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2. Tensor lamp - Wikipedia

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   A Tensor lamp is a trademarked brand of small high-intensity low-voltage desk lamp invented by Jay Monroe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The lamp was mainly popular during the 1960s and 1970s. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The lamp was originally used by doctors and dentists, and later became more widely used. [ 5 ]

3. Lampette - Wikipedia

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   The miniature 12-volt DC automotive-type #93 lightbulb utilized by Tensor, Lampette, and other designers of similar products, are smaller than the standard household 110/220-volt AC incandescent light bulb but produced more lumens in a smaller area, so that the lamp bulbs burn out at an increased rate. While standard bulbs last around 1,000 ...

4. Lightbulb socket - Wikipedia

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   A lightbulb socket, lightbulb holder, light socket, lamp socket or lamp holder is a device which mechanically supports and provides electrical connections for a compatible electric lamp base. [1] Sockets allow lamps to be safely and conveniently replaced (re-lamping).

5. Tizio - Wikipedia

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   A Tizio desk lamp. Tizio is a desk lamp created by Richard Sapper for Artemide in 1972. [1] It was selected for the Compasso d'Oro industrial design award in 1979. An item of it is part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art [2] and of the Museum of Modern Art.

6. Bi-pin lamp base - Wikipedia

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   The suffix after the G indicates the pin spread; the G dates to the use of Glass for the original bulbs. GU usually also indicates that the lamp provides a mechanism for physical support by the luminaire: in some cases, each pin has a short section of larger diameter at the end (sometimes described as a "peg" rather than a "pin" [2]); the socket allows the bulb to lock into place by twisting ...

7. Battery holder - Wikipedia

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   By the 1920s, battery holders used twin metal clips (like fuse holders) to hold the battery in place while making electrical contact. Patent no. 1439429 was granted in Dec. 1922 for an assembly with two spring arm clips, a small switch, and a lamp assembly on the end of connected wires.