CN107420773B

CN107420773B - Plug structure of lamp tube

Info

Publication number: CN107420773B
Application number: CN201710765765.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 潘朝
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-08-30
Filing date: 2017-08-30
Publication date: 2020-05-22
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-30
Also published as: CN107420773A

Abstract

The invention discloses a plug structure of a lamp tube, which comprises a tube body, an LED light source structure and a plug structure sleeved at the end openings of two ends of the tube body, wherein the plug structure comprises a plug end cover and a end tube fixed on the plug end cover in a clamping connection mode, the end tube is arranged in a tubular structure and sleeved on the end opening of the tube body, and a plurality of elastic clamping claws which are inclined towards the center and arranged in an arc shape are extended from the edge of the end tube towards the inside of the plug end cover so as to clamp and fix the elastic clamping claws on the. The plug structure is arranged in a split structure, the end tube and the plug end cover are mutually clamped and fixed through the clamping block and the clamping groove, and the plug structure is convenient and quick to mount and dismount, high in production efficiency, low in production cost and environment-friendly; simultaneously along with the body slip-in end section of thick bamboo in the time thereby the mutual extrusion effort between body and the elasticity jack catch constantly increases makes the body centre gripping fix in the elasticity jack catch and then make the body inlay establish and fix in the end cap structure, novel in design and unique, the installation is dismantled conveniently, the practicality is strong, durable.

Description

Plug structure of lamp tube

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of illumination, in particular to a plug structure of a lamp tube.

Background

In recent years, based on the characteristics of energy conservation, environmental protection, high efficiency, small volume, long service life, high brightness and the like, the lamp tube is more and more favored by people, and the lamp tube adopting the LED light source structure as the luminous light source has become a trend to replace the traditional incandescent lamp and fluorescent lamp. The fluorescent tube generally includes the body, locate the end cap structure at body both ends, locate the LED light source structure in the body, most end cap structure is the integrated into one piece structure on the market, the snap-on is at the body both ends, lead to whole fluorescent tube to become a seal structure like this, the fluorescent tube is in case the equipment is accomplished the back, just can't open or observe inner structure again, can't know the inner conditions, can't carry out the maintenance of later stage, in case electronic component and circuit etc. the problem also can't be overhauld, the life that leads to the fluorescent tube is shorter, whole fluorescent tube just needs to be scrapped, cause the wasting of resources, the green theory of advocating with LED goes against the.

And the connection between end cap structure and the body adopts gluing agent to bond fixedly more, and the bonding equipment is time-consuming and laborious, and production efficiency is low, and high in production cost is unfavorable for marketing, thereby and the adhesive action of gluing agent takes place to age along with the live time of fluorescent tube and easily drops or shift, leads to fluorescent tube can not durable, and gluing agent has certain toxicity simultaneously, has certain harm to environment and installer's health in the use.

Therefore, how to realize a simple structure, novel in design and unique, installation dismantlement convenient and fast, later stage overhaul maintain simple, practicality is strong, production efficiency is high, low in production cost, green, long service life's end cap structure of fluorescent tube is the technological problem that the urgent need of solving in the industry.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a plug structure of a lamp tube, and aims to realize the plug structure of the lamp tube, which has the advantages of simple structure, novel and unique design, convenience and rapidness in mounting and dismounting, simplicity in later-stage overhaul and maintenance, strong practicability, high production efficiency, low production cost, environmental friendliness and long service life.

The invention provides an end cap structure of a lamp tube, which comprises a tube body and an LED light source structure arranged in the tube body, wherein the end cap structure is matched with ports at two ends of the tube body and is sleeved at the ports at the two ends of the tube body in a clamping connection mode, the end cap structure comprises an end cap end cover with an opening at one end and an end barrel which is fixed on the opening in a clamping connection mode and can be disassembled in a reversible mode, the end barrel is arranged in a tubular structure and is sleeved on the port of the tube body, and a plurality of elastic clamping claws which incline towards the center and are arranged in an arc shape are extended from the edge of the end barrel towards.

Preferably, the inner side wall of the opening of the end cap end cover is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves, the corresponding positions of the edges of the end barrel in the clamping grooves extend towards the inside of the end cap end cover to form a plurality of connecting seats, and the outer side wall of each connecting seat is provided with clamping blocks which are matched with the clamping grooves and can be mutually clamped, so that the end barrel is fixedly clamped on the end cap end cover in a clamping connection mode.

Preferably, the elastic claw inclines towards the center so as to press a pipe body embedded in the end cylinder, and the pipe body is clamped and fixed in the plug structure under the clamping and fixing action; the end barrel, the connecting seat, the clamping block, the front part and the rear part are integrally formed.

Preferably, a plurality of reinforcing ribs are distributed on the outer side wall of the elastic claw.

Preferably, the outer side wall of the end cap end cover is provided with a plurality of anti-slip threads close to the opening.

Preferably, the end of the plug end cover extends outwards to form a conductive pin, and the conductive pin is made of a conductive material and is electrically connected with the LED light source structure.

Preferably, the end part of the plug end cover is provided with a through hole for the conductive contact pin to pass through, and the end part of the plug end cover is also provided with a plurality of heat dissipation strip holes capable of ventilating and dissipating heat.

Preferably, the stopper structure is made of an insulating material.

Preferably, the tube is made of a light-transmitting material.

The invention discloses a plug structure of a lamp tube. The end cap structure changes the traditional integrally formed structure style, is arranged in a split structure and comprises an end tube and an end cap end cover, wherein the end tube and the end cap end cover are mutually clamped and fixed through a clamping block and a clamping groove, so that the installation and the disassembly are convenient and quick, the connection mode of using screws or gluing is avoided, the working procedures are simplified, the production efficiency is improved, the production cost is reduced, and the end cap structure is green and environment-friendly; meanwhile, the end barrel is arranged in a tubular structure, the inner diameter of the end barrel is matched with the outer diameter of the pipe body, so that the pipe body can be embedded in the end barrel, a plurality of elastic clamping claws extend towards the inside of the end cap end cover along the edge of the end barrel, the elastic clamping claws are inclined towards the circle center and arranged in an arc shape, the front inner side walls of the elastic clamping claws form a guide inclined plane, the rear inner side walls are arranged into arc-shaped curved surfaces, the mutual extrusion acting force between the pipe body and the elastic clamping claws is continuously increased when the pipe body slides into the end barrel along the guide inclined planes, so that the arc-shaped curved surfaces are tightly attached to the outer side walls of the pipe body, the pipe body is tightly clamped and fixed in the elastic clamping claws, and finally the pipe body is embedded and fixed in the end cap structure, the structure is simple and unique, the installation is convenient, the disassembly and reassembly can be repeated, each part can be repeatedly utilized, the environment is protected, the service life is long, and the connection part is smooth and attractive. Therefore, the plug structure of the lamp tube realizes the positive effects of simple structure, novel and unique design, convenient and quick installation and disassembly, simple later-stage overhaul and maintenance, strong practicability, high production efficiency, low production cost, environmental protection, long service life and the like, and has wide market prospect.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating a plug structure of a lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a second schematic perspective view illustrating a plug structure of a lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a plug structure of a lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an end tube in an embodiment of a plug structure of a lamp tube according to the present invention.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of a plug structure of a lamp tube according to the present invention is provided, in which the lamp tube includes a tube body and an LED light source structure disposed in the tube body, and the tube body is made of a light-transmitting material.

The end cap structure is matched with the two end ports of the pipe body and sleeved at the two end ports of the pipe body in a clamping connection mode, the end cap structure comprises an end cap end cover 100 with an opening at one end and an end barrel 200 which is fixed on the opening in a clamping connection mode and can be reversely disassembled, the end barrel 200 is arranged in a tubular structure, the inner diameter of the end barrel 200 is matched with the outer diameter of the pipe body, and therefore the pipe body is embedded in the end barrel 200. The end tube 200 extends inwards towards the end cap 100 along the edge to form a plurality of elastic claws 201 which incline towards the center and are arranged in an arc shape, and the elastic claws 201 incline towards the center of a circle and are arranged in the arc shape so as to be clamped and fixed on the outer side wall of the tube body.

The end portion of the plug end cover 100 extends outwards to form a conductive contact pin, the end portion of the plug end cover 100 is provided with a through hole 103 through which the conductive contact pin can pass, the conductive contact pin passes through the through hole 103 and is electrically connected with mains supply, the conductive contact pin is made of a conductive material and is electrically connected with the LED light source structure, and finally, the lamp tube is electrically connected. The inner side wall of the opening of the plug end cover 100 is provided with a plurality of clamping grooves 101, the edge of the end tube 200 extends out of a plurality of connecting seats 203 towards the inside of the plug end cover 100 at the corresponding positions of the clamping grooves 101, the outer side wall of each connecting seat 203 is provided with a clamping block 204 which is matched with the clamping grooves 101 and can be clamped with each other, when the clamping block 204 and the clamping grooves 101 are clamped with each other, the end tube 200 is clamped and fixedly installed on the opening of the plug end cover 100 in a clamping connection mode, the installation is convenient and rapid. The outer side wall of the plug end cover 100 is provided with the plurality of anti-slip threads 102 close to the opening, and the anti-slip threads 102 can increase the friction force between fingers and the plug end cover 100, so that the anti-slip plug end cover has a remarkable anti-slip effect, is convenient for pulling the plug end cover 100 out of the end tube 200 by reverse force application, and has the advantages of simple structure, humanized design and strong practicability.

The elastic claw 201 inclines towards the center so as to press and clamp and fix a pipe body embedded in the end cylinder 200, so that the pipe body is clamped and fixed in the plug structure, the elastic claw 201 consists of a front part and a rear part and is arranged into an integrally formed structure, the front part inclines towards the center so as to enable the inner side wall of the front part to form a guide inclined plane 205 which facilitates the pipe body to slide into the plug structure, the inner side wall of the rear part is arranged into an arc-shaped curved surface 206 which is matched with the outer side wall of the pipe body and is tightly attached to each other, the mutual extrusion acting force between the pipe body and the elastic claw 201 is increased along with the sliding of the pipe body into the end cylinder 200 along the guide inclined plane 205, so that the arc-shaped curved surface 206 is tightly attached to the outer side wall of the pipe body, the pipe body is tightly clamped. A plurality of stiffening ribs 202 have been laid to elasticity jack catch 201 lateral wall, and the toughness of elasticity jack catch 201 is big, and the mutual extrusion effort between elasticity jack catch 201 and the body is big to strengthened the body greatly and in the connection stability of end cap structure, avoided the body roll-off by oneself, the fluorescent tube overall structure stability is good, durable, simple structure, reasonable in design.

Most end cap structure is the integrated into one piece structure on the market at present, the snap-on is at body both ends, lead to whole fluorescent tube to become a seal structure like this, the fluorescent tube is in case the equipment is accomplished the back, just can't open or observe the inner structure again, can't know the inside condition, can't carry out the maintenance of examining and repairing in later stage, in case electronic component and circuit etc. go wrong also can't examine and repair, the life that leads to the fluorescent tube is shorter, whole fluorescent tube just need scrap, cause the wasting of resources, the green theory of advocating with LED goes against the road. And the connection between end cap structure and the body adopts gluing agent to bond fixedly more, and the bonding equipment is time-consuming and laborious, and production efficiency is low, and high in production cost is unfavorable for marketing, thereby and the adhesive action of gluing agent takes place to age along with the live time of fluorescent tube and easily drops or shift, leads to fluorescent tube can not durable, and gluing agent has certain toxicity simultaneously, has certain harm to environment and installer's health in the use.

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the plug structure of the lamp tube is provided and is in a split structure, the plug structure comprises an end tube 200 and a plug end cover 100, later-stage overhaul and maintenance are facilitated, the end tube 200, a connecting seat 203, a clamping block 204, a front part and a rear part are integrally formed, production procedures are effectively simplified, production efficiency is improved, and meanwhile, the plug structure is made of insulating materials, so that the cost of raw materials is low, the insulating property is good, and the use safety performance is high. The end tube 200 is provided with the connecting seats 203, the connecting seats 203 are provided with the clamping blocks 204, the inner side wall of the opening of the end cap end cover 100 is provided with the clamping grooves 101, the end tube 200 and the end cap end cover 100 are connected and fixed through the mutual clamping of the clamping blocks 204 and the clamping grooves 101, the assembly is rapid and convenient, the use of screws or adhesives is not needed, the process is simplified, the production efficiency is improved, the production cost is reduced, the end tube is green and environment-friendly, when the end tube is disassembled in the later period, the end cap end cover 100 can be reversely pulled out of the end tube 200 only by grabbing the anti-skid lines 102 with fingers.

Meanwhile, the end tube 200 is arranged in a tubular structure, the inner diameter of the end tube 200 is matched with the outer diameter of the tube body, so that the tube body can be embedded in the end tube 200, a plurality of elastic claws 201 extend towards the inside of the end cap end cover 100 along the edge of the end tube 200, the elastic claws 201 are inclined towards the circle center and arranged in an arc shape, a guide inclined plane 205 is formed on the inner side wall of the front part of each elastic claw 201, an arc-shaped curved surface 206 is arranged on the inner side wall of the rear part, the mutual extrusion acting force between the tube body and the elastic claws 201 is continuously increased when the tube body slides into the end tube 200 along the guide inclined plane 205, so that the arc-shaped curved surface 206 is tightly attached to the outer side wall of the tube body, the tube body is tightly clamped and fixed in the elastic claws 201, and finally the tube body is embedded and fixed in the end cap structure, the structure is simple, the, the whole plug structure does not need to be disassembled from the tube body, so that the careless damage of the tube body made of glass due to repeated assembly and disassembly is avoided. The later stage overhauls and maintains simply, and the practicality is strong, can repeatedly dismantle and reassemble, but each part reuse, green, long service life, linking department is smooth-going pleasing to the eye.

In this embodiment, end cap end cover 100 tip still is equipped with a plurality of heat dissipation strip holes 104 that can ventilate and radiate, and heat dissipation strip hole 104 can make the inside and outside air circulation of body, helps the heat that LED light source structure work produced to distribute outwards, and reasonable in design, the practicality is strong, and the radiating efficiency is high, ensures the long-term normal work of LED light source structure, prolongs the life of fluorescent tube.

In conclusion, the plug structure of the lamp tube is simple in structure, novel and unique in design, convenient and quick to install and disassemble, simple in later-stage overhaul and maintenance, strong in practicability, high in production efficiency, low in production cost, green, environment-friendly and long in service life, and is worthy of wide popularization and application.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent structural changes made by using the contents of the present specification and the drawings, or any other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The plug structure of the lamp tube comprises a tube body and an LED light source structure arranged in the tube body, and is characterized in that the plug structure is matched with ports at two ends of the tube body and is sleeved at the ports at the two ends of the tube body in a clamping connection mode, the plug structure comprises a plug end cover with an opening at one end and a end barrel which is fixed on the opening in a clamping connection mode so as to be capable of being disassembled in a reversible mode, the end barrel is arranged in a tubular structure and is sleeved on the port of the tube body, and a plurality of elastic clamping claws which are inclined towards the center and are arranged in an arc shape are extended from the edge of the end barrel towards the inside of the plug end cover so as to; thereby elasticity jack catch inclines towards the center and has oppression, centre gripping fixed action and then makes the body centre gripping fix in the end cap structure to the body of inlaying in locating the end section of thick bamboo, thereby the elasticity jack catch comprises anterior and rear portion and sets up to the integrated into one piece structure, thereby anterior slope makes anterior inside wall form one and makes it is convenient towards the center the body slides in direction inclined plane in the end cap structure, the rear portion inside wall set up to with body outside wall looks adaptation and mutual closely laminating's arc curved surface, thereby along with the body along the mutual extrusion effort constantly increase between body and the elasticity jack catch when the inclined plane slip-in end section of thick bamboo of direction makes the arc curved surface closely laminate on the body outside wall and then make the body closely the centre gripping fix in the elasticity jack catch finally make the body inlay to establish and.

2. The plug structure of claim 1, wherein the inner sidewall of the opening of the plug end cap is provided with a plurality of slots, the edge of the end tube extends into the plug end cap at the corresponding position of the slots to form a plurality of connecting seats, and the outer sidewall of the connecting seat is provided with a plurality of blocks which are adapted to the slots and can be mutually engaged, so that the end tube is fixedly mounted on the plug end cap by engaging.

3. The plug structure of claim 2, wherein said end tube, said connecting seat, said latch, said front portion and said rear portion are integrally formed.

4. The plug structure of lamp tube according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the outer side wall of the elastic claw is provided with a plurality of reinforcing ribs.

5. The plug structure of claim 4, wherein the outer sidewall of the plug end cap is provided with a plurality of anti-slip threads near the opening.

6. The plug structure of a lamp tube of claim 5, wherein the end of the plug end cap extends outward to form a conductive pin, and the conductive pin is made of a conductive material and is electrically connected to the LED light source structure.

7. The plug structure of claim 6, wherein the end of the plug end cap has a through hole for the conductive pin to pass through, and the end of the plug end cap has a plurality of heat dissipating holes for ventilation and heat dissipation.

8. The plug structure of a lamp tube of claim 7, wherein said plug structure is made of an insulating material.

9. The tube stopper structure of claim 8, wherein the tube body is made of a light-transmissive material.