Illumination – Housing – With mounting means
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-22
2001-06-19
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
Housing
With mounting means
C362S332000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06247833
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to lamps and more particularly to a lamp for refracting light in different directions. The invention more specifically relates to a lamp that includes a junction box for connecting the wiring of the lamp to an electrical junction box in a building.
2. Description of Prior Art
Present lamp fixtures are designed to spread light outwardly over a given area. Existing lamp fixtures do not give off sufficient light when the lamp fixtures are against the wall of a building. The current invention solves this problem by providing several faceted, light transmitting portions on a lamp to spread the light in any one of a forward, left, right and downward direction.
Additionally, current lamp fixtures require electricians to open up the light fixtures, so that the electrical wiring can be completed. The wiring may have to run through a hundred feet of conduit to the electrical or junction box, or a separate junction box will have to be installed near the lamp fixture. Separate brackets must be provided to mount the lamp fixture to the wall. The current invention solves this problem by providing a junction box that can be mounted to an electrical box or junction box in a building, and also act as a support for the lamp fixture. All electrical connections are made and pushed into the junction box, eliminating the need for additional junction boxes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the inventive apparatus is a lamp fixture having a top housing with slightly slanted side walls, a faceted rectangular glass portion extending from the housing and held affixed to the housing by a door, and a junction box and an extrusion plate for mounting the fixture to an electrical or junction box in a building. The extrusion plate is mounted to a sidewall of the housing. The extrusion plate includes J or hooked shaped end portions forming cavities therein. The junction box has a rear wall that is mounted to an electrical or junction box in a building. Sidewalls extend generally perpendicularly from the rear wall to ridges that extend generally perpendicularly and outwardly from the sidewalls. The ridges are slightly angled to match the angle of the sidewalls of the fixture housing. The fixture and mounted extrusion plate can then be lifted above the junction box, and the cavities of the extrusion plate can be slid over the ridges of the junction box. The top surface of the extrusion plate is slightly angled to compensate for the angle of the ridges, so that the top surfaces of the extrusion plate and the junction box are flush with one another. The wire connections are made and pushed into the junction box. A top plate is placed and secured to the top surfaces of the junction box and the extrusion plate.
An object of this invention is to provide a lamp fixture that does not require an electrician to open the fixture to wire it to a wall.
Another object of this invention is to provide a lamp fixture junction box that can be attached to an electrical or junction box in a building.
An additional object of this invention is to provide a lamp fixture that spreads light in different directions—forward and downward, and left and right
Another object of this invention is to provide a lamp fixture with less closure plugs than those which are presently known.
Another object of this invention is to provide junction box that also acts as a wiring box.
Another object of this invention is to provide a junction box that allows for expansion of wiring to other lamp fixtures.
A further object of this invention is to provide a lamp fixture and junction box assembly that is cost effective, easy to assemble in the factory and easy to install in the field.
These and other objects will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment, taken together with the accompanying drawings and the appended claims.
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Hochberg D. Peter
Holt William H.
O'Shea Sandra
Vieyra Katherine R.
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