Lamp with removable base and replaceable bulb capsule
First Claim
1. A lamp for use with a replaceable bulb capsule, comprising:
- a globe having a light transmitting front portion and a rear portion defining an opening thereinto, first mounting means discrete from said globe and mounted on said rear portion and including a hole aligned with said opening, and removable base structure including a socket constructed to removably receive the replaceable bulb capsule, said base structure including second mounting means for telescopically receiving said rear portion therein for engagement with said first mounting means in a mounted condition in which said socket and the replaceable bulb capsule received therein extend through said opening and said hole into said globe.
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Abstract
A lamp has a globe with an open rear portion encircled by a mounting collar. A removable base structure includes a base member with a cylindrical wall telescopically receiving the mounting collar therein, with pins on the collar latching in J-shaped slots on the base. A ceramic socket is received in a cup-shaped socket holder having an annular flange fixed to the base member. The holder has an aperture through which a replaceable bulb capsule can be received so that its wire terminal leads can be plugged directly into the socket. A wave spring is retained on the holder flange for engagement with a flange on the mounting collar to bias the assembly in its latched condition, with the socket holder and the bulb capsule extending into the globe through the open end thereof.
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20 Claims
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1. A lamp for use with a replaceable bulb capsule, comprising:
- a globe having a light transmitting front portion and a rear portion defining an opening thereinto, first mounting means discrete from said globe and mounted on said rear portion and including a hole aligned with said opening, and removable base structure including a socket constructed to removably receive the replaceable bulb capsule, said base structure including second mounting means for telescopically receiving said rear portion therein for engagement with said first mounting means in a mounted condition in which said socket and the replaceable bulb capsule received therein extend through said opening and said hole into said globe.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A lamp for use with a replaceable bulb capsule, comprising:
- a globe having a light transmitting front portion and a rear portion defining an opening thereinto, mounting means on said rear portion including a hole aligned with said opening, removable base structure including a socket holder having a cylindrical side wall with opposed ends and an end wall closing said side wall at one end thereof with said side wall being open at the other end thereof, said end wall having an aperture therein, a socket received in said holder and through said open end aligned with said aperture to removably receive the replaceable bulb capsule through said aperture, means for retaining said socket in said holder, and means for retaining said removable base structure on said mounting means in a mounted condition in which said socket holder and the replaceable bulb capsule received in said socket extend through said opening and said hole into said globe.
- View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A lamp for use with a replaceable bulb capsule, comprising:
- a globe having a light transmitting front portion and a rear portion defining an opening thereinto, mounting means on said rear portion including a hole aligned with said opening, removable base structure including a socket constructed to removably receive the replaceable bulb capsule, latch means accommodating movement of said base structure into a latched condition in latching engagement with said mounting means, and resilient bias means engageable with said mounting means and said base structure when said base structure is latched in its mounted condition for resiliently holding said latch means in the latched condition.
- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A lamp comprising:
- a globe having a light transmitting front portion and a rear portion defining an opening thereinto, first mounting means discrete from said globe and mounted on said rear portion and including a hole aligned with said opening, removable base structure including a socket, and a replaceable bulb capsule including a light-transmitting envelope and at least one wire terminal lead projecting therefrom for removable insertion directly in said socket, and said base structure including second mounting means telescopically receiving said rear portion therein for engagement with said first mounting means in a mounted condition in which said socket and said bulb capsule received in said socket extend through said opening and said hole into said globe.
- View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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