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A hinged bracket for permitting the swinging away, within limits, of at least one socket to permit easy access to an elongated, doubled-ended bulb for relamping purposes, the relamping apparatus holding the bulb firmly enough to prevent its dropping out of the sockets. The sockets are each spring-lo

A hinged bracket for permitting the swinging away, within limits, of at least one socket to permit easy access to an elongated, doubled-ended bulb for relamping purposes, the relamping apparatus holding the bulb firmly enough to prevent its dropping out of the sockets. The sockets are each spring-loaded and partly biased against the bulb in the open relamp position and firmly biased against the bulb in the position of use. A heat sink is also provided via a sleeve extension on the socket and a mating hump on the door which provides access, when removed, to one of the bulb sockets through relatively small openings in the fixture and the nearby reflector. The swinging away of the socket to one side of these openings provides easy access to the bulb that would not otherwise be possible.

대표청구항 ▼

In combination with a lighting fixture including a housing, an elongated bulb having socket connections at both ends, and a reflector located behind and along at least one side of the bulb, the improvement of a relamping apparatus, comprising said housing and reflector having an opening in the vicin

In combination with a lighting fixture including a housing, an elongated bulb having socket connections at both ends, and a reflector located behind and along at least one side of the bulb, the improvement of a relamping apparatus, comprising said housing and reflector having an opening in the vicinity of the socket through which a hand can be inserted with a relamping bulb to position the terminal connections of the bulb into their respective receiving sockets, a receiving socket for each of said terminal connections having a spring-loaded, movable terminal portion, a hinged mounting for said socket nearest said opening for allowing said socket to swing away with the uncovering of said opening to permit easy relamping, and limit means for said mounting to keep said sockets sufficiently close to hold said bulb therebetween without falling out when said hand is removed.