Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
  • F21L19/00—Lanterns, e.g. hurricane lamps or candle lamps
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
  • F21W2131/00—Use or application of lighting devices or systems not provided for in codes F21W2102/00-F21W2121/00
  • F21W2131/10—Outdoor lighting
  • F21W2131/109—Outdoor lighting of gardens

Definitions

• the invention relates to a lantern, in particular a grave or garden lantern according to the preamble of claim 1.
• Generic lanterns generally have a housing which comprises a base, at least three side walls arranged at an angle to one another and a roof and is provided with at least one access opening.
• a light source such as, in particular, one or more candles
• the housing itself usually consists of individual transparent plastic or glass panes, between which, generally at the corner brackets, metal rungs are arranged as holders or bezels for the panes. Since the lanterns are often used outdoors, they need to be cleaned from time to time. When cleaning, it is desirable not only to clean the outer surfaces of the lantern, but also to be able to remove soot particles, mist, wax residues, dirt or insects from inside the housing.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a lantern which is easy to clean, has a simple structure and, because of these properties, can be produced as a high-quality branded article even at low manufacturing costs. and because of these properties it can be manufactured as a high quality branded item even at low manufacturing costs.
• the invention provides that the roof and at least one of the side walls can be moved and / or removed from a side support wall that is firmly connected to the floor in such a way that a surface that extends over the area of the removed side wall and removed roof is contiguous access opening.
• the lantern according to the invention can be cleaned through the removed roof. Every area of the interior of the housing is freely and conveniently accessible, and due to the combination of the top and side opening there is sufficient space for circular or oscillating cleaning movements. It is preferred here that both the side wall and the roof can be completely removed so that both can also be cleaned well.
• the removable side wall is a sliding wall guided vertically displaceably in the side support wall. It goes without saying that the sliding wall can preferably only be removed if the roof has been removed beforehand.
• the sliding wall preferably has ledge projections on its side edges and the side support wall has grooves which are adapted to the ledge projections. It is further preferred if the sliding wall is provided with cutouts at least on one of its transverse edges, preferably the lower transverse edge. The corresponding cutouts serve to supply air, so that on the one hand a luminous element ignited inside the housing receives oxygen for burning, on the other hand an air circulation within the lantern is possible or favored.
• housing parts such as sliding wall, side support walls, floor and roof are formed from the same material, in particular are made of pressed glass.
• the entire lantern consists exclusively of pressed glass, which is either clear or colored uniformly.
• the housing parts have a wall thickness of approximately 8 mm to 10 mm. With wall thicknesses of this type, an overall comparatively heavy lantern arises, which, due to its high weight, already prevents the like from falling over. is protected.
• the housing is in three parts and consists of a removable roof, a sliding wall and a multi-angled side support wall formed integrally with the bottom. Only three forms are then required for the production of such lanterns. At the same time, the full use advantage of the lantern is achieved with a decorative appearance.
• the base can be provided with one or more support bases, preferably projecting laterally beyond the side walls.
• a receiving pocket for receiving an anchoring element can optionally be formed in the underside of the base or between the support bases.
• the side walls can be arranged at right angles to one another and the housing is preferably square, while the roof is designed as a tent roof.
• Such a roof constructed in the manner of a four-sided truncated pyramid, has a relatively large distance in the interior of the housing from the burning candle wick, so that the susceptibility to soot formation is at least reduced. is induced.
• the lantern according to the invention can be provided with additional stability in that the roof or tent roof has a cornice with an abutment flange that overlaps the side walls and / or an abutment flange extends inwards at right angles from the abutment flange.
• the contact flange and the contact collar are preferably formed all around.
• FIG. 1 shows a vertical section through a lantern according to the invention
• Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the housing of the lantern along line II-II in Fig. 1.
• Figure 3 shows the sliding wall in several views.
• Fig. 4 is a plan view of the inside of the roof.
• the glass lantern 10 consists of a total of three parts, namely a roof 1, a support housing part 2 and a sliding wall 3. At least the roof 1 and the housing part 2 are made of pressed glass and are made accordingly in special shapes.
• the sliding wall 3 is preferably also made of pressed glass, but could also be obtained from a glass plate of appropriate size with several processing steps.
• the roof 1 is a tent roof, which, like a four-sided truncated pyramid, has four flat roof legs 1A, 1B, IC and 1D (FIG. 4), rounded tip 4 ends. As indicated schematically by arrow E, the roof 1 can be removed by lifting it from the housing part 2 and the sliding wall 3.
• the housing part 2 has three side walls 5A, 5B, 5C which are arranged at right angles to one another and together form a side support wall 5 and form three legs of a square.
• the side walls 5A, 5B, 5C are integrally connected to a continuous floor 6.
• the floor 6 is provided with four support bases 7, here with a square floor plan.
• the support bases 7 each project with edge sections 8 beyond the side walls 5A, 5B, 5C.
• the edge sections 8 are rounded on their top 8 'facing the roof, so that the support bases 7 merge harmoniously into the side walls 5A, 5B, 5C.
• a recess 9 is formed, into which an anchoring element can optionally be inserted.
• the lantern 10 can then e.g. can be attached to a concrete base or a stone slab.
• the support base 7 can also be provided with pockets 11 (Fig. 2), so that a e.g. Anchoring element having locking lugs (not shown) can engage with the locking lugs in the pocket 11 by a 45 ° rotation of the lantern 10 in order to anchor the lantern.
• the support base 7 can also consist of solid material without pockets.
• the fourth leg of the square lantern housing is formed by the sliding wall 3 which, after the roof 1 has been lifted away in the direction of the arrow E, can be moved in the direction of the arrow P (FIG. 1).
• the roof 1 and the sliding wall 3 can thus be moved relative to the housing part 2, ie to the floor 6 and the side support wall 5.
• the guidance between the sliding plate 3 and the mutually opposite side walls 5A and 5C of the housing part 2 is achieved by the interaction of a groove 12 in the Side walls 5A, 5C and ledge projections 13 on the side edges 14 of the sliding wall 3 causes.
• the groove 12 is formed between two spaced-apart vertical strips 15, 16, each of which protrudes onto the opposite side wall 5A and 5C.
• the lantern 10 largely has a constant material cross section of approximately 8 mm to 10 mm.
• the material cross-section on the support bases 7 and the vertical strips 15, 16 is correspondingly higher, and correspondingly lower on the strip projections 13.
• the roof 1 has, on the one hand, a roof cornice 22 projecting laterally or outwardly, the side walls 5A, 5B, 5C, the sliding wall 3 and the edge sections 8, which is at the outermost , peripheral edge 23 tapers substantially.
• the roof cornice 22 is provided on its underside 22 'with a square circumferential bearing flange 24 which extends downward in a web-like manner in FIG. NEN lying flange leg 25 on the outside against the side walls 5A, 5B, 5C and the sliding wall 3.
• the inner hollow roof 1 can therefore be placed over the housing part 2 like a bell-shaped cover and is supported by the circumferential contact flange 24 in all horizontal directions against displacement.
• the contact flange 24 merges at right angles into an inwardly extending, also square-shaped contact collar 26, so that when the roof 1 is attached, the contact collar 26 is flat on the upper end face of the side support wall 5 (side walls 5A, ⁇ B, 5C) and the sliding wall 3 rests on the upper transverse side 21.
• the contact collar 26 ends at an inner edge 27 which is flush with the inside of the side walls 5A, 5B, 5C.
• the configuration of the conical roof 1 with the four side walls 1A-1D, the web-shaped, square contact flange 24 and the contact collar 26 can best be seen from FIG. 4.
• the roof 1 surrounds the side lantern housing formed by the side support wall 5 and the inserted sliding wall 3 all around with the contact flange 24, which preferably extends downward over a length of about 2 cm, and can only be lifted off in a horizontal shape and while maintaining the horizontal orientation.
• the roof 1 can therefore not go flying even in strong winds, since it automatically tilts. Additional fasteners for the roof 1 can be dispensed with; the roof cornice 22, however, may protrude relatively far beyond the side walls 3, 5 without the risk of the roof 1 lifting due to wind increasing.
• the lantern can also be equipped with a flat roof. Furthermore, the sliding wall and the roof could be formed in one piece, so that the lantern consists of only two components.
• the glass could be framed in narrow trim strips at the respective abutting or connecting edges.
• the floor or the support base could go through.
• the lantern could also be preformed from a glass or plastic material. Possibly. two or three side walls could also be designed as a sliding wall, in particular also as a continuous sliding wall.
• the air recesses can be easily cleaned in the sliding wall, but could also or additionally be formed in the side support wall.
• the lantern could also have a different, isosceles and polygonal floor plan.

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