JP2006261076A - Flashlight - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that the existence of a pedestrian walking is hard for a driver to find when the driver is approaching a pedestrian from behind in the nighttime. <P>SOLUTION: This flashlight comprises: a main body (1) of the flashlight; a central portion (2) that is formed in a cylindrical shape as to contain battery power sources (3); lamp holders (4), (5) that are provided at both ends of the central portion (2); a slide switch (6) that is mounted around one end of the central portion (2); and a hanging strap (7) whose part is shown. Each of the lamp holders (4), (5) formed at both ends of the main body (1) is a type of arranging a lamp at the vertex point of a paraboloid, or any type of arranging a light emitter structured with LED semiconductor light emitters and capable of obtaining lighting effects. Further, a translucent red cap (9) made of plastic is connected to one end of the main body (1) with a strap (8), and the cap (9) is attachable on the lamp holder (5) located at the one end. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

The present invention relates to a flashlight, which is provided with a lighting function at both ends thereof, and makes it easy to visually recognize the presence of a road pedestrian from a rear vehicle or the like at night.

The present invention belongs to the technical field related to the structure of a flashlight.

A conventional flashlight has a lighting function at one end and a battery insertion port at the other end, and does not have a lighting function. For this reason, even if a pedestrian at night walks while illuminating a flashlight, the existence of the pedestrian cannot be seen from the rear vehicle.

Problems to be solved by the invention

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the problem that it is difficult to confirm the presence of a pedestrian when approaching the pedestrian from behind at night or while driving a car.

Due to heightened awareness of health management, jogging and walking are becoming popular, and many people perform at night. On the other hand, the traffic volume of automobiles has also increased, causing frequent contact accidents with pedestrians at night, and measures to ensure the safety of pedestrians at night are required. In particular, automobiles often overlook pedestrians and often lead to accidents. When walking at night, a flashlight is used for safety confirmation ahead, so it is relatively easy to see pedestrians approaching from the front even from the car. However, when approaching from the back of a pedestrian, it is easy to visually recognize, especially if a reflective plow is worn, but otherwise it is often difficult to visually recognize. Since a flashlight is used for walking at night, if it has a function to illuminate the back, it can be easily seen from a car approaching from the back, which is very effective for ensuring safety.

Means for solving the problem

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a conventional flashlight has a lighting function at one end, but it cannot be seen well by a car approaching from the rear side. By providing a lighting function and a function of illuminating the back side, the vehicle can be easily seen from the rear automobile or the like.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) is the flashlight main body of the present invention, and the central portion (2) has a cylindrical shape so as to accommodate the power supply battery (3). Lighting light source storage portions (4) and (5) are provided at both ends of the central portion (2). A slide switch (6) is provided at one end of the central portion (2). Note that (7) is a part of the hanging string.
Moreover, the light source storage parts (4) and (5) for lighting provided at both ends of the main body (1) are of a type in which a light bulb is disposed at a curved part of a paraboloid, or an LED semiconductor light emitting material, and lighting effects. However, since a general-purpose structure may be used, drawing is omitted in this embodiment.
Further, a semi-transparent plastic red cap (9) is provided at one end of the main body (1) via a hanging strap (8), and this cap (9) can be attached to and detached from one light source part (5). .

Next, the lighting and switching circuit of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

(3) is a power source battery, (10) and (11) are light source bulbs at both ends, and (12) is a switch circuit. This switch circuit (12) has terminals (B) and (C) that are always connected to and disconnected from the connection terminal (A) under certain conditions. The negative pole (13) of the battery (3) is always connected to both negative poles of the light source bulbs (10) and (11), and the positive pole (14) is connected to the constant connection terminal (A) of the switch circuit (12). To do. The plus pole of one light source bulb (11) faces the (B) terminal of the switch circuit (12), and the plus pole of the other light source bulb (10) faces the (C) terminal of the switch circuit (12). And, each terminal (A), (B), (C) of the switch circuit (12) is connected to the power source (3), and the light source bulbs (10), (11) are connected and disconnected. Connected to the positive electrode (14) of the battery and connected to the positive electrode (15) of (C) and one of the light source bulbs (10) by one-step slide of the contact, (B) and the other light source bulb (11) In the state where the positive electrode (16) is not connected (only one light bulb is lit), the terminal (B) is also connected to the positive electrode (16) of the light source bulb (11) by two-step slide, and at the same time (C ) Terminal also has a structure that can select a state in which the terminal is connected to the positive electrode (15) of the light source bulb (10) (a state in which both bulbs are lit).

Effect of the invention

Next, the operation of the flashlight of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

When the switch terminals are in the positions (A), (B), (C), neither the light source bulbs (10), (11) are connected to the battery, and therefore both are not lit.

When the switch is moved one step to the left in the figure and is in the position (A ₁ ), (B ₁ ), (C ₁ ), the positive electrode (15) of one light source bulb (10) is connected to the battery (3) The other light source bulb (11) is not connected and is not lit, and only one light source (10) is lit.

Next, when the switch is moved two steps to the left in the figure and is in the position (A ₂ ), (B ₂ ), (C ₂ ), the light source bulbs (10), (11) are both connected, Both lights up. Further, the red cap (9) has an effect of raising the degree of attention by covering one of the light source parts (5) as necessary.

The invention's effect

Night pedestrians are difficult to see from the vehicle. Even if you are walking while illuminating a flashlight, it usually only illuminates only the front, so it is not useful for confirmation from the vehicle behind you. Since the present invention is provided with the illumination lighting function at both ends as described above, the presence of a pedestrian can be notified to an approaching vehicle from the rear by using the flashlight of the present invention. Therefore, the presence of pedestrians ahead can be confirmed from a distance, which greatly contributes to safe driving.

Is a front view of a flashlight showing an embodiment of the present invention, These are explanatory drawings of the switch circuit of the flashlight which shows one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

(1) ... body,
(3) Battery,
(12) ... Switch circuit,
(10) (11) ... Light bulb

Claims (1)

A flashlight characterized by having lighting functions at both ends.

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