Induction fluorescent light fixture

An assembly apparatus for an induction fluorescent light fixture comprising

• a two-piece ballast container having mirror image top and bottom sections made of cast aluminum and have cooling fins disposed on the external surfaces thereof,
• said ballast container top section having a two-piece box connector lower portion secured proximate to the center of said container top section for containing electrical wire connectors,
• said box connector including a disengageable upper portion formed for securement to a building structure whereby when said upper portion is secured to a building structure, and said connector upper and lower portions are interconnected, said ballast container top section is secured to said building structure,
• said ballast container bottom section being provided with a receptacle proximate to the gravity center on the external lower surface of said bottom section for engaging a depending central support post,
• ballasts for said induction fluorescent lamps being mounted in spaced relation for cooling by connector plates and disposed between said ballast container top and bottom sections and secured to said bottom section,
• said central support post having means formed on the upper end thereof for engaging said receptacle on the bottom of said ballast container bottom section, said support post having a lower end formed for engaging a clamp,
• an externally threaded mounting tube surrounding said support post and secured thereon by said clamp disposed below the lower end of said tube,
• a multiple of circular induction fluorescent lamps surrounding and secured to said mounting tube by support straps extending between the induction coils of said lamps with the ends of the straps secured to said coils, said straps having a receptacle at the center thereof for permitting said mounting tube to extend therethrough,
• said lamps being positioned on said mounting tube by nuts threadably engaged to said mounting tube and disposed on opposite sides of said straps of said lamps respectively, said lamps having different diameters in the planes of the fluorescent tubes of said lamps respectively with said lamps being arranged in descending order of diameter around a central axis from the top to the bottom of the resulting array of said induction lamps,
• an adapter fitting secured to the bottom section of said ballast sub-assembly surrounding said central support post for supporting a reflector shield to be secured thereto,
• said reflector shield secured to said adapter fitting,
• a reflector plate secured to said mounting tube disposed between said adapter fitting and the top induction fluorescent lamp of said array of multiple lamps, and
• a lanyard extending between said ballast container and the upper end of said mounting tube.