Patent ID: 7866856

Claim:
A lamp housing which comprises an accommodating apparatus for a burner or a lamp with a glass vessel, a lamp base and contact pins for supplying current, and a lampholder with sockets for connection to the contact pins, the accommodating apparatus comprising clamping jaws, which can be coupled to the lamp base, which engage at least partially around the lamp base, and which are articulated, via lever arms, on the lamp housing or a lampholder mount, which is connected to the lamp housing, and can be adjusted by means of an adjusting device, which has at least one adjusting element, which is arranged between the lever arms and pushes the lever arms apart from one another for opening the clamping jaws into an open position, in which the lamp base is released, and brings the lever arms together for closing the clamping jaws into a locking position, in which the lamp base is fixed, wherein the adjusting element is capable of rotating about an adjusting spindle and, with parts which are at different distances from the adjusting spindle and are arranged diametrically with respect to one another in relation to the adjusting spindle, bears against the lever arms.