EP3252374A1 - Household appliance and socket pin for a household appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a lamp holder (1, 2) for receiving a light source (4) in a household appliance (5) in a mounting direction (A) with a support body (1), which is connected to the household appliance (5) fixedly connected to be, and a socket body (2) which is adapted to receive the lighting means (4). The lamp holder (1, 2) is characterized in that the socket body (2) relative to the support body (1) in the mounting direction (A) of the light source (4) is variably positionable so that different light sources (4) in the installation direction (A) different dimensions flush with the support body (1) and / or with the household appliance (5) can be arranged.

Description

The invention relates to a domestic appliance for accommodating a luminous means holder according to claim 1 and to a socket pin for use with such a luminaire holder according to claim 13.

For a wide variety of applications, bulbs are used to create lighting. In this case, lighting means are known, which are standardized only with regard to the design and arrangement of their electrical contacts and the diameter of their light exit surface. These include, for example, the bulbs with GU10 sockets, which are used for a wide variety of applications and are currently widely used as LED lights.

The disadvantage here is that the height of the light source is not standardized and thus may vary from product to product and or or from manufacturer to manufacturer. Uniform installation dimensions are not found here. Especially with LED lights, the dimensions of the screen lengths vary greatly.

All this contradicts the desire to use such bulbs for a flush mounting by means of a bulb receptacle, which can be used in a household appliance, for example in a cooker hood. If a flush mounting is to be ensured here, then the user is restricted to using a very small selection of illuminants, which are flush-fitting for the respective illuminant receptacle. This may allow the user to purchase the bulbs on a manufacturer such as restrict the manufacturer of the bulb holder or even to only a few or a single lamp of a single manufacturer. The thus caused dependency in the purchase of the light source, especially when replacing a defective bulb, can lead to higher costs for the bulb than if the user could freely choose between different manufacturers and or or different light sources.

Furthermore, this may also limit the choice of lighting means between which the user can generally select, e.g. to be able to adapt the luminous power and / or the color of the light of the luminous means to his needs or taste.

The disadvantage here is also that the light source recording by the manufacturer of the household appliance already be firmly mounted and can be sold with the household appliance. Then the manufacturer of the household appliance has the buyer or the user on indicate compatible illuminants that allow flush mounting. If the lamp manufacturers change their product range, this information can render obsolete what the user can negatively attribute to the manufacturer of the household appliance. Also, in the long run even no bulbs can be available on the market, which is suitable for a flush mounting at all.

If the manufacturer of the household appliance agrees with certain lighting manufacturers to ensure the additional purchase of bulbs which can be installed flush with the surface, this can lead to higher costs for the bulbs or bulbs, which can also be reflected in the price vis-à-vis the user or purchaser of the household appliance.

The invention thus presents the problem of providing a lamp holder of the type described above, which is a flush mounting of bulbs with different dimensions in the vertical direction, i. in the installation direction of the bulb in the household appliance, allowed. At least the surface flush of bulbs with different dimensions in the vertical direction should be improved. At least an alternative to known light sources will be created.

According to the invention this problem is solved by a household appliance with the features of claim 1 and by a socket pin with the features of claim 13. Advantageous embodiments and further developments of the invention will become apparent from the following subclaims.

The present invention thus relates to a luminous means holder for receiving a luminous means, such as e.g. a bulb with GU10 sockets in a household appliance such as a cooker hood, such as a cooker hood; a fan module, in a wall decor hood, in an island decor hood or in a flat panel hood.

The recording takes place in an installation direction, which may preferably be the vertical spatial direction, so that the installation movement can at least substantially represent a translational movement. The installation direction is usually directed away from a surface of the household appliance with which the light source or its light exit surface is flush, directed away into the household appliance, so that the light bulb can disappear during installation in the household appliance.

The lamp holder has a support body, which is designed to be fixedly connected to the household appliance. In other words, the support body can be firmly and immovably, ie rigidly connected to the household appliance. This can be done for example by force, form or cohesive connections. For example, the Carrier body from one side of the household appliance, which may preferably be referred to relative to the installation direction as the back, clamped, screwed and / or glued. Further or alternative options for fixed connections are explained in more detail below.

The lamp holder further has a socket body, which is designed to receive the lamp. The socket body is designed according to its function to match the male illuminant to record this mechanically as well as make an electrical connection to the contacts of the bulb. This electrical connection can be made directly by the socket body itself or indirectly via other means over the socket body away.

The bulb holder is characterized in that the socket body relative to the support body in the installation direction of the bulb is so variably positioned, so that different bulbs can be arranged flush with the mounting direction different dimensions flush with the support body and or or with the household appliance. The socket body is for this purpose according to the invention designed to be movable relative to the support body, so that the socket body in the installation direction, i. Usually in the vertical direction, in different positions relative to the support body and thus also with respect to the household appliance can be positioned. As a result, the distance in the direction of installation between the household appliance or the user-facing surface of the household appliance and the version of the lamp holder, which can accommodate the light source can be set variable. This allows a length compensation for different light sources, so that light sources with different dimensions in the direction of installation can be used in order to enable a flush-mounted termination of the light source or the light exit surface of the light source with the support body and / or with the household appliance.

In other words, a compensation of different dimensions in the installation direction for different lamps can be done. By means of the height-adjustable receptacle according to the invention, tolerances between different manufacturers or between different products can thus be absorbed, so that more illuminant products can be used than hitherto. This can increase the variety of light sources for the design, for example, in terms of performance and / or color for the user. Further, when replacing a defective bulb, the user has more sources available to purchase a new bulb. Also, the manufacturer of the household appliance to give notice to the user and or or requirements and specifications to illuminant manufacturers, because all or sufficiently many bulbs can be considered suitable and compatible for the household appliance.

The positioning of the socket relative to the support body can be made continuously or discretely variable. For example, the socket engage in discrete steps relative to the support body, as explained in more detail below. Alternatively, the positioning may also be stepless, e.g. by clamping the socket to the support body, e.g. due to friction between the frame and the supporting body.

The support body and or or the socket are preferably made of plastic. As a result, simple and inexpensive to produce components can be created. Furthermore, components with a comparatively low weight can be provided, which is useful for many applications, e.g. a ceiling or wall-mounted fume hood, can be very desirable to simplify the installation and to load the bracket as little as possible.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the socket body is displaceable against the support body in the direction of installation of the luminous means against a resistance. In other words, in the direction of installation, a threshold force has to be overcome in order to be able to move the socket in the installation direction relative to the support body. The resistor may be provided non-positively, positively or positively / non-positively. This can allow a simple assembly by the light bulb with the socket together by the user only against the resistance must be pressed into the support body to make the light source in the household appliance disappear flush.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the support body has a recessed in the installation direction inner stop, which is formed, that against the inner stop a corresponding radially outwardly facing screen edge of the bulb during assembly of the lamp in the installation direction in the end position, preferably flush, can rest. The stop thus represents an end stop of the installation movement in the installation direction, which limits the insertion or pushing the light source into the household appliance or in the support body, so that the light source does not disappear in the support body. The stop is designed or arranged accordingly, so that the light source can rest in its end position on the stop, as soon as the light source flush with the support body or with the household appliance directly.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the socket body is held against the support body against the direction of installation of the lamp against a resistance automatically, the resistor is designed to hold the socket body together with recorded light bulbs. As described above, this resistance can be provided in a force-locking, positive-locking or non-positive / positive-locking manner. By the choice of the contact partner of this compound, the resistance of this compound can be adjusted so that the socket body together with light bulbs in the installation direction first inserted by the user in the support body against a resistor and then automatically held the weight of socket body and light source through the resistor in the opposite direction can be.

In this way, the socket body together with the lighting means for mounting only in the support body must be inserted until the lamp or its light exit surface flush with each other flush. Due to the automatic securing of socket body and light source in this position against the installation direction, the assembly is thus completed easily and quickly, which can save time and effort. Furthermore, the assembly can be done without tools.

If disassembly of the illuminant is required, e.g. to replace a defective bulb, it may e.g. a suction cup can be applied to the light exit surface of the luminous means in order to pull the socket body together with the luminous means back out of the support body, counter to the installation direction, by overcoming the threshold force which the automatic support can bring about. As a result, the defective lighting means can be made accessible in order to remove it from the socket body and to exchange it.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the support body has a latching structure which is directed radially inwardly, wherein the socket body has a corresponding latching structure which is directed radially outward, and wherein the latching structures of the support body and the socket body with each other a force and or or form-fitting connection can enter into or against the installation direction, which can hold the socket body together with recorded light source against the installation direction of the light source automatically. As a result, the resistors described above in the installation direction and against the installation direction can be implemented easily and reliably.

For example, both on the radially outer surface of the socket body and on the radially inner surface of the support body in the installation direction, ie in the usually vertical direction or longitudinal direction, a latching structure, for example in the form of a wave-like profiling and or or in the form of latching hook or may be provided. In this way, it is possible to realize discrete latching positions which, when using very fine latching structures, can permit a quasi-continuous positioning between the socket body and the support body, so that very different degrees of different dimensions of the lamp can be accommodated flush with the surface of the household appliance or the support body to achieve flush.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the latching structure of the support body is arranged on a tongue, which is elastically yielding in the radial direction, so that the tongue can yield radially such that the socket body relative to the support body in the installation direction and against the installation direction of Bulb is displaced after overcoming a threshold force and at the same time can be kept automatically by the threshold force against the installation direction of the lamp. The tongue can also be referred to as a web, which is preferably spaced in the circumferential direction of the support body relative to the remaining lateral surface of the support body by recesses. In this way, the desired resilience can be created, which can allow a radially resilient recording of the socket body. In this way, the socket body can be positioned in the installation direction in different positions and kept safe there. The elastic compliance of the tongues can also enable the displaceability of the socket body in the installation direction after overcoming the threshold force in both directions.

Preferably, the threshold force is at least slightly greater than the weight of the socket body and the lighting means designed together. In this way it can be ensured that the socket body and the lighting means can be automatically held in the predetermined position relative to their own weight in the support body. In this case, a certain surcharge on the sum of these weights should be factored in, so that they can be kept safe even with weight fluctuations of the socket body and the light source. Preferably, the threshold force should be designed for the most difficult and available illuminant on the market to safely hold any illuminant used by the user. At the same time, the threshold force is preferably not greater than necessary for the reasons mentioned above, so as not to unnecessarily complicate the change in the positioning of the socket body to the user by overcoming too great a threshold force.

It has proved to be particularly favorable here that the threshold force for moving the socket body counter to the mounting direction of the luminous means, ie the required tensile force, for example for removing the lamp, between 15 N (Newton) and 50 N, preferably between 20 N and 40 N. , more preferably between 25 N and 30 N.

The force required to move the socket body in the mounting direction of the lamp is inventively smaller than the threshold force, in particular in a range between 1 N and 30 N, preferably between 5 N and 15 N.

Preferably, the socket body is designed to receive the lamp electrically conductive. In other words, the socket body can not only hold the lamp and carry it with him, but also at the same time produce the necessary electrical contact to electrically power and operate the bulb can. For example, the light source can be introduced with its electrical contacts into a corresponding receptacle of the socket body in the installation direction and then rotated about its longitudinal axis, which coincides with the axis of the installation direction, to hold the contacts in the receptacle of the socket body. Then, the lamp and the socket body can be positioned together in the mounting direction in the support body such that the light exit surface is flush with the support body or the household appliance. This can allow a very quick and easy installation of the bulb. Also, this can be avoided by the user during installation, a touch of live elements of the light source.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the socket body is arranged against rotation about its longitudinal axis within the support body, wherein preferably the latching structures of the support body and the socket body positively engage in the circumferential direction, so that rotation of the socket body relative to the support body about its longitudinal axis can be prevented. Due to the rotationally secure positioning of the socket body relative to the support body, a simpler mounting of the lamp can be achieved because, for example, the receptacles of the socket body are positioned defined for the contacts of the lamp in the plane perpendicular to the installation direction, so that the user does not move them during insertion of the lamp or twist. Further, the socket body can neither yield nor dodge upon rotation of the lamp for the purpose of locking the contacts in the corresponding receptacle of the socket body of this rotational movement, so that the locking can be done safely. This can make assembly easier, especially if the user can not see the position of the receptacles of the socket body for the contacts of the lamp during insertion of the lamp in the support body, because they are covered by the light source. In this case, the user must be able to rely on the fact that the receptacles of the socket body for the contacts of the lamp during the insertion of the lamp maintain the orientation or positioning, which the user has previously noticed.

This rotation over a positive linear guide of the latching structure of the support body in the latching structure of the socket body, or vice versa, to achieve the advantage that the latching structures in addition to their locking function can also be used for this purpose, so that additional elements are omitted as anti-rotation can.

The receptacle of the socket body is designed to be electrically connected to the electrical contacts of a light source.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the support body on a radially outwardly facing projection, preferably a pair of diametrically opposed radially outwardly facing projections on which or which is or are designed to hold the support body against the installation direction in the housing can. By means of this projection or these projections, a positive engagement behind the household appliance can be realized, so that the support body can be kept simple and secure in the household appliance.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the socket body on a handle member, preferably a bracket, which is formed and disposed within the support body, so that the socket body, preferably only in the absence of the light source, by the user by means of the handle element moves at least opposite to the installation direction can be. In this way, a too far pushed into the support body socket body again be pulled out of the support body at least as far away from the user, so that the light source can be inserted into the support body. For this purpose, no tools are required in this way, its handling and storage could mean an additional effort for the user.

Preferably, a pair of diametrically opposed gripping members are provided, which can facilitate handling for the user. Furthermore, tilting of the socket body can be avoided with simultaneous pulling both handle elements against the installation direction.

The pair of handle elements is preferably part of a bracket, which may be integrally or integrally formed with the socket body. Preferably, the bracket is guided in the recesses on both sides of a tongue of the support body. Preferably, the support body has corresponding recesses as passage openings of the bracket in order to make it accessible to the user from the interior of the support body, in particular from the screen receiving area.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the support body has a radially outwardly facing edge, against which the support body against the installation direction, preferably flush, may rest after the support body has been passed in the installation direction through an opening of the household appliance. In this way, the passage of the support body through the opening of the household appliance can be limited in the direction of installation, so that the support body can not disappear in the household appliance. At the same time, a positioning can be specified, which enables or ensures a flush fit of the support body and the household appliance.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the radially outwardly facing edge and the radially outwardly pointing projection or the pair of radially outwardly pointing projections of the support body in the installation direction are spaced apart from each other by a gap such that they form an edge or a stop can grasp the object opening of the household appliance on both sides. Also, this way, the mobility of the support body relative to the domestic appliance both in the installation direction and against the installation direction can be restricted or completely prevented, so that the support body can be easily and safely kept in the household appliance or in the opening of the household appliance. By dimensioning the gap in relation to the edge or the stop of the opening of the household appliance, the game can be determined in or against the installation direction, so depending on the needs and application a rather loose or fixed to clamping the support body in the household appliance can be.

The present invention also relates to a household appliance, preferably a household appliance, preferably an extractor hood, for receiving a light bulb holder as described above with an object opening for carrying the bulb holder in a mounting direction and a stop for blocking the passage of the light bulb holder through the object opening in the installation direction, so in that the illuminant holder can rest in the object opening, preferably flush with the surface, wherein the stopper is preferably designed as a radially inwardly pointing edge of the object opening. In this way, a household appliance can be provided, which according to the invention cooperate with the above-described light source holder or the support body of the previously described light source holder and can enable its use according to the invention.

In this way, the properties and advantages described above can be applied to a household appliance such as a ceiling or a wall of a building, in a piece of furniture such as in a piece of furniture or in an extractor hood such eg a fan module, in a wall decorative hood, in an island decorative hood or in a Flachpaneelhaube be used.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the stop has at least one recess, preferably a pair of diametrically opposed recesses, through which a radially outwardly pointing projection, preferably a pair of diametrically opposed radially outwardly pointing projections, in the installation direction of the support body through the Stop can be passed or can. This recess or this pair of recesses may allow a corresponding projection or a corresponding pair of projections of the support body in the installation direction, so that this or these are positioned from the perspective of the installation direction in the household appliance or behind the opening of the household appliance can.

Then, e.g. a rotation of the support body about its longitudinal axis, which may coincide with the axis of the installation direction, take place, so that the projection or the projections no longer coincide congruently with the recess or the recesses. In this way, a withdrawal or falling out of the support body from the household appliance through the recess or recesses prevented and thus the support body are kept in the household appliance. At the same time a simple and quick installation of the support body in the household appliance for the user can be made possible. This also applies to the dismantling, which can be done in reverse order of steps.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, the stop has an increasing thickness in the installation direction with increasing distance from the recess or from the pair of recesses. In other words, the thickness of the stopper in the vertical direction, in which the gap between edge and projection or protrusions of the support body is oriented, e.g. continuously increase in the circumferential direction of the stop, so that by the rotation of the support body about its longitudinal axis an increasing frictional clamping between the edge and projection or projections of the support body and in the direction of installation enclosed between stop of the household appliance or the opening of the household appliance can be done. In this way, a simple assembly can be achieved with simultaneous secure attachment of the support body in the rotated state.

The present invention also relates to a socket pin for engaging in the receptacle of a socket body of a lamp holder as described above with a contact replica, which corresponds to the electrical contacts of a lamp, which can be used in the bulb holder. This way, a pull-out can be provided to the socket body again against the Installation direction to pull out of the support body, if it has been pushed too far into the support body, so that a light source can not be used.

For this purpose, the socket pin with its contact replica instead of the electrical contacts of the lamp in the corresponding receptacles of the socket body to introduce such that can be pulled far enough by pulling the socket pin against the installation direction of the socket body from the support body to the socket body and its recording for make the contacts of the bulb for this again reachable. The threshold force is to be overcome by the user when pulling out.

The socket pin has at one end the replica contact and at the opposite end a handle portion. The grip portion is preferably flat and has a width of at least 9 millimeters and / or a length of at least 18 millimeters. The width is oriented transverse to the longitudinal extent between the two ends of the socket pin. The length is oriented parallel to the longitudinal extent. The grip section provides the gripping surfaces of the socket pin.

The socket pin and / or the bracket are preferably made of an electrically non-conductive material. Alternatively or additionally, the gripping surfaces of the socket pin and / or bracket are connected to the other elements of the socket pin and / or the bracket, for example, the contact replica of the socket pin, electrically non-conductive.

Figur 1

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung eines Tragkörpers einer erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtmittelhalterung;

Figur 2

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung eines Fassungskörpers einer erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtmittelhalterung;

Figur 3

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung eines erfindungsgemäßen Fassungsstifts;

Figur 4

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung eines Leuchtmittels;

Figur 5

eine schematische Draufsicht auf einen Ausschnitt eines erfindungsgemäßen Haushaltgerätes;

Figur 6

eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung des erfindungsgemäßen Haushaltgeräts der Figur 5 als Ganzes;

Figur 7

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung eines ersten Montageschrittes der erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtmittelhalterung;

Figur 8

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung eines zweiten Montageschrittes der erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtmittelhalterung;

Figur 9

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung der fertigmontierten erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtmittelhalterung;

Figur 10

eine schematische Draufsicht auf die Darstellung der Figur 9 entgegen der Einbaurichtung;

Figur 11

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung des zweiten Montageschrittes der erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtmittelhalterung der Figur 8 gemäß einem zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel; und

Figur 12

eine seitliche schematische Darstellung der fertigmontierten erfindungsgemäßen Leuchtmittelhalterung der Figur 9 gemäß dem zweiten Ausführungsbeispiel.

Two embodiments of the invention are shown purely schematically in the drawings and will be described in more detail below. It shows

FIG. 1

a lateral schematic representation of a support body of a lamp holder according to the invention;

FIG. 2

a lateral schematic representation of a socket body of a lamp holder according to the invention;

FIG. 3

a lateral schematic representation of a socket pin according to the invention;

FIG. 4

a lateral schematic representation of a lamp;

FIG. 5

a schematic plan view of a section of a household appliance according to the invention;

FIG. 6

a schematic perspective view of the household appliance according to the invention the FIG. 5 as a whole;

FIG. 7

a lateral schematic representation of a first assembly step of the lamp holder according to the invention;

FIG. 8

a lateral schematic representation of a second mounting step of the lamp holder according to the invention;

FIG. 9

a lateral schematic representation of the fully assembled inventive lamp holder;

FIG. 10

a schematic plan view of the representation of FIG. 9 contrary to the installation direction;

FIG. 11

a lateral schematic representation of the second mounting step of the lamp holder of the invention FIG. 8 according to a second embodiment; and

FIG. 12

a lateral schematic representation of the fully assembled inventive lamp holder of FIG. 9 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 1 shows a lateral schematic representation of a support body 1 of a lamp holder 1, 2 according to the invention. The support body 1 is made of plastic and is substantially cylindrical. The support body 1 extends substantially in the vertical direction Z, which may also be referred to as height Z. In the height Z, the longitudinal axis L, which forms the axis of rotational symmetry of the cylindrical support body 1 also extends. Perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L extends the radial direction R. Perpendicular to the height Z extend the width X and the depth Y, see for example Figures 5 . 6 and 10 ,

The support body 1 has in height Z in its lower region on a screen receiving portion 10, which is designed to receive a screen 42 of a lamp 4, see. eg FIGS. 4 . 8th and 9 , The space provided for this purpose within the screen receiving area 10 is shown in dashed lines. At the lower end of the screen receiving portion 10, a radially outwardly facing edge 11 is formed, which projects beyond the radius R of the screen receiving portion 10 and is formed continuously in the circumferential direction. Above the edge 11, a pair of protrusions 12 are formed, which are diametrically opposed and protrude radially outward from the radially outer surface of the screen receiving portion 10. The two projections 12 are spaced from the edge 11 by a gap 13 in the height Z. Within the edge 11, an inner stop 14 is formed, which is set back relative to the edge 11 in the height Z and radially inwardly.

The upper portion of the support body 1 represents the socket portion 15, which consists essentially of a cylindrical socket casing 16. In the Fassungsummantelung 16 are two diametrically opposite tongues 17 are formed by the tongues 17 in the circumferential direction by two lateral and extending in height Z recesses 18 from the remaining material of the Fassungsummantelung 16th are separated. As a result, the two tongues 17 are radially yielding or radially elastic, that is, the tongues 17 can be bent from radially inward to radially outward and automatically spring back radially inward.

FIG. 2 shows a lateral schematic representation of a socket body 2 of a lamp holder 1, 2 according to the invention. The socket body 2 is also made of plastic and is cylindrical. In the socket body 2, an accessible from below receptacle 20 of the electrical contacts 41 of a lamp 4 is provided, see. eg FIGS. 4 and 8th , so that the lamp 4 can be inserted from below into the socket body 2 and held by this. At its radially outer surfaces, the socket body 2 at two diametrically opposite areas in each case a latching structure 21 in the form of a wave-like profiling 21.

FIG. 3 shows a lateral schematic representation of a socket pin according to the invention 3. At its upper end, the socket pin 3 has a contact replica 30, which corresponds to the electrical contacts 41 of a lamp 4, see. eg FIGS. 4 and 8th , With this contact replica 30, the socket pin 3 can be inserted into the receptacle 20 of the socket body 2 as an alternative to the contacts 41 of the luminous means 4 in order to grip the socket body 2. In order to be able to grip the socket pin 3 simply and safely by a user, the socket pin 3 has a gripping surface 31.

FIG. 4 shows a lateral schematic representation of a light source 4. The light-emitting means 4 has in the upper region a socket 40 with a pair of electrical contacts 41. The light source 4 is in this case a light source 4 with GU10 sockets 41 as electrical contacts 41. In the lower area, the light source 4 has a screen 42 in which the actual light source is arranged as a light source, not shown. The screen 42 terminates at the bottom with a radially outwardly pointing screen edge 43, which in turn terminates flush with a light exit surface 44.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic plan view of a section of a household appliance 5 according to the invention, also referred to as an object. FIG. 6 shows a schematic perspective view of the household appliance according to the invention the FIG. 5 as a whole.

The household appliance 5 is in this case an extractor hood 5. In the household appliance 5, an object opening 50 is provided as a recess through which the illuminant holder 1, 2 according to the invention can be installed, cf. FIGS. 7 to 10 , In this case, the insertion of the support body 1 is limited in the object opening 50 in an installation direction A by a stop 51 of the object opening 50, against which the Edge 11 of the support body 1 can lie flush with the surface. The stop 51 of the object opening 50 is arranged in the height Z back in accordance with the domestic appliance 5. At the same time, the stop 51 is formed as a radially inwardly facing edge 51 of the object opening 50 and has two diametrically opposed recesses 52.

FIG. 7 shows a lateral schematic representation of a first assembly step of the inventive lamp holder 1, 2. In this first assembly step, the support body 1 is inserted in the installation direction A through the object opening 50 in the interior of the household appliance 5. The dimensions of the object opening 50 are selected in the XY plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L such that the screen receiving area 10 of the support body 1 can be passed through the object opening 50. In this case, the projections 12 of the support body 1 can be passed through the recesses 52 of the object opening 50.

FIG. 8 shows a lateral schematic representation of a second assembly step of the inventive lamp holder 1, 2. The support body 1 is flush with its edge 11 on the stop 51 of the household appliance 5 at. In this state, the support body 1 has already been rotated by about 90 ° about the longitudinal axis L, so that the projections 12 of the support body 1 are no longer congruent with the recesses 52 of the object opening 50 and from the inside, ie against the installation direction A, the edge 51 of the object opening 50 together with the edge 11 of the support body 1 from below surround (not shown). As a result, the support body 1 can be held securely in the object opening 50 and flush with the household appliance 5 down to the user.

In this mounting state, the lamp 4 can now be mounted. For this purpose, the illuminant 4 is introduced by the user from below into the installation direction A into the support body 1. The socket body 2 is e.g. been pulled down by the user by means of the socket pin 3 so far down that the electrical contacts 41 of the lamp 4 can be easily and safely inserted into the corresponding receptacle 20 of the socket body 2 by the user.

Once this has taken place, the light-emitting means 4 is rotated by approximately 90 ° about the longitudinal axis L, so that the electrical contacts 41 of the light-emitting means 4 engage in the receptacle 20 of the socket body 2. As a result, the luminous means 4 and the socket body 2 can be firmly connected to one another securely, so that the electrical contacting is produced and the luminous means 4 and the socket body 2 can be moved together in the installation direction A. The rotation prevention of the socket body 2 prevents the socket body 2 from rotating during the rotation of the lamp 4 Rotation in the circumferential direction could escape, so that a simple and secure locking of the bulb 4 in the socket body 2 can be made possible.

In this connected state, the lamp 2 can now be pressed with the socket body 4 in the installation direction A by the user in the support body 1. This is done against a resistance, which results from the interaction of the radially outwardly facing latching structure 21 of the socket body 2 and a radially inwardly facing corresponding latching structure 19 of the tongues 17 of the support body 1. In other words, a threshold force to overcome, which results from the elastic radial compliance of the tongues 17 and the interaction of the latching structures 19, 21. This threshold force is simultaneously selected such that the weight of the socket body 2 together with the light source 4 can be kept safe.

FIG. 9 shows a side schematic representation of the fully assembled inventive lamp holder 1, 2nd FIG. 10 shows a schematic plan view of the representation of FIG. 9 contrary to the mounting direction A. In these illustrations of the Figures 9 and 10 was the light emitting means 4 together with the socket body 2 pressed against the resistance in the support body 1 until the shield edge 43 rests flush against the inner stop 14 of the support body 1. In this position, the latching structures 19, 21 lock together and hold this position. At the same time a flush termination of the light exit surface 44 with the support body 1 and the household appliance 5 is created. As a result of the variable positioning of the socket body 2 together with the luminous means 4, this flush-mounted termination can be ensured independently of the length of the luminous means 4 at the height Z, so that light sources 4 of different lengths can be used.

FIG. 11 shows a lateral schematic representation of the second mounting step of the lamp holder 1, 2 of the invention FIG. 8 according to a second embodiment. FIG. 12 shows a side schematic representation of the fully assembled inventive illuminant holder 1, 2 of FIG. 9 according to the second embodiment.

Alternatively to the movement of the socket body 2 against the mounting direction A by means of the additional socket pin 3 according to the FIG. 3 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the possibility for the user to engage behind two diametrically opposed gripping surfaces 23 of a bracket 22 from below in the installation direction A and by overcoming the threshold force the socket body 2 down against the mounting direction A from the socket portion 15 of Pull out support body 1. In this way, too deep pushed into the socket portion 15 of the support body 1 in the installation direction A. Socket body 2 are made accessible again to use the light source 4 in the socket body 2 can.

The bracket 22 is connected by means of latching connection from above with the socket body 2, so that the bracket 22 and the socket body 2 can be made independently of each other. The latching connection has latching hooks which engage elastically from above into the socket body 2 and create a permanent and only destructively separable connection. The bracket 22 is guided laterally of the socket body 2 in the recesses 18 of the tongues 17, so that the bracket 22 can follow the movement of the socket body 2 in the vertical direction Z. The bracket 22 is guided through a pair of diametrically opposite passage openings 19a in the upper region of the screen receiving portion 10 of the support body 1 in the interior thereof to be gripped there by the user can.

In the Figures 11 and 12 Although the illuminant 4 is shown to illustrate the location of all previously described elements. However, gripping the gripping surfaces 23 is possible for the user only in the absence of the illuminant 4.

List of Reference Numerals (part of the description)

A

Mounting direction of the support body 1 in the household appliance 5 and the light source 4 in the support body. 1

L

longitudinal axis

R

radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L

X

width

Y

depth

Z

vertical direction; height

1

supporting body

10

Screen recording area

11

radially outwardly facing edge

12

radially outwardly facing projections

13

Space between the edge 11 and projections 12 in the installation direction A.

14

inner stroke

15

capturing range

16

version sheathing

17

radially elastic tongue

18

Recesses on both sides of the tongue 17 in the circumferential direction

19

Rest structure; (wave-like) profiling

19a

Passage openings of the bracket 22

2

socket body

20

Recording of the electrical contacts 41 of the lamp 4

21

Rest structure; (wave-like) profiling

22

hanger

23

Handle surface of the bracket 22

3

socket pin

30

Contact replica

31

grip

4

Lamp

40

version

41

electrical contacts

42

umbrella

43

radially outwardly facing screen edge

44

Light-emitting surface

5

Household appliance; Housing (section); Ceiling or wall of a building; Furnishing; Furniture; Household appliance; Hood

50

Object aperture; housing opening

51

Stop of the object opening 50; radially inwardly facing edge of the object opening 50

52

Recesses of the stopper 51

Claims (15)

Domestic appliance (5), preferably extractor hood (5), with a light bulb holder (1, 2),
which is designed to receive a lighting means (4) in the household appliance (5) in an installation direction (A), the lighting means holder (1, 2) comprising
a support body (1) which is designed to be fixedly connected to the household appliance (5), and
a socket body (2) which is designed to receive the lighting means (4),
characterized in that
the socket body (2) is variably positionable relative to the support body (1) in the installation direction (A) of the luminous means (4) so that different luminous means (4) are flush with the support body (1) with different dimensions in the fitting direction (A) and / or with the household appliance (5) can be arranged. Domestic appliance (5) according to claim 1,
with an object opening (50) for passing the illuminant holder (1, 2) in an installation direction (A), and
a stop (51) for blocking the passage of the lamp holder (1, 2) through the object opening (50) in the mounting direction (A), so that the lamp holder (1, 2) in the object opening (50), preferably flush, can rest .
wherein the stop (51) is preferably formed as a radially inwardly facing edge (51) of the object opening (50). Domestic appliance (5) according to claim 2,
the abutment (51) having at least one recess (52), preferably a pair of diametrically opposed recesses (52) through which a radially outwardly facing projection (12), preferably a pair of diametrically opposed radially outwardly facing projections (12). , in the mounting direction (A) of the support body (1) can be passed through the stop (51) / can. Domestic appliance (5) according to claim 3,
wherein the stop (51) with increasing distance from the recess (52) and from the pair of recesses (52) has an increasing thickness in the installation direction (A). Domestic appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein
the socket body (2) relative to the support body (1) in the installation direction (A) of the lighting means (4) is displaceable against a resistor
and or
the socket body (2) is held automatically against the support body (1) against the installation direction (A) of the luminous means (4) against a resistance,
wherein the resistor is designed to be able to hold the socket body (2) together with the light source (4) received. Domestic appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein
the support body (1) in the installation direction (A) recessed inner stop (14), which is formed against the inner stop (14) a corresponding radially outwardly facing shielding edge (43) of the lighting means (4) during assembly of the illuminant (4) in the installation direction (A) in its end position, preferably flush, can rest. Domestic appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims,
wherein the support body (1) has a latching structure (19) which is directed radially inward,
wherein the socket body (2) has a corresponding latching structure (21) which is directed radially outwards, and
wherein the latching structures (19, 21) of the support body (1) and the socket body (2) can enter into a force and / or positive connection with each other in or against the mounting direction (A), which the socket body (2) together with recorded light source ( 4) against the mounting direction (A) of the light source (4) can hold automatically. Domestic appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims,
wherein the latching structure (19) of the supporting body (1) is arranged on a tongue (17) which is elastically yielding in the radial direction (R), so that the tongue (17) can radially yield in such a way that the socket body (2 ) relative to the support body (1) in the installation direction (A) and against the installation direction (A) of the light source (4) after overcoming a threshold force is displaced and simultaneously held by the threshold force against the installation direction (A) of the light source (4) automatically can
wherein the threshold force is preferably at least slightly greater than the weight of the socket body (2) and the lighting means together. Domestic appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein
the socket body (2) within the supporting body (1) is arranged against rotation about its longitudinal axis (L),
wherein preferably the latching structures (19, 21) of the support body (1) and the socket body (2) positively engage circumferentially in one another, so that rotation of the socket body (2) relative to the support body (1) about its longitudinal axis (L) can be prevented , Domestic appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein
the support body (1) has a radially outwardly pointing projection (12), preferably a pair of diametrically opposed radially outwardly pointing projections (12), which is / are formed, the support body (1) against the installation direction (A ) in the housing (5),
and or
the support body (1) has a radially outwardly facing edge (11) against which the support body (1) against the mounting direction (A), preferably flush, after the support body (1) in the installation direction (A) by a Opening (50) of the household appliance (5) was passed Domestic appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein
the socket body (2) has a grip element (23), preferably a bracket (22), which is formed and arranged inside the support body (1), so that the socket body (2), preferably only in the absence of the light source (4), by the user by means of the grip element (23) at least against the mounting direction (A) can be moved. Domestic appliance (5) according to the preceding claim, wherein
the radially outwardly pointing edge (11) and the radially outwardly pointing projection (12) or the pair of radially outwardly pointing projections (12) of the support body (1) in the installation direction (A) in such a way by a gap (13) to each other are spaced that they can embrace an edge (51) and a stop (51) of the object opening (50) of the household appliance (5) on both sides. A socket pin (3) for engaging in a receptacle (20) of a socket body (2) of a lamp holder (1, 2),
wherein the lighting means holder (1, 2) is adapted to receive a lighting means (4) in a household appliance (5) according to one of the preceding claims
characterized in that
the socket pin (3) has a contact replica (30), which corresponds to the electrical contacts (41) of a luminous means (4), and which in the lamp holder (1, 2), preferably for engaging in the receptacle (20) of the socket body (2) can be used. A socket pin (3) according to the preceding claim 13, wherein
the socket pin (3) or the contact replica (30) of the socket pin (3) and / or a handle portion of the socket pin (3) consists of an electrically non-conductive material
and or
the contact replica (30) of the socket pin (3) and a handle portion of the socket pin (3) are electrically non-conductive connected. A socket pin (3) according to one of the preceding claims 13 to 14, wherein
the socket pin (3) has a handle portion whose width is at least 9 millimeters and / or whose length is at least 18 millimeters.

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