JP2013142276A - Floor material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a floor material having an illumination function, which allows the strength to be efficiently enhanced without spoiling appearance.SOLUTION: A floor material 1 includes a plurality of stepped holes 11 scattered on the surface side. The stepped hole 11 includes a lid housing recess 12 having an opening on the side of surface 10a and a luminous body housing recess 13 with a diameter smaller than that of the lid housing recess, which is connected to the bottom side of the lid housing recess. A luminous body 24 is housed in the luminous body housing recess of each of the stepped holes. A lid 21 having light transmissivity is housed in the lid housing recess and sealed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a flooring having a lighting function.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lighting device is incorporated on the floor side and illuminated from the floor side to the upper side to be used as auxiliary lighting when walking at night.
For example, in the following Patent Document 1, a light emitting diode is supported on a rail disposed in a dug recess extending along the longitudinal direction, and the upper surface side of the rail and the light emitting diode is covered with a transmission plate. Floor embedding materials such as floor closing and tatami mats have been proposed.

JP 2010-121280 A

  However, in the floor-embedded material as described in Patent Document 1, since the transmission plate is provided extending along the longitudinal direction, there is a problem that the appearance as the floor material is easily impaired. Moreover, further improvement has been desired from the viewpoint of strength against depression by pedestrians and the like.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a flooring material that has an illumination function but hardly impairs the appearance and can efficiently improve the strength.

  In order to achieve the above object, a flooring according to the present invention has a lid housing recess that opens to the front surface side and a light emission that is smaller in diameter than the lid housing recess and continues to the bottom side of the lid housing recess. A plurality of stepped holes made up of body receiving recesses are provided scattered on the surface side, and the light emitters are stored in the respective light emitter receiving recesses of the plurality of stepped holes, and the respective lid portions are stored. A lid having translucency is received and sealed in the recess.

In the present invention, a through hole is provided for communicating each of the plurality of stepped holes to the back surface side of the floor material, and a wiring groove for communicating each of the through holes is provided in the adjacent floor material. You may be provided in the back surface of the said floor material so that it may communicate with the provided groove for wiring.
In the present invention, a convex portion that is fitted into the upper portion of the light emitter housing recess may be further provided on the back surface side of the lid portion.

  Since the flooring according to the present invention is configured as described above, it is difficult to impair the appearance while having an illumination function, and the strength can be improved efficiently.

(A), (b) shows typically an example of the flooring which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a schematic perspective view, (b) is the AA arrow in (a). It is a partially broken schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view corresponding to vision. (A) is a schematic bottom view of the same flooring, and (b) is a partially broken schematic longitudinal sectional view corresponding to the view taken along the line BB in FIG. 1 (a). It is a schematic perspective view which shows typically the state which arrange | positioned the same flooring in multiple numbers.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In some of the drawings, some of the detailed reference numerals attached to other drawings are omitted.
1-3 is a figure which shows typically an example of the flooring which concerns on this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the flooring 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of stepped holes 11 interspersed on the surface 10 a side of the flooring 1 (floor body 10). The flooring 1 has a structure in which a light emitter 24 and a lid 21 are accommodated in each of the plurality of stepped holes 11 provided in the floor main body 10. The light emitter 24 and the lid portion 21 constitute an embedded illumination unit 20. The flooring 1 according to the present embodiment has a structure in which a plurality of embedded illumination units 20 are provided on the surface 10a side.

The floor body 10 has a substantially rectangular flat plate shape, for example, a long plate-like body having a width dimension of about 1 (303 mm) and a length of about 3 (909 mm) to 6 (1818 mm). .
The floor body 10 may be made of a wood material or the like. For example, the floor main body 10 is laminated on a plywood surface as a base material with a wood fiber board such as MDF (medium density fiber board) as an intermediate layer, and on the surface of the intermediate layer, a veneer as a surface layer or It is good also as what was set as the laminated structure which laminated | stacked surface cosmetics, such as a decorative resin sheet (film). In addition, the intermediate layer and the base material are formed from a wood powder / plastic composite (WPC) in which a synthetic resin material contains wood powder, an inorganic filler, a compatibilizing agent, a colorant and the like in a predetermined content ratio. It is good also as what was done. Further, the floor body 10 may be made of solid wood.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of stepped holes 11 are provided at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the floor body 10. In the example shown in the figure, the interval between adjacent stepped holes 11 is set to be approximately equal. The interval between the stepped holes 11 may be about 250 mm to 500 mm from the viewpoint of suppressing damage or the like caused by stepping into the embedded illumination unit 20 (lid 21), or functioning as auxiliary illumination at night. According to this, it can suppress that the embedded illumination part 20 of two places is stepped on at the same time with the foot | leg of a general sized adult, and can suppress the damage by stepping on, etc. more effectively. it can.
Further, in the present embodiment, an example is shown in which each of the plurality of stepped holes 11 is provided at approximately the center of the floor body 10 in the short direction. Each of the plurality of stepped holes 11 has substantially the same configuration.
In addition, in the illustrated example, the number of the stepped holes 11 is five, but the number of the stepped holes 11 is not limited to five, and may be two to four, for example, It may be 6 or more. For example, if it is the flooring 1 made into the above dimension, the space | interval along the longitudinal direction of the floor main body 10 from the viewpoint of making it difficult to impair the external appearance as the flooring 1, or functioning as auxiliary lighting at night or the like. It is good also as an aspect which opened and provided the 3-6 stepped holes 11. FIG.

Each stepped hole 11 includes a lid housing recess 12 and a light emitter housing recess 13 (see FIG. 1B).
Each light emitter housing recess 13 houses a light emitter 24, and each lid housing recess 12 contains a light-transmitting lid portion 21 for sealing. Yes.
The lid accommodating recess 12 is provided so as to open on the surface 10a side of the floor main body 10 and open upward.
In the present embodiment, the lid housing recess 12 has a substantially circular shape in plan view (see FIGS. 1A and 2A).
The diameter dimension of the lid housing recess 12 may be about 10 mm to 100 mm, and preferably about 30 mm to 50 mm.

The light emitter housing recess 13 has a smaller diameter than the lid housing recess 12 and is formed in the floor body 10 so as to be continuous with the bottom side of the lid housing recess 12. That is, the light emitter housing recess 13 is provided so as to open on the bottom surface of the recess of the lid housing recess 12 and to open upward. With such a configuration, the stepped hole 11 has a stepped hole shape having a stepped portion at the boundary between the lid housing recess 12 and the light emitter housing recess 13.
In the present embodiment, similarly to the lid housing recess 12, the light emitter housing recess 13 is substantially circular in plan view (see FIG. 2A). Further, an example is shown in which the lid housing recess 12 and the light emitter housing recess 13 are provided concentrically. The diameter of the light emitter housing recess 13 may be smaller than the diameter of the lid housing recess 12. In addition, the diameter and depth of the light emitter housing recess 13 may be set to dimensions that can accommodate the light emitter 24 described later.

  In the present embodiment, the lid housing recess 12 and the light emitter housing recess 13 are concentric and have a substantially circular shape in plan view. I can't. For example, each of the lid housing recess 12 and the light emitter housing recess 13 may have a substantially elliptical shape or a substantially polygonal shape when viewed from above. Moreover, it is good also considering the shape in planar view of these cover part accommodating recesses 12 and the light-emitting body accommodating recesses 13, respectively. Even in such a case, the light emitter housing recess 13 may have a smaller diameter than the lid housing recess 12 so that the stepped portion is formed.

In the present embodiment, the floor body 10 is provided with through holes 14 that allow the plurality of stepped holes 11 to communicate with the back surface 10 b side of the floor body 10. In the present embodiment, the thickness of the floor main body 10 is such that the through holes 14 are opened on the bottom surface of the light emitter housing recess 13 of each of the plurality of stepped holes 11 and on the back surface 10 side of the floor main body 10. It is provided along the direction. Further, in the illustrated example, the through hole 14 has a substantially circular shape in plan view and is provided concentrically with the stepped hole 11.
The diameter of the through hole 14 may be smaller than the light emitter housing recess 13 of the stepped hole 11. For example, the diameter of the through hole 14 may be about 1/2 to 1/6 of the diameter of the light emitter housing recess 13.
In addition, in the illustrated example, the through hole 14 is illustrated as having a substantially circular shape in plan view, but is not limited thereto. For example, the through hole 14 may have a substantially elliptical shape or a substantially polygonal shape in plan view. May be.

Moreover, in this embodiment, the groove 15 for wiring is provided in the back surface 10b of the floor main body 10 (refer FIG.2 (b)).
The wiring groove 15 is provided on the back surface 10b of the floor body 10 so as to communicate with each of the through holes 14 provided so as to open to the back surface 10b side of the floor body 10.
Further, the wiring groove 15 is provided over substantially the entire area in the longitudinal direction of the back surface 10 b of the floor body 10 so as to open to the back surface 10 b side of the floor body 10. In the example of the drawing, an example in which the wiring groove 15 is provided in the center of the floor body 10 in the short direction is shown.
Further, the wiring groove 15 is configured to communicate with the wiring groove 15 provided in the adjacent floor material 1. In the illustrated example, the wiring grooves 15 and 15 of the floor materials 1 and 1 adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction are configured to communicate with each other (see FIG. 3).
Each wiring 2 of each light emitter 24 accommodated in each of the light emitter accommodation recesses 13 of the stepped hole 11 provided on the surface 10a side of the floor main body 10 is drawn out through each through hole 14. Wiring is performed so as to be accommodated in the wiring groove 15.
In addition, you may make it provide the obstruction | occlusion member 5 which block | closes the downward side opening of the ditch | groove 15 for wiring. Such a closing member 5 may be an adhesive tape or the like attached along the back surface 10b of the floor main body 10 in the vicinity of both edges of the wiring groove 15 in the groove width direction, or as a thin flat sheet member. Good.

In addition, the groove depth dimension and the groove width dimension of the wiring groove 15 may be appropriately set according to the diameter and number of the wirings 2 so that the wirings 2 of the respective light emitters 24 can be accommodated. .
For example, the groove width dimension of the wiring groove 15 is set to about 5 mm to 10 mm, and the groove depth dimension is set so that about 3 to 6 wires 2 each having a diameter of about 1 mm can be accommodated. It is good also as about 2 mm-5 mm.
Further, the wiring groove 15, the stepped hole 11, and the through hole 14 may be formed by a cutting machine such as a router, an NC processing machine, or the like.

In the present embodiment, the light emitter 24 is configured by mounting a plurality of light emitting elements 25 on a circuit board (see FIG. 1B). As the light emitting element 25, an LED (light emitting diode) may be employed, or another semiconductor light emitting element or another light emitting element may be employed. Further, the light emitter 24 is not limited to the light emitting element 25 mounted on the circuit board. For example, a light bulb, a fluorescent tube, or the like may be employed.
The wiring 2 of the light emitter 24 is provided so as to extend from the back side of the circuit board.
As described above, the wiring 2 is accommodated in the wiring groove 15 through the through hole 14.
2 and 3, the flooring 1 is provided with a connector 3 that connects the wirings 2 and 2 of the adjacent flooring 1 and 1 or is connected to the power feeding unit 4. .

As shown in FIG. 1B, the lid portion 21 includes a lid main body portion 22 that is accommodated so as to be fitted in the lid portion accommodating recess 12 and seals the lid portion accommodating recess 12.
The lid main body 22 has a substantially disk shape corresponding to the shape of the lid housing recess 12. The lid body portion 22 has a thickness dimension and a diameter dimension corresponding to the depth dimension and the diameter dimension of the lid portion receiving recess 12 of the stepped hole 11, and the lid portion receiving recess of the stepped hole 11. The size is set so that it can be fitted into the place 12.
In the illustrated example, the thickness of the lid body 22 is such that the lid body 22 is accommodated in the lid housing recess 12 of the stepped hole 11 and the surface 20a of the lid body 22 (lid 21). The dimensions are such that the surface 10a of the floor body 10 of the flooring 1 is substantially flush.

Moreover, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG.1 (b), the convex part 23 fitted in the upper side part 13a of the light-emitting body accommodation recessed part 13 is provided in the back surface side of the cover part 21. As shown in FIG.
The convex portion 23 has a substantially disc shape concentric with the lid main body portion 22, and is provided so as to protrude from the back surface side of the lid main body portion 22. Moreover, this convex part 23 and the lid | cover main-body part 22 are formed in series.
The diameter dimension of the convex portion 23 is a dimension corresponding to the diameter dimension of the light emitter housing recess 13, and is a dimension that can be fitted into the upper portion 13 a of the light emitter housing recess 13 of the stepped hole 11. Yes.
In addition, the thickness dimension of the convex portion 23 is such that the rear surface of the convex portion 23 is accommodated in the light emitter housing recess 13 in a state where the convex portion 23 is fitted in the upper portion 13a of the light emitter housing recess 13. What is necessary is just to set suitably so that it may not interfere with the light-emitting body 24. FIG.
Moreover, the cover part 21 shall have translucency. The lid portion 21 may be formed of a transparent or milky white translucent synthetic resin material, a synthetic rubber material, or the like. The lid 21 may be formed from a translucent material having the same color as the surface 10a of the floor body 10. According to this, the cover part 21 (embedded illumination part 20) can be made inconspicuous.
Further, the lid 21 may be fixed to the stepped hole 11 only by fitting, or may be fixed using an adhesive or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flooring 1 configured as described above is arranged so as to be arranged vertically and horizontally on a construction substrate such as a floor substrate.
The wires 2 arranged on the floor materials 1 and 1 adjacent in the longitudinal direction are connected by connecting the connector 3 of one floor material 1 and the connector 3 of the other floor material 1. Further, in the illustrated example, the wirings 2 arranged on the floor materials 1 and 1 adjacent in the width direction are connected to each other, and one end portion of the wirings 2 thus connected is connected to the power feeding unit 4 to each flooring material 1. The example which enabled the electric power feeding to each light-emitting body 24 of this is shown.
Note that an operation unit for turning on and off the light emitter 24 may be provided on the flooring 1. In the illustrated example, the floor unit 1 is provided with a control unit 6 to enable lighting control of the light emitter 24.
Such a control unit 6 may include an illuminance detection sensor that detects ambient illuminance and a human body detection sensor that detects the presence or absence of a person. Further, as a lighting control mode performed by the control unit 6, light emission occurs when the ambient illuminance detected by the illuminance detection sensor is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold and the human body detection sensor detects the presence of a person. It is good also as a control aspect which makes the body 24 light until predetermined time passes. With such a control mode, usability can be improved.
In addition, the above-described operation unit may be provided on the surface 10a side of the flooring 1, the indoor wall surface, or the like, or may be a remote controller. Further, the control unit 6 may be provided so as to be embedded in the floor main body 10 of the flooring 1.
Moreover, you may make it provide the real part which joins the adjacent floor materials 1 and 1 in the four-circumference side edge part of the floor material 1. FIG.

According to the flooring 1 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, it is difficult to impair the appearance while having an illumination function, and the strength can be improved efficiently.
In other words, a plurality of embedded illumination portions 20 configured by accommodating the light emitter 24 and the lid portion 21 in each of the plurality of stepped holes 11 are scattered on the surface 10 a side of the flooring 1. Therefore, for example, it is possible to make it difficult to impair the appearance of the flooring 1 as compared with a structure in which illumination (transmission plate) is extended along the longitudinal direction.
Moreover, since it is set as the structure where the several embedded illumination part 20 was dotted on the surface 10a side of the flooring 1, it makes it easy to receive the stepping load of the cover part 21 by a pedestrian etc. in surface parts other than the cover part 21. be able to. Therefore, for example, damage to the lid 21 can be efficiently suppressed as compared with a structure in which illumination is extended along the longitudinal direction. The strength of can be improved.

Moreover, in this embodiment, the wiring of each light emitter 24 arranged in the light emitter housing recess 13 of each stepped hole 11 of each flooring 1 is connected to the back surface 10 a side through each through hole 14. Wiring can be performed by using the wiring groove 15. Moreover, the connector 3 etc. which connect the wiring 2 and 2 of the adjacent floor materials 1 and 1 can also be accommodated in these recessed grooves 15 and 15 for wiring. Accordingly, the wiring 2 and the like of each light emitter 24 are not exposed to the surface 10a side of each flooring 1, and the appearance can be improved.
Moreover, since the groove 15 for wiring is provided in the back surface 10b of the floor main body 10, for example, it is provided by penetrating in the width direction or the longitudinal direction of the floor main body 10 in the middle of the floor main body 10 in the thickness direction. Compared with, it can be made a simple structure. Also, wiring work can be easily performed.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the convex part 23 provided in the back surface side of the cover part 21 is set as the structure engage | inserted by the upper side part 13a of the light-emitting body accommodation recessed part 13. As shown in FIG. Accordingly, the lid portion 21 is fitted into the stepped hole 11 in two steps by the lid portion accommodating recess 12 located on the surface side, and the fixing strength of the lid portion 21 with respect to the stepped hole 11 can be improved. .
Moreover, since the convex part 23 is provided in the back surface side of the cover part 21, the front and back of the said cover part 21 can be identified comparatively easily, and the workability | operativity at the time of attaching the cover part 21 is improved. You can also.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the wiring groove 15 is provided on the back surface 10b side of the floor body 10 is shown. However, the wiring groove 15 is formed on the surface side of the floor body 10 or the floor body 10, for example. It is good also as an aspect provided in the site | part in the thickness direction.
Further, in the present embodiment, an example is shown in which through holes 14 are provided so as to penetrate each stepped hole 11 in the thickness direction of the floor main body 10 so as to communicate with the back surface 10b side of the floor main body 10. It is not limited to such an aspect. For example, it is good also as an aspect which provided the through-hole 14 so that it might penetrate in the width direction or longitudinal direction of the floor main body 10 according to the formation aspect of the ditch | groove 15 for wiring.
In the present embodiment, an example in which the convex portion 23 is provided on the back surface side of the lid portion 21 is shown, but the convex portion 23 may not be provided on the back surface side of the lid portion 21. In this case, only the lid body 22 may be grasped as the lid 21.
Moreover, in the example of a figure, although the example which provided the several step hole 11 in the surface 10a side of the floor main body 10 at intervals along the longitudinal direction is shown, it is not restricted to such an aspect. For example, the plurality of stepped holes 11 may be provided in a staggered manner on the surface 10a side of the floor main body 10 or may be provided so as to be scattered irregularly.
In such a case, when the wiring groove 15 is provided, each of the through holes 14 provided on the lower side of the plurality of stepped holes 11 is communicated with the back surface 10b side of the floor body 10. It is good also as an aspect formed in.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Floor material 10a Front surface 10b Back surface 11 Stepped hole 12 Cover part accommodation recess 13 Light emitter housing recess 13a Upper part 14 Through hole 15 Wiring groove 21 Cover part 23 Projection part 24 Light emitter

Claims (3)

A plurality of stepped holes including a lid housing recess that opens on the front surface side and a light emitter housing recess that is smaller in diameter than the lid housing recess and continues to the bottom side of the lid housing recess on the surface side It is dotted with
A light emitter is accommodated in each of the plurality of stepped holes, and a light-transmitting lid is accommodated and sealed in each lid accommodating recess. Flooring. In claim 1,
A through hole is provided for communicating each of the plurality of stepped holes to the back surface side of the floor material, and a wiring concave groove for communicating each of the through holes is provided for an adjacent floor material. A flooring material provided on the back surface of the flooring material so as to communicate with the groove. In claim 1 or 2,
A flooring material, wherein a convex portion that is fitted into an upper portion of the light emitter housing concave portion is further provided on the back surface side of the lid portion.

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