Abstract: A stretchable chandelier ornament string assembly provides a plurality of elongated spring elements joined by a common runner and formed from a continuous piece of flat spring material stock. The runner is attached to a chandelier frame and each of the spring elements engages a chandelier ornament string. Displacement of the spring elements generates tension in the ornament strings to maintain the ornament strings in substantial predetermined alignment. The spring assembly can be formed into a non-planar orientation by the chandelier frame to generate a variety of shapes and patterns of chandelier string attachment locations.

Abstract: A high illumination level lighting system. The system comprises a light source module and a lighthead. The light source module is remote from the lighthead. An elongated light piping member has a first end in said light source module and a second end adjacent said light head. Light energy from the light source module is transported by the light piping member to the lighthead which collects the light energy from the second end of the light piping member, controls it and directs it in a desired pattern onto a site to be illuminated. A support assembly is provided for the light head. The support assembly may hold the light head in fixed position, or it may be adjustable so as to hold the light head in adjusted positions. The light source module may be provided with filter elements to eliminate unwanted wave lengths, heat, and to provide color temperature control.

Abstract: A locking assembly for lighting fixtures or portable lamps is provided to facilitate the fast assembly and alignment of longitudinally extending arms, such as hollow tubular arms, either on the flat surface, or on the vertical exterior surface of a base of the lighting fixture or portable lamp, without the use of additional machined or cast fittings. A bead is formed near the end of the arm, wherein the bead includes one or more indentations made of rectangular, square, round or other shapes, so that a projection or projections protrude from the opposite flat surface of the bead. The end of the tube beyond the bead is then threaded and if bent into an arm, the bending is done in the same plane as a line running through the center of the tube and one projection. One or more rounded holes slightly larger than the diameter of the tube are provided in the flat surface of the plates or bodies or onto the vertical sides of the bodies of the lighting fixture or portable lamp.

Abstract: A carriage which is drawn over a plurality of locations along a tightly threaded motor driven drive rod by a nut on the carriage, draws a chandelier support cable axially along the rod by way of a pulley on the carriage. The cable is wrapped on the pulley so that the vertical distance moved by the end of the cable for attachment to a chandelier is greater than the axial distance moved by the cable over the pulley. The drive rod is supported at each of the plurality of locations along the drive rod, against bowing.

Abstract: A hook and ornament assembly for a chandelier is provided. The assembly includes a hook with a first end terminating in a straight end-segment with a free end. A first ornament defining a straight bore is positioned on the end-segment, with the end-segment extending into the bore. The hook also has a first stop portion for limiting advancement of the first ornament further onto the hook and a second stop portion for limiting advancement of the first ornament off of the free end of the end-segment. The hook is constructed and arranged so that the straight end-segment can be spring biased away from the second stop and so that the first ornament can be positioned on and off the end-segment without permanently bending the hook. Hooks for such assemblies and methods for forming such assemblies also are provided.

Abstract: A chandelier assembly and kit includes a first and second plate, each having opposing substantially planar surfaces. First and second openings are provided in the first and second plates, respectively. These openings are constructed and arranged so that an ornament bearing arm is biased into locking engagement and secured against rotation, but preferably is free of engagement with the planar surfaces of the plates when assembled. The openings are configured so as to provide a restrictive portion that frictionally engages the arm to prevent rotation when the arm is positioned at a specified angle. The openings also each include a non-restrictive portion that allows the arm to readily pass without frictional engagement. Assembly and disassembly is permitted simply by biasing the arm into and out of frictional engagement with the plates.

Abstract: Novel chandelier frameworks are provided. The chandelier frameworks include arms and plates, as well as rings and disks mechanically and disengagingly securing the parts of the framework to one another. The plates and arms may include interlocking slots and projections held together by locking disks.

Abstract: A mounting device for a ceiling fan includes a plate having a protrusion formed in a middle portion and having a pair of flanges oppositely formed beside the protrusion, a notch formed between the protrusion and each of the flanges, a panel including a pair of flaps engaged through the notches of the plate and arranged such that the flaps are located above and supported by the flanges, and a pad engaged between each of the flaps and the respective flanges of the plate. The panel can thus be solidly coupled to the plate.

Abstract: A chandelier having tensioned strings of ornaments is provided. The chandelier includes a frame having first and second attachment locations and at least one string of ornaments extending between the first and second attachment locations and tensioned in a predetermined pattern by corresponding tensioning structures such as springs attached to the strings of ornaments.

Abstract: A chandelier frame made from rings and spokes is provided. The rings are adapted for supporting ornaments, and the spokes are attached to the rings for supporting the rings, preferably coaxially. The rings and spokes are attached to one another by interengaging locking means which mechanically and detachably secure the rings and spokes to one another. The rings and spokes may be formed entirely from nonstressed metal, and most preferably are cut from flat sheet metal.

Abstract: The invention provides a two piece chandelier securable at two discrete positions. An upper and lower framework are moveable with respect to one another along a displacement axis and are securable in an access position and a decorative position, whereby access to an internal component of the chandelier such as a lighting element is facilitated in the access position relative to the decorative position.

Abstract: A conversion replacement apparatus for HID screw-in mercury vapor, metal halide or high or low pressure sodium lamps utilizes the reflector typically employed with such lamps. The HID lamp is removed from the reflector. A fluorescent lamp support frame then is attached to the base end of the inside of the reflector to extend to a point substantially one-fourth to one-half of the distance between the base end and the light-emitting end of the reflector. The support includes a plurality of extensions for holding the bases of compact fluorescent lamps arranged in a general star configuration around the center line of the reflector. The extensions are bent at an angle to cause the compact fluorescent lamps to follow the outwardly-flared inside surface of the reflector. Ballasts for the lamps are located in a housing attached to the base end of the reflector.

Abstract: A lighting fixture, particularly a ceiling fixture adapted to surround a source of illumination, includes a horizontal mounting bracket with a set of upwardly open recesses formed in its upper edge. The bracket is preferably formed from a strip with a rectangular cross section, has overall a closed loop configuration, and is oriented with the recesses formed in a narrow edge surface of the strip. A set of translucent members are replacably assembled to the bracket without rivets or welding by a set of attachment members each have a hooked, upper end portion that seats in an associated one of the recesses. The seating is preferably snug and the hooked portion sandwiches the bracket below the recess to provide mechanical stability. The translucent member is preferably secured to the attachment member at a closed hole formed in the lower portion of the body by a conventional fastener that engages the hole and the translucent member.

Abstract: A gallery assembly for a decorative lighting chandelier includes a gallery ring and a plurality of decorative chains suspended from the gallery ring. The gallery ring is provided with openings, or pockets, which are dimensioned and shaped to support the uppermost crystal of the decorative chain in an upright position without the use of hooks or other connector elements. The opening includes an elongated crystal-receiving portion and a gap portion. The gap portion permits the decorative chain to be installed on the gallery ring by passing the connector through the gap and then lowering the decorative chain into the crystal-receiving portion of the opening until the crystal contacts the gallery ring. Upright support of the uppermost crysal is ensured by providing only four points of contact between the crystal and the gallery ring.

Abstract: A motorized apparatus to raise and lower a ceiling light fixture, such as a chandelier, to facilitate cleaning and bulb changing. A hoist mechanism, mounted above the ceiling between two joists, includes a drive motor with a drive shaft, and a take-up shaft coupled to the drive shaft, upon which is wound a single hoist cable which raises and lowers the light fixture. A ceiling junction box includes a first set of contacts for supplying electricity to the light fixture when the light fixture is raised, and one or more switches for preventing the light fixture from being hoisted past the raised position and for removing power from the first set of contacts when the light fixture is lowered. A canopy junction box, attached to the light fixture, includes a second set of contacts for receiving electricity from the first set of contacts. When the light fixture is raised, a ceiling canopy protects the first and second set of contacts from access.

Abstract: A lamp assembly includes a central holder attached to and disposed under the ceiling fan and having an electric wire passage, and several circumferentially equidistant illuminating units extending radially from the central holder. Each of the illuminating units includes a tubular connecting rod attached to the central holder, a rotary member connected rotatably to the connecting rod and capable of being locked on the connecting rod, a lamp equipped with an electric plug, and a reflection lamp shield connected removably to the rotary member and positioned over the lamp. The tubular connecting rod has a radial inner end fastened to and extending radially from the central holder, a central bore formed through the connecting rod in communication with the electric wire passage, and a radial outer end. The rotary member has a radial inner end connected rotatably to the radial outer end of the connecting rod, and a radial outer end equipped with an electric socket in which the electric plug is engaged.

Abstract: A light transmissive structure made from stones and particularly crystal clusters and a method for making same is disclosed in which the stone is mounted to a preferably transparent or translucent back using an adhesive which is clear after hardening and does not discolor, so that when assembled, the structure will withstand normal handling and mounting into a desired structure without breaking.

Abstract: A halogen spotlight device for an electrically operated ceiling fan includes a spotlight base portion configured for attachment to a switch housing of the ceiling fan. At least one spotlight body for housing a halogen bulb is mounted on the spotlight base portion by a pivoting connector, the spotlight body having a light outlet. A transformer for converting 120 volts to 12 volts has an input connected to a 120 volt household line by a switch, and an output connected to the halogen bulb in the spotlight body by a corresponding socket, for providing a 12 volt electric current to operate the halogen bulb.

Abstract: A light fixture collapsible for shipping has rotatable and axially-displaceable arms that are resiliently urged toward a central body such that when the arms are re-aligned with the body upon unpacking the fixture, the resilient means urges a positioning pin to lock the arm in place. The fixture has a hollow body with a peripheral wall against which a plurality of arms are to extend radially outward. A post on one of the arm and the body extends into the other of the arm and the body, making the arms rotatable about their axes. A positioning pin on the arm and a hole in the body, or vice versa, engage when the arm is in alignment. A helical spring urges the arm toward the body.

Abstract: A lamp socket and light fixture connection wherein the fixture comprises a tube receiving wiring for the socket, the tube having an abutment spaced from one end and an external screw thread on its end portion outward of the abutment, the thread defining a helical groove, the socket being adapted to be slid on the screw-threaded end portion of the tube and carrying a detent which passes by the thread to enable the socket to be slid on the end portion, the detent being engageable in the helical groove for screwing the socket into firm engagement with the abutment with limited rotation of the socket, following the sliding of the socket on the end portion.

Abstract: A chandelier hanging which consists of at least one non-transparent supporting bar and several outer bars surrounding the supporting bar. The supporting bar has a lustrous surface which is reflecting and which reflects rays coming from a light source onto the outer bars. The outer bars consist of transparent or translucent material, preferably glass.

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: Chandeliers having a center column, a circular arm supporting plate attachable to the center column, and a plurality of arms attachable or attached to the plate, the chandelier being adapted to be compactly packaged with said parts in a knocked-down or knocked-down and folded condition, and to be readily set up with the arms in an operative position extending radially outwardly from the plate.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a flambeau wherein a plurality of support arms are detachably connected to a pair of upper and lower connecting members, a connecting portion of each support arm being snugly received or frictionally engaged in the cavities and slots of the upper and lower connecting members so that the support arms can be firmly connected to the connecting members by friction without using an elongated screw. The lower end of the upper connecting member and the upper end of the lower connecting member are mated with each other, the connecting portion of the support arms being completely covered by the upper and lower connecting members and concealed from external view. The upper connecting member is threadedly connected at its upper end to a central decorative member and the lower connecting member is threadedly connected at its lower end to a base.

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: The element for decoration comprises a crystal glass bar, which is formed with a cavity that extends through the bar along its longitudinal center line and is open at both ends, and a wire which extends through the cavity and serves to attach the bar.

Abstract: A modular chandelier includes a rigid central frame and a plurality of radially disposed arms each of which is easily detachable from the frame. Mating electrical contacts are associated with the mechanical attachment means for each arm, so that the arm is electrically connected at the same time it is mechanically attached to the central frame, or electrically disconnected when it is detached.

Abstract: A light fixture comprises a central support body of circular shape presenting on its periphery a plurality of angularly equispaced sockets. Projecting at the interior of each socket cavity there are arranged vertically superposed electrical contacts in the form of male or pin contacts, which are connected to an electric circuit leading to the network. Inside each socket there can be inserted or "nested" a plug made of electrically insulating material, which carries a series of electrical contacts in the form of female or jack contacts, in a number corresponding to the number of pin contacts of the socket, and arranged in such a manner that, upon insertion or nesting of the plug into the socket, the pin contacts engage the corresponding jack contacts, thus establishing an electrical connection between the network circuit and the lamp circuit of the lamp-carrying arm attached to the said plug.

Abstract: A decorative antique comprising a variety of lamps and lights fitted to stovepipes so as to be lighted electrically.