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Abstract

A screw socket for use as a part of a lighting device such as a table or floor lamp or a ceiling or wall fixture. The screw socket includes a synthetic plastic screw husk having several new features, namely, (a) two one-piece metal strips, each of which at one end is formed into a contact for the screw thread base of a lamp and at the other end is formed into a push-type power termination for connection to the bare core of a sheathed electric conductor, each strip further including anchoring means, and additionally comprising locating means to inhibit twisting of the strip, (b) a hickey including a longitudinally gapped threaded nipple formed in one piece with an offset footed pedestal, (c) raised wiring bosses containing the push-type power terminations, and (d) alternately, instead of or in addition to the anchoring means and the locating means in one piece with each strip, a wedging means to accomplish the same functions.

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First Claim