Electrical connectors – Coupling part to receive fluorescent or neon lamp
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-10
2001-12-25
Luebke, Renee (Department: 2833)
Electrical connectors
Coupling part to receive fluorescent or neon lamp
C439S356000, C439S364000, C439S699200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06332796
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fluorescent tube seat, and in particular, a fluorescent tube seat, which can retains a fluorescent tube being mounted at any angle, without adjusting the angle of the fluorescent tube in the process of installation.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
A conventional structure of a light tube seat is shown in FIG.
1
. For such conventional fluorescent light tube seat, after it has been used for a period of time, it possesses the following shortcomings, which are required to be improved.
When a fluorescent light tube a is to be installed to a conventional tube seat, the tube pins b of the fluorescent tube at one end thereof have to be in alignment with the insertion holes
1
of a spring-support seat
2
by using one hand, and the other hand of the user is used to hold the spring-seat
2
for the other end of the light tube seat. In other words, both of the hands have to be used in installing the fluorescent light tube into the light tube seat. In addition, the light tube pins are not easily made in alignment with the insertion holes of the fluorescent tube seat. Thus, it is rather time consuming and inconvenience to mount the fluorescent light tube into the tube seats.
Another type of conventional light tube seat is the rotatable light tube seat, which is shown in FIG.
2
. When a fluorescent light tube is mounted, the light tube pins b of the light tube a are respectively in alignment with guiding slots
3
and then the pins b are rotated until the pins b are in contact with conducting plates at the light tube seat.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat comprising a base seat, a panel, an axle, an engaging peg, a spring, a hole cover, an “Π”-shaped member, two conducting copper plates, wherein two fluorescent light-tube seats are used as one module to facilitate the installation of the fluorescent light-tube tube by vertically pushing action of the fluorescent light-tube tube.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat, wherein the front end of the seat body is provided with a “Π”-shaped recess, and the bottom end of the lateral wall of the recess is a curved surface, and the center area of the top end of the seat body is a cylindrical slot in communication with the “Π”-shaped recess, the bottom end of the cylindrical slot is provided with a protruded edge, and the walls of the cylindrical slot is provided with two kinds of ribs of different height and thickness such that a lower rib is located in between two higher ribs, forming three spaced apart ribs on the walls.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat, wherein a panel has two straight substantially guiding slots with a distance being equal to the distance of the tube pins, and a contacting end formed on the panel is provided with a plurality of insertion pegs and a mounting block is positioned in between two guiding slots, and the lateral sides of the mounting block is provided with an engaging slot and the bottom edge thereof is tilted toward the interior thereof.
A further object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat, wherein an engaging peg is a hollow peg body mounted onto the top end of an axle, the top end of the peg is a cap edge having a diameter smaller than that of the cylindrical slot, and the circumferential edge of the cap edge is formed into three engaging teeth structures.
Another further object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat, wherein the axle pivotally mounted at the hollow tube body of the cylindrical slot, having the top end formed into 6 wave-like elements and the external edge surface of the tube is provided with a plurality of rails thereon.
Yet another flier object the present invention is to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat, wherein a hole cover having a surface provided with openings for wires, is used to seal the hole on the cylindrical slot.
A further object of the present invention is to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat, wherein an “Π”-shaped member is mounted at the bottom end of the axle and is located in between the mounting block and the “Π”-shaped recess.
Yet a flier object is to provide an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat, wherein two conducting copper plates are respectively mounted at the sides of the “Π”-shaped member.
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A & J
Luebke Renee
Nguyen Truc T
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