CN202546634U - Illuminator for balloon - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
An illuminator is used for being mounted in a balloon and comprises a light source such as an LED (20) and a battery supply (the batter supply is not shown, but is positioned inside a cavity (11) which is used for the light source mounted inside a shell (10). The shell (10) is made of plastic materials and is formed by two coordinate parts (10A, 10B) which can be hinged with each other. In addition, the shell (10) further comprises an integrally-formed spring element part (25). The spring element part (25) is configured and arranged to perform spring-type offset to connector members (22, 24) of the light source (20) and/or the battery supply so as to maintain the contact between the connector members and the battery supply, thereby quickening the production of the illuminator which is reliable in operation.
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Technical field
The application relates to a kind of lighting device; It is used to be installed within the balloon; This balloon forms through the wall of being processed by transparent or translucent flexible material at least in part, and this lighting device comprises light source and the battery supply that is used for this light source, and light source and battery supply are installed in the housing.
Background technology
Applicant's previous patent application document WO 2008/110832 discloses a kind of party balloon 60, toy balloon just, and like Figure 13 and shown in Figure 14, its inside is equipped with lighting device 50.Lighting device 50 comprises the LED 52 by 54 power supplies of at least one battery.When barrier material band 53 was drawn out of with the completion circuit between battery and LED, LED 52 was luminous, and balloon 60 is therefore illuminated from its inside.
In applicant's known party balloon 60; Lighting device 50 is installed in balloon wall inboard through having protruding 58, and this convexity engages outside balloon through attachment members, attachment members such as folder or band; More specifically, the O shape circle of processing by elastomeric material 59.Propose this convexity, it is part ball-shaped button 58 forms, perhaps more preferably is flat button form, that is to say to have the pin of neck and flat head.
Though applicant's previous application file relates generally to the balloon 60 that is formed by an elastomeric material such as latex; But also can be applicable near its edge, link to each other and form through two flexible sheet material balloon by the convexity 58 that engages from the outside through folder or band or analog etc. in the mode of wall installed inside lighting device 50, sheet material forms by having basically no flexible material such as metal plastic material or polyester film.
Yet other modes that lighting device are mounted to the wall of balloon also are possible.For example, when the balloon wall material belongs to when having basically no elastic type, lighting device can carry out attached through adhesive.
Usually, thus hope lighting device should be only when balloon inflation work illuminate the balloon of inflation.
The utility model content
The application's purpose is, through reducing number of parts and simplifying the cost that assembling reduces this lighting device.Yet, also must keep or improve the reliability of operating.
The application provides a kind of lighting device; It is used to be installed in the balloon; This balloon forms through the wall of being processed by transparent or semitransparent at least in part flexible material, and this lighting device comprises light source and the battery supply that is used for this light source, and light source and battery supply are installed in the housing; It is characterized in that housing is formed by plastic material and comprises integrally formed spring element portion.
Light source has first connector members and second connector members usually, and first connector members and the second connector members convexity act on the contact that is electrically connected with battery supply to use.In the application's embodiment; Light source has first connector members and second connector members; First connector members and the second connector members convexity to be contacting with the respective terminal of battery supply, and spring element portion is configured and is arranged to connector members and/or battery supply are carried out the spring biasing to keep contacting between connector members and the battery supply.
In the application's embodiment, the removable band of being processed by barrier material initially is configured to make the end to be located immediately between the respective terminal of first connector members and battery supply.
In applicant's oneself existing apparatus, be provided with another contact element with a termination contact of battery supply, the removable band of being processed by barrier material is initially between one of light source connector members and said another contact element.Advantageously; In the application's preferred implementation; First connector members of light source is configured with being arranged to form with the respective terminal of battery supply with second connector members and directly contacts, thereby reduces the number of parts of in the assembling of device, using.Though the spring of battery supply contact biasing is normally known, has special advantage according to the application's spring element portion and being wholely set of housing.On the one hand; From the device initial assembling up to the device actuating; The end of the band that this spring element portion will be processed by barrier material is held in place between first contact element of light source and corresponding battery power supply terminal reliably; On the other hand, when removing this band when throwing light on this device, this spring element portion keeps reliable contact the between light source contact and the battery terminal.And, so also need not independent spring members, thereby simplified the packaging technology of this device, reduce working time and improved the reliability under the quality control environment.
In the application's preferred implementation, housing is set to first plastic material and second plastic material at least one co-molded.Preferably, housing is set to the single type unit.Reduced number of parts like this, thereby simplified the assembling of this device and reduced its production cost.
In the application's preferred implementation, housing is set to two parts that match.In order to help to place accurately and apace the band processed by barrier material so that its end between the first contactor member and corresponding battery power supply terminal of light source; The part that matches has one of at least the groove that extends from the edge that matches, and isolated band passes this groove and engages.The remainder of isolated band extends to outside the housing so that the pulling lug that can touch from the outside to be provided then, will be with manually pulling out the balloon that is equipped with this device to illuminate thereby can carve in due course.
In the application's embodiment, two parts that match are hinged each other.
In the application's embodiment, the part that matches is fixed together through at least one bolt structure.
In the application's embodiment, housing has outside convexity, and this convexity is the form of pin, and pin has the head of neck and expansion, and through this convexity, housing can be through being engaged to be attached to the wall of balloon from the outside like band or folder by attachment.
In the application's embodiment, housing forms through inner part of being processed by first plastic material and the outer cover of being processed by second plastic material, and battery supply is contained in the inner part, and outer cover surrounds inner part at least in part.
In the application's embodiment, housing is set to first plastic material and second plastic material at least one co-molded.
In the application's embodiment, second plastic material is transparent and lid is provided for light source.
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Will be with reference to the accompanying drawing of specific practical embodiment, and further describe the application through embodiment, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the plane of the housing of lighting device;
Fig. 2 is the side view of observing from the right side of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the sectional view along the line A-A among Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is the stereogram of the co-molded housing of Fig. 1 to 3;
Fig. 5,6A-C, 7 and 8 illustrate the manipulation sequence that device is assembled;
Fig. 9 is the front view of the device assembled, and the pulling lug wherein only partly is shown;
Figure 10 is the corresponding rearview of the device assembled;
Figure 11 is the corresponding side view that the right side from Fig. 9 of the device assembled is observed, and the pulling lug equally only partly is shown;
Figure 12 comprises complete pulling lug like this and indicates its size with respect to housing corresponding to Figure 11, scaled down side view; And
Figure 13 and 14 is respectively at the sketch map that is installed in the lighting device of the above-mentioned prior art in the balloon before the inflation and after inflation.
The specific embodiment
With reference to accompanying drawing, the preferred implementation of the application's lighting device comprises 4 separate parts that are used to assemble, that is:
Co-molded single type housing 10 is shown in Fig. 1 to 4;
Two coin shape batteries 31,32 are shown in Fig. 7 and 8; And
In the prior art shown in Figure 13 and 14; Housing 10 is formed with the convexity 18 of one; This convexity 18 has neck 19 and the head 17 that enlarges; By means of this convexity 18, housing is installed within the unshowned balloon through the unshowned elastic webbing that engages outside around protruding 18 neck 19 from the balloon wall.Head 17 is the form of flat button, promptly is the form of the dish of circle substantially.Therefore, protruding 18 cross section is T-shaped.With the same in the prior art, be configured such that at first that with 40 a said part with 40 extends between battery supply 31,32 and LED20.In the device of assembling fully, shown in figure 12, be with 40 to extend to and become the pulling lug outside the housing 10.When the pulling lug was drawn out, LED 20 was connected with battery 31,32 and is luminous.When device 10 was installed in the initial unaerated balloon, pulling lug 40 extended to outside the neck of balloon.Pulling lug 40 has the arrow-shaped end regions 42 of expansion, and the arrow-shaped end regions 42 of this expansion remains on outside the neck of balloon and for making balloon inflation and the end user of illuminating manually grip and spur the device that provides suitable.To be arranged to be in the neck of initial unaerated balloon with arrow-shaped end regions 42 isolated additional enlargement steps down 44; Thereby will spur lug and be held in place and make the risk minimization below taking place: the storage of between balloon assembling and final the use, carrying out and between the delivery period, the pulling lug is installed accidents by other and pulls out or remove.
Shown in Fig. 1 to 4, housing 10 forms one by two the part 10A that match, 10B, and these two parts have configuration similar but inequality substantially.Housing is following co-molded: first plastic material of inner part 12 is provided, is generally polypropylene; And second plastic material that outer cover 14 is provided, like thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).Compare second plastic material, first plastic material has bigger rigidity.Second material is resiliently deformable.
As illustrating best among Fig. 1,3 and 4, the two forms match the accordingly part of part 10A, 10B and the part of the articulated section between these parts 16 inner part 12 and outer cover 14.Therefore; The two provides among match part 10A, the 10B of main casing the part of each first plastic material of inner part 12 and second plastic material of outer cover 14; Main casing is provided for the shell of LED 20 and battery 31,32 and a part of protruding 18, and protruding 18 half the basically each by among match part 10A, the 10B form.Yet, in the embodiment of revising, first, have more rigidity and more cheap material can provide whole protruding 18.
Second plastic material of outer cover is among two match part 10A, the 10B as shell encirclement inner part and is positioned at the whole of 16 places, articulated section; Only except being in the part of convexity 18; Here, head 17 only is capped (or randomly in the embodiment of revising, not being capped) at its downside towards main casing.This is appropriate, because need not to surround fully head 17.This has practiced thrift comparatively expensive TPV material and has simplified molded production technology.In addition,, can help the application of elastic webbing through convex head when device when being mounted to the balloon wall subsequently, wherein convex head mainly by it is gripped more easily and keep, first plastic material of rigidity is processed basically.
Each all has narrow groove 34 among the part that matches 10A, the 10B, narrow groove 34 from open, the edge cuts that matches forms and between articulated section and LED accommodation section 21 position pass outer cover 14 and inner part 12 from the outside and extend to battery compartment 11.Yet, in the embodiment of revising, can only in the part 10A that matches of spring element 25 is provided, this groove 34 be set.
As shown in Figure 5, first contact element 22 of LED 20 has short length and transverse curvature, and second contact element 24 of LED 20 has long length and is bent into L shaped so that the distal branch that is parallel to first contact 22 to be provided.
Shown in Fig. 5 to 8 parts are assembled to form the step of the lighting device of accomplishing.
At first, as shown in Figure 5, be in (as that kind of from co-molded technology, being produced) under its situation of opening configuration at housing 10, the LED 20 that will have its prebuckling contact element 22,24 places part 10A.
With LED 20 adaptive being mounted in half accommodation section that provides by this part 10A, and make contact element 22,24 be arranged in guiding channel 13,15.Particularly, the distal branch of longer contact element 24 is stacked in the spring element portion 25 and through this spring element portion 25 and carries out the spring biasing.This is clearly shown that in the sectional view of Fig. 6 C.
Secondly, as shown in Figure 6, with in the groove 34 of the position insertion portion 10A 40 ends near and to its channeling conduct so that its end LED 20 than short contact element 22 under extend.Equally, this is clear that in the sectional view of Fig. 6 C.
The 3rd, two coin shape batteries 31,32 are arranged on among a part of 10A in succession.Guarantee first battery 31 easily near a LED contact element 22, and between the two, extend, and second battery 33 is between first battery 31 and the 2nd LED contact element 24 with 40 end.The spring element 25 that acts on second contact element 24 guarantees that the end of these batteries 31,32 and band correctly and securely is held in place when it is placed.Rise part 41 inner part 12 among the part 10A, that exceed 180 ° of diameters of battery 31,32 is also guaranteed the maintenance of battery 31,32 during this step of assembling process.
Then, as shown in Figure 8, through making the part 10B that matches swing of 16 and corresponding bolt structure 26,27,29 is engaged with the complementary recess 28,39 of match accordingly part 10A, 10B, close housing 10 around the articulated section.When this accomplishes, if necessary, should clip connect to accomplish before to 40 channeling conducts so that its respective grooves 34 of passing part 10B be provided with.In other words, should guarantee not to be stuck between part 10A, the 10B and can to remove via the groove 34 that matches in the housing in follow-up phase with/pulling lug 40.
That accomplishes is assembled in shown in whole Fig. 9 to 12.Then device be ready to the mode explained of elder generation be installed within the balloon.
More than be to the explanation of the application's scope and non-limiting.Within the scope of the appended claims, many modification of design details are possible in other embodiments.Particularly, can be different for the inner part of housing and the selected material of exterior part and can be any suitable plastic or other material.The detailed configuration of various parts can change.In other embodiments, housing can not be a single type, can not have the part of matching yet.And light source can be not limited to LED.
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1. lighting device; It is used to be installed in the balloon; Said balloon forms through the wall of being processed by transparent or semitransparent at least in part flexible material, and said lighting device comprises light source and the battery supply that is used for said light source, and said light source and battery supply are installed in the housing; It is characterized in that said housing is formed by plastic material and comprises integrally formed spring element portion.
2. lighting device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Said light source has first connector members and second connector members; Said first connector members and the second connector members convexity to be contacting with the respective terminal of said battery supply, and said spring element portion is configured and is arranged to connector members and/or said battery supply are carried out the spring biasing to keep contacting between connector members and the said battery supply.
3. lighting device as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, the removable band of being processed by barrier material initially is configured to make the end to be located immediately between the respective terminal of said first connector members and said battery supply.
4. like each described lighting device of aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that said housing is set to two parts that match.
5. lighting device as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, said mating part has one of at least the groove that extends from the edge that matches, and said isolated band passes said groove so that the pulling lug that can touch from the outside to be provided.
6. lighting device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, said two parts that match are hinged each other.
7. lighting device as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the part that matches is fixed together through at least one bolt structure.
8. lighting device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Said housing has outside convexity, and this convexity is the form of pin, and said pin has the head of neck and expansion; Through this convexity, said housing can be through being engaged to be attached to the wall of said balloon from the outside like band or folder by attachment.
9. lighting device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Said housing forms through inner part of being processed by first plastic material and the outer cover of being processed by second plastic material, and said battery supply is contained in the said inner part, and said outer cover surrounds said inner part at least in part.
10. lighting device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, said housing is set to said first plastic material and said second plastic material at least one co-molded.
11. lighting device as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, said second plastic material is transparent and for said light source lid is provided.
12. lighting device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said housing is set to the single type unit.
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