Information
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Patent Grant
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6779911
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Patent Number
6,779,911
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Date Filed
Tuesday, November 26, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, August 24, 200420 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Husar; Stephen
- Payne; Sharon
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
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- 362 147
- 362 226
- 362 404
- 362 427
- 362 431
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- 439 336
- 439 375
- 439 419
- 439 6992
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat includes a lamp holder, a lamp connecting seat, an electrode, a fixing seat, a cover plate, a fixing bracket, and two safety locking members. When the lamp holder registers the fixing seat, the lamp holder is rotated relative to the fixing seat, so that the lamp holder is integrally combined with the fixing seat. Thus, the separation device is assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently. In addition, the lamp can be inserted into the lamp connecting seat only when each of the two safety locking members is exactly locked on the lamp holder and the fixing seat, thereby forming a safety locking effect.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, and more particularly to a separation device that is assembled and disassembled rapidly, easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional lamp in accordance with the prior art comprises a shade seat, a shade mounted on the bottom of the shade seat, a fixing device mounted in the shade seat, a lamp rack mounted on the shade seat and having a distal end connected to the fixing device, and a lamp body mounted in the shade and connected to the fixing device. The fixing device contains an electronic ballast therein. The fixing device is connected with an electric wire which is connected to a junction box of the ceiling fan through the lamp rack.
However, the conventional lamp having an electronic stabilizer in accordance with the prior art has the following disadvantages.
1. The electronic ballast mounted in the fixing device that is hidden in the shade is easily worn out. Thus, when the electronic ballast is worn out, the user has to detach the lamp body, then detach the shade from the shade seat, thereby exposing the fixing device, and then detach and replace the entire fixing device. Then, the user has to mount a new fixing device in the shade seat, then mount the shade in the shade seat, and then mount the lamp body. Thus, it takes a long time and much manual work to replace the fixing device, thereby greatly increasing inconvenience and difficulty in maintenance of the fixing device.
2. The fixing device is connected to the electric wire. Thus, when the electronic ballast in the fixing device is worn out, the user has to detach the shade seat and the shade, and to detach the fixing device from the electric wire for replacing the fixing device and the electronic stabilizer in the fixing device, thereby easily causing danger in maintenance of the fixing device.
3. The user has to replace the entire fixing device when the electronic ballast or other parts contained in the fixing device is worn out, thereby causing improper consumption of material and increasing the cost, and thereby easily causing an environmental pollution.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the disadvantage of the conventional lamp.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, wherein when the lamp holder registers the fixing seat, the lamp holder is rotated relative to the fixing seat, so that the lamp holder is integrally combined with the fixing seat. Thus, the separation device is assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, wherein each of the two safety locking members is exactly locked on the lamp holder and the fixing seat when the lamp holder is aligned with the fixing seat, so that the separation device is assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, wherein the main parts are mounted in the lamp holder, so that they can be detached and replaced rapidly, easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, wherein the lamp holder and the fixing seat are assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
A further objective of the present invention is to provide a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, wherein the lamp can be inserted into the lamp connecting seat only when each of the two safety locking members is exactly locked on the lamp holder and the fixing seat, thereby forming a double safety locking effect.
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, comprising a lamp holder, a lamp connecting seat, an electrode, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:
the lamp holder has a closed end provided with a protruding guide column which has a periphery formed with two radially opposite locking portions and an orientation portion;
the lamp connecting seat is mounted in the lamp holder;
the electrode is mounted in the lamp holder;
the fixing seat has a first end fixed on the closed end of the lamp holder, the first end of the fixing seat has a center formed with a guide hole for receiving the guide column of the lamp holder, the guide hole of the fixing seat has a wall formed with two radially opposite recessed guide portions for guiding a respective one of the two locking portions of the lamp holder, and formed with two radially opposite retaining rails each located beside a respective one of the two guide portions for retaining a respective one of the two locking portions of the lamp holder, the wall of the guide hole of the fixing seat is formed with an arcuate orientation slot for receiving the orientation portion of the lamp holder; and
each of the two safety locking members is mounted between the lamp holder and the fixing seat, so that the lamp holder and the fixing seat are locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the lamp holder with the fixing seat.
Further benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent after a careful reading of the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is an exploded perspective view of a separation device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2
is an exploded perspective view of the separation device in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3
is a plan cross-sectional assembly view of the separation device as shown in
FIG. 1
;
FIG. 4
is a top plan cross-sectional assembly view of the separation device as shown in
FIG. 1
;
FIG. 5
is a partially perspective assembly view of the separation device in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6
is a another top plan cross-sectional assembly view of the separation device as shown in
FIG. 1
;
FIG. 7
is a another top plan cross-sectional assembly view of the separation device as shown in
FIG. 1
; and
FIG. 8
is a partially perspective assembly view of the separation device in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to the drawings and initially to
FIGS. 1-7
, a separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention mounted on a lamp as shown in FIG.
5
.
As shown in
FIG. 5
, the lamp includes a shade seat
91
, a shade
93
mounted on the bottom of the shade seat
91
, and a bulb
94
having a bulb seat
92
. The separation device in accordance with the present invention is mounted between the bulb
94
and the shade seat
91
, and can be detached and replaced.
Referring to
FIGS. 1-5
, the separation device in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a lamp holder
10
, a lamp connecting seat
20
, an electrode
30
, a fixing seat
40
, a cover plate
50
, a fixing bracket
70
, and two safety locking members
80
.
The lamp holder
10
has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber
11
for receiving the lamp connecting seat
20
and the electrode
30
. The receiving chamber
11
of the lamp holder
10
has closed end formed with four fixing holes
12
. The closed end of the receiving chamber
11
of the lamp holder
10
is provided with two protruding metallic conductive members
14
each connected to one of two V-shaped elastic conductive plates
61
mounted in the fixing seat
40
.
The lamp connecting seat
20
is received in the receiving chamber
11
of the lamp holder
10
, and is provided with three connecting legs
21
each formed with a fixing hole
210
. The lamp holder
10
includes three first fixing members
13
each extended through a respective one of three of the four fixing holes
12
of the lamp holder
10
and each riveted in the fixing hole
210
of a respective one of the three connecting legs
21
of the lamp connecting seat
20
, thereby fixing the lamp connecting seat
20
on the lamp holder
10
. The three connecting legs
21
of the lamp connecting seat
20
are electrically connected to one of the two conductive members
14
of the lamp holder
10
.
The electrode
30
is received in the receiving chamber
11
of the lamp holder
10
, and has a connecting leg
31
formed with a fixing hole
310
. The lamp holder
10
includes a second fixing member
130
extended through the other one of the four fixing holes
12
of the lamp holder
10
and riveted in the fixing hole
310
of the connecting leg
31
of the electrode
30
, thereby fixing the electrode
30
on the lamp holder
10
. The connecting leg
31
of the electrode
30
has a protruding conductive portion
32
electrically connected to the other one of the two conductive members
14
of the lamp holder
10
.
The fixing seat
40
has a first end fixed on the closed end of the lamp holder
10
. The closed end of the lamp holder
10
is provided with a protruding guide column
15
which has a periphery formed with two radially opposite locking portions
150
and an orientation portion
151
. The first end of the fixing seat
40
has a center formed with a guide hole
41
for receiving the guide column
15
of the lamp holder
10
. The guide hole
41
of the fixing seat
40
has a wall formed with two radially opposite recessed guide portions
412
for guiding a respective one of the two locking portions
150
of the lamp holder
10
, and formed with two radially opposite retaining rails
410
each located beside a respective one of the two guide portions
412
for retaining a respective one of the two locking portions
150
of the lamp holder
10
. The wall of the guide hole
41
of the fixing seat
40
is formed with an arcuate orientation slot
411
(see
FIG. 7
) for receiving the orientation portion
151
of the lamp holder
10
.
In assembly, when the guide column
15
of the lamp holder
10
is inserted into the guide hole
41
of the fixing seat
40
, the lamp holder
10
is rotated relative to the fixing seat
40
until the orientation portion
151
of the lamp holder
10
aligns with the orientation slot
411
of the fixing seat
40
and each of the two locking portions
150
of the lamp holder
10
aligns with the respective guide portion
412
of the fixing seat
40
, so that each of the two locking portions
150
of the lamp holder
10
is inserted into the respective guide portion
412
of the fixing seat
40
. Then, the lamp holder
10
is rotated relative to the fixing seat
40
, so that each of the two locking portions
150
of the lamp holder
10
is rested on and retained by the respective retaining rail
410
of the fixing seat
40
. Thus, the lamp holder
10
is integrally combined with the fixing seat
40
.
The first end of the fixing seat
40
has a periphery formed with two opposite passage holes
42
for passage of two electric wires
60
, and formed with two opposite receiving recesses
43
(see
FIG. 4
) each located beside a respective one of the two opposite passage holes
42
. Each of the two opposite receiving recesses
43
is provided with a limit post
44
. Each of the two V-shaped elastic conductive plates
61
is mounted on the limit post
44
of a respective one of the two opposite receiving recesses
43
of the fixing seat
40
.
Each of the two elastic conductive plates
61
has a first end provided with a ring-shaped connecting portion
610
connected to a respective one of the two electric wires
60
, and a second end provided with an elastic locking portion
611
connected to a respective one of the two metallic conductive members
14
of the lamp holder
10
.
The cover plate
50
is mounted on the first end of the fixing seat
40
, thereby preventing the elastic conductive plates
61
from being exposed outward. The cover plate
50
is formed with a passage slot
52
for passage of the guide column
15
of the lamp holder
10
. The cover plate
50
has a periphery provided with a plurality of protruding positioning portions
51
secured on the fixing seat
40
, so that the cover plate
50
is integrally combined with the fixing seat
40
.
The fixing bracket
70
is substantially U-shaped, and is secured on a second end of the fixing seat
40
. The fixing bracket
70
has two bent ends each formed with a screw bore
71
, so that each of two fixing bolts
710
is in turn extended through the fixing seat
40
and is screwed into the screw bore
71
of the fixing bracket
70
, thereby fixing the fixing bracket
70
on the fixing seat
40
. The fixing bracket
70
has a center formed with a threaded passage hole
72
for passage of the electric wires
60
. The fixing bracket
70
can be combined with other part by the threaded passage hole
72
.
Each of the two safety locking members
80
is mounted between the lamp holder
10
and the fixing seat
40
, so that the lamp holder
10
and the fixing seat
40
are locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the lamp holder
10
with the fixing seat
40
.
The lamp holder
10
has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking channels
16
. The cover plate
50
has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking grooves
53
. The fixing seat
40
has a periphery formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped recessed guide locking portions
45
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
has a dovetail-shaped cross-section, and is locked in a respective one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking channels
16
of the lamp holder
10
, a respective one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking grooves
53
of the cover plate
50
, and a respective one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking portions
45
of the fixing seat
40
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
has two sides each formed with an oblique locking portion
81
.
Each of the two guide locking channels
16
of the lamp support body
10
has a wall formed with a limit slot
160
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
is provided with an elastic limit portion
82
that is elastically locked in the limit slot
160
of a respective one of the two guide locking channels
16
of the lamp holder
10
, so that each of the two safety locking members
80
is locked in a respective one of the two guide locking channels
16
of the lamp holder
10
. Each of the two safety locking members
80
has a surface provided with a serrated push portion
83
, thereby facilitating movement of each of the two safety locking members
80
.
In assembly, when each of the two guide locking channels
16
of the lamp holder
10
is aligned with the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
, each of the two safety locking members
80
is moved in the respective guide locking channel
16
of the lamp holder
10
until the elastic limit portion
82
of each of the two safety locking members
80
is locked in the limit slot
160
of the respective guide locking channel
16
of the lamp holder
10
, so that each of the two safety locking members
80
is locked in the respective guide locking channel
16
of the lamp holder
10
, and is locked in the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
.
In such a manner, each of the two safety locking members
80
is fully hidden into the respective guide locking channel
16
of the lamp holder
10
and the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
, so that each of the two safety locking members
80
will not protrude from the lamp connecting seat
20
. Thus, the bulb seat
92
of the bulb
94
is inserted into the lamp connecting seat
20
for use. If either one of the two safety locking members
80
is not exactly inserted into the respective guide locking portion
45
of the fixing seat
40
, the either one of the two safety locking members
80
will protrude outward from the lamp connecting seat
20
and the lamp holder
10
, so that the bulb seat
92
of the bulb
94
cannot be inserted into the lamp connecting seat
20
, thereby forming a double safety locking effect.
Referring to
FIG. 8
, the lamp connecting seat
20
has a different size to fit the bulb seat
92
of the bulb
94
with a different size, thereby enhancing the versatility of the separation device in accordance with the present invention is shown.
Accordingly, the separation device in accordance with the present invention has the following advantages.
1. When the lamp holder
10
registers the fixing seat
40
, the lamp holder
10
is rotated relative to the fixing seat
40
, so that the lamp holder
10
is integrally combined with the fixing seat
40
. Thus, the separation device of the present invention is assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently.
2. Each of the two safety locking members
80
is exactly locked on the lamp holder
10
and the fixing seat
40
when the lamp holder
10
is aligned with the fixing seat
40
, so that the separation device of the present invention is assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently.
3. The main parts (such as the lamp connecting seat
20
and the electrode
30
) are mounted in the lamp holder
10
, so that they can be detached and replaced rapidly, easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
4. The lamp holder
10
and the fixing seat
40
are assembled and disassembled easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating replacement and maintenance of the separation device of the present invention.
5. The lamp can be inserted into the lamp connecting seat
20
only when each of the two safety locking members
80
is exactly locked on the lamp holder
10
and the fixing seat
40
, thereby forming a double safety locking effect.
While the preferred embodiment(s) of the present invention has been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the embodiment(s) without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Such modifications are all within the scope of the present invention.
Claims
- 1. A separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat, comprising a lamp holder, a lamp connecting seat, an electrode, a fixing seat, and two safety locking members, wherein:the lamp holder has a closed end provided with a protruding guide column which has a periphery formed with two radially opposite locking portions and an orientation portion; the lamp connecting seat is mounted in the lamp holder; the electrode is mounted in the lamp holder; the fixing seat has a first end fixed on the closed end of the lamp holder, the first end of the fixing seat has a center formed with a guide hole for receiving the guide column of the lamp holder, the guide hole of the fixing seat has a wall formed with two radially opposite recessed guide portions for guiding a respective one of the two locking portions of the lamp holder, and formed with two radially opposite retaining rails each located beside a respective one of the two guide portions for retaining a respective one of the two locking portions of the lamp holder, the wall of the guide hole of the fixing seat is formed with an arcuate orientation slot for receiving the orientation portion of the lamp holder; and each of the two safety locking members is mounted between the lamp holder and the fixing seat, so that the lamp holder and the fixing seat are locked with each other, thereby integrally combining the lamp holder with the fixing seat.
- 2. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein the lamp holder has an inner wall formed with a receiving chamber for receiving the lamp connecting seat and the electrode.
- 3. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein the closed end of the lamp holder is formed with four fixing holes, the lamp connecting seat is provided with three connecting legs each formed with a second fixing hole, and the lamp holder includes three first fixing members each extended through a respective one of three of the four fixing holes of the lamp holder and each riveted in the second fixing hole of a respective one of the three connecting legs of the lamp connecting seat, thereby fixing the lamp connecting seat on the lamp holder.
- 4. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 3, wherein the electrode has a connecting leg formed with a third fixing hole, and the lamp holder includes a second fixing member extended through the other one of the four fixing holes of the lamp holder and riveted in the third fixing hole of the connecting leg of the electrode, thereby fixing the electrode on the lamp holder.
- 5. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 4, wherein the closed end of the lamp holder is provided with two protruding metallic conductive members each connected to one of two V-shaped elastic conductive plates mounted in the fixing seat, the three connecting legs of the lamp connecting seat are electrically connected to one of the two conductive members of the lamp holder, and the connecting leg of the electrode has a protruding conductive portion electrically connected to the other one of the two conductive members of the lamp holder.
- 6. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 5, wherein the first end of the fixing seat has a periphery formed with two opposite passage holes for passage of two electric wires, and formed with two opposite receiving recesses, each of the two opposite receiving recesses is provided with a limit post, each of the two elastic conductive plates is mounted on the limit post of a respective one of the two opposite receiving recesses of the fixing seat, each of the two elastic conductive plates has a first end provided with a ring-shaped connecting portion connected to a respective one of the two electric wires, and a second end provided with an elastic locking portion connected to a respective one of the two metallic conductive members of the lamp holder.
- 7. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a cover plate mounted on the first end of the fixing seat, thereby preventing the elastic conductive plates from being exposed outward.
- 8. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 7, wherein the cover plate is formed with a passage slot for passage of the guide column of the lamp holder.
- 9. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 7, wherein the cover plate has a periphery provided with a plurality of protruding positioning portions secured on the fixing seat, so that the cover plate is integrally combined with the fixing seat.
- 10. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a fixing bracket secured on a second end of the fixing seat.
- 11. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 10, wherein the fixing bracket has two bent ends each formed with a screw bore, so that each of two fixing bolts is in turn extended through the fixing seat and is screwed into the screw bore of the fixing bracket, thereby fixing the fixing bracket on the fixing seat.
- 12. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 10, wherein the fixing bracket has a center formed with a threaded passage hole for passage of the electric wires.
- 13. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein the lamp holder has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking channels, the fixing seat has a periphery formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped recessed guide locking portions, and each of the two safety locking members has a dovetail-shaped cross-section and is locked in a respective one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking channels of the lamp holder, and a respective one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking portions of the fixing seat.
- 14. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 13, wherein each of the two safety locking members has two sides each formed with an oblique locking portion.
- 15. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 13, wherein each of the two guide locking channels of the lamp holder has a second wall formed with a limit slot, and each of the two safety locking members is provided with an elastic limit portion that is elastically locked in the limit slot of a respective one of the two guide locking channels of the lamp holder, so that each of the two safety locking members is locked in a respective one of the two guide locking channels of the lamp holder.
- 16. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the two safety locking members has a surface provided with a serrated push portion.
- 17. The separation device of a lamp holder and a fixing seat in accordance with claim 1, wherein further comprising a cover plate mounted on the first end of the fixing seat, wherein the cover plate has an outer wall formed with two radially opposite dovetail-shaped guide locking grooves, and each of the two safety locking members has a dovetail-shaped cross-section and is locked in a respective one of the two dovetail-shaped guide locking grooves of the cover plate.
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