Lighting luminaire which is liquid cooled

Claim 1

A LUMINAIRE ADAPTED TO BE LIQUID-COOLED TO REMOVE HEAT GENERATED BY LIGHT-SOURCES ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED THEREIN, SAID LUMINAIRE COMPRISING: A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AND ELONGATED HOUSING LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED ALONG SAID LUMINAIRE, SAID HOUSING HAVING SPACED LONGITUDINAL SIDE WALLS; A PAIR OF GENERALLY SIMILAR COOLING MEMBERS EACH HAVING A REFLECTING LOWER SURFACE, EACH OF SAID COOLING MEMBERS COMPRISING: A TOP COVER HAVING TWO LONGITUDINAL EDGES, A DEPENDING SIDE WALL AFFIXED TO ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID TOP COVER, AND A SECURING FLANGE AFFIXED TO THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID TOP COVER; SAID SECURING FLANGES AFFIXED TO THE LONGITUDINAL SIDE WALLS OF SAID HOUSING WITH SAID TOP COVERS PROJECTING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY AWAY FROM SAID HOUSING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, AND A PORTION OF EACH LONGITUDINAL SIDE WALL OF SAID HOUSING EXTENDING ABOVE SAID TOP COVERS; END WALLS AFFIXED TO THE ENDS OF SAID COOLING MEMBERS, A BOTTOM LIGHT OPENING DEFINED BY SAID END WALLS AND SAID DEPENDING SIDE WALLS; A SOLID LIGHT-TRANSMITTING CLOSURE MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING SAID LIGHT OPENING; SPACED CONDUIT MEANS AND INTERCONNECTING WEB MEMBERS FORMING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF SAID TOP COVER AND SAID DEPENDING SIDE WALL OF EACH OF SAID COOLING MEMBERS, AN INLET CONDUIT EXTENSION FORMED ON EACH OF SAID TOP COVERS AND EXTENDING INTO SAID HOUSING THROUGH THE PROXIMATE ONE OF THE LONGITUDINAL SIDE WALLS OF SAID HOUSING, SAID INLET CONDUIT EXTENSION HAVING A CONDUIT INLET OPENING FORMED THEREIN WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR THE INGRESS OF COOLING LIQUID INTO SAID COOLING MEMBERS, AN OUTLET CONDUIT EXTENSION FORMED ON EACH OF SAID TOP COVERS AND EXTENDING INTO SAID HOUSING THROUGH THE PROXIMATE ONE OF THE LONGITUDINAL SIDE WALLS OF SAID HOUSING, SAID OUTLET CONDUIT EXTENSION HAVING A CONDUIT OUTLET OPENING FORMED THEREIN WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR THE EGRESS OF COOLING LIQUID FROM SAID COOLING MEMBERS; A COOLING LIQUID SUPPLY CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CONDUIT INLET OPENINGS, SAID SUPPLY CONDUIT MEANS ENTERING INTO SAID HOUSING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF AS THE SAID INLET CONDUIT EXTENSION TO WHICH SAID SUPPLY CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTS; AND A LIQUID RETURN CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CONDUIT OUTLET OPENINGS, SAID RETURN CONDUIT MEANS ENTERING INTO SAID HOUSING FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE THEREOF AS THE SAID OUTLET CONDUIT EXTENSION TO WHICH SAID RETURN CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTS, AND SAID SUPPLY CONDUIT MEANS AND SAID RETURN CONDUIT MEANS ENTERING INTO SAID HOUSING AT LOCATIONS HIGHER THAN SAID TOP COVER.