Turbine lamp shade assembly

• US 4,827,382 A
• Filed: 06/03/1988
• Issued: 05/02/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert C. Feliks
• Original Assignee: Robert C. Feliks
• Inventors: Feliks, Robert C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F.
• Application Number:
  US07/202,236
• Time in Patent Office: 333 Days
• Field of Search: 362/96, 362/294, 362/354, 362/360, 362/361, 362/806, 362/35, 362/373, 40/441, 446/210
• US Class Current: 362/35
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 1/10 Rotating shades
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/04 for Christmas trees
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/806 Ornamental or decorative

Abstract

A multiple lamp shade system for a light bulb in which one of the lamp shades is rotatable and powered by heat given off by the light bulb. A multiply apertured base is held against a light bulb socket by surface contact with the light bulb. A light transmissible stationary inner lamp shade is attached at one end to the base. The other end of the inner lamp shade is partially occluded by a thrust plate on which is located an axially positioned upstanding pointed member. A peripheral annular gap is provided between the wall of the inner lamp shade and the thrust plate. A light transmissible rotatable lamp shade is co-axially mounted over the inner lamp shade and is bearingly supported via a bearing plate, at one end on the upstanding pointed member. A plurality of air vent chutes are annularly arranged adjacent the bearing plate. In operation, the light bulb heats the air within the lamp shades, causing an air convection current which upwells within the lamp shades. The air convection current inside the inner lamp shade is throttled through the annular gap, causing its flow rate to speed up considerably. The air convention current then enters the air vent chutes and exits therefrom in a substantially horizontal direction to cause the outer lamp shade to rotate as a reaction thereto.

Claims

1. A multiple lamp shade system for a light bulb, heat from said light bulb producing an air convection current, said multiple lamp shade system comprising:

a light bulb socket for receiving said light bulb;

an apertured base adjacent said socket;

a light transmissible stationary inner lamp shade having a first end and a second end, said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade being removably attached to said apertured base;

exit means mounted at said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade for causing said air convection current having a first speed of movement when within said stationary inner lamp shade to exit said stationary inner lamp shade at a substantially increased speed of movement over said first speed of movement;

a light transmissible rotatable outer lamp shade having a first end and a second end, said rotatable outer lamp shade removably and co-axially receiving said stationary inner lamp shade;

bearing means connected with said stationary inner lamp shade and said rotatable outer lamp shade for removably and rotatably supporting said rotatable outer lamp shade on said stationary inner lamp shade;

thrust means mounted at said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade for directing said air convection current so that said rotatable outer lamp shade is caused to rotate on said bearing means.

2. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 1, wherein said exit means comprises:

a thrust plate having a circular periphery; and

a plurality of ribs connecting said thrust plate with said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade so that an annular gap is present between said circular periphery of said thrust plate and said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade.

3. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 2, wherein said thrust plate further has a conically shaped portion, said conically shaped portion having an apex located equidistant from said periphery and facing toward said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade.

4. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 2, wherein said bearing means comprises:

an upstanding pointed member located on said thrust plate at a location equidistant from said periphery, said upstanding pointed member having a pointed end facing directly away from said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade; and

a bearing plate located at said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade, said bearing plate having centrally located bearing cone, said bearing cone having an apex facing away from said first end of said rotatable outer lamp shade, said bearing cone further being shaped so that said pointed end of said upstanding pointed member is caused to center in said apex of said bearing cone for bearingly supporting said rotatable outer lamp shade on said stationary inner lamp shade when said rotatable outer lamp shade receives said stationary inner lamp shade.

5. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 4, wherein said thrust means comprises:

air chute means annularly arranged between said bearing plate and said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade for causing said air convection current to be directed in a substantially tangential direction with respect to said bearing means to thereby cause rotation of said rotatable outer lamp shade.

6. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 5, wherein said air chute means comprise:

a plurality of air vent chutes, each said air vent chute comprising;

a curved member for aerodynamically directing said air convection current to exit said air vent chute in said tangential direction; and

side member means for confining said air convection current while said convention current is being aerodynamically directed to said tangential direction.

7. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 6, wherein said thrust means further comprises flow means for ensuring said convection current is aerodynamically directed into said thrust means.

8. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 7, wherein said flow means comprises a frustoconically shaped member on said bearing plate, said frustoconically shaped member being located between said bearing cone and said plurality of air chute means.

9. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 7, wherein said apertured base plate is secured adjacent said socket by surface engagement of said light bulb with said apertured base plate when said light bulb is screwed into said socket.

10. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 9, further comprising depictions on each of said stationary inner lamp shade and said rotatable outer lamp shade, said depictions visually interacting when said multiple lamp shade system is in operation.

11. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 10, further comprising an electrical circuit means connected with said socket for electrically connecting a source of electricity with said light bulb.

12. A multiple lamp shade system for a light bulb, heat from said light bulb producing an air convection current, said multiple lamp shade system comprising:

a light bulb socket for receiving said light bulb;

an apertured base adjacent said socket;

a light transmissible stationary inner lamp shade having a first end and a second end, said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade being removably attached to said apertured base;

exit means mounted at said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade for causing said air convection current having a first speed of movement when within said stationary inner lamp shade to exit said stationary inner lamp shade at a substantially increased speed of movement over said first speed of movement, said exit means comprising;

a thrust plate having a circular periphery; and

a plurality of ribs connecting said thrust plate with said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade so that an annular gap is present between said circular periphery of said thrust plate and said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade;

a light transmissible rotatable outer lamp shade having a first end and a second end, said rotatable outer lamp shade removably and co-axially receiving said stationary inner lamp shade;

bearing means connected with said stationary inner lamp shade and said rotatable outer lamp shade for removably and rotatably supporting said rotatable outer lamp shade on said stationary inner lamp shade, said bearing means comprising;

an upstanding pointed member located on said thrust plate at a location equidistant from said periphery, said upstanding pointed member having a pointed end facing directly away from said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade; and

a bearing plate located at said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade, said bearing plate having a centrally located bearing cone, said bearing cone having an apex facing away from said first end of said rotatable outer lamp shade, said bearing cone further being shaped so that said pointed end of said upstanding pointed member is caused to center in said apex of said bearing cone for bearingly supporting said rotatable outer lamp shade on said stationary inner lamp shade when said rotatable outer lamp shade receives said stationary inner lamp shade; and

thrust means mounted at said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade for directing said air convection current so that said rotatable outer lamp shade is caused to rotate on said bearing means, said thrust means comprising;

a plurality of air vent chutes annularly arranged between said bearing plate and said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade for causing said air convection current to be directed in a substantially tangential direction with respect to said bearing means to thereby cause rotation of said rotatable outer lamp shade.

13. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 12, further comprising depictions on each of said stationary inner lamp shade and said rotatable outer lamp shade, said depictions visually interacting when said multiple lamp shade system is in operation.

14. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 13, wherein said thrust plate further has a conically shaped portion, said conically shaped portion having an apex located equidistant from said periphery and facing toward said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade.

15. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 14, wherein said thrust means further comprises flow means for ensuring said convection current is aerodynamically directed into said thrust means, said flow means comprising:

a frustoconically shaped member on said bearing plate, said frustoconically shaped member being located between said bearing cone and said plurality of air chute means.

16. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 15, further comprising an electrical circuit means connected with said socket for electrically connecting a source of electricity with said light bulb.

17. An illumination system, comprising:

a plurality of sockets electrically connected together to form an electrical circuit, each said socket having a multiple lamp shade system for a light bulb screwed into said socket, heat from said light bulb producing an air convection current, said multiple lamp shade system for each said socket comprising;

an apertured base adjacent said socket;

a light transmissible stationary inner lamp shade having a first end and a second end, said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade being removably attached to said apertured base;

exit means mounted at said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade for causing said air convection current having a first speed of movement when within said stationary inner lamp shade to exit said stationary inner lamp shade at a substantially increased speed of movement over said first speed of movement, said exit means comprising;

a thrust plate having a circular periphery; and

a plurality of ribs connecting said thrust plate with said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade so that an annular gap is present between said circular periphery of said thrust plate and said second end of said stationary inner lamp shade;

a light transmissible rotatable outer lamp shade having a first end and a second end, said rotatable outer lamp shade removably and co-axially receiving said stationary inner lamp shade;

bearing means connected with said stationary inner lamp shade and said rotatable outer lamp shade for removably and rotatably supporting said rotatable outer lamp shade on said stationary inner lamp shade, said bearing means comprising;

an upstanding pointed member located on said thrust plate at a location equidistant from said periphery, said upstanding pointed member having a pointed end facing directly away from said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade; and

a bearing plate located at said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade, said bearing plate having centrally located bearing cone, said bearing cone having an apex facing away from said first end of said rotatable outer lamp shade, said bearing cone further being shaped so that said pointed end of said upstanding pointed member is caused to center in said apex of said bearing cone for bearingly supporting said rotatable outer lamp shade on said stationary inner lamp shade when said rotatable outer lamp shade receives said stationary inner lamp shade; and

thrust means mounted at said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade for directing said air convection current so that said rotatable outer lamp shade is caused to rotate on said bearing means, said thrust means comprising;

a plurality of air vent chutes annularly arranged between said bearing plate and said second end of said rotatable outer lamp shade for causing said air convection current to be directed in a substantially tangential direction with respect to said bearing means to thereby cause rotation of said rotatable outer lamp shade.

18. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 17, further comprising depictions on each of said stationary inner lamp shade and said rotatable outer lamp shade, said depictions visually interacting when said multiple lamp shade system is in operation.

19. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 18, wherein said thrust plate further has a conically shaped portion, said conically shaped portion having an apex located equidistant from said periphery and facing toward said first end of said stationary inner lamp shade.

20. The multiple lamp shade system of claim 19, wherein said thrust means further comprises flow means for ensuring said convection current is aerodynamically directed into said thrust means, said flow means comprising:

a frustoconically shaped member on said bearing plate, said frustoconically shaped member being located between said bearing cone and said plurality of air chute means;

said bearing cone further being shaped so that said pointed end of said upstanding pointed member is caused to center in said apex of said bearing cone for bearingly supporting said rotatable outer lamp shade on said stationary inner lamp shade.