US4683402A
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Adaptors for fluorescent lamps
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-04-25
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Granted: 1987-07-28
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Expires: 2005-04-25
Abstract
Abstract An improved adaptor for using fluorescent lighting in fixtures designed for incandescent lamps which comprises a housing having a centrally located lined cavity which depends through the housing and which is adapted to receive the starter element, a mounting means or plug which depends from the lower surface of the housing, and ballast disposed within the interior of the housing adjacent to or about the lined cavity which depends through the central portion of the housing.
Inventors
- 👤 Truman Aubrey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 19:08
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21V; F21V19/00; F21V19/0075; F21V19/0095; F21W; F21W2121/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
165 words
An adaptor which facilitates the installation into a light fixture designed for conventional incandescent light bulbs of a fluorescent lamp having an elongated bulb portion, a base and depending from the base a starter portion and a pair of pin electrodes on opposite sides of the starter portion comprising: a. housing having a centrally disposed passageway which passes through the housing; b. mounting means depending from the underside of the housing for mounting the adaptor to a light fixture for conventional incandescent light bulbs, said mounting means having a receiving chamber therein which is in alignment with the centrally disposed passageway through the housing; c. ballast means disposed within the housing having a central passageway therethrough which is coaxial with the centrally disposed passageway through the housing; d. a socket defined in part by said centrally disposed passageway through the housing and a receiving chamber of the mounting means which allows the starter portion of the fluorescent lamp to extend into the receiving mounting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
165 words
An adaptor which facilitates the installation into a light fixture designed for conventional incandescent light bulbs of a fluorescent lamp having an elongated bulb portion, a base and depending from the base a starter portion and a pair of pin electrodes on opposite sides of the starter portion comprising: a. housing having a centrally disposed passageway which passes through the housing; b. mounting means depending from the underside of the housing for mounting the adaptor to a light fixture for conventional incandescent light bulbs, said mounting means having a receiving chamber therein which is in alignment with the centrally disposed passageway through the housing; c. ballast means disposed within the housing having a central passageway therethrough which is coaxial with the centrally disposed passageway through the housing; d. a socket defined in part by said centrally disposed passageway through the housing and a receiving chamber of the mounting means which allows the starter portion of the fluorescent lamp to extend into the receiving mounting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The adaptor of claim 1 wherein the housing is filled with a potting compound.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The adaptor of claim 2 wherein the potting compound is a mixture of sand and tar which remains solid at the operational temperatures of the lamp base.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The adaptor of claim 1 wherein the socket depending through the housing and into the mounting means is lined and is provided with opposing shoulders having individual sockets adapted to receive pin electrodes provided on the base of the fluorescent lamp.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The adaptor of claim 4 wherein the lined socket depending through the housing is provided with vertically oriented, opposing elongated recesses adapted to receive protuberances on opposing sides of the starting element of the fluorescent lamp and to thereby position the lamp within the lined socket.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The adaptor of claim 1 wherein the ballast comprises opposig coils disposed on opposite sides of the central passageway therethrough and interconnected by means of a core element surrounding the central passageway.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The adaptor of claim 1 wherein the mounting means has a theaded element for connection to the light fixture.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
The adaptor of claim 7 wherein the threaded element is a metallic cover on the outside of the mounting means which is adapted to be screwed into an incandescent lamp socket having mating threads.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The adaptor of claim 7 wherein the mounting means has a threaded aperture which is adapted to be screwed onto a threaded nipple.
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