JP2016091612A - Outdoor lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an outdoor lighting system whose lighting angle can be changed into multiple stages and which can be fixed directly to a fixed object such as a column.SOLUTION: The outdoor lighting system includes a body 2 having an upper opening port 7 and a lower opening port 8, a cover 3 covering the upper opening port 7 of the body 2, and a LED lighting lamp 4 arranged inside the body 2 for delivering light through the lower opening port 8, the body 2 having an intermediate wall 12 isolating an upper region 10 and a lower region 11 from each other, upper side walls 13, 14 rising from the intermediate wall 12 at its positions on both sides of the upper region 10, and lower side walls 15, 16 rising from the intermediate wall 12 at its position on both sides of the lower region 11, and also having a mount part 18 through which the LED lighting lamp 4 is installed on the intermediate wall 12, the mount part 18 having a first abutting portion 20 for holding the LED lighting lamp 4 in a horizontal attitude, and a second abutting portion 21 for holding the LED lighting lamp 4 in an inclined attitude tilted around the axis of the LED lighting lamp 4.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an outdoor lighting system fixedly installed on a handrail or the like of a veranda.

  Conventionally, as an outdoor lighting device in a veranda, there is an LED lighting device described in Patent Document 1, for example. In this method, an auxiliary handrail frame is fixed to a handrail support column by a mounting bracket, and this auxiliary handrail frame is equipped with an LED illumination device. The auxiliary handrail frame is made of an aluminum extruded profile, and has a cylindrical main body whose lower side is open over its entire length, and has a concave groove for mounting the lighting device integrally formed in the cylindrical main body. The LED lighting device is fitted and fixed in the groove for mounting the lighting device. This LED illuminating device is provided with a plurality of LEDs in a main body case, and the main body case is fixed so as not to be pulled out into a groove for attaching the illuminating device of an auxiliary handrail frame.

JP2012-150908

  However, in the conventional structure, when changing the illumination angle, it is necessary to prepare a plurality of types of main body cases with different mount shapes for mounting the LEDs, and the illumination angle can be appropriately changed in the field. There wasn't. In addition, the auxiliary handrail frame forms a space where the auxiliary handrail frame made of an aluminum extruded profile is closed except for the recessed groove for attaching the lighting device, and mounting screws and the like are directed from the inside to the outside of the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body could not be attached directly to the column because it could not be placed.

  For this reason, when mounting the cylindrical main body on the column, it is necessary to mount a mounting bracket as a separate member on the cylindrical main body, and the mounting screws are attached to the mounting bracket and the cylindrical shape from the outside to the inside of the cylindrical main body. The mounting bracket is fixed to the cylindrical body by being inserted into the main body, and then the mounting bracket is screwed to the column. Therefore, in the process of attaching the cylindrical main body to the column, there is a problem that a mounting bracket which is a separate member is required and the number of steps is increased.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an outdoor illumination system that can change the illumination angle in multiple stages and can be directly fixed to a fixed object such as a column. And

  In order to solve the above problems, an outdoor lighting system according to the present invention includes a main body having an upper opening and a lower opening, a cover that covers the upper opening of the main body, and a light that passes through the lower opening. Equipped with LED lighting to illuminate, the main body has an intermediate wall separating the upper and lower regions, an upper side wall raised from the intermediate wall at both sides of the upper region, and lowered from the intermediate wall at both sides of the lower region A lower wall and a mounting portion for installing the LED lighting on the intermediate wall. The mounting portion includes a first contact portion for holding the LED lighting in a horizontal posture, and an LED lighting LED. It has the 2nd contact part hold | maintained in the inclination attitude | position inclined about the axial center of an illuminating lamp, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the outdoor lighting system of the present invention, the main body has a concave portion that is spaced apart from the fixed object on one upper side wall that abuts the fixed object, and is screwed to the fixed object in the concave portion. .

  Further, in the outdoor lighting system of the present invention, the main body has a main body side fitting portion at the opening edge of the upper opening on one upper side wall to be brought into contact with the fixed object, and the cover is fitted to the main body side on one side. It has a cover-side fitting part that fits into the joint part, and has a front hanging part that covers the other upper side wall of the main body on the other side, and a lower end edge of the front hanging part abuts against the intermediate wall.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by changing the mounting posture of the LED lighting lamp with respect to the mount portion, the lighting angle can be changed in multiple stages without requiring a separate member for the lighting angle changing operation. The illumination angle can be easily changed even at the installation site. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of types of members as in the prior art, and simplification of the device configuration as a whole system and cost reduction can be realized.

  When the cover is removed, the upper area of the main body is opened through the upper opening, and the mounting screws can be inserted into the upper side wall from the inside to the outside. Can do. Therefore, it is possible to attach to a fixed object such as a support column without requiring a separate member such as a mounting bracket as in the prior art, and it is possible to realize simplification of the device configuration and cost reduction as the entire system. Further, by screwing to the fixed object in the recess, the main body abuts the fixed object on both sides of the recess, and the main body can be held in a stable posture of two-point support with respect to the fixed object, By pressing the corresponding part of the upper side wall of the main unit toward the concave space with the head of the mounting screw, the mounting screw can be pushed toward the fixed object with elastic deformation of the upper side wall, increasing the tightening force. And a stable wearing state can be realized.

  The cover fits into the opening edge of the upper opening of the main body on one side and overlaps the upper side wall of the main body at the front hanging part on the other side, so that it can be easily attached and detached and is stable when attached to the main body. Maintained posture.

The perspective view which shows the outdoor lighting system in embodiment of this invention (A) is sectional drawing which shows the cover of the outdoor lighting system, (b) is sectional drawing which shows a main body. A state in which a joiner is attached to the outdoor lighting system and attached to a support column is shown, (a) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which LED lighting lamps are inclined, and (b) shows a state in which LED lighting lamps are horizontally arranged. Cross section Sectional view showing the joiner section of the outdoor lighting system The joiner is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a perspective view. The end cap is attached to the outdoor lighting system and attached to the support column, (a) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the LED lighting is disposed at an inclination, and (b) is a state in which the LED lighting is disposed horizontally. Cross section shown Sectional view showing the end cap section of the outdoor lighting system The end cap is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a perspective view. Schematic showing the electrical wiring layout of the outdoor lighting system The application example of the outdoor lighting system is shown, (a) is a perspective view seen from diagonally above, and (b) is a perspective view seen from diagonally below. (A)-(d) is a schematic diagram which shows the variation of the installation position of the outdoor lighting system (A)-(b) is a perspective view which shows the state which installed the outdoor lighting system in the deck

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, the outdoor lighting system 1 of the present invention includes a main body 2, a cover 3, and a plurality of LED illuminating lamps 4 disposed inside the main body 2 as main constituent members. It has a joiner 5 for connection and an end cap 6 disposed at the end.

  The main body 2 and the cover 3 are made of an extruded aluminum material. The main body 2 has an upper opening 7 and a lower opening 8, and a cover 9 is disposed so as to cover the upper opening 7. The main body 2 has an intermediate wall 12 that separates an upper region 10 that constitutes a wiring portion and a lower region 11 that constitutes an instrument storage portion, and left and right upper side walls 13 and 14 raised from the intermediate wall 12 on both sides of the upper region 10. And lower side walls 15 and 16 that are lowered from the intermediate wall 12 at both side positions of the lower region 11.

  A plurality of LED illumination lamps 17 that irradiate light through the lower opening 8 are arranged inside the lower region 11 of the main body 2, and the LED illumination lamps 17 are installed on a mount portion 18 provided on the lower surface of the intermediate wall 12. ing.

  The mount portion 18 includes a central portion 18 a for fixing the LED illumination lamp 17 with a fixing screw 19, a one-side support portion 18 b that contacts the side portion of the LED illumination lamp 17, and the other-side support portion 18 c. When the LED illuminating lamp 17 is held in a horizontal posture, as shown in FIGS. 3B and 6B, a horizontal surface 18d of a central portion 18a that contacts the bottom surface of the LED illuminating lamp 17, and an LED illuminating lamp The first contact portion 20 is composed of a horizontal surface 18e of the one side support portion 18b that contacts the bottom surface of one side of the 17 and a vertical surface 18f of the other side support portion 18c that contacts the side end surface of the other side of the LED lighting lamp 17. The LED illumination lamp 17 is supported by.

  When the LED illuminating lamp 17 is tilted, that is, when the LED illuminating lamp 17 is held in an inclined posture tilted around the axis of the LED illuminating lamp 17, as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 6 (a). The inclined surface 18g of the one side support portion 18b that contacts the side end surface on one side of the LED illumination lamp 17 and the corner portion 18h of the other side support portion 18c that contacts the bottom surface of the other side of the LED illumination lamp 17 are provided. 2 The LED illumination lamp 17 is supported by the contact portion 21.

  The center portion 18a is provided with a pair of guide grooves 18i and 18j for positioning the tip of the fixing screw 19. One guide groove 18i corresponds to the fixing screw 19 in a horizontal posture, and the other guide groove 18j is inclined. It corresponds to the fixing screw 19 at the time of posture.

  The main body 2 has a concave portion 23 on a surface facing a fixed object 22 such as a post of a veranda on which the outdoor lighting system 1 is arranged, that is, one upper side wall 13. Here, the intermediate wall 12 faces one side of the recess 23, but the recess 23 can be provided only in the region of the upper side wall 13. In the state where both side portions of the recess 23 in the main body 2, that is, the wall surface of the upper side wall 13 and the wall surface of the lower side wall 15 following the recess 23 are in contact with the fixed object 22, the bottom surface 23 a of the recess 23 is separated from the fixed object 22. .

  One upper side wall 13 has a screw hole 25 for inserting a mounting screw 24 into the bottom surface 23 a of the recess 23, and the other upper side wall 14 is mounted at a position facing the screw hole 25 of one upper side wall 13. A supply hole 26 having a diameter through which the head of the screw 24 and a bit shaft of an electric screwdriver that is a screw driver can pass is provided. The mounting screw 24 is supplied to the inside of the upper region 10 of the main body 2 through the supply hole 26 or through the upper opening 7, and is rotationally driven by a bit of an electric screwdriver inserted through the supply hole 26. The main body 2 is screwed to the fixed object 22 in the recess 23. Here, the bit shaft of the electric screwdriver is inserted through the supply hole 26. However, depending on the type of the electric screwdriver, there is one in which the tip portion can be inserted into the upper region 10, and in this case, the supply hole 26 is not passed. Then, the mounting screw 24 is driven to rotate with a bit.

  The main body 2 has a main body side fitting portion 27 at the opening edge of the upper opening 7 of one upper side wall 13 that contacts the fixed object 22, and the cover 9 is connected to the main body side fitting portion 27 on one side edge. The cover side fitting part 28 to be fitted is provided. The main body side fitting portion 27 has a single blade shape, and the cover side fitting portion 28 has a groove shape into which the main body side fitting portion 27 is inserted. The cover 9 has a front drooping portion 29 that falls from the other side edge on the opposite side to the cover side fitting portion 28, the top surface 9 a being curved in an arc shape to form a rainwater gradient. The other upper side wall 14 is covered, and the lower end edge of the front drooping portion 29 is in contact with the intermediate wall 12 in a step portion formed by the upper side wall 14 retreating compared to the lower side wall 16.

  The front hanging portion 29 is provided with a cover screw hole 31 for inserting a cover set screw 30. The cover set screw 30 is screwed into the other upper side wall 14 of the main body 2 through the cover screw hole 31 to fix the cover 9 to the main body 2. .

  The joiner 5 connects the main body 2 and the main body 2 when a plurality of main bodies 2 are arranged, and as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a plate-like body 32 slightly larger than the end shape of the main body 2, The plate-like body 32 has insertion portions 33 provided on both the front and back surfaces, and the plate-like body 32 has communication holes 34 that allow the insertion portions 33 to communicate with each other. In the joiner 5, one insertion portion 33 is inserted between the upper side walls 13 and 14 of one main body 2 and arranged in the upper region 10 of the main body 2, and the other insertion portion 33 is inserted into the upper side wall 13 of the other main body 2. , 14 and placed in the upper region 10 of the main body 2 to connect the two main bodies 2 together.

  The end cap 6 is arranged at the end of the main body 2 arranged at the top or the end of the main body 2 arranged at the end when arranging a plurality of main bodies 2, as shown in FIGS. A plate-like body 35 slightly larger than the end shape of the main body 2 and an insertion portion 36 provided on one side surface of the plate-like body 35 are provided, and the insertion portion 36 is interposed between the upper side walls 13 and 14 of the main body 2. Insert and place in the upper region 10 of the body 2.

As shown in FIG. 9, the outdoor lighting system 1 includes a control panel 37 and a sensor 38, and the control panel 37 controls the automatic lighting and automatic extinction in response to the output of the sensor 38.
(Example of installation)
For example, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the outdoor lighting system 1 is fixed to a column 57 of a handrail 56 installed on a veranda 55 of a residence and is disposed immediately below the headboard 58. As shown in FIG. 11 (a), the outdoor lighting system 1 may be installed on the outside of the handrail 56 of the veranda 55 and immediately below the headboard 58, as shown in FIG. 11 (b). In addition, it may be installed inside the handrail 56 of the veranda 55 and immediately below the headboard 58, and as shown in FIG. You may install in the middle and may install in the outer side of the floor part 59 of the veranda 55, as shown in FIG.11 (d).

Or you may install under the edge of the wood deck 60, as shown to Fig.12 (a), (b).
The operation of the above configuration will be described below. For example, when the outdoor lighting system 1 is mounted on the column 57 of the veranda 55, the main body 2 is fixed to the column 57 with the cover 3 removed. A plurality of LED lighting lamps 4 are mounted on the main body 2 in advance, and the first contact portion 20 in the mount portion 18 is selected and mounted in a horizontal state, or the second contact portion 21 is selected and tilted. Put on the state.

  The change of the mounting posture from the horizontal state to the inclined state or the reverse change can be easily performed by removing the fixing screw 19 and changing the contact portion and mounting again. That is, by changing the mounting posture of the LED illumination lamp 4 with respect to the mount portion 18, the illumination angle can be changed in multiple stages without requiring a separate member for the operation of changing the illumination angle. Can be easily changed. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of types of members as in the prior art, and simplification of the device configuration as a whole system and cost reduction can be realized.

In the mounting operation of the main body 2 on the support column 57, as shown in FIG. 1, the upper region 10 of the main body 2 with the cover 3 removed is opened through the upper opening 7.
For this reason, the mounting screw 24 attached to the screw hole 25 of the concave portion 23 of the one upper side wall 13 can be supplied to the inside of the upper region 10 of the main body 2 through the supply hole 26 or through the upper opening 7. The mounting screw 24 is rotationally driven by a bit of an electric screwdriver inserted through the supply hole 26 and screwed into the column 22 through the screw hole 25, and the main body 2 is fixed to the fixed object 22 with the mounting screw 24 in the recess 23.

  As described above, the mounting screw 24 can be inserted into the upper side wall 13 from the inside to the outside, so that the main body 2 can be directly fixed to the column 57 which is the fixed object 22. Therefore, it is possible to attach to the fixed object 22 such as the support column 57 without requiring a separate member such as a mounting bracket as in the prior art, and it is possible to realize simplification of the device configuration and cost reduction as the entire system.

  Further, by screwing the column 57 in the recess 23, the wall surface of the upper side wall 13 and the wall surface of the lower side wall 15 of the main body 2 are in contact with the column 57 on both sides of the recess 23. In addition to being able to hold the support in a stable posture, pressing the corresponding part of the upper side wall 13 of the main body 2 toward the space of the recess 23 with the head of the mounting screw 24 causes elastic deformation of the upper side wall 13. The mounting screw 24 can be pushed toward the column 27, and the tightening force can be increased to realize a stable mounting state.

  Next, the main body 2 to be mounted is connected to the main body 2 previously mounted via the joiner 5, the above-described operation is performed to mount the main body 2 on the support column 57, and the end cap 6 is mounted on the last main body 2. Thereafter, wiring work is performed between the previous main body 2 and the subsequent main body 2, and then the cover 3 is attached.

  In the cover 3, the cover-side fitting portion 28 on one side is fitted to the body-side fitting portion 27 of one upper side wall 13 of the main body 2, and the front hanging portion 29 on the other side is fitted to the other upper side wall 14 of the main body 2. They are placed in piles, and the lower end edge of the front hanging portion 29 is placed in contact with the upper surface of the intermediate wall 12 at the stepped portion. Thereafter, the cover set screw 30 is screwed into the upper side wall 14 of the main body 2 through the cover screw hole 31 to fix the cover 3 to the main body 2. By having this structure, the cover 3 can be easily attached and detached, and can maintain a stable posture when attached to the main body 2.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outdoor lighting system 2 Main body 3 Cover 4 LED illumination light 5 Joiner 6 End cap 7 Upper opening 8 Lower opening 9 Cover 9a Top surface 10 Upper area 11 Lower area 12 Middle wall 13, 14 Upper side wall 15, 16 Lower side wall 17 LED illumination lamp 18 mount portion 18a central portion 18b one side support portion 18c other side support portion 18d, 18e horizontal surface 18f vertical surface 18g inclined surface 18h corner portion 18i, 18j guide groove 19 fixing screw 20 first contact portion 21 second contact Contact 22 Fixed object 23 Recess 23a Bottom 24 Mounting screw 25 Screw hole 26 Supply hole 27 Body side fitting part 28 Cover side fitting part 29 Front hanging part 30 Cover set screw 31 Cover screw hole 32 Plate-like body 33 Insertion part 34 Communication Hole 35 Plate-like body 36 Insertion part 37 Control panel 38 Sensor 55 Veranda 5 6 Handrail 57 Prop 58 Kasagi 59 Floor 60 Wood Deck

Claims (3)

A main body having an upper opening and a lower opening, a cover that covers the upper opening of the main body, an LED illumination lamp that is disposed in the main body and emits light through the lower opening,
The main body has an intermediate wall separating the upper region and the lower region, an upper side wall raised from the intermediate wall at both sides of the upper region, and a lower side wall lowered from the intermediate wall at both sides of the lower region, and It has a mount part for installing LED lighting on the intermediate wall,
The mount portion includes a first contact portion that holds the LED illumination lamp in a horizontal posture, and a second contact portion that holds the LED illumination lamp in an inclined posture tilted around the axis of the LED illumination light. Outdoor lighting system.   The outdoor lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the main body has a concave portion that is spaced apart from the fixed object on one upper side wall that is brought into contact with the fixed object, and is screwed to the fixed object in the concave portion.   The main body has a main body side fitting portion at the opening edge of the upper opening on one upper side wall to be brought into contact with the fixed object, and the cover is fitted to the main body side fitting portion on one side. The outdoor lighting system according to claim 1, further comprising: a front hanging part that covers the other upper side wall of the main body on the other side, wherein a lower end edge of the front hanging part contacts the intermediate wall.

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