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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 1998
John W. Roorda, Del Mar, CA (US);
Westek Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An under cabinet halogen light fixture with an internal wire raceway includes a housing having a base and a removable cover, which when mated, define a hollow interior. The light fixture also includes at least one lamp assembly mounted inside the housing. Adjacent each lamp assembly there is a corresponding bezel assembly mounted in a respective aperture formed in the cover. A wall member located in the base defines at least one internal wire raceway in the interior of the housing, which routes electrical wires to each lamp assembly from an external wire raceway, or from a hole in the base of the housing where the electrical wires enter the housing. If needed, the hole in the base of the housing is created by removing a punch out portion from the base. To mate the internal wire raceway with an external wire raceway, a breakaway portion formed in the housing adjacent the internal wire raceway is removed from the housing to create a passageway that is shaped to receive the external wire raceway. A tongue shaped for insertion into the external wire raceway is formed in the housing adjacent the breakaway portion to connect the internal wire raceway with the external wire raceway.