JP3088060U - Luminous handrail - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a handrail capable of sufficiently exhibiting a handrail function of assisting walking and assisting movement even when there is no illumination at night. A handrail having a luminous agent on at least a part of its surface. Preferably, the luminous agent is filled in a groove provided continuously in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the handrail.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a handrail for a house. In particular, the present invention relates to a handrail provided in a hallway, a stairway, an entrance, etc. of a house for assisting walking and movement.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 As the aging society progresses, handrails for assisting walking and movement of elderly people are often provided in corridors and stairs of houses. Such handrails can exhibit their functions only when a pedestrian recognizes its location and grasps it. Here, it is not particularly difficult to recognize the position of the handrail when the lighting is on even during the daytime or at night. However, when going to the bathroom at night, for example, the lighting of the corridors and stairs, which are the streets, is often not turned on. In such a case, it is difficult to recognize the existing position of the handrail, particularly to accurately recognize it. As a result, there was a problem that the conventional handrail could not fully perform its function at night without lighting.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 The present invention has been made in view of the current state of the art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a handrail capable of fully exhibiting a handrail function of assisting walking and movement even at night when there is no lighting. .

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 As a result of intensive studies to achieve the above object, the present inventor found that by attaching a luminous agent to the handrail, it was possible to accurately recognize the position of the handrail even when there was no lighting at night, and completed the present invention. .

That is, the present invention is a handrail having a luminous agent on at least a part of its surface.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least one recess is provided on the surface of the handrail, and the at least one recess is filled with a luminous agent.

In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the at least one recess is a groove continuously provided in the surface of the handrail in the longitudinal direction.

[0008] Other preferred embodiments of the present invention will be clarified in the following description.

[0009]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 The handrail of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of the handrail of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a groove 2 is continuously provided in the surface of a cylindrical handrail 1 in the longitudinal direction, and the groove is filled with a phosphorescent agent 3.

The handrail body used in the present invention does not need to be special, and any conventionally known handrail can be used. For example, the material of the handrail body may be wood, plastic or metal. The shape of the handrail main body is not limited to the cylindrical shape shown in FIG. 1 as long as it is suitable for being held by a hand, and an arbitrary shape such as an elliptical cylindrical shape or a polygonal cylindrical shape can be adopted.

The handrail of the present invention is characterized in that at least a part of the surface has a luminous agent. Examples of a mode in which the phosphorescent agent is provided on at least a part of the handrail surface include a mode in which the phosphorescent agent is directly attached to the surface and a mode in which a concave portion is provided on the surface and the phosphorescent agent is filled therein. Of these, from the viewpoint of the ease of grasping the handrail and the difficulty of exfoliation of the luminous agent provided on the surface, it is preferable to provide a concave portion on the surface and fill the luminous agent there.

The number of recesses provided on the handrail surface is not limited to one, and a plurality of recesses may be provided. In addition, the shape of the concave portion should be any shape as long as the luminous area created by the luminous agent filled in it is large enough to allow pedestrians to recognize the position of the handrail when there is no illumination at night. Can be. For example, the shape of the recess can be a groove continuously provided in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the handrail as shown in FIG. The concave portion having this shape is preferable in that it is relatively easy to form. However, it is also possible, for example, to provide a plurality of grooves discontinuously in the longitudinal direction of the handrail from the viewpoint of decorativeness. The concave portion can be formed by a conventionally known method according to the material of the handrail main body.

The thus formed recess is filled with a phosphorescent agent. As the phosphorescent agent used in the present invention, any substance can be used as long as it absorbs and accumulates daylight or fluorescent light and emits light in the dark. However, it is preferable to use a mixture of a phosphorescent pigment and a suitable resin from the viewpoint of the ease of the work of attaching and filling the handrail surface and the difficulty of exfoliation of the phosphorescent agent provided on the surface.

[0015] The content of the luminous pigment in the mixture may be an amount that emits light of sufficient intensity to allow a pedestrian to recognize the position of the handrail when there is no illumination at night. The preferred content of the luminous pigment is 1% by weight to 20% by weight. If the amount is less than 1% by weight, the emission intensity may not be sufficient. Further, even if the content is more than 20% by weight, no further increase in emission intensity can be expected, and it is not economical.

As the luminous pigment used in the present invention, any luminous pigment known in the art can be used as long as it has a luminous intensity sufficient for discrimination in the dark and a luminous time of 3 hours or more after extinguishing. Luminescent pigments include organic luminous pigments and inorganic luminous pigments, but it is preferable to use inorganic luminous pigments from the viewpoint of cost and durability. An example of the inorganic phosphorescent pigment is an alumina phosphorescent phosphorescent pigment. When using such alumina-based phosphorescent pigments, the handrail of the present invention can emit light in the dark for an average of 6 hours due to the absorption and accumulation of daytime sunlight and nighttime illumination for a total of 16 hours. it can.

Next, an example of mounting the handrail of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows two handrails, a handrail 1 installed at the entrance and a handrail 2 installed at the stairs. The handrail of the present invention is usually mounted on the wall vertically, such as handrail 1, through appropriate end brackets 3, 4, or obliquely or horizontally, depending on the elevating angle, through appropriate bracket 5, such as handrail 2. be able to. At that time, it is preferable to position the surface of the handrail so that the portions 6, 7 having the phosphorescent agent on the handrail surface are away from the wall surface and on the side that is easy for a pedestrian to see. Thereby, the effect of the handrail of the present invention can be more sufficiently exhibited.

[0018]

[Effect of the invention]

 Since the handrail of the present invention has a luminous agent on at least a part of its surface, the handrail function of assisting walking and assisting movement can be sufficiently exerted even when there is no illumination at night. Such handrails are extremely useful as handrails to be installed in barrier-free houses corresponding to aging.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a handrail according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example of attaching a handrail according to the present invention.

Claims (6)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A handrail having a phosphorescent agent on at least a part of its surface. 2. The handrail according to claim 1, wherein at least one recess is provided on the surface, and the at least one recess is filled with a luminous agent. 3. The handrail according to claim 2, wherein the at least one recess is a groove continuously provided in a longitudinal direction on a surface of the handrail. 4. The handrail according to claim 1, wherein the phosphorescent agent is a mixture of a phosphorescent pigment and a resin. 5. The content of the phosphorescent pigment in the mixture is 1% by weight.
The handrail according to claim 4, wherein the content of the handrail is about 20% by weight. 6. The handrail according to claim 4, wherein the phosphorescent pigment is an alumina oxide phosphorescent pigment.