Lampholder having thermal protector
AssigneeGTE Products Corporation
InventorJulius F. Tibolla
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Abstract
A lampholder includes a thermal protector for disconnecting the lamp from electrical power if the lampholder is overheated. The thermal protector is a packaged device and is held by a keeper. The keeper may be one piece with a contact to the lamp. Keepers for both glass and metal packaged thermal protectors are described.
Claims8
An improved thermally protected lampholder of the type including a housing, said housing defining an interior and having a shelf partitioning said interior, a threaded shell arranged within said housing for making contact with the threaded terminal of a lamp, a strip contact arranged on said shelf to make contact with the center terminal of said lamp and a thermal protector coupled to said strip contact, wherein the improvement comprises:
- said thermal protector is a packaged thermal protector;
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- a keeper proximate to said shelf and adapted to retain said packaged thermal protector, said keeper electrical coupled to said strip conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.