Reversible snap fixing device for a lighting apparatus to be encased in a support panel such as a false ceiling

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EP 0 840 060 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	31.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/13

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/19

(21)	Application number: 97830535.7

(22)	Date of filing: 23.10.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: F21V 21/04

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV RO SI

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Priority:

05.11.1996 IT FI960260

(71)	Applicant: TARGETTI SANKEY S.p.A.
	I-50145 Firenze (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Targetti, Paolo 50100 Firenze (IT)

(74)	Representative: Bardini, Marco Luigi et al
	c/o Società Italiana Brevetti S.p.A. Corso dei Tintori, 25 50122 Firenze 50122 Firenze (IT)

(54)	Reversible snap fixing device for a lighting apparatus to be encased in a support panel such as a false ceiling

(57) A snap fixing device which allows easy and rapid mounting and removal of a lighting apparatus to be encased with a false ceiling or a similar panel. The device comprises an elongated laminar element (7) made of a resilient material and substantially bent to a V-shape, with one end pivotally connected with the apparatus body (1) and the other end bent, said element being slidingly engaged in a slot (10) of the body (1). A projecting part (11) is provided near the bent end (9a), whereas an abutment block (12) is placed at the bending point of the laminar element (7). To fasten the apparatus when it is mounted, element (7) must slide into slot 10 until the projecting part (11) is tripped and abuts on body (1) and the laminar element bows, thus transmitting the fastening force to panel (3) through the abutment block (12).

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