JP2010219016A - Lighting device for obtaining transmission light by piercing and covering light guide projection with plant and food - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem that since a plant and soil planted with it do not transmit light, in order to illuminate the plant, an emitter is wound on the outside together with a light guide body to decorate the plant, or light is illuminated from an outside light source to light up, or lighting is made from the outside lower part of the plant, and there is nothing to light the plant and food itself from the inside by light transmission. <P>SOLUTION: In the lighting device, a transparent rod-shape or hemispherical piercing body which guides light inside a plant and food and illuminates by its transmission light with a large light scattering range is formed, and it is erected on a light guide base like a frog with the plant having a hollow interior or made hollow by cutting inside, and the plant is covered on the light guide piercing body to irradiate light from the interior and transmits light, thereby, light coming from the plant, fruit, and food is admired from the outside. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention stabs plants (vegetables, fruits), foods (cakes, fish meat) on needles, rods, barbed rods or hemispherical bodies (hereinafter referred to as light guides) that can guide light, A light-transmitting ornamental instrument intended to transmit light from the inside of the plant or food to the outside by injecting visible light into the light guide, to shine the plant or food, and to appreciate the inside appearance It is. In addition, a light guide body can be set up on the light transmission base and the light guide type sword mountain holding the object to be stabbed.

For the purpose of the present invention, those that promote the growth of plants by light are excluded.
The plant irradiation device (Patent Publication 2001-095376) is intended to irradiate light from an external support along a plant outline, and utilizes light transmission from the inside of the plant to the outside. It is not a thing.

  The plant light-emitting device or method (Patent Publication 2006-254907) is a device that emits ultraviolet light to a plant that has absorbed a fluorescent substance to emit light. Is not transparent.

  A lighting device using a neon tube (Patent Publication No. 08-339706) is a lighting device that emits light using a neon tube on an acrylic plate and places an ornamental flowerpot in a space provided in the central portion. However, it does not use the light transmission of the plant itself.

  The sword support tool (Patent Publication 2003-135233) uses transparent materials such as quartz and glass that are inconspicuous when decorating ikebana, but prevents the ikebana from collapsing, and has a light guiding function. It was not used as the main purpose.

  An ornamental flowerpot (Patent Publication No. 06-217645) is an ornamental flowerpot in which a pot is provided on the outside of a flowerpot in which a plant is planted to form a double structure and light is guided to the gap to make the plant itself stand out. . However, if the medium in which the plant is planted is soil, it does not transmit light, so the selection of the material of the medium is limited, and it is different from the present invention in that it does not transmit light from the inside of the plant to the outside.

  Sticklight (Registered Utility Model 3116904) is intended to attach a stem (thin stick) to the light emitting part, insert the stem into a cake, bouquet, glass, or flowerpot, and illuminate the surroundings with the light emitting part. In the cake, it is a so-called stick-shaped light that does not illuminate the inside of the cake but illuminates from the top and surroundings like a candle, and does not use light transmission.

  To illuminate or light up a plant, it is usually the same as a Christmas light, where a light body is wrapped around a conductor and illuminated, light from a light source such as a light bulb or LED is applied to light up the plant. Illuminate with a light source inserted in the vicinity of the outside, light up from the bottom of the plant (however, the soil does not transmit light), and there is nothing to light the plant and food itself by transmitting light from the inside as in the present invention .

The applicant has traditionally sought a method of guiding light into plants and food and illuminating with the transmitted light. However, the hardwoods did not transmit light, the soil and plant roots underneath did not transmit light, and even if immersed in liquid, light could not be introduced into the object from the liquid part, so it was devastating.
In addition, it is difficult for plants to absorb fluorescent materials and light guides, as in some patent applications.

Therefore, the present invention has been reached in that if light is guided in some way into the hollow interior of the green onion, it will shine from the bottom to the top when the transmitted light is viewed from the outside. Met. It is only necessary to guide the light from the middle part of the green onion with an optical fiber.
However, there was another problem. Because only the tip of the optical fiber emits light, even if it is guided to the hollow plant trunk, only the tip of the optical fiber is transmitted, which is not artistic.

  Therefore, a transparent large rod-shaped insertion body with a large light scattering range, and an object that scatters light inside the rod-shaped body, stands on a light guide base like a sword mountain, and the plant is shaped like a bell pepper with a large hollow, and the interior is filled. Elingi, onions, fruits, etc. are hollowed out and covered with the above light guide to emit light from the inside, and the silhouette emerges in space when light is widely transmitted Experimented. And we confirmed that foods such as plants, fruits and cakes became light objects.

The present invention relates to guiding light into the body of plants and foods and transmitting the light to the outside for viewing.
A spot-type light source, a light guide base, and a light guide rod-like body and a spherical body are installed on it. The light guide rods and spheres should be transparent, and the upper part should be flat, hemispherical, conical or similar. These light guides are shaped into wavy, jagged, and bubbled parts so that light is easily diffusely reflected at both ends and sides. A wide range of scattered light can be obtained due to the difference in the refractive index between the water content of the plant and food and the light guide.
The light path from the light source may be installed directly on the base or guided by an optical fiber. The transparent base that introduces light into the light guide rods and spheres is covered with a reflector. Various light color bodies and color filters can be prepared for the light source, and the color and intensity of the light can be changed over time.

  The light-transmitting object is a hollow plant, or in a plant that is filled inside, vegetables, fruits, or foods (including cakes and fish) that have been hollowed out or wrapped in dough.

  Plants and foods that transmit light from the inside to the outside, give subtle lighting to the surroundings like a ghost, and give off shapes and light peculiar to plants and foods are worthy of admiration. The expression of the object can be appropriately adjusted and changed in each display scene, that is, a retail store, a large show window, a restaurant, a tavern, a lobby where people gather, and a general home.

It is a side view showing the whole almost common to each embodiment of the present invention. EXAMPLE The light introduction parts 1 to 3 in FIG. 1 are placed horizontally for the appearance of the entire apparatus. Representative examples of the light guide type sword mountain inserted into the object of plant and food are shown in 6a to 6e. The small piece inside 6d shows that bubbles and foreign substances are dispersed.

1 Light source (Example) Electric lamp, halogen lamp, LED, laser 2 Condensing lens 3 Light introduction part (Example) In air, hollow cylinder, optical fiber bundle 4 Light guide base (Example) Acrylic, wide glass base, omitted 5 Light-shielding object (Example) Aluminum foil, paint to prevent light leakage 6 Light guide body (Example) Projection shape, horizontal rod shape, object without base 4 7 Light radiation 8 Light transmitting plant or food

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall view of a side surface that is almost common to the embodiments of the present invention. The light guides to the object 8 to be illuminated are 1 to 7, and 1 is a light emitter such as an electric lamp, LED or laser. 2 is a condensing lens and can be omitted. Reference numeral 3 denotes a path for guiding light to the base 4 such as air, optical fiber, and cylindrical body. 4 is a light guide that supports 6 called the light guide sword mountain, and it can be replaced with a base or suspended type for the installation type. Reference numeral 5 denotes a shielding object such as an aluminum foil or a shading paint which prevents light leakage from the base 4 or the light guide 3. 6 is a light guide type sword mountain. 7 is the emitted light. 8 is a cross-sectional view of plants and foods. The light guide type sword mountain 7 is inserted or covered, and the radiated light 7 is transmitted to the outside.

  Fig. 2 shows an example in which the light source 1, condensing lens 2 and light guide 3 are produced in a horizontal orientation for product compaction. Of course, a configuration in which light enters from the side surface of the base 4 is also possible. In that case, a reflector for bending the optical axis may be inserted into the base 4.

  Figure 3 shows a light-guided sword mountain. 6a is a cylindrical rod shaped body with a flat top. 6b is the upper part of the rod-shaped body formed into a hemisphere. 6c is the top of the rod-shaped body formed into a cone shape. 6d is formed by forming the side portion of the rod-like body into an uneven shape, or common to all of FIG. 3, but is representative of those in which dissimilar particles such as bubbles having different refractive indexes are dispersed inside, or those using both. is doing. 6e is formed into a hemispherical body, and the attachment part may be a neck length.

  The light guide base 4 itself can be formed into a spherical shape or a cylindrical shape. In order to further scatter the light, the surface can be formed into irregularities, or the light guide rod-like body 6 can be projected into the space like a mine spine.

Claims (8)

  A light guide that guides light is stabbed with plants, in particular vegetables, fruits, or foods, in particular cakes, bread, fish, and the light is transmitted to the outside to light the plants and the food, and the light guide. An illuminating device that itself has a support function, such as Kenzan (referred to here as a light-guided Kenzan).   A circular, oval bar, barb bar, hemisphere, or fiber bundle light guide that can stab and hold a plant or food directly or hollowed out and transmits light from the inside of the plant or food to the outside Kenzan consisting of.   The tip or body of the light guide is formed flat, semi-spherical, or uneven, or a bubble with a different light transmittance is mixed inside the light guide so that light can be emitted from the tip of the light guide or from the whole. Light guiding sword mountain shaped to scatter   Light guide type Kenzan with fluorescent material or pigment material applied or mixed in the light guide   Light-guided sword mountain shaped so that the transmitted light of plants and foods can be displayed with light.   Light guiding sword mountain with buzzer or speaker embedded or attached   The light guide type sword mountain which satisfies not only the vertical installation type but also the horizontal installation type or the hanging type space installation.   An internally installed light guide sword mountain that can be molded into a sphere or object (symbol) and embedded in vegetables, fruits or food.

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