Field bendable line voltage track lighting system
View Patent ↗A bendable line voltage track lighting system includes a track having a conductor subassembly and first and second bendable sheaths that engage the conductor subassembly. The conductor subassembly includes first and second insulators that receive first and second bus-bars, respectively, and a compression gasket for biasing the two insulators into engagement with guide grooves in the bendable sheaths. Power is fed to the track by power connectors that engage the bus-bars contained within the conductor subassembly. Light fixtures are powered by making electrical contact with the bus-bars of the conductor subassembly.
1. A line voltage track lighting system comprising:
a bendable track having first and second conductors, at least one of the first and the second conductors generally aligned with a longitudinal axis passing through a center of the track, the first conductor having a first vertical position, and the second conductor having a second vertical position;
a power feed for supplying line voltage to said first and second conductors; and
a light fixture attached to said first and second conductors of said bendable track.
2. A track for a line voltage track lighting system comprising:
a conductor subassembly;
a first bendable sheath for slidably engaging a first portion of said conductor subassembly; and
a second bendable sheath for slidably engaging a second portion of said conductor subassembly.
3. The track of claim 2 wherein said conductor subassembly includes an insulator structure for receiving first and second bus-bars.
4. The track of claim 3 wherein said insulator structure includes first and second insulators for receiving said first and second bus-bars, respectively.
5. The track of claim 4 wherein said first and second insulators together form first and second sheath engaging structures.
6. The track of claim 5 wherein said first and second sheaths define first and second guide grooves for slidably engaging said first and second sheath engaging structures.
7. The track of claim 6 wherein said first and second sheath engaging structures are dovetails.
8. The track of claim 4 wherein said first and second insulators define first and second slots, respectively, for receiving said first and second bus-bars, respectively.
9. The track of claim 8 wherein said first slot has a first depth and said second slot has a second depth different from said first depth.
10. A track for a line voltage track lighting system comprising:
first and second conductors at least partially enclosed by insulative material, at least one of the first and the second conductors generally aligned with a longitudinal axis passing through a center of the track, the first conductor having a first vertical position, and the second conductor having a second vertical position;
said insulative materials defining first and second slots;
said first and second slots providing access to said first and second conductors, respectively, such that a light fixture may be connected to and powered by said track;
wherein said track is hand bendable.