EP2110900A1 - Lampenfassung für ein Elektrogerät, insbesondere für einen Kühlschrank, die Wärmeschutzmittel umfasst - Google Patents

Lampenfassung für ein Elektrogerät, insbesondere für einen Kühlschrank, die Wärmeschutzmittel umfasst Download PDF

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EP2110900A1
EP2110900A1 EP09151799A EP09151799A EP2110900A1 EP 2110900 A1 EP2110900 A1 EP 2110900A1 EP 09151799 A EP09151799 A EP 09151799A EP 09151799 A EP09151799 A EP 09151799A EP 2110900 A1 EP2110900 A1 EP 2110900A1
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Carlo Tentelli
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/945Holders with built-in electrical component
    • H01R33/95Holders with built-in electrical component with fuse; with thermal switch
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25DREFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D27/00Lighting arrangements
    • F25D27/005Lighting arrangements combined with control means
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/945Holders with built-in electrical component
    • H01R33/9453Holders with built-in electrical component for screw type coupling devices

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  • the present invention refers to a lampholder comprising a thermal switch adapted to protect the appliance in which it is installed from excessive temperature increases.
  • a lampholder produced according to the invention has been designed particularly for electrical appliances, and in particular for refrigerators where a prolonged lighting of the lamp inside the refrigerator, due to a malfunction of the switch normally controlled by the refrigerator door or to a prolonged opening of said door causes (or could cause) an unwanted increase in the temperature inside the refrigerator.
  • thermal switches of various sizes and action types, which are normally connected to the lampholder contacts by soldering, by crimping, by abutment on terminals or on rapid connectors, and so on.
  • connection methods make it practically impossible to reduce the manufacturing costs of the lampholder by automating the assembly thereof and, in particular, by automating the assembly of the thermal switch inside the lampholder.
  • Object of the present invention is to produce a lampholder for an electrical appliance, in particular for a refrigerator, that includes a thermal switch (or other functionally equivalent thermal protection means) incorporated in the lampholder and which is free from the limits and the drawbacks previously mentioned; this object is achieved by means of a lampholder which has the characterising features indicated in the independent claim 1.
  • the present invention refers to a lampholder consisting of a casing, preferably made in a single piece, which comprises at least an inner cavity adapted to accommodate a lamp socket, electrical contacts on which the terminals of the electrical supply cables abut and thermal protection means (preferably a thermal switch) inserted in the connection between one of said electrical contacts and one of the terminals of the lamp socket.
  • thermal protection means preferably a thermal switch
  • the thermal switch is preferably mounted removably in a seat made in the side wall of the inner cavity of the lampholder and has on its surface facing said inner cavity a first push-on contact against which the aforementioned electrical contact rests and a second push-on contact connected to a terminal of the lamp socket, preferably by means of a side contact member.
  • Figure 1 shows diagrammatically a side view of a lampholder 1 made according to the invention, consisting of a casing, preferably made in a single piece, inside which are situated, as will be described with reference to the subsequent figures, the thermal switch and the metal contact members.
  • Figure 2 shows diagrammatically a front view of the lampholder 1, sectioned along the plane A-A of Figure 1 , which consists of a casing which comprises at least an inner cavity 2 bearing a thread to receive a lamp socket (omitted in the appended figures to simplify the graphic representation), the electrical contacts (3, 4) on which the terminals of the electrical supply cables of the lamp (omitted in the appended figures to simplify the graphic representation) abut and a thermal switch 5 inserted in the connection between one of the electrical contacts (3, 4) and one of the terminals of the lamp socket.
  • the inner cavity 2 adapted to receive the lamp socket, the circuit which makes up the thermal switch 5 and the electrical contacts 3 and 4 on which the terminals of the electrical supply cables of the lamp abut will not be described in detail herein because they are per se known.
  • the thermal switch 5 is mounted, preferably removably, in a seat 6, made in the side wall of the inner cavity 2 and not visible in Figure 2 because it is occupied by the thermal switch 5.
  • This removable assembly allows the thermal switch 5 to be replaced (for example because it is broken or to meet specific requirements) without having to replace the entire lampholder.
  • the thermal switch 5 has on its surface facing the inner cavity 2 of the lampholder 1 a first push-on contact 7, against which rests the electrical contact 3 on which one of the supply conductors of the lamp abuts, and a second push-on contact 8 against which rests a side contact member 9, seen better in Figures 3 and 8 , which protrudes into the inner cavity 2 of the lampholder 1 to connect the thermal switch 5 to a terminal of the lamp socket.
  • the side contact member 9 is adapted to connect the second surface push-on contact 8 of the thermal switch 5 with the threaded side area of the lamp socket but, without departing from the scope of the invention, the side contact member 9 can connect the second surface push-on contact 8 of the thermal switch 5 with the flat area situated at the end of the lamp socket.
  • the side contact member 9 can be omitted and the second surface push-on contact 8 protrudes into the inner cavity 2 of the lampholder 1 to connect the thermal switch 5 to the threaded side area of the lamp socket or to the flat area situated at the end of the lamp socket.
  • thermal switch 5 can be replaced by another functionally equivalent thermal protection means, not described because it is per se known, adapted to be mounted in the seat 6 formed in the side wall of the inner cavity 2 of the lampholder 1 and having the surface push-on contacts 7 and 8.
  • Figure 3 shows diagrammatically a perspective view of the lampholder 1 sectioned as in Figure 2 ; visible in Figure 3 is the casing inside which are housed the inner cavity 2, the electrical contacts 3 and 4, the thermal switch 5, the surface push-on contact 7 of the thermal switch 5 and the side contact member 9.
  • Figure 4 shows diagrammatically a perspective view of the lampholder 1 sectioned as in Figure 2 and without the thermal switch 5 and the metal contact members (3, 4, 9); visible in Figure 4 is the casing inside which are housed the inner cavity 2, the seats designed to accommodate the contacts 3 and 4 and the seat 6, formed in the side wall of the inner cavity 2, designed to accommodate the thermal switch 5.
  • Figure 5 shows diagrammatically a perspective view of a thermal switch 5; attention is drawn in Figure 5 to the push-on contacts 7 and 8 present on the surface of the thermal switch 5.
  • Figure 6 shows diagrammatically a front view of a lampholder 1, sectioned as in Figure 2 , during the insertion of the thermal switch 5 into the seat 6 and of the side contact member 9 into the inner cavity 2.
  • Figure 7 shows diagrammatically a perspective view of the lampholder 1 sectioned as in Figure 2 ; visible in Figure 7 are the thermal switch 5 positioned in the seat 6 and the surface push-on contacts 7 and 8 of the thermal switch 5, whilst the contacts 3 and 4 and the side contact member 9 have been omitted.
  • Figure 8 shows diagrammatically a perspective view of the lampholder 1 sectioned as in Figure 2 ; visible in Figure 8 are the thermal switch 5 placed in the seat 6, the side contact member 9 which rests against the surface push-on contact 8 of the thermal switch 5 (not visible in the figure because it is covered by the side contact member 9) and the surface push-on contact 7 of the thermal switch 5.
  • a lampholder 1 produced according to the invention holds numerous advantages over the lampholders of the prior art, amongst which the following are cited by way of non-limiting example:

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EP09151799A 2008-04-17 2009-01-30 Lampenfassung für ein Elektrogerät, insbesondere für einen Kühlschrank, die Wärmeschutzmittel umfasst Not-in-force EP2110900B1 (de)

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IT000709A ITMI20080709A1 (it) 2008-04-17 2008-04-17 Portalampada per un elettrodomestico, in particolare per un frigorifero, comprendente mezzi di protezione termica

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GB519993A (en) * 1938-10-10 1940-04-11 Horace Wooldridge Improvements in or relating to portable electric lamps
GB689021A (en) * 1950-12-29 1953-03-18 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements in and relating to refrigerators
US4298923A (en) 1979-08-02 1981-11-03 Lin Shong D Assembled fuse lampholder of light set
GB2068524A (en) * 1980-01-29 1981-08-12 Oilfield Inspection Services Inspection lamp with forced air cooling system
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