EP0187296A2 - Housing with a tiltable lamp holder for unilaterally socketed flourescent lamps - Google Patents

Housing with a tiltable lamp holder for unilaterally socketed flourescent lamps Download PDF

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EP0187296A2
EP0187296A2 EP85115771A EP85115771A EP0187296A2 EP 0187296 A2 EP0187296 A2 EP 0187296A2 EP 85115771 A EP85115771 A EP 85115771A EP 85115771 A EP85115771 A EP 85115771A EP 0187296 A2 EP0187296 A2 EP 0187296A2
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Dieter Dipl.-Ing. Henrici
Alfred Bothe
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V19/00—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders
    • F21V19/04—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders with provision for changing light source, e.g. turret
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • F21S8/03—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type
    • F21S8/033—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V19/00—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders
    • F21V19/0075—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders of tubular light sources, e.g. ring-shaped fluorescent light sources
    • F21V19/0095—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders of tubular light sources, e.g. ring-shaped fluorescent light sources of U-shaped tubular light sources, e.g. compact fluorescent tubes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14—Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/30—Pivoted housings or frames

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  • the invention relates to a swiveling socket for fluorescent lamps with a base on one side, so-called compact fluorescent lamps, with a socket body made of insulating material which receives electrical contact elements and which can be detachably latched to a socket holder via a fastening foot part, against which the socket body by one Swivel axis is arranged foldable.
  • Fluorescent lamps with a base on both sides of older and still in use today are inserted into or removed from the sockets in the direction transverse to their longitudinal axis.
  • no special space is required in front of the end faces of the lamps or their sockets, so that the lamp housing or the like. can be passed close to the outside of the frames.
  • pivotable sockets are known according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the socket body and the fastening foot part are two separate plastic components, the fastening foot part being designed as a U-shaped bracket, the web of which is screwed onto the socket support with two screws, and the legs of which have bearing bores for bearing pins attached to the socket body.
  • this pivotable frame it is considered particularly disadvantageous that the bow-like fastening foot part still has to be screwed onto the frame support.
  • the present invention has for its object to make a pivotable version for single-ended fluorescent lamps of the type presupposed in the preamble of claim 1 in particular that the mounting foot part can be connected to the socket carrier in a simpler manner.
  • the invention solves this problem primarily and essentially in that, to form the pivot axis on one side of the foot part, an articulated claw is provided which is open away from the base part and away from the lamp connection side of the socket body and which encompasses the reveal of an opening on the holder side in the manner of a pivotless hinge and the foot part is provided with a stop limiting the swivel path of the socket body and a shackle holding the socket body on the holder and that Socket body is arranged at least one resilient locking hook, which detachably engages in a socket opening and locks the socket body in the operating position.
  • the foot part of the socket with the articulated claw has the part of a pivot hinge, around the axis of which the socket engaging the reveal of the aperture on the holder side can be pivoted. So that the frame maintains its connection to the frame support even in the pivoted position, the stop limiting the pivoting path of the frame body and the restraint holding the frame on the frame support are provided.
  • the advantage of the invention is therefore essentially to design a now swiveling socket for fluorescent lamps with a base on one side, by cleverly designing the foot part, in a similarly simple manner to known snap-in sockets (for example, of the type described in DE-GM 72 34 735), but with the additional possibility the limited pivotability of the frame exists, but without losing its connection to the frame support.
  • the invention makes use of the known measure to arrange at least one resilient latching hook on the socket body, which detachably engages in a socket opening.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the principle of the invention outlined in claim 1 consists in that the articulated claw is assigned at least one catch hook as a shackle, which penetrates a special opening from the back of the frame holder and that the stop in the operating position of the frame from the frame holder front one has limited pivoting of the socket allowing distance, it is furthermore expedient if the stop forms a gap between itself and the side of the catch hook facing it, the width of which is essentially at most s ? is the same as the material thickness of the frame carrier.
  • the catch hook and stop form part of a slotted and therefore pluggable hinge half, which together with the web delimited by the special opening forms a complete hinge in the frame carrier, the pivot axis of which coincides with the web.
  • the gap formed between the catch hook and the stop allows the socket to be plugged in via its socket foot part in advance with the socket holder having the corresponding openings, a swivel hinge being provided when the plug connection is completed.
  • catch hook and / or the stop are designed or arranged to be resilient.
  • an insulating socket 12 is mounted on the bottom 11a of an approximately trough-shaped, housing-like holder 11.
  • the insulating socket 12 consists of the actual socket body 13 and a foot part 14, which is preferably integrally integrally formed thereon arranged electrical connection contacts, not shown; the foot part 14 serves to hold the holder 12 on the holder 11, for which purpose the latter in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 4 has a rectangular opening 15 and two smaller ones which are circular in the exemplary embodiment Breakthroughs 16 has.
  • the socket holder openings 16 are arranged on the side of the opening 15 facing away from the lamp 10 and in the vicinity of its narrow edges 15a.
  • the rear 13a of the socket body 13 is associated with an articulated claw 17 which is open away from the foot part and the lamp connection side of the socket body, for example in the form of a groove which claws over the reveal 15b of the socket support opening 15, as a result of which the socket 12 can be pivoted about the inner boundary of the socket claw 17.
  • the position of use of the socket 12 (FIG. 1) is secured by a spring tongue 18 which interacts with the edge 15c of the socket carrier cutout 15.
  • the outer contour of the spring tongue 18 is designed such that it can temporarily deflect both when the socket is pressed into the operating position and when the socket is pivoted out into the position according to FIG. 2 after the application of a certain compressive or tensile force.
  • the socket base part 14 has two catch hooks 19 as fetters, which reach through the socket carrier cutouts 16 from the rear or underside 11b of the socket carrier 11.
  • a stop 20 when its stop surface 21 is open the side 11c of the holder 11 facing the holder rests.
  • a strip-shaped stop 20 is provided approximately in the center of the socket body 13 on its rear wall 13a.
  • a gap 22 is formed between the stop 20 and the catch hook 19, the gap width of which essentially corresponds to the material thickness of the frame carrier 11.
  • the socket body 13 is mounted in such a way that the socket foot is inserted approximately into the inclined position according to FIG. 2 with a movement in the direction of the rear 13a of the socket body 13 into the socket body cutout 15, so that the material webs 23 remaining between the cutouts 15 and 16 Grip holder 11 through the gap 22.
  • each catch hook 19 is then in an engaging or engaging position with respect to the frame carrier openings 16.
  • the catch hook 19 is designed or arranged elastically, which facilitates the snap-on mounting of the socket 12 as well as its possibility of removal from the socket carrier 11.
  • the arrangement is such that the "plug-in hinge" formed by the parts 19, 20 and 23 cannot automatically release in the opened position of the socket according to FIG. 2.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 differs from that according to the FI 2. 1 and 2 essentially in that here the socket foot is formed from a locking pin 23 and two substantially semicircular catch hooks 24, to which the stop 20 is assigned.
  • the openings 15, 15 'and 16 on the holder side are designed in the configuration shown.
  • the opening 15, which is rectangular in the first exemplary embodiment, for reaching through the foot part 14 into the three smaller openings 15 and 15 ' is resolved, since in this second embodiment only the locking pin 23 and the catch hook 24 reach through the holder 11.
  • the frame carrier openings 15 have an elongated shape, and their length corresponds approximately to the diameter of the semicircular arc of the catch hook 24.
  • the catch hooks 24 are first inserted through the elongated hole openings 15 during assembly of the holder 13, and the holder 13 is initially moved away from the lamp towards the rear 4 and then pivoted into the use position shown in FIG. 3. It is also important in this embodiment that the gap 22 formed between the stop 20 and the catch hook 24 is dimensioned in such a way that the socket in the pivoted-open position according to FIG. 4 does not detach from the socket carrier 11. As from Fig. 4 it can be seen that the free end of the catch hook 24 still engages in the mount carrier openings 16 from the back of the mount carrier.

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A mounting device for a fluorescent lamp includes a socket which is swingably supported in a socket holder for being movable between an inclined position and an operational position and is provided with a socket body and a locking member extending in axial direction rearwardly away from the connection of the lamp to the socket body. The socket holder has an opening through which the socket body projects with its locking member in order to encompass the respective inner surface of the opening in a pinless hinge-like member. For limiting the swiveling movement of the socket, the socket body is provided with a stop member which cooperates with the innerside of the holder.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine s.chwenk- bare Fassung für einseitig gesockelte Leuchtstofflampen, sogenannte Kompaktleuchtstofflampen, mit einem elektrische Kontaktelemente aufnehmenden Fassungskörper aus Isolierstoff, der über ein Befestigungs-Fußteil ggf. wiederlösbar mit einem Fassungsträger steckverrastbar ist, gegenüber dem der Fassunrskörper um eine Schwenkachse klappbar angeordnet ist.The invention relates to a swiveling socket for fluorescent lamps with a base on one side, so-called compact fluorescent lamps, with a socket body made of insulating material which receives electrical contact elements and which can be detachably latched to a socket holder via a fastening foot part, against which the socket body by one Swivel axis is arranged foldable.

Zweiseitig gesockelte Leuchtstoffröhrenlampen älterer und auch heute noch gebräuchlicher Bauart werden in Richtung quer zu ihrer Längsachse in die Fassungen eingesetzt bzw. aus diesen entnommen. Zur Lampenmontage und -demontage ist daher vor den Stirnseiten der Lampen bzw. ihrer Fassungen kein besonderer Raum erforderlich, so daß das Leuchtengehäuse od.dgl. nahe an den Außenseiten der Fassungen vorbeigeführt werden kann.Fluorescent lamps with a base on both sides of older and still in use today are inserted into or removed from the sockets in the direction transverse to their longitudinal axis. For lamp assembly and disassembly, no special space is required in front of the end faces of the lamps or their sockets, so that the lamp housing or the like. can be passed close to the outside of the frames.

In den letzten Jahren sind einseitig gesockelte Leuchtstofflampen, sogenannte Kompaktleuchtstofflampen, bekanntgeworden, die an einer Seite einen Sockel aufweisen, über den sie mit der Fassung in Lampenachsrichtung steckverbunden werden. Zum Einstecken einer solchen Lampe in die Fassung und zum Herausnehmen aus derselben ist daher ein in Lampenachsrichtung freier Montageraum erforderlich. Zudem besteht oft das Problem, daß die Fassung in Steckrichtung der Lampe nicht gut einsichtig ist.In recent years, single-ended fluorescent lamps, so-called compact fluorescent lamps, have become known, which have a base on one side, by means of which they are plug-connected to the socket in the lamp axis direction. To insert such a lamp into the socket and to remove it from the same, an assembly space that is free in the lamp axis direction is required. In addition, there is often the problem that the socket in the plug-in direction of the lamp is not clearly visible.

Zur Erleichterung der Lampenmontage sind schwenkbare Fassungen nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 bekannt. Der Fassungskörper und der Befestigungs-Fußteil sind dabei zwei getrennte Kunststoffbauteile, wobei der Befestigungs-Fußteil als U-förmiger Bügel ausgebildet ist, dessen Steg mit zwei Schrauben am Fassungsträger angeschraubt wird, und dessen Schenkel Lagerbohrungen für am Fassungskörper angebrachte Lagerzapfen aufweisen. Bezüglich dieser schwenkbaren Fassung wird es insbesondere als nachteilig angesehen, daß der bügelartige Befestigungsfußteil noch am Fassungsträger angeschraubt werden muß.To facilitate lamp assembly, pivotable sockets are known according to the preamble of claim 1. The socket body and the fastening foot part are two separate plastic components, the fastening foot part being designed as a U-shaped bracket, the web of which is screwed onto the socket support with two screws, and the legs of which have bearing bores for bearing pins attached to the socket body. With regard to this pivotable frame, it is considered particularly disadvantageous that the bow-like fastening foot part still has to be screwed onto the frame support.

'Demgegenüber liegt der vorliegenden Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine schwenkbare Fassung für einseitig gesockelte Leuchtstofflampen der im Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 vorausgesetzten Art insbesondere dahingehend verbessert zu gestalten, daß sich der Befestigungsfußteil auf einfachere Weise mit dem Fassungsträger verbinden läßt.'In contrast, the present invention has for its object to make a pivotable version for single-ended fluorescent lamps of the type presupposed in the preamble of claim 1 in particular that the mounting foot part can be connected to the socket carrier in a simpler manner.

Die Erfindung löst diese Aufgabe in erster Linie und im wesentlichen dadurch, daß zur Bildung der Schwenkachse einseitig am Fußteil eine von diesem und der Lampenanschlußseite des Fassungskörpers weg geöffnete Gelenkkralle vorgesehen ist, die die Laibung einer fassungsträgerseitigen Durchbrechung nach Art eines zapfenlosen Scharniers umgreift und der Fußteil mit einem den Schwenkweg des Fassungskörpers begrenzenden Anschlag sowie einer den Fassungskörper am Fassungsträger haltenden Fessel versehen ist und daß am Fassungskörper mindestens ein federnder Rasthaken angeordnet ist, der lösbar in einen Fassungsdurchbruch eingreift und den Fassungskörper in Betriebslage arretiert.The invention solves this problem primarily and essentially in that, to form the pivot axis on one side of the foot part, an articulated claw is provided which is open away from the base part and away from the lamp connection side of the socket body and which encompasses the reveal of an opening on the holder side in the manner of a pivotless hinge and the foot part is provided with a stop limiting the swivel path of the socket body and a shackle holding the socket body on the holder and that Socket body is arranged at least one resilient locking hook, which detachably engages in a socket opening and locks the socket body in the operating position.

Nach der Erfindung besitzt der Fußteil der Fassung mit der Gelenkkralle den Teil eines Schwenkscharniers, um dessen Achse sich die an der Laibung der fassungsträgerseitigen Durchbrechung angreifende Fassung schwenken läßt. Damit die Fassung auch in der abgeschwenkten Lage ihre Verbindung zum Fassungsträger beibehält, sind der den Schwenkweg des Fassungskörpers begrenzende Anschlag und die die Fassung am Fassungsträger haltende Fessel vorgesehen.According to the invention, the foot part of the socket with the articulated claw has the part of a pivot hinge, around the axis of which the socket engaging the reveal of the aperture on the holder side can be pivoted. So that the frame maintains its connection to the frame support even in the pivoted position, the stop limiting the pivoting path of the frame body and the restraint holding the frame on the frame support are provided.

Der erfindungsgemäße Vorteil besteht also im wesentlichen darin, eine nunmehr schwenkbare Fassung für einseitig gesockelte Leuchtstofflampen durch geschickte Ausbildung des Fußteils ähnlich einfache auszubilden wie an sich bekannte Steckrastfassungen (z.B. nach Art der im DE-GM 72 34 735 beschriebenen), wobei jedoch zusätzlich die Möglichkeit der begrenzten Schwenkbarkeit der Fassung besteht, jedoch ohne daß diese ihren Verbund zum Fassungsträger verliert. Zur Aufrechterhaltung der entriegelbaren Betriebslage des Fassungskörpers bedient sich die Erfindung der an sich bekannten Maßnahme, am Fassungskörper mindestens einen federnden Rasthaken anzuordnen, der lösbar in einen Fassungstriigerdurchbruch eingreift.The advantage of the invention is therefore essentially to design a now swiveling socket for fluorescent lamps with a base on one side, by cleverly designing the foot part, in a similarly simple manner to known snap-in sockets (for example, of the type described in DE-GM 72 34 735), but with the additional possibility the limited pivotability of the frame exists, but without losing its connection to the frame support. To maintain the unlockable operating position of the socket body, the invention makes use of the known measure to arrange at least one resilient latching hook on the socket body, which detachably engages in a socket opening.

Eine besonders vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung des im Anspruch 1 näher umrissenen Erfindungsprinzips besteht darin, daß der Gelenkkralle mindestens ein Fanghaken als Fessel zugeordnet ist, der von der Rückseite des Fassungsträgers her eine besondere Durchbrechung durchgreift und daß der Anschlag in der Betriebslage der Fassung von der Fassungsträgervorderseite einen die begrenzte Verschwenkung der Fassung erlaubenden Abstand aufweist, wobei es weiterhin zweckmäßig ist, wenn der Anschlag zwischen sich und der ihm zugekehrten Seite des Fanghakens einen Spalt ausbildet, dessen Weite im wesentlichen höchstens s? groß ist wie die Materialstärke des Fassungsträgers. Nach dieser konstruktiven Ausgestaltung bilden Fanghaken und Anschlag gewissermaßen Teil einer geschlitzten und somit steckbaren Scharnierhälfte, die zusammen mit dem von der besonderen Durchbrechung begrenzten Steg im Fassungsträger ein komplettes Scharnier bildet, dessen Schwenkachse mit dem Steg zusammenfällt. Der zwischen Fanghaken und Anschlag ausgebildete Spalt erlaubt es, die Fassung über ihren Fassungsfußteil voran mit dem die entsprechenden Durchbrechungen aufweisenden Fassungsträger steckzukuppeln, wobei mit Vollzug der Steckverbindung ein Schwenkscharnier bereitgestellt ist.A particularly advantageous embodiment of the principle of the invention outlined in claim 1 consists in that the articulated claw is assigned at least one catch hook as a shackle, which penetrates a special opening from the back of the frame holder and that the stop in the operating position of the frame from the frame holder front one has limited pivoting of the socket allowing distance, it is furthermore expedient if the stop forms a gap between itself and the side of the catch hook facing it, the width of which is essentially at most s ? is the same as the material thickness of the frame carrier. According to this design, the catch hook and stop form part of a slotted and therefore pluggable hinge half, which together with the web delimited by the special opening forms a complete hinge in the frame carrier, the pivot axis of which coincides with the web. The gap formed between the catch hook and the stop allows the socket to be plugged in via its socket foot part in advance with the socket holder having the corresponding openings, a swivel hinge being provided when the plug connection is completed.

Zur weiteren Erleichterung der Aufsteckmontage und der vorzugsweise wiederlösbaren Anordnung ist es vorteilhaft, wenn der Fanghaken und/oder der Anschlag federelastisch ausgebildet oder angeordnet sind.To further facilitate the push-on assembly and the preferably releasable arrangement, it is advantageous if the catch hook and / or the stop are designed or arranged to be resilient.

Weitere zweckmäßige Ausgestaltungen und vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der erfindungsgemäßen Fassung ergeben sich aus den sonstigen Unteransprüchen sowie aus der nachfolgenden Beschreibung der Erfindung anhand zweier in den Zeichnungen dargestellter AusfUhrungsbeispiele. In den Zeichnungen zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 die Ansicht einer mit einer Lampe bestückten und an einem Fassungsträger in der Betriebslage angeordneten Fassung mit einer Aufsicht auf die zugehörigen Fassungsträgerausschnitte,
  • Fig. 2 die Anordnung nach Fig. 1, jedoch mit hochgeschwenkter Fassung,
  • Fig. 3 und 4 den Fig. 1 und 2 entsprechende Darstellungen einer zweiten Ausführungsform.
Further expedient refinements and advantageous developments of the version according to the invention result from the other subclaims and from the following description of the invention with reference to two exemplary embodiments shown in the drawings. The drawings show:
  • 1 is a view of a socket equipped with a lamp and arranged on a socket holder in the operating position with a view of the associated socket holder sections,
  • 2 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 1, but with the frame pivoted upwards,
  • 3 and 4 representations corresponding to FIGS. 1 and 2 of a second embodiment.

Zur Halterung einer einseitig gesockelten Leuchtstofflampe 10 dient eine, am Boden 11a eines etwa wannenförmigen, gehäuseartigen Fassungsträgers 11 montierte Isolierstoffassung 12. Die Isolierstoffassung 12 besteht aus dem eigentlichen Fassungskörper 13 und einem - vorzugsweise einstückig-stoffschlüssig daran angeformten Fußteil 14. Im Fassungskörper 13 sind die nicht dargestellten elektrischen Anschlußkontakte angeordnet; der Fußteil 14 dient zur Halterung der Fassung 12 am Fassungsträger 11, wozu letzterer beim Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 1 bis 4 einen rechteckigen Durchbruch 15 und zwei kleinere, beim Ausführungsbeispiel kreisrunde Durchbrüche 16 aufweist. Die Fassungsträger-Durchbrüche 16 sind auf der der Lampe 10 abgekehrten Seite des Durchbruches 15 und in der Nähe seiner Schmalkanten 15a angeordnet.To mount a fluorescent lamp 10 with a base on one side, an insulating socket 12 is mounted on the bottom 11a of an approximately trough-shaped, housing-like holder 11. The insulating socket 12 consists of the actual socket body 13 and a foot part 14, which is preferably integrally integrally formed thereon arranged electrical connection contacts, not shown; the foot part 14 serves to hold the holder 12 on the holder 11, for which purpose the latter in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 1 to 4 has a rectangular opening 15 and two smaller ones which are circular in the exemplary embodiment Breakthroughs 16 has. The socket holder openings 16 are arranged on the side of the opening 15 facing away from the lamp 10 and in the vicinity of its narrow edges 15a.

Der Rückseite 13a des Fassungskörpers 13 ist eine vom Fußteil und der Lampenanschlußseite des Fassungskörpers weg geöffnete Gelenkkralle 17 etwa in Form einer Nut zugeordnet, die die Laibung 15b des Fassungsträgerdurchbruchs 15 umkrallt, wodurch die Fassung 12 um die innere Begrenzung der Gelenkkralle 17 verschwenkbar ist. Die Gebrauchslage der Fassung 12 (Fig. 1) wird durch eine Federzunge 18 gesichert, die mit dem Rand 15c des Fassungsträgerausschnitts 15 zusammenwirkt. Die Außenkontur der Federzunge 18 ist so gestaltet, daß sie sowohl beim Eindrücken der Fassung in die Betriebslage als auch beim Herausschwenken der Fassung in die Lage nach Fig. 2 jeweils nach Aufwendung einer gewissen Druck- oder Zugkraft vorübergehend einfedern kann.The rear 13a of the socket body 13 is associated with an articulated claw 17 which is open away from the foot part and the lamp connection side of the socket body, for example in the form of a groove which claws over the reveal 15b of the socket support opening 15, as a result of which the socket 12 can be pivoted about the inner boundary of the socket claw 17. The position of use of the socket 12 (FIG. 1) is secured by a spring tongue 18 which interacts with the edge 15c of the socket carrier cutout 15. The outer contour of the spring tongue 18 is designed such that it can temporarily deflect both when the socket is pressed into the operating position and when the socket is pivoted out into the position according to FIG. 2 after the application of a certain compressive or tensile force.

Damit nun bei ausgeschwenkter Fassung 12 (Fig. 2) der Fassungskörper 13 nicht unwillentlich vom Fassungsträger 11 gelöst werden kann, ist in unmittelbarer Nachbarschaft der Gelenkkralle 17 jeweils eine Fessel vorgesehen. Beim Ausführungsbeispiel besitzt der Fassungsfußteil 14 zwei Fanghaken 19 als Fessel, die von der Rück- oder Unterseite 11b des Fassungsträgers 11 die Fassungsträgerausschnitte 16 durchgreifen.So that the socket body 13 cannot be involuntarily detached from the socket support 11 when the socket 12 is pivoted out (FIG. 2), a shackle is provided in the immediate vicinity of the joint claw 17. In the exemplary embodiment, the socket base part 14 has two catch hooks 19 as fetters, which reach through the socket carrier cutouts 16 from the rear or underside 11b of the socket carrier 11.

Die Schwenkbewegung wird begrenzt durch einen Anschlag 20, wenn dessen Anschlagfläche 21 auf der der Fassung zugekehrten Seite 11c des Fassungsträgers 11 aufliegt. Beim Ausführungsbeispiel ist etwa mittig des Fassungskörpers 13 an dessen Rückwand 13a ein solcher leistenförmiger Anschlag 20 vorgesehen. In der Projektion der Seitenansicht (Fig. 1) ist zwischen dem Anschlag 20 und dem Fanghaken 19 ein Spalt 22 ausgebildet, dessen Spaltweite im wesentlichen etwa der Materialstärke des Fassungsträgers 11 entspricht.The pivoting movement is limited by a stop 20 when its stop surface 21 is open the side 11c of the holder 11 facing the holder rests. In the exemplary embodiment, such a strip-shaped stop 20 is provided approximately in the center of the socket body 13 on its rear wall 13a. In the projection of the side view (FIG. 1), a gap 22 is formed between the stop 20 and the catch hook 19, the gap width of which essentially corresponds to the material thickness of the frame carrier 11.

Die Montage des Fassungskörpers 13 erfolgt so, daß der Fassungsfuß etwa in der Schrägstellung nach Fig. 2 mit einer Bewegung in Richtung der Rückseite 13a des Fassungskörpers 13 in den Fassungskörperausschnitt 15 eingesteckt wird, so daß die zwischen den Ausschnitten 15 und 16 verbleibenden Materialstege 23 des Fassungsträgers 11 durch den Spalt 22 hindurchgreifen. In der in Fig. 2 dargestellten Lage befindet sich dann jeder Fanghaken 19 in eingriffsfähiger bzw. eingreifender Position zu den Fassungsträgerdurchbrüchen 16.The socket body 13 is mounted in such a way that the socket foot is inserted approximately into the inclined position according to FIG. 2 with a movement in the direction of the rear 13a of the socket body 13 into the socket body cutout 15, so that the material webs 23 remaining between the cutouts 15 and 16 Grip holder 11 through the gap 22. In the position shown in FIG. 2, each catch hook 19 is then in an engaging or engaging position with respect to the frame carrier openings 16.

Vorteilhafterweise ist der Fanghaken 19 elastisch ausgebildet oder angeordnet, wodurch die Aufrastmontage der Fassung 12 wie auch ihre Entnahmemöglichkeit vom Fassungsträger 11 erleichtert werden. In jedem Falle ist die Anordnung aber so getroffen, daß das durch die Teile 19, 20 und 23 gebildete "Steckscharnier" in der aufgeklappten Stellung der Fassung nach Fig. 2 nicht selbstätig lösen kann.Advantageously, the catch hook 19 is designed or arranged elastically, which facilitates the snap-on mounting of the socket 12 as well as its possibility of removal from the socket carrier 11. In any case, the arrangement is such that the "plug-in hinge" formed by the parts 19, 20 and 23 cannot automatically release in the opened position of the socket according to FIG. 2.

Das Ausführungsbeispiel nach den Fig. 3 und 4 unterscheidet sich von dem nach den Fi2. 1 und 2 im wesentlichen dadurch, daß hier der Fassungsfuß aus einem Rastzapfen 23 und zwei im wesentlichen halbkreisförmigen Fanghaken 24 gebildet ist, denen der Anschlag 20 zugeordnet ist. Entsprechend der Anordnung und Ausbildung des Rastzapfens 23 und der Fanghaken 24 sind die fassungsträgerseitigen Durchbrechungen 15, 15' und 16 in der dargestellten Konfiguration ausgeführt. Im wesentlichen ist die beim ersten Ausführungsbeispiel rechteckige Durchbrechung 15 zum Durchgriff des Fußteils 14 in die drei kleineren Durchbrechungen 15 und 15' aufgelöst, da bei dieser zweiten Ausführung ja nur der Rastzapfen 23 und die Fanghaken 24 den Fassungsträger 11 durchgreifen.The embodiment according to FIGS. 3 and 4 differs from that according to the FI 2. 1 and 2 essentially in that here the socket foot is formed from a locking pin 23 and two substantially semicircular catch hooks 24, to which the stop 20 is assigned. Corresponding to the arrangement and design of the locking pin 23 and the catch hooks 24, the openings 15, 15 'and 16 on the holder side are designed in the configuration shown. Essentially, the opening 15, which is rectangular in the first exemplary embodiment, for reaching through the foot part 14 into the three smaller openings 15 and 15 'is resolved, since in this second embodiment only the locking pin 23 and the catch hook 24 reach through the holder 11.

Die Fassungsträgerdurchbrechungen 15 haben eine langlochförmige Ausbildung, und ihre Länge entspricht etwa dem Durchmesser des Halbkreisbogens des Fanghakens 24. Die Fanghaken 24 werden bei der Montage der Fassung 13 zunächst durch die Langlochdurchbrechungen 15 hindurchgesteckt, und die Fassung 13 wird von der Lampe weg nach hinten zunächst in die in Fig. 4 dargestellte Lage geschoben und sodann in die Gebrauchslage nach Fig. 3 geschwenkt. Wichtig ist auch bei dieser Ausführung, daß der zwischen dem Anschlag 20 und den Fanghaken 24 gebildete Spalt 22 in der Spaltweite so bemessen ist, daß die Fassung in der aufgeschwenkten Stellung nach Fig. 4 sich nicht vom Fassungsträger 11 löst. Wie aus Fig. 4 ersichtlich ist, greift hier das freie Ende des Fanghakens 24 von der FassungsträgerrUckseite ilb her noch in die Fassungsträger-Durchbrechungen 16 ein.The frame carrier openings 15 have an elongated shape, and their length corresponds approximately to the diameter of the semicircular arc of the catch hook 24. The catch hooks 24 are first inserted through the elongated hole openings 15 during assembly of the holder 13, and the holder 13 is initially moved away from the lamp towards the rear 4 and then pivoted into the use position shown in FIG. 3. It is also important in this embodiment that the gap 22 formed between the stop 20 and the catch hook 24 is dimensioned in such a way that the socket in the pivoted-open position according to FIG. 4 does not detach from the socket carrier 11. As from Fig. 4 it can be seen that the free end of the catch hook 24 still engages in the mount carrier openings 16 from the back of the mount carrier.

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Schwenkbare Fassung (12) für einseitig gesockelte Leuchtstofflampen (10), sogenannte Kompaktleuchtstofflampen, mit einem elektrische Kontaktelemente aufnehmenden Fassungskörper (13) aus Isolierstoff, der über ein Befestigungs-Fußteil (14) ggf. wiederlösbar mit einem Fassungsträger (11) steckverrastbar ist, gegenüber dem der Fassungskörper (13) um eine Schwenkachse klappbar angeordnet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zur Bildung der Schwenkachse einseitig am Fußteil (14) eine von diesem und der Lampenanschlußseite des Fassungskörpers (13) weg geöffnete Gelenkkralle (17) vorgesehen ist, die die Laibung (15b) einer fassungsträgerseitigen Durchbrechung (15) nach Art eines zapfenlosen Scharniers umgreift und der Fußteil (14) mit einem den Schwenkweg des Fassungskörpers (13) begrenzenden Anschlag (20) sowie einer den Fassungskörper (13) am Fassungsträger (11) haltenden Fessel versehen ist und daß am Fassungskörper (13) mindestens ein federnder Rasthaken (18) angeordnet ist, der lösbar in einen Fassungsträgerdurchbruch (15 bzw. 15') eingreift und den Fassungskörper (13) in Betriebslage arretiert.1.Swiveling socket (12) for fluorescent lamps (10) with a base on one side, so-called compact fluorescent lamps, with a socket body (13) made of insulating material which receives electrical contact elements and which can be detachably latched with a socket holder (11) via a fastening foot part (14) , relative to which the socket body (13) is arranged such that it can be folded about a pivot axis, characterized in that an articulated claw (17) which is open away from the base part (14) and away from the lamp connection side of the socket body (13) is provided to form the pivot axis encompasses the reveal (15b) of an opening (15) on the holder side in the manner of a pivotless hinge and the foot part (14) with a stop (20) limiting the pivoting path of the holder body (13) and a holder (13) holding the holder body (13) on the holder holder (11) Restraint is provided and that at least one resilient locking hook (18) is arranged on the socket body (13), which is detachable in engages a frame carrier opening (15 or 15 ') and locks the frame body (13) in the operating position. 2. Fassung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Gelenkkralle (17) mindestens ein Fanghaken (19; 24) als Fessel zugeordnet ist, der von der Rückseite (llb) des Fassungsträgers (11) her eine besondere Durchbrechung (16) durchgreift und daß der Anschlag (20) in der Betriebslage der Fassung (12) von der Fassungsträgervorderseite (llc) einen die begrenzte Verschwenkung der Fassung (12) erlaubenden Abstand aufweist.2. Socket according to claim 1, characterized in that the articulated claw (17) is assigned at least one catch hook (19; 24) as a shackle which penetrates a special opening (16) from the rear (11b) of the holder (11) and that the stop (20) in the operating position of the holder (12) from the holder support front (llc) has a limited distance allowing the pivoting of the holder (12). 3. Fassung nach nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Anschlag (20) zwischen sich und der ihm zugekehrten Seite des Fanghakens (19; 24) einen Spalt (22) ausbildet, dessen Weite im wesentlichen höchstens so groß ist wie die Materialstärke des Fassungsträgers (11).3. Socket according to claim 2, characterized in that the stop (20) forms a gap (22) between itself and the side of the catch hook (19; 24) facing it, the width of which is at most as large as the material thickness of the Socket holder (11). 4. Fassung nach Anspruch 2 oder 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Fanghaken (19; 24) und/oder der Anschlag (20) federelastisch ausgebildet oder angeordnet sind.4. Socket according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the catch hook (19; 24) and / or the stop (20) are designed or arranged to be resilient. 5. Fassung nach Anspruch 2 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwei Fanghaken (19; 24) vorgesehen sind, die jeweils den Queraußenseiten des Fußteils (14) zugeordnet sind.5. Socket according to claim 2 to 4, characterized in that two catch hooks (19; 24) are provided, which are each assigned to the transverse outer sides of the foot part (14). 6. Fassung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Anschlag (20) im wesentlichen rippenartig etwa mittig des Fassungskörpers (13) angeordnet ist.6. Socket according to claim 5, characterized in that the stop (20) is arranged substantially rib-like approximately in the middle of the socket body (13). 7. Fassung nach Anspruch 2 oder einem der folgenden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der bzw. die Fanghaken (19; 24) und der Anschlag (20) einstückige und werkstoffeinheitliche Bestandteile des Fassungskörpers (13) sind.7. Socket according to claim 2 or one of the following, characterized in that the catch hook (19; 24) and the stop (20) are integral and material-uniform components of the socket body (13). 8. Fassung nach Anspruch 2 oder einem der folgenden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Fußteil (14) der Fassung (12) einen Steckrastzapfen (18), zwei Fanghaken (24) und einen Anschlag (20) umfaßt, wobei der Steckrastzapfen (18) einen ihm angepaßten Durchbruch (15') des Fassungsträgers durchgreift und die Fanghaken (24) jeweils einen zwischen zwei DurchbrUchen (15, 16) im Fassungsträger (11) ausgebildeten Steg (23) umgreifen.8. Socket according to claim 2 or one of the following, characterized in that the foot part (14) of the socket (12) comprises a snap-in pin (18), two catch hooks (24) and a stop (20), the snap-in pin (18) passes through an opening (15 ') of the frame carrier adapted to it and the catch hooks (24) each encompass a web (23) formed between two openings (15, 16) in the frame carrier (11). 9. Fassung nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder Fanghaken (24) etwa halbkreisbogenförmig ausgebildet ist und ihm zum Durchstecken durch den Fassungsträger (11) ein Durchbruch (15) zugeordnet ist, dessen- Länge etwa dem Durchmesser des Fanghakenbogens entspricht.9. Socket according to claim 8, characterized in that each catch hook (24) is approximately semicircular in shape and an opening (15) is assigned to it for insertion through the holder (11), the length of which corresponds approximately to the diameter of the catch hook arch.
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