Combination light and switch

Abstract

Abstract A COMBINATION LIGHT AND SWITCH SUITABLE FOR A NIGHT LIGHT. AN OUTER TRANSLUCENT HOUSING, CLEAR OR IN COLORS, IS PROVIDED WITH AN ANNULAR RECESS ON ONE SIDE. THE WALLS OF THE RECESS ARE PROVIDED WITH SPACED, INTEGRAL, VERTICAL RIBS. ON DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED SIDES, AT LEAST TWO OF THE RIBS ON EACH SIDE ARE SHORTENED SO THAT THEY DO NOT REACH THE OUTER EDGE. A CIRCULAR DIELECTRIC DISC IS MOUNTED OVER THE RECESS, RESTING ON THE OUTER ENDS OF THE RIBS AND LOCKED IN PLACE BY SWEDGING OVER THE EDGE OF THE HOUSING. A PAIR OF CONTACT PRONGS ARE MOUNTED ON THE DISC WITH EACH PRONG HAVING ONE LEG EXTENDING THROUGH THE DISC AND BENT OVER. AT THE POINT WHERE THE PRONGS ARE BENT OVER, THE DISC IS PROVIDED WITH A THICKER PORTION FORMING A RIB ACROSS THE DIAMETER OF THE DISC. MOUNTED ON THIS SIDE OF THE DISC IS A CONVENTIONAL NEON LAMP, RESISTANCE, AND WIRING SO THAT THEY ARE HOOKED ELECTRICALLY TO ONE OF THE PRONG LEGS. THE OTHER END OF THE LAMP CIRCUIT IS TIED TO A PIVOTED MEMBER WHICH IS DESIGNED TO SLIDE OVER AND AWAY FROM THE TURNED OVER END OF THE OTHER PRONG. THIS FORMS A SWITCH FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THE CIRCUIT TO THE LAMP. WITH THE PARTS ASSEMBLED, THE RIB ON THE DISC EXTENDS OVER THE SHORTER RIBS OF THE HOUSING AND CAN TURN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS UNTIL THE LONGER RIBS ARE REACHED THE SWITCH MEMBER EXTENDS BETWEEN TWO OF THE RIBS AND IS CONFINED BETWEEN THEM. THUS, WHEN THE PRONGS ARE PUSHED INTO A WALL RECEPTACLE, TURNING MOVEMENT OF THE HOUSING WILL ACTUALLY TURN THE BENT OVER PORTION OF THE PRONG AWAY FROM THE SWITCH MEMBER, WHICH CANNOT TURN BECAUSE OF THE RIBS. REVERSE MOVEMENT PUTS THE SWITCH ON BY CONTACTING THE PARTS.

Inventors

• 👤 Frederic W Schwartz

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