Illumination – Curvilinear light source
Patent
1986-07-15
1987-09-08
Wolfe, Jr., Willis R.
Illumination
Curvilinear light source
362267, 362431, F21S 500, F21V 2100
Patent
active
046928480
ABSTRACT:
An improved and simplified lighting fixture designed for rugged outdoor use and whose housing is made of polyvinyl chloride. The fixture's major components include a cylindrical housing of polyvinyl chloride having an annular ring projecting from the center of its inner wall; a U-shaped standard voltage fluorescent lamp; a socket for said lamp; a 120 volt transformer; a hollow cylindrical housing extension of polyvinyl chloride whose outer diameter is slightly less than the inner diameter of said housing and which is fitted into the lower end of said housing; a flanged circular base plate sized to fit snugly into the lower end of the housing extension and carrying on its upper surface the fluorescent lamp socket and the transformer; a dished reflector surrounding the lower end of the lamp and secured against the annular ring of said housing; and a flat circular transparent lens bonded to the upper end of said housing.
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Johnson Merrill N.
Wolfe, Jr. Willis R.
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