US2219541A - Lighting fixture - Google Patents

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Oct. 29, 1940. M. E. KANTER LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed April 29, 1939 INVENTOR.

BY Marcus E. Kancer M M W ATTORNEY).

vention relates primarily to 'atented Oct. 29, 1940 UNITED STATES PATE oFF cE 2,219,541 LIGHTING FIXTURE.

Marcus E. Kanter, Cleveland. Ohio, assignor to Railley Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio,"a corporation of Ohio Application April 29, 1939; Serial n 270,883

, 3 Claims.

This invention relates to an electrical lighting fixture which is adapted to be ported upon a wall. Lighting fixtures of this character usually include a plaque or bracket which supports a lamp socket adapted to receive an electric lamp bulb therein. Such plaquesare usually hung on a wall some distance from the fioor and are connected with anelectrical outlet generally disposed adjacent the fioor. This inthe provision of a character described which has device for preventing unupon the terminal conwall fixture of the incorporated therein a due strain being placed nections of the lamp socket or switch which may be associated with the fixture.

One object of the electrical lighting fixture which includes a wall bracket or sconce which supports the lamp proper and which has secured thereto an anchoring member to which the wires or conductors are secured in such a manner as to prevent undue strain being placed upon the terminal connections of the lamp socket.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lighting fixture which includes a wall bracket or sconce to which is secured an electric lamp socket from which leads conductors or wires which lead through the bracket and are secured to the bracket in suchv amanner that undue strain will not be placed upon the connections between the lamp socket and the conductor.

' A'still further object of the-invention is to provide an electrical lighting fixture of the character described which comprises a bracket or base which supports a lighting fixture and which is adapted to be detachably supported upon a wall or the like, the bracket having secured thereto and substantially concealed thereby a switch which has a part thereof shaped to receive the conductor therethrough and to be attached to the conductor in such a manner as to prevent undue strain being placed upon the connections between the conductor and switch.

A further object of the invention is toprovide an electrical lighting fixture having the above described distinguishing characteristics and features and which is well adapted for production at comparatively low cost.

Further and more limited objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds and by reference to the accompanying drawing by which Fig. 1 is a view in rear elevation of a lighting fixture; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the fixture; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the anchoring member which is secured to the fixdetachably sup-' invention is to provide an ture and receives the conductor therethrough;v Fig.4 is a perspective view of a modified form of knot anchoring member; Fig. 5is a perspective view :of a second modified form of anchoring member adapted to have a switch secured there-v to; Fig. 6 is a detailsectional view showing a wall sconce having a switchsecured thereto and pro-' vided with an anchoring member receiving the conductor; Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 disclosing another modified form of the invention in which the anchoring member is formed as a part of the switch; and Fig. 8 is a detail perspective, view of the anchoring member used 'intthe construction shown in Fig. 7.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference character I designates a wall bracket, plaque or sconce which is preferably in the formvof a metal plate shaped as shown most clearly in Fig.2, and which has secured thereto an arm 2 to the upper end of which is secured a lamp socket 3. The arm 2 is somewhat oval in cross section and receives therein a conductor 4 one end of which is connected with the lamp socket 3. The conductor 4 extends through an opening 5 provided in the bracket and thence through an opening or slot 6 provided in the lower end of the bracket and has a plug 1 connected with the lower end thereofv which is adapted to be plugged into the outlet 8. Secured to the bracket 1 is an anchoring member 9,which is preferably formed of, metal and'shaped as shown in Fig. 3, and held in place bya screw l0 having an ornamental head H. The anchoring member 9 has an opening therein in which is secured a collar or bushing 12.

which is formed of suitableinsulating material.

In order to prevent undue strain being place upon the connections between the conductor and the socket terminals, the conductor which is in the form of a pair of flexible wires has a knot l3 tied therein and which is disposed immediately above and adjacent the top of the anchoring member 9. It is of course to be understood that the conductor preferably consists of a pair of wires which are insulated from each other and enclosed within a single covering. 7

In Fig. 6 there is disclosed a slightly modified form of fixture which consists of a plaque or plate I of the same general shape as the bracket l shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and which has secured thereto a switch S which is held in place by an 50 anchoring member l4, shown in detail in Fig. 8. The anchoring member I4 has a pair of bendable arms l6 and I! which receive the switch proper therebetween. The anchoring member is also provided with a threaded member or portion l8 l5 which projects through an opening in the wall of the bracket and is held in place by a nut l9. Disposed between the member surrounding the threaded portion I8 isa downwardly extending anchoring member 20, shown in perspective in Fig. 4, and which is L-shaped in section and has an opening therein which receives a fiber collar or sleeve 2|. The passing of current through conductors 22 and 23 is controlled by switch S which latter is inserted within the conductor two conductors are brought together below the switch S and tied erence numeral 26, which knot. is disposed immediately above the opening in the collar 2|. knot prevents any great relative movement in a downward direction between the wires 22 and 23 and the lamp bracket and prevents undue strain being placed upon the terminal connection to the.

switch. The switch is actuated by a push button 21.

In Fig. 7, there is disclosed still another m0diexcept that the knot anchoring member is formed as a part of the switch anchoring member I4 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. The membertll is also L-shaped in vertical section and has an opening therein which receives a fiber collar Zi to support the knot 26 tied in conductors 22 and 23 below switch S. The switch anchoring member N has a pair of bendablearms IB and l'l which receive the switchproper therebetween.

It frequentlyhappens that the length of the wi-rcsor conductor connecting the lamp with the circuit is longer than is required and a portion anchoring members hereinbefore described have- I applied to any switch where desired, such as in- I4 and plate l and 23, as shown in Fig. 6. These in a knot, indicated by the ref-.

1 claim is;

a floor or table lamp or other electrical fixture.

It will now be clear that I have provided an electrical lighting fixture which will accomplish the objects of the invention as hereinbefore stated. It is, of course, understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of my invention. and that the embodiments of the invention herein disclosed are to be considered merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense as the invention is limited only in accordance with the scope of the appended claims.

Having-thus described my invention, what I 1 An. electrical. fixture comprising a support- 3 ing member-adapted to be hung on a Wall, an arm carried by said supporting member and pro jecting:outwardlytherefrom, an electrical socket carriedbysaid arm, a conductor having one end connected with said lamp socket and leading alongsaidarm: and thencethrough said supporting-member andshaving its opposite end adapted for connection with an electric line, a switch secured. to and substantially concealed by said supportingv member, to said. switchand connected. with said conductor and asinglemeans securing said switch, anchoring member, arm and supporting member against. relative movement.

2.: A lighting fixture comprising a plaque adaptedto be hungon a wall, an arm extending outwardly fromsaid plaque, a lamp socket carried bysaid. arm, aconductor having one end connectedwith said lamp socket and extending along said arm and. thence through said plaque and havend secured to a plug for conmentwith respect to said plaque.

3. A. lighting fixture comprising a plaque adapted to be hung on a wall, an arm extending outwardly from said plaque, a lamp concealed thereby and a threaded connection securingsaid switch anchoring member, arm and plaqueag-ainst relative movement.

MARCUS E. KANTER.

an anchoring member secured.

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