JP3037762U - Portable signaling equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) 【Abstract】 PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce costs in a portable signal device, in which a plurality of colors are blinking, there is no bulb cut, power consumption is low,
The light is fully illuminated in all directions, and signals and signals can be reliably received, and two types of batteries can be used. SOLUTION: A plurality of light emitting diodes 2 and 3 for a plurality of colors are arranged at equal intervals in a vertically long body case 1.
The same number of conductors 6, 7- and one common conductor 8 are arranged for each color type, and the light-emitting diode of each color is connected between the conductor for each color and the common conductor 8, and each conductor 6, 7 is connected to the lower part of the main body case 1 to a printed circuit board including a blinking circuit and a plurality of stages of changeover switches 10, and a light diffusion sheet 11 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the main body case 1. Further, the inside of the grip portion 4 at the lower part of the main body case 1 is used as a battery storage portion 5, and a spring 13 for negative electrode contact is provided in the inner bottom portion 12, so that a battery which is one size smaller than the battery 14 stored therein can be stored. It is possible to insert an auxiliary storage cylinder having a negative electrode contact fitting that can abut against 13.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to an improvement of a portable signal device which emits a signal / signal when light emitting diodes of two or more colors such as blue (green), red and other colors are turned on / off.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 For example, when you want to send a signal or signal to move or stop in a specific direction, such as when traffic is stopped on a road, vehicles are parked at a parking lot, people are crowded at festivals, etc. In addition to the installed signaling device, a staff member carries a rod-shaped signaling device and shakes it by hand to send signals and signals.

Conventional portable signal devices include a) red and blue (green) light bulbs as light emitters in a vertically long cylindrical case (for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-312101). It has a built-in incandescent lamp, xenon tube, etc., and switches the switch to turn on, for example, a blue light bulb to give a signal or signal to advance, and a red light bulb to light or signal a signal to stop or send a signal. (See, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-312101).

B) In addition, as described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 4-68301, "a cover for sealing at least two light emitting diodes of at least two colors alternately arranged on a printed circuit board at the same time. There is also an electronic signal lamp in which the upper part is equally divided into colored blocks corresponding to the diodes, and the diodes on the printed circuit are connected to another-stage switch capable of switching to a required emission color.

As is clear from FIGS. 1 and 2 of the publication, the circuit including a transistor, a capacitor, a resistor and the like is formed into a printed board into an elongated plate shape, which is transparent or translucent. It is inserted into the cylindrical case in the longitudinal direction, and the inside of the case is vertically divided into two parts to form elongated spaces for blue and red with a semicircular cross section. A plurality of blue light-emitting diodes are arranged in one space and a plurality of red light-emitting diodes are arranged in the other space at equal intervals and connected to the circuits on each side of the printed circuit board. It is a thing.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the above-mentioned a) using a light bulb as a light-emitting body has a problem that the bulb is easily broken and power consumption is large.

On the other hand, the light emitting diode used instead of the light bulb of b) above can eliminate the bulb out and reduce power consumption, but as described above, a plurality of blue and red light emitting diodes are printed. Since it is necessary to solder to each circuit on each side of the board, there are problems such as time-consuming soldering work and high manufacturing cost.

Similarly, in the above b), a long and narrow space for blue and red is formed by dividing a cylindrical main body case into two in a form in which a printed circuit board is vertically cut. Since a plurality of blue or red light-emitting diodes are arranged in this, the printed circuit board serves as a shielding plate that separates the blue space and the red space.

Therefore, when the blue light emitting diode emits light in the cylindrical main body case, the other surface side is partitioned and shielded by the print substrate, so that blue light is hardly emitted from the other surface side. However, similarly, when the red light emitting diode emits light, the red light is hardly emitted from the other surface side.

Therefore, even though the portable signal device is configured such that the light emitting diodes of two colors of blue and red are made to blink respectively, depending on the position and the angle at which the signal device is provided, blue light is emitted to one vehicle or person. Only the time signal / signal arrives, and the other side knows only the signal / signal when the red light is emitted, which is very impractical.

Furthermore, in both the portable signal devices a) and b) described above, the storage portion of the battery as a power source is of a size only for a single-sized battery, for example, a single-sized battery. If there is no spare 1 type battery, even if there is a spare AA battery, it is useless and there is a problem that the signal device cannot be used.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional portable signal device, and an object of the present invention is to make light emitting diodes of two or more colors blink. In addition to eliminating ball out and reducing power consumption, manufacturing cost is also reduced, and the light emitted from the light emitting diode is emitted in all directions so that the signals and signals can be clearly understood, and individually. Is to provide a portable signal device that can use two types of batteries.

[0013]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A. A first portable signal device according to the present invention is a transparent or semi-transparent vertically elongated tubular main body case 1 in which a plurality of light emitting diodes 2, 3 of at least two colors are arranged. , Provided in the longitudinal direction at equal intervals for each type of color, and connected to a lower portion of the main body case 1 with a cylindrical grip portion 4 having a battery storage portion 5 therein. Is a light-emitting diode 2 of each color in which the same number of conductors 6 and 7 for each color and one common conductor 8 are arranged in the longitudinal direction, the number of which is equal to the type of color of the light-emitting diodes 2 and 3. , 3 ─ are connected between the corresponding conductors 6 and 7 for each color and the common conductor 8 and the conductors 6, 7 and 8 ─ are provided on the printed circuit board including a blinking circuit near the bottom of the main body case 1. 9 and the multi-stage changeover switch 10, and The inner 1 periphery, is made by interposing a light diffusing sheet 11.

B The second portable signal device according to the present invention is a transparent or semi-transparent vertically elongated tubular main body case 1 having a plurality of light-emitting diodes 2 of at least two colors. 3 are provided at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction for each color type, and a cylindrical grip portion 4 having a battery storage portion 5 therein is connected to the lower portion of the main body case 1. In the main body case 1, the same number of conductors 6 and 7 for each color as the number of colors of the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 and one common conductor 8 are arranged independently in the longitudinal direction, Connect the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 of each color between the corresponding conductors 6 and 7 for each color and the common conductor 8, and the above conductors 6, 7 and 8-blink near the bottom of the main body case 1. It is connected to a printed circuit board 9 including a circuit and also connected to a plurality of stages of changeover switches 10, The light diffusion sheet 11 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the body case 1, and the battery housing portion 5 in the grip portion 4 is provided with the negative contact spring 13 on the inner bottom portion 12, and separately in the housing portion 5. An auxiliary storage cylinder 16 capable of accommodating a battery 15 which is slightly smaller than the accommodating battery 14 and having a negative electrode contact fitting 18 capable of contacting the negative electrode contact spring 13 on the inner bottom 17 is provided as necessary. It is possible to enter.

[0015]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 In the above structure, the body case 1 is preferably made of transparent or translucent synthetic resin. Further, it is desirable to use the blue light emitting diode 2 and the red light emitting diode 3 as the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 of at least two colors, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a yellow light emitting diode may be added. Good.

Further, the blinking circuit 9 may be provided for each of the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 of each color, but may be one common to the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 of each color. When the two-color LEDs 2 and 3 of blue and red are used as described above, the multi-stage switching switch 10 is a three-stage switching switch for blue ON, red ON, and OFF. For example, when a yellow light emitting diode is added, another four-stage changeover switch with an additional yellow ON switch may be used.

The light diffusing sheet 11 is a transparent or semi-transparent synthetic resin film whose surface is processed to diffuse transmitted light.

The inside of the grip portion 4 is a battery storage portion 5 having an inner diameter capable of storing, for example, two C-cells 14 in series, but the battery storage portion 5 has another auxiliary structure. A storage cylinder 16 can be inserted. The auxiliary storage cylinder 16 has a maximum outer diameter substantially equal to that of the battery 14 that can be stored in the battery storage portion 5, and has a small inner diameter of about 15 mm. It has a tubular shape and has a negative electrode contact fitting 18 on the inner bottom portion 17.

The maximum outer diameter of the auxiliary storage cylinder 16 may be obtained by increasing the wall thickness of the entire peripheral portion of the auxiliary storage cylinder 16 to have the outer diameter, but is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a part of the outer circumference. The rib 29 may be provided so that the rib 29 has the outer diameter (see FIGS. 3 and 4).

The usage states of the first and second portable signal devices according to the present invention are as follows. The grip portion 4 is removed from the main body case 1, and the battery 14 is stored in the battery storage portion 5 of the grip portion 4. At this time, if there is a battery 14 of a size that can be stored in the battery storage portion 5, for example, a single-sized battery is stored, the grip portion 4 is connected and integrated to the opening side end portion of the lower portion of the main body case 1. In this way, electrical continuity can be established between the both 1 and 4.

[0021] Now, for example, in the case of wanting to send a "forward" signal / signal to a car or a person for traffic control on a road, hold the grip portion 4 of the portable signal device and turn the changeover switch 10 for blue ON. You can set it to the position. With this, the current from the stored battery 14 flows to each blue light emitting diode 2 which connects each foot wire between the blue conducting wire 6 and the common conducting wire 8, and each blue light emitting diode 2 emits light. Since this signaling device has the blinking circuit 9, the light emission is repeated blue blinking, and the signal / signal of “advance” can be sent.

Further, when it is desired to send a "stop" signal / signal to a car or a person, the changeover switch 10 of the portable signal device may be set to a red ON position. With this, the current from the battery 14 flows to each red light emitting diode 3 in which each foot wire is connected between the red lead wire 7 and the common lead wire 8, and each red light emitting diode 3 emits light and blinks repeatedly. It By repeating this red flashing, it is possible to send the signal "stop".

Further, if a yellow light emitting diode is also provided, it also emits light and blinks, so that a “caution” signal / signal can be sent.

In the above case, the portable signal device can send a signal / signal by operating the changeover switch 10 by repeatedly blinking each color such as blue, red or yellow. Unlike in the past, for example, only red light is emitted, and the type of signal / signal is different from that determined by the way the signal device is moved, and even if the person who operates it is unskilled, the meaning of the signal / signal can be guaranteed. No longer worrying about trouble being communicated to other people.

Further, since a printed circuit board or the like is not provided in the main body case 1 of the present portable signal device so as to partition the inside unlike the conventional one, the blue, red or yellow light emitting diode 2, When the light is emitted from the 3-, the light is emitted from the main body case 1 in the entire circumferential direction. Therefore, regardless of the position and angle of the portable signaling device, not only the vehicle or person on one side of the road but also the vehicle or person on the opposite side can be simultaneously signaled and signaled.

Furthermore, since the light diffusion sheet 11 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the main body case 1, when the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 emit light, the light is diffused and amplified when passing through the light diffusion sheet 11. As a result, the signals and signals are transmitted more widely and widely. When the signal / signal is not sent, if the changeover switch 10 is set to the OFF position, no current flows and the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 do not emit light.

Moreover, in addition to the above, two types of batteries can be used in the second portable signal device. That is, when the battery 14 used up to that point, for example, the AA battery is exhausted, there is no spare AA battery, and there is a battery 15 smaller than that, for example, a AA battery, the conventional It can no longer be used with mobile signaling devices, but can be used with this mobile signaling device.

For this purpose, the AA type battery 14 stored in the battery storing part 5 of the gripping part 4 is taken out, and a small battery 15, that is, a C2 type battery, is put into another auxiliary storage cylinder 16. It is stored and inserted into the battery storage portion 5 of the grip portion 4. At this time, since the auxiliary storage cylinder 17 has a size capable of being stored in the battery storage portion 5, it is stored successfully. Further, since the negative electrode contact fitting 18 that can contact the negative electrode contact spring 13 of the inner bottom portion 12 of the grip portion 4 is provided on the inner bottom portion 17 of the auxiliary storage cylinder 16, the negative electrode contact spring 18 pressed by the negative electrode contact spring 13 is provided. The pole contact metal fitting 18 comes into contact with the cathode of the small battery 15 in the auxiliary storage cylinder 16 and becomes conductive.

With this, the portable signal device can be used even if a different battery is used, and the signal / signal can be sent as described above. When it is not necessary to use the auxiliary storage cylinder 16, it may be removed.

[0030]

【Example】

 FIG. 1 shows a portable signal device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 shows the first one, FIG. 2 shows a circuit diagram, and FIGS.

The main body case 1 is made of a transparent or translucent synthetic resin, and may be made of, for example, a polyamide resin, an ABS resin, or a polycarbonate resin, and the upper end portion of the vertically long tubular shape is provided with a cap and has a lower opening. The length is about 40 cm here, and the outer diameter is about 40 mm at the lower maximum diameter portion.

In the main body case 1, six blue light emitting diodes 2 and six red light emitting diodes 3 are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the longitudinal direction for each color, and the blue light emitting diodes for blue light emitting diode are used. A total of three conductors 6, a conductor 7 for red light emitting diode, and a common conductor 8 are arranged independently in the longitudinal direction. If the light of the blue light emitting diode 2 is weak, the number of the light emitting diodes 2 may be increased, for example, eight.

Each of the blue light emitting diodes 2 is connected in parallel by soldering one foot wire to the lead wire 6 for the blue light emitting diode and the other foot wire to the common lead wire 8 respectively. The light emitting diode 3 is also connected in parallel by soldering one foot wire to the conductor wire 7 for the red light emitting diode and the other foot wire to the common conductor wire 8, respectively.

Each of the conductors 6, 7 and 8 is connected to a printed circuit board 9 mounted as a disc near the lower opening of the main body case 1, and a changeover switch is provided between the conductors 6, 7 and 8 and batteries 14 and 15 in a battery storage 5 described later. It is also connected to 10. The printed circuit board 9 has a blinking circuit including a resistor 19, a capacitor 20 and a transistor 21, and the changeover switch 10 has a blue ON contact 22, a red ON contact 23, and an OFF contact 24.

A light diffusion sheet 11 is inserted in a cylindrical shape on the inner peripheral surface of the main body case 1. The light diffusion sheet 11 is made of a transparent vinyl chloride resin film here, and is surface-treated so that fine irregularities are formed on one surface thereof so that light is diffused when transmitted. .

A grip portion 4 is connected to the lower portion of the main body case 1, but here, it is a screw type, and the grip portion 4 has a cylindrical shape with a bottom plate, and the upper end portion has a lower outer portion. A large-diameter short cylinder portion 25 having a diameter of about 40 mm along the outer circumference of the main body case 1, a small-diameter short cylinder portion 26 along the inner circumference of the main body case 1 having an outer diameter of 30 mm, and a supporting short cylinder portion 27 in between. Have.

The holding portion 4 has a hollow interior as the battery housing portion 5. However, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the battery housing portion 5 has an inner diameter capable of housing two AA batteries 14 in series. The depth, for example, the inner diameter is 36 mm and the depth is about 140 mm, the spring 13 for the negative electrode contact is attached to the inner bottom portion 12, and the conducting plate 28 communicating with the printed board 9 is provided along the inner side surface. .

The second embodiment of the present invention further includes another auxiliary storage cylinder 16 that can be engaged in the battery storage portion 5 in the grip portion 4. That is, the auxiliary storage cylinder 16 has an inner diameter and a depth capable of accommodating two C-size batteries 15 that are smaller than the A-size battery 14 in series, for example, an inner diameter of 27 mm and a depth of about 120 mm. It has a cylindrical shape with a diameter of approximately 33 mm so that the maximum outer diameter is approximately equal to the outer diameter of the AA battery so that it can be stored in the battery storage portion 5 of the grip portion 4. In order to set the maximum outer diameter to 33 mm, here, the ribs 29 are formed in the vertical direction on the outer peripheral surface of the auxiliary storage cylinder 16 at four locations at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.

A negative electrode contact is formed on the inner bottom portion 17 of the auxiliary storage cylinder 16 so as to project upward and project downward to come into contact with the negative electrode contact spring 13 provided on the inner bottom portion 12 of the grip portion 4. A metal fitting 18 is provided. Here, the negative electrode contact fitting 18 has a rod-shaped portion that is inserted into the hole of the inner bottom portion 17 of the auxiliary storage cylinder 16 and has disc-shaped portions on the upper and lower portions thereof, but is not limited to this. Alternatively, a coil-shaped negative electrode contact spring may be attached to the upper disk-shaped portion.

In the figure, 30 is a conductor from each of the conductors 6, 7, 8 and 31 is a steady rest of the conductors 6, 7, 8 and here a thin disc-shaped insulating material is used. . Instead of using the steady rest 31, the upper and lower portions of the conductor wires 6, 7, 8 may be bent and locked to the main body case 1 side. In the above embodiment, the two colors of the blue light emitting diode 2 and the red light emitting diode 3 are used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a yellow light emitting diode may be added as described above. Is.

Further, the portable signal device of the present invention may be made smaller and lighter so that, for example, an AA type battery, an AAA type battery, or an AA type 5 battery can be used. It may be used as a substitute signal device or a penlight that a fan shakes at an event or the like.

[0042]

[Effect of the invention]

 As is clear from the above, the portable signal device according to the present invention is one in which light-emitting diodes of two or more colors are blinking, there is no outage of the bulb, and the power consumption is low. In addition to reducing the number, the light emitted from the light emitting diode can be emitted in the entire circumferential direction, the cues and signals can be clearly understood from various directions, and two types of batteries can be used individually.

That is, the conventional light-emitting body using a light bulb is easily broken and consumes a large amount of power. There were also those using two-color light emitting diodes, but since each light emitting diode was connected to the circuit on each side of the printed circuit board, the connection work by soldering was time-consuming and the manufacturing cost was high.

Further, since the printed circuit board has a vertically long shape and is inserted in the main body case, the inside is divided into two parts so as to vertically cut the inside of the main body case. Therefore, even if, for example, a blue light emitting diode emits light on one side of the printed circuit board, it is shielded so that light is hardly emitted from the other side. Depending on the position and angle of the signal device, the vehicle on one side of the road may Even if a person or a person knew the signal / signal of “advance”, the signal / signal could not be seen on the other side.

Moreover, since the battery storage portion of the grip portion is for a battery of a single size, for example, an AA type battery, if there is no spare AA type battery, a spare AA type battery is provisionally used. Even if there was, it was useless.

On the other hand, in the portable signaling device according to the present invention, the light emitting diodes of two or more colors are made to blink as the light emitting body. Therefore, of course, it is possible to cut out the ball and reduce the power consumption, and it is easy to understand the meaning because it is possible to use the signals and signals by blinking blue or red, for example. Unlike the case where a signal or signal is sent by the movement of light alone, the meaning of the signal or signal is not misunderstood.

Further, since the foot wire of each light emitting diode is soldered to the lead wire provided in the main body case, a printed circuit board is provided in a vertically long shape in the main body case, and each light emitting diode is provided there. Unlike the method of soldering the foot wire of, the soldering work can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Further, the printed circuit board including the blinking circuit is internally provided near the lower opening of the main body case, and is not provided so as to vertically partition the inside of the main body case unlike the conventional case. Therefore, the light emitted from the light emitting diode is emitted from the case to the entire circumference, regardless of the position or angle of holding the portable signal device, not only the car or person on one side of the road but also the opposite direction. Light can reach the cars and people in the position, and at the same time, signals and signals can be sent.

Moreover, since the light diffusing sheet is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the main body case, the light emitted from the light emitting diode is diffused and amplified when passing through the sheet, so that the light emitting sheet is wider and wider. Signals and signals will be transmitted sufficiently.

In addition, the auxiliary storage cylinder can be inserted into the grip portion so that a battery smaller than the normally used battery can be used. Therefore, if the used battery, for example, the AA battery is exhausted, and there is no spare AA battery, but there is a battery that is one size smaller than that, such as a AA battery, this portable The signaling device uses AA batteries to signal and send signals.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing a first embodiment of a portable signaling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram used in an embodiment of a portable signal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view showing the inside of the grip portion of the second embodiment of the portable signaling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a grip portion of a second embodiment of the portable signaling device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-Main body case 11-Light diffusion sheet 21
-Transistor 2-Blue light emitting diode 12-Inner bottom 22
− Blue ON contact 3 − Red light emitting diode 13 − Negative contact spring 23
-Red ON contact 4-Grip 14-Battery 24
-OFF contact 5-Battery compartment 15-Small battery 25
-Large diameter short cylinder part 6-Blue wire 16-Auxiliary storage cylinder 26
-Small diameter short tube portion 7-Red lead wire 17-Inner bottom portion 27
-Short support tube portion 8-Common conductor 18-Negative electrode contact fitting 28
-Conductive plate 9-Printed circuit board 19-Resistor 29
-Rib 10-Changeover switch 20-Condenser 3
0-Lead wire 31-Stabilizer

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A plurality of light-emitting diodes 2, 3 of at least two color types are arranged in a longitudinally long tubular main body case 1 which is transparent or semi-transparent and has a lower opening, at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction for each color type. And a cylindrical grip portion 4 having a battery storage portion 5 therein is connected to the lower portion of the main body case 1, and the inside of the main body case 1 has the colors of the light emitting diodes 2 and 3. The same number of conductors 6 and 7 for each color and one common conductor 8 are arranged in the longitudinal direction independently of each other, and the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 of each color are provided for each corresponding color. Connected between the conductors 6 and 7 and the common conductor 8 to connect each of the conductors 6, 7 and 8 to a printed circuit board 9 including a blinking circuit near the bottom of the main body case 1 and a plurality of stages of changeover switches. 10 and the light diffusion sheet 11 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the main body case 1. Made, portable signaling device. 2. A plurality of light emitting diodes 2, 3 of at least two color types are arranged in a longitudinally long cylindrical main body case 1 which is transparent or semi-transparent and has a lower opening, at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction for each color type. And a cylindrical grip portion 4 having a battery storage portion 5 therein is connected to the lower portion of the main body case 1, and the inside of the main body case 1 has the colors of the light emitting diodes 2 and 3. The same number of conductors 6 and 7 for each color and one common conductor 8 are arranged in the longitudinal direction independently of each other, and the light emitting diodes 2 and 3 of each color are provided for each corresponding color. Connected between the conductors 6 and 7 and the common conductor 8 to connect each of the conductors 6, 7 and 8 to a printed circuit board 9 including a blinking circuit near the bottom of the main body case 1 and a plurality of stages of changeover switches. 10, a light diffusion sheet 11 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the main body case 1, and The battery housing portion 5 in the grip portion 4 is provided with a negative contact spring 13 on the inner bottom portion 12, and can separately house a battery 15 which is smaller than the battery 14 housed in the housing portion 5, and an inner bottom portion 17 can be housed. A portable signal device in which an auxiliary storage cylinder 16 having a negative electrode contact fitting 18 capable of abutting against the negative electrode contact spring 13 can be loaded as necessary.