Lamp and socket for decorative string set

Claim 1

An electric lamp and socket combination comprising a sealed vitreous envelope, with lead-in conductors hermetically sealed in and extending from the stem press of said envelope, said stem press having opposite substantially parallel faces and sides, one of said faces containing an indentation extending from one side to approximately the center of said stem press, a groove extending from the outer edge of said stem press inwardLy toward said envelope and terminating in an end wall before reaching said indentation, said opposite face of said stem press being similarly constructed such that said indentations are on opposite sides of said stem press, the extended portion of one of said lead-in conductors being bent around the outer edge of said stem press and positioned in said groove, said lead-in conductor rising out of said groove over said end wall and overlying said indentation, said other lead-in conductor being bent and positioned in the groove and over the indentation of the opposite face, said socket comprising a husk with a cavity for receiving said lamp, two bores extending through the wall of said husk into said cavity, two power leads extending into said bores, said power leads being respectively connected to a pair of contacts located in said cavity, said lamp being inserted in said socket with said stem press being positioned between said pair of contacts, each of said contacts having two bent fingers one of which presses a respective one of said lead-in wires against the surface of said indentation, said contacts being positioned in said husk so that an interference fit is formed between said contact fingers and said stem press, the respective other fingers touching respective areas of said stem press on the face opposite said lead-in wires and indentation to hold said lamp and make electrical contact.