CN2431647Y

CN2431647Y - Charging base for charging electric torch

Info

Publication number: CN2431647Y
Application number: CN 00237589
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈汉梁
Original assignee: JINGLIAN ENTERPRISE CO Ltd
Current assignee: JINGLIAN ENTERPRISE CO Ltd
Priority date: 2000-07-06
Filing date: 2000-07-06
Publication date: 2001-05-23
Anticipated expiration: 2010-07-06

Abstract

The utility model relates to a charging base for a charging electric torch, which has a special spatial configuration, a proper positioning structure and a proper oriented structure. Simultaneously, a corresponding position is provided with a charging terminal, wherein, the positioning structure is used for fixing a charging electric torch which is arranged in the charging base; simultaneously, the charging terminal on the charging base and charging contacts on a chargeable electric torch can form electrical contact so as to bring convenience for charging a chargeable electric torch.

Description

Charging seat of charging flashlight

The utility model relates to a charging seat of flashlight that charges especially relates to a charging seat convenient to fixed flashlight that charges and carry out the operation of charging to it.

Besides being a temporary lighting tool which is always provided for ordinary families, the flashlight is also necessary for workers in many specific industries, such as ordinary technicians, security guards, policemen and the like. In fact, flashlights are typically used only at ordinary homes for occasional use, but are often used by workers in certain industries. The consumption of batteries is very remarkable due to their frequent use, and it is obviously extremely undesirable to meet the environmental protection requirements of today with the growing consensus of the environmental protection concept, and even though battery manufacturers have changed the manufacturing materials so that the discarded batteries will not cause mercury pollution, the disposal of the batteries will be greatly burdened by the large number of dry batteries, and therefore the form of power supply for flashlights is obviously in need of improvement.

Therefore, the use of a reusable rechargeable battery for power supply is an effective method for preventing the environmental problem from being worsened by the discarded battery. The flashlight can use the rechargeable battery as the working power supply, but the problem of charging is not considered, but the application of the rechargeable battery is gradually common at present, and the charger for charging the rechargeable battery can be easily sold in the market, however, the common points of the existing chargers are as follows: the charging devices are directly charged by aiming at a charging battery, namely, when the charging battery is exhausted, the charging battery is detached from a load device and then is installed in a charger to carry out charging operation, and once the charging is finished, the charging battery is returned to the load device; there are obviously a number of inconveniences between the removal and the installation.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a charging stand that can directly charge a rechargeable flashlight without requiring disassembly and assembly.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a charging seat of flashlight that charges, its characteristics lie in, this charging seat includes: a base; a positioning structure formed on the base; an orientation structure disposed on the base; a charging terminal provided at a proper position of the base; the positioning structure is used for positioning the flashlight placed on the base; the orientation feature is used to limit the orientation of the flashlight when it is installed in the base so that the charging contacts on the flashlight make positive electrical contact with the charging terminals on the base.

Through adopting the charging seat of the flashlight that charges of above-mentioned, compare with prior art, because it need not tear out the inside rechargeable battery of flashlight out, can put into the flashlight and directly carry out the operation of charging on the charging seat to the operation of charging of messenger's flashlight is more convenient.

The specific structural features and objects of the present invention are further described in conjunction with the attached drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a reference diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional assembly of the preferred embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a reference diagram of a usage status of another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment.

As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a charging stand 200 for charging a flashlight 10 with a charging function. The charging dock 200 has a special positioning and orientation structure that allows the flashlight 10 to be easily attached or removed from the cradle 200, and the flashlight 10 is electrically connected to the charging dock 200 while the flashlight 10 is attached to the cradle 200, so that the charging dock 200 can charge the flashlight 10.

The detailed construction of the charging cradle 200 described above will be described in detail with respect to the corresponding combination of the flashlight 10.

First, the flashlight 10 may be provided with a specific charging contact at an appropriate location based on the needs of the charging operation described above. In the present embodiment, two charging contacts 12 are disposed at the front end of the cylindrical barrel 11 of the flashlight 10 in a side-by-side manner. The two charging contacts 12 form a circuit with a rechargeable battery (not shown) provided inside the cylinder 11, so that the rechargeable battery inside can be charged when the charging contacts 12 are electrically contacted with a power supply.

In addition, a flattened orientation recess 110 is formed at a suitable location on the front end of the barrel 11 of the flashlight 10, which cooperates with the orientation feature on the charging dock 200 to limit the orientation in which it is installed.

The cradle 200 includes: a base 20; a positioning formation formed on the base 20; an orientation feature provided on the base 20; a charging terminal 25 provided at an appropriate position of the base 20; wherein the positioning structure is used for positioning the flashlight 10 placed on the base 20; the orientation limits the flashlight 10 from being installed in a particular orientation on the base 20 so that the charging contacts 12 are in positive electrical contact with the charging terminals 25 on the base 20 to facilitate the charging operation.

In the present embodiment, the positioning structure includes: a receiving groove 21 formed on the base 20 and having a proper shape for matching the appearance of the flashlight 10; an elastic fixing block 22 formed at a proper position in the receiving groove 21; in the present embodiment, the cross section of the accommodating groove 21 is U-shaped, and the bottom of the groove is arc-shaped to fit the cylindrical barrel 11 of the flashlight 10; the elastic fixing block 22 has elasticity, and limits and fixes the flashlight 10 placed in the accommodating groove 21; as shown in fig. 2, the elastic fixing block 22 is located on the U-shaped elastic sheet 23 between the extending portion 220 of the base 20 and the corresponding inner groove wall of the base 20, so as to provide the elastic fixing block 22 with resilience, and a cylindrical pivot portion 221 for pivotally fitting in the C-shaped pivot tube 24 provided in the base 20 is formed at the bottom end of the extending portion 220.

As shown in fig. 1, the orientation structure is composed of an orientation protrusion 27 formed on the opposite wall of the receiving slot 21, and the orientation protrusion 27 corresponds to the orientation recess 110 formed on the barrel 11 of the flashlight 10 for limiting the direction of the flashlight 10 being placed into the receiving slot 21, so that the charging contact 12 on the flashlight 10 is in contact with the charging terminal 25 in the receiving slot 21.

Furthermore, the two charging terminals 25 are located at the bottom of the containing groove 21 and respectively correspond to the two charging contacts 12 on the flashlight 10, and when the flashlight 10 is fixed in the base 20, the two charging contacts 12 can correspondingly contact with the two charging terminals 25, so as to perform charging. Referring to fig. 2, the charging terminal 25 is a substantially n-shaped metal member, most of which penetrates out of the bottom of the receiving groove 21, and a spring 26 is provided inside the metal member to give the metal member reciprocating elasticity to extend and retract up and down, and an ㄩ -shaped copper sheet 28 is provided below the spring 26 for connecting to a power source through a wire, so that the charging terminal 25 can be connected to the power source through the spring 26 and the copper sheet 28.

As can be seen from the above description, referring to fig. 3, when the flashlight 10 is placed in the charging seat 200, the orientation concave 110 at the front end of the barrel 11 is aligned to the orientation protrusion 27 in the receiving groove 21 and is inserted into the receiving groove 21 in the same direction, at this time, the insertion direction of the flashlight 10 can be limited by the cooperation of the orientation concave 110 and the orientation protrusion 27, and when the insertion angle is slightly deviated, the orientation can be guided by the orientation concave 110 and the orientation protrusion 27. In addition, when the cylinder 11 contacts the elastic fixing block 22 on the opposite wall of the accommodating groove 21, the elastic fixing block 22 will contract inwards, and once the cylinder 11 is completely placed in the accommodating groove 21, the elastic fixing block 22 will restore to its original shape and will relatively abut against the outer wall of the cylinder 11 for fixing.

As can be seen from the above, the detailed structure of the present invention related to the positioning and orientation structure thereof is configured to match the shape of the flashlight 10 and the relative position of the charging contact 12, so that the present invention can also be used as other preferred embodiments to match flashlights of other types; when the flashlight 40 is provided with the

charging contacts

43 and 44 at the bottom of the light cover 42 and the barrel 41, respectively, and the light cover 42 is formed with the orientation recess 45, as shown in fig. 4, the charging stand 500 comprises a base 50 having a substantially inverted shape 21274and a positioning and orientation structure separately provided on the base, wherein: the positioning structure is a containing chamber 501 formed at the upper end of the base 50 and elastic fixing blocks 503 arranged on two opposite side walls of the containing chamber 501; the orientation structure is an orientation protrusion 502 formed on two opposite sidewalls of the accommodation chamber 501; the structure of the elastic fixing block 503 is the same as that of the elastic fixing block 22 of the previous embodiment, and it is used to fix the flashlight 40 that is inserted into the accommodating chamber 501. In addition, the orientation tab 502 is used to mate with the orientation recess 45 on the flashlight 40 to limit and guide the angle of installation of the flashlight 40.

Furthermore, the base 50 is provided with a charging terminal 51 at the inner side of the accommodating chamber 501, and another charging terminal 52 is provided on the horizontal end surface of the bottom, the

charging terminals

51 and 52 respectively correspond to the

charging contacts

43 and 44 on the flashlight 40, when the flashlight 40 is fixed on the base 50 in the vertical direction, the

charging contacts

43 and 44 can electrically contact with the

charging terminals

51 and 52 on the base 50 (as shown in fig. 5), and then charging can be performed.

Although the objectives, structural features and advantages of the present invention have been described in detail through the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are merely illustrative and not restrictive, and various modifications of the above embodiments are intended to fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A charging dock for a rechargeable flashlight, the charging dock comprising: a base; a locating formation formed on the base; an orientation structure disposed on the base; a charging terminal provided at a proper position of the base; wherein,

the positioning structure is used for positioning the flashlight placed on the base;

the orientation feature is configured to limit the orientation of the flashlight when installed in the base such that the charging contact on the flashlight securely makes electrical contact with the charging terminal on the base.

2. A charging stand for a rechargeable flashlight of claim 1, wherein said positioning structure includes:

the U-shaped section accommodating groove is formed on the base and is used for matching the appearance of the flashlight;

and the elastic fixed blocks are respectively arranged on the opposite groove walls of the accommodating groove.

3. The charging stand for a rechargeable flashlight of claim 2, wherein the elastic fixing block has an extension portion formed at the inner end of the base, and a U-shaped elastic piece is disposed between the extension portion and the opposite slot wall in the base.

4. A charging stand for a rechargeable flashlight as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein said orientation means is an orientation projection formed on a suitable location of said base, said orientation projection being an orientation recess formed to fit a corresponding location on a flashlight.

5. The charging dock for charging a flashlight of claim 2, wherein the charging terminal is n-shaped, most of the charging terminal protrudes out of the receiving slot of the base, and a spring is disposed under the charging dock, and the spring is disposed on the ㄩ -shaped copper sheet and connected to the power source through the copper sheet.

6. A charging stand for a rechargeable flashlight of claim 1, wherein said positioning structure includes:

the accommodating chamber is formed at the upper end of the base;

and the elastic fixing blocks are respectively arranged on the opposite groove walls of the accommodating chamber.

7. The charging stand for a rechargeable flashlight of claim 6, wherein the elastic fixing block has an extension portion formed at the inner end of the base, and a U-shaped elastic piece is disposed between the extension portion and the opposite slot wall in the base.

8. The charging stand for charging a flashlight of claim 6, wherein the orientation structure is an orientation protrusion formed on a suitable location of the receiving chamber, and the orientation protrusion is an orientation recess formed to fit a corresponding location of the flashlight.

9. The charging dock for a rechargeable flashlight of claim 1, wherein one of the charging terminals is located inside the compartment of the base and the other of the charging terminals is located on the horizontal end of the bottom of the base, so that when the flashlight is mounted on the base in an upright orientation, the charging terminals of the flashlight are in contact with the two charging terminals of the flashlight, respectively, to form an electrical charging circuit.