Luminaire
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorThomas A. Fletcher
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Abstract
Luminaire assembly with readily detachable parts. Luminaire comprises top ballast housing, intermediate ballast and slipfitter mounting plate, and lower optical assembly with associated slipfitter housing attached to ballast housing and mounting plate by readily detachable clamp band. Optical assembly, which includes dome-shaped reflector and lamp mounting assembly, is suspended with associated slipfitter housing from lug on mounting plate when clamp band is detached.
Claims9
A luminaire comprising, in combination, an upper housing having an open bottom, mounting plate means arranged closing the open bottom of said upper housing and adapted to have electrical operating components mounted on the upper side thereof and covered by said upper housing, slipfitter means secured to the underside of said mounting plate means, combined slipfitter housing and optical means arranged below said mounting plate means covering the underside thereof and forming with said mounting plate means and said upper housing an annular joint therebetween, and readily detachable attaching means surrounding said annular joint and holding said upper housing, said mounting plate means and said combined slipfitter housing and optical means in assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.