JP2594100Y2 - Illuminated license plate - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field of the invention]
More specifically, the present invention relates to a light-emitting license plate in which a character portion shines more uniformly than in the past and has good durability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a character-type license plate is provided with a predetermined ground color and a character portion 3 on an opening / closing frame 2 attached to the entire surface of a flat case 1. And a number plate 4 having a transparent synthetic resin plate adhered to the character portion 3 and an illuminating lamp 5 provided inside the case 1. The characters on the number plate 4 can be used at night or the like. The light is illuminated by the illumination lamp 5.

[0003] Such a luminous license plate is such that the character portion 3 is illuminated so that the license plate can be identified from a long distance. There is a drawback that the character portion 3 farther than 5 becomes dark, such as darkening.

For this reason, at present, between the license plate 4 and the illuminating lamp 5, a milky white translucent light dispersing plate in which a black paint 6 is baked on a portion corresponding to the illuminating lamp 5 so as to become thinner toward the periphery. 7 (FIG. 3) to reduce the amount of light immediately above or in the vicinity of the illuminating lamp 5, so that the character portion 3 shines evenly (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-16308). In practice, a milky white translucent polypropylene plate is used as the light dispersion plate 7. The reason for using this polypropylene is
This is because a synthetic resin having a high melting point that does not discolor or melt due to the heat generated by the illumination lamp 5 (bulb) must be used. However, as is well known, polypropylene has poor adhesion and is extremely difficult to bake.
In order to avoid such a drawback, a light dispersing plate is used in which a sticker 6 'printed in black, which gradually becomes thinner toward the periphery, is adhered to a portion corresponding to the illumination lamp 5. However, there is a disadvantage that the peel strength is low, and the seal gradually deteriorates due to the action of heat of the illuminating lamp and peels off.

Further, when such a light dispersing plate is used, a boundary 8 between a baked or adhered portion of the black paint 6 and the seal 6 'and a non-painted or non-pasted portion rises as a streak in a character. there were.

The light dispersing plate 7 made of polypropylene does not discolor as described above and is a plastic having a high melting point. However, it has been bent in the direction of the lighting lamp 5 due to the heat of the lighting lamp 5 due to long-term use. , Lighting lamps 5 such as light bulbs
, Causing a disadvantage of discoloration.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a character light-emitting license plate which is easier to manufacture, has higher durability, and does not cause unevenness in characters, as compared with the related art. The purpose is to: In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a character-type license plate equipped with a light dispersion plate that is not bent by heat of an illumination lamp and does not deform (warp) due to heat.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Accordingly, the character-type license plate according to the present invention is obtained by punching out a character portion,
In a license plate in which a transparent or translucent synthetic resin plate is attached to the character portion, and in a character-type license plate having a plurality of illumination lamps for illuminating the character portion, the license plate is provided between the license plate and the illumination lamp. A light beam having a portion corresponding to a lighting position is flat, and has a separating portion curved downward from both flat portions, separating the two lighting lamps between the flat portion and the flat portion of the lighting lamp. It is characterized in that a dispersion plate is interposed.

An embodiment of a light-emitting license plate according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The license plate according to the present invention basically has a structure as shown in FIGS. That is, the opening / closing frame 2 attached to the entire surface of the case 1
A character portion 3 which is colored in a prescribed ground color and is punched out, a number plate 4 on which a transparent synthetic resin character and a number are adhered is fixed to the character portion 3, and the character portion 3 is illuminated inside the case 1. The illumination lamp 5 has a structure attached at an appropriate position.

However, in the embodiment of the present invention, a European-type license plate 4 as shown in FIG. In recent years, with the increase in the number of registered cars, it is likely that it will be adopted in Japan.

According to the license plate 4, the character portion 3 is composed of a three-character portion 31 of the "231 (AB)" portion,
The two-character part 32 of "45 (56)" and "678 (C
D) ".

According to the character-type license plate of the present invention, a light dispersion plate 9 for dispersing light is interposed between the illumination lamp 5 and the license plate 4. And
The light dispersion plate 9 has a frame portion 91 as shown in a plan view in FIG. 2, and has a flat portion 9 at a position corresponding to the character portion 3 (31, 32, 33) of the license plate 4.
2, 93 and 94. This flat portion 92, 9
Illumination lamps 5 (51, 52, 53) are provided below 3, 94, respectively (see FIG. 3).

Between the flat portions 92 and 93 (flat portion 9
3 and 94 are the same, so that the description between the flat portions 92 and 93 will be described below).
A separation portion 95 is formed between the separation portions 9.
5 has curved portions 951 and 952 which are curved downward from the flat portions 92 and 93, respectively, and are horizontally connected to each other at lower ends thereof to form a connection portion 953. The separation portion 95 has a wall surface 954 on the side surface in the longitudinal direction, and the separation portion 95 has a concave shape.

Further, mutually parallel grooves (not shown) are formed on the inner surfaces 951 ', 952' of the curved portions 951, 952 so that the light of the illumination lamp 5 is dispersed.

[0016]

According to the character-type license plate according to the present invention, the illuminating lamps 51, 52, 53 are provided below each of the character portions 31, 32, 33, and the respective character portions of the light distribution plate 9 are provided. Parts corresponding to 31, 32, and 33 are composed of flat portions 92, 93, and 94, and the flat portions 92, 93, and 94 are separated by separating portions 95 having curved portions 951 and 952. Therefore, the lighting 5
Lights 1 and 52 respectively correspond to character portions 31, 32, 33
Has no effect on the way of illuminating, and as a result, the character portions 31, 32, and 33 illuminate each other uniformly. In this case, the grooves formed on the inner surfaces 951 ′ and 952 ′ of the curved portion are provided with the light of the illumination lamps 51 and 52 for the different character portion 3
It acts to prevent interference with the light methods 1, 32 and 33.

Further, the light dispersion plate 9 has a frame portion 91, and the separation portion 95 has curved portions 951 and 952.
And a concave shape having a connecting portion 953 for connecting these curved portions 95 and a wall surface 954, so that there is an effect that warping is hardly caused by the heat of the illumination lamp 5.

[0018]

As described above, the character-type license plate according to the present invention has a flat portion and a separation portion, so that characters can be illuminated more uniformly as compared with the prior art. Since the plate can be manufactured by integral molding, it is possible to omit the operation of sticking a seal or baking a paint as in the related art. In addition, since the separation portion is concave, there is an advantage that warpage due to heat does not occur.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a light-emitting license plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the light dispersion plate of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the light dispersion plate of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a conventional light-emitting license plate.

FIG. 5 is a front view when the opening / closing frame is opened.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a conventional light dispersion plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Opening / closing frame 3 Character part 4 License plate 5 Illumination light 6 Paint (seal) 7 Light dispersion plate 9 Light dispersion plate 91 Frame part 92 Flat part 93 Flat part 94 Flat part 95 Separation part 951 Curved part

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A license plate in which a character portion is punched out and a transparent or translucent synthetic resin plate is attached to the character portion, and a character-type license plate having a plurality of illumination lamps for illuminating the character portion, Between the license plate and the lamp, a portion corresponding to the position of the lamp is flat, and the two lamps are separated between the lamp and the flat portion of the lamp. A light-emitting license plate comprising a light dispersion plate having a separation portion curved downward from the light-emitting plate.