Socket suited for revolving the lamp attached thereto

Claim 1

A rotatable socket for a fluorescent lamp having a pair of base pins at the end thereof, comprising an insulating body having first and second recessed spaces; a rotator mounted rotatably by a fixed supporting axis within said first space of the insulating body and receiving the end of said fluorescent lamp, said rotator comprising an insulating main portion, a pair of conductive rings insulated from each other and disposed around the periphery of said insulating main portion, a pair of pliable metallic contact pieces for receiving said base pins of said fluorescent lamp, each of said contact pieces connected electrically with each of said conductive rings and set within apertures formed in said insulating main portion; and a conductive stator fixed within the second recessed space and having a pair of resilient stiff conductor with terminals for a power supply and a pair of spring means with an uneven surface, each of said spring means being differently located at corresponding positions to each of said rings of said rotator, the uneven surfaces of said spring means being electrical connection with said conductive rings.