Patent · US Expired

Strobe light

US5213411A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 26, 1991
Grant dateMay 25, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21W2111/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A strobe light of a type suitable for safety, notification, and intrusion systems and the like includes a base, a lens having a generally cylindrical side wall defining an opening at one end, having an end wall at the other end and being attached at its open end to the base, and a lamp/electronics assembly mounted on the base and received within the side wall of the lens. The base has a generally planar main wall that is shaped and dimensioned such as to form closure for the opening of the lens side wall and having a front surface facing the end wall of the lens and a rear surface facing away from the end wall of the lens. A generally centrally located mounting boss having a threaded socket is adapted to receive a threaded mounting member. A box-mounting flange projects from the rear surface of the main wall portion, the box-mounting flange being substantially square in plan and being shaped and dimensioned to present a substantially planar rearwardly-facing edge that is wide enough to engage the edges of the side walls of either standard four-inch or standard 100-millimeter electrical boxes. Knockout holes in the main wall adjacent each corner of the box-mounting flange receive sc…

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