US4837667A — Lighting system with lamps arranged between two l…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 230 words

Lighting system with lamps electrically connected between a pair of low-voltage conductors in the form of one of ropes, cables and wires, each lamp comprising a lamp holder with a bulb holder and electrical contacts for a bulb; current-carrying bars connected to said contacts and extending radially from said lamp holder relative to a longitudinal axis of the lamp holder, and supports for connecting the current-carrying bars to the low-voltage conductors, each support being provided with a rotatable fixture and a pivotal holding element, and each support being rotatably connected to a respective one of the low-voltage conductors by said rotatable fixture for rotation about a rotational axis extending normal to said current-carrying bars and being pivotally connected to said current-carrying bars by said pivotal holding element for pivoting about a pivot axis that is parallel to said current-carrying bars, thereby creating a universal mounting of each lamp; and wherein a holding device having a deviating means for producing an angle of deviation in a mounted configuration of the low-voltage conductors is provided, said deviating means comprising a pair of deviation segments for supporting the low-voltage conductors, each of said deviating means being provided with a guide for a respective one of the low-voltage conductors, wherein said deviation segments are interconnected together, and wherein said holding device has mounting means for pivotally mounting said deviating means to a supporting wall.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 230 words

Lighting system with lamps electrically connected between a pair of low-voltage conductors in the form of one of ropes, cables and wires, each lamp comprising a lamp holder with a bulb holder and electrical contacts for a bulb; current-carrying bars connected to said contacts and extending radially from said lamp holder relative to a longitudinal axis of the lamp holder, and supports for connecting the current-carrying bars to the low-voltage conductors, each support being provided with a rotatable fixture and a pivotal holding element, and each support being rotatably connected to a respective one of the low-voltage conductors by said rotatable fixture for rotation about a rotational axis extending normal to said current-carrying bars and being pivotally connected to said current-carrying bars by said pivotal holding element for pivoting about a pivot axis that is parallel to said current-carrying bars, thereby creating a universal mounting of each lamp; and wherein a holding device having a deviating means for producing an angle of deviation in a mounted configuration of the low-voltage conductors is provided, said deviating means comprising a pair of deviation segments for supporting the low-voltage conductors, each of said deviating means being provided with a guide for a respective one of the low-voltage conductors, wherein said deviation segments are interconnected together, and wherein said holding device has mounting means for pivotally mounting said deviating means to a supporting wall.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 35 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein said mounting means comprises supporting arms that are pivotally connected to a wall support means for mounting of the holding device on a wall, ceiling or the like.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 19 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein said deviation segments are circular ring segments having an angle of 90°.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 50 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein each pivotal holding element comprises a groove that is provided at an end section of a respective current-carrying bar, said end section being inserted in a respective support, and a screw that is arranged in the support and is received in said groove.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 31 words

Lighting system according to claim 4, wherein said screw is inserted in a threaded hole that is provided at a front end section of the support directed towards the current-carrying bar.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 57 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein each said rotatable fixture comprises a bearing journal which is inserted in a respective support, said support having a threaded hole, in a front section of the support, that is directed towards the fixture, and wherein a screw is arranged in said threaded hole and engaged with said bearing journal.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 24 words

Lighting system according to claim 6, wherein a groove is provided in the bearing journal, and receives the screw arranged in the threaded hole.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 65 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable fixture comprises a fork-shaped piece having a bearing journal at one end and an opening for receiving a respective low-voltage conductor, said opening extending crosswise to a longitudinal axis of the rotatable fixture and being at an opposite end of the fork-shaped piece relative to said bearing journal, and a closing member for closing said opening.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 18 words

Lighting system according to claim 8, wherein said closing member is a closing cap with a threaded journal.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 26 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein a flexible wire clamp bow is arranged around the lamp holder as a means for clamping the bulb holder.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 35 words

Lighting system according to claim 10, wherein guiding grooves for fixing the clamp bow are provided at a side of the lamp holder which is opposite a side at which said bulb holder is disposed.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 41 words

Lighting system according to claim 3, wherein an end section of each current-carrying bar is inserted into the lamp holder, said end section being provided with a groove into which a connector screw or pin of the lamp holder is inserted.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 44 words

Lighting system according to claim 12, wherein a blind hole is provided in each said end section of the current-carrying bars that is inserted in the lamp holder, and wherein one of the electrical contacts for the bulb is inserted in said blind hole.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 29 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein an end section of each current-carrying bar is inserted into the lamp holder and is connected therein by means of adhesive joints.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 44 words

Lighting system according to claim 1, wherein said pivotal holding element comprises a holding bush arranged at an outer end section of each current-carrying bar, said holding bush being rotatable around the current-carrying bars and connected to an end section of a respective support.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 70 words

Lighting system according to claim 2, wherein a first one of said deviation segments comprises a bush with a circumferentially extending outer groove, and wherein a second one of said deviation segments is a disk segment with a groove in an outer arc area thereof, said deviation segments being interconnected by means of clamping plates, said clamping plates being fixed to said supporting arms by means of a screw connection.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 88 words

Lighting system according to claim 16, wherein said screw connection comprises a threaded sleeve with a stop flange, said threaded sleeve extending through an opening of one supporting arm, through openings in said clamping plates and through an opening in the first of the deviation segments, and a screw with a screw head, said screw being inserted in an opening in another supporting arm and threaded into said threaded sleeve in a manner pressing said supporting arms against said clamping plates between the stop flange and screw head.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 24 words

Lighting system according to claim 16, wherein the clamp plates are provided with guiding devices that interlock in the second of the deviation segments.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 33 words

Lighting system according to claim 18, wherein the guiding devices are in the form of one of webs and pins, and interlock within corresponding grooves and openings, respectively, formed in the disk segment.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 52 words

Lighting system according to claim 2, wherein the mounting means is a wall support having a bar-shaped body with a first end section to which the supporting arms are rotatably connected by threshold bolt by means of a screw connection, and a second end section which is connected to a wall support.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 44 words

Lighting system according to claim 20, wherein the wall support comprises a screw shank and a projecting pin, said projecting pin being inserted in an opening of the bar-shaped body and clamped therein by means of a clamping screw arranged in the bar-shaped body.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 48 words

Lighting system according to claim 2, wherein said mounting means is a ceiling support having a distance bar that is connectable to a ceiling and a support bar means for supporting the distance bar at the ceiling in a pull direction of cables used as said low-voltage conductors.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 26 words

Lighting system according to claim 16, wherein said clamping plates, deviation segments, supporting arms and a bar-shaped body of the mounting means are made of metal.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 26 words

Lighting system according to claim 16, wherein said clamping plates, deviation segments, supporting arms and a bar-shaped body of the mounting means are made of plastics.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 11 words

Lighting system according to claim 24, wherein the plastics are transparent.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1992-06-05	1992-12-05	1993-06-06	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1996-06-05	1996-12-05	1997-06-06	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2000-06-05	2000-12-05	2001-06-06	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Lighting system with lamps arranged between two low-voltage conductors

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