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(11) EP 0 288 084 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.10.1989 Bulletin 1989/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
26.10.1988 Bulletin 1988/43

(21) Application number: 88106524.7

(22) Date of filing: 22.04.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: F21V 31/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 23.04.1987 JP 60598/87 U

(71) Applicant: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tsukada, Hiroyuki
    Isehara-shi Kanagawa 259-11 (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


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    (54) Light assembly with water-proof breather


    (57) The light fitting having a closed lamp house in which a lamp bulb is displayed is provided with a water-proof breath­er comprising a cylinder (22) extending from the back of the hous­ing (20) rearwardly and having an air-path communicating with a the lamp house and the atmosphere through a mazy passage, and a cap (44) fitted onto the cylinder. The outlet (46) of the air-path is so formed as to open in the lower outer circumference of the cylinder (22). Therefore, the cylinder provides for both breathing and water-proofing functions. Rain water can be perfectly blocked from entering the light assembly. And since the dimensions of the water-proof breather only depends upon the outside dimensions of the cylinder, the lighting fitting with the water-proof breather can be installed in a minimum space.







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