EP1122490A1 - Schnellverbindungsanordnung für Beleuchtungseinrichtungen - Google Patents

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EP1122490A1
EP1122490A1 EP00303565A EP00303565A EP1122490A1 EP 1122490 A1 EP1122490 A1 EP 1122490A1 EP 00303565 A EP00303565 A EP 00303565A EP 00303565 A EP00303565 A EP 00303565A EP 1122490 A1 EP1122490 A1 EP 1122490A1
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Peter K.H. Huang
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Shining Blick Enterprises Co Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/639—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap
    • H01R13/6392—Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap for extension cord
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S4/00—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources
    • F21S4/20—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources held by or within elongate supports
    • F21S4/22—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources held by or within elongate supports flexible or deformable, e.g. into a curved shape
    • 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
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/005—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks
    • 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
    • F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/52—Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases
    • H01R13/5219—Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal

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  • the present invention is related to a rapid connecting structure for fitting lights, and especially to fast and convenient connecting of a fitting light provided to be of any of various lengths by a rotation connecting means with another fitting light or with a power line and its extension line.
  • a fitting light or lighting rope system is a lamp string having light emitting or flashing function in a flexible and transparent pipe. It is advantageous in providing a unique decorative effect by light emitting and flashing of a lot of lamp bulbs through a transparent pipe.
  • the fitting light can be used in various fields for decoration with various patterns. For example, it can be hung on a surface of a building, or can be wrapped on a broad wall with a given pattern to form a remarkable and attractive large light emitting or flashing pattern. And more, it can be wrapped on any of various frames with given shapes such as the shape of a heart, a star or a snowman.
  • fitting light In using such a fitting light, it can have any of various decorative patterns in pursuance of designed patterns or requirement of customers. Hence in manufacturing in factories, fitting lights are all in rolled form. A user buy a fitting light in rolled form can make cutting according to indicative marks to obtain desired lengths and then the lengths are taken for connection. Such operation of connection includes connection between lamp pipes, connection between a lamp pipe with a power line etc.
  • Fig. 1 shows a way of connection for such a lamp pipe of a conventional fitting light, wherein, a power line 10 is provided on one end thereof with an end piece 11, the corresponding end of a lamp pipe 12 of the fitting light is provided with two holes 121, 122 for connecting.
  • a connecting seat 13 is provided on both sides thereof with metallic guide pins 131, 132 capable of inserting into the end piece 11 and the holes 121, 122 of the lamp pipe 12. Then a connector is used to connect them.
  • the connector generally used includes two semi-cylindrical housings 14, 15, the semi-cylindrical housing 14 is provided on the four inner corners thereof with four screw holes 16, while the semi-cylindrical housing 15 is provided on the four corresponding inner corners thereof with four through holes 17, screws 18 can be screwed therein to connect the power line 10 and the lamp pipe 12 of the fitting light.
  • Such a connector for conventional fitting lights must have a tool to screw in the multiple screws 18, operation of connection by it is troublesome, time consuming and inconvenient.
  • existing fitting lights are sold to customers or users in rolls, they are bothersome in operations of cutting and mounting for connecting by customers, the optional connecting work with desired lengths of lamp pipes of a fitting light cut from the rolls often does not meet the requirement of safety in many countries. And even some countries do not permit using in the markets of such cut products.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a rapid connecting structure for lamp pipes of a fitting light, with which, two lamp pipes can be butt jointed quickly and conveniently without any tool or technique.
  • the pipes of the fitting light can also be conveniently connected to a power line or an extension line or end caps.
  • the (optionally flexible) lamp pipes of a fitting light of the present invention are made in different lengths in a factory, two ends of each length are provided with a male and a female electrical connecting end respectively, the male and the female electrical connecting ends are directly molding formed on and matchable with the lamp pipes and are provided close to themselves with rotation connecting means having been provided over the lamp pipes, so that the rotation connecting means can be rotated to connect the pipes of the fitting light when the male and the female electrical connecting ends are butt connected.
  • the rotation connecting means mentioned can be a male sleeve and a female sleeve in pair and can be screw connected with each other.
  • the sleeves can be both or either movable.
  • one end of the power line can be provided with a connecting end and a sleeve for fast connecting too.
  • the rotation connecting means can be a single sleeve and a rotation connecting portion provided on an opposite end.
  • the rotation connecting means can be mutually opposite sleeves capable of locking by diversion after butt insertion.
  • the terminal ends of the pipes of the fitting light can also make connection of the pipes with end caps.
  • each of the (optionally flexible) lamp pipes 20, 30 can be made a specific length in a factory, such as 2 m, 5 m or 10 m etc.
  • the lamp pipe 20, for example can be provided on one end thereof with a male electrical connecting end 21, while the on the other end thereof with a female electrical connecting end 22, both the male and female electrical connecting ends 21, 22 are molding formed on and matchable with the lamp pipe 20.
  • the lamp pipe 30 connecting with the lamp pipe 20 is provided, in a contrary sequence, on one end thereof with a male electrical connecting end 31, while on the other end thereof with a female electrical connecting end 32, both the male and female electrical connecting ends 31, 32 are molding formed on and matchable with the lamp pipe 30.
  • the male and the female electrical connecting ends 21, 22, 31, 32 are provided close to themselves with rotation connecting means having been provided over the lamp pipes 20, 30.
  • the rotation connecting means are male external sleeves and female external sleeves 23, 24, 33, 34 and can be screw connected.
  • the male and the female electrical connecting ends 21, 22, 31, 32 are preferably embedded guide pins or insertion holes as are shown in the drawings, the connecting joint of them can be provided with a gasket 90 for sealing.
  • the lamp pipes 20, 30 includes light emitting and flashing lamp bulbs under control and provided in a transparent pipe, they emit light and flash when are connected to a power source.
  • the power line 40 is provided on one end thereof with a plug (not shown), and on the other end thereof with a female electrical connecting end 42 and a female external sleeve 44 in the shapes identical to those on the butt connecting end of the lamp pipe 30. In this way, the lamp pipe 20 can be fast connected to the power line 40.
  • the lamp pipe 30 shown in Fig. 7 and 8 is connected on the end thereof with an end cap 50.
  • the end cap 50 is provided with an internal liner 51 which is provided with an internal hole 52 mating with the guide member 35 and provided on the tailing end thereof with a snap connecting portion 54 having a neck portion 53 and capable of mating and connecting with an end hole on the end cap 50.
  • a power line 40 is connected with two lamp pipes 20, 30.
  • Such a connection state includes a manifold 60 for connecting of ends; the manifold 60 is provided with male and the female electrical connecting ends 61, 62, 63, two semi housings 64, 65 provided with internal and external threaded sleeve portions 66, 67 and 68 are put together to fast screw-locking the male sleeves and female sleeves 23, 33 and 44 for the lamp pipes 20, 30 and 40 to be connected.
  • a lamp pipe 200 is connected with the abovementioned lamp pipe 30.
  • the lamp pipe 200 has a male electrical connecting end 201 thereof integrally and fixedly connected with an external sleeve 203, so that when the female electrical connecting end 32 of the lamp pipe 30 can be connected with the male electrical connecting end 201, and then a movable external sleeve 34 is screw connected with the external sleeve 203 of the lamp pipe 200.
  • an end sleeve 230 on one end of the lamp pipe 20 is provided with an internal thread 270, the other end thereof and the corresponding end thereof and that of the lamp pipe 300 can have their external threads 329 directly formed on a electrical connecting end 320 thereof.
  • This embodiment can have the volume after assembling effectively reduced; and during the process of screw connection, the two lamp pipes 20, 300 displace axially, so that connection of the male and the female electrical connecting ends can be firmer and reliable.
  • This embodiment can use only a single external sleeve provided therein with two threads in predetermined lengths and mutually contrary directions; so that when in rotating, the male and the female electrical connecting ends of the mutually opposite lamp pipes with threads formed in advance can make connection of the ends.
  • the external sleeve 345 is provided with more than one "L" shaped internal grooves 346; a hole 347 directing diametrically is provided thereon to communicate with a diverting section of the internal groove 346.
  • the other external sleeve 245 is provided with a protrusion 237 in cooperation with the internal groove 346; so that the protrusion 237 of the external sleeve 245 can be moved axially along the internal groove 346 for connection and then can be diverted to move to the diverting section of the internal groove 346.
  • a screw 348 can be screwed in through the hole 347 for locking and positioning.
  • the lamp pipes of a fitting light of the present invention are of predetermined shape with various lengths, they do not need cutting from the roll of lamp pipe, but can well meet the severe requirement in the safety specifications.
  • Connection between lamp pipes, a lamp pipe and a power line or a lamp pipe and an extension line needs only to connect the male and the female electrical connecting ends, then to rotate the rotation connecting means or to rotate to make a diversion for locking, and connection is completed. These are done without any connecting tool; rather, only a simple way of operation is utilized in locking a single screw. Therefore, assembling and disassembling of the present invention is easy, and connecting operation in the spot can be faster and more convenient.

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  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Fastening Of Light Sources Or Lamp Holders (AREA)
  • Arrangement Of Elements, Cooling, Sealing, Or The Like Of Lighting Devices (AREA)
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US5964518A (en) * 1997-10-16 1999-10-12 Shen; Ya-Kuang Flexible decorative lamp system having plurality of cylindrical connectors with triangular cross section through holes for connecting lamp strips in series
FR2779803A1 (fr) * 1998-06-16 1999-12-17 Owen Hsu Dispositif d'eclairage decoratif muni d'un tube lumineux deformable pouvant dessiner par scintillation des enseignes concues par un utilisateur

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