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US 7,114,833 B1Granted
Counter light fixture
AssigneeTroy-CSL Lighting, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Pickett, Maer Skegin, Scott Searle
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Abstract
A halogen light fixture for mounting under a cabinet and over a counter surface, as in a kitchen, has a housing of continuous cross section between opposite end caps adaptable to fixtures of varying lengths, a rapidly accessible wiring compartment by tool free removal of a single partition, and an air flow path through the fixture housing including a heat shield arrangement for effective heat dissipation and cooler operation of the fixture.
Claims22
A counter light fixture comprising:
- a housing having a housing top, a rear wall depending from said top, and opposite end caps, a partition front wall and a partition bottom assembled to said housing top and said rear wall for defining with said housing top a normally closed compartment between said end caps, one or more lamp sockets on said partition front wall, an electrical switch mounted on said partition bottom and electrical wiring in said compartment for interconnecting said one or more lamp sockets and said switch, wherein said partition bottom has a rear edge arranged for contacting said rear wall along a length extending substantially from one to the other of said end caps, said partition front wall having an upper edge retained against said housing top in a closed condition of said compartment, said compartment opening upon release of said upper edge away from said housing top for admitting access to said wiring in said compartment.
A counter light fixture comprising:
- a first metal sheet having a longitudinal dimension and a transverse dimension, said first metal sheet being bent along said transverse dimension to define a rear wall, a housing top and a housing front;
- a pair of end fittings for receiving opposite transverse side edges of said first metal sheet;
- a partition comprising a second metal sheet bent to define a partition front with a top edge and a partition bottom with a rear edge, said second metal sheet being assembled to said first metal sheet to define therewith a substantially closed wiring compartment between said end fittings, said rear edge being supported against said rear wall of said first metal sheet and said top edge being secured to said housing top;
- and a lamp socket on said partition front and an electrical switch mounted on an outer side of said partition bottom and electrical wiring on an inner side of said partition interconnecting said socket and said switch, such that said wiring is normally contained in said wiring compartment and said compartment can be opened for access to said wiring during installation of said light fixture.
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A counter light fixture comprising:
- a housing having a housing top, a rear wall depending from said top, and opposite end caps, a partition front wall and a partition bottom assembled to said housing top and said rear wall for defining with said housing top a normally closed compartment between said end caps, one or more lamp sockets on said partition front wall, an electrical switch mounted on said partition bottom and electrical wiring in said compartment for interconnecting said one or more lamp sockets and said switch, wherein said partition front wall is generally parallel to said rear wall, said partition bottom extends between said partition front wall and said rear wall and said partition bottom has a rear edge arranged for contacting said rear wall along a length extending substantially from one to the other of said end caps, said partition front wall having an upper edge retained against said housing top in a closed condition of said compartment, said compartment opening upon release of said upper edge away from said housing top for admitting access to said wiring in said compartment.
A counter light fixture comprising:
- a housing having a housing top, a rear wall depending from said top, and opposite end caps, a partition front wall and a partition bottom assembled to said housing top and said rear wall for defining with said housing top a normally closed compartment between said end caps, one or more lamp sockets on said partition front wall, an electrical switch mounted on said partition bottom and electrical wiring in said compartment for interconnecting said one or more lamp sockets and said switch, said partition front wall having an upper edge retained against said housing top in a closed condition of said compartment, wherein said upper edge of said partition front wall is retained to said housing top by a tab projecting from said partition front wall and into a retaining slot defined in said housing top, said compartment opening upon release of said upper edge away from said housing top for admitting access to said wiring in said compartment.
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