Lightbulb socket

Abstract: A hand tool comprising an elongated metal member is disclosed with a central portion comprising a handle, one end of said tool being for cleaning a lightbulb socket and having radially extending brushes with abrasive means on the end of the member adjacent the brushes for cleaning the base contact of a socket while the brush means cleans the threaded side walls of the socket and the other end of the tool comprising a lightbulb base removal tool including a tapered conical member with radial flanges and end flanges insertable in a lightbulb base for gripping and removing the base from a socket.

Abstract: A shock proof electrical lightbulb socket which generally includes a body, a positive terminal and a negative terminal mounted on the body for electrical connection to an electrical power line, and a lightbulb receiver mounted within the body having an open top and a closed bottom for receiving the end of a lightbulb. The lightbulb receiver includes an internally threaded open ended electrically conductive shell adapted to contact the conductive sleeve of the lightbulb and the negative terminal, and a base contact at the bottom of the receiver which is adapted to contact the bottom contact of the lightbulb and the positive terminal. The shell and bottom contacts are normally spaced from the respective terminals when a lightbulb is not fully screwed into the receiver. In one embodiment the socket includes a circuit completion mechanism movably mounted between the receiver and the body of the socket for establishing a circuit only in response to the insertion of a lightbulb into the receiver to move the circuit completion mechanism. In another embodiment, the interior of the body and the outside of the receiver have mating threads formed thereon so that the receiver can be threadably reciprocably moved relative to the body. The circuit can be completed only by threadably moving the contacts of the receiver to contact the terminals by rotating the lightbulb. In still another embodiment, the base contact is secured to the body, and the lightbulb receiver is mounted for reciprocal movement within the body relative to the body and base. The lightbulb receiver has downwardly extending portions which are adapted to engage terminals mounted below the base contact. As the lightbulb is screwed into the receiver, the receiver is moved outwardly relative to the socket thereby causing completion of the circuit.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved apparatus to very rapidly install a lightbulb socket assembly within the housing of a recessed lighting fixture. Through the present invention, the lightbulb socket assembly is removed from the housing fixture during shipment so that it will not be damaged and when the fixture is ready to be installed, the present invention permits the socket assembly to be very rapidly installed and affixed to the base plate of the lightbulb housing.

Abstract: A pest control lighting device having a connector capable of electrically connecting to a common lightbulb socket or electrical outlet. The pest control lighting device includes one or more light sources in electrical connection with the connector. The pest control lighting device may include an inner module capable of holding one or more pest control materials, such as an insect repellent. The pest control lighting device may further include sound emitting components that may be capable of emitting an ultrasonic sound.