Elongated lighting device
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1. An elongated lighting device, comprising:
- a housing having a bottom, two lateral wings, a longitudinal opening for receiving a light-transmitting closure, and electric supply means mounted on said bottom in the interior of said housing, such as to be enclosed between said lateral wings and placed in front of said longitudinal opening,said electric supply means comprising at least one insulating support element for receiving a succeeding series of electric contact pairs mounted thereon, each said electric contact pair being adapted to receive the electric connections at the end of a current consuming element such as a tubular electric lamp,wherein said electric supply means further comprises an intermediate structure of insulating material, inserted between said housing bottom and said insulating support element, and having a bottom portion and a top portion, said bottom portion of said intermediate structure being fixed to said bottom of said housing, said top portion comprising means for mounting said insulating support element thereon, an inner height of said intermediate structure being chosen so as to allow the passage of at least one electric wire to be connected to a power supply.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an elongated lighting device, characterized by the fact that it comprises a housing having a bottom, two lateral wings, a longitudinally elongated opening adapted to receive a transparent closure, and an electric supply bar mounted on the bottom in the interior of the housing, so as to be enclosed between the lateral wings and to be placed in front of the elongated opening, the electric supply bar having at least one insulating support element whereon a succeeding series of electric contact pairs is mounted and which pairs are each destined to receive the connection contacts at the ends of a current consuming element such as a tubular electric lamp.
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1. An elongated lighting device, comprising:
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a housing having a bottom, two lateral wings, a longitudinal opening for receiving a light-transmitting closure, and electric supply means mounted on said bottom in the interior of said housing, such as to be enclosed between said lateral wings and placed in front of said longitudinal opening, said electric supply means comprising at least one insulating support element for receiving a succeeding series of electric contact pairs mounted thereon, each said electric contact pair being adapted to receive the electric connections at the end of a current consuming element such as a tubular electric lamp, wherein said electric supply means further comprises an intermediate structure of insulating material, inserted between said housing bottom and said insulating support element, and having a bottom portion and a top portion, said bottom portion of said intermediate structure being fixed to said bottom of said housing, said top portion comprising means for mounting said insulating support element thereon, an inner height of said intermediate structure being chosen so as to allow the passage of at least one electric wire to be connected to a power supply. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An elongated lighting device, comprising:
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a housing having a bottom, two lateral wings, a longitudinal opening for receiving a light-transmitting closure, and electric supply means mounted on said bottom in the interior of said housing, such as to be enclosed between said lateral wings and placed in front of said longitudinal opening, said electric supply means comprising at least one insulating support element for receiving a succeeding series of electric contact pairs mounted thereon, each said electric contact pair being adapted to receive the electric connections at the end of a current consuming element such as a tubular electric lamp, wherein a plurality of said electric supply means are longitudinally mounted in said housing in succeeding relationship, and further comprising a corresponding plurality of transformers placed between adjacent respective supply means, wherein each said transformer connects said respective wire of said supply means to said power supply, and wherein respective intermediate structures are provided between each of said supply means and said housing.
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11. An elongated lighting device, comprising:
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a housing having a bottom, two lateral wings, a longitudinal opening for receiving a light-transmitting closure, and electric supply means mounted on said bottom in the interior of said housing, such as to be enclosed between said lateral wings and placed in front of said longitudinal opening, said electric supply means comprising at least one insulating support element for receiving a succeeding series of electric contact pairs mounted thereon, each said electric contact pair being adapted to receive the electric connections at the end of a current consuming element such as a tubular electric lamp, further comprising a plurality of masks for partially closing said opening of said housing, said closures being placed between succeeding masks. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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