Electrical connectors – With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in... – Retaining means
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-13
2002-06-04
Paumen, Gary (Department: 2833)
Electrical connectors
With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...
Retaining means
C439S359000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06398578
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to a fast inserting connecting structure for fitting light, and especially to a fast inserting connecting structure to be fast and conveniently used with a connecting device provided on an electrical connecting end of a neighboring fitting light or a power line and extension line to be connected.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A fitting light or lighting rope system comprises mainly lamp strings having light emitting or flashing function in a flexible and transparent pipe. It is advantageous in providing a unique decorative effect as provided by a neon tube by light emitting and flashing of a lot of lamp bulbs through a transparent pipe. With the flexible structure which is plastic, the fitting light can be used in various fields for decoration with various patterns. For example, it can be hung on a surface of a building, or can be wrapped on a broad wall with a given pattern to form a marvelous and attractive large light emitting or flashing pattern. And more, it can be wrapped to form on a frame various given shapes such as a heart, a star and a snowman etc. as is disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,607,317 and 4,812,956.
In using such a fitting light, it can have any of various decorative patterns in pursuance of designed patterns or requirement of customers. Hence in manufacturing in factories, fitting lights are all in rolled forms. A user buying a fitting light in a rolled form can make cutting according to indicative marks to obtain desired lengths and then the lengths are taken for connection.
FIG. 1
shows a connecting mode of such a conventional fitting light, assuming that a conduit
10
therein is a power line, the end of the power line
10
is provided with an end piece
11
, while the end of a desired length of a fitting light
12
cut is provided with holes
121
,
122
for connecting. A connecting seat
13
is provided on the two opposite sides thereof with metallic guide pins
131
and
132
respectively, the guide pins
131
and
132
can be inserted respectively into corresponding holes
121
,
122
of the end piece
11
and the fitting light
12
; then a connecting piece is used to ensure the connection. In the drawing shown, the structure of the connecting piece often used includes two semi-cylindrical housing parts
14
,
15
. The housing part
14
is provided with four corner screw holes
16
, while the housing part
15
is provided at the corresponding positions with holes
17
for locking therein screws
18
to connect the power line
10
with the fitting light
12
.
The structure of the conventional connecting piece of a fitting light has its disadvantage residing in that, when in assembling, screwing in of the screws
18
into the two mutually separated semi-cylindrical housing parts
14
,
15
makes the operation of connecting more trouble, time consuming and inconvenient. And a fitting light available in a roll not only renders a consumer to feel complicated and bothersome in requiring a tool to cut and to lock for assembling, but also is uneasy to meet the severer requirement of safety standard of some countries in that the roll of fitting light is cut according to the individually desired length before connecting.
Although the U.S. Pat. No. 4,607,317 disclosed a connecting device for the end of a fitting light, the connecting device includes a plurality of cylinders which must be mutually fitted over and rotated for connection, and includes nuts and sockets. It is complicated as to the components, and is bothersome and inconvenient as to operation of connecting.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a fast inserting connecting structure for a fitting light; it can render the fitting light to make connection fast and conveniently without a tool or professional technique, or only with a simple tool. The fitting light can also be conveniently connected with a power line, an extension line or an end cap to be connected.
To get the above stated object, in the present invention, the connecting areas of the fitting light and another fitting light or a related power line, extension line or end cap have cooperative connecting ends, the connecting ends are provided near by themselves an inserting connecting device for mutual connection. So that when the connecting ends are connected by insertion, the inserting connecting device can directly be connected by insertion with the fitting light or its related power line or extension line.
The inserting connecting device has external sleeves including inserting connecting ends and slipping-over connecting ends, the external sleeves can be movable, or can be movable at one side but fixed at the other side.
In a practicable embodiment of the present invention, the inserting connecting ends of the inserting connecting device can be a plurality of single lugs, while the slipping-over connecting ends thereof can be provided each with two separated lugs for mutual connecting.
In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the inserting connecting ends of the inserting connecting device can be extended elastic hooking pieces, while the slipping-over connecting ends thereof can be provided with corresponding holes for mutual connecting.
In a further practicable embodiment of the present invention, the external sleeves of the inserting connecting device can be provided with a plurality of axial strips separately arranged on the peripheries of them to allow mutual connecting of them; the axial strips have peripheral recesses to be used to bind and connect them.
The present invention will be apparent in its novelty and features after reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof in reference to the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4998891 (1991-03-01), Bresko
patent: 5565728 (1996-10-01), Jung
Figueroa Felix O.
Paumen Gary
Shining Blick Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Troxell Law Office PLLC
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