Resistance attachment for use with incandescent light bulbs

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AN ATTACHMENT FOR OPERATING A LIGHT BULB AT LESS THAN ITS RATED VOLTAGE COMPRISING A BODY FORMED OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATIVE MATERIAL BEING GENERALLY DISC-LIKE IN EXTERNAL CONFIGURATION AND HAVING AN EXTERNAL DIAMETER LESS THAN THE MINOR DIAMETER OF THE THREADS OF A STANDARD LIGHT BULB SOCKET, A FIRST OPENING FORMED IN ONE OF THE FACES OF SAID BODY DEFINING A COMPONENT-RECEIVING CAVITY AND A SECOND OPENING FORMED IN THE OPPOSITE FACE OF SAID BODY DEFINING A CLEARANCE CAVITY TO RECEIVE THE PROTRUDING INSULATOR OF THE BASE OF A LIGHT BULB, LIGHT BULB ENGAGEMENT AND LOCATING MEANS IN SAID BODY SIZED TO ENGAGE A LIGHT BULB AT ITS BASE AND LOCATE SAID ATTACHMENT IN A PREDETERMINED ORIENTATION WITH RESPECT THERETO, A LIGHT BULB BASE-ENGAGING METAL CONTACT SECURED WITHIN SAID COMPONENT-RECEIVING CAVITY AND ACCESSIBLE THROUGH SAID CLEARANCE CAVITY AND POSITIONED FOR CONTACT WITH THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF A LIGHT BULB BASE, AN ANNULARLY POSITIONED RESISTANCE ELEMENT CONTAINED ABOUT A CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT WITHIN SAID COMPONENT-RECEIVING CAVITY, A FIRST CONDUCTOR ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT, A LIGHT BULB SOCKET-ENGAGING METAL CONTACT SECURED ACROSS SAID FIRST OPENING, A SECOND CONDUCTOR ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT, INSULATIVE MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT, BONDING MEANS SECURING AND SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT INTO A SANDWICH ASSEMBLY AT THEIR CENTRAL PORTIONS, SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT BEING CONTAINED ANNULARLY ABOUT THE SECURED CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT, INSULATIVE BONDING MEANS WITHIN SAID COMPONENTRECEIVING CAVITY SECURING SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT, SAID ANNULARLY POSITIONED RESISTANCE ELEMENT AND SAID SOCKETENGAGING CONTACT THEREIN, SAID LOCATING MEANS POSITIONING SAID ATTACHMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE BASE OF A LIGHT BULB SUCH THAT SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT IS IN ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF A LIGHT BULB BASE AND SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT IS IN ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF A LIGHT BULB SOCKET WHEN SAID ATTACHMENT IS INSERTED INTO A LIGHT BULB SOCKET WITH A LIGHT BULB, SAID ATTACHMENT PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION THROUGH SAID RESISTANCE UNIT BETWEEN THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF A LIGHT SOCKET AND THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF A LIGHT BULB.