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In the present apparatus and method, there is first selected a compact fluorescent lamp having a small fluorescent tube and also having a base, there being two contact pins on the base, there also being on such base a starter housing which projects from the base on the side thereof remote from the t

In the present apparatus and method, there is first selected a compact fluorescent lamp having a small fluorescent tube and also having a base, there being two contact pins on the base, there also being on such base a starter housing which projects from the base on the side thereof remote from the tube. There is also selected a screw plug having a metal screw portion adapted to screw into a socket for an incandescent lamp bulb, and also having a contact button, the screw portion and contact button being mounted on a hollow insulating body which has a flange at its end remote from the contact button, the flange being recessed and having diametrally opposed boss portions on opposite sides of the body. There is then mounted, on the flange portion, a thin, insulating socket having conductive pin sockets therein adapted to receive the contact pins of the fluorescent lamp. The insulating socket also has an opening adapted to receive the starter housing. The socket is sufficiently thin that the starter housing projects downwardly, far into the body. The insulation socket is so mounted on the flange that, when the fluorescent lamp is assembled with the socket, the pins and pin sockets are disposed laterally of the boss portions instead of being registered therewith. A “ballast”coil and electrical connectors complete the apparatus, the ballast being caused to be in series-circuit relationship relative to the fluorescent lamp.

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A method of manufacturing a combination fluorescent lamp and screw plug, said method comprising: (a) selecting a compact fluorescent lamp having relatively small fluorescent tube means and a base, and also having two contact pins on said base, and also having a starter housing projecting from said b

A method of manufacturing a combination fluorescent lamp and screw plug, said method comprising: (a) selecting a compact fluorescent lamp having relatively small fluorescent tube means and a base, and also having two contact pins on said base, and also having a starter housing projecting from said base on the side thereof remote from said tube means, (b) selecting a screw plug having a metal screw portion adapted to screw into a socket for an incandescent lamp bulb, and also having a contact button coaxial to said screw portion and near one end thereof, and also having a hollow insulating cylindrical body on which said screw portion and contact button are mounted, and also having a flange portion at the end of said body remote from said button, said flange portion being recessed on the side thereof remote from said button, said flange portion having inwardly-extending apertured boss portions that define, together with wall portions of said flange portion, recess regions on opposite sides of each boss portion, said boss portions being along a line diametral to said body and being on opposite sides of said body, (c) mounting, on said flange portion, thin and insulating socket means having pin-socket means therein adapted to receive said contact pins, and having opening means adapted to receive said starter housing, said socket means being sufficiently thin that said starter housing projects downwardly into said hollow cylindrical body, said mounting step being so effected that said pin-socket means are registered with said recess regions whereby said pins will be registered with said recess regions when said lamp is assembled with said screw plug and said insulating socket, (d) mounting “ballast”coil means on said screw plug, and (e) electrically connecting said screw portion, contact button, pin sockets, and ballast coil means in circuit with each other. A screw-plug base adapted to be combined with a compact fluorescent lamp, said compact fluorescent lamp having relatively small fluorescent tube means and also having a base, and further having two contact pins on said base, and further having a starter housing projecting from said base on the side thereof remote from said tube means, said screw-plug base comprising: (a) a screw plug having a metal screw portion adapted to screw into a socket for an incandescent light bulb, said screw plug also having a contact button coaxial to said screw portion and near one end thereof, said screw plug also having a hollow insulating cylindrical body on which said screw portion and contact button are mounted, said screw plug also having a flange portion at the end of said body remote from said button, said flange portion being recessed on the side thereof remote from said button, said flange portion having inwardly-extending apertured boss portions that define, together with wall portions of said flange portion, recess regions on opposite sides of each boss portion, said boss portions being along a line diametral to said body and being on opposite sides of said body, (b) thin and insulating socket means mounted on said flange portion, said insulating socket means having pin-socket means therein adapted to receive said contact pins, said socket means further having opening means therein adapted to receive said starter housing, said socket means being sufficiently thin that said starter housing projects downwardly into said hollow cylindrical body when said fluorescent tube is assembled with said screw plug, said pin-socket means being registered with said recess regions whereby said pins will be registered with said recess regions when said fluorescent lamp is assembled with said screw plug, and (c) “ballast”coil means mounted on said screw plug.