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US 6,309,083 B1Granted
Ceiling fan having an up-light using pivoting light sockets
AssigneeEmerson Electric Co.
InventorsDavid Lathrop, Craig Phillip Johnson, Ed Springer
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AssigneeEmerson Electric Co.
InventorsDavid Lathrop, Craig Phillip Johnson, Ed Springer
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A pivoting light socket is used in the light pan of an up-light fixture of a low clearance ceiling fan, the light pan is positioned above the fan blades to provide indirect lighting which reflects from the ceiling above the fan blades. The circular, trough-shaped light pan surrounds, and is coupled to, the top circumference of the ceiling fan's motor stator, with the trough shaped portion positioned below the top of the stator. The light bulbs have a pivoting light socket that allows the bulb and socket to be positioned substantially below the top surface of the stator when the light socket is in its horizontal position, parallel to the top of the stator. Tilting the light socket upward, toward a vertical position, allows the light bulbs to be easily replaced, especially if the trough-shaped light pan is deep or narrow.
A ceiling fan comprising:
A light fixture for a ceiling fan including a motor having a stator defining a top surface, a rotor having a plurality of blades attached thereto, the blades each having a distal end extending radially from the motor, the light fixture comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.