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US 5,393,245 AGranted
Overhead electrical fixture and portable lowering tool therefor
OwnerRichard A. Hinds, Jr.inventor
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An overhead electrical fixture including a lowerable serviceable fixture portion that may be readily lowered by a portable lowering tool to facilitate servicing by a technician at ground level. The overhead fixture includes a mounting base adapted to be secured relatively high above ground level, such as in a church. In the normal operating position, the serviceable fixture portion is releasably secured to the mounting base by a relatively short length of cable secured at one end to the serviceable fixture portion, and at the opposite end to a cable connector, such as a ring. The ring rests against the mounting base adjacent a slotted opening in the normal operating position. The ring may be engaged by a hook of the lowering tool and rotated so that the ring may pass through the slotted opening in the mounting base to effect release and lowering of the serviceable fixture portion. The portable lowering tool includes a series of telescoping sections, a winch including a supply of cable stored thereon, and a brake to prevent paying out of the cable when the winch handle is released by the user. The supply of cable from the winch of the portable lowering tool is payed out to lower the serviceable fixture portion and may be rewound to raise the serviceable fixture portion to the operating position after servicing is completed.
A combination of an overhead electrical fixture having a lowerable serviceable fixture portion and a portable tool for effecting lowering of said serviceable fixture portion;
A method for servicing an overhead electrical fixture using a portable tool for lowering a serviceable fixture portion of the overhead electrical fixture, the overhead electrical fixture including a mounting base fixedly secured relatively high above ground level and the serviceable fixture portion releasably secured thereto, the serviceable fixture portion including a first cable connector, the portable tool including a pole and a winch mounted thereon, the winch including a supply of cable stored thereon, the free end of the cable having a second cable connector secured thereto, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for servicing an overhead electrical fixture using a portable tool for lowering a serviceable fixture portion of the overhead electrical fixture, the overhead electrical fixture including a mounting base fixedly secured relatively high above ground level and the serviceable fixture portion releasably secured thereto, the serviceable fixture portion including a first cable connector, the portable tool including an extensible pole and a winch mounted thereon, the winch including a supply of cable stored thereon, the free end of the cable having a second cable connector secured thereto, said method comprising the steps of:
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