Seal off around ge3952 lamp

Claim 1

A plug-in guide light article which comprises, a parallel pair of power blades, a glow lamp, said glow lamp being elongated and generally cylindrical and having a longitudinal axis, electrical connections from said blades to said lamp to supply electric power to said lamp, a body of plastic, said plastic being molded about said electrical connections and about held ends of said blades and lamp, said lamp extending out of and being supported by said plastic body at the held end of said lamp, an annular trough in said plastic body said trough being Concentric to the long axis of the lamp and being formed proximate the outer perimeter of the glow lamp.

Claim 5

The method of manufacturing a plug-in guide light including an elongated glow lamp, a pair of parallel power blades extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said lamp and electrically connected to the leads of said lamp, and a molded unitary plastic body formed about the adjacent portions of said lamp and blades and including a base portion encapsulating the interconnecting blades and lamp leads, and a pedestal portion encapsulating the lower end of said lamp, comprising the steps of predeterminately arranging the previously interconnected blades and lamp in a mold having a base forming section, a section for forming a perpendicular pedestal on the base, a lamp receiving pocket in the bottom of the pedestal forming section, and of such depth as to locate only a predetermined limited portion of the inner end of the lamp in the pedestal forming section of said mold, and an annular barrier in the bottom of said pedestal forming section concentric with said pocket and spaced from both said pocket and the outer wall of said pedestal forming section, and introducing plastic body forming material into said mold whereby said unitary plastic body is formed and said barrier is effective for avoiding extrusion of appreciable plastic material beyond the bottom of said pedestal forming section of said mold, thereby to avoid the undesirable presence of plastic flash on said lamp outwardly of the end of said pedestal portion of said body.

Claim 6

The method of manufacturing a plug-in guide light including an elongated glow lamp, a pair of parallel power blades extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said lamp and electrically connected to the leads of said lamp, and a molded unitary plastic body formed about the adjacent portions of said lamp and blades and including a base portion encapsulating the interconnecting blades and lamp leads, and a pedestal portion encapsulating the lower end of said lamp, comprising the steps of predeterminately arranging the previously interconnected blades and lamp in a mold having a base forming section, a section for forming a perpendicular pedestal on the base, a lamp receiving pocket in the bottom of the pedestal forming section, and of such depth as to locate only a predetermined limited portion of the inner end of the lamp in the pedestal forming section of said mold, and an annular barrier in the bottom of said pedestal forming section concentric with said pocket and spaced from both said pocket and the outer wall of said pedestal forming section, and introducing plastic body forming material into said mold whereby said unitary plastic body is formed and said barrier is effective for avoiding extrusion of appreciable plastic material beyond the bottom of said pedestal forming section of said mold, thereby to avoid the undesirable presence of plastic flash on said lamp outwardly of the end of said pedestal portion of said body.