US1680093A - Lighting fixture - Google Patents

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Aug. 7, 1928. 1,680,093

L. c. DOANE LIGHTING FIXTURE Filed April 25, 1925 INVENTOR Z: 900/76 ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

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LEROY C, noANE, or MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, Ass eNoR TO THE MILLER COMPANY, on MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, A ConronA'rIoN, or CONNECTICUT.-

- LIGHTING FIXTURE.

The present invention relates to lighting fixtures and is more particularly directed toward the'provision of ailighting fixture having an extension cord, which is carried outwardly from the canopy, of the fixture,

and which is suitably supported at a distance fromthe canopy to permit it to hang free of the parts of the lighting fixture carried below the canopy. Devices of this type are particularlyfuseful in providing convenience outlets for fixtures such as kitchen fixtures. V

Fixtures of the type to which the present invention is more particularly directed are sometimes sold without provisions for supporting the extension cord and at other times are provided with such cord supportdevices. Itlhas heretofore .been necessary for themanufacturer to make up both types of devices, and for the dealer to carry both types in stock, in order tosatisfy the demand of the" customers The devices heretofore available have not been so constructed that one could readily attach or detach the cord supporting device to-the canopy oi the fixture. According to the 1 e present invention: there is provided an arrangement of canopy and cord supporting arm which permits the sale of the lighting fixture without thecord supporting arm or with the cord supporting arm, as desired. .Thispermits the dealer and manufacturer to carry a much smaller stock and also makes it easy for one toadd aconvenience 3 outlet to the fixture where a convenience outletwas not originally installed, or to remove it where it is no longer desired.

' The present invention also contemplates an improved device of this type wherein the cord supporting means is entirely independent of the devices which are used insup porting or mounting the lighting'fixture on the'outle-t box or other support." By making these parts independent of one another oneis enabled to provide parts each of which is better adapted for its respective purpose, and also the entire fixture may be more easily assembled and installed.

- While"certainfeatures of the present invention are suited for various. type of fix tures the structural embodiment to be described is a kitchen fixture made, out of sheet Application filed April 23, 1925. Serial No. 25,192.

metal stampings. In this type of fixture it has been found that the cord for the convenience outlet may be readily supported by a wire member suitably bent to shape and soformed that itcan be inserted in place in the canopy or removed from it without the use of any attaching device;

The accompanying drawings show for purposes of illustrating the invention one of the many possible embodiments in which it may take form, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of th same, rather than limiting it. I

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a lighting fixture showing the cord supporting arm in position, and I a Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same with parts in section.

The kitchen unit shown in the drawings includes a canopy 10, a shell 11, a shade or globe 12 carried by the shell, a socket 13, lamp 14, and suitable devices for supporting the unit and Carrying the extension cord.

One form of device for supporting the unit may be a U-shaped strap 15 whose lower e'nds'are bentoutwardly asshown at 16 and 17 andthreaded to receive screws 18 and 19. These screws pass through holes in the canopy and nuts 22 and 28 of any desired shape may be threaded intothescrews to clamp the canopy on to the strap. The strap is provided with a central hole 24 to receive a crow foot, hicke'y or gas pipe and with slots 26 and 27 to receive screws forattaching the strap to the lugs of outlet boxes, It will. thus be seen that the strap may be attached to any of these devices and the fixtureconnected thereon as a unit As; here shown, the canopy and globe supportingshell are sheet metal stampings having fiat areas 28 and '29 which" are fastened together and which provide a support for the socket 13. While these stampings may be fastened together in various manners,the present invention contemplates fastening them together by a riveting operation in which the material from the globe supporting portion'is forced through holes in the canopy and then riveted into the position indicated. In this manner one provides a central hole 29 for the fixture wires and a number of holes 30, which may be cord carrying bushing 40.

l 7 wardly and spread apart as indicated at 34 attach the cord supporting arm, above referred' to. This arm is here shown in the form of a piece 33 of bent wire doubled on itself. w The ends of the wire are bent downand 35 so that they may pass through two of the holes 30 and extend a short distance underneath the area 29 of the shade supporting portion of the fixture. The ends of the wire may rest alongside the flat side B of the socket structure .13, as: this eco'nomizesin the available spacew The wire is extended upwardly as indicatedat 36 until it comes to about the levelfof' the bead of the canopy.

It is then carried ov'erto, the bead and is then bent inwardly as indicated at 37 and 38 to provide shoulders which engage inside the edge of the canopy. These shoulders also narrow the cord supporting member so that it fits inside the notch or slot 31. The

cord supporting member then extends later ally from the canopy somewhat-as indicated,

and is bent downwardly at its outer end, as shown at; 39, where it is provided with a A cord 41 fora convenience outlet,., a switch or the like, or a combined outlet and switch, may be passed from'the inside of the canopy through the bushings 32 and 40. It will hang free from the bushing 40' in the r ordinary mannera' Thebent wiremember 33 may be readily inserted into the canopy by placing the two ends 34 and'35 into the holes 30 bringing the intermediate portion of the member into the v notch 31. When the device ismountedon the ceiling, in any of the manners above de- Scribed,-the cord supporting arm 33 is firmly held in place in the notch by the ceiling. The shoulders 37 and 38 prevent pulling the cord supportingmember out of the canopy, V and by anchormg the inner ends it is impossible to remove the cord supporting member.

While the structure shown in the drawings utilizessheet metal stampings and provides hollow rivets, forrattaching the inner endsof the cord supporting member it is, of

course, obvious that lighting fixtures'made of'other kindsof material may be provided with a, detachable connection which permits the addition of the cord supporting arm" to the fixture. without tools or other attaching device's.

-It is obvious that the invention may be embodied in'many forms and constructions and I wish it to beunderstood that the particular form shown and described isbut one of the many forms. Various modifications and changes being possible, I do not in any way, limit myself with respect thereto.

Iclaim: 1. The combination" with a lighting fixture havinga canopy, a lamp socket, a shade supporting portion, and means for supporting the canopy fromthe ceiling, of a member whose inner end is releasably connected to the canopy near the center thereof andwhich passes outwardly over theupper edge of the canopy, and a cord supporting bushing-carried by the member; e

2. The combination with lighting 'fixture having a canopy,-a lamp socket, a shade supporting portion, and means for supporting the canopy from the ceiling, ofI-a wire member doubled upon itself and having-its inner ends releasably attached to the canopy,- the member extending laterally from the canopy, and a cord supporting bushing'carried in the doubled portion of thewire'mem- 3. In a lighting fixture, in combinatioma sheet metal canopy, a sheet metal globe holder, hollow rivets vfa'stening 'the canopy and globe holder together, and a cord supporting arm whose'inner ends are removably carried 1n the ,r1vet holes, and whose outer tends beyond thecanopy.

4. A lighting fixture canopylhavingtwo.

holes carried near the center of the canopy,

end exand a cord supportingarm whoseinner end 1s insertedintothe holes, the armrestmg on the upper edge of thecanopy and extending beyond the canopy, and "a cord; carrying bushing'carried by the outer end ofthe' armg' 5. A lighting fixturecanopy havingtwo holesfcarried near the-center of-the canopy, I

and a cord supporting arm whose inner end is inserted into the-holes, the=arm passing through a notch in :theiupper 'edgefof the canopy, and extending beyond the canopy,

and a cord carrying-bushing carried bythe outer end of the arm, thearm having shoul ders inside said canopy toprevent pulling the arm out through said notch. v

" 6. A lighting fixture comprising a canopy,

a device attachable to acei-linglsu-pportand '1' to which the canopy is removably attached, a member carriedby the canopy independent of the said device, said member extending laterally from the canopy,'an extension cord passing outwardly from the canopy and supported from the end of saidgmember, said member being in the form ofa bentpiece of wire having ends detachably connected with" the canopy. and having a ishoulder acting against thejcanopy for holding the member inplace. H. 7. A lighting fixture comprising a? canopy,

a device attachable to a ceiling support and side the canopy and being releasably locked to which the canopy is removably attached, in place. and a- Wire loop carried by the canopy inde- Signed at New York city, in the county of 10 pendent of said device, said loop having a New vYork and State of New York, this 22 5 portion extending outwardly from the canday of April, 1925.

opy, said portion being provided with a cord supporting device, said loop extending in- LEROY DUANE.

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