Abstract: A light fixture for mounting at the bottom of a switch housing of a ceiling fan which has an opening therein. The fixture comprises a top member and a contractible and expansible locking member secured in the top member of the fixture and extending upwardly therefrom. The locking member is adapted to contract for insertion of the member through the opening in the bottom of the housing and expand for locking the member to the housing. Also disclosed is means for retarding the transmission of noise and vibrations from the switch housing to the light fixture thereby preventing damage to the components of the light fixture and extending the life of a light bulb in the fixture.

Abstract: An improved audio chandelier that has, in addition to its conventional illuminating purpose, an audio system such as a stereophonic radio or a security system incorporated into its structure, the former to furnish, for example, music, while the latter has as its purpose to warn of unwanted intrusions and disasters, for example, such as fires, by means of stimulus-responsive warning signals. Ventilation is provided for cooling the various systems components. Control, sensing and energizing means may be provided within a common housing. The modular construction of the device makes assembly and disassembly convenient without the use of special or any other kinds of tools. Ventilation by natural convection maintains electronic and electrical systems within acceptable operating temperatures.

Abstract: A low voltage lighting fixture designed for outdoor use and constructed mainly of polyvinyl chloride. The fixture includes a cylindrical housing made entirely of white high density polyvinyl chloride, a 12 volt lamp, a lens, a pair of rubber O-rings, a lens, a lens retaining ring made of polyvinyl chloride, a circular rear base plate, and a power line passing through a hole in the base plate for energizing said lamp. The lamp is sealed within the housing by the two O-rings, the lens and the retaining ring.

Abstract: An elevated airport runway, taxiway, or threshold edge light with a glass dome that is so positioned with respect to the light source so as to correct for variations in thickness of the base of the glass dome as the result of the glass-making process. The glass dome is sealed into an overhanging cover which preserves the integrity of the interior of the light against adverse weather conditions and the support base on which the cover is positioned is provided with a ball joint so as to permit quick and easy elevation and azimuth positioning of the base in the field. The base is also provided with a vertical support for a snow flag.

Abstract: A spot light which can be made very compactly for use in handbags or like receptacles is provided with a dry cell extending adjacent one edge wall of a housing, and a lamp bulb disposed in an opening in an end wall of the housing adjacent the opposite edge wall. A rear wall of the housing is provided with a pivotal connection for attaching the light to an upper corner of the inside wall of the receptacle, so that the light is readily accessible and can be rotated about its pivot to illuminate substantially the entire contents of the receptacle with a relatively bright concentrated spot of light. The pivotal connection offers frictional or other resistance to rotation, so that once adjusted, the light is retained stably in a selected position while the user retrieves a selected illuminated item from the receptacle.

Abstract: A lamp and filter mounting assembly includes a lamp holder with a lamp mounting plate and a back wall for pivotal mounting to a bracket. The back wall of the lamp holder includes an inclined adjustment stop that engages the bracket upon rotation of the lamp holder through a predetermined angle. The assembly also includes a filter holder with side rails and a filter stop to hold a filter. The side rails include extensions that overlie the lamp holder to provide a sliding attachment to the lamp holder. The bracket is secured to an aperture pan that is rotatably mounted within a trim assembly. A light shield is secured to the aperture pan and surrounds the lamp holder.

Abstract: A headlamp device for bicycles and like vehicles, which includes a reflector, a bulb having its end fixedly inserted through an opening formed in said reflector, an illumination covering mounted on the front face of said reflector, and a battery casing attached integrally to the rear portions of these members. The improvement comprises an outwardly extending locking piece affixed to said end of said bulb, a cylindrical extension for the insertion of said end of said bulb provided to the rear edge of said opening in said reflector, and the rear periphery of said cylindrical extension being stepped to define locking portions differing in axial length, said locking portions being engaged within said locking piece, whereby, when said bulb is fixedly inserted into said opening in said reflector, said locking piece can selectively be locked onto said locking portions differing in axial length.

Abstract: An improved holder for a light emitting diode comprising a one-piece flexible cylindrical body having a flange portion with a central opening, a pair of spaced apart integrally formed resilient short leg portions extending from said flange portion axially of said cylindrical body and a pair of spaced apart integrally formed resilient long leg portions extending from said flange portion axially of said cylindrical body and spaced ninety degrees from said short leg portions. The short leg portions include a means for latching the holder in an aperture on a panel. The improvement comprises a retaining shoulder integrally formed at the extremity of each of the pair of long leg portions which extend inward of the cylindrical body at an angle toward the flange portion in the range of three degrees to eight degrees relative to a radial line extending from the axis of the cylindrical body.

Abstract: A luminaire housing is made exclusively or almost entirely of plastic material and contains an HID lamp together with its ballast and other components. A shallow, thermally conductive heat dissipating pan is mounted against the back of the housing and receives a body of fibrous insulating material, the pan being connected by a highly heat conductive member to the lamp reflector and a heat conductive support bracket within the housing to convey heat from the housing to the pan for dissipation to the ambient atmosphere.

Abstract: A submersible lamp having a standardized air impervious housing with a lens formed therein in optical alignment with a bulb carried within the housing. The housing defines a predetermined quantity of air and has an opening at the lower end thereof such that upon submersion in water a limited amount of water is allowed to enter the housing, trapping the air within the housing and preventing the water from rising above a predetermined level. A channel is formed on the rear wall of the lamp housing to receive a bulb and bulb socket support bracket for the selective mounting and positioning of the bulb within the housing in accordance with the function which the lamp is to perform.

Abstract: A fluorescent lamp system including a pair of fluorescent lamp socket bars, a pair of ballast transformers, and a wiring harness. Each lamp socket bar consists of a sandwich of a molded plastic plate which holds the lamp socket contacts and the wiring connector pins, and a printed circuit wiring plate which makes electrical contact with the socket contacts and connector pins through mechanical pressure contact, and which wiring plate contains the circuit wiring excepting for the interconnections with the ballast transformers, such interconnections being effected either by means of a wiring harness having plug connectors which pluggingly connect to pins on the lamp socket bar and to the ballast transformers or by quick-wire connections from the ballast transformers themselves. If a cable harness is used, the ballasts are also pluggably engageable with the fluorescent lamp socket bars.

Abstract: A light is described having a hollow body with a support means pivotally connected to the body for aiming the light, a transmission plate detachably held in its mount at the front of the body, a light source detachably mounted on a mounting plate which is in turn detachably mounted on the back end of the light, and a vent means for venting hot air from the interior of the light.

Abstract: An underwater light (12) for above ground pools (10) includes a housing (28) sealed to the outer surface of the pool wall (24). An opening in the pool wall and liner (16) communicates with an opening in the front wall (28) of the housing, and a light transmitting cover assembly (70) is sealed to the pool liner (16) to cover this opening. The rear wall (34) of the housing is removable to provide access to a light unit mounting assembly including a base bracket (38) secured around a light (58) and biases the cushioning gasket into engagement with a pad mount (56). This facilitates removal and replacement as well as adjustment of the light (58) without interrupting pool operation.

Abstract: A combination interior illumination and reading light assembly for a vehicle. The assembly comprises a lamp housing 1, a lamp 5 disposed within the housing, a reflector 3associated with the lamp 5 and a diffuser lens screen 7 for providing diffuse illumination to the vehicle interior. A movable lens element 10 is associated with the reflector 3 and has a focusing lens 9 which serves to provide a directed reading light beam. The lens element 10 also transmits light through its sidewalls to illuminate the diffuser lens screen 7. The lens element 10 is received in a ball-type socket defined by a circular aperture in the diffuser screen 7 and is rotatable relative to the screen 7 in the manner of a captive ball to enable the direction of the reading light beam to be varied at will.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an airport light fixture, and more particularly to an improved light fixture which finds particular utility as a runway or taxiway elevated edge light.

Abstract: A dual halogen bulb rectangular lamp assembly with a one-piece plastic reflector having two adjacent paraboloidal mirrorized inner surfaces. A halogen bulb unit is mounted in each of the mirrorized surfaces and they are electrically connected in series for simultaneous bulb energization.

Abstract: A lighting fixture adapted to be mounted between parallel ceiling support grids includes a series of latches at the corners. The latches are retracted responsive to movement of the fixture to a position above the support grids and are released automatically after the fixture is disposed above the grids to define grid engaging supports for the fixture.

Abstract: A turn signal light housing has a translucent lens of arrow shaped configuration mounted on the housing in place of conventional circular lens without any need for modification of the housing.

Abstract: A lighting fixture having a dish-shaped chassis which houses lighting elements including tube sockets, transformers, and ancillary electrical components. The chassis is sleeved within a protective, unitary, shatter-proof plastic closure shell having opaque, marginally disposed panel sections and an opaque circumscribing wall assembly integrally formed with and substending a light-transmitting diffuser lens bounded by a transversely extending, integrally-formed light-transmitting frame. The opaque panel sections shield the chassis-housed tube sockets and transformers from view exteriorly of the fixture.

Abstract: A support device for a vehicle headlamp that consists of a wire shaped so as to have a gripping engagement with the peripheral portion of the headlamp adjacent the lens and that includes formed wire sections which rotatably carry adjusting screws which connect the support device to a frontal portion of the vehicle.

Abstract: A high intensity discharge light fixture is provided wherein the conventional gaskets are replaced by joints which prevent water from entering the fixture but permit free air flow. The joints are formed by components, at least one of which terminates in a U-shaped section and the other of which interdigitates with the U-shaped section. The leg of the U-shaped section directed toward the fixture interior is longer than the leg directed away from the fixture thereby providing a water barrier.

Abstract: A novel portable light beam projector device, related system apparatus, and attendant novel method for wide variety use in conjunction with military vehicles, to establish optimum placement of optical fire detection sensors relative to installation of the vehicle's fire suppression system. These inventions are similarly usable to novelly establish corresponding optimum placement of various optical type intrusion and/or fire-detection sensors to similarly protect various confidential areas including storage facilities and attendant personnel/equipment/data and the like whether of a military, industrial or commercial character.Each light projector device has an adjustable tubular shroud to adjustably focus the light beam cone angle. The desired cone angle of the light beam is initially set by use of associated system apparatus including an associated light beam calibration chart and some optional projector support stands.

Abstract: An improved projection unit including a glass reflector having a forward reflecting portion which includes an internal substantially concave reflecting surface and an apex portion with an opening therein. An incandescent lamp is oriented such that its envelope portion is arranged relative to the reflecting surface of the reflector and its sealed end portion having a pair of spaced apart lead-in wires projecting therefrom is arranged within the reflector's opening. An electrically insulative cap member is fixedly secured to an external surface of a glass reflector immediately adjacent the reflector's rear opening. The cap member includes a pair of contacts spacedly located therein, each of these contacts being joined electrically to a respective one of the projecting lead-in wires from the incandescent lamp. In a further embodiment of the invention, a holder is provided for providing electrical connection between the projection system's circuitry and the incandescent lamp.

Abstract: A hollow colored translucent body member has an open base end arranged to receive a light bulb. Such base end has spaced slots and also has an outwardly turned flange arranged to be engaged between a bulb holder and an instrument in which the bulb holder is installed upon friction holding engagement of spring tabs on the bulb holder in outer defining portions of a bulb receiving aperture in an instrument to be lighted. The slots in the body member are dimensioned and arranged to receive the spring tabs on the socket end of the bulb holder. The slots in the base end of the body member have a longitudinal length greater than the length of the spring tabs on the bulb holder to provide air spaces for air circulation around a light bulb in the holder.

Abstract: A motor vehicle light system provides constant lighting or directional indication in a simple and effective manner, and keeps the lens clean so that it can be seen even under inclement weather conditions or the like. A hollow cylinder of transparent material, which may have alternating axially extending strips of different color, is mounted in a motor vehicle for rotation about a horizontal or vertical axis, with one or more light bulbs disposed in its hollow interior. A brush is stationarily mounted with respect to the motor vehicle, the brush bristles engaging the external periphery of the cylinder to keep it clean as the cylinder is rotated with respect to the brush, and the motor vehicle. A motor for rotating the cylinder may be series connected with the light bulb(s) within the cylinder.

Abstract: A multi-purpose lamp especially for use on vehicles. The lamp comprises a housing formed of a pair of dismountable interengaged, matching plastic shell members. A portion of one of the shell members is translucent and a bulb-socket member is retained between the shell members.

Abstract: A vehicle body taillamp assembly includes a taillamp finishing panel mounted to the rear end panel of a vehicle body and having spaced pintle portions in its upper edge. A taillamp structure fits within the finishing panel and includes hinge pins received through apertures in the hinge pintle portions to mount the taillamp structure to the finishing panel for movement between a closed position within the finishing panel and an open position outwardly and upwardly of the finishing panel wherein the housing reflector portion and the wiring to the bulbs with the housing reflector portion are exposed for servicing.

Abstract: A headlight unit for a motor car has a reflector which is held pivotably at its edge areas on holding elements, one of which forms a fixed bearing and the other two of which are setting screws which form pivot bearings which permit the horizontal and vertical basic setting of the headlight to be adjusted. At the outer upper corner of the reflector there is provided a ball and socket joint which forms the fixed bearing of the headlight, and at the inner upper and lower corners of the reflector there is formed, in each case, a guiding edge which extends in an arcuate path relative to the fixed bearing. Guide catches formed at the top and bottom of a fastening member slide on the guiding edges. The fastening member is supported at the top by a pin which fits in a sleeve on the car bodywork to form--with the fixed bearing--the horizontal pivot axis of the headlight. At the bottom, the fastening member is supported by a slope-setting screw on the bodywork.

Abstract: A lighting fixture emits a beam covering in excess of 180.degree. by employing a reflector of parabolic cross-section and placing a linear light source perpendicular to the parabolic axis at or slightly forward of the parabola ends. A mounting plate containing the lamp socket and lamp ballast is connected to the reflector by means of a single screw to facilitate installation and maintenance. End members for the reflector include projecting collars which rotatably receive annular flanges from junction boxes through which power supply leads pass to connect to the lamp socket and pass through a raceway located behind the reflector to other fixtures mounted in tandem. The collar and flange can be secured together in any rotational position within a range of 360.degree.. A swivel form of junction box includes two members which are mutually rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the collar/flange axis to increase the positional adjustability of the fixture.

Abstract: A supplementary upper brake light for use in road vehicles comprising a brake light casing which is provided with at least one adhesive pad or strip for attachment of the brake light to the inside surface of a vehicle rear window.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved universal mounting for industrial luminaires fixtures containing high intensity discharge lamps. The luminaire mount of the present invention is adaptable to most of the accepted modes of mounting luminaries as specified in the National Electric Code. The luminaire mount includes a plate providing horizontal adjustment of the luminaire. The luminaire mount provides for enhanced safety during installation and maintenance. All current to the luminaire must be broken and the luminaire deenergized prior to removal from the mount.

Abstract: The present invention relates to lights for automobile vehicles. The present invention proposes a light which comprises an elliptical mirror associated with a lamp to form a light-emitting device supported on the inner face of a piece of bodywork of the vehicle in a position such that the filament of the lamp is substantially disposed at the first focus of the elliptical mirror, while the other focus of the elliptical mirror merges substantially with an orifice provided in said piece of bodywork; the dimensions of this orifice, while being small with respect to the surface circumscribed on the piece of bodywork by the reflector, are defined so that virtually all the beam reflected by the elliptical mirror emerges from the light; a globe is fixed on the outer face of said piece of bodywork, opposite the reflector.

Abstract: Add-on device for lead-type ballast comprises additional inductor and series-connected controlled AC switching means which are connected in parallel circuit with the capacitor portion of the lead-type ballast such as is used to operate an HID sodium lamp. The add-on device has a sensing and control circuit which operates to sense a lamp operating parameter in order to control the actuation of the AC switching means which in turn controls in predetermined fashion the operation of the ballasted lamp. The inductor and AC switch and sensing and control means of the add-on device are all packaged within a can-shaped member which has dimensions similar to those of the conventional capacitor can for the lead-type ballast. All the elements of the add-on device are potted within the capacitor can with terminal means extending from an end portion thereof for ready connection along with an exposed potentiometer portion to enable the control to be adjusted.

Abstract: A vandal resistant security light fixture having a housing and a light which is serviceable and removable from outside the room in which it is installed. The housing has at least one surface which faces into the room and is open at the back to permit servicing or replacement of the light assembly without having to enter the room. The fixture is vandal resistant and is particularly useful in prison cells and may be provided with one or more vandal resistant switches and vandal resistant electrical receptacles.

Abstract: A quick install device for mounting a luminaire on a flat surface such as a ceiling, a wall or the like, is disclosed. The device comprises in the preferred embodiment a mounting plate which is fixedly attached to an existing outlet box in the ceiling or wall and a luminaire plate which is fixedly attached to the luminaire. The luminaire plate and the mounting plate contain means for quickly attaching the two plates together with the attached plates serving as a splice chamber for containing the electrical splices used in electrically connecting the luminaire to an electrical circuit. The mounting plate structure and the luminaire plate structure may be reversed in actual use as desired by the purchaser of the device for different types of luminaire mountings.

Abstract: A modular photographic flash system includes a plurality of housings, some possibly empty and some containing flash units, interconnected to form a desired flash unit array. Each housing includes a hollow cylindrical member substantially square in transverse cross-sectional outline with two adjacent walls having dovetail tongues thereon and the other two walls having dovetail grooves to accommodate interfitting of adjacent housings. A latch member is movable into and out of each dovetail groove for engagement in an associated slot in the tongue interfitted therewith, the latch being operated by a spring-biased actuator rod carried in a channel formed in the inner surface of the housing.

Abstract: A uniquely configured, constructed photographic light diffuser device for association with a photographic light source, which is versatile in that it is easily and releasably associated with variously configured light sources used in the photographic field, wherein the device is made up of articulated panel segments, the segments having different light reflecting, or diffusing qualities, wherein the diffusing member is easily and releasably associated with the light directing device so as to be able to make up a myriad of difference selected, polygonal configurations to vary lighting patterns and light intensity on photographic objects. The device is light weight and collapsible for ease of carrying and is particularly applicable to the photography field wherein it is desired to achieve and attain various lighting affects.

Abstract: A portable auxiliary light having a case, a battery positioned within the case, and a light house on the end of the case. The light also has bellows interattaching the case and the light house and a related circuitry positioned in the case. The method for lighting includes locating the light behind a rear view mirror such that a recess in the case straddles the support post of the rear view mirror, and securing the light to the mirror. A switch on the case is activated to furnish lighting to the inside of the automobile.

Abstract: An ornament to be attached to a vehicle body such as automobile body to indicate a mark such as the manufacturer's mark for example. The ornament is of the self-illuminating type essentially made up of a base to be attached to an outer part of the vehicle body, a lamp such as an electroluminescent panel supported by the base and a cover which is a one-piece member formed of a transparent material attached to the base so as to entirely cover the lamp with a space therebetween. By processing of its inner side, the cover has a first area which is in a pattern corresponding to the shape of the mark to be indicated and allows the light emitted by the lamp to pass therethrough but in the daylight prevents recognition of the lamp from the outside, and a second portion which is contiguous to the first area and does not allow the light to pass therethrough.

Abstract: Enclosures such as drawers and glove compartments are provided with a light that automatically turns on when the enclosure is opened and turns off when closed. This light has a lightbulb in circuit with batteries and a switching mechanism, including a spring and actuator for the spring which is mounted to rotate, move linearly outwardly and inwardly relative to the light's housing, or do both simultaneously. The actuator has a portion engaging the spring and an arcuate edge portion extending beyond the housing which engages a surface of the enclosure when the enclosure is opened or closed. During relative movement between the enclosure surface and the light, the actuator moves the spring between two positions, one of which opens the circuit to the lightbulb, the other of which closes this circuit.

Abstract: A vandal resistant lighting bollard for use in an urban environment is provided comprising a steel base adapted for anchoring in an area requiring illumination and a steel housing received in an upright fashion on the base. One or more windows are disposed in the steel housing, the windows extending flush or parallel with the sides of the housing and the windows being formed from a tough, impact resistant, polycarbonate material. A source of illumination is disposed within the housing for projecting light through the window and an arrangement is provided for resiliently mounting the source of illumination within the housing to isolate the source of illumination from vibration and external impact.

Abstract: A utility handlamp, comprising battery jar means having enclosure means detachably secured thereto, is disclosed. Optical control means including light transmitting means, having reflector means affixed thereto, is engaged in threaded, rotatable relationship with a tubular extension of the enclosure means. A light source in the enclosure means may be focused by rotation of the optical control means. Stop means are provided to limit the extent of rotation of the optical control means.The enclosure body is further provided with a resilient, depending clip element which cooperates with parts of the battery jar means and enclosure means for mounting the handlamp on a belt, pocket, etc. and for providing a plurality of stable positions of the handlamp such that the path of travel of an emitted light beam may be varied along desired directions of angularity.

Abstract: A chandelier that has, in addition to its conventional illuminating purpose, an audio system such as a stereophonic radio or a security system incorporated into its structure, the former to furnish, for example, music, while the latter has as its purpose to warn of unwanted intrusions and disasters, for example, such a fires, by means of stimulus-responsive warning signals. Control, sensing and energizing means may be provided within a common housing. The modular construction of the device makes assembly and disassembly convenient without the use of special or any other kinds of tools.

Abstract: A mounting structure for an outdoor luminaire adapted to mount on a tubular mast. The structure has a discontinuous tubular bore comprised of two axially spaced apart semi circular sections forming the top of the bore and a bottom semi circular section spaced midway between the two upper sections. The bore structure is integral to the housing with the inner top section adjoining an enclosing face on the housing terminating said bore. One or more of said sections includes a central boss for receiving a set screw therein adapted to bear against the mast and prevent relative movement between the housing and mast.

Abstract: A book-light characterized by its small size and light weight is formed from suitable plastic material with a base supporting a vertical lamp-bearing arm and an integral clamp consisting of a U-shaped frame having side arms rigidly attached to the base and a central plate flexibly attached to the base so that the entire book-light may be attached to a book or other publication by inserting the cover or pages between arms and the central plate. The vertical lamp-bearing arm is mounted at one end in a transverse slot in the base, while the other end supports the lamp proper in a manner to permit both circular and vertical motions.

Abstract: A mine lamp has a support to which is releasably secured a flat base plate having a stepped outer edge and a forwardly directed face. This outer edge is formed with an annular abutment surface lying in a plane generally parallel to and offset backwardly from the face and an annular outwardly directed guide surface inclined at an angle to the abutment surface. A light tube is releasably supported on the base plate within the edge and in front of the face. A concave, at least partially transparent, and at least limitedly elastically deformable cover has an end wall generally parallel to and offset forwardly of the face and a continuous annular side wall extending backwardly from the end wall and having an annular rear edge formed with an annular and generally planar surface engaging backwardly against the abutment surface and an annular retaining surface engaging inwardly against the guide surface.

Abstract: Multi-compartment lamp for vehicles that has a one-piece sheet-metal lamp holder (5) incorporating, first, sockets (4, 11) consisting of openings (11) for bulbs and of bodies (4) surrounding a base and molded in one piece with the holder or reflector body or with a rear-beam mask (3) and, second, at least one nominal expansion site consisting of a punched-out U-shaped path between the sockets (4, 11), which are widely separated, characterized in that the two parallel legs (15a, 15b) of the U-shaped path are oriented along the direction of the desired lamp-holder expansion and in that the area (15) between the legs (15a, 15b) is bent out of the plane of the lamp holder (5) at an angle of 90.degree..

Abstract: An adjustable overhead lighting fixture having fixed elongated support runners, which themselves may or may not be lighting fixtures, and a plurality of elongated hanger fixture elements which endwise releasably engage and span any two support runners at any point along the length of the runners and which are electrified from the runners. Hanger fixture elements may be used to support and electrify other hanger fixture elements such that the fixtures can be arrayed overhead to meet a variety of lighting applications.

Abstract: A housing for forming a vehicle light assembly comprising a body for a light having the general shape of the rounded nose of a bullet on the back end as viewed from the side and top, a generally rectangular front end as viewed from the front and a generally arcuate lens on the front end, and a mounting base integrally formed with and on the bottom of said body whereby said body and mounting base form a housing of unitary construction which may be mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: A control system for positioning a searchlight (2) in azimuth and elevation including an upper torque tube (34) and a lower torque tube (39) which are coupled together; an upper push rod (46), push rod coupling (50) and lower push rod (54) which are coupled together; and control elements (65, 90 & 93, 100) operative to rotate the lower torque tube and also operative to reciprocate the lower push rod.