Swimming pool lighting fixture

• US 3,192,379 A
• Filed: 06/12/1962
• Issued: 06/29/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: De Garmo Ralph G M
• Original Assignee: De Garmo Ralph G M
• Inventors: DE GARMO RALPH G M
• Application Number:
  US04/201,972
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• US Class Current: 362/267
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/00 Lighting devices intended for fixed installation F21S9/00, F21S10/00 take precedence; using a string or strip of light sources F21S4/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/02 of recess-mounted type, e.g. downlighters specially adapted for vehicle exteriors F21S41/00-F21S45/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/024 intended to be recessed in a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/74 with fins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/401 for swimming pools

Claims

1. AN UNDERWATER LIGHTING FIXTURE ADAPTED FOR INSTALLATION IN A CAVITY FORMED IN THE WALL OF A SWIMMING POOL AND SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICAL POWER BY MEANS OF A CONDUIT EXTENDING INTO THE CAVITY, SAID FIXTURE COMPRISING:

AN INTEGRAL HOUSING MEMBER HAVING AN OPEN FRONT SURROUNDED BY A FLANGE AND A REAR OPENING FOR RECEIVING SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUIT;

A SOCKET PLATE FIXED TO THE REAR INSIDE WALL OF SAID HOUSING;

A FIRST REFLECTOR MEMBER FIXED TO SAID SOCKET PLATE;

A PAIR OF SECOND REFLECTOR MEMBERS ATTACHED TO THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID HOUSING AND TO SAID FIRST REFLECTOR MEMBER;

A LIGHT BULB ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT AT LOW VOLTAGE;

CLIP MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID SOCKET PLATE FOR REMOVABLY RETAINING SAID LIGHT BULB IN A FIXED PREDETERMINED POSITION ADJACENT SAID REFLECTOR MEANS, SAID LIGHT BULB HAVING CONTACT MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH OPENINGS IN SAID FIRST REFLECTOR MEMBER TO ENGAGE SAID CLIP MEANS;

SAID CLIP MEANS INCLUDING CONTACT MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING ADAPTED TO CONNECTED WITH WIRES OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUIT;

MEANS IN SAID REAR OPENING FOR PROVIDING A FLUID TIGHT SEAL AROUND THE ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CONDUIT EXTENDING INTO SAID HOUSING;

A TRANSPARENT LENS MEMBER COVERING THE OPEN SIDE OF SAID HOUSING;

A COVER FRAME MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING, AND HORIZONTAL LIGHT DEFLECTING LOUVERS ACROSS SAID OPENING ADAPTED TO OBSCURE THE LIGHT BULB FILAMENT FROM VIEW FROM A POSITION ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL OF THE POOL;

MEANS FOR SECURING SAID COVER MEMBER TO SAID HOUSING AND GASKET MEANS FOR SEALING SAID LENS MEMBER TO SAID HOUSING AROUND ITS EDGES, THEREBY MAKING THE HOUSING FLUID TIGHT;

AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID COVER FRAME MEMBER TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CAVITY IN THE SWIMMING POOL WALL LOCATED BELOW ITS NORMAL WATER LINE SO THAT IT SUPPORTS SAID HOUSING WITHIN SAID CAVITY, SAID COVER FRAME MEMBER HAVING A SERIES OF SPACED APART PORTS FOR CIRCULATING COOLING WATER FROM THE SWIMMING POOL THROUGH SAID CAVITY AND COMPLETELY AROUND SAID HOUSING.