Patent ID: 6452336
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
A lamp for recessed ceiling mounting, the ceiling having flange receiving aperture, the lamp comprising:(a) a cylindrical ceiling aperture lining flange, said flange having an upper end and a lower end, said flange defining an air dam receiving space; (b) ceiling mounting means fixedly attached to the upper end of the cylindrical ceiling aperture lining flange; (c) a flourescent light tube actuating ballast; (d) ballast mounting means removably mounting the flourescent light tube actuating ballast upon the upper end of the cylindrical ceiling aperture lining flange; (e) a concave air dam having an inner surface defining a flourescent light tube receiving space; (f) air dam mounting means removably mounting the concave air dam within the air dam receiving space of the cylindrical ceiling aperture lining flange; (g) a flourescent light tube; (h) tube mounting means removably mounting the flourescent light tube upon the inner surface of the concave air dam, said means positioning said tube within said air dam's flourescent light tube receiving space; and, (i) a network of electrically conductive wires interconnecting the flourescent light tube actuating ballast and the flourescent light tube.