CN211316055U - Sentry box flashing light - Google Patents

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CN211316055U
CN211316055U CN201922377051.7U CN201922377051U CN211316055U CN 211316055 U CN211316055 U CN 211316055U CN 201922377051 U CN201922377051 U CN 201922377051U CN 211316055 U CN211316055 U CN 211316055U
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The utility model relates to a sentry box flashing lamp, which comprises a lamp body, a base, a flashing lamp group, a lamp cover and a power converter; a through groove is arranged in the length direction of the lamp body, and a first boss is arranged in the groove; the base is detachably arranged in the groove, the bases are provided with a plurality of bases which are sequentially arranged on the lamp body, and an accommodating cavity communicated with the groove is formed in the base; the plurality of groups of the flashing lamp sets are respectively arranged in the plurality of base accommodating cavities; the power converter is arranged in the accommodating cavity and detachably connected with the first boss, the power converter is electrically connected with the flash lamp set, and the power converter is also provided with a power line electrically connected with an external power supply; the lamp cover corresponds the base setting, and the lamp cover is located the base and keeps away from lamp body one side and the lid closes and holds the chamber. This sentry box explodes flashing light adopts the integrated design, and the installation is low with the dismantlement degree of difficulty, and overall structure is compact pleasing to the eye.

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Sentry box flashing light
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a warning light technical field specifically is a sentry box flashing light.
Background
The flashing light is also called as stroboscopic light, is equipment which utilizes an electronic means to make a light source flash slowly or rapidly and mainly plays a role in warning; often place in the front of highway maintenance operation face, remind the driver to cautiously drive, also can have the dangerous section installation of traffic safety hidden danger on the highway, suggestion driver or pedestrian notice, the effectual warning effect that plays, avoid the emergence of traffic accident and accident, the flashing light is also often installed at the sentry box, police box etc. are in the effect of playing daily warning, most sentry box flashing lights all are the lamp separation with different colours on the market, it targets in place to need the user to install the lamp of different colours respectively, and need proper motion circuit installation and mechanical assembly, often need the user to possess certain power technology knowledge, it is complicated to have the installation procedure, the degree of difficulty is big, the low scheduling problem of installation effectiveness.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Technical problem to be solved
For solving the above problem, the utility model provides a sentry box explodes flashing light adopts the integrated design, and the installation is low with the dismantlement degree of difficulty, and overall structure is compact pleasing to the eye.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: a sentry box flashing lamp comprises a lamp body, a base, a flashing lamp group, a lamp cover and a power converter; a through groove is formed in the length direction of the lamp body, and a first boss is arranged in the groove; the lamp body is provided with a plurality of grooves, the grooves are arranged on the lamp body in sequence, and the lamp body is provided with a plurality of lamp holders; the plurality of groups of the flashing lamp sets are respectively arranged in the plurality of base accommodating cavities; the power converter is arranged in the accommodating cavity and detachably connected with the first boss, the power converter is electrically connected with the flash lamp set, and the power converter is also provided with a power line electrically connected with an external power supply; the lamp cover corresponds the base setting, the lamp cover is located base and keeps away from lamp body one side and the lid closes and holds the chamber.
Preferably, the lamp body is symmetrically provided with two clamping grooves on two side walls of the groove, the clamping grooves are communicated along the length direction of the lamp body, and the base is provided with clamping columns matched with the clamping grooves.
Preferably, hold the intracavity and be equipped with the mount pad, and be equipped with a plurality of mounting holes on the mount pad, the group of flashing lamps passes through the mounting hole and can dismantle with the mount pad and be connected.
Preferably, the flashing light group includes lamp plate and the many bulbs of integration on the lamp plate, the lamp plate passes through mounting hole threaded connection on the mount pad, just lamp plate and power converter electric connection.
Preferably, still be equipped with the ring channel on the mount pad, the lamp lid is through closing the holding chamber with ring channel joint lid.
Preferably, a plurality of light-gathering covers are arranged on the inner side of the lamp cover corresponding to the bulbs.
Preferably, a wire groove is formed in one side, away from the groove, of the lamp body, the wire groove is communicated along the length direction of the lamp body, a wire hole for connecting the wire groove and the groove is formed in the first boss, and the power line can penetrate through the wire hole and is arranged in the wire groove and is communicated with an external power supply.
Preferably, still include two shutoff pieces, first boss bilateral symmetry is equipped with a plurality of second bosss, two shutoff piece joint are installed on the lamp body and are covered the setting of close wire casing both ends opening.
Preferably, the two ends of the first boss are respectively provided with a second wire hole, and the plugging piece is provided with a through hole for communicating the second wire hole with the outside.
Preferably, the lamp body is integrally formed by an aluminum alloy material, and the lamp cover is made of a PC high-light-transmission material.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: according to the sentry box flashing light, a plurality of groups of flashing light groups are integrally mounted on an integrated lamp body, a power converter is mounted in the sentry box flashing light and is connected with each group of flashing light groups through a wire, a user can use the sentry box flashing light as long as a power line of the power converter is connected with an external power supply, and the sentry box flashing light is lighted when being electrified, so that the problems that red and blue lights of the traditional sentry box flashing light are separately arranged, and the mounting procedure is complex and the difficulty is large are solved; in addition, the integral structure of the sentry box flashing light is more compact, and the appearance is more delicate and beautiful due to the integrated design of the lamp body.
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The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention, and together with the description, do not constitute a limitation of the invention, in which:
fig. 1 shows a schematic overall structure diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the whole structure of the embodiment of the present invention after removing the lamp cover
Fig. 3 shows an exploded view of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 shows an enlarged view of section B of FIG. 2;
FIG. 6 shows an enlarged view of section C of FIG. 3;
fig. 7 shows a schematic structural diagram of a lamp body according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 shows a schematic view of a base structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 shows a schematic structural diagram of a lamp cover according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1 lamp body, 10 recesses, 11 first boss, 111 first line hole, 112 second line hole, 12 second boss, 13 wire casings, 14 joint grooves, 2 bases, 20 hold the chamber, 21 joint posts, 22 mount pads, 220 mounting holes, 221 ring channel, 3 explode and dodge banks, 30 lamp plates, 31 bulb, 4 lamp lids, 40 snoot, 5 power converter, 50 power cords, 6 shutoff pieces.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to the attached drawings 1-9, the utility model discloses a sentry box flashing light, which comprises a light body 1, a base 2, a flashing light group 3, a light cover 4 and a power converter 5; a through groove 10 is formed in the length direction of the lamp body 1, a first boss 11 is arranged in the groove 10, specifically, the lamp body 1 is integrally formed by adopting a high-strength aluminum alloy material, and the depth of the groove 10 is greater than the height of the first boss 11; the base 2 is detachably mounted in the groove 10, the plurality of bases 2 are sequentially arranged on the lamp body 1, the accommodating cavity 20 communicated with the groove 10 is formed in the base 2, specifically, the base 2 is detachably connected with two side walls of the groove 10, and the lower side of the base is abutted to the first boss 11, so that a wiring gap is formed between the base 2 and the bottom of the groove 10 and used for arranging internal wires, and the integral mounting design and the integral attractiveness of the sentry box flashing lamp are facilitated; the plurality of groups of the flash lamp groups 3 are arranged, and the plurality of groups of the flash lamp groups 3 are respectively arranged in the accommodating cavities 20 of the plurality of bases 2; the power converter 5 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 20 and detachably connected with the first boss 11, the power converter 5 is electrically connected with the flash lamp group 3, and the power converter 5 is also provided with a power line 50 electrically connected with an external power supply; the lamp cover 4 is disposed corresponding to the base 2, and the lamp cover 4 is located on one side of the base 2 away from the lamp body 1 and covers the accommodating cavity 20.
In this embodiment, the lamp covers 4 are disposed corresponding to the bases 2 and have the same number, five lamp covers 4 and five bases 2 are disposed, the bases 2 are sequentially installed in the grooves 10 of the lamp body 1, and the accommodating cavities 20 of the bases 2 are communicated with each other through the grooves 10, so that the wires between the groups of the flashing light groups 3 are conveniently arranged; the flash lamp group 3 is provided with four groups, wherein two groups are red lamps, two groups are blue lamps, and each flash lamp group 3 is electrically connected with the power converter 5 through a lead respectively; the conversion voltage of the power converter 5 is to convert 220v voltage into 12v voltage, so as to provide power for the flash lamp set 3.
Based on above-mentioned scheme, this sentry box explodes flashing light's mounting means as follows: firstly, the five bases 2 are sequentially arranged on the lamp body 1, then the power converter 5 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 20 of the base 2 in the middle, the power converter 5 can be fixed on the first boss 11 through installation modes such as glass cement paste, screw locking, buckle clamping and the like, and the power converter 5 is difficult to realize three-point locking with the first boss 11 due to the fact that the height difference exists between the first boss 11 and the bottom of the groove 10, so in the embodiment, the installation mode of the glass cement paste is preferably adopted, a gap formed between the bottom of the power converter 5 and the groove 10 can be filled, the installation stability is ensured, and in addition, a power line 50 of the power converter 5 can be communicated with an external power supply through the gap between the base 2 and the bottom of the groove 10; after the power converter 5 is installed, four groups of flashing light groups 3 can be symmetrically installed in the accommodating cavities 20 of the base 2 at two sides of the power converter 5, wherein two groups of red lights are arranged on one side, two groups of blue lights are arranged on the other side, wires are arranged in the grooves 10 to electrically connect the flashing light groups 3 with the power converter 5, and finally five light covers 4 are installed on the base 2, so that the integral installation of the flashing light of the sentry box is completed; the multiple groups of flashing light groups 3 are integrally mounted on the integrated lamp body 1, the power converter 5 is mounted in the sentry box flashing light, and the groups of flashing light groups 3 are connected through the conducting wire, so that a user can use the sentry box flashing light as long as the power wire 50 of the power converter 5 is connected with an external power supply, and the sentry box flashing light can be lightened after being electrified, and the problems that red and blue lights of the traditional sentry box flashing light are separately arranged, the mounting procedure is complex, and the difficulty is high are solved; in addition, the integral structure of the sentry box flashing light is more compact and the appearance is more delicate and beautiful due to the design of the integrated lamp body 1.
Refer to fig. 4, fig. 7 and fig. 8, lamp body 1 is equipped with two joint grooves in recess 10 both sides wall department symmetry, the design is link up along 1 length direction of lamp body in the joint groove, be equipped with on base 2 with joint groove complex joint post 21, it is concrete, the joint groove is the circular slot that the quarter opening set up, be favorable to joint post 21 card to go into the joint inslot, in addition, the axis in joint groove highly is higher than first boss 11 height, when making base 2 install on lamp body 1, 2 bottom sides of base and first boss 11 butt, and there is the gap bottom recess 10, be favorable to arranging of inside conductor and each electric connection between the flashing banks 3.
Further, an installation seat 22 is arranged in the accommodating cavity 20, a plurality of installation holes 220 are formed in the installation seat 22, and the flashing light group 3 is detachably connected with the installation seat 22 through the installation holes 220; the flashing light group 3 comprises a light panel 30 and a plurality of bulbs 31 integrated on the light panel 30, the light panel 30 is in threaded connection with the mounting base 22 through mounting holes 220, the light panel 30 is electrically connected with the power converter 5, specifically, four mounting holes 220 are arranged and are respectively arranged at four end angles of the mounting base 22, through holes corresponding to the mounting holes 220 are arranged at the four end angles of the light panel 30 and the light cover 4, and the light panel 30 and the light cover 4 are fixed inside the base 2 through screws; in addition, in the present embodiment, 20 LED bulbs 31 are uniformly arranged on the lamp panel 30, and 20 snoots 40 are arranged inside the lamp cover 4 corresponding to the bulbs 31, so as to enhance the light emission intensity of the bulbs 31.
In this embodiment, the mounting seat 22 is further provided with an annular groove 221, and the lamp cover 4 covers and accommodates the cavity 20 by being clamped with the annular groove 221, so that the lamp cover 4 fixed on the base 2 by screws has further dustproof and waterproof functions, and each component inside the base 2 is guaranteed not to be affected by the external environment.
Referring to fig. 4, 5 and 7, a wire slot 13 is formed in a side of the lamp body 1 away from the groove 10, the wire slot 13 is designed to run through along a length direction of the lamp body 1, a first boss 11 is provided with a first wire hole 111 for connecting the wire slot 13 and the groove 10, and the power cord 50 can run through the first wire hole 111 and be arranged in the wire slot 13 and connected with an external power supply; and this sentry box explodes flashing light still includes two shutoff pieces 6, 11 bilateral symmetry of first boss are equipped with a plurality of second bosss 12, two 6 joints of shutoff piece are installed on lamp body 1 and are covered and close the setting of wire casing 13 both ends, it is concrete, second boss 12 is equipped with four, 11 both sides of first boss are located to the difference symmetry, form four clearance notches that supply 6 joints of shutoff piece, the setting up of shutoff piece 6 makes overall structure more firm, can avoid the condition that outside shake leads to 2 aversions of base to take place, avoid outside dust simultaneously, the rainwater gets into internal disturbance power converter 5 and explodes the function of flashing light group 3 through recess 10 both sides opening.
Because this sentry box explodes flashing light and installs on the wall mostly, its back is direct to laminate the wall, is unfavorable for power cord 50 to draw forth from wire casing 13 in, so be equipped with second wire hole 112 respectively at first boss 11 both ends, be equipped with the through-hole of switch-on second wire hole 112 and external on shutoff piece 6 for power cord 50 can pass first wire hole 111, wire casing 13, second wire hole 112 and shutoff piece 6 in proper order, is connected with external power at last.
In this embodiment, the cover 4 is made of PC high light transmission material, and the plug 6 and the base 2 are made of PVC plastic, so that the sentry box flashing light is light in texture.
It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
The relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application unless specifically stated otherwise. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the directional terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, horizontal" and "top, bottom", etc., are generally based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are used for convenience of description and simplicity of description only, and in the case of not making a reverse description, these directional terms do not indicate and imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present application; the terms "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the profile of the respective component itself.
Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial relationship to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is turned over, devices described as "above" or "on" other devices or configurations would then be oriented "below" or "under" the other devices or configurations. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and the terms have no special meanings unless otherwise stated, and therefore, the scope of protection of the present application is not to be construed as being limited.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. A sentry box flashing light is characterized by comprising a light body (1), a base (2), a flashing light group (3), a light cover (4) and a power converter (5);
a through groove (10) is formed in the length direction of the lamp body (1), and a first boss (11) is arranged in the groove (10);
the lamp body (1) is characterized in that the base (2) is detachably arranged in the groove (10), the bases (2) are arranged on the lamp body (1) in sequence, and the base (2) is internally provided with an accommodating cavity (20) communicated with the groove (10);
the plurality of groups of the flashing lamp groups (3) are arranged, and the plurality of groups of the flashing lamp groups (3) are respectively arranged in the accommodating cavities (20) of the plurality of bases (2);
the power converter (5) is arranged in the accommodating cavity (20) and is detachably connected with the first boss (11), the power converter (5) is electrically connected with the flash lamp set (3), and the power converter (5) is also provided with a power line (50) electrically connected with an external power supply;
the lamp cover (4) is arranged corresponding to the base (2), and the lamp cover (4) is located on one side, away from the lamp body (1), of the base (2) and covers the accommodating cavity (20).
2. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 1, characterized in that the light body (1) is symmetrically provided with two catching grooves (14) at two side walls of the groove (10), the catching grooves (14) are designed to run through along the length direction of the light body (1), and the base (2) is provided with catching columns (21) which are matched with the catching grooves (14).
3. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 1, wherein a mounting seat (22) is provided in the accommodating cavity (20), a plurality of mounting holes (220) are provided on the mounting seat (22), and the flashing light group (3) is detachably connected with the mounting seat (22) through the mounting holes (220).
4. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 3, wherein the flashing light group (3) comprises a lamp panel (30) and a plurality of bulbs (31) integrated on the lamp panel (30), the lamp panel (30) is in threaded connection with the mounting base (22) through mounting holes (220), and the lamp panel (30) is electrically connected with the power converter (5).
5. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 3, characterised in that the mounting base (22) is further provided with an annular groove (221), and the light cover (4) covers the receiving cavity (20) by snap-fitting with the annular groove (221).
6. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 4, characterised in that the inside of the cover (4) is provided with a plurality of light-gathering hoods (40) corresponding to the bulbs (31).
7. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 1, characterized in that a wire groove (13) is arranged on one side of the light body (1) far away from the groove (10), the wire groove (13) is designed to run through along the length direction of the light body (1), a first wire hole (111) for connecting the wire groove (13) and the groove (10) is arranged in the middle of the first boss (11), and the power cord (50) can be arranged in the wire groove (13) through the first wire hole (111) and is connected with an external power supply.
8. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 7, further comprising two blocking pieces (6), wherein a plurality of second bosses (12) are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the first boss (11), and the two blocking pieces (6) are clamped and mounted on the light body (1) and cover openings at two ends of the wire groove (13).
9. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 8, wherein the first boss (11) is provided at both ends thereof with second wire holes (112), and the blocking piece (6) is provided with a through hole for connecting the second wire holes (112) with the outside.
10. A sentry box flashing light according to claim 1, characterized in that the light body (1) is integrally formed from an aluminium alloy material and the light cover (4) is made from a PC high light-transmitting material.
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