JP2002055635A - Flickering lamp mounted at marking plate for road work - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flickering lamp which is light in weight, is bright, has a large-sized display surface and is used being mounted at a marking plate for road work. SOLUTION: A safety facility, which consists of a supporting base made of a lightweight metal built in with a dry cell box acting as a power source for light emitting elements and a control panel and a reflector arrayed with a transparent prism type reflecting sheet and the light-emitting elements, such as LEDs, in a plastic cylinder, has a structure mounted with the reflector on the supporting base, is provided with mounting struts of square pipes adjusted to the inside dimensions of a square pipe frame of the marking plate for the road work at both ends of the supporting base made of the metal, is mounted by utilizing the square pipe frame of the marking plate and is used at an road work site is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotating lamp used for improving the visibility of a road construction signboard.
The present invention relates to safety facilities such as safety lights and warning lights, and provides a blinking light characterized by having a bright and large display surface despite its simple and lightweight mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of signboard for road construction is composed of a frame made of a square pipe made of iron, and a signboard for indicating the display contents by using a galvanized steel sheet laminated with a reflection sheet. It had a mechanism whereby the displayed contents could be clearly recognized even at night by the headlights of the car. However, such a road construction sign may be difficult to see when used at a specific construction site, such as a construction site with poor visibility or a daytime road construction site on narrow roads. Safety facilities such as security lights and warning lights have been used together.

[0003]

However, such security articles of the prior art often have small and circular products with small marking surfaces, and have a problem of poor visibility from a distance. Especially in today's aging society, where elderly drivers are rapidly increasing, it is becoming an important requirement to be seen as a basic condition of safety, and safety supplies with bright and large sign surfaces have become important requirements. It is becoming an absolute requirement to see that

[0004] However, when the safety facility is large and becomes a heavy safety facility, when it is mounted on a road construction sign, only the upper part of the sign becomes heavy, and the overall weight balance is deteriorated.
Even a small amount of wind causes inconveniences such as the signboard being easily overturned, resulting in lack of safety. Therefore, even if the sign surface is large, it is required to be lightweight. Further, it is also required that the product be easy to use and can be easily mounted on the upper part of the road construction signboard without using any special tool or mounting tool.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in view of such a conventional situation.
An object of the present invention is to provide a flashing light having a large sign surface that extends over the entire width of the sign surface of the sign plate in order to improve the visibility of the sign plate for road construction.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a warning light which can be easily mounted on a signboard for road construction, is lightweight and does not break the weight balance of the entire signboard.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a bright flashing light which does not require an inexpensive and intractable facility power supply for temporary installation.

[0008]

The flashing lamp of the present invention comprises a lightweight metal support base incorporating a battery box and a control panel as a power source for a light emitting element, a transparent prism type reflection sheet and an LED inside a plastic cylinder. It consists of a reflector in which light-emitting elements such as are arranged, and has a structure in which the reflector is attached to the upper part of the support base. At both ends of the metal support base, the size within the frame of the square pipe of the road construction signboard is set. A mounting column for the square pipe is provided, and the square pipe frame of the marking plate is used for easy mounting.

On the other hand, a road construction signboard made of a wooden square frame which does not use a metal square pipe frame is also used although its use ratio is small. The object of the present invention can also be achieved by a flashing lamp equipped with a metal frame stopper or the like that can be mounted on the square bar.

Further, the flashing light of the present invention is provided with a display surface having a width equivalent to that of a road construction signboard, is sufficiently large, and uses a light emitting element having a high light emitting performance. Absolute condition to see, is well equipped. A light-emitting element exhibiting a sufficient light-emitting illuminance can provide good visibility not only at night but also during the day, so that a highly safe flashing lamp can be provided.

The prism type reflection sheet used together with the light emitting element has a property that internal light emission is transparent and an external light is reflected. And, since it has more than three times the reflection performance of the capsule-type reflection sheet used for road signs and road construction signboards, it shines brightly with car headlights at night, contributing to visibility. Things. Further, even when the light emitting element fails, the headlight of the vehicle emits light with sufficient brightness, so that good safety can be provided. Further, when a reflective sheet colored with a fluorescent dye is used, the visibility is improved even at dusk when it is difficult to see, and the product becomes a more effective safety product.

The reflector serving as a display surface is made of a lightweight plastic plastic cylinder, a light emitting element LED,
It is made of a prism type reflection sheet or the like, and has a material configuration advantageous for reducing the weight.

The metal support base is made of aluminum, the built-in battery box and the control panel are small and lightweight, and the structure is devised so as to reduce the total weight, thus solving the problem of weight. It has a structure that can be used.

Further, as a power source for the light emitting element, an institutional power source at an expensive work site is not required, and an easy-to-obtain and inexpensive dry battery is sufficient, which is economical, and has the merit that the overall cost can be reduced.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments.

[0016]

1 to 6 show an embodiment of a flashing light 1 according to the present invention. This blinking light 1 is, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of a battery box 13 serving as a power source, a support base 4 having a control panel (not shown) and a mounting column 5, and a reflector 3 having a prismatic reflection sheet 8 and a light emitting element LED 9 built in a plastic cylinder 7. As shown in FIG. 1, it is used by being attached to a road construction signboard 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the reflector 3 of the flashing light 1 has a prism type reflection sheet 8 lined along the inner wall of a transparent plastic cylinder 7 having an inner diameter of 30 × length 545 mm. In this case, the prism type reflective sheet 8 made of plastic having appropriate flexibility and elasticity is restored and lined by itself along the inner wall of the plastic cylinder 7 only by being rolled and inserted into the plastic cylinder 7. It is convenient to have.

Light emitting device LED9 (Light Emit)
(Ting Diode) is 1mm thick and 30mm wide x
It is fixed to an LED arrangement plate 10 made of a plastic plate having a length of 535 mm with a double-sided tape, and connected by a conductive wire 11. Although this LED arrangement plate 10 is incorporated in the plastic cylinder 7, it also has a function of holding down the prism type reflection sheet 8 lined. Finally, both ends of the plastic cylinder 7 are sealed with a plastic round lid 12 and fixed with an adhesive. .

The support 4 is made of an aluminum plate having a thickness of 1 mm. The support 4 has a width of 550 mm, which is the same as that of the road construction sign 2 after being cut out from a flat plate as shown in FIG.
It is bent. The support base 4 is devised so that unnecessary bottom and side surfaces are partially removed to reduce the weight. At the center, as shown in FIG. 5, a dry cell box 13 for storing dry cells and a control panel are provided, and a conductor 11 coming out of the LED arrangement plate 10 of the reflector 3 is connected to the conductor 11 of the control panel. The protection plate 14 is attached as a waterproof measure and is sealed with a magnetic rubber sheet. Further, at both ends of the support 4, mounting columns 5 slightly smaller than the inner dimensions of the square pipes are fixed with screws (not shown) in order to mount the square pipes of the road construction marking plate 2 at both ends. I have.

As shown in FIG. 7, after the conductor 11 of the LED arrangement plate 10 is connected to the control panel and the battery box 13, the reflector 3 and the support 4 are fixed by a double-sided tape and screws. Is completed as shown in FIG.

Plastic cylinder 7 used for reflector 3
Any plastic may be used as long as it is transparent and has an appropriate impact resistance, and a vinyl chloride resin, an acrylic resin, a polycarbonate resin, or the like is optimal, but is not particularly limited thereto. Further, although a plastic cylinder is most suitable for the present invention, it is obvious that the plastic cylinder is not particularly limited to plastic as long as it is suitable for the purpose such as weight, price and transparency.

The material of the support 4 is desirably made of metal in consideration of strength and cost. In particular, aluminum is considered to be optimal. However, even if it is disadvantageous in cost, a plastic such as FRP has sufficient strength. It is obvious that there is a material having the material, and the material is not particularly limited to the metal.

As the material of the prism type reflection sheet 8,
There are various types such as vinyl chloride, acrylic and polyester,
The effect does not differ depending on the material, and any of them can be used. In addition, when a fluorescent color reflective sheet is used, visibility is improved even at twilight when visibility is usually reduced, and a flashing lamp excellent in safety is preferable.

Light-emitting elements that convert electrode energy into light energy are LEDs, EL (El-Electro Lum).
Intense, semiconductor leather, solid leather, and the like, LEDs having high brightness and low price are generally widely used.

【The invention's effect】

As described above, the blinking light according to the present invention
(A) The sign surface is large and bright, so visibility is good and excellent in safety. (B) It is lightweight because it is made of a light material. (C) It is not necessary to use special tools or fasteners to attach it to the road construction signboard, so there are few parts and it is convenient to use. (D) The light emitting element whose power source is a dry battery is used as the flashing illuminator, so it is simple and economical. (E) The structure is simple, so it is possible to reduce the overall weight and the manufacturing cost is low. Thus, it is possible to provide a product that can expect various effects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a practical example of using the flashing light of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a completed side view of the flashing light of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of parts and assembly of a reflector.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of punching an aluminum plate constituting a support base.

FIG. 5 is an image diagram of assembling a support base.

FIG. 6 is an assembly image diagram of the flashing light of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Flashing light of the present invention 2 Road sign for road construction 3 Reflector 4 Support base 5 Mounting column 6 Frame stopper 7 Plastic cylinder 8 Prism type reflection sheet 9 Light emitting element LED 10 LED arrangement plate 11 Lead wire 12 Round lid 13 Dry battery box 14 Protection Board

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A support base provided with a power supply box and a control panel for a light emitting element in a central part, a transparent cylinder having a transparent cross section and having a transparent reflection sheet and a light emitting element arranged therein, the upper part of the support base A flickering light, wherein the reflector is mounted on a road construction sign used at a road construction site. 2. A mounting support for a square pipe, which can be directly mounted on a frame of a metal square pipe constituting a sign for on-road construction, is provided at both ends of the support base as described above, and is mounted on the sign for on-road construction. The flashing light according to claim 1, wherein the flashing light is simplified. 3. The flashing light according to claim 1, wherein a mounting portion such as a frame stopper is provided at a center portion of the support base so that the mounting portion can be mounted on a road construction signboard having a wooden frame. 4. The flashing lamp according to claim 1, wherein the transparent cylinder used in the reflector according to the first embodiment is a plastic cylinder. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transparent reflection sheet is a prism type reflection sheet.
The flashing lights described in 3 and 4. 6. The flashing light according to claim 5, wherein said prism type reflection sheet is a prism type reflection sheet colored with a fluorescent color.