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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1986
William K Dryman, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Walter R Blake, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Warren Halper, Hendersonville, NC (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A luminaire comprising separable means arrangement for hingedly mounting a refractor on the rim of the reflector of the luminaire is disclosed. The separable means is comprised of a hinge clip having two hooked extensions at one side which engage raised slotted sections located at each end of a split clampband. The hooked extensions of the hinge clip are removably retained in the raised slotted sections and cannot be easily backed out. The hinge clip is self retained to the clampband by means of an interaction between a resilient gasket and the clampband. The gasket is positioned inside of the clampband and exerts an outward force on the clampband and provides effective sealing between the clampband and the refractor and between the clampband and the reflector flange. The other side of the hinge clip has means for hingedly mounting the refractor to the reflector.