Claims
- 1. A lamp protecting device for a lighting fixture embedded in a built-in hole formed in a ceiling and having a flange formed on a lower end of a case of said lighting fixture and exposed out of said ceiling, comprising a guard fixing attachment made of a rectangular plate having a cutout through which said case can be passed through and outer ends folded to form steps corresponding to the thickness of said flange, and a guard made of a plurality of circular members and rod like members connecting said circular members, wherein said lighting fixture is moved downward to make a gap between lower surface of said ceiling and upper surface of said flange, then said guard fixing attachment is inserted into said gap, then said lighting fixture is moved upward to fix said guard fixing attachment is inserted into said gap, then said lighting fixture is moved upward to fix said guard fixing attachment in between said lower surface of said ceiling and said upper surface of said flange, and then said guard is attached to said guard fixing attachment.
- 2. The lamp protecting device according to claim 1, wherein said guard fixing attachment comprises two rectangular plates each having semicircular cutout of which diameter is approximately same to the outer diameter of said case and said step is formed at each end portion opposite to said cutout, each of said two rectangular plates is inserted into said gap from each other side of said lighting fixture until inner surface of said semi-circle of said cutout contacts with the outer surface of said case.
- 3. The lamp protecting device according to claim 1, wherein said guard fixing attachment is made of a rectangular plate having a U shape cutout of which width is approximately equal to the outer diameter of said case and the inner end of which forms a semi-circle with a diameter approximately equal to the outer diameter of said case, said steps are formed at end portions parallel to said U shape cutout, and said guard fixing attachment is inserted to said gap until inner surface of said semi-circle contacts with the outer surface of said case.
- 4. The lamp protecting device according to claim 1, wherein one of said circular members of said guard is formed to contact with said flange.
- 5. The lamp protecting device according to claim 2, wherein one of said circular members of said guard is formed to contact with said flange.
- 6. The lamp protecting device according to claim 3, wherein one of said circular members of said guard is formed to contact with said flange.
- 7. The lamp protecting device according to claim 1, wherein said guard is formed of a transparent plate.
- 8. The lamp protecting device according to claim 2, wherein said guard is formed of a transparent plate.
- 9. The lamp protecting device according to claim 3, wherein said guard is formed of a transparent plate.
- 10. The lamp protecting device according to claim 7, wherein a circular hollow with a diameter approximately equal to said outer diameter of said flange and having a side wall that contacts with the outer surface of said flange is formed.
- 11. The lamp protecting device according to claim 8, wherein a circular hollow with a diameter approximately equal to said outer diameter of said flange and having a side wall that contacts with the outer surface of said flange is formed.
- 12. The lamp protecting device according to claim 9, wherein a circular hollow with a diameter approximately equal to said outer diameter of said flange and having a side wall that contacts with the outer surface of said flange is formed.
Priority Claims (2)
Number |
Date |
Country |
Kind |
11-079220 |
Mar 1999 |
JP |
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11-079221 |
Mar 1999 |
JP |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/532,954, filed on Mar. 22, 2000, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference and for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120; and this application claims priority of Application No. 11-079220 filed in Japan on Mar. 24, 1999 and Application No. 11-079221 filed in Japan on Mar. 24, 1999 under 35 U.S.C. §119.
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