Decorative light strings and repair device
First Claim
1. A string of decorative lights comprising a power supply having an input adapted for connection to a standard residential electrical power outlet, said power supply including circuitry for converting the standard residential voltage to a low-voltage output, a pair of conductors connected to the output of said power supply for supplying said low-voltage output to multiple decorative lights, and multiple lights connected to said conductors along the lengths thereof, each of said lights, or groups of said lights, being connected in parallel across said conductors.
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Abstract
One or more strings of decorative lights are supplied with power by converting a standard residential electrical voltage to a low-voltage, and supplying the low-voltage to at least one pair of parallel conductors having multiple decorative lights connected to the conductors along the lengths thereof, each of the lights, or groups of the lights, being connected in parallel across the conductors. A repair device for fixing a malfunctioning shunt across a failed filament in a light bulb in a group of series-connected miniature decorative bulbs includes a high-voltage pulse generator producing one or more pulses of a magnitude greater than the standard AC power line voltage. A connector receives the pulses from the pulse generator and supplies them to the group of series-connected miniature decorative bulbs. The pulse generator may be a piezoelectric pulse generator, a battery-powered electronic pulse generator, and/or an AC-powered electrical pulse generator.
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57 Claims
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1. A string of decorative lights comprising
a power supply having an input adapted for connection to a standard residential electrical power outlet, said power supply including circuitry for converting the standard residential voltage to a low-voltage output, a pair of conductors connected to the output of said power supply for supplying said low-voltage output to multiple decorative lights, and multiple lights connected to said conductors along the lengths thereof, each of said lights, or groups of said lights, being connected in parallel across said conductors.
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15. A decorative lighting system, said system comprising
a power supply having an input adapted for connection to a standard residential electrical power outlet, said power supply including circuitry for converting the standard residential voltage to a low-voltage output, a plurality of pairs of conductors connected to the output of said power supply for supplying said low-voltage output to multiple sets of decorative lights, and multiple lights connected to each pair of said conductors along the lengths thereof, each of said lights, or groups of said lights, being connected in parallel across each of said pairs of conductors.
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29. A method of powering a string of decorative lights, said method comprising
converting a standard residential electrical voltage to a low-voltage, and supplying said low-voltage to a pair of parallel conductors having multiple decorative lights connected to said conductors along the lengths thereof, each of said lights, or groups of said lights, being connected in parallel across said conductors.
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43. A string of decorative lights comprising:
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a plurality of elongated electrical conductors having multiple electrical lamps connected thereto at intervals along the lengths of the conductors, a small storage compartment for storing spare components for use in said string of decorative lights, a movable closure for opening said storage compartment to permit access to the spare components stored therein, and for closing the compartment during storage of the spare components, and means for attaching said storage compartment to said string of decorative lights so that the spare components stored therein are conveniently accessible when needed to replace a component in said light string. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method of storing spare components for use in a string of decorative lights, said method comprising:
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placing said spare components in a small storage compartment having a movable closure for opening the compartment to permit access to the spare components stored therein, and for closing the compartment during storage of the spare components, and attaching said storage compartment to said string of decorative lights so that the spare components stored therein are conveniently accessible when needed to replace a component in said light string. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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