Three-wire flat cable high-voltage plug-in light string and method of making thereof
AssigneeDongguan Yongfeng Lighting Co., Ltd
InventorZHUMEI DENG
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Abstract
A method of making a light string is disclosed. The method includes: providing a three-wire flat cable comprising a middle wire between two outer wires; cutting the middle wire at a first place to expose a first end and a second end of the middle wire; connecting a light source to the exposed first end and second end of the middle wire; inserting a tail cover of a lamp holder to protect the exposed first end and second end of the middle wire; wrapping the light source in a heat shrink tube to waterproof the light source; securing a lamp head on the tail section of the lamp holder; and attaching a decorative shell to the lamp head.
Claims15
A method of making a light string comprising:
- providing a three-wire flat cable comprising a middle wire between two outer wires;
- cutting the middle wire at a first place to expose a first end and a second end of the middle wire;
- connecting a light source to the exposed first end and second end of the middle wire;
- inserting a tail cover of a lamp holder to protect the exposed first end and second end of the middle wire;
- wrapping the light source in a heat shrink tube to waterproof the light source;
- securing a lamp head on the tail section of the lamp holder;
- and
- attaching a decorative shell to the lamp head,
- wherein the tail cover comprises two parallel pieces that each is inserted between the middle wire and one of the outer wires.
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A method of making a light string comprising:
- providing a three-wire flat cable comprising a middle wire between two outer wires;
- cutting the middle wire at a first place to expose a first end and a second end of the middle wire;
- connecting a first leg and a second leg of a light source to the exposed first end and second end of the middle wire, respectively;
- inserting an inner plug into spaced between the middle wire and each of the outer wires, isolating the first leg from the second leg of the light source;
- wrapping the light source in a heat shrink tube to waterproof the light source;
- overmolding a lamp holder onto the three-wire flat cable and part of the light source;
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- attaching a decorative shell to the lamp holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.