Resistance attachment for 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, SAID BODY BEING GENERALLY DISC-LIKE IN EXTERNAL CONFIGURATION AND HAVING AN OUTER DIAMETER LESS THAN THE MINOR DIAMETER OF THE THREADS OF A STANDARD LIGHT BULB SOCKET, SAID BODY HAVING A LOWER OPENING FORMING A COMPONENT-RECEIVING CAVITY AND AN UPPER OPENING FORMING A CLEARANCE CAVITY FOR THE PROTRUDING INSULATOR OF THE BASE OF A LIGHT BULB, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE MOUNTING MEANS ON SAID BODY AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE BASE OF A LIGHT BULB FOR SECURING SAID ATTACHMENT TO SAID LIGHT BULB, A LIGHT BULB BASE-ENGAGING METAL CONTACT SECURED WITHIN SAID COMPONENT-RECEIVING CAVITY AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CLEARANCE CAVITY FOR CONTACT WITH THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF THE BASE OF A LIGHT BULB, AN ANNULARLY POSITIONED RESISTANCE ELEMENT CONTAINED ABOUT A CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT WITHIN SAID COMPONENT-RECEIVING CAVITY, A FIRST CONDUCTOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT, A LIGHT BULB SOCKET-ENGAGING METAL CONTACT SECURED ACROSS SAID LOWER OPENING, A SECOND CONDUCTOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT, INSULATIVE BONDING MEANS SECURING SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT INTO A SANDWICH ASSEMBLY AT THEIR CENTRAL PORTIONS, SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT BEING CONTAINED ANNULARLY ABOUT SAID SECURED CENTRAL PORTIONS, INSULATIVE MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID SOCKET-ENGAGING CONTACT AND SAID BASE-ENGAGING CONTACT, SAID CLEARANCE CAVITY HAVING SIDE WALLS SHAPED TO PROVIDE CLEARANCE FOR THE PROTRUDING INSULATOR OF THE BASE OF A LIGHT BULB, SAID PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE MOUNTING MEANS BEING LOCATED IN AN ANNULAR LAYER COAXIAL WITH THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID ATTACHMENT AND BEING COMPLEMENTARY IN SIZE AND SHAPE TO A SURFACE OF THE BASE OF A LIGHT BULB, SAID ATTACHMENT PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION THROUGH SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT BETWEEN THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF A LIGHT BULB SOCKET AND THE CENTRAL CONTACT OF A LIGHT BULB.