AU2006203422A1 - Device for mounting a lamp on a stationary surface - Google Patents

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Class Int. Class Application Number: Lodged: Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published: Priority Related Art: Name of Applicant: ERCO Leuchten GmbH Actual Inventor(s): Heinz-Friedbert Wedi Address for Service and Correspondence: PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys 367 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 AUSTRALIA Invention Title: DEVICE FOR MOUNTING A LAMP ON A STATIONARY SURFACE Our Ref 779835 POF Code: 88757/459719 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to applicant(s): -1- 6006q DEVICE FOR MOUNTING X LMWIP ON A STATIONARY SUJACE The invention relates to a device for mounting a lamp on a stationary support surface, in particular on a power-track adapter, the lamp being pivotal about first and second axes relative to the stationary surface and at least a first and a second brake being provided for inhibiting pivotal movement; Such a device is disclosed by applicant in UP 0,567,739 which is used to secure the lamp on a stationary support surface, for example on a power-track adapter, so that it can be turned and secured in any angular position. The power-track adapter is mounted on a power track that is secured to a building surface, e.g. a ceiling.

This known device has as shown in PIG. 2 of UP 0,567,739 a generally L-shaped body with two rotary mounts A and S by means of which the lamp can be pivoted about a vertical axis y and a horizontal axis x. Each of the rotary mounts A and B is provided with a respective brake so as to lock in the set angular position.

To this end the first rotary Mount A is formed by a hub on the body with a central part pivotal on the power-rail adapter.

The hub is splined with a coaxial circular wheel. An underside of the wheel has teeth that coact with a gear carried on a bolt. The bolt extends through a hole on the body to a housing. The gear -1Arotates freely when the holder is rotated on the power-tract Sadapter. it can however be fixed by a nut against the housing. In 'Othis manner pivoting of the rotary mount A can be inhibited.

The second rotary mount B works like the rotary mount A, the teeth being formed in a segment of the body and the gear being on an arm on the l amp.

The above.-described device has shown itself to be relatively successful.

Starting from this state of the art, it is an object of 0 the invention to improve on the known device go that it is easier to use* The invention achieves this object with the features of claim 1. in particular with those of the characterizing clause and is accordingly characterized in that the device has an actuating s element by means of which both braked can be jointly actuated.

The basic idea of the invention resides in that once the lanp that has been positioned with respect to two axesa it is locked in place by actuating one element. The positioning operation of the device according to the invention is thus particularly o efficient because only one actuating element need be acted on.

This is particularly important when a number of lamps must be positioned, as for~ example in a museum. Here for each exposition the lamps must be reset.

2- 004 The loosening and tightening of the actuating element for C) adjusting the laMs was to date a laborious process. With the device according to the invention this job is much faster and Seasier. Roughly half of the time can be saved.

The. device according to the invention serves for mounting a :lamp on a stationary support surface, for example on a wall or a ceiling of a building. The lamp can either be mounted directly on the support surface or,-for example, via a power rail adapter on a power-rail fixed to a wall or another similar support.

.4 The actuating element can be constituted by very simple mechanical elements, for ex~ample screws or levers. I n particular off-the-shelf parts can be used. The adjustment member can be any part that can transmit force and/or form a releasable connection and in this manner lock the lamp in any set angular position.

L According to a feature of the invention the actuating element for actuating the brakes has at least one movable member.

Such a movable member can serve to bridge the space between' the actuating element and the adjustment member. This has the.

advantage that the Position Of the adjustment member can be freely chosen. it can be far from the actuating element.

it is advantageous here when the movable member serves both brakes. In this manner the structure is particularly advantageous-and simple to assembly and stock since instead of two different adjustment members the apparatus only has one.

as. It is further possible that at least one of the brak~es is carried on the movable member, which cuts costs for manufacture, -3 0 00 assembly, and stocking. The movable member is integral with the o) adjustment member, preferably- unitary.

IND Further preferably both brakes are carried on the movable omember. This makes the structure very simple.

At least one of the brakes is unitary and/or in forcetransmitting engagement with a complementary brake part. If the lamp is-pivoted on the rotary mounts, e.g. on pivots, the movable element caff be on one pivot part and the adjustment member on the other. Interaction of the adjustment member with the movable member locks the pivot.

if the braking is done by surface contact, only a very small shifting of the brake parts is needed. The surface contact be tween a brake face of one of the brake parts and a brake face of the other brake part can serve to lock the angular position of the lamp. in addition the surface contact can, when not too tight, provide some friction for setting and adjusting the position of the lamp so that the lamp can be set- in a position and will hold t here ~,by the friction. The user who has for example with one hand set' the desired lawp position, does not need to, hold it -in place while a locking it, but can work comfortably with one hand.

An alternative connection between the brake 'elements can provide good braking, but in many circumstances requires a long adjustment stroke.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention the brake part is fixed on the stationary support surface and/or on the lamp. it is furthermore advantages when a first brake part is -4 '00 4 ~tfixed on the stationary support surface and a second brake part is 0 fixed on the lamp. in this manner securing the first brake element ,O on the stationary support surface. e.g. directly on a power-rail Sadapter or its mounting pin or the like,. and the second brake part I is mounted directly on the lamp. This simplifies manufacture and' assembly of the apparatus that are connected together by the brake parts on the support and lamp.

Thle brake parts have respective brake faces that are pressable against- each other. This feature of the invention makes it possible for the device to be very simple and to brake the pivoting vith a small number of parts.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention one broke face is generally concave. This has the advantage that the other brake face can be made convex. with this feature of the invention a jaw-type brake is formed that can exert particularly high forces so that even heavy laMs. e.g. heavy emitters, can be permanently locked in the selected angular position. The curved faces form a pair of surfaces that fit perfectly with each other* over a large surface area. Thus they can hold very-well.

to According to a further preferred feature of the invention one brake engages with one brake face another brake face of a lampmounted brake part and the one brake face engages over the other brake face. With this embodiment of the invention the inner of the two pressed-together brake faces a preferably convex brake face 13 that is surrounded by a complementarily concave brake face. with this arrangement particularly good braking is possible.

M 004 A~ccording to a further preferred embodiment of the 0 invention, a movable-member proj ection engages around the lampp- 'Omounted brake face. The Projection~ is preferably at a foot of the Sadjustment member that, as described below, is formed by a housing shell. To secure the two housing she Ils together an end of the projection can be fitted between the outer housing shell and the lamp-mounted brake face so that the adjustment member can then be pivoted into place. If now a below-described wedge face-is moved, the adjustment member is fixed on the other housing part. Thus an.

easily handled assembly is produced that is formed by the adjustment member and the other housing shell, and that subsequently is equipped with the lamp.

Preferably the two brake faces engage each other over more than 100. The optimal angle depends on the curvature of the braking faces M anufacturing toletances also play a role, but because of the curved shape of the brake faces they are easy to control. it is mainly critical that more than a point or line con tact is needed between the braking faces, instead a relatively large surface contact-is desired.

.0 According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention the lamp-mounted brake part has a bearing eye for the second pivot axis. This makes the structure simple because the lamp-mounted brake part here the second brake part, is mounted at the bearing eye on the second housing shell. The adjustment member, e.g. the first housing part, can be tightened in the space between the wedge face and the second housing shell relative to the -6 Isecond housing such that the two housing shells once tightened are 0 secured to each other and the preassembled unit is secured by mounting tabs that are also preferably on the lamp-mounted brake Spart, are connected with the lamp.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention the device has a cover for concealing the lamp-mounted brake part. This creates a nice appearance and protects the parts from dirt.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention a head of the movable member carries a fixed brake part that cooperates with fixed brake part carried on the stationary support surface. The brake part fixed on the stationary surface is referred to in the following as the stationary brake part and is distinguished from the brake part mounted on the lamp.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention the stationary brake part is a ring set between two jaws.

A first Jaw can be formed by the first brake part on the adjustment member and the second jaw can be formed by the second housing shell. in general the stationary brake part is grippable between 0 two jaws and can in this manner be solidly arrested,.since considerable braking force can be exerted by two jaws.

According to a further embodiment of the invention the actuating element interacts with a slide arrangement. The slide arrangement allow movement of the actuating element to be transmitted to the adjustment member.

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To operate at least one brake part the slide arrangement O has at least one wedge face. The wedge face makes it simple and C easy to actuate the adjustment member that engages the wedge face.

SThe wedge face interacts with another wedge face of an Sadjustment member. The interaction of the wedge faces is advantageous in that the movement transmitted through the slide arrangement is transmitted in the desired way to the brake faces.

According to a further preferred embodiment of the invention the actuating element directly engages and moves a part provided with the wedge face. This facilitates a particularly simple construction and application of considerable actuating force on the brake faces. Thus the wedge faces transmit considerable forces to the brake faces. In this manner it is possible for the adjustment member to exert considerable forces to arrest the adjustment member.

A further embodiment of the invention is that the actuating element acts on a first part of the slide arrangement Sthat engages via a spring a second part with the wedge face. The spring allows one to apply a variable holding force that is also o accurately adjustable.

According to a further embodiment of the invention the two faces are formed as wedge faces that convert an axial movement of the part having one of the wedge faces into a movement of the adjustment member in two different directions. This is a simple way to jointly actuate both brakes.

8 00 14 The wedge faces can shift between a rest position in Swhich the lamp is pivotal about the axes and a holding-position in ~O which the lamp in fixed with respect to the axes. Between these Send positions of the wedge faces, there are further wedge-face £POSi tions3 in which the lamp can be shifted about its axes through greater or leas resistance.

According to a further embodiment of the invention there are two housing shells that when mounted on each other can move relative to each other. The adjustment member can be formed by one of the housing shells, so that a separate part need not bwe provided.

Thus according to the invention the adjustment member is formed by one of th e housing shells, simplifying construction and reducing the number of parts.

According to a further preferred advantageous embodiment of the invention the wedge face serves to hold together the housing shells. The two housing shells are not mounted by screws, rivets, 4 or-similar fasteners, once again easing assembly.

A further feature of the invention is that the actuating iselement in a threaded screw. This makes it easy to use standard tools with the actuating element.

The threaded screw engages an internal screwthread in the element having the brake face or in the first part of the slide arrangement. with this simple structure it is possible to easily displace the slide in a-straight line, 9- .00 4 Further advantages are given in the uncited dependent Sclaims as well as in the following description of an embodiment 'OShown in the drawings. Therein; FIG. I is a schematic partly sectional view of an embodiment of the device according to the invention with a powertrack adapter and a" emitter; FIG. 2 is a section through the device along line II-I of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a section through the device'along line IMll-IIl of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a section through the device alonzg line Iv-3:V of FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is a section through the device along line V-V of FIG. 1; FIG. 6 is an overall view like FIGa. I of aL second embodiment of the device according to the invention showing the power-track adapter and the emitter; FIG. 7 is the embodiment of FIG. 6 seen in the direction of arrow VIM of FIG. 6; a.FIG. 8 is the device in top view according to arrow VXXX of FIG. 7; FIG. 9 is a section taken through the device according to line IX-XX of FIG. 6; and FIG. 10 is a longitudinal section through the device and a portion of the emitter according to line X-.X of FIG. S.

10 00 4 A device for mounting a lamp 13 is generally shown in the C) drawing at reference 10. In the following description of the ,O drawing the same references are applied to the same or similar or C) similarly functioning parts or elements for the sake of simplicity.

This allows a better overall view of the various embodiaents The device 10 serves according to FIG. 1 for mounting a lamp 13.serving for example as emitter on a power-track adapter 11.

it has a first rotary mount A in a head 41 of the device 10 and a second rotary mount B3 in a foot 42 of the device 10-, s0 that-the lamp 13 can be pivotally adjusted about perpendicular maain axes a and -it is to be noted that the first pivot axis S, is stationary and the second pivot axis S2 moves with the lamp 13 about the first pivot axis S2. The power-track adapter 11 secures the device 10 in an unillustrated power track to supply the lam .13 with line power.

The device 10 has a first housing shell 14 and a second housing shell 15 that are generally L-shaped. According to FIGS. 2 and 3 the housing shells 14 and 15 each are of U-section and have their open sides turned toward each other, with the inner housing' !0 shell 15 engaging into the outer housing shell 14. The housing shells 14 and 15 in this manner form a cavity H extending from the head 41 to the foot 42 of the device 10 through which unillustrated -voltage-feed lines 220 V) pass to supply the lamp 13.

The housing shell 14 is formed in the-head 41 with an Is annular web 16 forming part of the first rotary mount A and having an opening 18 through which fits a hollow threaded bolt 17 that is 11 004 ~tfixed in the power-track adapter 11, In this manner the housing Sshell 14 is pivotal about the stationary axis S, on the threaded bolt 17. The threaded bolt 17 is hold on the annular web 1.6 by a Slock ring 22 that is threaded onto the threaded bolt 17 and fixed i against rotation by a lock element M (see FIG. 4).

The housing shell 15 has near the annular web 16 ribs 21.a and 21b that engage an outer brake face 23 of the ring 22 and that can frictionally inhibit rotation about the axis S, as described below in detail.

The section of FIG. 5 shows for clarity's sake only a half of the rotary mount B which is mirror-symmetrical to a plane X. The outer housing shell 14 is formed in the foot 42 near the lamp body 42 with diwnetrally opposite bores 37a and 37b. Flanges 26a, and 26b of the lamp body 13 are formed with pins 38a and 38b that engage in the bores 37a and*37b and support the lamp body 13 for pivoting about the axis S2 on the outer housing shell 14. The axis. 93 corresponds generally to a central longitudinal axis of the ]pins 38a and 38b. PIG. 5 only shows the back pin 38a of the pins 38a. and 38b in the view direction of FIG. 3 and the bore 37a of the o bores 37a. and 37b.

The inner housing shell 15 has on its end turned toward the lamp 13 brake parts 35a that are formed as. cylinder segments and that are provided with convex cylindrical outer brake faces 24a. These coact with concave cylindrical brake faces 25a of the flan gee 26a and 26b to limit rotation.

12 In the head 41 near the power-track adapter 11 of the Sdevice 11 there is a slide arrangement E ini the cavity H between Sthe housing shells 14 and 15. A threaded screw 27 is fitted to an Sinternal screwthread 29 of a slide 30 so that the screw 27 -can shift it in the direction of arrow x. The threaded screw 29 bears with its head in a blind bore in the shell 14. The movement of the slide 30 is effective directly via a spring 31 on a shiftable wedge element 32 mounted on the screw 27 and having a wedge face 33 engaging a wedge face 34 of a projection 39 of the housing shell The contact wedge faces 33 and 34 extend for example at an angle of 300 to the movement direction x of the wedge 32. The spring force effective in the direction x is thus. transformed into forces in the directions x and y. The slide 30 and the wedge 32 are guided by a ridge 36 shown in FIG. 2 and a side wall 19a of the housing shell The compression spring 31 between the slide 30 and the wedge 32 ensures that as the slide 30 is shifted in the direction X by actuation of the screw 27 the spring force is applied by the spring. 31. to the wedge 32 increases. The wedge face 33 presses the 0 housing shell 15 with increasing force toward the housing shell 14.

Wh6 braking friction can be adjusted and set accurately.

When the spring 31 is completely decompressed the slide in in a position in which it bears on an abutment 40 of the housing shell 1.5. Only a very slight force will be applied to the wedge 30 and through it to the housing shell 14. The housiLng' shells 14 and 1.5, which together form a support arm 12 for the lamp 13 00 A 1t 3, are -pivotal against slight resistance together relative to the Spower-track adapter 12. about the pivot axis S1. As a result of ICO pivoting the support arm 12 relative to the stationary bolt 17, the 0 ribs 21a and 21b (FIG. 4) move along the -outer brake face 23 of ihe ring 22. Since the spring 31. is only slightly compressed, only a Blight force will be exerted in the direction x on'the housing shell 15 so that the ribs 2la and 21b will only bear lightly. on the outer brake face 23 of the ring 22*. Pivoting of the support arm 12 about the pivot axis S, thus takes place against-only minor friction during pivoting of the emitter 13 about the pivot "is 81.

The emitter 13 i~s also pivotal against light resistance relative to the support arm 12 about the axis 32-. TDuring piVOting of the emitter 13 about the pivot axis S2 relative to the support arm 12, a brake face 25a of a flange 26a slides along the complemientary cylindrical outer brake face 24a of the housing shell 14. it must similarly be noted that only a modest force is exerted in the direction y by the spring 31 and the wedge 32. on the housing shell 15. since the emitter 13 is connected by pins 38a. and 38br fixedly with the outer shell 14 and since moving the housing shell to 15 in the direction y shifts the brake faces 25a and 24a relative to *each other, with only a modestly compressed spring 31 the brake' faces 24a and 25a bear only lightly on each other. The force with which they bear on each other can be set higher or adjusted-so that the desired pivotal position of the emitter 13 about the axis s92 ascan be maintained by friction.

14 01 .4 Actuation of the screw 27 af ter setting the ]position of o the emitter 13 relative to the axes S, and S2 moves the slide 30 in v~the direction x and thus increases the force exerted by the spring o31. The wedge 32 is pressed by the spring 31 in the direction a.- The force in the direction x is applied to the wedge face 34 and vectored into the directions x and y so that the housing shell moves slightly relative to the housing shell 14 both in the direction x and in the direction y. Since Side walls 20a'and of the housing shell 14 engage around the side walls -19a and 19b of the housing shell 15 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) the housing shells are guided Curing this movement. The housing shell 14 thus forms a2 lateral guide for the housing shell The force' applied in the direction x ensures that end brake faces 28a and 28b (FIG. 4) of the ribs 21~a and 21b are pressed against the outer brake face 23 of the ring 22 and thus frictionally,-inhibit rotation. shifting of the housing 15 in the direction y presses the cylindrical brake faces 24a and 24b of the -housing shell 15 against the brake faces 25a and 25b of the flanges 26a and 26b~ so that pivoting of the lamp 13 about the axis S 2 is to frictionally inhibited.

screwing-in the screw 27 simultaneously therefore applies' the rotary mounts A and B. Releasing of the braking of the two axes S. and S2 is simply effected by screwing out the screw 27 and thereby reducing the spring force. The housing shells thus can is move into a position in which both rotary mounts A and B are released, that is are not holding.

W 0014 The embodiment shown in the drawings provides for o) mounting the lamp 13 via the device 10 on a power-track adapter 11 Ni ,Q that, as a result of being fixed to a stationary power track, forms C0 o) the stationary support surface according to claim 1. Similarly embodiments of the device are conceivable by means of which the lamp 13 is mounted by the device 10 directly on a stationary support surface.

with this embodiment the cavity H of the device 10 can accommodate a number of voltage-supply lines. The device according to the embodiment serves b-oth for mechanically mounting the lamp 13 on the stationary support surface and for protecting the electrical feed lines for the lamp 13.

In an unillustrated emibodiment of the invention it is possible for the device to serve only f or the mechanical mounting of the lam on a stationary support surface.

It- is further worth noting that in the embodiment shown in the f igures the pair of faces, that is the brake faces 28a and 23 of the rotary Mount A and the pair of brake faces 25a and 24aL Of the rotary mount B are simple fiction or bearing surfaces.

to Alternatively near these brake faces in an unillustrated embodiment of the invention there can be teeth or the like that allow the faces to lock together.

Finally near the brake faces there can also be a friction-increasing element, for example a plastic part or layer.

Such a friction-increasing element is not needed in every case.

16 00 in1 the following the second embodiment will be described Swith ref erenice to FIGS. 6 to 10. .only the differences from the 'Oembodiment of FIGS. I to 5 are discussed, it being assumed that Sunless something is stated, the parts are functionally equivalent ain the two embodiments.

The second embodiment has a device 10 with a basically Lshaped body (FIG. 10) formed of two shells 14 and 15 and having a head 41 for conndection to a power-track adapter 11 or another stationary support surface and a foot 42 connected on a lamp 13 or 4 emitter. The views of FIGS. 6 to 8 show that with a generally.

vertical orientation of the emitter 13 according to PIG. 6 the vertical legs of the housing shells 14 and 15 are flush with the longitudinal sides of the emitter 13.. Starting from the FIG. 6 position the emitter 13 can be rotated clockwise about the fixed pivot axis which also is called the fixed axis. The pivot angle of the emitter 13 relative to the device 10 ca n for examule be g0o and be limited by unillustrated abutments.

As best visible in FIG. 10 the housing shell 15 is formned again an an adjustment member and has a wedge face 34 that can be engaged by a wedge face 33 of a brake part 32. The brake part 32 ii here an actuating element directly on the acrew 27 so that the spring of the first embodiment in not needed. in this manner particularly large forces can be exerted on the wedge faces 33 and 34.

As a result of shifting of the brake part 32 in the direction K the head 41 of the housing shell 15 is also shifted in 17

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~tthe direction X. AS Most easily seen from FIGS. 9 and 10, unlike 0 the first embodiment here there is a ring 22 connected to the bolt 17 that is connected to the power-track adapter 11 and that is C) arranged in the head 42. between the two jaw-like houding shells 14 and 15. The housing shell 15 engages with a concave brake face 43 that fits with the complementary brake face 23 formed by the outer surface of the ring 22. On the opposite end the ring 22 engages With its outer face 44 serving as counter surface a brake face of the housing shell 14, the so-called second jaw.

Actuation of the screw 27 thus shifts the housing shell relative to the housing-shell 14 and grips the ring 22 between the two housing shells 14 and 15. Thus higher holding forces than the f irst emb3odiment can be exerted. A particular advantage is that the-outer brake faces 23 and 44 of the ring 20 are cozplmentary to the inner brake faces 43 and 45 of the two jaws.

This makes for a particularly solid gripping.

The foot 42 of the device 10 is also different from the embodiment of FIGS. I to 5. The foot 42 of the housing shell has a plug-like projection 51 that fits in a space Z between a below-described brake part 46 and the housing shell 14. As seon in FIG. 10 the left side of the projection 51 has a brake face 52 that is generally concave and that extends over an angle of about 600.

That angle can be for example between 200 and 800. To the left of the brake face 52 there is a cover 50 that conceals the projection 51 and the brake part 46 in the FIG. 6 position.

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The foot 42 of the housing shell 15 that extends over an C) angle of about 1006 engages the brake part 46 that is shaped like a Sbearing and that has an outer surface forming a brake face 53. The o brake part 46 has a bearing eye 48 in which a pivot element 49 Is held. The pivot. element 49 is fixed in an unillustrated manner with both its axial ends directly in the first housing shell 14.

on the left-hand lower end as seen in FIG. 10 of the brake part 46 there is a mounting tab shown only in FIG. 10 and that would in FIrG. 6 extend in both directions out of the plane of C view and that serves for connection of the brake part 46 for example by screws with the emitter 13.

it is notable that not the entire concave inner surface of the foot 42 of the housing shell 15 serves as a brake face, but only a portion extending over an angle of for example 400 or 600 1 forms the actual brake face 52. The brake face 52 and the opposite brake face 53 engage each other in surface contact and provide a considerable grip. Thus even heavy emitters can be held permanently in any set angular position.

if the brake part 32 is moved by actuation of the ;a adjustment element 27 in the direction x, the wedge faces 33 and.34 shift the foot 42 of the housing shell 15 in the direction y. This presses the brake face 52 against the brake face 53 so that they wedge together. The brake part 46 is thus fixed relative to the pivot axis of the first housing shell 14 so that in the foot 42 the .S housing shell 1.5 is locked with respect to the housing shell14 19 A

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ci 004 o ci ci 4it is notable that the construction of the housing shells o 14 and 15 of the second embodiment is similar to that of the first V embodiment. It is preferable when unillustrated stiffening ribs or o webs are provided on the housing shells 14 and 15 extending inside the cavity H of the two housing shells 14 and A particular advantage of this embodiment is that the subassembly of the two housing shells 14 and 15 and the brake part 46 can be done in advance. The emitter 13 is then secured to the mounting tab 47 of the preassembled subassembly by means of two screws 56 of which only one is shown in FIG. 10. The mounting tab 27 of the brake part 46 has to this end throughgoing holes for the screws 56. This facilitates the assembly and handling of the parts to be assembled.

For clarification it is further noted that the mounting tab 47 and the fasteners 56 are not shown in FIG. 8, but only their position is shown there. The screws 57a and 57b shown in FIG. 8 serve for mounting an upper part 58 of the emitter 13 on a lower part 59 of the emitter 13.

The main difference between the rotary mount B of the o second embodiment and the rotary mount B of the first embodiment is that the inner and outer bearing parts are switched. In the second embodiment the outer bearing part is the adjustable one so that higher holding forces can be exerted. TO this end it is significant that one of the holding faces extends past the other.

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001 To start with, the brake part 46 for the lamp is fixed on Sthe housing shell 14. The housing shell.14 can be fitted at an IND angle to the housing shell 14 so that the projection 51 fits into Sthe cavity Z between the clamping face 53 and-the housing shell 14.

Then the housing shell 15 is swung clockwise relative to the housing shell 14 until the two housing shells 14 fit with each other. The wedge face 34 is brought by the pivotal movement in the direction'x behind the wedge face 33. if now the screw 27 is actuated and the brake part 32 is moved in the direction x, the wedge faces 33 and 34 bear on each other. As a result the housing shell 15 is engaged at two locations with the shell 14, namely in the region of the wedge faces 33 and 34 and in the regions of the Laces 52 and 53. As a result the two parts 14 and 15 are locked together. The housing shell 15 in this preassembled condition can still shift relative to the housing shell 14. To this end only the screw 27 need be actuated. This takes place only when the emitter.

13 is mounted on the device Loosening of the element \27 by rotation in the opposite direction releases braking action on the emitter 13 with respect to a.both axes S2. and S 2 an described above. This shif to the brake part 32 in its guide when the element 27 is actuated to moove it axially as shown in FIG. 10 to the left so that the wedge faces 33 and 34 move apart. The rotary maounts A and B are thus released.

FIG. 10 shows that when the device 10 is loosened by as rotation of the element 27 an abutment prevents the screw 27 fromi coming out of the device 10 in the direction x. If the device 21 4 o 00 ~tis in fact clamped very tightly, the two wedges 33 and 34 can Sengage each other and lock together. If now the element 27 is reverse rotated, the brake part 32 can stick on the housing shell and shift the screw 27 to the right as seen in FIG. 10, that is in the direction a out of the device 10. This is prevented by an abutment nut 54 that engages as shown in FIG. 10 with its right end on an inner face 55 of the housing shell 14.

After the screw 27 is inserted during assembly of the device 10 through the housing shell 14, the lock nut--54 can be screwed on from the left side as shown in FIG. 10 and set-at a predetermined axial position on the screw 27. The nut 54 is rotationally fixed on the screw 27 and engages the inner face of the housing shell 14 to prevent the screw 27 from screwing out of the device Preferably the lock nut 54 is set'at a spacing of for example about 0.5 mmfrom the inner face 55 so that the element 27 can be used without problems because of this play.

As an alternative to the above-described assembly of thie device 10 to an easily handled unit it is also Possible to first 0. fit the housing shell 14 with the brake part 46 to the emitter 13.

Then electrical lines can be fed through the cavity H of the shell 14 and connected with the emitter 13. Only then is the housing shell 15 fixed to the housing shell 14, whereupon the abovedescribed pivoting of the hou~sing shell 15 relative to the housing shell 14 after fitting the projection 51 into the space z is effected.

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Claims (31)

1. A device (10) for mounting a lamp (13) on a Sstationary support surface, in particular on a power-track adapter the laup being pivotal about f irst and second axes (Sl "nd 8 2 relative to the stationary surface and at least a first and a second brake (21a, 21b, 35a, 35b, 43, 52)'being provided for inhibiting Pivotal movement, characterized in that the device haB an actuating element (27) by means of which both brakes (21a, 21b, 35a, 35b, 43, 52) can be jointly actuated.

2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the actuating element (27) for actuating the brakes (21a, 21b, 35b, 43, 52) has at least one movable member

3. The device according to claim 2. characterized in that the movable memiber (15) serves both brakes (21a, 21b, 535b, 43, 52)..

4. The device according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that at least one of the brakes (21a, 21b, 35a, 35b, 43, 52) is carried on the movable member The device according to claim 4, characterized in o that both brakes (21a, 21b, 35a, 35b, 43, 52) are carried on the movable member 23 0 4

6.The device according to one of the preceding claims, C) characterized in that at least one of the brakes (21a, 21b, 35b, 43, 52) is unitary and/or in fOrce-tranomitting engagement w ith a complementary brake part (22, 26a, 26b, 22, 46).

7. The device according to claim 6, characterized in that the brake part (22, 26a, 26b, 22; 46) is fixed on the stationlary support surface and/or on the lamp (13).

8. The device according to claim characterized in that a first brake part (22) Is fixed on the stationary support surface and a second brake part (46) in fixed on the lamp (13).

9. The device according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that at least one brake part (21a, 21b, 35., 43, 52) has a brake face (43, 52) and another brake part (22, 264L, 26b, 22, 46) has a brake face the brake faces being pressable against each other. The device according to clai.m 9. characterized in that at leant one brake face (43, 52) in generally concave.

11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that at least another brake face (23, 53) is convex. 24 100 4

12. the device according to one of the preceding claima. 0 characterized in that one brake engages with a brake face (52) a N brake face (53) of a lamp-mounted brake part the brake face S(52) engaging over the brake face (53).

13. The device according to claim 12, characterized in. that the brake face (52) and the brake face (53) have complementary faces, pressing the surfaces toward each other resulting in surface contact.

14. The device according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that a movable-member projection (51) engages around the lamp-mounted brake face (53). The device accord-ing to one of claims 6 to 14. characterized in that at least one brake part and the respective complementary brake part have teeth.

16. The device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lamp-mounted brake part (45) has a bearing eye (48) for the second pivot axis (SO).

17. The device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lamp-mounted brake part (46) has a okmounting tab (47) for direct lamp mounting. 25

18. The device according to one of the preceding claims, 0 characterized in that the device has a cover (50) for concealing 'Othe lazp-mounted brake part (46)

19. The device according to one of claims 2 to 4 or one of the claims relating back to one of these claims, characterized in that a head (41) of the movable menber (15) carries a fixed brake part that cooperates with fixed brake part (22) carried on the stationary support surface. The device according to claim 19, characterized in that the stationary brake part (22) is a ring.

21. The device according to claim 19 or characterized in that the stationary brake part (22) has a convex brake face (23).

22. The device according to one of claims 19 to 21, characteri~zed i~n that the stationary b~rake part (22) is between two Jawa (43 and 45), the first jaw (43) being formed b~y the movable member.

23. The device according to claim 22, characterized in that the device has two housing shells (14 and 15), the movable tomember with the first jaw (43) being on the first housing shell 26 00 14 and the second jaw (45) being on the second housing shell (14)

24. The device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an actuating element (27) interacts with a slide arrangement The device according to claim 24, characterized in that the alide arrangement has f or operating at least one brake part (21a, 21.b, 35a, 35.b, 43, 52) at least One wiedge face (33).

26. The device according to claim 25, characterized in that the wedge face (33) interacts with another wedge face (34) of an adjustment mnexe

27. The device according t~o one of clairm 25 or 26, characterized in that the actuating element (27) directly engages and moves a part (32) provided with the wedge face (33).

28. The device according to claim 25 or 26, characterized in that the actu~ating element (27) acts on a first part (30) of the slide arrangement that engages via a spring (31) a second part (32) with the wedge face (33).

29. The device according to claim 27 or 28 so far that these relate back to claim 26, characterized in that the two faces S27 4 I are formed as wedge faces (33 and 34) that convert an axial movement of the part (32) having one of the wedge faces into.* movement of the adjustment memnber (15) in two different directions. The device according to'clain 29, characterized in that the movement of the adjustment memzber (15) in two directions. has a first vector (direction x) that actuates the first brake part (21a, 21b, 43) andA a second perpendicular vector*(direction that actuates the second brake part (35a, 35b, 52).

31. The device according to one of claims 25 to characterized in that the wedge face (33) is pivotal between a rest position in Which the lamp (13) is pivotal about the axes and Sa) and a holding position in which the lamp is fixed against pivoting about the two axes and SO)

32. The device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that two housing shells (14 and 15) are provided that when mounted on each other can m~ove relative to each other.

33. The device according to claim 32 insofar as it relate. back to claim 2, characterized in that the adjustment Memer is formed by one housing shell 28

34. The device according' to claim 32 or 33 insofar as it Srelates back to claim 25. characterized in that the wedge face (33) serves to hold together the housing shells (14 and The device according to one of claim 32 to 34, characterized in that the two housing shells and 15) are mounted on each other and in this manner form a single unit- before mounting of the lamp (13) on the device.

36. The device according to claim 35, characterized in that a lamp-mounted brake part (46) is mounted on one*'housing shell (14) and that the two interfitted housing shells (14 and 15) are connected by the lamp-mounted brake part (46) together with the lamp (13).

37. The device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the actuating element is a threaded screw s-(27)

38. The device according to claim 37 insofar as it relates back to claim 21 or 28, characiterized in that the threaded screw (27) engages an internal screwthzead (29) in-the element (32) having the brake face (33) or in the first part (39) of the slide 0 arrangement 29