Disk switch light
OwnerAlbert Nathansoninventor
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Abstract
A new design lamps in which two lamp bulbs are contained, and either only one or both lamps can be turned on, as wished; the lamp including a novel switch consisting of a pair of circular disks mounted on a rotatable cylinder from opposite ends of which the two lamp bulbs protrude, and each disk has radial extending contacts for selectively engaging a pair of stationary contacts on a base of the lamp housing.
Claims3
In a disk switch light, the combination of a base of electrical insulation material, said base having upstanding stanchions with bearing openings, a rotatable disc switch supported in said bearing openings, a pair of stationary leaf springs secured upon said base providing electric contact means, said rotatable disk siwtch carrying a pair of lamps and a plurality of leaf contacts engagable with said contact means for illumination of said lamps, said rotatable disk switch comprising a tubular, cylindrical hub having a lamp socket in each end fitted with said lamps, a pair of axially spaced apart circular disks affixed around said hub, said leaf contacts being connected to said lamps and being wrapped around the peripheral edges of said disks so to engage said stationary leaf springs of said base, and a transparent hollow dome being fitted upon said base enclosing said rotatable disk switch and stationary leaf springs, said dome including a top wall having a pair of slots therethrough, a portion of each said circular disk protruding upwardly therethrough for manual rotation thereof, and an end of each said stationary leaf spring extending sidewardly outward from under said dome for connection to a power source.
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