GB2431223A - Plug-in Emergency Lighting - Google Patents

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GB2431223A
GB2431223A GB0520705A GB0520705A GB2431223A GB 2431223 A GB2431223 A GB 2431223A GB 0520705 A GB0520705 A GB 0520705A GB 0520705 A GB0520705 A GB 0520705A GB 2431223 A GB2431223 A GB 2431223A
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David Patrick Ruane
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/02—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
    • F21L4/022—Pocket lamps
    • F21L4/027—Pocket lamps the light sources being a LED
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/08—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by means for in situ recharging of the batteries or cells
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S9/00—Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply
    • F21S9/02—Lighting 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S9/00—Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply
    • F21S9/02—Lighting 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
    • F21S9/022—Emergency lighting devices
    • 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
    • F21V33/00—Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J9/00—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
    • H02J9/02—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which an auxiliary distribution system and its associated lamps are brought into service
    • H05B37/02—
    • 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
    • F21S8/03—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type
    • F21S8/033—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
    • F21S8/035—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade by means of plugging into a wall outlet, e.g. night light
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING 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
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B70/00—Technologies for an efficient end-user side electric power management and consumption
    • Y02B70/30—Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for improving the carbon footprint of the management of residential or tertiary loads, i.e. smart grids as climate change mitigation technology in the buildings sector, including also the last stages of power distribution and the control, monitoring or operating management systems at local level
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
    • Y04S20/00—Management or operation of end-user stationary applications or the last stages of power distribution; Controlling, monitoring or operating thereof
    • Y04S20/20—End-user application control systems

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Abstract

A plug in emergency light unit can be plugged into any standard mains voltage socket by 3 pins, when during normal power it is charged using the internal low power solid state charger 6 and charges the battery 8, during power failure the internal solid state transistor based switch 7 switches power to the battery illuminating the 4 white LED's 2, when power is restored the switch is switched back to recharge the battery 8 and the status indicator 2 will change from green (charged) to red (charging). The unit also houses a fuse 9.

Description

Emergency Light Plug This invention relates to rechargeable, automatic
emergency light plug.
Typical emergency lighting is permanently installed in a fixed location and has to be installed by a skilled electrician or other trained worker as the emergency lighting has to be connected to the electrical system.
The PIug-E-Light is portable. it can be plugged into any standard mains voltage socket by the end user.
In the event of power failure - namely a power cut, individuals usually have to search for torches or candles. The problems with these are torches have only battery which unless checked regularly, could be at the end of their battery life. Candles can potentially be dangerous.
This invention will overcome this problem by emitting light automatically in the event of power failure by an internal switch that will turn on the emergency lighting. The light could always be in a fixed position, affording the end user confidence of its location.
The Plug-E-Light is a unit that can be plugged into any standard mains voltage socket. It has an in-built charger with rechargeable battery that could potentially last up to 10 hours. It has an internal solid state transistor based switch that will illuminate the ultra bright LED's (Light Emitting Diodes) in the event of power loss.
An example of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 show how the unit looks from the front and where it can be plugged into.
Figure 2 shows the side elevation Figure 3 shows the top elevation Figure 4 shows the charger and battery (internal view) The housing would be made of plastic. The top half will be a clear Perspex diffuser shown in figure 1, which house the ultra bright LED's, on the plastic housing a charge status LED will be present. The unit is plugged in all the time, if power to that socket is lost in the event of a power cut, an internal solid state transistor based switch switches the power from the charged batteries to the ultra-bright LED' s, hence lighting the immediate local area. Also, once the unit is unplugged the switch will autumabeally switch the emergency lights on therefore the unit can be used as a portable lighting aid.
The unit could also be modified, by way of making the unit larger hence sit further out from the socket, and incorporate a 1 3amp 24Ovac socket outlet so the end user does not lose a socket.
Internally, there would be a low power solid state charger which would charge the integral rechargeable battery. A status LED would glow red when charging and green when fully charged, this is located on the front of the plug as shown in Figure 1

Claims (3)

  1. Claims I. An emergency plug light that plugs into a standard socket and
    recharges the unit during normal power and illuminates during power failure.
  2. 2. An Inergency light plug according to claim I, which houses rechargeable battery and charger.
  3. 3. An emergency light plug according claim 2, in which the plug also houses the switch which switches the charged batteries to illuminate the ultra bright LED's
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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2863038A (en) * 1956-10-15 1958-12-02 Dominick A Lombardo Auxiliary outlet with emergency light
US3976986A (en) * 1973-09-27 1976-08-24 Zabroski Stanley E Emergency lamp and solid state switching circuit therefor
US4001803A (en) * 1975-10-01 1977-01-04 Lombardo Dominick A Lighting devices
GB2255242A (en) * 1991-04-27 1992-10-28 Graham Wild Emergency lighting system
DE29816421U1 (en) * 1998-09-12 1998-11-26 Hinner, Wilhelm, 56333 Winningen Intelligent socket light with built-in battery for 2-pole AC mains socket 230 V, or for other mains voltages
WO2001095692A2 (en) * 2000-06-15 2001-12-20 Caretaker As Contact adapter with night/emergency light
GB2388972A (en) * 2002-05-23 2003-11-26 Michael Edward Press Safety light plug
GB2415494A (en) * 2004-06-23 2005-12-28 Christopher John Maxwel Haines Emergency lamp

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2863038A (en) * 1956-10-15 1958-12-02 Dominick A Lombardo Auxiliary outlet with emergency light
US3976986A (en) * 1973-09-27 1976-08-24 Zabroski Stanley E Emergency lamp and solid state switching circuit therefor
US4001803A (en) * 1975-10-01 1977-01-04 Lombardo Dominick A Lighting devices
GB2255242A (en) * 1991-04-27 1992-10-28 Graham Wild Emergency lighting system
DE29816421U1 (en) * 1998-09-12 1998-11-26 Hinner, Wilhelm, 56333 Winningen Intelligent socket light with built-in battery for 2-pole AC mains socket 230 V, or for other mains voltages
WO2001095692A2 (en) * 2000-06-15 2001-12-20 Caretaker As Contact adapter with night/emergency light
GB2388972A (en) * 2002-05-23 2003-11-26 Michael Edward Press Safety light plug
GB2415494A (en) * 2004-06-23 2005-12-28 Christopher John Maxwel Haines Emergency lamp

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