JP2008091208A - Lighting fixture - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the illuminance of a lighting fixture, without increasing the consumption energy. <P>SOLUTION: The lighting fixture comprises a lamp holder (3) for installing a lamp (5), a shade (11) installed on the lamp holder, and a reflecting plate (21) of a substantially cone-shape installed inside the shade. The reflecting plate is constituted, including an upper reflecting plate (23) to envelop the lamp installed on the lamp holder and a lower reflecting plate (25), located at the lower part of the upper reflecting plate. The light of the lamp emitted from the lamp installed in the lamp holder so that it cannot pass through in between the upper reflecting plate and the lower reflecting plate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting fixture that is attached to, for example, an indoor ceiling of a factory, a store, a gas station, a gymnasium, or the like, or a temporary tent of an outdoor event venue.

As a lighting fixture known so far, there is a lighting fixture described in Patent Document 1 (hereinafter referred to as “conventional lighting fixture”). The conventional lighting fixture is comprised by the lamp holder for attaching a lamp | ramp, the shade attached to the said lamp holder, and the reflecting plate attached inside the said shade. The reflector is formed in a substantially conical shape.
Utility Model Registration No. 3093912 (see paragraph 0037, FIGS. 2 and 3)

  However, for example, in order to increase work efficiency in a factory or to improve an exhibition environment in a store, a lighting device with higher illuminance is required. The simplest way to increase illuminance is to replace the lamp attached to the luminaire with a higher rated one. For example, if a 200 W lamp is replaced with 300 W, the illuminance naturally increases. However, today, where energy conservation is sought to reduce energy consumption, it is not easy to simply increase the lamp rating. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a lighting fixture that can increase the illuminance of the lighting fixture without increasing the rating of the lamp, that is, without increasing the energy consumption.

  In order to solve the above problems, the inventor paid attention to the reflector. This is because the illuminance can be improved without increasing the rating of the lamp if the light irradiated from the lamp can efficiently reach the irradiated region by adding a device to the structure of the reflector. The details of the invention will be described again. It should be noted that the definitions of terms used to describe the invention described in any claim are applicable to the invention described in other claims as long as they are possible regardless of the position or order of description. To do.

(Characteristics of the invention of claim 1)
A lighting fixture according to the first aspect of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the lighting fixture of claim 1”) is a lamp holder for mounting a lamp, a shade attached to the lamp holder, and an abbreviation attached to the inside of the shade. And a conical reflector. Here, as the greatest feature of the luminaire of claim 1, the reflector is an upper reflector surrounding the lamp attached to the lamp holder, a lower reflector located below the upper reflector, Further, the lamp light emitted from the lamp attached to the lamp holder cannot pass between the upper reflecting plate and the lower reflecting plate. The upper reflector and the lower reflector are preferably made of a reflector having a reflectivity of 90% or more, for example. A reflective film or the like can be attached to the base substrate.

  According to the lighting fixture of Claim 1, illumination intensity can be raised in comparison with the conventional lighting fixture provided with a single reflecting plate. That is, the illuminance measured using a composite reflector composed of an upper reflector and a lower reflector under the same conditions is higher than the illuminance measured using a single reflector. The reason for the increase in illuminance is currently under analysis, but since the composite reflector has a larger surface area than the single reflector, at least the difference in area seems to contribute to the improvement in illuminance.

(Characteristics of the invention described in claim 2)
A lighting fixture according to a second aspect of the invention (hereinafter referred to as “the lighting fixture of the second aspect” as appropriate) is provided with the basic configuration of the lighting fixture of the first aspect, and then the upper reflector and the lower reflection. The plate is continuously formed at least in the vertical direction.

  According to the luminaire of claim 2, in addition to the function and effect of the luminaire of claim 1, since it is continuous in the vertical direction, the possibility of light leaking between the upper reflector and the lower reflector is reduced. Therefore, the reflection efficiency can be expected to improve.

(Characteristics of Claim 3)
According to the lighting fixture according to the invention of claim 3 (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as “lighting fixture of claim 3”), at least the upper reflection of the upper reflection plate and the lower reflection plate according to claim 1 or 2. The plate is constituted by a plurality of planar reflecting plates adjacent in the circumferential direction.

  According to the lighting fixture of claim 3, in addition to the effects of the lighting fixture of claim 1 or 2, if the above configuration, the upper reflector, if the lower reflector is also the above configuration, the lower reflector, It can be manufactured or processed relatively easily. That is, the reflector as the base material is often flat, and for this reason, the base material is often processed into a desired shape. The reflector plate according to the lighting fixture of claim 3 is configured in view of such a situation.

(Feature of the invention of claim 4)
A lighting fixture according to the invention of claim 4 (hereinafter referred to as “lighting fixture of claim 4”) is provided with the basic configuration of the lighting fixture of claim 3, and the upper reflector is a single plane. The reflector is formed by bending it at a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction.

  According to the illuminating device of claim 4, in addition to the function and effect of the illuminating device of claim 3, since the upper reflector is formed by one flat reflector, one end and the other end of the single flat reflector Therefore, it is only necessary to join the two or more planar reflectors, so that the processing steps such as cutting and the joining step can be greatly simplified.

(Feature of the invention of claim 5)
A lighting fixture according to a fifth aspect of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the lighting fixture of the fifth aspect”) includes the basic configuration of the lighting fixture according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, and is opposite to the upper reflector. An angle α formed between the reflecting surface and the horizontal line is set smaller than an angle β formed between the anti-reflecting surface of the lower reflecting plate and the horizontal line (α <β).

  According to the illuminating device of claim 5, in addition to the function and effect of the luminaire of any of claims 1 to 4, by setting the mounting angle of the upper reflector and the lower reflector as described above, The reflection area can be increased, so that the reflection efficiency can be increased.

  According to the luminaire according to the present invention, higher illuminance can be obtained when lamps having the same rating are used. Since the illuminance can be increased without increasing the rating of the lamp, the illuminance of the lighting fixture can be increased without increasing the energy consumption.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “this embodiment” as appropriate) will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a usage example of the lighting fixture according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the lighting fixture. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the AA cross-sectional view of the lighting apparatus shown in FIG. 2 upside down. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the lighting fixture according to the first modification. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the BB cross-sectional view of the lighting fixture shown in FIG. 4 upside down. FIG. 6 is a bottom view of a lighting fixture according to a second modification. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the lighting fixture shown in FIG. In the drawings other than FIG. 1 described above, the lamp and the lamp holder are omitted.

(Schematic structure of lighting equipment)
The schematic structure of the lighting fixture will be described with reference to FIGS. The luminaire 1 is schematically configured to include a lamp holder 3 for attaching the lamp 5, a shade 11 attached to the lamp holder 3, and a substantially conical reflector 21 attached to the inside of the shade 11. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, it is configured to be usable by being suspended from a ceiling T of a house. For this reason, the lamp holder 3 has an externally attached or integral hanging cable 4. In the present embodiment, for example, a mercury lamp of about 360 W is adopted as the lamp 5. Therefore, the lamp holder 3 is configured so that the mercury lamp can be mounted. However, when a lamp other than the mercury lamp is employed, the lamp holder 3 is configured to have a structure and dimensions that allow the lamp to be mounted.

  The shade 11 is formed in a shape similar to a shape in which the ridges are inverted, and is made of aluminum in this embodiment. The appearance of the shade 11 can be made of a metal other than aluminum (for example, copper), a synthetic resin, cloth, paper, or the like. In addition, the appearance of the shade 11 can be attached with a reflector 21 to be described later, and it does not preclude the adoption of a shape other than a bowl as long as it does not deviate from the gist of the present invention at least in terms of illumination. .

(Reflector structure)
The structure of the reflecting plate 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. The reflector 21 includes an upper reflector 23 that surrounds the lamp 5 (not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3; see FIG. 1) attached to the lamp holder 3, a lower reflector 25 that is positioned below the upper reflector 23, It is composed of Both the upper reflecting plate 23 and the lower reflecting plate 25 may be made of, for example, a PVD coating material (multilayer coating material) manufactured by ACA, USA. This is because the reflectance is high and the weight is low, so it is very convenient to use. The upper reflecting plate 23 is formed by bending a flat reflecting plate cut out in a shape similar to a C shape in a radial direction through a bending line at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the other end (overlapping portion 23e) at one end of the flat reflecting plate. It is formed in a shape similar to a conical shape (pyramidal shape) by overlapping and riveting. In other words, the upper reflector 23 is formed by making the fan-like planar reflector 23a adjacent in the circumferential direction. The upper reflector 23 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is composed of eight planar reflectors 23a, but may be composed of six planar reflectors 23a-1,... As shown in FIGS. Good. Although not shown, it may be configured by a number other than eight or six. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, an upper reflecting plate may be formed by a curved reflecting plate instead of being bent. Also good. The reason why the upper reflector 23 is made of a single material plate is that the number of overlapping portions 23e is only one, so that the manufacturing process can be minimized, but the number of manufacturing processes increases, but two or three or more. It does not preclude the construction of the flat reflector. Furthermore, a step corresponding to at least the thickness of the overlapped portion 23e occurs between the overlapped portion 23e and the planar reflecting plate 23a on which the overlapped portion 23e is overlapped. However, the step may cause a loss in light reflection. Therefore, it is preferable that the number of the overlapping portions 23e is small in order to realize such an efficient reflection by reducing such loss as much as possible. The upper reflector 23 is arranged along the inner wall in the shade 11 and is rivet-fixed to the shade 11 at an appropriate position.

  The lower reflector 25 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lower reflector 25 is disposed below the upper reflector 23. The lower reflecting plate 25 is obtained by rolling two reflecting plate components 25a and 25a obtained by cutting a flat reflecting plate into a narrow semicircular C shape so as to form a cone-like shape and overlapping two ends. It is fixed with rivets. As described in the explanation of the upper reflector 23, it is preferable that the number of overlapping portions is smaller in order to improve the reflection efficiency. However, the lower reflector 25 is constituted by two reflector constituent pieces 25a. The reason why the two-point bonding is adopted is to improve the yield of the flat reflector as a material. That is, although it is possible to configure the lower reflector 25 with a single flat reflector cut out in a C-like shape, the use of the remaining flat reflector is limited if it is cut out in the C-shape. Because it is uneconomical. The lower reflecting plate 25 is bent in a round shape without being bent, and is arranged so that its upper end is along the inner lower end of the shade 11 so as to be hidden behind the lower end of the upper reflecting plate 23 as viewed from the attached lamp. The lower reflector 25 is fixed to the shade 11 by rivets. Since the upper reflector 23 is bent while the lower reflector 25 is curved, a half-moon shaped gap is inevitably generated between the two. This is because if the lamp light passes, the reflection efficiency is lowered, so that the passage is impossible. The reason why the lower reflector 25 was not bent is that it can be bent, but if it is bent, it is necessary to align it with the bent portion of the upper reflector 23. To avoid such trouble, It is.

(Reflector length and mounting angle)
The length ratio (width of the reflecting plate) from the top to the lower end of the upper reflecting plate 23 and the lower reflecting plate 25 is preferably set to approximately 3 to 1. That is, it is preferable to set the width dimension Ls of the lower reflector 25 to a length approximately one third of the width dimension Lu of the upper reflector 23 (see FIG. 3). Although there is no problem in some dimensional changes, according to experiments conducted by the inventors, efficient light reflection can be realized by setting the dimensional ratio. Next is the mounting angle of each reflector. The angle α1 formed between the anti-reflecting surface (the surface on the back side of the reflecting surface) of the upper reflecting plate 23 shown in FIG. 3 and the horizontal line Hu is preferably set to 35 to 55 degrees, more preferably 40 to 50 degrees. Results were obtained. Further, the angle β1 formed between the anti-reflection surface of the lower reflector 25 and the horizontal line Hs is set to 65 to 85 degrees, more preferably 70 to 80 degrees. All the above angles are experimental values, and the causal relationship is currently being clarified. In any case, the angle α1 needs to be smaller than the angle β1. In order to reflect the light which is not reflected by the upper reflecting plate 23 but is about to pass therethrough, and further the light which is reflected by the upper reflecting plate 23 but is about to pass thereunder is reflected on the irradiated region, that is, This is because in order to increase the substantial reflection area of the entire reflection plate 21, the above-described size relationship is necessary. That is, if the angle α1 is larger than the angle β1, the light passing through cannot be reflected.

  4 and 5 relates to a first modification of the lighting fixture 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and has the same basic structure as the lighting fixture 1. The luminaire 1-1 differs from the luminaire 1 in that the upper reflector 23 is composed of eight planar reflectors 23a, whereas the upper reflector 23-1 is six planar reflectors 23a-. It is only the point comprised by 1. Only the number of the 8 sheets is different from that of the 6 sheets, and the dimensions and mounting angles are the same. For this reason, in FIGS. 4 and 5, common members are only given “−1” to the reference numerals used in FIGS. 2 and 3, and detailed description thereof is omitted. Furthermore, the luminaire 1-2 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 relates to a second modification of the luminaire 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and has the same basic structure as the luminaire 1. The luminaire 1-2 is different from the luminaire 1 in that the upper reflector 23 is configured by eight planar reflectors 23a, whereas the upper reflector 23-2 is configured without bending. Only. Except for the point that it is not bent, the dimensions and mounting angles are the same. For this reason, in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, about the common member, only the code | symbol used in FIG. 2 and 3 is attached with "-2", and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

(Illuminance comparison experiment)
The results of the illuminance comparison experiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a bottom view of a lighting fixture to be compared. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a DD sectional view of the lighting apparatus illustrated in FIG. 8 upside down. FIG. 10 is a horizontal plane illuminance distribution diagram of the lighting fixture 101 according to the comparison target. FIG. 11 is a horizontal plane illuminance distribution diagram of the luminaire 1 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 12 is a horizontal plane illuminance distribution diagram of the luminaire 1-1 as well. First, the structure of a lighting fixture as a comparison target will be described. The lighting fixture 101 according to the comparison target shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 is schematically configured to include a shade 111 and a substantially conical reflector 121 attached inside the shade 111. A lamp holder for attaching the shade 111 and a lamp held by the lamp holder are omitted. The shade 111 is the same as the shades 11, 11-1, and 11-2 described above, and the point that the reflector 121 is configured by one stage without distinction between the upper part and the lower part is that the lighting apparatus 1 (1- 1, 1-2). This is to compare the change in illuminance due to the provision of the lower reflector together with the upper reflector. The lamp used for comparison is a 200 W mercury lamp, and the mounting height is 8 meters. Furthermore, the irradiation range was a range of 4 meters square. The reflection plate 121 is bent and formed on six surfaces in the same manner as the lighting fixture 1-1 described above.

  The outermost illuminance distribution line shown in FIG. 10 shows 80 lux, while the outermost illuminance distribution line shown in FIG. 11 shows 90 lux. Here, in FIG. 11, if a position corresponding to the distribution line of 80 lux shown in FIG. 10 is estimated, it corresponds to approximately 95 lux. As a result, the illuminance of the luminaire 1 was approximately 19% ((95-80) / 80 × 100) with respect to the luminaire 101 of the one-stage reflector. Similarly, according to the illuminance distribution diagram of the luminaire 1-1 shown in FIG. 12, if a position corresponding to the distribution line of 80 lux shown in FIG. 10 is estimated, it corresponds to approximately 88 lux. As a result, with respect to the lighting fixture 101, the lighting fixture 1-1 showed an improvement in illuminance of about 10% ((88-80) / 80 × 100). That is, as a result of comparative measurement using the same 200 W mercury lamp, it was confirmed that the illuminance can be improved by at least 10% by changing the first-stage reflector to the second-stage reflector.

It is a front view which shows the usage example of the lighting fixture which concerns on this embodiment. It is a bottom view of a lighting fixture. It is the figure which showed AA sectional drawing of the lighting fixture shown in FIG. 2 upside down. It is a bottom view of the lighting fixture which concerns on a 1st modification. It is the figure which showed BB sectional drawing of the lighting fixture shown in FIG. 4 upside down. It is a bottom view of the lighting fixture which concerns on a 2nd modification. It is the figure which showed CC sectional drawing of the lighting fixture shown in FIG. 6 upside down. It is a bottom view of the lighting fixture used as a comparison object. It is the figure which showed DD sectional drawing of the lighting fixture shown in FIG. 8 upside down. It is a horizontal surface illuminance distribution map of the lighting fixture which concerns on a comparison object. It is a horizontal surface illuminance distribution map of the lighting fixture which concerns on this embodiment. It is a horizontal surface illumination intensity distribution map of the lighting fixture which concerns on a 1st modification.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1-1,1-2 Lighting fixture 3 Lamp holder 4 Hanging cable 5 Lamp 11,11-1,11-2 Shade 21 Reflector 23 Upper reflector 23a Planar reflector 23e Stack part 25 Lower reflector 25a Reflection Plate component 101 Lighting fixture 111 Shade 121 Reflector T T Ceiling

Claims (5)

A lamp holder for mounting the lamp;
A shade attached to the lamp holder;
In a lighting fixture including a substantially conical reflector mounted inside the shade,
The reflector includes an upper reflector that surrounds the lamp attached to the lamp holder, and a lower reflector that is positioned below the upper reflector,
The lighting apparatus is configured such that lamp light emitted from a lamp attached to the lamp holder cannot pass between the upper reflecting plate and the lower reflecting plate. The lighting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the upper reflecting plate and the lower reflecting plate are continuously formed at least in the vertical direction. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least the upper reflecting plate of the upper reflecting plate and the lower reflecting plate is configured by a plurality of planar reflecting plates adjacent in the circumferential direction. The lighting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the upper reflecting plate is formed by bending one flat reflecting plate with a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction. The angle α formed between the antireflective surface of the upper reflector and the horizontal line is set smaller than the angle β formed between the antireflective surface of the lower reflector and the horizontal line (α <β). The lighting fixture according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein

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