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US4751433A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Device permitting of economizing electric lighting energy

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-06-03
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Granted: 1988-06-14
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Expires: 2002-06-03
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Abstract

Abstract The device is to be mounted on any individual chandelier or any form of lamp: normal bulb (10), fluorescent, neon, sodium mercury vapor etc. When the space is not illuminated very much, the lamp (10) in consequence of the electronic circuit contained in the device according to the invention (1) lights up with an intensity so as to compensate for the reduction of the illumination of the surroundings. The device therefore controls every individual lamp economizing energy because unlike the known devices controlling groups of lamps it acts so as to subdue the light emitted by the lamp or bulb gradually the more the space surrounding it is illuminated. The luminous energy emitted is inversely proportional to the luminous intensity of the surrounding space. The luminous energy of the space is preferably communicated to the device (1) by means of a bundle of optical fibres (2) avoiding the light reflected by the shield (14) of the lamp.

Inventors

  • 👤 Giuseppe Baccanelli

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 06:10
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B39/00; H05B39/04; H05B39/08; H05B39/081; F; F21; F21V; F21V23/00; F21V23/04; F21V23/0442; F21V23/0464

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 58 words
An electronic device to save electric lighting energy, comprising a source of electric power, means to detect the ambient intensity of illumination, and means responsive to said detecting means to draw from said electric power source and to supply to an electric light power which is inversely proportional to the amount of light detected by said detecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 58 words
An electronic device to save electric lighting energy, comprising a source of electric power, means to detect the ambient intensity of illumination, and means responsive to said detecting means to draw from said electric power source and to supply to an electric light power which is inversely proportional to the amount of light detected by said detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 121 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, said drawing and supply means comprising a diac (T1), a triac (T2); a condenser (C3) fed by the drop in voltage at resistances (R1, R2 and R5); the condenser having a capacitance such as to reach a predetermined voltage of about 30 volts whereupon the diac (T1) connects the triac (T2) and the light (10) lights up; the whole being assembled so that varying the charge current of the said condenser (C3) advances or retards the ignition of the triac, which ignition may vary within 180 degrees, said detecting means being a photoelectric cell whose resistance varies inversely as the amount of ambient light it receives and which is in circuit with said condenser.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, installed in a chandelier within a ceiling fixture of the chandelier.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, embodied in an adapter capable of being screwed into a lamp holder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 15 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, mounted within a framework of a fluorescent lamp.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 32 words
A device as claimed in claim 2, and a bundle of optical fibers connecting said photoelectric cell with a portion of the surroundings that is not directly illuminated by said electric light.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1991-06-14 1991-12-14 1992-06-14 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1995-06-14 1995-12-14 1996-06-14 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1999-06-14 1999-12-14 2000-06-14 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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