JP2001055971A - Wind power generation set as indicator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily place a generator at a specified position while utilizing its power for an indicator for cars, and generate power by efficiently adapting air flow caused by running cars even when no natural wind blows. SOLUTION: In this power generation set as an indicator, a plurality of generators 11 are arranged on workpieces 3 for a car in a transverse line along a running direction of a vehicle through support members 10 each having locking function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wind power generator for signs using a wind generated when a vehicle such as a train or an automobile passes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of generators utilizing natural energy such as hydraulic power and wind power have been proposed. For example, JP-A-58
JP-A-130742 discloses a portable water turbine generator, which is appropriately installed in a mountain stream in order to obtain electricity for outdoor lighting for camping, fishing and the like. An example of a generator that uses hydraulic power is
No. 3,171,675. The generator described in this publication is provided with a rotor having a magnet inside a water supply pipe, and rotates the rotor by passage of a water flow. Then, the electric power obtained from the generator can be used in various places. On the other hand, an example of a generator using wind power is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 52-129855. The wings of the rotor of this generator are of a propeller type, and the generator body is provided with a tail wing, and the rotating shaft freely rotates according to the wind direction. Therefore, the installation place of this generator is not particularly limited.

As described above, various types of generators utilizing natural energy have been conventionally proposed. However, these generators are installed in a "specific place", "how to install", and "what No specific proposal was made regarding whether to use it as electricity. " Therefore, various proposals (invention,
There was a dislike that utility models were buried without being implemented.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION A first object of the present invention is to, in view of the conventional problems, easily install a generator at a specific place and use it as electric power for a vehicle sign. It is. The second purpose is, even when there is no wind,
That is, power can be generated by efficiently utilizing the wind generated when the vehicle travels. A third object is that a plurality of heavy generators can be easily arranged in a horizontal line on a vehicle workpiece along the traveling direction of the vehicle.
A fourth object is to obtain a large amount of power generation. Other objectives are to be able to manufacture a cassette type generator by easily combining a plurality of generator bodies, to be able to efficiently receive wind, and to inquire between the rotor and stator generated during rotation. The phenomenon can be avoided as much as possible.

[0005]

First, in the sign wind power generator according to the present invention, a plurality of generators 11 are moved in the traveling direction of the vehicle via a support member 10 having a locking function on the vehicle work 3. It is characterized by being arranged in a horizontal row along.

In the above structure, the vehicle workpiece 3 is a guard rail, the support member 10 is opposed support rods 14, 15 fixed to the guard rail, and a plurality of generators 11 are connected to the opposed support rod. It is characterized in that it is fitted into the rods 14 and 15 in a cassette manner. The generator 11
Is composed of a rectangular frame-shaped housing 20 detachably fitted to the support member 10 and a plurality of generator bodies 21 and 22 having a box-shaped support frame 25 integrated into the housing 20. It is characterized by the following.

Next, in the wind power generator for sign of the present invention, a plurality of generators 11 are arranged in a horizontal line along the traveling direction of the vehicle via a support member 10 having a locking function on the vehicle work 3. The generator 11 includes a rectangular frame-shaped housing 20 detachably fitted to the support member 10, and a generator main body 21 (or 22) incorporated in the housing 20. The support frame 25 of the machine body 21 is provided with a plurality of wind receiving guide plates. In this case, the support frame 25 of the generator main body 21 is provided with a large number of projecting conductor mounting portions 31 in a ring shape so as to face the permanent magnets of the rotor. It is characterized in that the coils 32 are wound respectively. Further, the support frame 25 and the projecting conductor mounting portion 31 of the generator body 21 are formed of a non-magnetic material.

Here, the "vehicle work" refers to a guardrail provided along a road or a railroad track, a column for a street lamp, a shielding member for noise prevention, a shielding member for wind and snow, a bridge, a tunnel, a column for a sign, and the like. To tell.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, an embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 1 is a highway as an example of a vehicle traveling path, 2 is a median strip provided on the highway,
Reference numeral 3 denotes a vehicle workpiece (for example, a guard rail) disposed on the median strip along the vehicle traveling direction of the expressway 1;
Is a sign wind power generator fixedly attached to the vehicle work 3, and 5 is an example of a sign that informs a running vehicle 6 of information using electric power supplied from the sign wind power generator 4. In the notification means, the notification means 5 generally has an electric sign section 7 on the upper frame. Here, each figure will be briefly described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a workpiece attached to a vehicle workpiece as viewed from a plane, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the workpiece as viewed from the front with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a main part, and FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view viewed from a longitudinal section based on FIG.

Therefore, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. A guardrail as an example of a vehicle workpiece 3 provided in the median strip 2 generally includes a plurality of guard posts 3a provided at required intervals,
And a guard rail body 3b erected above the guard posts 3a. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the sign wind power generator 4 is a guard post 3 of the vehicle workpiece 3.
a, and a plurality of cassette-type generators 11 fitted into the support member 10. The electric power obtained from the cassette-type generator 11 is a constant voltage (not shown). The electric power is supplied to the notification (marking) means 5 as stable electric power via the device, the control means, the storage battery, and the like.

Therefore, the sign wind power generator 4 of the present invention basically includes a support member 10 fixedly attached to the vehicle work 3 and a plurality of cassette type fitted into the support member 10. And a generator 11. Therefore, the support member 10 and the cassette type generator 11 will be described in more detail.

First, the support member 10 is mounted on the guardrail body 3.
b to be located in the lower space 12 below
An upper support rod 14 is provided between the guard posts 3a and 3a so as to oppose the upper support rod 14. Thus, the upper support rod 14 and the lower support rod 15 are formed in a channel shape in cross section as shown in FIG. 5, and are fixed to the upper parts of the guard columns 3 a, 3 a via fixing means (bolts, nuts, etc.) 16. It is appropriately fixed to the lower part. The upper support rod 14 and the lower support rod 15 are opposed to each other so that both can lock the cassette type generator 11 together.

The vertical walls 14a, 15a of the upper support rod 14 and the lower support rod 15 perform a locking function with respect to each cassette type generator 11. In consideration of this locking function, a plurality of notches 17 are formed in the vertical wall 14a of the upper support rod 14 while the bottom wall 15b connected to the vertical wall 15a of the lower support rod 15 is formed. On the inside,
A resilient member (for example, a leaf spring) 18 is provided at a required interval.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the cassette type generator 11 has a rectangular frame-shaped casing 20 fitted into the supporting member 10 in a cassette type (detachable), and is integrally incorporated in the casing 20. And large and small generator bodies 21 and 22. Since the large generator main body 21 and the small generator main body 22 have the same structure, the small generator main body 22 is used here for convenience.
, And redundant description of the structure of the large generator body 21 will be omitted.

The rectangular frame-shaped housing 20 is preferably formed in consideration of the radii of the guard posts 3a.
That is, the depth is set to be shallow so as not to protrude significantly from the guard support 3a. A plurality of handles 23 are appropriately attached to the left and right side walls 20a and 20b of the housing 20. Further, a plurality of projections 24 are formed on the upper wall 20c of the housing 20 so as to engage with the vertical walls 14a after passing through the fitting notches 17 of the upper support rod 14 described above. Therefore, the fitting of the rectangular frame-shaped housing 20 and the support member 10 is equivalent to the fitting relationship between the shoji and the shoji frame.

The structure of the small generator main body 22 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.
2 is a supporting frame. The support frame 25 is of a cassette type, and large and small generator bodies 21 and
The two fit together perfectly. Reference numeral 26 denotes a long cylindrical bearing 27 provided at the center of the support frame 25.
A wing 28 is fixed to the rotating shaft 26 radially. And this wing 2
Numeral 8 denotes a fan type having a magnet mounting portion as shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, and a curved wind scooping portion 28b is desirably formed at the position of the wing 28. A first permanent magnet 29 of a curved plate is provided on the outer wall surface at the tip of the wing 28 in the circumferential direction by “S”.
Pole "and" N pole ". Further, as shown in FIG. 9, a second permanent magnet 30 is fixed to the shaft portion 28a of the wing 28 in an annular manner such as "S pole" and "N pole". The rotor includes a rotating shaft 26, wings 28 formed integrally with the rotating shaft 26, and first and second permanent magnets 29 and 30 fixed to the wing 28 in an annular shape.

On the other hand, inside the box-shaped support frame 25 corresponding to the stator, the first and second permanent magnets 29, 30 are provided.
A large number of projecting conductor mounting portions 31 are provided in a ring shape so as to face the conductors, and a power generating coil 32 is wound around each of these conductor mounting portions 31 in a bobbin shape. In the present embodiment, the box-shaped support frame 25 and the projecting conductor mounting portion are formed of a non-magnetic material (for example, a hard synthetic resin material).

Reference numeral 35 denotes a plurality of wind receiving guide plates provided on the small generator main body 22. In the present embodiment, these wind receiving guide plates 35 are fixedly provided on the opening edge 25a so as to project forward at a required angle from the front opening edge of the support frame 25.

In the above configuration, the cassette type generator 11
Is set on the support member 10. First, before setting the cassette type generator 11 on the support member 10, as shown in FIG.
Is assembled in the rectangular frame-shaped housing 20. In this case, the large generator main body 21 is integrated into the center of the housing 20, and the small generator main body 22 is integrated into each of the four corners of the housing 20.

Next, the cassette type generator 11 having a plurality of generator bodies is set on the support member 10. In this case, once the handle 23 of the set-type generator 11 is
1 and the bottom of the generator 11 is
Release the handle 23 so as to match the inner surface of the bottom wall 15b. Therefore, the bottom of the generator 11 is
5, the projections 24 of the generator 11 are fitted into the upper support rods 14 while appropriately pushing down the generator 11 against the spring force of the left and right resilient members 18, 18. It should be aligned with the notch 17. When both hands are released from the generator 11 at the place where each projection 24 has passed through each notch 17 for fitting, the generator 11 is slightly raised by the spring force of the left and right elastic members 18. Each of the projections 24 engages with the vertical wall 14a of the upper support rod 14.
Then, the power generator 11 is connected to the left and right elastic members 1.
It is supported by the support member 10 in the form supported by 8,18.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the plurality of cassette-type generators 11 are inserted into the lower space 12 of the guardrail body 3b of the vehicle work 3 via the support member 10 as shown in FIGS. , Are arranged in a row in a row, and constitute a sign wind power generator 4.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In one embodiment of the present invention, the case where the sign wind power generator 4 is installed on the vehicle work 3 provided on the median strip of the highway has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. is not. For example, the wind power generator 4 may be attached to a vehicle work for a vehicle such as a bullet train or a subway. In short, it may be installed on a vehicle workpiece in a place where a desired wind is frequently generated by a running vehicle. When the vehicle workpiece 3 is a guardrail, the wind turbine generator 4 is disposed laterally through the support member 10 in the lower space 12 of the guardrail body 3b, but not necessarily below the guardrail body. It is not necessary to dispose it in the space 12. For example, it may be disposed in the space above the guardrail body 3b of the vehicle workpiece 3. In this case, it is necessary to protrude the upper ends of the left and right gart supports 3a from the guardrail body 3b by a required amount. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the blade 28 of the generator main body 21 (22) is a fan type, but is not necessarily limited to this. Since it is desirable that the wings 28 rotate even in a weak wind, a cross-flow type wind turbine recently invented by a person skilled in fluid engineering may be used. The generator 11 includes a rectangular frame-shaped housing 20 and a plurality of generator bodies having a box-shaped support frame 25 incorporated in the housing 20. May incorporate only one generator body. In addition, another power generation means (for example, a solar power generator) may be attached to the upper support rod 14 of the support member 10, and the both may be combined to increase power generation.

[0023]

As apparent from the above description, the present invention has the following effects. (1) A plurality of generators are arranged in series on a vehicle workpiece for vehicles such as automobiles, Shinkansens, subways, etc., so that even when there is no wind, the wind generated when the vehicle runs can be efficiently used. Can be used to generate electricity. (2) Since a plurality of generators are mounted on the vehicle work,
Existing pillars and spaces can be used. (3) Since the heavy generator is merely lifted and fitted into the support member having the locking function, the work of attaching the generator to the support member is easy. (4) Since a plurality of generator bodies are provided in the cassette type generator, a large amount of power generation can be obtained. (5) In the above-mentioned (4), in the embodiment in which the cassette-type generator comprises a rectangular casing and a generator main body having a plurality of box-shaped support frames 25, a plurality of cassette-type generators are provided in the rectangular casing. The generator bodies can be integrally incorporated. (6) Since a plurality of wind receiving guide plates are provided on the support frame of the generator body, the wind can be efficiently received. (7) The support frame 25 of the generator main body is provided with a large number of projecting conductor mounting portions 31 in a ring shape so as to face the first and second permanent magnets 29 and 30.
In the case of the embodiment in which the power generating coil 32 is wound in a bobbin shape, the number of turns of the power generating coil 32 can be increased. Therefore, the amount of power generation can be increased. (8) In the case of the embodiment in which the support frame 25 and the projecting conductor mounting portion of the generator main body are formed of a non-magnetic material, the rotor continues to rotate smoothly. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the phenomenon of inquiring between the rotor and the stator that occurs during rotation as much as possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 9 are explanatory views showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram viewed from a plane in a state where the display device is mounted on a vehicle workpiece.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram viewed from the front with reference to FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of a main part.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view as viewed from a vertical section taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic explanatory view from a perspective view of a main part (cassette type generator).

FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory view of a main part (generator main body) as viewed from the front.

FIG. 8 is a schematic explanatory view of a main part (generator main body) viewed from a cross section.

FIG. 9 is a schematic explanatory view of a main part (generator main body) viewed from the back.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Traveling path of vehicle, 2 ... Median strip, 3 ... Workpiece for vehicle, 3a ... Guard column, 3b ... Guardrail body, 4 ...
Wind power generator, 10 support member, 11 cassette-type generator, 14 upper support rod, 15 lower support rod, 20 housing, 20a, 20b side wall, 20c upper wall, 21 and 22
... Generator body, 23 ... Handle, 25 ... Support frame, 26 ... Rotating shaft, 27 ... Bearing part, 28 ... Wing, 28a ... Wing shaft part, 2
8b: Scooping parts of wings, 29, 30: Permanent magnet, 31: Conductor mounting part, 32: Power generating coil, 35: Wind receiving guide plate.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A wind turbine for a sign, comprising a plurality of generators (11) arranged in a row in a running direction of a vehicle via a support member (10) having a locking function on a work (3) for a vehicle. Power generator. 2. The vehicle workpiece 3 according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle workpiece 3 is a guard rail, the support member 10 is opposed support rods 14 and 15 fixed to the guard rail, and the plurality of generators 11 are A wind power generator for signs, which is fitted into the opposed support rods 14, 15 in a cassette manner. 3. The rectangular frame-shaped casing 20 according to claim 1, wherein the generator 11 is detachably fitted to the support member 10.
And a plurality of generator bodies 21 and 22 having a box-shaped support frame 25 integrally incorporated in the housing 20. 4. A plurality of generators 11 are arranged in a row in a running direction of the vehicle via a support member 10 having a locking function on the work 3 for a vehicle. A rectangular frame-shaped housing 20 detachably fitted to the member 10, and a generator body 21 (or 2
2), wherein a plurality of wind receiving guide plates are provided on the support frame 25 of the generator main body 21. 5. The support frame 25 of the generator body 21 according to claim 4, wherein a number of projecting conductor mounting portions 31 are annularly provided so as to face the permanent magnets of the rotor. A wind power generator for signs, wherein a power generating coil 32 is wound around the mounting portion 31 in a bobbin shape. 6. The sign wind power generator according to claim 4, wherein the support frame 25 and the projecting conductor mounting portion 31 of the generator main body 21 are formed of a non-magnetic material.