JP2003261912A - Delineator with windmill - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delineator with a windmill having excellent visibility by spontaneously emitting an illuminant by generating induced electromotive force by rotating the windmill in a tunnel or at night. <P>SOLUTION: Light-emitting diodes 6a, 6b, and 6c and coils 7a, 7b, and 7c are installed to rotor blades 3a, 3b, and 3c for the windmill 3 mounted for wiping a reflecting surface 2 while magnets 8a and 8b are secured on the reflecting surface 2 side. When the windmill 3 is turned and the coils 7a, 7b and 7c are passed through the magnets 8a and 8b, induced electromotive force is generated, and the light-emitting diodes 7a, 6b, and 6c are flickered and light-emitted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a delineator with a windmill that self-luminesces without requiring an external power source such as an AC or a battery in order to enhance visibility in a tunnel or at night.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A delineator in which a windmill with a brush, a wiping cloth, rubber or the like (hereinafter referred to as "wiping body") is attached to a reflecting surface is already known, but in the case of this known delineator, dirt on the reflecting surface is removed. Although it has the function of keeping the reflection surface clean by wiping it with the wiping body when the windmill rotates, the visibility deteriorates in a tunnel, in a dark place such as at night, or in a time zone. In particular, since the windmill is attached to the reflecting surface, this windmill becomes an obstacle to the reflecting surface and the reflected light.
Therefore, there is an attempt to attach an AC or battery type light emitter, but when an AC power source is used, a huge cost is required for wiring work and subsequent maintenance. On the other hand, the battery type
There is a problem of running out of batteries, and due to the large number of delineators, replacing this battery requires a lot of labor and cost, which is not practical.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is a self-luminous wind turbine that can be used without requiring any wiring work or the like and is almost maintenance-free. It is to provide an attached delineator.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention according to claim 1, in a delineator with a wind turbine, an induced electromotive force is generated by rotation of a wind turbine attached for wiping a reflecting surface. The light-emitting body that emits light by this electromotive force is attached to a part of the windmill, the reflecting surface, or the delineator so as to self-luminece without a power source.

Further, in the invention described in claim 2,
In the invention according to claim 1, the light emitting body and the coil are attached to a part of the rotor of the wind turbine, and the magnet is attached to the reflecting surface of the rotating range of the coil rotating together with the rotor or in the vicinity thereof. It is a feature.

Further, in the invention described in claim 3,
In the invention according to claim 1, a magnet is attached to a part of a rotor of the wind turbine, and a coil and a light emitter are attached to a reflecting surface in a rotation range of the magnet rotating with the rotor or in the vicinity thereof. It is a feature.

Further, in the invention described in claim 4,
In the invention according to claim 1, a coil is attached to a rotating shaft of a wind turbine, a light emitting body is attached to a part of a rotating blade of the wind turbine, and a magnet is attached to a reflecting surface in a range in which the coil rotates or in the vicinity thereof. It is characterized by that.

Further, in the invention described in claim 5,
The invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a magnet is attached to a rotating shaft of a wind turbine, a coil is attached to a reflecting surface side of a range in which the magnet rotates, and a light emitting body is attached to the reflecting surface or in the vicinity thereof. It is a thing.

Further, in the invention described in claim 6,
In the invention described in claims 1 to 5, a light emitting diode is used as the light emitting body.

[0010]

[Function] While the windmill is rotated by the wind to wipe the reflecting surface by the wiping member, an induced electromotive force is generated when the coil passes through the magnet, and the electromotive force causes the luminous body to emit light. Emits light. 3 magnets and coils
When a plurality of light emitters are arranged in the 60 ° direction, the light emitters blink a plurality of times during one rotation of the wind turbine. By this blinking, the delineator draws attention to the driver by the reflected light on the reflecting surface and self-emission from the light emitting body, and exhibits a visual line guiding function with excellent visibility.

[0011]

Embodiment 1 An embodiment of the invention described in claims 1 and 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 is a delineator, and this delineator 1 is a reflecting surface 2 and a wind turbine 3 composed of rotating blades 3a, 3b, 3c rotating around a rotation shaft 4 provided at the center of the reflecting surface 2, and this wind turbine. 3, the reflective surface wiping bodies 5a, 5b, 5c attached to the back side of the respective rotary blades 3a, 3b, 3c, and the light emitting diode 6a attached to the front side on the tip side of the rotary blades 3a, 3b, 3c, 6b and 6c, coils 7a, 7b and 7c having iron cores mounted rearward, and the coils 7a and 7c
Magnets 8a, 8b attached to two places (near) around the reflecting surface 2 so as to be located in the rotation range of b, 7c.
Consists of. The number of magnets to be attached and the interval between them are arbitrary. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the light emitting unit.

When the wind turbine 3 is rotated by wind pressure, the delineator 1 wipes the reflecting surface 2 by the wiping bodies 5a, 5b, 5c, and at the same time the coils 7a, 7b, 7c pass in front of the magnets 8a, 8b. 7a, 7b, 7
An induced electromotive force is generated in c, and this electromotive force is generated by the lead wire 9a,
Light emitting diodes 6a, 6b, 6 via 9b (FIG. 3)
The light emitting diodes 6a, 6b, and 6c are supplied to c and blink. In FIG. 3, 9a and 9b are coils 7.
Lead wires connecting a, 7b, 7c and the light emitting diodes 6a, 6b, 6c respectively, reference numeral 10 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a mounting portion of the delineator 1.

[0013]

[Second Embodiment] In a second embodiment, a magnet 8 is provided on the wind turbine 3 side.
An embodiment corresponding to the invention described in claim 3 in which a and 8b are attached, the details of which are shown in FIGS. In the second embodiment, the light emitting diode 6 is provided on the reflective surface 2 side.
a, 6b, 6c and coils 7a, 7b, 7c are attached, and the magnets 8a, 8b are rotor blades 3a, 3b,
When 3c rotates, it rotates together with this magnet 8
When a and 8b pass, induced electromotive force is generated in the coils 7a, 7b and 7c, and the light emitting diodes 6a, 6b and 6c blink and emit light.

[0014]

[Third Embodiment] In the third embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the light-emitting diodes 6a, 6b, 6c are provided on the rotor blades 3a, 3b, 3c.
And the coils 7a, 7b, 7c on the rotating shaft 4
The present invention corresponds to the invention according to claim 4 in which is attached. The operation of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

[0015]

Fourth Embodiment In the fourth embodiment, the magnets 8a and 8b are attached to the rotary shaft 4, and the coils 7a, 7b and 7c and the light emitting diodes 6a, 6b and 6c are attached to the reflecting surface 2 or the vicinity thereof. It corresponds to the described invention. The operation of the fourth embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the delineator with a wind turbine, the induced electromotive force is generated by the rotational force of the wind turbine, and the electromotive force causes a light emitting body such as a light emitting diode to emit light by itself. , AC or batteries are not required. Therefore, there is no cost for power supply equipment and maintenance. Further, since the present invention is a self-luminous delineator with a wind turbine, it has an excellent effect of leading the gaze in a tunnel or at night and contributing to traffic safety.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a delineator with a wind turbine according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the delineator shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a light emitting unit.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a delineator with a wind turbine according to a second embodiment.

5 is a plan view of the delineator shown in FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a delineator with a wind turbine according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the delineator shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Delineator 2 reflective surface 3 windmills 3a, 3b, 3c rotor blades 4 rotation axes 5a, 5b, 5c Wiping body 6a, 6b, 6c light emitting diode 7a, 7b, 7c coils 8a, 8b magnet 9a, 9b Lead wire 10 Mounting part

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. No power supply by generating an induced electromotive force by rotation of a wind turbine mounted for wiping a reflecting surface, and by mounting a light emitting body that emits light by this electromotive force on a part of the wind turbine or the reflecting surface or delineator. A delineator with a windmill configured to self-lumine. 2. The rotor according to claim 1, wherein a light emitting body and a coil are attached to a part of a rotor of the wind turbine, and a magnet is attached to a reflecting surface of a rotating range of the coil rotating with the rotor or in the vicinity thereof. Delineator with windmill. 3. The coil according to claim 1, wherein a magnet is attached to a part of the rotor of the wind turbine, and the coil and the light emitter are attached to or in the vicinity of the reflecting surface of the rotating range of the magnet rotating with the rotor. Delineator with windmill. 4. The coil according to claim 1, wherein a coil is attached to a rotating shaft of the wind turbine, a light emitting body is attached to a part of a rotary blade of the wind turbine, and a magnet is attached to a reflecting surface in a range in which the coil rotates or in the vicinity thereof. Delineator with windmill as described. 5. A magnet is attached to the rotating shaft of the wind turbine,
The delineator with a wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein a coil is attached to a reflection surface side of a range in which the magnet rotates and a light emitting body is attached to or near the reflection surface. 6. The delineator with a wind turbine according to claim 1, wherein a light emitting diode is used as the light emitting body.