Lamp holder

Claim 1

A lampholder comprising an insulated casing having an end adapted to receive a lamp base therethrough, said casing being formed in two secured insulated halves, a mounting socket located and clamped between said halves inward of said casing end to receive and mount a lamp base therein, a pair of contacts located and clamped between said halves independently of said mounting socket and inwardly thereof relative to said end, said contacts being associated with the socket for engagement by a socket mounted lamp base, and a mounting stirrup directly mounting the casing to permit pivotal movement of the casing relative to the stirrup about a transverse axis perpendicular to the axis of the mounting socket, said casing halves having opposed arcuate edge portions, said stirrup having a guide part received and slidably retained between the opposed edge portions of the casing halves with and independent of said socket and said contacts, said guide part cooperating with said edge portions to permit said casing halves, with the clamped mounting socket and contacts, to slide around the said guide part, whereby said casing halves directly receive therebetween and constitute the sole means for retaining said mounting socket, said contacts, and said stirrup.