EP0307758B1 - Boîtier de luminaire - Google Patents

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EP0307758B1
EP0307758B1 EP88114485A EP88114485A EP0307758B1 EP 0307758 B1 EP0307758 B1 EP 0307758B1 EP 88114485 A EP88114485 A EP 88114485A EP 88114485 A EP88114485 A EP 88114485A EP 0307758 B1 EP0307758 B1 EP 0307758B1
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lighting fixture
troffer
section
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Howard A. Anderson
Robert W. Carroll
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Bayer Corp
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Miles Inc
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V15/00—Protecting lighting devices from damage
    • F21V15/01—Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts
    • F21V15/013—Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts the housing being an extrusion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/02—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being transformers, impedances or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V27/00—Cable-stowing arrangements structurally associated with lighting devices, e.g. reels 
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2103/00—Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes

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  • the invention is directed to a troffer and more particularly to a troffer made from a thermoplastic resin.
  • Lighting fixtures comprising a housing - a troffer - for fluorescent lighting tubes are widely used. They are normally mounted on or suspended from the ceiling and are made of sheet metal. Attempts to have these made of thermoplastics have not hitherto been successful because the weight of the fixture and tubes exerts unacceptable bending stresses on the troffer making both installation and operation awkward. Design changes have been contemplated resulting in troffers which are difficult and too expensive to produce.
  • the lighting fixture of the invention comprises an elongate molded article which comprises a lenticular shaped cross section.
  • the lenticular cross section imparts to the troffer a high degree of stiffness and resistance to twisting.
  • the fixture may preferably be produced by extrusion of a suitable thermoplastic resin and may preferably be provided with suitable end caps. In a preferred embodiment electrical leads are embedded in the extruded part.
  • the lighting fixture of the present invention is a thermoplastically molded elongate article the cross section of which - across its long dimension - comprises a lens shaped - lenticular - portion.
  • the long article includes a reinforcing, hollow rib, running parallel to its long dimension, said rib having a lenticular cross section positioned perpendicular to the major axis of the elongate article.
  • FIG. 1 there is described the cross section of the troffer of the invention.
  • the lenticular section of the troffer is formed by joining the curved sections 1 and 2.
  • the flanges 3 and 4 form a reflector area the size of which is not critical to the invention.
  • One section of the profile is conveniently co-extruded with the second one and both are joined in the melt.
  • Electrical wires 5 may be embedded in the resin prior to joining to provide electrical connection to end cap fittings. Alternatively, wires may be fed through and along the lenticular void after the unit has been extruded.
  • the article of the invention is most readily produced by extrusion, it may also be produced by injection molding. Injection molded sections corresponding to 1 and 2 in Figure 2 may be produced and then joined by any of a number of methods known in the art, preferably sonic welding. Injection molding may advantageously be used in preparing lighting fixtures of the invention which comprises further complex geometrics, i.e. end caps.
  • thermoplastic resins suitable for preparing the elongate article of the invention a polycarbonate resin such as Makrolon (from Mobay Corporation) is preferred.
  • the lenticular cross section of the elongate article conforms to the shape which was disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,621,940. This structure was found to offer a high degree of resistance to bending yet permit such bending and repeated stressing without failure.
  • the two walls defining the lens portion of the cross section of the elongate article may be joined in any manner which substantially uniformly transfers stress from one to the other upon flexing or deflection of the article across its major axis in the plane of its minor axis.
  • the elongate article is extruded as a unitary shape.
  • the lens portion is made without the formation and the joining of two separate pieces.

Claims (3)

  1. Dispositif de montage d'éclairage, comprenant un article allongé de matière thermoplastique moulée, ayant une résistance importante à la torsion, caractérisé en ce que sa section perpendiculaire à son axe principal a une forme lenticulaire creuse afin que le dispositif de montage d'éclairage possède la résistance à la torsion.
  2. Dispositif de montage d'éclairage selon la revendication 1, formé par moulage de résine de polycarbonate aromatique thermoplastique.
  3. Dispositif de montage d'éclairage selon la revendication 1, moulé par extrusion.
EP88114485A 1987-09-17 1988-09-05 Boîtier de luminaire Expired - Lifetime EP0307758B1 (fr)

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US9811387A 1987-09-17 1987-09-17
US98113 1987-09-17

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EP0307758A2 EP0307758A2 (fr) 1989-03-22
EP0307758A3 EP0307758A3 (en) 1990-03-14
EP0307758B1 true EP0307758B1 (fr) 1992-12-16

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DE3911900A1 (de) * 1989-04-12 1990-10-18 Stahl R Schaltgeraete Gmbh Explosionsgeschuetzte leuchte
GB8917055D0 (en) * 1989-07-26 1989-09-13 Light Years Ahead Ltd Space lighting fitting
NL1000207C2 (nl) * 1995-04-24 1996-10-25 Spaanderman Im En Export B V Verlichtingsarmatuur van het trog-type.
FR2859739B1 (fr) * 2003-09-11 2005-11-11 Pascal Lucchina Bras mobile notamment a usage routier ou autoroutier

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DE3121577A1 (de) * 1981-05-30 1982-12-23 Achim 5451 Oberhonnefeld Wodrich Aquarienleuchte
US4621940A (en) * 1984-09-20 1986-11-11 Mobay Chemical Corporation Stiff but bendable elongated plastic article

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EP0307758A2 (fr) 1989-03-22

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