EP1475564B1 - Halte- und Verstellvorrichtung zur Ausrichtung eines Reflektors, für eine in den Grund eingebaute Leuchte - Google Patents

Halte- und Verstellvorrichtung zur Ausrichtung eines Reflektors, für eine in den Grund eingebaute Leuchte Download PDF

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EP1475564B1
EP1475564B1 EP04356022A EP04356022A EP1475564B1 EP 1475564 B1 EP1475564 B1 EP 1475564B1 EP 04356022 A EP04356022 A EP 04356022A EP 04356022 A EP04356022 A EP 04356022A EP 1475564 B1 EP1475564 B1 EP 1475564B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • F21S8/02—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of recess-mounted type, e.g. downlighters
    • F21S8/022—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of recess-mounted type, e.g. downlighters intended to be recessed in a floor or like ground surface, e.g. pavement or false floor
    • 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
    • F21V21/14—Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/30—Pivoted housings or frames
    • 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
    • F21V17/00—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages
    • F21V17/02—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages with provision for adjustment
    • 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
    • F21W2131/107—Outdoor lighting of the exterior of buildings
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates, in general, to the technical field of lighting devices and, more specifically, to recessed floor luminaires, especially on sidewalks, squares, halls, etc., for the purpose of lighting places. public or private, especially in an outdoor environment but also inside buildings. More particularly, this invention relates to a device for maintaining and adjusting the orientation of the reflector, and the associated lamp, for such recessed floor luminaires.
  • a recessed floor luminaire includes, in a generally known manner, a recessed tank in the ground which encloses optics with lamp and reflector, the assembly being covered by a closing glass flush with the ground.
  • the optics generally oriented so as to illuminate upwards, is either a fixed optic or an optic adjustable in orientation. As regards the adjustment of orientation, it is possible to distinguish the optics adjustable only in inclination, and the optics adjustable both in inclination and in rotation around a vertical axis.
  • the present invention relates to a retaining device and reflector orientation, both in inclination and rotation about a vertical axis.
  • the devices for maintaining and adjusting reflector orientation, for recessed floor luminaires are of very basic structure and only allow a tilt adjustment of the optics.
  • the reflector is flexibly held on a support in the form of a simple lyre, fixed to the bottom of the lighting apparatus, or against the side wall thereof.
  • US Patent No. 5887966 which is the closest state of the art, discloses a reflector orientation retention and adjustment device for recessed floor luminaire according to the preamble of the independent claim.
  • the main problem posed by the current summary devices of orientation adjustment is that they do not put in "memory" the inclination of the reflector made during the initial commissioning of the luminaire, in particular for the "lighting" of the luminaire. 'a building. This inclination is then lost and deregulated from the first maintenance intervention performed on the device lighting, for example when charging the lamp with an electric bulb.
  • Some existing devices allow, simply by means of a screw and a nut, to block a reflector in inclination. These devices are still inconvenient because they require the reflector to be removed from the luminaire to block the screw-nut system that is located beneath the reflector. In addition, the procedure imposed in this case involves a double risk of maladjustment, firstly when removing the reflector, and secondly during tightening of the screw-nut system.
  • the present invention aims at eliminating all the disadvantages described above, by providing an improved device for maintaining and adjusting the orientation, which ensures the fixed and determined holding of the given angular positions to the reflector and the associated lamp, in a recessed floor luminaire, while allowing a multidirectional orientation adjustment by a very simple manipulation, and without risk of maladjustment during maintenance or changes of bulbs.
  • the subject of the invention is a device for maintaining and adjusting reflector orientation, for a recessed floor luminaire, the reflector with the associated lamp being adjustable in inclination and in rotation about a vertical axis, device being essentially characterized by the fact that the reflector is integral with a first lyre-shaped support, whose two branches, facing upwards, are articulated by their vertices, by respective lateral pivots defining a horizontal axis of rotation, between the corresponding vertices of the two branches, facing upwards, a second lyre-shaped support, rotatably mounted by a central pivot defining a vertical axis of rotation on a horizontal plate located under the reflector, which is provided with a series of holes arranged at intervals on a circle centered on the aforementioned vertical axis, while a flexible rod bent, secured to the second support and extending in s a vertical plane perpendicular to the plane of the second support, has a substantially horizontal first portion, provided with a locking pin directed downward
  • the two lateral pivots, and the central pivot which ensure the articulation of the two supports in the form of lyres, are elastic pivots, in particular with elastic washer.
  • the upper zone of the second part of the flexible bent rod, in which the series of aligned holes is formed is advantageously a rounded arcuate zone, centered on the aforementioned axis of horizontal rotation, the holes being disposed on this zone. rounded at regular angular intervals, the vertices of the angles considered being located on the aforementioned axis of horizontal rotation.
  • the bent flexible rod, and the operating rod are constituted by flat bands including metal, very flexible.
  • the device with a double support in the form of a lyre, object of the invention thus makes it possible to fix the orientation of the reflector, therefore of the lamp of a recessed luminaire on the ground, on the one hand in inclination, by the choice of the hole in which is inserted the blocking pin carried by the operating rod, and secondly in rotation about the vertical axis, by the choice of the hole, among the series of holes arranged in a circle on the horizontal plate, in which is inserted the blocking pin carried by the flexible rod bent. It is thus possible to adjust the inclination of the reflector for example over an angular range of 30 °, and its position in rotation about the vertical axis over 360 °, although discontinuously, but nevertheless, as a function of the intervals between them. adjustment holes, with relatively small angular setting "steps" and sufficient for the use concerned, for example steps of the order of 2 ° to 6 ° (depending on the size of the locking pins).
  • This device also ensures, by the manipulation of a single operating member, namely the free end of the operating rod which forms a kind of handle or handle, without any screwing or unscrewing, the angular adjustment and the locking (after adjustment) of the reflector, therefore of the bulb, both in inclination and in rotation around the vertical axis.
  • the luminaire shown in Figure 1 (where does not appear its upper part), is intended to be embedded in the ground, this figure showing more particularly the luminaire body 2 which is intended to be removably placed at the inside a reservation pot (not shown), sealed in the ground.
  • the interior of the luminaire body 2 forms a main chamber 3, in which are housed a lamp 4 and a reflector 5, which make it possible to create a more or less open or concentrated light beam, directed upwards and thus providing illumination of the light. external environment, through the upper closing window (not shown) of the luminaire.
  • the lamp 4 and the reflector 5 are mounted above a horizontal plate 6, placed inside the luminaire body 2, at a certain height above the body 2.
  • the reflector 5 is rigidly fixed to a first support 7 lyre-shaped. More particularly, the base of the reflector 5 is secured, by a screw 8 with nut 9, at the central point of the support 7, whose two opposite branches 7a and 7b are directed upwards, and extend on either side reflector 5.
  • the first lyre-shaped support 7 is itself inserted in a second lyre-shaped support 10, whose median part extends under the reflector 5 and whose two opposite branches 10a and 10b are directed upwards, and extend also on both sides of the reflector 5.
  • the vertices of the two branches 7a and 7b of the first support 7 in the form of a lyre are hinged by respective lateral pivots 11 with spring washers, corresponding vertices of the two branches 10a and 10b of the second support 10 in the form of a lyre.
  • the two lateral pivots 11 thus define a horizontal axis of rotation C, according to which the first support 7 in the form of a lyre is pivotally mounted relative to the second support 10 in the form of a lyre.
  • This pivoting symbolized by an arrow F1 makes it possible to tilt (relative to the vertical axis A) of the reflector 5.
  • the second support 10 in the form of a lyre has its median part arranged horizontally just above the horizontal plate 6, and connected to this plate 6 by a central pivot 12 disposed along the vertical axis A.
  • the pivot 12 is constituted by a screw 13 with locknut 14, which passes vertically through the plate 6 and the support 10; a flat washer 15 is inserted between the plate 6 and the support 10, and an elastic washer 16, in particular a corrugated washer, is inserted between the support 10 and the nut 14.
  • the elastic pivot 12 thus produced allows the rotation of the support 10, therefore of all of the two supports 7 and 10 and the reflector 5, around the vertical axis A, as symbolizes an arrow F2, for the rotational adjustment of the reflector 5.
  • the bent metal rod 17 extends in a vertical plane, perpendicular to the vertical plane containing the second support 10 in the form of a lyre.
  • This bent metal rod 17 has a substantially horizontal first portion 17a, which extends just above the horizontal plate 6, and a second portion 17b which extends the first portion 17a and extends upwards, up to level of the horizontal axis of rotation C.
  • the upper zone of the second portion 17b of the rod 17 is rounded in an arc, centered on the horizontal axis of rotation C.
  • the bent metal rod 17 is equipped, in its first substantially horizontal portion 17a, a vertical blocking pin 18, directed downwards.
  • a series of circular holes 19 aligned, separated by regular intervals, for example six holes 19 arranged at angular intervals of 6 ° (the corners of the angles considered to be located on the horizontal axis of rotation C).
  • the vertical pin 18 of the metal rod 17 is designed to cooperate with the holes 20 of the horizontal plate, by being inserted, by the effect of the sole elasticity of the rod 7, in one of these holes 20.
  • the second support 10 in the form of lyre can thus be immobilized in rotation, in a selected angular position, indexing being possible (in the particular example considered here) every 6 °, in a horizontal plane.
  • an operating rod 21 is fixed externally to the periphery of the reflector 5, in a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal axis of rotation C.
  • the operating rod 21, curved upwards, is also made as a flat strip very flexible.
  • This operating rod 21 is provided externally with a locking pin 22.
  • the operating rod 21 fixed on the reflector 5 is located opposite the second portion 17b, extending upwards, of the bent metal rod 17 integral with the second support 10 in the form of a lyre.
  • the blocking pin 22 carried by the operating rod 21 can be inserted, by the effect of the sole elasticity of this rod 21, into one of the holes 19 of the second part 17b of the metal rod 17, to ensure immobilization of the reflector 5 in inclination, with (in the particular example considered) a possible indexing every 6 °, in a vertical plane, between the limit values 0 ° and 30 ° .
  • the orientation of the reflector 5, and therefore of the associated lamp 4 can be fixed and maintained, both in inclination (angular position relative to the horizontal axis C) and rotation around the vertical axis A.

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  1. Haltevorrichtung und Vorrichtung zum Verstellen der Ausrichtung eines Reflektors für einen in den Boden eingelassenen Beleuchtungskörper, wobei der Reflektor (5) mit der zugehörigen Lampe (4) hinsichtlich seiner Neigung (α) und seiner Drehung (F2) um eine vertikale Achse (A) verstellbar ist, und wobei der Reflektor (5) fest verbunden ist mit einem ersten Träger (7) in Form eines Lyrabügels, dessen zwei Arme (7a, 7b) nach oben zeigen und die an ihren oberen Enden jeweils durch seitliche Drehzapfen (11), die eine horizontale Drehachse (C) definieren, beweglich angebracht sind zwischen den entsprechenden oberen Enden der zwei nach oben zeigenden Arme (10a, 10b) eines zweiten Trägers (10) in Form einer Lyrabügels, der um einen zentralen Drehzapfen (12) drehbar montiert ist, der eine vertikale Drehachse (A) auf einer horizontalen Auflageplatte (6) definiert, die unter dem Reflektor (5) angeordnet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese horizontale Auflageplatte (6) mit einer Reihe von Löchern (20) versehen ist, die in regelmäßigen Abständen auf einem Kreis liegen, der auf die vorgenannte vertikale Achse (A) zentriert ist, während ein biegsamer gewinkelter Stab (17), der mit dem zweiten Trägerbügel (10) fest verbunden ist und sich in einer vertikalen Ebene senkrecht zur Ebene dieses zweiten Trägerbügels (10) erstreckt, einen ersten im wesentlichen horizontalen Teil (17a) hat, der mit einem Fixierstift (18) versehen ist, der nach oben gerichtet ist und dazu dient, mit einem der Löcher (20) der horizontalen Auflageplatte (6) zusammenzuwirken, und einen zweiten Teil (17b) hat, der den ersten (17a) verlängert und der nach oben gerichtet und in seinem oberen Bereich mit einer Reihe von geradlinig ausgerichteten Löchern (19) versehen ist, die regelmäßige Trennabstände aufweisen und vorgesehen sind, um mit einem Fixierstift (22) zusammenzuwirken, der auf einem biegsamen Einstellstab (21) sitzt, der an der Peripherie des Reflektors (5) gegenüber dem zweiten Teil (17b) des biegsamen gewinkelten Stabes (17) befestigt ist.
  2. Haltevorrichtung und Vorrichtung zum Verstellen der Ausrichtung eines Reflektors für einen in den Boden eingelassenen Beleuchtungskörper nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zwei seitlichen Drehzapfen (11) und der zentrale Drehzapfen (12), die die Drehbarkeit der zwei Lyra-förmigen Trägerbügel (7, 10) gewährleisten, elastische Drehzapfen sind, insbesondere mit einer elastischen Scheibe (16).
  3. Haltevorrichtung und Vorrichtung zum Verstellen der Ausrichtung eines Reflektors für einen in den Boden eingelassenen Beleuchtungskörper nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der obere Bereich des zweiten Teils (17b) des gewinkelten Stabes (17), in dem die Reihe geradlinig ausgerichteter Löcher (19) ausgeführt ist, ein abgerundeter Bereich in Form eines Kreisbogens ist, der auf die horizontale Drehachse (C) zentriert ist, wobei die Löcher (19) in regelmäßigen Winkelabständen auf diesem abgerundeten Bereich angeordnet sind und die Spitzen der betreffenden Winkel auf der horizontalen Drehachse (C) liegen.
  4. Haltevorrichtung und Vorrichtung zum Einstellen der Ausrichtung eines Reflektors für einen in den Boden eingelassenen Beleuchtungskörper nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der gewinkelte biegsame Stab (17) und der Einstellstab (21) aus sehr flexiblen flachen Bändern, insbesondere Metallbändern, bestehen.
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