EP1456914B1 - Revolvable plug and socket - Google Patents

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EP1456914B1
EP1456914B1 EP01274757A EP01274757A EP1456914B1 EP 1456914 B1 EP1456914 B1 EP 1456914B1 EP 01274757 A EP01274757 A EP 01274757A EP 01274757 A EP01274757 A EP 01274757A EP 1456914 B1 EP1456914 B1 EP 1456914B1
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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
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/02—Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases
    • 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
    • F21V21/002—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips making direct electrical contact, e.g. by piercing
    • 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
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R35/00—Flexible or turnable line connectors, i.e. the rotation angle being limited
    • H01R35/04—Turnable line connectors with limited rotation angle with frictional contact members
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/73—Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall

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  • the present invention relates to the support of light electric appliances such as light fittings and small fans.
  • the invention provides a plug and socket combination powering and supporting an appliance in a manner allowing the user to change its orientation.
  • the combination is particularly useful where there is a frequent need to move light appliances from one location to another.
  • Israel Patent no. 126246 the present inventors described a socket and plug combination for conducting electric power and for mechanically supporting a light-weight appliance by means of said plug.
  • Such appliance can be a light, camera, small TV receiver, TV camera, a small fan or the like.
  • the present specification is a development of and an improvement on the earlier patent, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
  • the socket has prong-receiving receptacles similar to those found on conventional sockets. Consequently, after the appliance was plugged into the socket, which itself was rigidly attached to a wall or ceiling, the orientation of the appliance attached to the plug could no longer be changed.
  • the item being installed is substantially symmetrical, for example a common incandescent filament lamp mounted in a cylindrical lamp socket, such restriction is meaningless.
  • lighting fixtures with reflectors which need to be oriented in a certain direction, or may be expected to serve a user in two proximate but different locations.
  • directional orientation is most important for effective use thereof.
  • the rotatable electric connector proposed by Salzberg in US Patent no. 6,068,490 is arranged to be plugged into a wall socket but not to support any load therefrom apart for its own weight.
  • a revolvable portion carries a cable terminated by an electric socket.
  • US-A-4 335 927 discloses a combination of a fixable socket and a plug revolvable therein for conducting electric power and for mechanically supporting in a desired orientation an appliance receiving said power, said combination comprising:
  • the present invention achieves the above objects by providing a combination of a fixable socket and a plug revolvable therein for conducting electric power and for mechanically supporting in a desired orientation an appliance receiving said power, said combination comprising:
  • a socket and plug combination wherein said first structural element comprises an aperture and said second structural element comprises a post-like male member engagable with said aperture.
  • socket and plug combination wherein both parts of said mechanical connection are conductive and are arranged to be wired for use as an earth connection.
  • the novel connector of the present invention serves to allow fast installation of small electrical appliances. Unlike the industrial bus-bar, the present invention maintains a standard of appearance appropriate to residential areas. The ability of varying the orientation of the supported appliance is additional to the facility of fast exchange for another appliance fitted with a plug according to the present invention.
  • the present specification does not describe a locking device for retaining the plug in a desired orientation, which is a desirable addition.
  • the prior art describes many types of locking, braking, detent or location retention device, and an appropriate locking device can easily be added to the plug-socket combination of the present invention to retain the plug in any desired position.
  • FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 There is seen in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 a combination of a fixable socket 10 and a plug 12.
  • the plug 12 is revolvable in the socket 10, and receives electric power therefrom.
  • the combination 10 + 12 serves also for mechanically supporting in a desired orientation a light appliance 14, in the present example a miniature television receiver, receiving said power.
  • the socket 10 is shown in the present figure attached to a wall 16, seen in FIG. 2.
  • the socket 10 has a flat base 18 and apertures 20 to allow the passage of screws 22.
  • the socket 10 has a non-conductive body made of a plastic.
  • Three spaced-apart hollow arcuate conducting receptacles 24, 26, 28, seen most clearly in FIG. 4, are insulated from each other and have a common center of curvature 36. All three receptacles 24, 26, 28 comprise molded recesses containing conductive inserts 30, one of which is seen in FIG. 2, which can be permanently connected by wires 32 to an electric power supply.
  • the socket 10 rigidly supports a first structural element 34, comprising a cylindrical aperture, of a mechanical connection located at the center of the radius of curvature 36 of the conducting receptacles 24, 26, 28.
  • a plug 12 also made of a plastic is configured to match the socket 10.
  • the plug body is made of a plastic, and is somewhat larger than conventional plugs to enable the plug to rigidly support an appliance from a first face 38.
  • the plug 10 has a second face 40 for mechanically supporting the conductive prong rings 43 a,b,c.
  • the appliance 14 weight is about 0.5 to 5 kg, depending on the support configuration in the case of wall attachment. The shorter the distance between the wall 16 and the appliance center of gravity 42, the higher the load which can be supported.
  • Three projecting conducting prong rings insulated from each other are positioned to be engagable with the three arcuate receptacles 24, 26, 28 of the socket 10, respectively.
  • the prong rings are connected to conductors 62 for feeding electric power to the appliance 14.
  • the plug 12 also supports a second structural element 44, engagable to the first structural element 34 of the mechanical connection and allowing the plug 12 to revolve at least part of a revolution about the center of curvature 36.
  • the first structural element 34 comprises an aperture and the second structural element 44 comprises a post-like male member engagable with the aperture 34.
  • the reverse order that is where the socket 10 carries the male member, is also feasible.
  • Releasable latching means 46 retain the plug 12 in the socket 10, by providing a retention force between the socket and the plug to prevent disengagement and to support the appliance.
  • latching means 46 comprises a split expandable post end 48 with a shoulder 50.
  • An internal shouldered push rod 52 is axially moved to expand the split end 48, enabling the shoulder 50 to abut the aperture of the first structural element 44.
  • Latching means 48 are sized to engage the first structural element 44 with sufficient retention force to support a two kg appliance 14 in a ceiling socket during an earthquake of a severity not causing structural damage to the building in which the combination is installed. Users will not expect an appliance to continue to be supported following a severe earthquake, which damages the building structure itself.
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of an interconnected socket 10 and plug 54.
  • the socket 10 is seen attached to a ceiling 56.
  • the plug 54 supports a fan 58, which can be directed to face any desired direction by revolving the plug 54 in its socket 10.
  • the bowl-shaped cover 60 is added to improve appearance and to prevent users making contact with electric wires 32, 62.
  • the inner assembly is similar to the plug 12 and socket 10 shown not yet interconnected in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 5 there is depicted a detail of a socket 64 and plug 66 combination wherein both parts 68, 70 of the mechanical connection are conductive and are arranged to be wired for use as an earth connection.
  • the earth plug prong ring, 43b in FIG. 2 is eliminated from the plug, an arcuate recess 26 in FIG. 2 is eliminated from the socket, and both plug and socket can be made smaller.
  • the socket 64 rigidly supports a first structural element 68 of a mechanical connection is located at the radius of curvature 36.
  • Element 68 is a female metal component molded into the plastic body 66. Due to the high stress on element 68, a metal construction is in any case an advantage, thus opening the option of utilizing the mechanical connection as an earth connector.
  • the retention mechanism in the present embodiment comprises a plurality of hard captive balls 72 which are shown in the figure at their outer position.
  • the balls 72 retain the plug 66 in the socket 64, as the post 70 can not be withdrawn through the element 68 while the balls 72 project outwards. Pushing the rod 74 inwards, against the compression spring 76 allows the balls 72 to retract into a recess 78 to allow withdrawal of the plug 66.
  • FIG. 6 shows a socket 80 and plug 82 combination similar to that seen in FIG. 1.
  • the appliance being powered and supported is an electric light fitting 84.
  • the hollow support arm 86 carrying cables 88 is attached to the side of the plug 82.
  • the light fitting 84 can be quickly installed, adjusted to radiate in a desired direction, and quickly removed when not needed - without the aid of tools.

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