JP2006185787A - Lamp socket and lighting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that a conventional lamp socket having a clip-stop feeling by rotation is easily shifted from a normal installation position of a rotor when a lamp pin is rotated to the installation position from an insertion position, and therefore the contact of the lamp pin and a contact fitting becomes unstable. <P>SOLUTION: In the lamp socket, the installation part of the lamp pin 5a is formed of a cut-out part 2c of a receiving part 2b of a rotor 2, and when the rotor 2 having a convex part 2d at the receiving part 2b is guided and rotated by a guide rib 1d having a concave part 1c, and when the rotor rotates from the insertion position of the lamp pin 5a, a pressing force for narrowing the cut-out width of the cut-out part works and in the insertion position (detaching position) and the installation position of the lamp pin 5a, the convex part 2a is engaged with the concave part 1c, and the pressing force is released. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a lamp socket for a straight tube lamp and a lighting fixture equipped with the lamp socket, and in particular, a feeling of moderation (click feeling) when the straight tube lamp is rotated together with a rotor when the straight tube lamp is mounted and removed. ) To obtain a rotary lamp socket.

A conventional lamp socket for straight tube lamps that has a feeling of moderation (click feeling) when the lamp is attached / detached. A rotor is built in the socket body made of the body and cover. A concave portion for moderation is formed approximately every 90 degrees on the circular rib on the inner surface of the cover to which the rear end portion is fitted. And the protrusions are engaged with and disengaged from the recesses for moderation so that the rotor obtains a feeling of moderation every rotation of about 90 degrees (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, a socket body and a rotor are provided, and a lamp pin insertion groove and three notched engagement recesses are provided on the wall portion of the rotor at intervals of approximately 90 degrees, and the socket body is provided with rotation of the rotor. There is a lamp pin insertion groove and an engagement protrusion that fits into the engagement recess (for example, see Patent Document 2).
The conductive spring has an engaging recess in the lamp pin at the mounting position of the lamp pin, and the rotor has a substantially cylindrical shape whose outer periphery is in elastic contact with the conductive spring. When the lamp pin guiding recess is connected to the lamp pin insertion groove, the engaging spring is engaged with the recess. There are projections that have concave portions on both sides of the convex portion so that the portions other than the concave portion of the conductive spring do not come into contact with the rotor with the convex portion engaged with the concave portion (for example, (See Patent Document 3).
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-351753 (5th page, 6th page, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 8) JP 11-345663 A (3rd page, 4th page, FIG. 1 and FIG. 3) JP 2002-100450 A (page 3 to page 5, FIGS. 1, 3, and 4)

  The above-mentioned conventional lamp socket certainly gives a sense of moderation due to the rotation of the lamp, but when the lamp pin is rotated from the insertion position of the lamp pin to the mounting position, the lamp pin is easily displaced from the normal mounting position of the rotor. There has been a problem that the contact between the pin and the contact fitting becomes unstable.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is a lamp socket that can obtain a moderation feeling by rotating a straight tube lamp, and mounting and removing it, and the lamp pin is mounted from the insertion position of the lamp pin. An object of the present invention is to obtain a lamp socket in which the lamp pin does not deviate from the normal mounting position of the rotor when rotating to the position (or vice versa), and the contact between the lamp pin and the contact fitting is stable at the mounting position.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a lamp socket that has a moderation feeling due to rotation, and in which a lamp pin can be easily inserted and removed.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a lighting fixture having such a lamp socket and having excellent lamp socket characteristics.

A lamp socket of the present invention is a lamp socket comprising a socket body, a cover, a rotor housed in a substantially box formed by the socket body and the cover, and a pair of conductive fittings,
The rotor has a substantially disc-shaped receiving portion larger than the circular opening of the socket body and a cylindrical portion standing from the receiving portion, and the rotor is divided in half from the receiving portion to the middle of the cylindrical portion. A notch having a width larger than the pin diameter of the lamp pin by a predetermined amount is formed, and the notch in the notch is used as a mounting part for the lamp pin, and around the circumference of the receiving part. A pair of convex portions projecting radially outward from the outer peripheral portion of the receiving portion is formed at a position of 90 degrees from the notch portion,
The socket body communicates with a part of the outer periphery of the circular opening on the front surface, and a lamp pin insertion opening for inserting the lamp pin is formed on the side surface of the socket body. Also, on the inner side of the front plate forming the circular opening A guide rib is formed to guide the outer periphery of the receiving portion during rotation of the rotor and to press the convex portion of the rotor so that the width of the notch is reduced. Is a concave shape on the inside at 90 °, 180 °, and 270 ° from the lamp pin insertion opening along the circumference, and the concave portion where the pressure is released by fitting the convex portion of the rotor. Formed on the outside in the radial direction,
Conductive metal fittings are arranged in elastic contact on both sides of the cylindrical portion of the rotor,
The lamp pin insertion opening of the socket body is aligned with the lamp pin mounting portion of the rotor, the lamp pin is inserted into the lamp pin mounting portion of the rotor through the lamp pin insertion opening, and the rotor is inserted from the lamp pin insertion position. The lamp pin comes into contact with the conductive metal fitting at this lamp pin mounting position, and the straight tube lamp is mounted.

In the lamp socket of the present invention, the notch portion of the receiving portion of the rotor is used as a lamp pin mounting portion for mounting the lamp pin, and during rotation from the lamp pin insertion position to the lamp pin mounting position (or vice versa) The lamp pin mounting part consisting of the notch part of the receiving part has a convex part pressed from the guide rib, the width of the notch part is narrowed, the lamp pin is held, and the lamp pin does not shift in the rotation direction. The lamp pin does not deviate from the normal mounting position of the rotor at the position, and the contact between the lamp pin and the contact fitting is stabilized.
Further, when the rotor is at the insertion position of the lamp pin, since the convex portion of the rotor is fitted into the concave portion of the guide rib, the pressure is released and the notch portion of the notch portion of the rotor receiving portion is released. Becomes a width larger than the pin diameter of the lamp pin by a predetermined amount, so that the insertion and removal of the lamp pin becomes easy.
In addition, while rotating the rotor, the convex portion is pressed from the guide rib, and when the rotor is rotated to the insertion position of the lamp pin or the device position of the lamp pin, the pressure is released and a sense of moderation is obtained. You can recognize that you are in the position.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 is an exploded perspective view showing a lamp socket according to the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the lamp socket, and FIG. 3 is a lamp socket shown in FIG. 2 into which a lamp pin of a straight tube lamp is inserted. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the lamp socket of FIG. 2 fitted with a lamp pin of a straight tube lamp, and FIG. 5 is a cover of the lamp socket of the first embodiment. 6 is a view seen from the back side, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the rotation state of the rotor in which the lamp pin of the straight tube lamp of the lamp socket is inserted, and (a) to (c) are convex portions. And (d) are cases where there are no projections and recesses, and (a) and (d) are straight pipes. Insertion position (removal position) of the lamp pin for inserting and removing the lamp, (b), ( ) At 45 ° rotation, showing the mounting position of the lamp pins for inserting the (c), (f) is the straight tube lamp.

This lamp socket has a rotor 2 and a pair of conductive fittings 3 etc. in a substantially box body in which the back side of the socket body 1 having a circular opening on the front side on the lamp tube insertion side of the straight tube lamp is closed with a cover 4. Is housed.
The socket body 1 has a substantially circular opening 1a having a circular opening 1a on the front side and an opening on the back side. The socket body 1 communicates with a part of the outer periphery of the circular opening 1a when viewed from the front side. A substantially rectangular opening that opens to the side surface of the main body 1, has a lamp pin insertion opening 1 b that is a pin insertion opening, and a groove-like body that has substantially the same cross-sectional shape from the opening and opens downward is a socket body. 1 is formed in the back direction.
In addition, from the back surface of the front plate forming the circular opening 1a, a circular rib is erected around the circular opening so as to match the lamp pin insertion opening 1b. The front surface is in contact with the back surface of the front plate, and this circular rib surrounds the outer peripheral portion of the receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2, and serves as a guide rib 1d (positioning rib) when the rotor 2 is rotated. Further, a concave concave portion 1c is formed radially inward at the positions of 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees along the circumference from the position of the lamp pin insertion opening 1b of the guide rib 1d. .
Here, the opening width of the lamp pin insertion opening 1b and the opening width of the recess 1c of the guide rib 1d are made substantially the same. As a result, the lamp pin insertion opening 1b can also be used as the recess 1c of the guide rib 1d, and the moderation feeling of the attaching / detaching operation can be made equal.
In addition, an attachment portion for the conductive metal fitting 3, a lead wire insertion port, and the like are formed in the lower portion of the socket body 1.

The rotor 2 includes a rear cylindrical portion 2a and a receiving portion 2b, which is a substantially circular plate-like body larger than the circular opening 1a on the front surface of the socket body 1 on which the cylindrical portion is erected. Is formed opposite to the position forming an angle of 180 degrees on the circumference of the receiving portion 2b. The notch portion 2f is continuously cut from the outer peripheral side of the receiving portion 2b to the middle of the cylindrical portion 2a. ing. The portion of the receiving portion 2b of the notch 2f is a lamp pin mounting portion 2c for mounting the lamp pin 5a. Further, a pair of convex portions 2d protruding radially outward from the outer peripheral portion is formed at a position of 90 degrees along the circumference of the receiving portion 2b from the lamp pin mounting portion 2c of the receiving portion 2b.
The rotor 2 is made of resin and can be elastically deformed by the width of the notch portion being narrowed by pressing from both projecting portions 2d.

The conductive metal fitting 3 is a plate-like body made of a conductive plate spring having a long and narrow upper portion having a lead wire locking portion in the lower portion. A concave portion is formed in the vicinity of the upper portion, and the concave portion is in contact with the lamp pin to supply power. The power supply unit to be used. A pair of conductive metal fittings 3 are installed so that the recesses face each other, and elastically contact the cylindrical portion 2a of the rotor 2 from both sides.
The cover 4 is a plate-like body that closes the opening on the back surface of the socket body 1, and a pair of elastic deformation control ribs 4 a are erected from the inner surface of the plate-like body. The elastic deformation control rib 4a is inserted from the rear portion into the cylindrical portion 2a of the rotor 2 when the lamp socket is assembled, and has a predetermined distance (mainly determining an allowable deformation amount) from the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 2a. It is a positional relationship. It may be two or more or cylindrical.

Next, an outline of the assembly of the lamp socket will be described.
The receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2 is brought into contact with the back surface of the front plate within the guide rib 1b on the back surface of the front plate around the circular opening 1a of the socket body 1, and the receiving portion 2b is fitted into the guide rib 1d. At this time, the convex portion 2d of the rotor 2 is housed in the concave portion 1c of the guide rib 1d, and the lamp pin mounting portion 2c, which is the pin insertion groove of the rotor 2, is fitted to the lamp pin insertion opening 1b of the socket body 1 (lamp pin). The mounting portion 2c and the lamp pin insertion opening 1b are aligned on a straight line). In this way, the lamp pin 5a of the straight tube lamp 5 can be immediately inserted into the assembled lamp socket.
Next, the pair of conductive metal fittings 3 are attached to the lower attachment portion of the socket body 1 so that the recesses serving as the power feeding portions face each other, and are elastically contacted with the cylindrical portion 2 a of the rotor 2.
Then, the lead wire is inserted from the lower insertion hole of the socket body 1 and attached to the lower mounting portion of the conductive metal fitting 3.
Then, the cover 4 is attached to the back side of the socket body 1.
In this manner, since the sockets are sequentially assembled in one direction, the socket can be easily assembled.

Next, a case where the straight tube lamp 5 such as a fluorescent lamp is attached to and removed from the lamp socket will be described.
At the time of mounting, the lamp pin 5a of the base portion of the straight tube lamp 5 is inserted into the lamp pin insertion opening 1b and the circular opening 1a of the socket body 1, and a lamp pin mounting portion which is a pin insertion groove of the receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2 is mounted. It is slid into 2c and inserted (see FIGS. 3 and 6A). At this time, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the rotor 2 is in the previously removed state, so that the rotor 2 is positioned at the position where the lamp pin mounting portion 2c coincides with the lamp pin insertion opening 1b (the lamp pin insertion position). Therefore, the convex portion 2d of the receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2 is accommodated in the concave portion 1c formed by the guide rib 1d. Thus, when the convex portion 2d of the receiving portion 2b is fitted in the concave portion 1c, the receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2 has a dimensional relationship that does not receive pressure, so the rotor 2 does not deform, Also, as shown in FIG. 3, the width W of the lamp pin mounting portion 2c is larger than the outer diameter φ of the lamp pin 5a by a predetermined amount, so that the insertion is easy.

  Next, the straight tube lamp 5 is rotated. As the straight tube lamp 5 rotates, the rotor 2 rotates, and the convex portion 2d of the receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2 housed in the concave portion 1c formed by the guide rib 1d comes out of the concave portion 1c. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6B, the convex portion 2d of the rotor 2 is pushed by the guide rib 1d of the socket body 1, and the rotor 2 is elastically deformed by the notch portion 2f, so that the rotor The gap between the two side wall portions 2e is narrowed, and the lamp pin mounting portion 2c is pushed so as to narrow its width. Accordingly, the lamp pin 5a is fixed at the end of the lamp pin mounting portion 2c of the receiving portion 2b, and the displacement of the rotor 2 with respect to the rotation direction is reduced (as opposed to this, as shown in FIG. If there is no convex portion 2d and the lamp pin mounting portion 2c cannot be narrowed by pressing, the rotational direction shifts).

  When the rotation is advanced and rotated 90 degrees from the initial insertion position of the lamp pin, as shown in FIG. 6C, the lamp pin 5a reaches the concave portion which is the electrode portion of the conductive fitting 3, and the convex portion 2d of the rotor 2 is The socket body 1 is accommodated in upper and lower recesses, that is, an upper lamp pin insertion opening 1b and a lower guide rib 1d recess 1c. At this time, since the convex portion 2d of the rotor 2 is released from the pressing from the guide rib 1d, a sense of moderation is obtained. Therefore, it can be recognized that the straight tube lamp 5 has been rotated to the mounting position (lamp pin mounting position). In this way, while the straight tube lamp 5 is rotating, the lamp pin 5a is sandwiched and fixed at the end of the lamp pin mounting portion 2c of the receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2, so that the lamp pin 5a can be directly moved to the lamp pin mounting position with little error. The tube lamp 5 can be rotated.

  When the straight tube lamp 5 is removed, the straight tube lamp 5 is rotated 90 degrees from the lamp pin mounting position, and the lamp insertion position, that is, in this case, the lamp removal position (see FIGS. 3 and 6A). By returning to, the width of the lamp pin mounting portion 2c of the rotor 2 is widened, a feeling of moderation is obtained, and the lamp pin 5a can be easily detached.

The guide rib 1d of the lamp socket accommodates the outer peripheral portion of the receiving portion 2b of the rotor 2 on the back side (inside) of the front plate instead of the circular rib standing from the back surface of the front plate of the socket body 1. Similarly, a groove having a recess 1c may be formed to guide the rotation.
Further, in the present lamp socket, the socket body 1 may be formed in a plate shape, the cover 4 may be formed in a box shape, and components may be appropriately provided for each.
Note that the movement of the rotor 2 of the lamp socket in the front-rear direction is regulated by the front plate of the socket body and the back plate of the cover 4 as shown in FIGS.

In this lamp socket, the opening width of the lamp pin insertion opening 1b of the socket body 1 and the opening width of the recess 1c of the guide rib 1d of the socket body 1 are substantially the same. It can also be used as the 1d concave portion 1c, and can be made to have an equivalent moderation feeling by attaching and detaching operations, so that a reliable lamp socket can be obtained.
Further, since the convex portion 2d has a feeling of moderation due to the pressing force pressed from the guide rib 1d, there is a sense of moderation even when the lamp is repeatedly attached and detached, and the reliability can be increased.

  Further, in this lamp socket, the elastic deformation control rib 4a for controlling the elastic deformation due to the pressing of the rotor 2 is erected on the inner side of the cylindrical portion 2a of the rotor 2 from the back plate of the cover. The side wall portion 2e of the notch portion 2f can be controlled to be elastically deformed, and can be controlled to an appropriate degree of moderation to provide a reliable socket.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, by mounting the lamp socket with the straight tube lamp 5 mounted on a lighting device (lighting device body), a reliable lighting device with a removable lamp can be obtained. It is done. In addition, the lighting device which lights the straight tube lamp 5 is installed inside the reflecting plate.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the lamp socket of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a front view which shows the lamp socket of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the BB sectional drawing of the lamp socket of FIG. 2 which mounted | wore with the lamp pin of a straight tube lamp. It is CC sectional view taken on the line of the lamp socket of FIG. 2 equipped with the lamp pin of the straight tube lamp. It is the figure which removed the cover of the lamp socket of Embodiment 1 of this invention, and was seen from the back surface side. It is explanatory drawing which shows rotation states, such as a rotor of the lamp socket of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the lighting fixture which attached the lamp socket of Embodiment 1 of this invention, and equipped with the straight tube | pipe lamp.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Socket main body, 1a Circular opening part, 1b Lamp pin insertion opening part, 1c recessed part, 1d guide rib, 2 rotor, 2a cylindrical part, 2b receiving part, 2c lamp pin mounting part, 2d convex part, 2f notch part, 3 Conductive bracket, 4 cover, 4a elastic deformation control rib, 5 straight tube lamp, 5a lamp pin.

Claims (4)

The socket body having a circular opening on the front surface with which the cap portion of the straight tube lamp abuts, a cover attached to the back side of the socket body, and a substantially box formed by the socket body and the cover are accommodated. A lamp socket comprising a rotor and a pair of conductive metal fittings,
The rotor has a substantially disc-shaped receiving portion and a cylindrical portion standing from the receiving portion, and is cut so as to bisect the rotor from the receiving portion to the middle of the cylindrical portion. A notch portion having a predetermined width larger than the pin diameter of the lamp pin is formed, and the notch portion of the notch portion is used as a mounting portion for the lamp pin, and along the circumference of the receiving portion. A pair of convex portions projecting radially outward from the outer peripheral portion of the receiving portion is formed at a position of 90 degrees from the notch portion,
The socket body communicates with a part of the outer periphery of the circular opening on the front surface, and is formed with a lamp pin insertion opening for inserting a lamp pin on a side surface of the socket body, and the front plate forming the circular opening A guide rib is formed on the inner side of the rotor for guiding the outer peripheral portion of the receiving portion during rotation and pressing the convex portion of the rotor so that the width of the notch portion is reduced. Further, the guide rib is fitted with the convex portion of the rotor in a concave shape inwardly at 90 °, 180 °, and 270 ° from the lamp pin insertion opening along the circumference. By forming a recess in which the pressure is released is formed on the outside in the radial direction,
The conductive metal fittings are arranged in elastic contact on both sides of the cylindrical portion of the rotor,
The lamp pin insertion opening of the socket body is aligned with the lamp pin mounting portion of the rotor, and the lamp pin is inserted into the lamp pin mounting portion of the rotor from the lamp pin insertion opening. A lamp socket, wherein the rotor is rotated 90 degrees from an insertion position, the lamp pin contacts the conductive metal fitting at the lamp pin mounting position, and a straight tube lamp is mounted.   2. The lamp socket according to claim 1, wherein the opening width of the lamp pin insertion opening of the socket body and the opening width of the recess of the guide rib of the socket body are substantially the same.   The elastic deformation control rib which controls the elastic deformation by the said pressing of the said rotor to the inner side of the said cylindrical part of the said rotor was standingly arranged from the back plate of the said cover. Lamp socket as described. The lamp socket according to claim 1, a luminaire main body on which the lamp socket is mounted, a straight tube lamp mounted on the lamp socket, and a lighting device that lights the straight tube lamp through the lamp socket. A lighting fixture comprising:

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