EP1380075B1 - Dispositif de fixation pour une lampe - Google Patents

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EP1380075B1
EP1380075B1 EP02740269A EP02740269A EP1380075B1 EP 1380075 B1 EP1380075 B1 EP 1380075B1 EP 02740269 A EP02740269 A EP 02740269A EP 02740269 A EP02740269 A EP 02740269A EP 1380075 B1 EP1380075 B1 EP 1380075B1
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Erwin Melzner
Joachim KÖLL
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Arnold and Richter Cine Technik GmbH and Co KG
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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
    • F21V19/00—Fastening of light sources or lamp holders
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/05—Two-pole devices
    • H01R33/06—Two-pole devices with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other
    • H01R33/09—Two-pole devices with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other for baseless lamp bulb
    • 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
    • F21W2131/40—Lighting for industrial, commercial, recreational or military use
    • F21W2131/406—Lighting for industrial, commercial, recreational or military use for theatres, stages or film studios
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/26—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for vehicles

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  • the invention relates to a holder for a lamp the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such headlights have a lamp housing, that in particular an igniter, a reflector and a Includes bracket for the headlight lamp.
  • the bracket has a receptacle that the lamp base of Headlight lamp.
  • the lamp bases are usually according to the international International Electrotechnical Commission standard IEC 61 executed.
  • the IEC 61 standard describes in particular Lamp bases of types GY 9.5, GZ 9.5, GY 16, GTX 9.5, GZY 9.5 and GZZ 9.5, the types with 3 letter discharge lamps and the types with two letter halogen incandescent lamps affect.
  • the numbers indicate the distance between the Contact pins of the lamps.
  • the lamp base has a lateral, circumferential Have a nose with a bevel towards the lamp shaft.
  • This nose is used in known lamp holders two resilient elements or one resilient element and one fixed plate that is part of the lamp holder, held.
  • the IEC 61 standard mentioned allows relatively large tolerances in the design of the lamp base. This leads to the known lamp holders with two resilient elements or a resilient element and a fixed one Plate an exact fixation of the lamp in the lamp holder not guarantee. This leads to the one Problem that the lamps turn off during transport and Operating unintentionally due to vibrations and shocks to solve.
  • Another disadvantage of the known lamp holder is in that the spring elements used when inserting the lamp can be bent, causing it to Lose effect.
  • the present Invention the object of a holder for a To provide lamp that has an exact positioning guaranteed a lamp in the bracket and a unintentional adjustment or loosening of the lamp during transport and operation safely prevented. additionally to ensure that the insertion of a lamp existing in the holder without the risk of bending Spring elements can be done.
  • the holder according to the invention is characterized from that the bracket has locking means which at least one spring element and at least one relative to the spring element between two positions movable connecting part include.
  • the locking part occurs thereby in contact with the spring element, that this is locked and against the lamp base one in the Receptacle of the bracket inserted lamp pressed becomes.
  • the locking part exercises however, no or only a reduced pressure on the spring element off so that this is relaxed.
  • the locking part is either vertical or parallel to the recording direction of the receiving socket the spring element is movable. So there is a movement of the locking part preferably in horizontal or vertical direction. This allows easy handling the bracket or the locking part.
  • the locking part preferably has an insertion slope on that in the first position against the spring element suppressed. Because of the introductory Locking part exerted pressure on the spring element Moving the locking part from the second position increasingly stepped into the first position. This allows one gradual tensioning of the spring element and fixing one lamp arranged in the receiving socket.
  • the at least one spring element is preferably such stated that there are a first, a second and a third area trains.
  • the first area of the spring element is attached to the bracket.
  • At first Area is followed by a second area, which is essentially parallel to the direction of the receptacle runs and thus extends in the vertical direction.
  • the second area merges into one from the second area bent third area, which is essentially perpendicular to the direction of the receptacle and in Extends direction of the receptacle, so essentially runs horizontally.
  • the end of the third area of the Spring element presses against one in the receptacle inserted lamp base.
  • the training described the spring element allows a space-saving arrangement of the Spring in the holder.
  • the locking part is preferably a U-shaped or semicircular plate with two symmetrical arranged, opposing lead-in chamfers.
  • the end areas or lateral legs of the Plate are longitudinal grooves made in the plate, by means of which the plate is movably mounted on the bracket.
  • Storage pins, which are the longitudinal grooves, are preferably used for storage reach through and the head area a diameter has that is greater than the width of the longitudinal grooves.
  • the bearing pins are preferably also used for attachment one spring element each, so that in the preferred embodiment two spring elements are provided, one of which one with one leg each on the bracket movably attached plate cooperates.
  • the plate is preferably resiliently attached to the holder.
  • springs are provided for this purpose are arranged on the bearing pins, thereby on the Support bracket and from below against the end areas of the Press the plate. Thanks to a resilient mounting of the holding part it is prevented that this goes undefined back and forth can move and thereby unwanted noise or there is even damage to the bracket.
  • the locking part is preferably manually between the movable in two positions so that an operator in a simple way of locking and unlocking one in the Can take inserted lamp plug.
  • the spring pressure of the tensioned spring elements is preferred is designed such that a plugged into the receptacle Lamp held and during transportation or Operation is not independently solvable.
  • the Spring pressure designed so that even by heat radiation tolerances arising from the lamp or due to Heating of the components resulting game safely compensated and the spring elements always against the lamp base to press.
  • the locking part is a handle for actuating the locking part on, preferably from the lamp housing protrudes. This is a simple operation of the locking part and thus unlocking and locking the bracket possible.
  • the figures show a bracket 1, the bracket base 11, a receiving socket 12 with two receiving openings 12a, 12b and locking means for holding the Base of a lamp inserted into the receptacle 12 having.
  • Lamp is in particular a halogen incandescent lamp or a low power discharge lamp, at the lamp base is designed in accordance with the IEC 61 standard is.
  • the locking means consist of two symmetrical on Bracket base 11 attached spring elements 2 and one U-shaped, two lateral legs 31, 32 having Centering plate 3.
  • the spring elements 2 are designed such that they attached a lower one to the bracket base 11 Region 21, a substantially vertically extending Area 22 and an adjoining, essentially horizontal and towards the receiving socket 12 extending third region 23.
  • the third area 23 forms a pressure slope at its end 24 made available by simply kinking the spring end becomes.
  • FIGS. 3a, 3b show the bearing pin 14 anchored in the bracket base 11 of the bracket 1.
  • the head region 14a of the mounting pin 14 has in each case a diameter that is greater than the width of the Longitudinal grooves 33 so that the locking part 3 over the Bearing pins 14 is movably attached to the bracket 1.
  • the bearing pin 14 On the mounting pin 14 is one each heat-resistant compression spring 15 set, the one on the bracket base 11 of the bracket 1 and the other on the underside of the legs 31, 32 of the locking part 3 supports and thus for a resilient mounting of the Locking part 3 ensures.
  • the bearing pin preferably has 14 a toothing, not shown, so that it by means of in the head region 14a slots and a simple screwdriver adjusted vertically and thus the pressure force of the spring 15 in a simple manner can be set to a desired dimension.
  • the bearing pins 14 also serve to fasten the spring elements 2, which in its first section 21 by means of a the bearing pin 14 screwed screw 16 on the bracket base 11 are screwed tight.
  • the legs 31 of the locking part 3 form on it an insertion slope 34 on the inside from that with a bulge on the inside of the thighs 31, 32 goes hand in hand.
  • the locking part 3 and the spring elements 2 act like follows together.
  • Figures 1b, 2b, 3b is the locking part 3 in a rear Position in which the legs 31, 32 of the spring elements 2 are led away and are not in contact with them.
  • the bearing pins 14 are each on the one End of the longitudinal groove 33.
  • the spring elements 2 biased such that if there is no contact with the locking part 3 move away from the receptacle 12 and a lamp thus in a simple manner and without a disability the spring elements 2 are inserted into the receptacle 12 or can be taken from this.
  • FIGS. 4b, 5b the state in which the locking part 3 in the front position (locking) and against the Spring elements 2 presses.
  • the lamp 4 has a glass body 41 and a lamp base 42 on. There is a circumferential one on the lamp base 42 lateral nose 43 formed with a run-out slope 43a runs out to the lamp base 42. As especially in 5b, the pressing area 24 is located of the spring element 2 in the locking position on the Sloping faces 43a of the base 42. This will create a secure mounting and positioning of the lamp base in the receiving socket 12 ensured.
  • the through the spring elements 2, on the lamp base 42nd Exerted spring pressure is calculated so that the lamp is held and during transportation or at Operation of the lamp can not solve independently. In the Calculation of the spring pressure also becomes a possible one Thermal expansion of the lamp base when the lamp is in operation considered.
  • the locking member 3 a handle 35 so that the locking part 3 simply between the locked position and the Unlocking position is movable back and forth.
  • the Handle 35 preferably projects from that surrounding the holder Lamp housing (not shown) out, so that a Actuation of the locking part 3 without reaching in can be done in the lamp housing.
  • the invention is not limited in its implementation the embodiments shown above.
  • Essential for the invention is only that to lock the Lamp in a receptacle of the holder at least one Spring element and at least one relative to the spring element locking part movable between two positions are provided, the locking part in one Position comes into contact with the spring element such that this against the receptacle one in the receptacle inserted lamp is pressed while the locking member in the other position none or only a reduced one Exerts pressure on the spring element.

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  1. Dispositif de fixation (1) pour une lampe avec une ampoule en verre et un culot de lampe, en particulier pour une lampe à décharge, ledit dispositif de fixation présentant une douille réceptacle (12) pour recevoir le culot de lampe et des moyens pour bloquer le culot de lampe dans la douille réceptacle,
       caractérisé en ce que
       les moyens de blocage comprennent un élément de ressort (2) et au moins une pièce de blocage (3), mobile par rapport à l'élément de ressort (2) entre une première et une deuxième position, qui dans la première position entre en contact avec l'élément de ressort (2) de telle façon que ce dernier est tendu et comprimé contre le culot (42) d'une lampe (4) introduite dans la douille réceptacle (12) et qui dans la deuxième position n'exerce aucune pression ou seulement une pression réduite sur l'élément de ressort (2).
  2. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la pièce de blocage (3) est mobile perpendiculairement au sens d'introduction dans la douille réceptacle (12) vis-à-vis de l'élément de ressort (2).
  3. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de blocage est mobile parallèlement au sens d'introduction dans la douille réceptacle (12) vis-à-vis de l'élément de ressort (2).
  4. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de blocage (3) présente un chanfrein d'introduction (34) qui appuie sur l'élément de ressort (2) dans la première position de la pièce de blocage (3).
  5. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de ressort (2) présente une première, une deuxième et une troisième zone, la première zone (21) étant fixée au dispositif de fixation, la deuxième zone (22) s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement au sens d'introduction dans la douille réceptacle (12) et la troisième zone s'étendant sensiblement perpendiculairement au sens d'introduction dans la douille réceptacle (12) et en direction de la douille réceptacle (12).
  6. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 4 et la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que, dans la première position, le chanfrein d'introduction (34) de la pièce de blocage (3) appuie sur la deuxième zone (22) de l'élément de ressort (2).
  7. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le culot (42) d'une lampe enfichée dans la douille réceptacle (12) présente, pour la fixation dans le dispositif de fixation, un talon (43) latéral tournant muni d'un chanfrein de sortie (43a), caractérisé en ce que l'élément de ressort (2) tendu appuie sur le chanfrein de sortie (43a) du talon (43) du culot (42) de la lampe (4) enfichée dans la douille réceptacle (12).
  8. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 5 et la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que la troisième zone (23) de l'élément de ressort (2) forme un chanfrein (34) avec lequel l'élément de ressort (2) est en contact avec, et appuie contre, le chanfrein de sortie (43a) du talon latéral (43) du culot de lampe (43).
  9. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu deux éléments de ressort (2) qui sont disposés à l'opposé l'un de l'autre sur des côtés différents du dispositif de fixation (1).
  10. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de blocage est une plaque en forme de U ou de demi-cercle (3) avec deux branches latérales (31, 32) disposées symétriquement.
  11. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que des rainures longitudinales (33), au moyen desquelles la pièce de blocage (3) est supportée de manière mobile sur le dispositif de fixation (1), sont formées dans les deux branches (31, 32).
  12. Dispositif de fixation selon la revendication 10 ou la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de blocage (3) est supportée élastiquement sur le dispositif de fixation (1).
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 11 ou la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce qu'un pion d'appui (14), ancré dans le dispositif de fixation (1) et dont la zone de tête (14a) a un diamètre supérieur à la largeur des rainures longitudinales (33), est disposé dans chacune des rainures longitudinales (33) des branches (31, 32) de la pièce de blocage (3).
  14. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un ressort (15) s'appuyant sur le dispositif de fixation (1) appuie sur la face inférieure de la pièce de blocage (3, 31, 32).
  15. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de blocage (3) peut être déplacée manuellement entre les deux positions.
  16. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la force élastique des éléments de ressort (2) tendus est définie de telle façon qu'une lampe (4) enfichée dans la douille réceptacle (12) est maintenue en place et ne peut pas se détacher d'elle-même pendant le transport ou en cours de fonctionnement.
  17. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la force élastique des éléments de ressort (2) tendus est définie de telle façon que les variations provoquées par le rayonnement thermique d'une lampe (4) enfichée dans la douille réceptacle (12) sont compensées et que les éléments de ressort (2) appuient en permanence contre le culot de lampe (42), en particulier contre un chanfrein de sortie (43a) d'un talon (43) du culot de lampe (42).
  18. Dispositif de fixation selon l'une au moins des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pièce de blocage (3) comporte une poignée (35) servant à actionner la pièce de blocage (3).
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