JP2004288406A - Tube bulb, cap, lighting fixture, and lamp socket - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tube bulb and a lighting fixture capable of identifying types or interchangeability of the bulb and the lighting fixture without confirming the types indicated in the bulb or the fixture and capable of obtaining a wrong-use preventing effect. <P>SOLUTION: A lamp cap part fitted at an end part of the tube bulb, and a lamp socket part fitted to the lighting fixture are given colors to enable them to be identified, in the tube bulb and the lighting fixture. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for checking the compatibility between a lamp and a lighting device when using a lamp and a lighting device in a base portion provided at an end portion of the tube and a lamp socket portion provided in the lighting device. Alternatively, it is a method for making it possible to identify a lighting method or power consumption of a lighting fixture.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, for example, in the case of a fluorescent lamp, a form such as “FL40SSW / 37” is attached to a tube and a lighting device, and when a tube is newly attached, the tube is used. Or check the type attached to the lighting equipment. After that, they have been replaced with bulbs or lighting fixtures of the same type or equivalent performance.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When using or replacing a new bulb or lighting equipment with a lamp or lighting equipment, check the type attached to the lamp and check the compatibility between the lamp and the lighting equipment, and the same as the replacement lamp. Judgment is made as to whether the lamp is a tube or lighting device with the same type or equivalent performance.
[0004]
In the present invention, in these cases, the purpose is to enable the child to be able to perform these operations easily, and in order to solve such a problem, it is necessary to attach a tube to a lighting fixture. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of easily performing an exchange operation.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a tube or a lighting device having the same type or equivalent performance without checking the type attached to the tube or the lighting device when installing or replacing the tube or the lighting device. In order to confirm that the color of the lamp is correct, colors are arranged in a base portion provided at an end portion of the bulb and a lamp socket portion provided in a lighting device.
Further, by arranging the same color in the base portion provided at the end of the bulb and the lamp socket portion provided in the lighting fixture, compatibility and compatibility between the bulb and the lighting fixture can be confirmed.
In addition, when a lamp other than a lamp whose use is limited in a lighting device is used by arranging colors in a base portion at an end portion of the lamp and a lamp socket portion of the lighting device, Can be prevented from being used.
An object of the present invention is to provide a tube and a lighting device in which these problems are improved.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention, in which a tube, particularly a fluorescent lamp is used, will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of a base provided at an end of a fluorescent lamp, showing an embodiment of the present invention. The base of the fluorescent lamp shown in FIG. 1 includes a shell 1a, a base pin 1c, and an insulating piece 1c, and is a base suitable for a base standard specified in JIS C7709-1.
[0007]
In the fluorescent lamp, a base as shown in FIG. 1 provided at an end of the fluorescent lamp is connected to a lamp socket included in the lighting fixture, and a voltage is applied from the lighting fixture through the lamp socket included in the lighting fixture, so that the lamp is turned on. it can.
[0008]
Here, FIG. 2 shows an example of the shape of a lamp socket included in a lighting fixture.
[0009]
The lamp socket shown in FIG. 2 includes a lamp socket body 2a, and a receiving portion 2b of a pin portion 1c provided in a base provided at an end of the fluorescent lamp.
Fluorescent lamps can be classified into, for example, a starter type and a rapid start type as lighting methods. For fluorescent lamps and lighting fixtures, these lighting methods are described, and the user or the operator who replaces the tube confirms the compatibility of the fluorescent lamp with the lighting fixture. , Must be used.
Therefore, these problems can be solved by arranging a color on the shell 1a of the base provided at the end of the fluorescent lamp.
[0010]
The colors arranged on the shell 1a of the base at the end of the fluorescent lamp are arranged according to the power consumption of the fluorescent lamp. For example, by changing the color of the shell 1a for each power consumption of the fluorescent lamp, such as blue for 20 watts and red for 40 watts, the category of the power consumption of the fluorescent lamp can be identified.
[0011]
Here, by arranging the same color as the color arranged on the shell 1a of the base of the fluorescent lamp in the lamp socket provided in the lighting fixture, the power consumption of the lighting fixture and the like are reduced. It can be determined without checking the format.
[0012]
However, as described above, fluorescent lamps and lighting fixtures have lighting systems, and are classified into, for example, a starter type and a rapid start type. In recent years, in addition to the starter type and the rapid start type, a type dedicated to high-frequency lighting has also been commercialized, and a large number of products having a limited use range have been commercialized.
[0013]
For this reason, in fluorescent lamps or lighting fixtures with limited lighting methods, precautions for use are described and attention is given to the user. However, in the case of a fluorescent lamp, for example, in the case of a straight tube fluorescent lamp, the shape of the base provided at the end of the straight tube fluorescent lamp is the shape shown in FIG. Although the length is different, it is within the standard size range specified in JIS C7709-1. For this reason, when a fluorescent lamp whose lighting method is limited, for example, a fluorescent lamp dedicated to high-frequency lighting is connected to a lamp socket provided in a lighting device to be lit, the shape of the base of the fluorescent lamp is different from that of other fluorescent lamps. Since the shape of the base at the end is the same, it is assumed that the base is erroneously used for lighting equipment other than the high-frequency lighting method.
[0014]
In order to prevent such misuse, the effect of preventing such misuse can be obtained by adding a color indicating the lighting method to a base or a lamp socket included in a fluorescent lamp or a lighting fixture whose lighting method is limited. FIG. 3 shows an example of the embodiment.
[0015]
FIG. 3 shows a state immediately before the base 1 having the fluorescent lamp at the end of the fluorescent lamp is connected to the lamp socket 2 provided in the lighting fixture. Here, as described above, in the fluorescent lamp, colors are arranged on the shell 1a and the pin 1b of the base provided at the end of the fluorescent lamp in order to distinguish the difference in the lighting method. At this time, the colors of the shell 1a and the pins 1b are respectively arranged in different colors. In addition, the color of the lamp socket of the lighting fixture is the movable portion around the metal receiving portion 2b of the pin 1b of the lamp socket. Assign color to 2c. At this time, it is assumed that the color of the movable portion 2c around the receiving portion 2b of the pin 1b of the lamp socket is arranged in two colors. A movable part around a receiving part 2b of a pin 1b of a lamp socket included in a lamp socket; a shell 1a and a pin 1b of a base provided at an end of the fluorescent lamp; The colors arranged in 2c are the same color.
[0016]
In the case of such a color arrangement, for example, in the case of a fluorescent lamp “FHF32EX-N” dedicated to high-frequency lighting, in the base provided at the end of the fluorescent lamp, the shell 1a of the base is colored red and the pin 1b is colored gold. In this case, the color of the movable portion 2c around the metal receiving portion 2b of the lamp socket included in the lighting fixture is arranged in two colors of red and gold.
[0017]
The fluorescent lamp and the lighting fixture are provided by making the base of the end of the fluorescent lamp thus arranged and the movable part 2c of the receiving part 2b of the pin 1b of the lamp socket of the lighting fixture the same color. The effect of preventing erroneous use occurring at the time of new attachment or replacement can be obtained.
[0018]
In the present embodiment, an example of an embodiment of a tube, particularly a fluorescent lamp, has been described.In the tube, a tube having a base and a filament for emitting light from the tube, and an electrode having an electrode for discharging, for example, an incandescent lamp It can be applied to a light bulb, a high-intensity discharge lamp, and the like.
Further, in the lighting fixture, the present invention can be applied to the types of incandescent lamps and high-intensity discharge lamps, the classification of power consumption, and the like, depending on the type of the bulb.
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the embodiment according to the present invention, by giving colors to the base portion of the tube main body and the lamp socket of the lighting fixture, it is possible to confirm the type or compatible product and the performance.
For these reasons, it is possible to replace the bulb or the lighting fixture without confirming the product name or the product type of the product conventionally attached to the bulb and the lighting fixture.
Further, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to confirm the compatibility between the lamp and the lighting fixture, and it is possible to obtain an effect of preventing misuse of the lamp and the lighting fixture.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external view of a base provided at an end of a fluorescent lamp in a tube according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an external view of a lamp socket included in a lighting device, which is one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a state immediately before connecting a straight tube-type fluorescent lamp of a lamp and a lamp socket of a lighting fixture to each other in the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1a Shell 1b Pin 1c Insulating piece 2a Lamp socket body 2b Receiving part 2c of pin 1b Movable part.

Claims (5)

A tube having a color at a base portion provided at an end of the tube. 2. The base according to claim 1, wherein a lighting method of the lamp, power consumption, and the like can be determined based on a color of the base. A lighting fixture characterized by having a color in a lamp socket for connecting to a base provided at an end of a tube. 4. The lamp socket according to claim 3, wherein a lighting method, power consumption, and the like of the lighting fixture can be determined based on a color of the lamp socket. According to claim 2 and claim 4, when the claim 1 and the ball making item 3 are interconnected, the compatibility between the lamp and the lighting fixture can be confirmed.

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