EP1632712B1 - Ensemble comprenant une pluralité de dispositifs électriques d'éclairage décoratifs - Google Patents

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EP1632712B1
EP1632712B1 EP05090105A EP05090105A EP1632712B1 EP 1632712 B1 EP1632712 B1 EP 1632712B1 EP 05090105 A EP05090105 A EP 05090105A EP 05090105 A EP05090105 A EP 05090105A EP 1632712 B1 EP1632712 B1 EP 1632712B1
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21SNON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S9/00Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply
    • F21S9/02Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply the power supply being a battery or accumulator
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21SNON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S6/00Lighting devices intended to be free-standing
    • F21S6/001Lighting devices intended to be free-standing being candle-shaped
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/08Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/04Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches
    • F21V23/0435Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being switches activated by remote control means
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/16Adjustable mountings using wires or cords
    • F21V21/20Adjustable mountings using wires or cords operated by weights
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/32Flexible tubes
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21WINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2121/00Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21WINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2121/00Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
    • F21W2121/04Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00 for Christmas trees
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21YINDEXING 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
    • F21Y2115/00Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10Light-emitting diodes [LED]

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  • the invention relates to a set comprising a plurality of decorative electric lighting devices according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such lighting devices are used for decorative lighting, especially on festive occasions.
  • a main application is the decorative lighting on the Christmas tree.
  • Other applications include mood lighting on celebrations or in the form of motif lighting on special festive days, for example, by semi-transparent decorative housing are attached to the lamp body, so that they are illuminated from the inside.
  • Network-independent lighting devices are known for example from the documents DE 200 03 164 U1, DE 201 00 891 U1, DE 201 14 003 U1, DE 20 2004 000 124 U1, DE 200 20 560 A1, DE 41 13 442 A1, DE 198 14 231 A1, DE 102 06 418 A1 and DE 103 02 593 A1.
  • As an energy storage commercial household batteries or batteries are used, which are arranged in the lamp body. Due to the weight of the energy store, problems arise with regard to the stability of the lighting devices, in particular when they are fastened to a support body, for example on a branch of a Christmas tree.
  • US 2003 0081420 A1 discloses a lighting device with a candle-shaped luminaire part and a battery housing, which is rigidly connected to the luminaire part by means of a base part. At the lower end of the lighting device, a fastening means for fastening the lighting device to a wall is provided below the battery housing.
  • the battery case is integrated in the lamp base.
  • US 2001 030862 A discloses a set comprising a plurality of electric, battery-powered lighting devices that can be turned on and off by a radio remote control.
  • the battery is located in the lamp base.
  • a lighting device with a hook-shaped holding device for hooking to a branch of a Christmas tree and a battery chamber at the lower end of the lighting device is known.
  • the lighting device is switched on and off by means of a built-in mechanical switch.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a simple and easy to use lighting device set with improved stability of the lighting devices when attached to a support body.
  • the fastening means is arranged either on the lamp body or on the connecting element, but expediently not on or in the region of the housing for the energy store or a part of the energy store. This feature makes it possible, by the arrangement of the housing beyond the attachment point, viewed from the lamp body, to reduce the above the attachment point arranged mass of the lighting device in order to increase the stability. If separate fixing means for the lamp body and the housing are provided, the aforementioned feature refers to the fixing means for the lamp body.
  • each lighting device for the purpose of simplifying the operation in the sense of remote control by means of a wireless transmitting device centrally switched on or off.
  • An inventive set is characterized in that each lighting device is assigned its own energy storage, so that a wiring between the lighting devices or to a central energy storage can be omitted.
  • the invention is thereby delimited from a conventional fairy lights for a Christmas tree, which is powered independently of the mains, for example by means of a car battery.
  • the energy storage device allows operation of the lighting device over a relatively long period of at least 30 minutes, preferably at least 60 minutes, without additional external energy supply.
  • Solar cells are not energy stores in this sense, because they do not store energy, but convert externally supplied energy.
  • the energy store consists in particular of one or more batteries and / or one or more accumulators.
  • the energy store can be arranged completely inside the housing or completely outside the lamp body. But this is not necessarily the case.
  • a part of the energy storage can also be arranged in the lamp body, without affecting the inventive effect.
  • the proportion by weight of the part of the electrical energy store arranged in the housing is preferably at least 25%, more preferably at least 50%, of the total weight of the energy store in order to increase the stability.
  • one of the illumination devices is preferably designed as a transmission device, i. a corresponding transmitter is integrated in one of the lighting devices of the set, can be dispensed with a separate remote control transmitter.
  • the operation is simplified because a laying of the remote control transmitter is excluded.
  • This aspect is independently claimable as a set with a plurality of lighting devices according to the preamble of claim 1, characterized in that the transmitting device is integrated in one of the lighting devices of the set.
  • the object underlying this aspect is to provide a set with a plurality of lighting devices, in which the effort is reduced and the operation is simplified.
  • the invention is not limited thereto.
  • a separate remote control transmitting device may be advantageous due to increased ease of operation.
  • each lighting device of the set has a transmitting device so that each lighting device can be used for switching the set on and off and not a particular lighting device with the transmitter needs to be searched.
  • the operation is further simplified.
  • An electric decorative lighting device 1 comprises a lamp body 2, a connecting element 9 and a housing 8.
  • the lamp body 2 comprises a luminous element 3 and a shaft part 4.
  • the luminous element 3 is an electrical luminous means, for example an incandescent or glow lamp, a small fluorescent tube or a light emitting diode (LED).
  • Light-emitting diodes are preferably operated pulsed, preferably with a suitable frequency, so that the change between light and dark phases is not perceived by the viewer. As a result, a significant extension of the maximum operating time is achieved.
  • the lighting device 1 has a connecting element 9 for connecting the lamp body 2 to a housing 8.
  • an electrical line 16 for connection of the luminous element 3 is provided with an energy storage 7.
  • the electrical energy store 7 is preferably formed by one or more dry cells, for example button cells, mignon or micro cells, or rechargeable accumulators. To provide a supply voltage of, for example, 3 V, for example, two mignon cells can be provided.
  • the electrical energy storage 7 also serves as a power supply for the transmitter 13 and the receiver 14 via the supply lines 16.
  • the electrical lines 15, 16 are preferably arranged inside the hollow connecting element 9 and inside the lamp body 2 and the housing 8 for optical reasons.
  • the electrical energy store 7 is arranged within the housing 8.
  • the interruption of the power supply by means of a switching element which is designed here as a switch 10, for example, an on-off switch or a multi-stage or continuously variable switching element for setting different brightness levels of the luminous element 3.
  • the housing 8 can be designed as a decorative element.
  • the connecting element 9 is rigid in the embodiment of FIG. 1 and has a loop 30, which serves for hanging in a substantially elongated support body 6, such as a branch of a Christmas tree.
  • the lighting device 1 is pivotally attached to the support body 6 such that it pivots back into the desired, in particular upright position even with a deflection due to the low center of gravity.
  • the attachment to other support bodies, such as nails, hooks or straps that are attached to other objects, is possible.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 each show a set with a plurality of lighting devices 1, for example for decorating a Christmas tree.
  • at least one lighting device 1 has remote control means with a wireless transmitter 13 and an actuating element expediently arranged on the outside of the housing 8 12 on.
  • an electromagnetic or acoustic signal is emitted by means of the transmitter 13.
  • This is preferably a radio signal, for example in the frequency band around 433 MHz.
  • An infrared or an ultrasonic signal is for example in question.
  • the transmitter 13 is preferably not visibly arranged in the housing 8 for optical reasons.
  • the remaining lighting devices 1 of the set have a receiver 14, which is set up to receive and recognize the signal transmitted by the transmitter 13.
  • the receiver 14 is connected to the switch 10 and switches the switch 10 in response to a received signal to turn the lighting device 1 on or off or to put it in a certain operating state.
  • only one lighting device 1 is designed as a transmitting device with a transmitter 13 and an actuating means 12, while the other lighting devices 1 of the set have only one receiver 14 but no transmitter 13 (master-slave configuration).
  • the lighting device 1 with transmitter 13 must not have a receiver 14 in this configuration, when the switch 10 is actuated by means of the actuating element 12.
  • each lighting device 1 has a transmitter 13, an actuating means 12 and a receiver 14.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that each lighting device 1 can be used for switching the set on and off and that no specific lighting device 1 designed as a transmitting device has to be searched for.
  • Transmitter 13, receiver 14, switch 10 and / or actuating element 12 are preferably arranged on or in the housing 8 and not on or in the lamp body 2 in order not to unnecessarily increase its weight and thereby the stability of the lamp body 2 when attached to increase the support body 6.
  • a fastening means 5 is used in the form of a hook, which serves for hanging on the support body 6. This has over the embodiment of FIG. 1, the advantage of a central suspension, whereby the adjustment of an upright position of the lamp body 2 is facilitated.
  • the fastening means 5 is formed by the connecting element 9.
  • the connecting element 9 is plastically bendable and has sufficient rigidity to fix the lamp body 2 stably to the support body 6 and to hold it in the desired position.
  • the connecting element 9 for example, simply or repeatedly wound around the support body 6.
  • a suitable material for the connecting element 9 or parts thereof is wire.
  • the lamp body 2 is fastened by means of a fastening means 5, for example in the form of a clamp.
  • the connecting element 9 is flexible and can be formed, for example, by the electrical supply lines 16 between the lamp body 2 and the housing 8.
  • the housing 8, here in the form of a Christmas tree ball, has a separate attachment means 31, here in the form of a conventional loop for hanging over a branch of a Christmas tree. This has the advantage that the housing 8 can be placed independently of the luminaire body 2 depending on the spatial conditions, as well as the advantage of weight reduction of the luminaire body 2.
  • the connecting element 9 preferably has substantially no rigidity in order to allow the housing 8 to be freely placed facilitate. Separate fastening means 31 for the housing 8 are not mandatory, and a freely suspended arrangement of the housing 8 is conceivable. Also in the case of FIG. 4, for example, a battery 7 may be accommodated in the housing 8 and a battery 7 in the lamp body 2.
  • the lamp body 2 may be formed so that the visual impression of a traditional wax candle is achieved in a candle holder.
  • red, orange and / or yellow LEDs may be used for this purpose.
  • ornamental elements for example a candle plate, which is used in conventional candlesticks for receiving candle wax running down.
  • Such decorative elements are shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 3 at the lower ends of the shaft portion 4 of the lamp body 2 by way of example.
  • the luminaire body 2 has at the upper end of the shaft part 4 a cap 17 for the protection of the luminous element 3, which may for example be designed in the form of a flame or may have additional optical elements, for example color filters or lenses.
  • a protective cap 17 is not mandatory.
  • the lamp body 2 does not necessarily have a shank part 4, if, for example, the visual impression of an electric candle or wax candle is not important.
  • part of the power supply for example a battery 7 is arranged in the lamp body 2, while another part of the power supply, here a further battery 7, is arranged in the housing 8.
  • the proportion by weight of the arranged in the housing 8 part of the power supply is here 50%.
  • the housing 8 and the connecting element 9 can be used as a ground connection.
  • the connecting element 9 therefore, only one electrical connection line 16 can be sufficient.

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  1. Ensemble avec une pluralité de dispositifs électriques d'éclairage décoratif (1), chaque dispositif d'éclairage (1) comprenant :
    un luminaire (2) avec au moins un élément lumineux (3) pouvant être commandé électriquement ;
    un moyen de fixation (5) pour fixer le dispositif d'éclairage (1) à un corps de support (6), et
    un réservoir d'énergie électrique (7) autonome attribué au dispositif d'éclairage électrique (1) pour l'alimentation de l'élément lumineux (3),
    caractérisé en ce que tous les dispositifs d'éclairage (1) peuvent être connectés et déconnectés centralement au moyen d'un dispositif d'émission sans fil (13), et chaque dispositif d'éclairage (1) comprend un boîtier (8) séparé du luminaire (2) pour recevoir au moins une partie du réservoir d'énergie électrique (7), le boîtier (8) étant installé à distance à l'extérieur du luminaire (2) et étant relié au luminaire (2) au moyen d'un élément de raccordement (9), et moyennant quoi le moyen de fixation (5) est disposé contre le luminaire (2) ou contre l'élément de raccordement (9), et le centre de gravité du boîtier (8) est placé en dessous de la position de fixation définie par le moyen de fixation (5).
  2. Ensemble selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier (8) est installé selon une disposition suspendue en dessous du luminaire (2).
  3. Ensemble selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'émission (13) est intégré dans un des dispositifs d'éclairage (1) de l'ensemble.
  4. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que chaque dispositif d'éclairage (1) de l'ensemble comprend un dispositif d'émission sans fil (13).
  5. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de fixation (5) permet une orientation du dispositif d'éclairage (1).
  6. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de raccordement (9) est flexible, de préférence plastiquement flexible.
  7. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de raccordement (9) comprend un élément de fil.
  8. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de raccordement (9) est conçu creux pour recevoir au moins une ligne de connexion électrique (16).
  9. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de fixation (5) est formé de l'élément de raccordement (9).
  10. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de raccordement (9) présente une longueur dans la gamme allant jusqu'à 20 cm, de préférence dans la gamme de 5 à 15 cm.
  11. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que chaque dispositif d'éclairage (1) comprend un élément de commutation (10) pour la connexion et la déconnexion de l'élément lumineux (3).
  12. Ensemble selon une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce que éventuellement l'élément de commutation (10), le dispositif d'émission (13), un récepteur (14) correspondant et/ou un élément de commande (12) correspondant est disposé dans ou contre le boîtier (8).
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CA002517791A CA2517791A1 (fr) 2004-09-02 2005-09-01 Dispositif d'eclairage decoratif electrique et ensemble de dispositifs de ce type
PCT/EP2005/009622 WO2006024548A1 (fr) 2004-09-02 2005-09-02 Ensemble comprenant une pluralite de dispositifs d'eclairage electriques, a usage decoratif
US11/339,706 US7419283B2 (en) 2004-09-02 2006-01-24 Electrical decoration lighting device and set of such devices
US11/432,960 US7419277B2 (en) 2004-09-02 2006-05-12 Electrical decoration lighting device and set of such devices

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