Patent ID: 6960003
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A01K,F21V,F21Y,H01R

Abstract:
1. A lighting apparatus, comprising: a lighting tube having a lighting tube main body, a seating portion provided at a basal end portion of said lighting tube main body, electrode terminals provided at said seating portion, and a connecting portion cover covering a connecting portion formed between said lighting tube main body and said seating portion in a hermetically sealed manner; a socket into which said seating portion of said lighting tube is to be inserted to electrically connect said electrode terminals; and an adapter casing having a socket accommodation space for accommodating said socket, said adapter casing being detachable connected to said connecting portion cover, wherein said adaptor casing and said connecting portion cover are detachable connected in a state in which said socket into which said seating portion of said lighting tube is inserted is accommodated in said socket accommodation space, whereby said socket and said seating portion of said lighting tube are hermetically sealed by said adaptor casing and said connecting portion cover.