1) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an improvement to the annex lighting fixture for decorative ceiling fan, specifically the type of annex lighting fixture installed underneath the decorative ceiling fan that can be self-rigged with a wide variety of outward appearances and internal neon tube arrangements.
2) Description of the Prior Art
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The invention herein provides different possibility in terms of appearances and illumination arrangements; it is no longer a fixture of a single given shape with pull string controls only applying to light intensity. The present invention devises a light fixture seat underneath a ceiling fan, whereupon, by means of various screw types and screw holes positioning on a light fixture frame; different shell elements, colors and finishes can be exploited to give a rich variety of outward appearances on self-rigging basis. In addition, the various lighting arrangements within the fixture are controlled by the sectional switches underneath for different effects. The rich choices of fixture selections, shell types, composition styles, glazing finishes are all open for selection and change; thereby offering great versatility to the user.
It is the primary goal of the present invention to affect an improvement to the conventional annex lighting fixture for decorative ceiling fan where the lighting fixture and the neon tubes therein, all have the option of self-rigging installation or changes to achieve the different effects to accommodate the environment or occasion.
A secondary consideration of the invention herein is to offer the clear finish or sand blasted finish shell as basic choices for the self 10 rigging assembly set.
To enable a further understanding of the objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments:
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The light fixture (1) is connected through a wire (17) of the hollow screw (16) and the screw hole (22) at the center of the seat body (21) to a power source. The light fixture (1) is itself devised with a hollow conduit (15) and a fixture base (12) for neon tubes (13) (13′) while the neon tubes (13) and (13′) are of different colors, for instances light pink and blue. The hollow conduits (15) houses wiring for a sectional switch (14) that controls neon tubes (13) and (13′). Pulling the sectional switch (14) once turns on the pink neon tube (13) while a second pull will turn on the blue neon tube instead; a third pull turns on both tubes simultaneously; versatile controls such as these are more pleasing to the contemporary market taste. A shell case (11) of the light fixture (1) is devised to facilitate constructing and dismantling of the assembly, comprises of an upper shell (111) and a lower shell (112). Removing either part makes it possible to maintain or to replace the neon tubes (13), (13′) or the fixture base (12). The upper/lower shell (111), (112) can make alternative changes (from clear glass finish to sand-blasted finish, for instance) or be substituted with a different part to affect a totally different look for the annex lighting fixture (1).
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To summarize, the present invention is not only capable of changing light color and atmosphere by switch-controlling the neon tubes (13), (13′) to accommodate the atmosphere and occasion, neon tubes (13), (13′) can be changed or replaced according to user preference. The change of the neon tubes (13) (13′) is independent of the shell case (11) geometry while upper/lower shell (111) (112) is to be changed individually or collectively from clear finish to sandblast finish according to user preference.
It is of course to be understood that the embodiment described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of the modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
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20040233660 A1 | Nov 2004 | US |