EP0515315A1 - Adaptateur pour rail de prises de courant dans des installations basse-tension d'éclairage - Google Patents

Adaptateur pour rail de prises de courant dans des installations basse-tension d'éclairage Download PDF

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EP0515315A1
EP0515315A1 EP92830081A EP92830081A EP0515315A1 EP 0515315 A1 EP0515315 A1 EP 0515315A1 EP 92830081 A EP92830081 A EP 92830081A EP 92830081 A EP92830081 A EP 92830081A EP 0515315 A1 EP0515315 A1 EP 0515315A1
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rod
channel iron
housing
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Mauro C/O Tekno-Lit Di Zucchini Lazzaroni
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TEKNO-LIT DI ZUCCHINI E LAZZARONI Srl
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/14—Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
    • H01R25/142—Their counterparts
    • 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
    • F21V21/34—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element
    • F21V21/35—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/08—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for halogen lamps

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  • the present invention relates to a current distributing apparatus for electric lines of the type exhibiting an exposed section member, in particular for low-voltage lighting installations.
  • section members are of the channel iron type and the longitudinal electric conductors are fitted, upon interposition of suitable mountings of insulating material, in the inner hollow of the channel iron so that they are in mutual facing relationship and have a portion of their surface uncovered for enabling electrical connections.
  • the light sources such as for example halogen lamps can be positioned along the whole longitudinal extension of the section members and moved thereon depending on requirements.
  • the general task underlying the present invention is to devise a current distributing apparatus for electric lines of the exposed-section member type capable of overcoming the above limits and substantially eliminate the above drawbacks.
  • Another important object of the invention is to provide a current distributing apparatus adapted to limit the use of electric conductor-containing section members even during the initial installation, while making the easy and quick increase of the already available light points feasible at reduced costs.
  • the current distributing apparatus in accordance with the invention consists of two base components, namely an adapter device 1 and a rod-like element 2.
  • the adapter device 1 comprises a box-shaped body 3 adapted to be at least partly inserted in a section member 4, substantially of the channel iron type.
  • a section member 4 substantially of the channel iron type.
  • the adapter device 1 further comprises a locking element 7 rotatably engaged in the box-shaped body 3 and operable in rotation by means of a screw driver, insertable in a recess 8 between an insertion position and a locking position of the box-shaped body 3 in the channel iron 4.
  • the locking element 7 comprises engagement wings 9 located in register with side slots 10 formed in the box-shaped body 3.
  • the engagement wings 9 are adapted to pass through the side slots 10 and enter respective grooves 11 provided in the channel iron 4 when the locking element 7 is clamped in said locking position.
  • a connecting portion 12 adapted to emerge from the channel iron 4 when the box-shaped body 3 is inserted therein and exhibiting a housing 13 designed to receive one end 2a of the rod-like element 2.
  • a pair of insertion and positioning guides 13a Arranged in the housing 13 is a pair of insertion and positioning guides 13a defined by rectilinear extensions for example.
  • the rod-like element has 2 portions or hollows 14 the shape of which matches the shape of said guides 13a and which can be coupled thereto.
  • Guides 13a define an insertion and positioning direction for the rod-like element 2 in the connecting portion 12 lying in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the channel iron 4.
  • FIGs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 one embodiment of the adapter device 1 is shown in which guides 13a are disposed at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the channel iron 4 so as to define said insertion and positioning direction as an intersection between said plane perpendicular to the channel iron axis and a plane of symmetry longitudinal to the latter, the track of which is denoted at 15 in Fig. 5.
  • guides 13a are oriented so as to define an insertion and positioning direction of the rod-like element 2 lying in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the channel iron 4, but also perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of symmetry denoted by track 15.
  • the electric contact elements 17 are comprised of first end portions 18 located astride of, and in contact by elastic contrast with a cam-shaped portion 7a of the locking element 7.
  • the first end portions 18 are provided with end foldings 18a disposed in the region of windows 19 formed in the box-shaped body 3 and adapted to pass through said windows being urged by the cam-shaped portion 7a. Therefore said cam-shaped portion during the rotation of the locking element 7 towards said locking position presses the end foldings 18a against the main electric conductors 6.
  • the contact elements 17 further comprise second end portions 20 located in the region of the housing 13 and spring-urged against the auxiliary conductors 16 by elastic elements or springs 21.
  • a headless screw adapted to clamp the end 2a of the rod-like element 2 within said housing.
  • an adapter device 1 is inserted in the channel iron 4 at a location which is deemed to be appropriate and is clamped therein by rotating the locking element 7. Due to the rotation of the locking element 7, the end foldings 18a of the electric contact elements 17 are urged against the main electric conductors 6. Subsequently a rod-like element 2 is introduced into the housing 13 and clamped therein by means of the headless screw 22.
  • the rod-like element 2 will extend horizontally. By this orientation it is for example possible to electrically interconnect several channel irons disposed spaced apart from each other on the ceiling.
  • the use of channel irons to be applied to the walls and ceiling can be greatly reduced, because the device 1 and rod-like elements 2 of the invention are capable of effectively helping in the formation of a lighting installation offering a diffuse distribution of light points in all areas in which the availability of lighting units is deemed to be useful.

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  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Arrangement Of Elements, Cooling, Sealing, Or The Like Of Lighting Devices (AREA)
EP92830081A 1991-05-24 1992-02-25 Adaptateur pour rail de prises de courant dans des installations basse-tension d'éclairage Withdrawn EP0515315A1 (fr)

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IT000458 IT221883Z2 (it) 1991-05-24 1991-05-24 Apparato di distribuzione della corrente per linee elettriche del tipo a profilato in vista, particolarmente per impianti di illuminazione a bassa tensione
ITMI910458U 1991-05-24

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EP0675574A1 (fr) * 1994-03-25 1995-10-04 TEKNO-LIT DI ZUCCHINI E LAZZARONI S.r.l. Raccordement et pièce support pour éléments d'éclairage
ES2109140A1 (es) * 1994-05-26 1998-01-01 Feliu De La Pena S A J Dispositivo adaptador para proyectores de iluminacion en carriles de alimentacion electrica.
WO2022167401A1 (fr) * 2021-02-04 2022-08-11 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh Système d'éclairage à élément de verrouillage mécanique

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EP0159078A1 (fr) * 1984-04-02 1985-10-23 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Prise de courant destinée à être connectée à un rail sous tension
EP0241318A2 (fr) * 1986-04-11 1987-10-14 Light Source Electrical Equipment Limited Système de distribution basse tension avec un rail à deux conducteurs

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0159078A1 (fr) * 1984-04-02 1985-10-23 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Prise de courant destinée à être connectée à un rail sous tension
EP0241318A2 (fr) * 1986-04-11 1987-10-14 Light Source Electrical Equipment Limited Système de distribution basse tension avec un rail à deux conducteurs

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0675574A1 (fr) * 1994-03-25 1995-10-04 TEKNO-LIT DI ZUCCHINI E LAZZARONI S.r.l. Raccordement et pièce support pour éléments d'éclairage
ES2109140A1 (es) * 1994-05-26 1998-01-01 Feliu De La Pena S A J Dispositivo adaptador para proyectores de iluminacion en carriles de alimentacion electrica.
WO2022167401A1 (fr) * 2021-02-04 2022-08-11 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh Système d'éclairage à élément de verrouillage mécanique
AT17998U1 (de) * 2021-02-04 2023-10-15 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh At Leuchtensystem mit mechanischem Sperrelement
US11982429B2 (en) 2021-02-04 2024-05-14 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh Light system with a mechanical blocking element

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