Lighting fixture for use in medical operations and therapeutic treatment

• US 4,316,237 A
• Filed: 03/27/1980
• Issued: 02/16/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yamada IRYO Shomei Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Yamada IRYO Shomei Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yamada, Isao, Ikeda, Mitsuyuki, Komori, Yumiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Padgett, Benjamin R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gluck, Irwin
• Application Number:
  US06/134,580
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 362/33, 362/232, 362/233, 362/250, 362/282, 362/283, 362/371, 362/372, 362/428, 362/804
• US Class Current: 362/33
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/02 with provision for adjustment, e.g. for focusing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/14 Adjustable mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/403 for operation or dentist lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/205 for operating theatres
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 16/24 Handle fastening means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 16/906 Light handle cover
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/804 Surgical or dental spotlight

Abstract

A lighting fixture for use in therapeutic treatment having a lamphousing with a plurality of lamps located therein which are simultaneously moved within the lighting fixture lamp housing for adjusting the focal point of the lamps by moving a single control handle which is also used to adjust the position of the lamp housing itself. The single control handle is detachable so that it can be sterilized and thereby allowing for sterile conditions to be maintained each time the lighting fixture is used.

Claims

1. A multiple lamp lighting fixture for use in therapeutic treatment, said lighting fixture comprising:

(a) lamp housing supporting means having a lamp housing tiltably attached thereto for supporting said lamp housing thereon and allowing movement of said lamp housing relative to said lamp housing supporting means;

(b) a plurality of lamps mounted concentric to the vertical axis of said lamp housing within said lamp housing, said lamps being adjustable with respect to the vertical axis of said lamp housing;

(c) a centrally located focus adjusting shaft vertically secured along the central axis of said lamp housing within said lamp housing;

(d) a rotatable transformer housing having said focus adjusting shaft running vertically through the center thereof and being attached to said focus adjusting shaft;

(e) a plurality of drive rods connecting said rotatable transformer housing to corresponding ones of said lamps for simultaneously tilting said lamps to focus light beams which are emitted by said lamps along the central axis of said lamp housing when said transformer housing is rotated;

(f) a manipulating handle having engagement means for being detachably attached to said focus adjusting shaft for rotating said transformer housing and thereby causing said plurality of lamps within said lamp housing to tilt; and

(g) a transformer mounted within said transformer housing, said transformer having a voltage regulator connected thereto and said voltage regulator having a control knob connected thereto and mounted on the outside of said lamp housing for controlling the light intensity of said plurality of lamps.

2. A lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 wherein said engagement means comprises:

rotation restricting means attached to said manipulating handle and said focus adjusting shaft for causing said focus adjusting shaft and handle to rotate simultaneously,

hook means and hook receiving means connected between said shaft and said handle, detachably mounting said manipulating handle to said focus adjusting shaft; and

hook disengaging means for disengaging said hook receiving means from said hook means for detaching said manipulating handle from said focus adjusting shaft.

3. A lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein said focus adjusting shaft has a flange extending therefrom and said lamp housing has a sleeve surrounding said focus adjusting shaft at the position whereat said focus adjusting shaft is vertically fixed to said horizontally extending wall for preventing vertical movement of said shaft, and said flange has the upper surface thereof secured to said transformer housing.

4. A lighting fixture as claimed in claim 3 wherein said transformer housing has a supporting member located therein and said transformer is supported on said supporting member, said supporting member having legs and said transformer housing having slots in the bottom thereof, said legs extending through said slots and being fixed to said sleeve for allowing rotation of said transformer housing over a specific range.

5. A lighting fixture as claimed in claim 4 wherein said supporting means has a tubular member located around the center portion thereof and said focus adjusting shaft has a top bearing connecting the top end of said focus adjusting shaft with said tubular member.

6. A lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein said transformer has an annular shape.

7. A lighting fixture as claimed in claim 1 or 2 further comprising:

a transformer housing rack attached to the outside of said transformer housing;

a lateral focus adjusting rod extending through said lamp housing to the outside of said lamp housing and having a knob attached thereto on the outside of said lamp housing for turning said rod; and

a pinion attached to the inner end of said rod and engaged by said transformer housing rack for causing said transformer housing to rotate when said rod is rotated, thereby tilting said plurality of lamps when said rod is turned by turning said knob.