Abstract: A Connecting structure for conducting wires of ceiling fan, including a fixing bracket fixed on a ceiling or a wall, a base seat disposed on a motor of the ceiling fan and a connecting rod connected between the base seat and the fixing bracket. A fixing seat and a slide seat are disposed in the connecting rod. By means of pushing a rail passing through the fixing seat, the slide seat is driven to slide within the connecting rod. The slide seat are formed with two wire holes and the fixing seat are formed with through holes corresponding to the wire holes. The conducting wires are passed through the through holes and inserted into the wire holes. A connecting wire is conducted from the wire hole out of a top end of the connecting rod to connect with a wire socket which is connected with a power supply so as to easily electrically connect the conducting wires of the ceiling fan with the power wires.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for mounting luminaires (A) includes a lower mounting plate (30a) having a front face (32a) and a back face (34a) adapted for attachment to a luminaire. An upper mounting plate (30b), having a front face (32b) and a back face (34b), is adapted for attachment to an electrical assembly (20). The upper and lower mounting plates are identical in configuration. The upper mounting plate selectively engages the lower mounting plate so that the upper mounting plate and the lower mounting plate are in locking relation. A hinge (50) operatively connects the upper and lower mounting plates. The hinge is adapted to swing down and suspend the luminaire while the appropriate electrical connections are made and pivot to a substantially horizontal position once the upper and lower mounting plates have been placed in locking relation.

Abstract: A three piece mounting device for attaching a fan or similar electrical fixture to a cathedral ceiling. The mounting device of the present invention comprises a rectangular box having an open top and an optionally enclosed bottom, and a pair of opposed extended side walls shaped to engage the center point of cathedral ceilings. The opposed extended side walls are inserted into slots or other mechanical engagement devices in opposing walls of the rectangular box, are of substantially uniform thickness throughout their height and incorporate a plurality of score lines to permit easy truncation of the opposed side walls to adapt to a plurality of ceiling angles. The mounting device of the present invention may include an inverted integral electrical outlet box in the rectangular box.

Abstract: A fixture decoration assembly for changing the appearance of a selected ceiling-mounted fixture employs a first elongated sleeve portion and a second elongated sleeve portion. The first and second sleeve portions each has an arcuate cross-section and a contoured outer surface. Bracing panels extend from the interior surface of each sleeve portion and cooperatively maintain the suspension member included with the selected ceiling-mounted fixture in a fixed position with respect to the sleeve portions. In an alternate embodiment, the bracing panels are supplemented with compressible material is disposed between the sleeve portions to surround and brace a flexible suspension member included with the selected ceiling-mounted fixture. The exterior of each sleeve is contoured and includes at least one cutting guide that facilitates shortening of the sleeve portions to standard, predetermined lengths.

Abstract: A mounting device for attaching a fan or similar electrical fixture to a cathedral ceiling either at the center of the ceiling or in a pitched section thereof during construction is described. The mounting device comprises; 1) a rectangular box having an open top, a closed bottom, at least two opposing extended side walls and at least one short side wall of about the same depth as; 2) an integral electrical outlet box having a center screw hole, forming a part of the closed bottom and having its open end approximately coplanar with the outer surface of the closed bottom. According to a first embodiment, the extended sidewalls are of a shape to fit the peak of a cathedral ceiling and the mounting device includes two opposing short sidewalls.

Abstract: A universal mounting system is disclosed. The system includes an adaptor, which includes a mounting plate having a center. A common aperture is positioned on the mounting plate at a selected distance from the center. Sets of apertures, each set including the common aperture, are formed in the plate at the selected distance from the center and are positioned angularly equidistant from one another. The system further includes a number of arms corresponding to the number of radial holes in the motor equally spaced from one another. The first ends of the arms are attached to the selected set of apertures corresponding to the number of radial holes in the motor. The second ends of the arms are attached to the corresponding radial holes of the rotor plate to secure the adaptor to the motor. An accessory is mounted to the adaptor.

Abstract: A support system for positioning a sprinkler head relative to a support structure in a ceiling, floor, or wall includes a central hub adapted to receive the sprinkler head, a first leg attached to the central hub and having a first end configured to be attached to the support structure, a second leg attached to the central hub and having a second end configured to be attached to the support structure, the second leg being spaced-apart from and substantially parallel to the first leg. The support system combines increased flexibility in installation with increased support for the sprinkler head during operation.

Abstract: A seismic fixture clamp enables light fixtures and the like to be securely affixed to the T-bars of a suspended ceiling system, thereby ensuring that the fixtures do not separate from the T-bars in the event of an earthquake generating seismic shocks to the suspended ceiling system. The seismic fixture clamp, although easily and quickly installed, adds structural strength to the overall T-bar framework to reduce or prevent twisting and separating of the T-bars, and includes support lips configured to securely affix light fixtures to the T-bars, thereby strengthening the suspended ceiling system against seismic shocks without requiring additional wires or chains to secure the fixtures directly to an overhead structure.

Abstract: A rigid support bracket mounts a transformer to an electrical light fixture. The bracket is formed with end portions adapted to receive fasteners therethrough for mounting the bracket to the electrical fixture. The rigid support bracket resists undesired shifting or bending of the bracket before and during transformer installation, thus providing easy and quick installation of a transformer to a light fixture.

Abstract: A one-piece fixture mounting block to be used in conjunction with a standard ceiling mounted electrical box for mounting a light fixture or ceiling fan in the center of a cathedral ceiling. The mounting block features vertical walls which offer an upper perimeter that conforms with an 18.degree. ceiling angle. The mounting block can easily be modified to conform to an 8.degree. ceiling angle.

Abstract: An improved light cover mounting device is disclosed. A housing, capable of attachment to a light fixture, contains a compression spring and a spring-biased, retractable retaining rod. The retaining rod extends through the screw hole of a conventional light cover arrangement and engages the recessed portion of the light cover. A roll pin, projecting laterally through the housing and the retaining rod, is held at either end by L-shaped openings on the housing. The roll pin holds the compression spring inside the housing and may be hooked into the locking portion of the L-shaped openings to hold the retaining rod in the retracted position.

Abstract: A fixture mount for providing a flush surface adjacent the ridge of a cathedral ceiling at the position where a ceiling fan or light fixture is to be supported is disclosed. The fixture mount is capable of fitting any common cathedral ceiling pitch and allows the user to mount a ceiling fan or fixture in a location such as the center of a room in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The fixture mount can be formed as a monolithic member or, alternatively, with a base mount member and one or more pitch mount members stacked sequentially, with each successive pitch mount varying the pitch of the fixture mount such that, when the pitch of a particular cathedral ceiling is known, the fixture mount of the present invention can be readily modified to correspond to the pitch of the ceiling.

Abstract: A box assembly device for mounting ceiling fans in cathedral or other ceilings with exposed rafters. The device consists of a formed or molded box, intended to mount between exposed rafters or joists, with mounting facilities for an electrical ceiling fan. The device has provisions for the electrical wiring to be mounted above the device, in the accepted manner, with the fan being located below the decorative box. In addition to decoration, the box serves the purpose of providing a convenient and quick mounting platform.

Abstract: A fender washer comprising a circular metal plate having a circumferential edge and a major portion thereof disposed in a flat plane. An opening as its center receives a screw or other fastener for securing the fender washer to support. A slit extends through the plate and is spaced from the edge, and the portion of the plate between the slit and edge is displaced from the plane of the major portion to form a hanger in the plate.

Abstract: The frame for a collapsible canopy is suspended on an externally threaded shaft which extends downwardly from a head in a concave socket at the free end of an overhead supporting arm. A nut which mates with the shaft beneath the frame can be rotated by way of a downwardly extending handle to move the frame into frictional engagement with the underside of the socket while urging the head against the upper side of the socket. If the angular position of the frame is to be changed, or if the frame is to be separated from the arm, the grip of the head and frame upon the socket is relaxed and the shaft is then ready to be withdrawn from an open slot of the socket.

Abstract: A storage system including a mounting bracket comprising a horizontal base with a pair of laterally spaced upwardly directed mounting arms integral with the base and resiliently inwardly flexible relative to each other, each mounting arm terminating in spaced relation above the base in a laterally outwardly directed mounting flange for engagement with an overhead structure. A pair of oppositely directed L-shaped supports are integrally formed with the base and depend therebelow for engagement with an enlarged head on the upper end of a tray assembly handle. The tray assembly includes a base axially receiving the lower end of the handle for support therefrom, and a rotatable platform surrounding the handle and bearing-supported on the tray base for rotation relative thereto.

Abstract: A height adjustable light fixture support includes a first U-shaped bracket with a crosspiece and first and second depending legs. The U-shaped bracket will be secured in a ceiling box. A slidable, height adjustable second U-shaped bracket supports a light and includes separated first and second plates, each of which is shaped to define a respective sliding channel in which one of the legs of the first bracket is slidably receivable. The plates are connected by a second crosspiece. Spring loaded members supported by each plate each include a spherical head which penetrates into the sliding channel of its plate to frictionally engage the respective leg of the first bracket in the channel. Temporary release of these members enables the height of the light fixture to be easily adjusted by moving the second bracket.

Abstract: A bracket 18 is illustrated for mounting a light source 24 on a facsimile document scanner 10. The bracket 18 includes a pair of end plates 20, 22 between which the light source 24 is supported. Opposing ends of each plate 20, 22 have hinge pins 30, 30a which engage "L" shaped cutouts 38, 38a in opposing hinge plates 36, 36a mounted on the scanner 10. The hinge pins 30, 30a are held in their respective cutouts 36, 36a by coil springs 60, 60a. The remaining ends of the end plates 20, 22 have lock pins 32, 32a which engage "L" shaped cutouts 42, 42a in lock plates 40, 40a mounted on the scanner 10. Lock clips 50, 50a serves to maintain the lock pins 32, 32a in their respective lock plate cutouts 42, 42a.

Abstract: A fixture supporting clip for mounting a recessed light fixture in a ceiling panel is disclosed. The clip includes a supporting leg and a clamping leg connected by a hinge. A retaining flange extends from each of the supporting leg and clamping leg. A light fixture can be mounted in a ceiling panel by passing a fastener, such as a metal screw, through a wall of the fixture and into the supporting clip so as to draw the supporting leg and clamping leg together to hold the fixture secure.

Abstract: A connecting device for securing a vertically suspended lighting fixture to the housing of an electrical junction (wiring) box in such a manner that the lighting fixture can be pivoted to an open position to enable interconnection of the fixture's and junction box's electrical wiring in a safe, facile manner. The device includes a safety means to prevent accidental removal (separation) of the fixture and junction box while in the pivoted, open position. In a preferred embodiment, the invention includes a pair of planar, substantially rectangular plate members. A first of these members is designed for being attached to the junction box and the second for being secured to the lighting fixture. Located on the second plate is a pair of upwardly projecting tab members adapted for being inserted within a corresponding pair of elongated openings located within the first plate member.

Abstract: An arrangement for attaching a fan-fixture unit substantially flush with a ceiling includes first and second bowl shaped circular members with cylindrical rims. One of the members is fixedly attached to the ceiling electrical outlet box and the other to the top of the fan-fixture unit. One of the members includes a plurality of uniquely shaped slots and the other member a plurality of support rods, each accommodatable in a slot. To attach the unit, it is raisable by a single operator until the support rods are in the slots. Thereafter, the unit is rotatable and released, resulting in the rods being locked securely within particularly shaped portions of the slots.

Abstract: A loop for leveling a hanging lamp. The loop has several notches for holding the lowermost link of a swag chain at several possible positions along the interior of the loop. The loop is then affixed to a lamp in a manner which permits turning it to any desired location so that a hanging lamp which would not hang straight if hung from its center may be made to hang straight by placing the lowermost link in a notch other than the center notch and rotating the loop to a position to correct the imbalance.

Abstract: A lighting panel trim element for attachment to the outer marginal edges of a lighting panel is disclosed as having a throat section for receiving the top, side and bottom marginal edges of the lighting panel, a horizontal wall section for mounting the lighting panel relative to a lighting fixture, and means for positively securing the lighting panel within the throat section of the lighting panel trim element.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp fixture having mounting brackets provided with keyhole-shaped openings for accommodating mounting screws. The mounting brackets have cover flaps for concealing the screws, and the flaps contain locking tabs for preventing dislodgment of the brackets from the screws.

Abstract: A suspension unit for installation in an openwork or grid-type suspension ceiling to support a fixture-hanging junction box, the invention comprises a one-piece strap-iron supporting bar which is adapted to bridge the space between a pair of conventional inverted T-irons. The respective outer end portions of the bar include right angularly positioned downwardly opening hooks which are hooked over the respectively cooperable T-irons and are held in place by accessible setscrews. The median portion of the bar is twisted to stand edgewise and serves to adjustably mount a hanger clip which is carried by the junction box.

Abstract: An assembly is provided for blind hole mounting an external appurtenance including safety appliances such as ladder rungs, hand holds, and walkways on a railway freight car. One or more key hole slots are provided through the surface of the car where the external appurtenance is to be mounted. Each slot includes an enlarged bolt head receiving portion through which the head of a fastening bolt may be inserted and a key portion of smaller size forming a continuation of the slot into which the shank of the bolt may be slipped for retaining the fastening bolt in the slot. The relative dimensions of the bolt head and the bolt head receiving portion of the key hole slot are such that the bolt head can only pass through the bolt head receiving portion of the key hole slot when the bolt head is first inserted edgewise through the bolt head receiving portion and the bolt then rotated to a perpendicular position relatively to the key hole slot.

Abstract: A suspended electric light fixture includes a main body member and a suspension loop integrally cast of metal, the loop being delineated from the body member by a hub section having a threaded bore which is engaged by a depending threaded sleeve supporting a light socket and carrying the electric wire to the socket. The body member terminates at its bottom in a shade engaging ring.

Abstract: A coupling device for mounting an article to a support. The device includes a base adapted to be mounted to a support. At least one depending leg terminating in a locking flange extends from the base. Each flange has a first configuration permitting it to be inserted through the aperture in the article to be coupled with the support. Additionally, each flange is adapted to be shifted to a second configuration to engage with the surface of the article surrounding the opening and opposite the surface adjacent to support to thereby mount the article to the support.

Abstract: A mounting arrangement for electrical outlet boxes or the like includes a generally U-shaped clip having a longitudinal axis and a generally flat base extending substantially perpendicular to the axis. A fastener receiving aperture extends through the base, and opposite legs diverge outwardly from the base at included angles with the base greater than 90.degree. and substantially less than 180.degree.. The legs are yieldably deformable toward the longitudinal axis and have inwardly extending clamping portions adjacent the terminal ends thereof. The legs include terminal end portions extending outwardly from the clamping portions.