-proofing a luminaire, comprising:
- a gasket formed from curable polymer dispensed about a perimeter of a first volume within the luminaire;
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- a tube disposed across the perimeter of the first volume about which the curable polymer is dispensed;
- wherein one or more luminaire components are disposed within the tube and traverse the gasket through the tube;
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- wherein conditions within the first volume are equalized with the ambient environmental conditions by passage of air through the tube and about the one or more other luminaire components disposed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.