1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a halogen lampholder, particularly to one composed of plural independent components, able to be simply assembled stably and disassembled conveniently.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A conventional halogen lampholder is always made in a fixed solid structure, that is, it cannot be disassembled without causing partial damages. Such a fixed structure not only costs higher for design and manufacturing, but also involves a rather complicated and tough way of assembling. Besides, that the conventional one is unable to be disassembled after having been assembled is very inconvenient in practical use. Therefore, this invention has been devised to overcome the defects as mentioned above.
The prime object of this invention is to offer a halogen lampholder able to be disassembled into plural components, providing simple manufacturing casts for saving cost, easy assembling and disassembling, and a convenient maintenance. Moreover, if any of the independent components is damaged or out of work, it can be replaces with a new one instead of replacing a new whole lampholder, saving cost and reduce consumption of energy for environmental protection.
The main characteristics of the invention are a base, a locking spring member, two clipping members, two sliding members, a bottom cover, an outer shell and an outer ring. The base has a vertical plugging chamber at its one end for a fitting portion of a halogen lamp and two conducting teeth under the fitting portion to plug in, two accommodating chambers at its front and rear side respectively connected with the vertical plugging chamber by a connecting groove at its bottom for containing a locking spring member. The locking spring member possesses a transversal leaning plate and a locking plate set to extend upright from two sides of the transversal leaning plate respectively. Each locking plate is formed of a hump in its intermediate portion and a bended clipping end at its top. The transversal leaning plate is put in the connecting groove. The locking plates are placed in the accommodating chambers. The bended clipping ends are settled in the vertical plugging chamber for clamping the fitting portion of the lamp. Each accommodating chamber has a sliding groove at its two sides respectively for a sliding rail provided at two sides of a sliding member respectively to move along. Each sliding member has a projecting pusher at its rear side for supporting the locking spring member on the spot near the hump. A bottom-fixing cavity is set at the bottom of the base and two sides of the connecting groove respectively, communicating with the vertical plugging chamber. Each bottom-fixing cavity is inserted by a clipping member that has a bended clipping end plugged into and to stay at the edge of the vertical plugging chamber, two fixing plates placed in the bottom fixing cavity and a wire clipping plate formed by a bended extension of the fixing plate. Each bended clipping end of the clipping member is in contact with each conducting tooth of a halogen lamp. Each wire clipping plate is pushed to get bended by one end of a power wire so that the power wire is clamped by the wire clipping plate and the fixing plates. The base has two fixing grooves and four locking grooves at the other end. Each sliding groove is formed of a transversal groove in its intermediate portion. The bottom cover is provided with hooks, a wall body and locking grooves around its circumference, a transversal locking bar and two piercing holes in its surface. The bottom cover is combined completely with the base by locking the hooks with the fixing grooves of the base, with the wall body fitting with the locking grooves and by supporting the transversal locking bar resting on the transversal leaning plate. The piercing holes are passed through by the power wire. The outer shell is provided with an opening for containing the base and the bottom cover at its one end and an interior threaded column for the power wire to pass through at the other end. Two projections are set symmetrically in the inner wall of the opening. The two projections are inserted in the locking grooves of the bottom cover and moved to reach and stay stably in the transversal grooves by rotating the outer shell against the base, finishing the assembly of the outer shell with the base. Finally, the sliding members are moved to the openings of the transversal grooves to prevent the projections from moving away so as to keep the base, the bottom cover and the outer shell assembled firmly together.
The outer shell is formed of male threads on its outer wall for screwing with inner female threads of an outer ring.
The outer shell is provided with an inner threaded column for screwing with an outer threaded portion of a power wire tube provided for the power wire to pass through.
This invention is better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
As shown in
The base 10 is made of ceramics and formed as a column shape. With references to
The locking spring member 20 is composed of a transversal leaning plate 21 and two locking plates 22 located to extend upright from its two sides of the transverse leaning plate 21. Each locking plate 22 is formed with a hump 221 in its intermediate portion and a bended clipping end 222 at its top. In assembling, put the transversal leaning plate 21 into the connecting groove 121 of the base 10 first and then, make the locking plates 22 to move upwards into the accommodating groove 12. In this condition, each hump 221 is staying in the accommodating groove 12 and each bended locking end 222 is staying at the inner edge of the vertical plugging chamber 11 as shown in
Each of the clipping members 30 is formed of a bended clipping end 31, two insert plates 32 and a wire clipping plate 33 that is a bended extension of one of the fixing plates 32 and connected between the bottom of the two insert plates 32. In assembling, as shown in
Each of the sliding members 40 is provided with a vertical sliding rail 41 at its two sides respectively, a pushing ear 42 at the top of its front side, a projecting pusher 43 at the bottom of its rear side and a recessed surface 44 above the hump pusher 43. In assembling, keep each the sliding rail 41 of the sliding member 40 fit exactly with the sliding groove 13 of the base 10, and then push upwards the sliding member 40 so that the projecting pusher 43 may reach the hump 221 of the locking spring member 20. Next, push the pushing ear 42 to move over the hump 221 and urge on it. At this time, the recessed surface 44 reaches the stopping edge 131 of the base 10 and fits with the flat groove 132. Therefore, the locking spring member 20, being supported by the projecting pusher 43 from its two sides respectively, has a potential elasticity and an inclination to compress inwards.
The bottom cover 50 possesses a transversal locking bar 51 located between two plugging plates 52 that are formed concavely so as to form a locking groove 521 respectively on the surfaces of the plugging plates 52. Each of the plugging plate 52 is connected with a wall body 53, a hook 54 and a recess 55 orderly at its two sides respectively. The surface of the bottom cover 50 is cut with two piercing holes 56 located respectively near to one end of each recess 55. In assembling, at first, place the plugging plate 52 faced exactly to the bottom of the accommodating chamber 12 and insert it therein. By the time, the transversal locking bar 51 is to lean exactly on the transversal leaning plate 21 of the locking spring member 20, and each hook 54 is inserted into each fixing groove 15 and to hook with the interface 151. Then each plugging plate 52 and the wall body 53 at two sides of each hook 54 fit in the locking grooves 16 correspondingly and each recess 55 is occupied by each corresponding wall body 161. And, each the piercing hole 56 is facing to the non-connecting end of each wire clipping plate 33 of the clipping member 30 so that each pole of the power line 80, after being stripped off the plastics wrapped its end, can pass through the piercing hole 56 and push up the wire clipping plate 33 to reach the fixing plate 32 so as to enable it to be clamped together with the fixing plate 32, enabling the current to be conducted through to the clipping member 30 as shown in
The outer shell 60, as shown in
In practical use, the inner threaded column 62 of the outer shell 60 is screwed tightly together with an outer threaded portion 45 of a power wire tube 4. A power wire 80 is made to penetrate through the power wire tube 4, the exterior threaded portion 45 and the inner threaded column 62, the interior of the outer shell 60 and the piercing holes 56 orderly to enter the wire clipping plates 33 so as to be clamped together with plugging plates 32, as shown in
In
The components of the preferred embodiments in the present invention, as mentioned above, can be disassembled in a reverse procedure. Therefore, each component can be manufactured independently to reduce the cost. And, such easy assembly and disassembly are convenient for the consumers to check up or clean up the interior, possible to achieve a better and longer life for the halogen lampholder.
While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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