ILLUMINATION APPARATUS

• Main Authors: ISHIWATARI TOMISHIGE, MUROFUSHI KAZUTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.11.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BLASTING; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO THEFORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THELIGHT EMITTED; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small-sized illumination apparatus capable of elongating the life thereof. SOLUTION: The illumination apparatus comprises a lighting fitting body 2, in which an electrodeless discharge lamp 1 is detachably fitted, a housing 5 fitted in hanger bolts 3 protrusively provided downward from the ceiling with nuts 11 and equipped with a wiring for supplying power to the electrodeless discharge lamp 1, a lid 15 for closing an opening 13 provided for conducting a wiring operation and a nut-fitting operation inside from a side of the housing 5, a lighting unit 31 fixed or connected to the lid 15 and including a lighting circuit connected to the wiring within the housing 5 to generate power for power supply, and a lighting unit-transferring mechanism (an L-shaped aluminum plate 19, a supporting plate 33, a connecting mechanism 40, etc.), for transferring the lighting unit 31 through the opening 13 with the opening and closing of the lid 15. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO