Patent Publication Number: US-6902292-B2

Title: Refined illuminating lamp structure

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   The present invention relates to a refined illuminating lamp structure, and more particular to a refined illuminating lamp structure which can make multiple illuminating lamps to produce light at the same time only through one long conducting wire. 
   2. Description of the Prior Art 
   The illuminating lamp is really an important electric equipment for people nowadays. In addition to providing an illumination for dark, it also can present a beautiful and touching visual effect at night for buildings, flowers and plants, and trees so as to clear off the tiredness accumulated all the day. 
   However, although the illuminating lamp can intersperse the night to be so beautiful, in the prior art, one illuminating lamp has to equip with one set of power conducting wires. That means when multiple illuminating lamps are under using, it has to consume multiple power sockets. Once the power sockets are insufficient, the number of the illuminating lamps which can be used will be accordingly decreased so as to cause an imperfect illuminating effect. Therefore, this situation really needs to be improved. 
   Thus, it can be seen, the prior art described above still has some defects, is not a good design, however, and is urgently to be improved. 
   Because of the technical defects of described above, the applicant keeps on carving unflaggingly to develop a refined illuminating lamp structure through wholehearted experience and research. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   An object of the present invention is to provide a refined illuminating lamp structure which does not need to set any power socket. 
   Another object of the present invention is to provide a refined illuminating lamp structure which can make multiple illuminating lamps to produce light at the same time only through employing an extended conducting wire. 
   Another further object of the present invention is to provide a refined illuminating lamp structure which can be plugged in the outdoor lawn and the illuminating angle thereof also can be adjusted, so that it can increase the sensing beauty of the gardens and buildings. 
   For achieving the purposes described above, the refined illuminating lamp structure includes a lamp case, a holder, a taper body and a covering plate. The lamp case includes a upper case and a lower case, wherein said lower case has a connecting portion mounted at an end terminal thereof and said connecting portion has a conducting opening mounted thereon and an opening mounted aside said conducting opening. The holder has a pivot-connecting portion extended form a top end thereof, in which the pivot-connecting portion extends a hollow pillar from a top end thereof and has a trough mounted on a bottom thereof, a container set at one side of the holder, in which the container includes several holes set inside thereof, and a power conducting element connected to the bottom surface of the holder. The power conducting element includes one end being a conducting wire and the other end comprising two exposed awl conducting pieces, wherein the power conducting element is contained in the container of the holder. The pivot-connecting portion of the holder and the connecting portion of the lower case are connected together, so that the hollow pillar at the top surface of the pivot-connecting portion will penetrate through the conducting opening of the connecting portion. Moreover, through fixedly locking the locking and fixing element with the hollow pillar, the holder and the lamp case can be pivotally connected together so that the lamp case can be reversed on the top surface of the holder through the conducting opening of the connecting portion and the conducting wire of the power conducting element can enter the lamp case along the container of the holder through the opening of the connecting portion of the lamp case for further electrically connecting to the light. The covering plate is designed to have a shape corresponding to the shape of the container of the holder, wherein the covering plate is covered on one side of the holder for sealing the container, so that the conducting wire can be hidden in the container for achieving a purpose of being beautiful. And, the top surface of the taper body further comprises a conducting wire fixing opening set thereon. When the top surface of the taper body is pivotally connected to the bottom surface of the holder, the awl conducting pieces of the power conducting element will be contained in the wire-fixing opening. As operating, several illuminating lamps are plugged in the outdoor lawn and an extended conducting wire having a power socket is placed in the power fixing opening at the top surface of the taper body. When the holder and the taper body are pivotally connected together, the conducting pieces of the power conducting element will immediately penetrate through the insulating layer of the extended conducting wire and contact with the copper wire so that the power can be transmitted to the illuminator inside the lamp case through the power conducting element so as to make the illuminator to produce light for achieving the purpose of illuminating. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The drawings disclose an illustrative embodiment of the present invention which serves to exemplify the various advantages and objects hereof, and are as follows: 
       FIG. 1  is an explosive view showing a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 2  is a three-dimensional schematic view showing a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 3  is a side view showing a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 4  is a movement schematic view showing a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 5  is a practical schematic view showing a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention; 
       FIGS. 6A–B  are partial movement schematic views showing a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention; and 
       FIG. 7  is a schematic view showing a lamp reversion of a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
   Please refer to  FIGS. 1–3  which illustrate a refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention. The refined illuminating lamp structure mainly includes:
         a lamp case  1  constructed by a upper case  11  and a lower case  12 , wherein the lower case  12  has a hole  121  set at a central portion thereof, in which the hole  121  is sequentially connected with a lampshade  122  and a socket  123  having an illuminator  13  mounted therein, the lower case  12  has a connecting portion  14  downwardly extending from an end terminal thereof, in which the connecting portion  14  includes an arc conducting-opening  141  and an opening  142  set at one side of the arc conducting-opening  141 , and the upper case  11  has an arc conducting-trough  111  set thereon at a position corresponding to the arc conducting-opening  141  on the connecting portion  14  of the lower case  12 ;   a holder  2  having a pivot-connecting portion  21  mounted on a top end thereof, in which the pivot-connecting portion  21  extends a hollow pillar  211  from a top end thereof and has a trough  22  mounted on a bottom thereof, a container  23  set at one side of the holder  2 , in which the container  12  includes several holes (not shown) set inside thereof and a fixing opening  231  set at a bottom surface thereof, a positioning plate  24  set at one side of the bottom surface of the holder  2 , in which the positioning plate  24  has a hole  241  set thereon and a plate body  25  having a hole  251  mounted thereon downwardly extends from a central portion thereof, and a fastener  26  set at the other side of the bottom surface of the holder  2 , wherein pivot-connecting portion at the top terminal of the holder  2  is pivotally connected with the connecting portion  14  of the lamp case  1 , so that the hollow pillar  211  of the pivot-connecting portion  21  is penetrated through the conducting-opening  141  of the connecting portion  14 , and furthermore, through a locking and fixing element  3  locking inside the hollow pillar  211 , the holder  2  and the lamp case  1  are fixedly connected and the lamp case  1  is reversible on the holder  2  for adjusting an illuminating angle;   a power conducting element  4  having one end being a conducting wire  41  and the other end comprising two exposed awl conducting pieces  42 , wherein the power conducting element  4  is connected with the bottom surface of the holder  2  so that the conducting wire  41  enters the lamp case  1  through the opening  142  along the container  23  of the holder  2  so as to connect with the illuminator  13 , and the awl conducting pieces  42  at the other end of the power conducting element  4  are exposed out of the bottom surface of the holder  2 ;   a covering plate  5 , in which the covering plate  5  is designed to have a shape corresponding to a shape of the container  23  of the holder, and has plural positioning pillars  51  extended from one side thereof and an opening  52  mounted at one side of a bottom terminal thereof, wherein the covering plate  5  is covered on the container  23  at one side of the holder  2 , so that the positioning pillars  51  on the covering plate  5  are inserted into the opening inside the container  12 , the opening  52  at the bottom terminal is corresponding to the fixing opening  231  of the container  23  and are riveted by a rivet  53  so as to fixedly seal the container  23  with the covering plate, and thus the conducting wire  41  of the power conducting element  4  is hidden in the container  23  for achieving a purpose of being beautiful; and   a taper body  6 , wherein the taper body  2  includes two corresponding lugs  61  mounted at one side of a top terminal thereof, in which the lugs respectively has a corresponding opening  611  set thereon, a wire-fixing opening  62  set at a central portion of the taper body  6 , a positioning plate  63  extended from the other side of the taper body, in which the positioning plate  63  has a positioning trough  631  set thereon which has a penetrating opening  632  mounted thereon and a fastening trough  633  mounted at an end facet of the positioning plate  63 , wherein the top surface of the taper body  6  is connected with the bottom surface of the holder  2 , so that the positioning plate  24  at on side of the bottom surface of the holder  2  can be contained between the two lugs  61  at one side of the taper body  6  and the openings  241  and  611  can be corresponding to each other, further through a penetrating of a pivoting axle  7 , the holder  2  is reversible on the taper body  6 , when the bottom surface of the holder  2  and the top surface of the taper body  6  are completely closed together, the awl conducting pieces  42  of the power conducting element  4  will be contained in the wire-fixing opening  62  and the fastener  26  at the other side of the holder  2  will be immediately fastened with the fastening trough  633  on the positioning plate  63  of the taper body so as to make the plate body  25  at the bottom surface of the holder  2  to be contained in the positioning trough  631  of the taper body  6  and thus the opening  251  of the plate body  25  and the penetrating opening  632  of the positioning trough are corresponding to each other, and furthermore, through penetrating locking by a locking and fixing element  8 , the holder  2  and the taper body  6  can be fixedly connected into one.       

   Moreover, please refer to  FIGS. 4–7 , which illustrate the schematic operation views according to the present invention. The user can simultaneously plug the taper bodies  6  of multiple illuminating lamps in the outdoor lawn and lift the holder  2  at an angle so as to expose the wire-fixing opening  62  of the taper body  6  for containing a long conducting wire  9  therein and, through the long conducting wire  9 , multiple illuminating lamps can be connected in parallel. Then, the bottom surface of the holder  2  is closed to the top surface of the taper body  6 , so that the awl conducting pieces  42  of the power conducting element  4  will penetrate through an insulating layer  91  of the long conducting wire  9  and contact with a copper wire  92 . Once the power plug  93  of the long conducting wire  9  is plugged into the socket, the power can pass through the long conducting wire  9  and transmit to the conducting pieces  42  of the power conducting element  4 . Moreover, through the transmission to the illuminators  13  by the conducting wire  41  of the power conducting element  4 , the illuminators  13  in multiple illuminating lamps all can produce a light at the same time for illuminating the outdoor environment. Furthermore, the lamp case  1  can be pivotally reversed through taking the hollow pillar  211  of the pivot-connecting portion  21  of the holder  2  as an axle. During reversion, the top surfaces of the locking and fixing elements  3  fixedly locked on the hollow pillar  211  all will be contacted with the arc conducting trough  11  of the upper case  11 , so that the lamp case  1  can be positioned at any angle as reversing. However, once the lamp case  1  is reversed to a position at 90 degrees, the rear portion of the lamp case  1  will immediately be contained in the trough  22  of the holder  2  so as to limit a continuing reversion of the lamp case. 
   The refined illuminating lamp structure according to the present invention, when being compared with the other prior arts, further includes the advantages as follows:
         1. The present invention does not need to set any power socket and still can make multiple illuminating lamps to produce light at the same time only through employing an extended conducting wire.   2. The present invention can be plugged in the outdoor lawn and the illuminating angle thereof also can be adjusted, so that it can increase the sensing beauty of the gardens and buildings.       

   Many changes and modifications in the above described embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.