Ceremonial luminary and associated process
AssigneeGood Shepherd Lutheran Church
InventorGary L. Rapp
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Abstract
A ceremonial illuminary including a voltage supply mechanism, a switching mechanism that is electrically connected to the voltage supply mechanism, a first lamp electrically connected to the switching mechanism, a second lamp electrically connected to the switching mechanism wherein the switching mechanism provides voltage to the first lamp to illuminate the first lamp and then switches to provide voltage to the second lamp instead of the first lamp when the first lamp burns-out and no longer illuminates. The first lamp and the second lamp are secured with an enclosure.
Claims15
A ceremonial illuminary, such as a religious eternal light having religious significance, comprising:
- a voltage supply mechanism;
- a switching mechanism that is electrically connected to said voltage supply mechanism, said switching mechanism including a relay;
- a first lamp electrically connected to said switching mechanism;
- a second lamp electrically connected to said switching, wherein said switching mechanism directs voltage to said first lamp to illuminate said first lamp and then switches to direct voltage to said second lamp instead of said first lamp when said first lamp burns-out and no longer illuminates;
- means for mounting said first and second lamps adjacent one another;
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- a ceremonial significant enclosure surrounding said first and second lamps and means for mounting said first and second lamps.
A method for providing illumination with ceremonial lighting for religious symbolic and ceremonial purposes comprising the steps of:
- providing a first lamp;
- electrically connecting said first lamp to a voltage supply mechanism through a switching mechanism to illuminate the first lamp;
- providing a second lamp adjacent the first lamp;
- electrically connecting the second lamp to the switching mechanism;
- locating the first and second lamps within a ceremonial significant enclosure;
- and
- switching to provide voltage to the second lamp instead of said first lamp when said first lamp burns-out and no longer illuminates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.