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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1990
Claudio Buscella, Verolengo, IT;
ITW Fastex Italia, S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a light-bulb holder for household appliances in general, and refrigerators and freezers in particular, comprising a board structure fabricated from an electrically insulating material and bounded by a peripheral edge and a pair of oppositely disposed lateral surfaces, and an electrically conductive plate divided into sections so as to define an electrical circuit and disposed inside the board structure. The board structure is equipped with an integrally formed and peripherally projecting sleeve for holding a light bulb, and from which respective electrical supply terminals project sideways, and the board also supports a pivotable lever, pivoted freely against the action of a spring, and disposed at right angles with respect to the plane of the board structure, and supported by means of a pin disposed parallel to the lateral surfaces and equipped at one end with a transverse electrically conductive pin adapted, at a travel end position at which the lever is held by means of the spring, to come into contact with a pair of electrical contacts housed transversely within a hole passing through the structure, so as to close the circuit.