Bayonet-fitting lamp bulb holder

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EP 0 908 982 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/03

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	14.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/15

(21)	Application number: 98308009.4

(22)	Date of filing: 01.10.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01R 33/46, H01R 13/453

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

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Priority:

07.10.1997 GB 9721114

(71)	Applicant: Light Years Ahead IPR Limited
	Stapleford, Cambridge CB2 5DZ (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Burn, Michael Woodbridge, Suffolk IP13 6LT (GB)

(74)	Representative: McNeight, David Leslie et al
	McNeight & Lawrence Regent House Heaton Lane Stockport Cheshire SK4 1BS Stockport Cheshire SK4 1BS (GB)

(54)	Bayonet-fitting lamp bulb holder

(57) There is disclosed a bayonet-fitting bulb holder (11) having an apertured cover plate (12) which is capable of axial and rotational movement in the bulb socket (13) and which is so moved on insertion of a bulb (14) into the socket so as to align apertures (15) with sprung contact pins (16) of the holder (11) to allow contact thereof with the bulb terminals (17) when the bulb (14) is locked home in the bayonet fitting, and which is moved in reverse on removal of the bulb (14) to conceal the contact pins (16) beneath the cover plate (12).

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