Illumination – Elongated source light unit or support – Housing
Patent
1994-05-12
1995-11-21
Yeung, James C.
Illumination
Elongated source light unit or support
Housing
362147, 362368, 439239, F21S 300
Patent
active
054693489
ABSTRACT:
A support 11 for an elongate fluorescent light tube 12 having at each end a pair of projecting electrical contact pins 13, comprises an elongate casing 14 and first and second holders 15 and 16 depending from the frame at respective ends thereof. Each holder has a holding structure 18 which defines upwardly facing openings 19 and 20 for receiving the contact pins 13 of the light tube, to contact electrical terminals 21 and 22 located in the openings. Each holder is shaped to define an entry space 60 between the entrance to the openings 19 and 20 and the casing 14, whereby the light tube can be installed in the support by sideways movement of the pins 13 into the entry space, followed by downward movement of the pins into the respective openings 19 and 20. Support surfaces 26 are formed on the holding structure 18 to support the light tube temporarily by the pins thereof during installation before contact is made by the pins with the electrical terminals.
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