JP3159000U - Lighting unit and reusable bottle stand decoration using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a reusable bottle stand ornament using a lighting unit, which has a new functional beauty capable of designing an indoor space in a reusable bottle and has practical value. An illumination unit has an inverted conical portion that can correspond to the diameter of an opening of various reusable bottles, and incorporates an electric component that constitutes a battery, a switching mechanism, and an electric circuit of a control base. The unit main body 2 and the light source 4 provided in the lower end part of the hanging wire 3 which extended and suspended the conducting wire of the electrical structural member from the bottom face of the unit main body. The stand accessory 12 inserts the lighting unit 1 into the openings 10 of various reusable bottles to engage and hold the apertures corresponding to the outer positions of the inverted conical portions, and to suspend the suspended wire 3. The light source 4 is disposed in the bottle by being inserted into the reuse bottle 9. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention is suitable for an illumination unit in which, for example, a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as LED) is suspended, and for interior decoration having a new practical value when applied to various reuse bottles using the illumination unit. The present invention relates to a simple lighting unit and a stand decoration for a reuse bottle using the same.

  In recent years, interest in recycling, reducing, and reusing for energy saving and resource saving has increased due to increasing interest in global environmental problems. Recycling refers to recirculation, which means that products that have been commercialized are recycled and used as raw materials for new products. Reduce refers to the suppression or non-use of waste, inefficiency, unnecessary consumption and production in order to reduce environmental impact and waste generation. Reuse means that a product once used is reused as it is or a part with a product is used as it is.

  The inventor has been engaged in creative activities on the theme of reuse, and has studied an effective reuse method for empty bottles that have been used as containers. Among the bottles, especially the bottles for Western liquor, many of which are well-designed, there are examples in which they are used directly as materials for glass crafts and finished into beautiful works. However, in order to produce such works, special skills and equipment are required, and the problem is that anyone cannot easily reuse and enjoy empty bottles that they like.

  The following are known as proposals on the theme of this kind of problem. Patent Document 1 discloses a portable light and a simple lantern that use an empty transparent PET bottle as a means of reusing an empty bottle that has been used as a container as it is and easily exhibiting a decorative effect. Yes.

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a decorative bottle that uses a transparent bottle, covers an upper opening of the bottle with a lid including a lighting unit, and irradiates an object installed inside the bottle with the light of the lighting unit. ing.

JP 2002-83501 A Utility Model Registration No. 3149901

  The portable light and the simple lantern of Patent Document 1 constitute a portable light and a simple lantern by attaching a portable light that is small, lightweight, and convenient for carrying to a bottle whose representative example is a plastic bottle. Yes, the bottle can be reused as it is. However, even if the technique of Patent Document 1 can be applied to a bottle having a specific diameter, it is not applied to various types of bottles having different diameters to increase the value of use. There is no idea or suggestion that can be applied to a range of bottles. A power source, a light source, a lens, and a switch are provided in a portable light attached to the bottle, and can be used as a flashlight without being attached to the bottle, and the bottle is not an essential constituent requirement. In addition, when using as a lantern, a transparent decorative film containing a pattern such as a picture or photograph is attached to the outside of the transparent bottle, and the pattern of the decorative film is illuminated from the back side by the light of the transparent bottle. Therefore, a floating atmosphere is created and the decorativeness is improved, and the design form of the bottle itself is not reused as an ornament.

  The decorative bottle of Patent Document 2 illuminates an object that refracts and reflects the light provided inside the bottle by the light of the lighting unit provided on the lid, and has a glittering decorative effect of the light that is refracted and reflected by the object. It is something to be enjoyed, and the design form of the bottle itself is not reused as an ornament, and Patent Document 2 is not compatible with various bottles with different calibers, as in Patent Document 1, and is still a book. It cannot be said that the problem shown in the idea has been solved.

  The present invention has been developed in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is to give a new functional beauty to the reusable bottle and bring it back to the stand decoration as an interior decoration. It can contribute not only to practical value but also to resource saving, to design a new indoor space and to improve its use value.

  In order to achieve the above object, the device according to claim 1 is a unit main body having an inverted conical portion capable of corresponding to the diameters of the openings of various reuse bottles, a battery, a switching mechanism, a control board, etc. The lighting unit is characterized in that an electric component that constitutes the electric circuit is built in, and a light source is provided at the lower end of the conductor that is hung by extending the conductor of the electric component from the bottom surface of the unit body. It is.

  The invention in claim 2 is an illumination unit having an inverted conical portion suitable for a reuse bottle having an acute tapered surface and having a shape elongated in the height direction.

  The invention in claim 3 is an illumination unit having an inverted conical portion suitable for a reuse bottle having an obtuse angle tapered surface and a flat shape.

  The invention in claim 4 is an illumination unit in which the upper cylindrical portion of the unit body is a rotatable switch portion, and the switch portion can be turned on, blinked, and turned off.

  The invention according to claim 5 is an illumination unit having a light source part which is a light emitting diode having a color such as green.

  Further, in the invention in claim 6, a conducting wire is covered with a resin tube, a wire is inserted into the resin tube together with the conducting wire to constitute a suspended wire, and the suspended wire is provided in an appropriate shape so as to be deformable. It is a lighting unit.

  In the device according to claim 7, the inverted conical portion of the unit main body is inserted into the openings of various transparent or translucent reuse bottles, and is engaged and held at the aperture of the opening corresponding to the outer position of the inverted conical portion. In addition, the hanging wire is inserted into the reused bottle, the light emitting diode at the lower end of the hanging wire is disposed in the bottle, and the illumination in the bottle can be seen from the outside. It is a stand decoration for a reuse bottle using a unit.

  According to the device according to claim 1 or claim 7, it is possible to reliably fit the size of the opening of various reused bottles, and to reliably accommodate the size of various bottles. Therefore, it is possible to select a reuse bottle according to the user's preference without being limited to a specific reuse bottle, and its use value is extremely high. Moreover, since the structure is simple, it can be used for mass production at low cost.

  According to the inventions according to claim 2 and claim 3, the lighting unit is not only a normal bottle but also a transparent or translucent container such as a wide-mouthed bottle or a bottle container. The application is extremely wide.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the switch portion is integrated with the inverted conical portion of the unit main body and can exhibit a simple inverted conical shape without exposing the form of the switch portion to the outside. Without being conspicuous, it has a form like a cork stopper, creating a sense of unity with the bottle, and it is possible to further enhance the functional beauty as interior decoration.

  According to the invention according to claim 5, when the light source is made to emit light using an LED such as green, the unique color of the bottle matches the irradiation light of the LED, and the unique light can be emitted, which is useful as an interior decoration. In particular, it is possible to emit a mysterious light like a firefly, and to contribute to the improvement of design.

  According to the invention according to claim 6, since the suspended wire can be deformed into an appropriate shape, it can be deformed according to the height of various bottles, so that the desired position in the corresponding bottle can be lightly emitted. It can be irradiated and can be freely set by the user as a unique stand.

It is the perspective view which showed an example of embodiment of the illumination unit of this invention. It is a partial notch longitudinal cross-sectional view of the stand decoration tool of the reuse bottle using the illumination unit of FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows that the unit main body of FIG. 1 can respond | correspond to the various diameters of the opening part of a reuse bottle. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the unit main body of FIG. It is an expanded cross-sectional view which shows the structure of the hanging wire of the illumination unit of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram at the time of using the lighting unit of FIG. 1 for a short reuse bottle. It is the side view which showed other embodiment of the illumination unit of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the unit main body of FIG. It is a partially cutaway longitudinal cross-sectional view of the stand decoration tool of the reuse bottle using the illumination unit of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a lighting unit according to the present invention and a stand decoration device for a reuse bottle using the lighting unit will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 show an example of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 7 to 9 show other embodiments of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, an illumination unit 1 includes a unit main body 2, a suspended wire 3 extending from the lower surface of the unit main body 2 and suspended, and an LED light source 4 provided at the lower end of the suspended wire 3. Consists of

  In the figure, the suspended wire 3 is inserted into the reuse bottle 9 through the opening 10, and the LED light source 4 at the lower end of the suspended wire 3 is disposed in the reuse bottle 9. By inserting the inverted conical acute taper surface 8 into the opening 10 of the reuse bottle 9 and engaging and holding it at a position 11 where the outer shape of the reverse conical acute taper surface 8 and the aperture 10 correspond. The reusable bottle stand ornament 12 using the lighting unit can be created. The reuse bottle 9 is not limited to a specific size and shape, and various types of transparent or translucent bottles can be used.

  The reusable bottle stand accessory 12 using the lighting unit has a switch operation unit 6 at the upper end of the unit main body 2, and the LED light source 4 can be turned on, blinked, or turned off by operating this switch unit. . When the LED light source 4 is turned on inside the transparent or translucent reuse bottle 9, the light from the light source passes through the bottle material with a specific color and emits unique transmitted light. When the stand decoration device 12 for the reused bottle using the lighting unit is placed on a side board or a display shelf, and the interior lighting is darkened and turned on, the bottle that is illuminated by the internal LED light source 4 and the bottle are transmitted. With the unique transmitted light, the interior space can be dressed in a fantastic atmosphere. In addition, when the light source is blinked, it is possible to produce an indoor space in an atmosphere different from that when the lamp is lit by emitting a mysterious light as if a firefly is emitting in the bottle.

  The unit main body 2 is formed in an inverted truncated cone shape having an inverted conical acute tapered surface 8 by a synthetic resin material having appropriate elasticity. For this reason, the diameter of the opening of the bottle into which the unit body 2 is inserted is not limited to a specific size, and even if the reused bottle 13 has a large diameter of the opening, the diameter of the opening is small. Even if it is the utilization bottle 14, as shown in FIG. 3, the unit main body 2 and the opening part 10 of a bottle can be reliably engaged and held.

  If it is a bottle that is usually on the market and contains liquid such as liquor, the diameter of the opening is generally within the range of the diameter of the upper end surface and the lower end surface of the unit body 2, so that it has a specific shape and size. Without being limited to this bottle, you can easily create a stand decoration for a reused bottle by reusing a bottle with your favorite shape, pattern, and color. In addition, the inverted truncated cone-shaped unit body 2 having an inverted conical acute angle taper surface looks like a cork stopper when inserted into the opening of the bottle and held in engagement with the opening. This also contributes to the improvement of the design of the reusable bottle stand accessory 12 using the lighting unit as a whole.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the housing of the unit main body 2 is composed of three parts: a switch operating portion 6 at the upper end of the inverted truncated cone, an intermediate main portion 5, and a battery take-out lid 7 at the lower end. It is assembled with male and female mated together. In this fitting, the fitting between the switch operating portion 6 and the main portion 5 is performed by changing the fitting convex portion 15 provided on the end face of the switch operating portion 6 into the fitting concave portion 16 provided on the upper end face of the main portion 5. It is performed by fitting in a rotatable manner. Further, the battery take-out lid 7 and the main portion 5 can be fitted in such a manner that the fitting convex portion 17 provided on the end surface of the battery take-out lid 7 is detachable from the fitting concave portion 18 provided on the lower end surface of the main portion 5. This is done by fitting.

  In the casing of the unit main body 2, an electric component 20 such as a battery 19 as a power source, a switching mechanism, and a control board is provided. The type of the battery 19 is not limited to the dry battery shown in FIG. 4 and may be a button type battery.

  A switch operation unit 6 is provided at the upper end of the unit body 2, and the switching unit built in the unit body 2 is operated by turning the switch operation unit 6 to turn on, blink, and turn off the LED light source 4. You can choose.

  The battery take-out lid 7 is detachably fitted to the main portion 5, but the fitting convex portion 17 provided on the end surface of the battery take-out lid 7 is mainly used by utilizing the elasticity of the synthetic resin material as both materials. Since the fitting recess 18 provided on the lower end surface of the portion 5 is fitted so as to generate a slight frictional resistance, the battery take-out lid 7 does not fall off from the main portion 5 naturally. In order to replace the battery 19, it is necessary to pull out the battery removal cover 7 from the main portion 5 against the frictional resistance. A small hole 21 is opened at the center of the bottom surface of the battery take-out lid 7 in order to extend and suspend the suspended wire 3.

  The hanging wire 3 is a small hole 21 that is opened from the electric component member 20 provided inside the unit body 2 to the center of the bottom surface of the battery take-out lid 7 that is detachably fitted to the lower end of the unit body. The LED light source 4 is provided at the lower end of the unit body.

  In order to fully exhibit the beauty as a stand decoration for a reused bottle, the light emission position inside the bottle of the LED light source 4 is an important element, and the bottle used in comparison with the length of the suspended wire 3 is used. When the height is low, the LED light source 4 at the lower end reaches the bottom of the bottle, so that sufficient aesthetics cannot be exhibited. Therefore, in order to be able to use the lighting unit 1 for a favorite bottle without being limited to a specific size bottle, the length of the hanging wire 3 is made sufficiently long and the structure of the hanging wire 3 is The distance L between the bottom surface of the unit body 2 and the LED light source 4 can be arbitrarily adjusted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the suspended wire 3 has a structure in which a conductive wire 22 and a wire 23 are covered together with a resin tube 24. Since the wire 23 can be easily plastically deformed by applying an external force, for example, even when the lighting unit 1 is inserted into a short reuse bottle 25 as shown in FIG. The position of the LED light source 4 in the bottle is adjusted according to the user's preference by adjusting the distance L between the unit main body 2 and the LED light source 4 by bending the wire 3 with a finger and freely deforming it into an appropriate shape. It can be set and held at a height. In addition, the hanging wire 3 can be appropriately adjusted in accordance with the distance L between the bottom surface of the unit body 2 and the LED light source 4 by forming a coil spring shape.

  An LED having a color such as green was used as the light source at the lower end of the suspended wire 3 in order to contribute more to the improvement of the design by emitting a mysterious light such as fireflies. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when white light is suitable in relation to the color of the reuse bin, it is natural to use white light having no color. Moreover, using LED as a light source is an example, and even if it uses small light bulbs, such as a miniature light bulb and a wheat ball, as a light source instead of LED, the same effect is acquired and it does not interfere.

  The embodiment in the case where the reuse bottle is a liquid storage container has been described above. A bottle as a liquid storage container generally has a neck that is thinner than the main body at the top of the main body, the tip of the neck is an opening, and the aperture has a relatively small diameter. On the other hand, bottles for storing high-viscosity contents such as jam and honey are wide-mouthed bottles whose aperture diameter is not significantly different from the diameter of the main body, and are low in height and flat. There are many. Therefore, the unit main body 2 designed so as to be adapted to the bottle for storing the liquid is not suitable for these flat bottles.

  Therefore, the lighting unit 26 designed to be adapted to a reuse bottle having a flat form for jam, honey and the like will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, the illumination unit 26 also has a unit body 27, a suspended wire 28 that extends from the lower surface of the unit body 27, and the lower end of the suspended wire 28, as with the illumination unit 1. And an LED light source 29 provided with a portion.

  The unit body 27 is also formed of a synthetic resin material having appropriate elasticity, and is the same as the unit body 2 in that it has an inverted truncated cone shape. However, in the case of the lighting unit 1, the shape of the unit body 2 is an inverted frustoconical shape having an inverted conical acute taper surface 8 so as to be compatible with a bottle having a relatively small opening that is a liquid storage container. On the other hand, in the case of the lighting unit 26, in order to adapt to a reuse bottle having a flat shape with a large opening, the shape of the unit main body 27 is an inverted truncated cone shape having an inverted conical obtuse angle tapered surface 33, The height of the unit main body 27 is also made much lower than that of the unit main body 2 to form a flat shape.

  The reason why the unit main body 27 has the flat shape as described above is that it is possible to engage with bottles having flat shapes of various calibers by means of the inverted conical obtuse taper surface 33, and the flat shape is usually large in opening. This is because the cork stopper for the bottle has a flat shape. By forming the unit main body 27 in a flat form, when a stand decoration device for a reuse bottle is configured in combination with a bottle having a large flat opening, it looks as if the bottle has a cork stopper. It can contribute to the improvement of the designability as.

  The housing of the unit main body 27 includes a switch operation unit 31 at the upper end of the inverted truncated cone, an intermediate main unit 30, and a battery removal cover 32 on the lower surface. The switch operation portion 31 and the main portion 30 are fitted so as to be rotatable. In this fitting, the outer flange portion 34 of the switch operation portion 31 is folded 35 inside the lower surface, and further bent downward. This is done by fitting the projecting arc-shaped convex portion 36 and the upper inner side surface 37 of the frame 30. In addition, the battery take-out lid 32 and the main portion 30 are fitted to each other in such a manner that a protrusion 39 provided on the outer peripheral edge 38 of the battery take-out lid 32 is detachably locked in a circular hole 40 provided in the lower surface of the main portion 30. Is done.

  Inside the casing of the unit main body 27, a battery 41 as a power source, an electrical component member 42 such as a switching mechanism and a control board are provided. Since the unit main body 27 has a flat shape, unlike the unit main body 2, the battery 41 is housed inside the unit main body 27 in a state where the battery 41 is not in a standing state but in a horizontal state. The type of the battery is not limited to the dry battery as in the case of the unit body 2.

  Similarly to the unit main body 2, the unit main body 27 also operates the switching mechanism built in the unit main body 27 by rotating the switch operation unit 31 to operate the LED light source 29 to be turned on, blinking, and turned off.

  The battery take-out lid 32 is detachably locked to the main portion 30, but a protrusion 39 provided on the outer peripheral edge 38 of the battery take-out lid 32 is framed by utilizing the elasticity of the synthetic resin material that is the material of both. Since it is locked in the circular hole 40 provided on the lower surface of the body 30, the battery take-out lid 32 does not fall off from the main part 30 naturally. In order to replace the battery 41 as the power source, it is necessary to press and deform the protrusion 39 to release the lock. A small hole 43 is opened at the center of the bottom surface of the battery removal lid 32 in order to extend and suspend the suspended wire rod.

  The structure of the suspended wire rod 28 is the same as the structure of the suspended wire rod 3, and even when applied to a reuse bottle 44 having a flat shape with a low height, as shown in the longitudinal sectional view of FIG. By adjusting the distance L between the unit main body 27 and the LED light source 29 by plastically deforming the suspended wire rod 28, the position of the LED light source 29 in the bottle is set to the height desired by the user. Can be held.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Illumination unit of example of embodiment 2 Unit main body of example of embodiment 3, 28 Hanging wire material 4, 29 LED (light emitting diode) light source 5 Main part 6 Switch operation part, 25
7 Battery removal lid, 26
8 Acute angle taper surface of reverse cone part 9 Reuse bottle 10 Reuse bottle opening part 11 Engagement part of unit main body and reuse bottle opening part 12 Illumination unit of an example of embodiment and reuse bottle using the same Stand decoration tool 13 Large-diameter reusable bottle 14 Small-diameter reusable bottle 19, 41 Battery 20, 42 Electrical component 21 Small hole in battery take-out lid 22 Conductor 23 Wire 24 Resin tube 25 Short reusable bottle 26 Others Illumination unit of embodiment 27 Unit main body 30 of other embodiment 30 Main part 31 Switch operation part 32 Battery take-out lid 33 Reverse cone-shaped obtuse angle tapered surface 43 Small hole in battery take-out cover 44 Flat shape reuse bottle 45 Other Illumination unit of embodiment and stand decoration device of reuse bottle using the same L Between bottom surface of unit main body and LED light source distance

Claims (7)

  A unit main body having an inverted conical portion that can correspond to the diameters of the openings of various reuse bottles, and an electric component that constitutes an electric circuit such as a battery, a switching mechanism, and a control board are incorporated in the unit main body. An illumination unit, characterized in that a light source is provided at a lower end portion of a conducting wire in which a conducting wire of a constituent member extends from a bottom surface of the unit main body and is suspended.   The lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the inverted conical portion has an acute taper surface and is suitable for a reuse bottle having a shape elongated in the height direction.   The lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the inverted conical portion has an obtuse angle tapered surface and is suitable for a reuse bottle having a flat shape.   The lighting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an upper cylindrical portion of the unit main body is a rotatable switch portion, and the switch portion can be turned on, blinked, and turned off.   The lighting unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the light source unit is a light emitting diode having a color such as green.   The lead wire is covered with a resin tube, a wire is inserted into the resin tube together with the lead wire to form a suspended wire, and the suspended wire is provided in an appropriate shape so as to be deformable. The lighting unit according to any one of the preceding claims.   The reverse cone part of the unit body is inserted into the opening part of the transparent or translucent reuse bottle and engaged with the opening part corresponding to the reverse cone part, and the suspended wire is inserted into the reuse bottle. A reusable bottle stand ornament using a lighting unit, wherein the light emitting diode at the lower end of the suspended wire is irradiated in the bottle.

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