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Complementarily aggregated lighting fixture and rack apparatus

US5365417A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 1994
Grant dateNov 15, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF21V33/002
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A combination of lighting fixture and rack includes: a lamp installed on a top portion of a rack having a plurality of ribs juxtapositionally disposed on a right and a left side portion of a central column of the rack for inserting a plurality of compact disks (CDs) or cassette tapes on the ribs of the rack, and a lamp shade mounted on the lamp, whereby upon powering of the lamp to create a thermosyphon for drafting air streams around the lamp for ventilating the disks or tapes held on the rack for preventing mildew of the disks and tapes for hygienic purpose besides an illumination purpose of the lamp.

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