Abstract: A temple light including (a) a lens with a cylindrical configuration with an opening formed in a first end and a bottom formed at a lower end, (b) a bulb receiver projecting upward from the bottom of the lens, (c) a connector being mounted in the bulb receiver and defining two chambers, (d) two bulb lead contacts each including an upper section including two leaf springs and a lower section, the upper section of each bulb lead contacts being received in a corresponding chamber defined in the bulb receiver with the leaf springs holding a corresponding one of two bulb leads projecting from a bulb, (e) a connector being received in the bulb receiver and defining two chambers each receiving the lower section of a corresponding bulb lead contact, (f) two replaceable cable-piercing contacts each including a tubular upper section and a sharp lower section, the lower section of a bulb lead contact being received in the tubular upper section of a corresponding cable-piercing contact being received in a corresponding c

Abstract: Low voltage cable lighting system including a flat cable comprising two bare, ribbon shaped conductors which are plached on each side of and bonded to an insulating interlayer, and a multitude of low voltage bi-pin lamps which are distributed along the cable with each of their contact pins resting against the surface of one of the ribbon conductors, each lamp being secured in place by means of a mounting clamp which contains means for maintaining a stable contact pressure between the contact pins and the ribbon conductors.

Abstract: A miniature light set comprises lamps, lamp bases, lamp holders and a ribbon cord with three or more wires. Each of the lamp holders has a socket at one end which receives a lamp base and a wireway at the opposite end. The wireway has two upstanding elongate walls which define an elongate channel therebetween for receiving the ribbon cord, and has a transverse pressing bar at each end of the channel. Mounted on the outside of each wireway wall is an engagement lug. A pair of conductor plates are positioned in a bulb socket into which a lamp can be inserted with the lamp lead wires in contact with the plates. The other ends of the conductor plates project into the wireway and make contact with conductors in corresponding stripped portions of the wires. A snap-on cover has a base and two depending U-shaped sides that can engage the lugs and lock the cover on the wireway.

Abstract: A flat bundle of cables are each sheathed with an electrically insulative synthetic resin and arranged in a spaced relationship while extending in parallel with each other. A plurality of baseless bulbs are arranged one after another along at least one cable of the flat bundle of cables while making electrical connection to the at least one cable via lead wires. A plurality of moldable plastic material holding structures are arranged one after another in the spaced relationship along the flat bundle of cables. Each holding structure serves to firmly hold a respective baseless bulb and the flat bundle of cables so that a central axis of the bulb extends parallel with a plane of the flat bundle of cables and perpendicular to the extending direction of the cables.

Abstract: Outdoor lighting system including several lamps fixed in the ground by tubular rods and a flat supply cable laid on the ground and having two side-by-side wires of indefinite length for carrying electricity at a low voltage to the lamps. The electrical connection of the supply cable to a branch cable from each lamp is made by placing the supply cable in a longitudinal channel in the body of a terminal box of insulating material from which emerge the sharp points of contacts connected to the wires in the branch cable and positioned for engagement with the two wires in the supply cable, the channel being closed by a cover slidable over the terminal box body into a secured position in a longitudinal direction by hand without tools.

Abstract: A portable auxiliary illumination device is provided, which consists of an elongated power cord and a plug at one end of the power cord for engagement with an outlet to receive electrical current therefrom. A plurality of sockets are located in series along the length of the power cord. A plurality of suction cups are each connected to one of the sockets, sot hat the sockets can be removably attached to a flat surface of a mirror. A plurality of light bulbs are each removably disposed within each socket to produce additional light for dimly lit areas adjacent the mirror.

Abstract: An outdoor light fixture that receives power from an external power source through an insulated wire and that has an angular displacement connector with conductive prongs that pierce the wire insulation in order to achieve a conductive contact.

Abstract: A safe light set of the type used for decorative light strings is provided. Each light socket of the set includes a parallel hook having an inner surface with a gripping surface contour formed therein. The hook is formed on the cap of the light socket for engagement with support from which it is hung. The socket includes a short vertical conductor dimensioned to just contact with the threaded metal portion of the bulb when fully engaged within the socket, and to be electrically separated from the metal portion of the bulb when loosening the bulb, at the point at which the metal portion emerges from the socket.

Abstract: A device which is a translucent boat or ship cleat constructed of polyurethane. The cleat is molded as one piece and can be either clear or have color added such as international orange. The cleat has a recess in its base in which a light source can be placed. Lighting such as incandescent, neon or LED may be used. The cleat can be powered from an external source either AC or DC. The cleat can also have solar cells placed in its horns which can store energy in storage cells mounted with the cleat at its base for powering LED during non-sunlight hours. The illuminated cleat makes it easy to locate the mooring for a boat in the dark. It also makes the cleat visible for the safety of persons walking on the mooring structure. The polyurethane construction provides for a lighter, more durable, and less abrasive device fo boat moorings.

Abstract: A line attachment means for use on a lightstick is disclosed whereby the lightstick can be easily attached to a line such as for fishing and easily removed after use.

Abstract: A lamp housing having a non-metallic exterior guard and handle assembly and threaded relief passages is disclosed. The exterior guard comprises a series of flared nylon spokes spaced about the circumference of the globe for cushioning the lamp and its tempered glass globe during impact with hard surfaces. One end of each spoke converges to a common location at the top of the lamp housing, while the other terminates along the circumference of a ring concentric with the lower portion of the globe. The lamp housing also includes threaded joints forming helical relief passages for permitting hot, pressurized gasses, should any be present, to cool before exiting the housing. Other features of the invention include a strain relief structure for relieving stresses on electrical connections with external cables and a hook for permitting the structure to be fixed about appropriate objects.

Abstract: A probe light is provided with two power lines passed through a long tubular small diameter brass rod extended from a handle with a plug in socket connection to a power supply to a small cross sectional halogen lamp bulb socket for a small diameter halogen light bulb. The halogen light bulb used is a high intensity light bulb pulling relatively high amperage developing considerable heat. The tubular small diameter brass rod, that is bendable for use convenience, conducts heat away from the lamp bulb socket and the plug in leads of the lamp bulb are bent in a wave shape to insure good electrical contact through an extensive heat temperature range. The lamp bulb leads plug into internal openings in the two socket pins held within the lamp bulb socket with the socket pins being heavy duty pins also conducting heat away from the lamp bulb leads.

Abstract: A lighting system uses stretched insulated cables for power with such cables also operating as the supports for a plurality of lamps. The insulated cables are tightly strung in parallel across the ceiling of a room and are provided with twelve volts of D.C. power. One cable is positive and the other is negative, and a pair of cable clamps are then attached to each of the cables with the cable clamps supporting a direct current lamp assembly. A plurality of lamps can be strung in parallel to the cables and adjustable positioning is available through use of the quick release cable clamps.

Abstract: Miniature light units with push-in bulb assemblies are mounted on a multi-wire cord in an arrangement providing a "chaser" set. The push-in bulb assemblies plug into the socket of socket housings which provide wireways for the cord and multiple guideways for pairs of push-in contact elements. The contact elements bridge cutouts in the cord wires provided in a predetermined pattern, there being one cutout in each light unit. The bulb assemblies have lead wires extending across opposite side faces so as to engage the contact elements regardless of which of the guideways is occupied by the contact elements. Jaws at the ends of the wireways clamp the cord against movement relative to the light units when the socket housings are assembled.

Abstract: There is disclosed festoon lighting of the kind referred to whose lampholder fittings comprise a lampholder base including a cylindrical shroud extending from a channel in which a cable may be laid, pins projecting into said channel and a cap having a plurality of angularly spaced depending lugs each with a radially directed tooth on its free end, the cap and base being interengageable by axial pressure to cause the pins to penetrate the cores of a cable laid in said channel and to force the lugs through apertures in a part integral with said shroud whereby the teeth engage with shoulders on the underside of said apertures, the lugs being a close fit within the apertures such that passage of the teeth through the apertures involve elastic deformation of the parts.

Abstract: A globe hub for a casual electric light fixture comprising a cap and a globe holder connectable at a point of joinder by fasteners. Electrical wires extend into the interior of the hub through access openings located at the point of joinder, being connected to a lamp socket held by the globe holder. Wire gripping surfaces extend from the interior of the cap and the globe holder, engaging and anchoring the wiring securely within the hub and allowing stresses imposed thereon to be evenly distributed, thereby avoiding damage to the electrical connection.

Abstract: A light fixture having a base coupled to a housing by means of a coupling of the ball and socket type. The light housing may be fixed in any angular orientation over a range of azimuth angles well in excess of two hundred and seventy degrees and any angle of elevation from completely horizontal to completely vertical. The coupling can do so while accommodating the passage of electrical conductors from the base of the fixture extending toward the lamp and while also protecting the fixture against misuse in the form of repeated rotation tending to disconnect those conductors internally of the fixture. Altering the relative positions of a lamp and reflector changes the width of the beam cast by the apparatus. With the reflector and front lens fixed, a lamp holder is mounted for sliding motion with respect to the rear of the housing and is moved by manual actuation of a mechanism accessible from the rear of the fixture.

Abstract: A lampholder for a low-voltage lamp comprises an insulating base (1) and two connecting terminals (2), and can be rotated about an axis of rotation (10) formed by two mutually aligned holes (3) for the passage of leads in the connecting terminals (2). Preferably, a second base (21) is arranged on the two connecting terminals (2) on the opposite side of the axis of rotation (10) to the first base (1).

Abstract: A lighting environment for photography provides light completely around an object to be photographed. A circular diffusing screen forms the inner wall of a light box, and lights are mounted in the light box to illuminate the diffusing screen. The lights are variable in intensity so the light level around the diffusing screen can be varied. The light box is carried on cables that are individually adjustable so the height and the attitude of the light box can be varied.

Abstract: A submersible light includes a generally cylindrical housing body having a closed end and an open end. A light emitting diode and a plurality of batteries are provided in the body, and an end cap for the open end actuates the light by flexing a lead of the light emitting diode into engagement with the batteries. A clamp ring is provided on the outside of the cylindrical housing body under which a line can slip for snap-on attachment of the light to a fishing line and the like.

Abstract: In a lighting system, comprising a cable with accessible electrical conductors, a holder to be clamped on the cable, and a lamp holder with lamp, the lamp provides a force via the lamp holder to the conductors to make an electrical contact therewith. Preferably the cable has a substantially H-shaped section with cavities that partly enclose the conductors. The holder preferably has a substantially U-shaped section, with legs clamping around the cable. The lamp holder is formed by a pair of contact springs, which are pivotably mounted in the holder, to make at one end contact with the conductors and at the other end to contact the lamp.

Abstract: A suspended electric lamp according to this invention is characterized in that the conducting wires at their ends are loosely connectable to two tensioned lead-in wires fed with low voltage.

Abstract: Arrangement for an attachment for an electrical device, such as a reflector fitted with a bulb, which exhibits in the form of a pin or similar an electrical connection capable of being pushed into an electrical junction. The invention permits, among other things, the simple and effective attachment of an electrical device to an electrical cable. A coupling capable of being joined to an electrical cable, which coupling exhibits appropriate electrical connection devices which fit the electrical connection in question, is so arranged as to function as a stop both for an electrical device and for a holder capable of being joined to the electrical device.

Abstract: There is disclosed a novel decorative light holder which includes means for retaining separate lights and intermediate wiring along straight and curvilinear paths including paths perpendicular to each other; and includes contact adhesive means to permit easy attachment on walls or other structures, such as window frames or adjacent interior or exterior wall structures.

Abstract: An economical string light includes a molded socket or base having an integral hook for attaching to a messenger wire for support and first and second insulation-displacement connectors for coupling to the electrical power wires. The lamp guard is formed of two identical protector elements which have a coupling collar for connecting to each other and to a retainer flange on the socket. The protector elements are hinged from the coupling collar to open in a clamshell fashion to facilitate lamp replacement, and the protection elements couple together with snap couplers to form the complete lamp guard.

Abstract: There is disclosed festoon lighting comprising a cable having spaced lamp holders thereon. Each lamp holder comprises parts which lock together by application of axial pressure to cause pins to penetrate the cores of the cable which is located between the parts.

Abstract: A device for maintaining a luminaire support ring centered about and stabilized on a pole as it is being raised and lowered along the pole. A plurality of spaced stabilizing arms are pivotally mounted on the support ring and are biased into engagement with the pole by individual cables which also provide the raising and lowering means for the support ring. The cables provide a constant centering and stabilizing force exerted by the arms against the pole throughout the vertical travel of the support ring uneffected by changes in pole diameter. Tapered rollers mounted on the arms engage the pole to provide a lower friction sliding engagement therebetween. The arms also extend a predetermined distance beyond the pole engaging rollers to maintain the pole trapped between the arms should the support ring move off-center from the pole.

Abstract: A lamp ribbon is made of a number of lamp units fixed to a belt construction. The belt construction is made of an upper belt layer and a lower belt layer, each generally formed as a strip and made of a flexible electrically insulating material, which are laid against and fixed to one another, and also includes two strip shaped conductors which are laid between the upper and lower belt layers in parallel and are sandwiched therebetween. Parts of the lower belt layer at a number of places are absent, so as to expose the two conductors for a certain distance at each of these places, and at each such place a pair of apertures are formed through the upper belt layer between the two conductors. Each of the lamp units includes a bulb socket abutted against a part of the outer surface of the upper belt layer opposed to one of the places where the lower belt layer is absent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting fixture which is primarily adapted for removable attachment to modular office furniture and for adjustable, substantially glare-free illumination of a work surface. The lighting fixture has a substantially elongated housing for a ballast, and a pair of holders for fluorescent tubes which are pivotably attached to a lower surface of the housing. A fastening device is attached to the housing which enables removable attachment of the lighting fixture to the underside of a shelf or the like, preferably without physically altering or changing the shelf. A channel shaped member having an upwardly open face is attached to and is disposed substantially along the entire length of the housing in order to unobtrusively accommodate at least a portion of a cable which connects the lighting fixture with an electric outlet. A user may adjust the positioning of each tube holder relative to the housing in order to obtain an optimal lighting effect on the work surface.

Abstract: An improved lighting system for growing plants indoors, the lighting system comprising a means for continuously moving a high intensity light over the plants in a cyclic manner simulating daily exposure to the sun in a natural environment.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting lighting fixtures is provided. The lighting fixture or a plurality of lighting fixtures in a row are mounted on carriages movably disposed on a horizontal rail. The lighting fixtures can be moved from an operating position to a maintenance position by means of a first rope connected to the utmost carriages, whereby the movement of the utmost carriage to the maintenance position will push the carriages in front of it with regard to the direction of movement to a position in which all carriages are positioned close to each other. The lighting fixtures can be moved from a maintenance position to an operating position by means of a second rope being connected to each of the carriages, whereby movement of the utmost carriage to the operating position by means of the first rope will pull the carriages behind it with regard to the direction of movement to a position in which all carriages are positioned a distance apart from each other.

Abstract: An obstruction warning system apparatus is provided having elongated optical light path members each having a volume capable of transmitting light therethrough and having means to interrupt the light along the light path to render the light path member visible at a distance. The optical light path members are supported on guy wires or to an obstruction and have a high intensity light source operatively connected to one end of at least one elongated optical light path member and a reflector formed on the other end thereof for reflecting light from the light source back into the elongated optical light path member. A switching circuit may be provided for switching the light source between a plurality of elongated optical light source members.

Abstract: A height adjustable suspension for supporting a fixture frame from an overhead location has a drive shaft rotatably supported in the frame and extending parallel to the length dimension of the frame, a motor supported in the frame and operatively connected with the shaft for rotating the same, a plurality of longitudinally spaced winding drums mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith and separate suspension cables associated with each winding drum. Each cable is mounted on the overhead location and has an end directly affixed to the respective drum. The course of each cable from the overhead location to the respective winding drum is, at all points of the cable, perpendicular to the length dimension of the frame.

Abstract: Apparatus for maintaining coaxial alignment of luminaire support ring on a pole as it is raised or lowered on the pole. The aligning apparatus comprises a plurality of roller members secured around the support ring and resiliently urged against the pole surface to maintain the support ring in substantially centered position relative to the pole and to avoid shock to the luminaires by impact of the support ring on the pole.

Abstract: A lamp support apparatus is disclosed for mounting an incandescent lamp to an electro-optical measuring device mountable on a machine tool. This apparatus includes a spring element for resiliently mounting the lamp to the measuring device and a damping element for damping the oscillations of the lamp. The spring element and the damping element cooperate to protect the lamp from damaging oscillations such as are often encountered in a machine tool environment.

Abstract: A frame attached to a ceiling supports a horizontally reciprocal carriage. A light fixture is supported by the carriage. A flexible conductor has one end connected to the fixture and an intermediate portion extending around a part of said carriage so that movement of the carriage in one direction lowers the fixture and movement in an opposite direction elevates the fixture.

Abstract: An illumination device has a lamp house comprising a body and a cap detachably attached to the body. A pair of electrically conductive jacks are provided for engagement with a connector element on a power supply cable. One of the jacks is carried on the body and the other on the cap whereby the cap cannot be removed from the body as long as the connector element is engaged with the jacks.

Abstract: A high mast lighting system for highways, airports, parking lots and the like of the type in which light bulbs are mounted on a ring shaped platform of a diameter such that it surrounds the mast and can be raised and locked into a lighting position at the top of the mast by operation of cables extending to the base of the mast. The invention is particularly directed to a novel locking and supporting mechanism for support of the lighting ring platform at the top of the mast independent of its lift cables and in which the locking pawls supporting the ring can be disengaged from their supporting position by operating the lift cables from the base of the mast to permit lowering of the ring for maintenance such as a change of bulbs.

Abstract: An ornamental structure for decorative string sets utilizing miniature and subminiature lamps is disclosed in which a seamless ornament is securely fastened about the lamp and wires to provide both a decorative and strengthening function.

Abstract: Safety device for preventing fall of pole-mounted luminaire support due to breaking of hoisting cable. Device comprises pivoted brake arm which automatically clamps and holds the support cable in the event the hoisting cable breaks during hoisting or lowering operations.

Abstract: A lighting fixture is removably supported within a coffer of a modular suspended ceiling structure by two arms which are retractably mounted at each end of the fixture for movement between extended positions in which they are supported on the top surface of the surrounding ceiling structure and retracted positions to permit vertical lowering or upward insertion of the fixture into the ceiling.

Abstract: Warning lights are releasably secured, by means of clamps, along the length of a cable employed as a tether for a balloon. The cable passes through a relatively stationary, conically shaped cam at the base of the cable. As the balloon is winched back to earth, a cam follower on each clamp is forced into engagement with the cam, causing the jaws of the clamp to open and the clamp and its indicator automatically to be released from the cable.

Abstract: A light supporting frame and a carriage therefor mounted for vertical movements on a hollow tower having an upwardly tapering hollow base which contains a power operated winding drum on which is wound a pair of frame and carriage supporting cables. A transverse support arm extends in opposite directions from the top of the tower. Cooperating latch and strike elements releasably lock the light supporting frame to the transverse support arm, and latch releasing devices are carried by the frame and carriage. Tower engaging stabilizers on the frame and carriage hold the same against lateral movement relative to the tower. The winding drum is provided with an automatic brake to stop rotation of the winding drum when power is cut off therefrom.

Abstract: This invention relates to an arrangement for suspending lighting fittings and the like along or at traffic-routes and the like, comprising lines carried by standards and intended to carry or support the lighting fittings. The novelty lies in that the standards and the lines form two separate systems, wherein the line system is continuous along the traffic-route and releasably connected to the standard system so that the line system substantially remains in its elevated position even if part of the standard system is removed on e.g. a standard being struck by a vehicle.