Touch initiated light module
CA 2034284 A1 · Owner: Lamp Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Biggs, John D.; Twain, Kenneth M.
Overview
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A light module adapted to provide light temporarily in a confined space comprises a generally oblong and relatively thin housing that retains a bulb for providing a source of light, a power source sufficient to activate the bulb, and an electrical control circuit. The circuit includes a touch sensitive sensor for closing a circuit between the bulb and the power source to turn on the bulb, and a timer for opening the circuit to automatically turn off the bulb after it has been on for a perdetermined period of time. The circuit also contains elements for requiring the sensor to be touched twice within a limited time period in order to activate the bulb.
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- Filed January 16, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 16, 2011.
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