JP2004154372A - Wall surface equipment for hospital ward - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide wall surface equipment for wards fitted with a lighting apparatus unit which is usable comfortably as a reading lamp capable of instantaneously lighting with a limited current consumption by restricting the heating value along with a longer life of the lamp. <P>SOLUTION: An oblong lighting unit in which two arrays of a plurality of light emitting diodes is arrayed in two rows aslant and downward to let them irradiate right under or to a distance is detachably mounted on a wall surface unit installed on the wall surface close to a bed in a ward equipped with a nurse call, a medical gas outlet and a plug socket. An oblong light collection plate with a roughly triangular cross section protruding to the irradiation side ahead of the light emitting diodes of the lighting unit is pivoted by the lighting unit at both ends thereof to make the direction of irradiation adjustable by being tilted about the horizontal axis. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wall device for a hospital room installed on a wall near a bed such as a hospital or a health care facility, and more particularly to a technology of a lighting unit using a light emitting diode.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when reading a book on a bed in a hospital room, there is a type in which a fluorescent lamp is incorporated in an arm-type lighting device (incandescent lamp) and a wall unit. By the way, the life of each lamp was relatively short with 1500 hours of incandescent lamp and 9000 hours of fluorescent lamp, and the lamp was incandescent and there was a risk of burn when touched. In addition, the lamp needs to be replaced after the lamp is turned off and the lamp needs to be cooled, and the current consumption during lighting is generally required to be 0.6 A for the incandescent lamp 60 W and 0.36 A for the fluorescent lamp 20 W. Further, there is a problem that the fluorescent lamp requires a long time for lighting and flickers during lighting.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a lighting unit that solves these conventional problems, has a long lamp life, suppresses heat generation, can be used instantly, and can be used comfortably as a reading lamp with low current consumption. To provide wall equipment for hospital rooms.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The configuration of the present invention that has solved such a problem includes:
1) Hospital room wall equipment with a horizontal lighting unit in which a plurality of light-emitting diodes are arranged on a wall unit installed on the bedside wall of a hospital room equipped with a nurse call, medical gas outlet, and outlet 2) The lighting unit is mounted on the wall The wall equipment for a sick room described in 1) above, which is detachably provided on the unit 3) The wall equipment for a sick room as described in 1) or 2) above, wherein a lighting unit is slidably provided on the wall unit in the left-right direction 4) The upper surface of the wall unit The lower rail which can support the bearing on both sides in the longitudinal direction is attached along the left and right direction.The upper rail holding the bearing on both sides in the longitudinal direction is attached to the lower surface of the lighting unit along the left and right direction. 5) The wall equipment for a hospital room according to 3) above, wherein the lighting unit can be slid in the left-right direction by supporting the lighting unit. A wall device for a hospital room according to any one of the above 1) to 4), wherein a horizontally long light collector is provided in front of the light emitting diodes of the unit along the arrangement direction of the light emitting diodes. 6) A substantially triangular cross section in which the light collector protrudes toward the irradiation side. 5) The wall equipment for a hospital room according to the above 5), wherein both ends are pivotally supported on a lighting unit and tilted around a horizontal axis so that the irradiation direction can be adjusted. 7) Two rows of light emitting diodes are provided in oblique and downward directions. The wall surface equipment for a sick room according to any one of the above 1) to 6), which is capable of irradiating directly below or far away 8) Any of the above 1) to 7) provided with a switch for switching a plurality of light emitting diodes to full or partial lighting. Or in the wall equipment for a sickroom described.
[0005]
[Action]
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, since the life of a lamp is long, the frequency and cost of lamp replacement can be suppressed, and since the heat generation of the lamp is small, the cooling cost is suppressed and there is no danger of burns even when the lamp surface is touched, and power consumption is reduced. Is small.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The lighting unit of the present invention is detachable or slidable left and right for easy use. When a light collecting plate made of acrylic resin having a light collecting property is attached in front of the light emitting diode, there is an effect that a specific luminance (glare) can be suppressed while a necessary light amount is secured. When the light collector is tilted about a horizontal axis by driving pins at both ends, the irradiation direction can be easily finely adjusted.
[0007]
A lamp changeover switch is provided on the surface of the lighting unit to enable switching among all lights, partial lights, and extinguishing. Alternatively, an infrared light receiving unit for a remote control may be attached to the surface so that switching of all lights, partial lights, and extinguishment can be performed with a wireless remote control. The remote controller is used with a different frequency so that the lighting unit in the same room does not malfunction.
[0008]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
【Example】
Example 1 Example 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is an example of wall equipment for a hospital room in which an illumination unit is detachably attached to a wall unit. 1 is a front view of the wall equipment for a hospital room according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the wall equipment for a hospital room of the first embodiment, FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB, in which the inside of the lighting unit 1 is omitted. FIG.
[0010]
In the figure, 1 is a lighting unit, 2 is a cover, 2a is an opening, 3 is a light emitting diode, 4 is a circuit board, 4a is a mounting bracket, 5 is an electronic transformer, 6 is a light collector, 7 is a changeover switch, and 8 is a power supply. Cord, 8a is a plug, 9 is a detachable pin, 10 is a wall unit, 11 is a case, 12 is a pin receiving hole, 13 is a lighting outlet, 14 is a switch, 15 is a double outlet with a ground, 16 is a medical ground terminal, 17 is a nurse call, 18 is a medical gas outlet, and W is a wall surface.
[0011]
The lighting unit 1 has a large number of light-emitting diodes arranged in two rows in a diagonal direction directly below and inside a cover 2 which is made of a thin steel material, an aluminum material, or a resin and has a substantially triangular cross-section and an opening 2a formed diagonally forward and downward. 3 and a circuit board 4 provided with an electronic transformer 5 are mounted with an L-shaped mounting bracket 4a so that the light emitting diode 3 faces the opening 2a of the lighting cover 2, and the opening 2a is an elongated and cross-section made of acrylic resin. Both ends of a triangular light collector 6 are pivotally supported so that the vertical angle can be adjusted, and a changeover switch 7 for switching between all lights, partial lights, and extinguishing is attached to the front left side of the illumination cover 2, and a curl shape having a plug 8 a from the circuit board 4. Are provided on the outside, and detachable pins 9 are provided on both sides of the lighting cover 2 so as to protrude downward.
[0012]
The wall unit 10 is provided with a pin receiving hole 12 for inserting the detachable pin 9 of the lighting unit 1 on both upper sides of a case 11 made of thin steel, aluminum or resin and having an inclined upper surface. On the left side, there is provided a lighting outlet 13 for supplying electricity by inserting the plug 8a of the lighting unit 1 and a switch 14 for switching ON / OFF of the power supply, and a grounded double that can be used for a multipurpose within a predetermined rated output beside it. An outlet 15 and a medical ground terminal 16 are provided, and a nurse call 17 and a medical gas outlet 18 are provided at the center and the right side of the front of the case 11, respectively.
[0013]
Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the detachable pins 9 of the lighting unit 1 are fitted and inserted into the pin receiving holes 12 on both upper sides of the wall unit 10, and the plug 8 a of the power cord 8 is inserted into the lighting outlet 13 and the switch 14 is inserted. Is turned on to enable power supply, and the patient operates the changeover switch 7 of the lighting unit 1 when reading or the like, or uses the changeover switch 7 to switch to the partial light at bedtime.
[0014]
Since the first embodiment is configured as described above, the frequency of replacement is reduced due to the long life of the light emitting diode, and the cost can be reduced. Further, since the heat generation is small, the cost of cooling is suppressed, and there is no danger of burns even if the surface is touched, and the power consumption is small and the environment is friendly. Furthermore, since the light collecting plate is incorporated, the light quantity required for a reading light can be secured, and the characteristic brightness (glare) can be suppressed to provide an eye-friendly illumination.
[0015]
FIG. 6 shows another example of the first embodiment in which the lighting unit is formed to be longer than the width of the bed, and the lighting range of the light emitting diode is switched so as to irradiate the patient or the medical device. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a usage state of the hospital room wall equipment of another example of the first embodiment. In the figure, B is a bed, H is a patient, K is a curtain, and M is a medical device.
[0016]
In another example of the first embodiment, the lighting unit 1 is formed to have a length that spans the space width defined by the curtain K, and the lighting range of the arrayed light emitting diodes is divided into right and left by a switch (not shown). It is designed to switch and irradiate. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the patient H performs reading or the like, the left side can be switched to be turned on, and when the medical device M is operated, the right side can be switched to be used. Otherwise, the reference numerals and configurations are the same as in the first embodiment.
[0017]
Embodiment 2 Embodiment 2 shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 is an example of a wall device for a hospital room in which an illumination unit is slidably provided on a wall unit via a slide rail in the left-right direction. 7 is a front view of the wall equipment for a hospital room of the second embodiment, FIG. 8 is a plan view of the wall equipment for a hospital room of the second embodiment, FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in which the inside of FIG. 7 is omitted, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the wall equipment for hospital rooms of Example 2. In the figure, 19 is a lower rail, 20 is a screw, 21 is a bearing, and 22 is an upper rail.
[0018]
In the second embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, a steel lower rail 19 that supports bearings 21 on both sides in the longitudinal direction is screwed to the upper end of the case 11 of the wall unit 10 with screws 20 along the longitudinal direction of the case 11. Then, a steel upper rail 22 having a shape that is paired with the lower rail 19 holding bearings 21 on both longitudinal sides on the rear lower surface of the lighting unit 1 is fixed along the longitudinal direction of the lighting unit 1. Bearings 21 are placed and mounted on both sides of the lighting unit 19, and the lighting unit 1 is configured to be slidable on the wall unit 10 in the left-right direction.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 10, wall equipment for a hospital room is attached to a bedside wall W of a bed B of each patient H partitioned by a curtain K. On the left side, when the patient H performs, for example, reading, the lighting unit 1 is slid to the patient H side so that it can be used as a reading light, and on the right side, the lighting unit 1 is slid to the medical device M side to operate the device. I can do it. Therefore, it can be easily adjusted to the optimum position where the user can easily use. Otherwise, the reference numerals and configurations are the same as in the first embodiment.
[0020]
FIG. 11 shows another example of the second embodiment in which the illumination unit is provided with an infrared light receiving section of a wireless remote controller so that switching between lighting, partial lighting, and extinguishing can be remotely controlled by the remote controller. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of another example of the wall surface equipment for a hospital room in which the inside is omitted. In the figure, 23 is a light receiving section, 24 is a remote controller, and 24a is a light emitting section.
[0021]
In another example of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, a signal is sent to a required circuit (not shown) which receives infrared rays emitted from the remote controller 24 on the front surface of the cover 2 of the lighting unit 1 and turns on, partial lights, and turns off. A light receiving unit 23 for sending is attached. Therefore, the user can easily perform the switching operation of lighting, partial lighting, and extinguishing with the remote controller 24 from a remote position. This example is preferably provided to a patient who has difficulty getting up easily from a bed. The other reference numerals and configurations are the same as those of the second embodiment.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a wall device for a hospital room equipped with a lighting unit that has a long lamp life, suppresses the amount of heat generation, can be turned on instantly, consumes little current, and can be used comfortably.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a hospital room wall device of Example 1. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the wall equipment for a hospital room according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1 with the inside thereof omitted;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 1 with the inside omitted.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating attachment and detachment of the lighting unit according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a use state of a hospital room wall facility of another example of the first embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a front view of the hospital room wall equipment of the second embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a plan view of the hospital room wall equipment of the second embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 7, with the inside omitted.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a use state of the hospital room wall equipment of the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of another example of the wall surface equipment for a hospital room in which the inside is omitted.
[Explanation of symbols]
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 lighting unit 2 cover 3 light emitting diode 4 circuit board 4 a mounting bracket 5 electronic transformer 6 light collector 7 changeover switch 8 power cord 8 a plug 9 detachable pin 10 wall unit 11 case 12 pin receiving hole 13 lighting outlet 14 switch 15 grounded double Outlet 16 Medical ground terminal 17 Nurse call 18 Medical gas outlet 19 Lower rail 20 Screw 21 Bearing 22 Upper rail 23 Light receiver 24 Remote controller 25 Light emitter B Bed H Patient K Curtain M Medical equipment W Wall

Claims (8)

A wall device for a hospital room equipped with a horizontal lighting unit in which a plurality of light-emitting diodes are arranged on a wall unit installed on the bed wall of a hospital room equipped with a nurse call, a medical gas outlet, and an outlet. The wall equipment for a hospital room according to claim 1, wherein the lighting unit is detachably provided on the wall unit. The wall equipment for a hospital room according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lighting unit is slidably provided on the wall unit in the left-right direction. The lower rail that can support the bearing on both sides in the longitudinal direction is mounted on the upper surface of the wall unit along the left and right direction. The wall equipment for a hospital room according to claim 3, wherein the lighting unit is supported on both longitudinal sides of the rail so that the lighting unit can slide in the left-right direction. The wall device for a hospital room according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a horizontally long light collector is provided in front of the light emitting diodes of the lighting unit along the arrangement direction of the light emitting diodes. 6. The wall device for a hospital room according to claim 5, wherein the light collector has a substantially triangular cross section projecting toward the irradiation side, and both ends are pivotally supported on the illumination unit to be tilted about a horizontal axis so that the irradiation direction can be adjusted. The wall equipment for a hospital room according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein two rows of light-emitting diodes are provided in an oblique direction and a downward direction so that the light can be emitted immediately below or far away. The wall equipment for a hospital room according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a switch for switching a plurality of light-emitting diodes to full or partial lighting.

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