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Explosion-proof and firedamp-proof headlight
Assignee: Friemann and Wolf GmbH
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Filing: 1980-03-01
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Granted: 1983-07-05
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Expires: 2000-03-01
Abstract
Abstract The present invention refers to an explosion and/or firedamp proof headlight consisting of a headpiece, a connecting cable, a battery housing provided with a plurality of replaceable accumulators and connecting means for additional electrically operated attachments as measuring instruments, radio communication equipment, etc. To provide an outlet for any desired and interchangeably attachable supplementary, electrically operated equipment, an additional self-regulated safety battery is incorporated in the battery housing and connected with a plug receptacle installed on said housing, so that beside the electric circuit of the accumulators feeding the headlights, there is in the same battery housing an independent safety circuit available for the operation of said additional electrical equipment.
Inventors
- 👤 Karl Grossmann
- 👤 Robert Mullejans
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 14:34
CPC Classifications
F; F21; F21V; F21V33/00; F21V33/0064; F21L; F21L14/00; F21V25/00; F21V25/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
An explosion-proof and firedamp-proof headlamp, e.g. for mines or the like, comprising in combination: a headpiece provided with at least one incandescent lamp; a connecting cable running to said headpiece and including conductors connected to said incandescent lamp; a belt-supported battery housing, said battery housing being formed with a plurality of compartments; a lamp battery replaceable in one of said compartments, said housing being provided with circuitry for connecting the conductors of said cable to said lamp battery; an additional battery having an intrinsically safe output circuit received in another compartment of said housing and electrically isolated from said circuitry and from said cable for supplying energy for an electrically operated unit such as an instrument or radio; and a socket mounted in a wall of said housing and accessible from a location externally thereof, said socket having terminals electrically connected to said additional battery.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
An explosion-proof and firedamp-proof headlamp, e.g. for mines or the like, comprising in combination: a headpiece provided with at least one incandescent lamp; a connecting cable running to said headpiece and including conductors connected to said incandescent lamp; a belt-supported battery housing, said battery housing being formed with a plurality of compartments; a lamp battery replaceable in one of said compartments, said housing being provided with circuitry for connecting the conductors of said cable to said lamp battery; an additional battery having an intrinsically safe output circuit received in another compartment of said housing and electrically isolated from said circuitry and from said cable for supplying energy for an electrically operated unit such as an instrument or radio; and a socket mounted in a wall of said housing and accessible from a location externally thereof, said socket having terminals electrically connected to said additional battery.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
The headlamp defined in claim 1 wherein said additional battery comprises a plurality of cells embedded in a synthetic resin cast in said housing, said output circuit being also embedded in synthetic resin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
60 words
The headlamp defined in claim 6 wherein said circuit has three terminals including a first terminal connected directly to the positive pole of said additional battery, a second terminal connected to the negative pole of said battery through a protective resistance, and a third terminal connected to the negative pole of said additional battery through at least one blocking diode.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The headlamp defined in claim 3, further comprising a switch extending from said housing and operable from the exterior thereof, connected in circuit between said protective resistance and said second terminal of said circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The headlamp defined in claim 3 wherein said housing contains three battery compartments, and a further replaceable battery connectable to said circuitry and said cable.
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