The present invention relates to a lamp holder structure comprising a main body having a universal accommodating slot and an accommodating space concavely formed at the top and the bottom of the main body respectively, and a first electrically conductive plate and a second electrically conductive plate both installed at the top of the main body proximate to the universal accommodating slot, wherein the second electrically conductive plate is electrically coupled with a lamp holder base contained in the accommodating space, a metal spring plate is embedded into the main body, and a pressing element is contained in the universal accommodating slot and can be rotated or moved back and forth in the universal accommodating slot for pressing against a flange of the metal spring plate, such that the metal spring plate can be electrically coupled to or detached from the first electrically conductive plate. Since the design of the lamp holder structure of the present invention simply uses the metal spring plate and the pressing element for switching the power supply, therefore the invention can achieve the effects of reducing the quantity of components and simplifying the assembling procedure significantly.
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The aforementioned conventional lamp holder structure 10 is convenient and popular, and thus new products of this sort are introduced to the market constantly. The conventional lamp holder structure 20 as shown in
Although the use of the aforementioned conventional lamp holder structures 10, 20, 30 are convenient, their actual manufacture still has problems. For example, the conventional lamp holder structures 10, 20, 30 include the rotating axial device 11, the push lever device 21 and the stringer bead wheel device 31, but their size, structure and circuit layout come with different specifications, and thus the conventional lamp holder structures 10, 20, 30 have different specifications, and manufacturers need to set up different production lines and purchase different molds and components for the production of the conventional lamp holder structures 10, 20, 30 of different specifications in order to meet the market requirements, due to the various different specifications of the rotating axial device 11, the push lever device 21 and the stringer bead wheel device 31. As a result, the manufacturers have to purchase more components and waste unnecessary expenses and assembling time. Obviously, the assembling procedure of the lamp holder structure becomes more complicated. As the market demand for the lamp holder structure of a certain specification rises drastically and the market demand for the lamp holder structure of other specifications drops drastically, the manufacturers have to increase the number of product lines for the lamp holder structure of one specification and decrease the number of production lines for the lamp holder structure of the other specification, and thus making the production management more complicated, and causing a delay of production schedule easily. Furthermore, the manufacturers have to make the molds in advance or purchase the expensive and complicated rotating axial device 11, push lever device 21 or stringer bead wheel device 31, and then install these components to the conventional lamp holder structure 10, 20, 30, so that the production cost for the manufacture and assembling of the components of the conventional lamp holder structure 10, 20, 30 must be increased, and the increase of the cost is definitely an unfavorable factor to the manufacturers.
To overcome the foregoing drawbacks of the conventional lamp holder structure 10, 20, 30 such as a complicated assembling procedure and a high production cost for the manufacture and assembling of the components, it is a key point of the present invention to design a novel lamp holder structure to allow manufacturer to install various different types of pressing elements into a universal accommodating slot of the same lamp holder structure, so as to achieve the effects of mass producing the lamp holder structures of different specifications, reducing the quantity of components, and simplifying the assembling procedure.
In view of the aforementioned shortcomings of the conventional lamp holder structure with a complicated assembling procedure, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally developed a lamp holder structure with a universal accommodating slot, in hope of providing a convenient and quick way of manufacturing a large quantity of lamp holder structures of various different specifications.
Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a lamp holder structure with a universal accommodating slot, and the lamp holder structure comprises a main body, a first electrically conductive plate, a metal spring plate, a second electrically conductive plate, a lamp holder base and a pressing element (such as an axle, a push lever, or a stringer bead wheel), wherein an accommodating space is concavely formed at the bottom of the main body, and a universal accommodating slot is concavely formed at the top of the main body. The first electrically conductive plate is installed at the top of the main body and at a position proximate to the universal accommodating slot. An end of the first electrically conductive plate is extended to the bottom of the universal accommodating slot, and the other end of the first electrically conductive plate is electrically coupled to a first electric wire. The metal spring plate is embedded into the main body, and an end of the metal spring plate is extended and fixed into the accommodating space, and the other end of the metal spring plate is extended and fixed into the universal accommodating slot, wherein a predetermined interval is maintained between the metal spring plate and an end of the first electrically conductive plate. The metal spring plate includes a flange formed at a position proximate to the other end of the metal spring plate, such that when an external force is applied to the flange, the other end of the metal spring plate is driven to press against an end of the first electrically conductive plate, so that the metal spring plate and the first electrically conductive plate are electrically coupled to one another. If the flange is not pressed by any external force, the other end of the metal spring plate will be detached from the first electrically conductive plate due to the stress of the metal spring plate, so that the metal spring plate and the first electrically conductive plate are electrically isolated. The second electrically conductive plate is installed at the top of the main body and at a position proximate to the universal accommodating slot, and an end of the second electrically conductive plate is extended to the accommodating space at the bottom of the main body, and the other end of the second electrically conductive plate is provided for electrically coupling a second electric wire. The lamp holder base is contained in the accommodating space, and the top of the lamp holder base is pressed against an end of the second electrically conductive plate, such that the lamp holder base and the second electrically conductive plate are electrically coupled with each other. The lamp holder base includes an opening formed thereon for extending an end of the metal spring plate through the opening into the lamp holder base. The lamp holder base further includes an assembling slot concavely formed thereon and provided for assembling a lamp cap of an illumination lamp, such that an end of the lamp cap is pressed against an end of the metal spring plate, and the periphery of the lamp cap is electrically coupled to the second electrically conductive plate through the lamp holder base. The pressing element is contained in the universal accommodating slot and can be rotated or moved back and forth in the universal accommodating slot. The pressing element includes at least one pressing portion formed thereon and can be rotated or moved with the pressing element to press against a flange of the metal spring plate, such that the metal spring plate can be electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive plate, or detached from the flange of the metal spring plate, and the metal spring plate and the first electrically conductive plate are electrically disconnected from each other.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturers to install a pressing element of various different types such as an axle, a push lever or a stringer bead wheel into the universal accommodating slot of the same lamp holder structure to mass produce different models of the lamp holder structures conveniently and quickly, without requiring an increase of production lines. Since the design of the lamp holder structure of the present invention simply uses a metal spring plate and a pressing element for switching the power supply, therefore the invention can achieve the effects of reducing the quantity of components and simplifying the assembling procedure significantly. In addition, the invention can lower the component manufacturing and assembling costs incurred in the assembling procedure of the conventional lamp holder structure that requires manufacturers to manufacture or purchase expensive rotating axial devices, push lever devices or stringer bead wheel devices.
The structure as well as a preferred mode of use, further objects, and advantages of the present invention will be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of some illustrative embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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The pressing element 46 is installed and contained in the universal accommodating slot 412, wherein the pressing element 46 of this preferred embodiment is a push lever that can be moved back and forth in the universal accommodating slot 412, and the pressing element 46 includes at least one pressing portion 461 formed thereon and movable together with the pressing element 46 to press against a flange 431 of the metal spring plate 43, such that the metal spring plate 43 can be electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive plate 42, or detached from the flange 431 of the metal spring plate 43, and the metal spring plate 43 and the first electrically conductive plate 42 are electrically disconnected from each other.
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In this preferred embodiment, the lamp holder structure 40 further comprises an internal cover 48, and two positioning holes 481 formed on the internal cover 48, and each positioning hole 481 being provided for passing a positioning element 482, wherein the positioning element 482 is a screw or a rivet, such that the internal cover 48 can be secured or riveted to the top of the main body 41 through the two positioning elements 482 to cover the universal accommodating slot 412, the first electrically conductive plate 42, the second electrically conductive plate 44 and the pressing element 46. The first electrically conductive plate 42, the second electrically conductive plate 44 and the pressing element 46 are fixed into the main body 41.
In addition, the internal cover 48 further includes two electric wire through holes 483, and each electric wire through hole 483 is provided for passing the first electric wire 413 or the second electric wire 414, such that when an end of the first electric wire 413 passing through the corresponding electric wire through hole 483 and the other end of the first electrically conductive plate 42 are electrically coupled with one another, and an end of the second electric wire 414 passing through the corresponding electric wire through hole 483 and the other end of the second electrically conductive plate 44 are electrically coupled with one another, the internal cover 48 can be secured to the top of the main body 41. An end of the first electric wire 413 and the second electric wire 414 is pressed and fixed to the top of the main body 41.
In this preferred embodiment, the lamp holder structure 40 further comprises an external cover 49, a plurality of bumps 491 convexly formed at an internal periphery of the external cover 49, and a plurality of embedding grooves 484 concavely formed at an external periphery of the internal cover 48, wherein the bumps 491 are corresponsive to the embedding grooves 484 respectively, and each bump 491 can be embedded into its corresponding embedding groove 484, such that the external cover 49 can be integrally engaged with the internal cover 48 through the bumps 491. In addition, an external cover hole 492 is formed on the external cover 49 for passing the first electric wire 413 and the second electric wire 414 through the external cover hole 492 and electrically coupled to an external power supply.
As a result, manufacturers simply require installing the pressing element 46 into the universal accommodating slot 412 of the lamp holder structure 40 in order to mass produce the lamp holder structures 40 conveniently and quickly. Since the design of the lamp holder structure 40 of the present invention adopts the metal spring plate 43 and the pressing element 46 for switching the power supply, therefore the quantity of components can be reduced significantly, and the assembling procedure can be simplified effectively. In addition, the invention also can reduce the component manufacturing and assembling costs, since manufacturers of the conventional lamp holder structure have to manufacture or purchase expensive rotating axial device, push lever device or stringer bead wheel device.
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In this preferred embodiment, an internal thread 591 is formed at an internal periphery of the external cover 59, and an external thread 581 is formed at an external periphery of the internal cover 58, and the internal thread 591 of the external cover 59 is screwed and coupled to the external thread 581 of the internal cover 58 to integrally engage the external cover 59 and the internal cover 58.
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The components including the pressing element, the internal cover and the external cover as well as the assembling method of the main body, the internal cover and the external cover are described in the preferred embodiments for illustrating the present invention. While the invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention set forth in the claims.