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US 6,033,249 AGranted
Safety socket/mounting system for filament and gas-discharge lamps
OwnerWalter Holzerinventor
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Abstract
A new safe-to-touch plug-in socket system for light bulbs is described to replace the previous systems with Edison or bayonet sockets, which are not safe to touch.
Claims10
A socket and mounting system for electric lamps comprising:
- an electrically-activated lamp comprising a light-emitting bulb portion and a profiled socket portion;
- said lamp socket portion having snap-in profiles for cooperating with springs in a socket, and a pair of axial pins extending from said socket portion for contacting a source of electrical power in a mounting;
- said mounting comprising:
- recessed electrical contacts in a base of the mounting;
- the profile of said mounting corresponding to the profile of said lamp socket portion for guiding said axial pins into said recessed electrical contacts;
- a spring-loaded catch on the mounting adapted to cooperate with said snap-in profiles to hold said lamp socket portion in said mounting;
- a protective collar extending upwardly from the base of the mounting, the open end of the protective collar surrounding said spring-loaded catch;
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- said mounting having a diameter which is smaller than the diameter of a conventional Edison lamp mounting system.
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