CN101847529B - Switch - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a switch, including a main body (1) which is rectangular and installed to an installing surface such as a wall; a handle (2) which is an operation part arranged on the front surface of the main body and is pivoted according to pushing; a reversion handle (10) which turns on and off power supply from an electric power source to a load according to the pivoting movement of the reversion handle (10); and a phosphorescent light emitting member (3) which is made of phosphorescent light emitting materials, is in a rectangular figure and covers all of lateral surfaces besides the front surface of the operation part. Therefore, the visibility and the operability are improved in dark without reducing the elegant appearance of the indoor switch.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of switch, it is included in the position indicator at dark place.
Background technology
Usually, have a kind of switch, it be used for to be opened or closes from power supply to the supply of electric power such as the electric power apparatus of luminaire.Known switch comprises: the handle that is used for switching On/Off; Be formed on the display window in the handle; Make and insert lens in the display window by transparent resin material; With the neon lamp that is positioned at handle, this neon lamp is lighted when supply of electric power disconnects.By using this switch, the light that sends by means of the lens from neon lamp transmission display window, (for example in night indoor) visually identifies the position of the switch of luminaire so that might be at the dark place.Therefore, at the dark place, becoming is easy to seek the position of switch.Yet there is the shortcoming of economy in such switch, namely need to consume stand-by power supply and be used for keeping the lasting luminous of neon lamp when the electric power that is supplied to luminaire disconnects.In addition, also there is another shortcoming in such switch, namely needs neon lamp and its lighting circuit, causes increase and the higher manufacturing cost of needs of component count.
In view of above-mentioned shortcoming, Japanese Patent Publication application No.2001-67968 (patent documentation) discloses a kind of switch, it has the phosphorescent member that contains phosphorescent pigment and be used for holding light (hereinafter, be called " phosphorescent member "), replace the neon lamp in the display window of handle.Here, phosphorescent pigment has the endergonic feature by accepting from the light stimulus of daylight or phosphorescent lamp, and then the energy that wherein absorbs of conversion is visible light, and in the certain hour of receiving light stimulus, continue luminous.Therefore, the position of switch can be identified visibly, even because phosphorescent member also can be luminous at the dark place.In addition, phosphorescent pigment does not need electric energy luminous, so it consumes stand-by power supply unlike neon lamp.In addition, do not need to provide neon lamp and its illuminating circuit, this has reduced the number of assembly and has reduced manufacturing cost.
Yet in the common example of this class, because phosphorescent member is arranged in the display window of handle, only the part of the front surface of handle can be luminous, therefore is difficult to guarantee the external shape that enough visibility is arranged at the dark place and identify handle.Therefore, existence is in the worry of dark place console switch difficult.On the other hand, in the common example of this class, also disclose another feature, the nameplate that wherein covers the handle front surface is formed by the phosphorescent member that comprises phosphorescent pigment, and luminous from the whole front surface of handle.In such structure, can obtain enough visibility at the dark place in order to identify the external shape of handle.Yet, because luminous from the whole front surface of handle, become too outstanding, can cause the reduction of indoor graceful outward appearance.
Summary of the invention
In view of the above, the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of switch, it can obtain high-visibility and improve operability under the prerequisite that does not reduce indoor graceful outward appearance at the dark place.
In order to realize above-mentioned purpose, according to one embodiment of present invention, switch preferably includes:
Be installed in lip-deep main body is installed;
Be located at the operation part at the front surface place of main body, this operation part pivots according to push operation;
The switching mechanism part, it is according to the pivoting action of operation part and the supply of electric power of opening and closing from power supply to load; With
The phosphorescent member of being made by phosphorescing materia, wherein phosphorescent member is located at least one of each side surface except front surface of operation part.Compare with the situation that covers the whole front surface of operation part with phosphorescent member, operation part is not given prominence to (conspicuous) so at the dark place.In addition, compare with the situation on the part of the front surface that phosphorescent member only is arranged on operation part, more easy to identify at the profile of dark place operation part.Therefore, need not reduce indoor graceful outward appearance and just can improve in the visibility at dark place, thereby can obtain higher operability.
Preferably, the position indicating section made from phosphorescing materia is located at the position that will be pushed in the front surface of operation part.Because the position indicating section is luminous, the position of the operation part that be pushed can easily visually be identified.Therefore, the visibility at the dark place further improves bringing higher operability.
Phosphorescent member preferably is located on all side surfaces except front surface of operation part.Because all side surfaces of operation part are all luminous, the profile of operation part can visually be identified.Therefore the visibility at the dark place can improve, thereby improves its operability.
Preferably, operation part is made of the key handle, and an end of key handle is by body supports, and the other end is pivoted by promoting operation, and phosphorescent member is located on the side surface of the described other end.Because phosphorescent member is located on the side surface of the end that the quilt of key handle pivots, phosphorescent member is exposed to the front side of operation part and stably absorbs light.Therefore, phosphorescent member can be stably luminous at the dark place.
Preferably, decorative panel is connected to the front side of main body, and an opening passes decorative panel and forms in order to center on the periphery of functional unit.Here, phosphorescent member is configured such that at least a portion of phosphorescent member is from being exposed to the outside between operation part and the decorative panel.Because at least a portion of phosphorescent member always is exposed to the front side of operation part and irrelevant with the pivoting action of operation part, phosphorescent member is allowed to stably absorb light.Therefore, phosphorescent member can be stably luminous at the dark place.
On the inner rim of the decorative panel of open side, preferably have with phosphorescing materia and make and around the framework of the periphery of operation part.Because framing component is luminous and around the neighboring of operation part, the profile of operation part can be identified visibly at the dark place.Therefore, improve better to bring higher operability in the visibility at dark place.
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Fig. 1 is the decomposition diagram that shows according to switch the first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the overall perspective of above-mentioned switch;
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the views that shows the phosphorescent element structure of above-mentioned switch, wherein Fig. 3 A is the cutaway view that shows the major part of the anterior phosphorescent member that is exposed to the outside, and Fig. 3 B is the cutaway view that shows the major part of the anterior phosphorescent member that is covered by handle;
Fig. 4 shows that phosphorescent member is arranged on the decomposition diagram of the structure in the decorative panel of above-mentioned switch; With
Fig. 5 A and 5B are the views of the second embodiment of switch in showing according to the present invention, and wherein Fig. 5 A is the overall perspective of switch except installation frame and decorative panel, and Fig. 5 B is the decomposition diagram of handle and phosphorescent member.
Embodiment
(the first embodiment)
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of switch in explaining with reference to the accompanying drawings according to the present invention.Now, in following explanation, the direction up and down among Fig. 1 is defined as forward and backward directions.As shown in Figure 1, the band switch of this embodiment comprises: main body 1, and it has rectangular shape substantially and embeds in the installed surface of wall for example; Handle 2, it is located at the front surface place of main body 1 and as operation part, it is pivoted by promoting operation; Counter-rotating handle 10, its promotion according to handle 2 operates and is pivoted; Switching mechanism part (not shown), it is according to the supply of electric power of pivoting action opening and closing from power supply to load of counter-rotating handle; With phosphorescent member 3, it is made by phosphorescing materia.
The handle 2 of being made by synthetic resin has: main part 20, and it has the smooth box shape that rear side is opened; With flange 21, the leading section of itself and main part 20 is whole to be formed and stretches out.The part at about center of the long side in the front surface of handle 2 has the slit 22 that is roughly rectangular shape and passes handle 2 formation in forward and backward directions.A pair of each opposite side surfaces place with main part 20 that the conjugate foramen (20a, 20a) that is roughly rectangular shape is positioned at longitudinal extension, wherein each conjugate foramen 20a engages with the re-spective engagement pawl 30 of phosphorescent member 3 hereinafter described.
Phosphorescent member 3 usefulness are held the resin molded of light phosphorus and are formed such as containing, and phosphorus has strontium aluminate as mother crystal.Phosphorescent member 3 forms the framework that is approximately rectangle, and it covers all side surfaces except main part 20 front surfaces.In addition, phosphorescent member 3 has the elongate rib 31 that is roughly rectangular shape, and in the part corresponding with the slit 22 of handle 2, elongate rib 31 is outstanding and form with framework is whole forward.This rib 31 is corresponding to the position indicating section.Pair of engaging pawl (30,30) is located at each opposed inner surfaces place of the phosphorescent member 3 of longitudinal extension, and wherein each engaging claw 30 engages with the re-spective engagement hole 20a of handle 2.Insert by the rib 31 with phosphorescent member 3 in the slit 22 of handles 2 and engaging claw 30 is engaged with corresponding conjugate foramen 20a, phosphorescent member 3 is connected to handle 2.
When phosphorescent member 3 was connected to handle 2, rib 31 was given prominence to forward and is passed the front surface that slit 22 surpasses handle 2.In addition, rib 31 integrally forms with phosphorescent member 3.Therefore, when handle 2 was pushed, because rib 31 is luminous, the position of the handle 2 that be pushed can easily be identified visibly.Therefore, bring higher operability further improvement of the visibility at dark place.In addition, in this embodiment, because rib 31 is given prominence to forward the front surface that exceeds handle 2, the position of the handle 2 that be pushed can also more easily be identified by touching rib 31.
Simultaneously, when phosphorescent member 3 was configured to make its leading section to be covered by the flange 21 of handle 2, an end of the phosphorescent member 3 that raises forward was exposed to outside (referring to Fig. 2).On the other hand, the other end of the phosphorescent member 3 that descends is backward covered by the flange 21 of handle 2 and decorative panel 5, thereby has stoped light to be absorbed (Fig. 3 B) by this other end of phosphorescent member 3.
For this reason, in this embodiment, thereby the leading section of phosphorescent member 3 is thin its width of cone along with it narrows down forward gradually from the rear portion to the front portion in its whole periphery.As mentioned above, the thin part of this cone is exposed to the outside between the interior week of the opening 50 of the outer thoughtful decorative panel 5 of handle 2.On the other hand, the side surface of the periphery of handle 2 forms with receding, with corresponding to the leading section of the thin phosphorescent member 3 of inner cone.Therefore, even when an end of phosphorescent member 3 reduces backward, light is from entering the end of phosphorescent member 3 between the interior week of the opening 50 of the periphery of handle 2 and decorative panel 5, and as shown in Figure 3A, therefore phosphorescent member 3 is allowed to absorb luminous energy.So because at least a portion of phosphorescent member 3 always is exposed to the front side of handle 2 and irrelevant with the pivoting action of handle 2, phosphorescent member 3 can stably absorb light, thereby make it can be stably luminous at the dark place.
As mentioned above, because phosphorescent member 3 is configured to cover all side surfaces except the front surface of the main part 20 of handle 2, compare with the situation that covers the whole front surface of handles 2 with phosphorescent member 3, handle 2 is more outstanding at the dark place.In addition, compare with the situation of the part of the front surface that phosphorescent member 3 only is located at handle 2, it can more easily identify the profile of handle 2 at the dark place.Therefore, need not reduce indoor graceful outward appearance in order to obtain higher operability, the visibility at the dark place just is enhanced.
Be pointed out that, in this embodiment, although be set as all side surfaces that cover except the front surface of the main part 20 of handle 2, phosphorescent member 3 also can form in the side surface that covers except front surface at least any one.Even in this case, compare with traditional structure, becoming at the profile of dark place handle 2 is easy to identification.
This embodiment is configured to phosphorescent member 3 is connected to handle 2, but also can use another structure.That is to say, as shown in Figure 4, in open side on the interior week at decorative panel 5, from the front surface of decorative panel 5 recessed formation step part 50a backward.Secondly, can in step part 50a framing component 6 be set, it is used the material identical with phosphorescent member 3 to make and has substantially identical with a step part 50a shape.In this case, because framing component 6 is luminous with the periphery around handle 2, the profile of handle 2 can be identified at the dark place, thereby so that improves visibility to bring higher operability at the dark place.
(the second embodiment)
Hereinafter, the second embodiment of switch during row is explained according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.Now, in following explanation, the direction up and down among Fig. 5 A is defined as forward and backward directions.Shown in Fig. 5 A, this embodiment is configured to so-called key joystick type switch, and it has an end and supports the key handle 7 that the other end pivots by promoting operation by main body 1, phosphorescent member 3 ' the be located at pivot side of key handle 7.
The about centre in rear surface of the lateral parts 71 of key handle 7 in a longitudinal direction is provided with the hinge fraction (not shown), and the interior shaft portion (not shown) of front surface that is located at main body 1 hingedly is connected to this hinge fraction.Along with hinge fraction hingedly is connected to shaft portion, key handle 7 is pivotably connected to the front surface of main body 1.In vertical side surface part office of the main part 70 opposite with lateral parts 71, be provided with a pair of keeper 70a that protrudes backward.By this being inserted keeper 70a among the patchhole 1a that is roughly rectangular shape in the front surface that is located at main body 1, when key handle 7 pivots away from main body 1, the top end of each keeper 70a is locked to the circumferential edges of corresponding patchhole 1a, thereby stops leaving of key handle 7.
When the main part 70 of the key handle 7 that is connected to main body 1 is pushed, hinge fraction and shaft portion allow pivotally motion of key handle 7 as fulcrum, and the protuberance (not shown) that protrudes from the rear surface of main part 70 like this can promote to be contained in the console switch (not shown) of the switching mechanism part (not shown) in the main body 1.By such structure, the switching mechanism part operates its contact position that alternately reverses according to the promotion of console switch.Because such switching mechanism of key joystick type switch in this embodiment partly is generally called optical imaging, detailed description wherein will be omitted.
Now, the side surface part office of the front surface of main body 1 in a longitudinal direction has flexible spring leaf (not shown) and main body 1 and integrally forms, and wherein the rear end of spring leaf is connected to main body 1 and its leading section protrudes forward.When the main part 70 of key handle 7 was pushed, spring leaf was pushed by main part 70 and compresses to main body 1.When the thrust of the main part 70 of key handle 7 removed, key handle 7 was by the biasing force forward recovery of spring leaf.
As mentioned above, because phosphorescent member 3 ' be located at the side of will be pivoted (being pushed) of key handle 7, phosphorescent member 3 ' always be exposed to the front side (i.e. the outside) of key handle 7, thus so that can stablize to get absorption light.Therefore, this is so that phosphorescent member is stably luminous at the dark place.
Claims (6)
1. switch comprises:
Be installed in the main body that the surface is installed;
Be located at the operation part at the front surface place of main body, this operation part is pivoted according to promoting operation;
The switching mechanism part, it is according to the pivoting action of operation part and the supply of electric power of opening and closing from power supply to load; With
The phosphorescent member of being made by phosphorescing materia, wherein
Described phosphorescent member is arranged at least one side surface except front surface of operation part.
2. switch according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the position indicating section of being made by phosphorescing materia is located at the position that will be pushed in the front surface of operation part.
3. switch according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, phosphorescent member is arranged on all side surfaces of operation part.
4. switch according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, operation part is constructed to the key handle, and an end of key handle passes through body supports, the other end is by promoting operation and pivoted, and wherein phosphorescent member is arranged on the side surface of the described other end of operation part.
5. switch according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, main body has decorative panel, decorative panel has the opening that forms around the periphery of operation part, decorative panel is connected to the front surface of main body, and wherein phosphorescent member is configured such that at least a portion of phosphorescent member comes out between operation part and decorative panel.
6. switch according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, the framing component of being made by phosphorescing materia is located in the periphery of opening of decorative panel, with the periphery edge around operation part.
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