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About FL Patents
Some 5 years ago Peter Jones was working on a project to develop a range of quality
recessed down lighters that could compete well in the current market place.
Initial tests showed that the design provided an opportunity to develop an unique range of lights that could maintain and protect the fire rating of the ceiling into which they were fitted.
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Peter Jones at FL Patents' HQ, Bordesley Hall
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It was decided to protect this design by taking out international patents and from this the company name of Firesafe Lights Patents was formed.
Recessed down lighters provide an attractive and efficient form of lighting but the holes cut into a ceiling to fit them considerably reduce the fire rating performance of that ceiling, unless some external form of protection is added to the installation.
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Efficient protection is the problem area. The FL Patents design provides integral fire protection and a credible solution to this problem.
Fire ratings of 0.5, 1.0 ( mandatory for flats and apartments ) and 1.5 Hours have been achieved under rigorous fire tests.
The design has won a UK Government Department of Trade and Industry "Smart Award" for Innovation which has enabled this
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technology to be also applied to larger commercial lights.
The design of the bowl on the domestic light range enables the light to also maintain the acoustic rating of the ceiling, which is of increasing importance to the house building industry.
This development has helped stimulate an awareness internationally that Down Lighter installations must be properly protected for Fire and Sound.
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