Touch control for incandescent lamp
CA 1255357 A · Owner: Gte Products Corporation · Inventors: Cline, Ronald A.; Gouldy, Thomas E.
Overview
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A conversion unit for a light source includes a housing which includes circuit means for turning the lamp on and off as well as providing several brightness levels of illumination. The housing includes a male plug for connection to a power source; a female receptacle for receiving a lamp plug; an antenna receptor; and an antenna connected to the receptor and terminating in an electrically conductive member. The last named member becomes the switch for the lamp when the unit is in operation.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted June 6, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 6, 2006.
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