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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry R Plemmons, West Asheville, NC (US);
Tommy R Taylor, Fletcher, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362376 ; 362306 ; 362369 ; 362390 ;
Abstract
A retaining means for a lamp within a luminaire provides structural support and positive positioning. It comprises a resilient wire formed to a four-sided parallelogram shape with four outboard reverting projections between segments. One pair of diametrically opposed projections encircle bolts which hold the retainer transversely to the lamp axis at the rim of the socket compartment. Another pair of projections are unrestrained and provide extra flexibility in accommodating to variations in lamp diameters.