JP3211356U - vase - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a vase that can decorate fresh flowers and can exhibit a decorative effect by light from a light source. A vase 100 includes a water storage container 3, a decorative wall portion 2 made of a translucent material, disposed so as to surround the water storage container 3, and a decorative wall portion 2 from a lower end portion of the decorative wall portion 2. The decorative wall portion 2 is a light diffusing portion as a whole, and wrinkle patterns (wrinkles) 23 are formed on the surfaces of the upper portion 21 and the lower portion 22 thereof. . Moreover, the upper edge part of the upper part 21 is comprised from the some circular arc surface. A plurality of concavo-convex patterns 241 made of combinations of various shapes are formed in the intermediate portion 24 of the decorative wall portion 2. The lower end portion of the decorative wall portion 2 is fixed to the upper portion of the base 1. The LED light source is disposed inside the base 1 and below the lower end of the decorative wall 2. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a vase for decorating fresh flowers, and more particularly, to a vase used in religious events such as funerals and funerals.

  In Buddhism, from the death of the deceased until the forty-nineth day (Chuan Yin, rebuke), a memorial service is held every seven days, with a vase with flowers on the Buddhist altar and altar. In traditional religious events such as funerals and funerals, vases with patterns and patterns drawn on the surface of ceramic or metal containers have been used, but all of these vases were simple and poorly decorated.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 describes a vase in which a light source is housed inside a bowl-shaped container. In this vase, a plurality of bottomed holes into which artificial stems can be inserted are formed in a lid that closes the upper opening of the container. A light-transmitting pattern is formed on the peripheral wall of the container by openwork or the like, and when the light source in the container is turned on, the light is emitted from the light-transmitting pattern to the outside and exhibits a decorative effect. .

Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-169774

The vase described in Patent Document 1 is configured for the purpose of decorating artificial flowers, and cannot produce fresh flowers. Fresh flowers have a natural color and freshness that cannot be obtained by artificial flowers, and there is a demand to display fresh flowers on Buddhist altars and altars. However, the vase described above cannot meet such demands.
In addition, here, the case where a flower was decorated at a religious event such as a funeral funeral was described as an example. There was a similar problem when decorating.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a vase that can decorate fresh flowers and that can exhibit a decorative effect by light from a light source.

The vase according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems,
a) a water storage container;
b) a decorative wall made of a translucent material, arranged to surround the water reservoir;
c) an LED (Light Emitting Diode) light source for injecting light into the interior of the decorative wall from the lower end of the decorative wall;
d) a light diffusing portion formed on the decorative wall portion for diffusing the light that has entered the interior of the decorative wall portion to the outside;
It is characterized by providing.

  In the vase according to the present invention, water is put into a water storage container and fresh flowers are placed there. When the LED light source is turned on in this state, the light enters the interior of the decorative wall portion from the lower end of the decorative wall portion, and proceeds upward. The light traveling upward in the interior of the decorative wall portion is diffused to the outside of the decorative wall portion when passing through the light diffusing portion, and exhibits a decorative effect by the diffused light.

  The vase according to the present invention is preferably configured so that the water storage container and the decorative wall portion can be separated. In this configuration, since the water storage container can be separated from the decorative wall portion when water is put into the water storage container or when the dirty water storage container is washed, these operations can be easily performed.

Examples of the light-transmitting material include plastics such as glass and acrylic resin. In this case, either colorless or colored glass or plastic may be used.
The light diffusing portion can be composed of a concavo-convex pattern such as a glass facework formed on the surface of the decorative wall portion or a pattern such as an openwork. Moreover, you may form the pattern which the crack (crack) entered into the inside and surface of a decoration wall part. If the light diffusing part is composed of uneven pattern, openwork pattern, crack pattern, light can be diffused in various directions according to the shape of these patterns and the direction of the cut surface forming the pattern, etc., improving the decoration effect To do.

  In the vase according to the present invention, it is preferable that the water storage container is formed of a light-transmitting material, and the LED light source emits light from the lower part of the water storage container into the water storage container. In this structure, a synergistic decoration effect is exhibited by light passing through the interior of both the decorative wall portion and the water storage container. In this case, if a pattern that diffuses the light that passes through the inside of the water storage container is formed on the surface of the water storage container by cutting or the like, the light emitted or diffused from this pattern is formed. In combination with the light diffused from the light diffusion portion of the decorative wall portion, an excellent decorative effect can be exhibited. Further, in this configuration, by preparing a plurality of water storage containers having different patterns, the decorative effect obtained can be made different by replacing the water storage containers arranged on the decorative wall portion.

  According to the vase of the present invention, an ikebana can be displayed, and a decorative effect by light from a light source can be exhibited.

The structure of the vase which concerns on 1st Example of this invention is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between a decorative wall part and a water storage container, (D) is a front view of a water storage container, (e) is a top view of a water storage container. The internal structure of a base is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a vertical side view. The structure of the water storage container with which the vase which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention is provided is shown, (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view of a certain kind of water storage container, (c) is another kind. The front view of a water storage container. The front view which shows the modification of the decoration wall part which concerns on this invention. The front view (a) which shows the modification of the water storage container which concerns on this invention, The top view (b) which shows the modification of arrangement | positioning of an LED light source.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the vase according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Example 1]
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a vase according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The vase 100 is disposed on the inside of the base 1, a cylindrical decorative wall portion 2 that is fixed to the upper portion of the base 1 and that expands from the lower end portion toward the upper end portion, and the decorative wall portion 2. The water storage container 3 is provided.

  The decorative wall portion 2 is formed of a colorless transparent acrylic resin, and light can pass therethrough. The decorative wall portion 2 has a lower end fitted in a recess 14 (see FIG. 2) formed on the upper surface of the base 1.

  The entire decorative wall portion 2 is a light diffusing portion, and wrinkle patterns (wrinkles) 23 are formed on the surfaces (outer peripheral surfaces) of the upper portion 21 and the lower portion 22. Moreover, the upper edge part of the upper part 21 is comprised from the some circular arc surface. A plurality of concavo-convex patterns 241 made of combinations of various shapes are formed in the intermediate portion 24 of the decorative wall portion 2. When the decorative wall portion 2 is manufactured by, for example, injection molding, the surface of the decorative wall portion 2 has a wrinkle pattern 23 or unevenness by using a molding die having a pattern corresponding to the above-described wrinkle pattern 23 or unevenness pattern 241 on the inner surface. A pattern 241 can be formed.

  The water storage container 3 is formed of a colorless transparent acrylic resin and is a bottomed cylindrical container that expands from the lower end portion toward the upper end portion, and has three substantially semicircular shapes on the upper portion of the outer peripheral surface. The projecting piece portions 31 are formed at equal intervals. The water storage container 3 is arrange | positioned in the predetermined position inside the decorative wall part 2 by these protrusions 31 (refer FIG.1 (c)).

  As shown in FIG. 2, a light source accommodating portion 11 that is a circular recess is formed on the upper surface of the base 1, and, for example, six LEDs are provided along the inner peripheral surface of the light source accommodating portion 11. A light bulb 12 is arranged. The upper opening of the light source housing 11 is closed with a disk-shaped transparent lid 13. The lid 13 is located slightly below the upper surface of the base 1, and the lower end portion of the decorative wall portion 2 is fitted into a recess 14 formed from the lid 13 and the inner peripheral surface of the light source housing portion 11. When the lower end portion of the decorative wall portion 2 is fitted into the concave portion 14, the six LED bulbs 12 are located at the lower portion of the lower end portion.

  The LED bulb 12 includes a plurality of LED chips (not shown), and is configured to change the intensity of light emitted from the LED bulb 12 by changing the number of LED chips to be lit. The LED bulb 12 is composed of a plurality of LED chips that emit light of different colors such as red, blue, and green, for example, and the light intensity of each LED chip is automatically changed at a different period, thereby You may make it change the color and intensity | strength of the light which the light bulb 12 emits. Moreover, you may comprise the six LED bulbs 12 from the LED bulb which emits the light of a respectively different color.

  Although not shown, in addition to the above, the base 1 has a power supply circuit for the LED bulb 12, a rectifier circuit for converting the input current from the commercial power supply from alternating current to direct current, and the output voltage is stabilized. For this purpose, a voltage adjusting circuit and the like are accommodated.

  In the vase 100, the water storage container 3 is taken out from the decorative wall portion 2 and filled with water. After the water storage container 3 is disposed inside the decorative wall portion 2 again, fresh flowers are placed in the water storage container 3. Note that the water storage container 3 may be disposed on the decorative wall portion 2 after placing fresh flowers in the water storage container 3. When power is supplied to the LED bulb 12 to light the LED bulb 12 in this state, the light enters the lower end portion of the decorative wall portion 2 and enters the interior of the decorative wall portion 2 from the lower end portion. The light traveling upward in the decorative wall portion 2 is first diffused to the outside through the wrinkle pattern 23 when passing through the lower portion 22, and then passed through each uneven pattern 241 when passing through the intermediate portion 24. Is diffused. At this time, light is diffused in various directions depending on the direction of each surface defining each uneven pattern 241, and soft light is emitted around the vase 100. Further, the light that has not been diffused to the outside from the wrinkle pattern 23 and the concavo-convex pattern 241 in the lower part 22 travels upward in the decorative wall part 2 as it is, and is diffused to the outside through the wrinkle pattern 23 in the upper part 21. 2 is discharged to the outside from the upper edge.

  On the other hand, part of the light from the LED bulb 12 also enters the water storage container 3. Therefore, the colorless and transparent water storage container 3 exhibits the color of light, and a complex and fantastic color combined with the color of the water storage container 3 and the color of light emitted from the decorative wall portion 2 can be expressed.

  During the legal period, after the fresh flowers are decorated in the vase 100, when the fresh flowers are discarded, the water storage container 3 is taken out from the decorative wall 2 and the flowers are discarded together with water. And after washing | cleaning the water storage container 3, it arrange | positions to the decorative wall part 2. FIG. As described above, in the present embodiment, since the water storage container 3 can be taken out from the decorative wall portion 2, water and fresh flowers are put into the water storage container 3, and water and fresh flowers are taken out from the water storage container 3 and washed. Can be easily performed.

[Second Embodiment]
The vase according to this embodiment is provided with a plurality of replaceable water storage containers 103. As shown in FIG. 3, each water storage container 103 consists of a colorless transparent acrylic resin, and the wrinkle pattern 131 and the uneven | corrugated pattern 132 are formed in the outer peripheral surface. In addition, on the outer peripheral surface of the upper part of each water storage container 103, three substantially semicircular protruding piece portions 133 that are long in the vertical direction are provided at substantially equal intervals. The water storage container 103 is disposed at a predetermined position inside the decorative wall portion 2 by the protruding piece portion 133. The wrinkle pattern 131 and the concavo-convex pattern 132 are formed by the same method as the wrinkle pattern 23 and the concavo-convex pattern 241 of the decorative wall portion 2 described in the first embodiment.

  At least one of the wrinkle pattern 131 and the concavo-convex pattern 132 included in each of the plurality of types of water storage containers 103 is different from the other types of water storage containers 103. For example, FIGS. 3B and 3C show two types of water storage containers 103 </ b> A and 103 </ b> B having the same wrinkle pattern 131 and different uneven patterns 132. An uneven pattern 132 formed by combining two leaf patterns is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the water storage container 103A, and an uneven pattern 132 formed by combining four swords is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the water storage container 103B. ing. The configuration of the vase other than those described above is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  When the water storage container 103 according to the present embodiment is placed inside the decorative wall portion 2 in a state where a fresh flower is placed and the LED bulb 12 is turned on, the light from the LED bulb 12 is transmitted to both the decorative wall portion 2 and the water storage container 103. Enter inside. The light that has entered the interior of the decorative wall portion 2 and the water storage container 103 is diffused and emitted from the wrinkle patterns 23 and 131 and the uneven patterns 241 and 132 to the outside. That is, a complex light diffusion occurs due to a combination of the light diffusion due to the wrinkle pattern 131 and the concave / convex pattern 132 of the water storage container 3 and the light diffusion due to the wrinkle pattern 23 and the concave / convex pattern 241 of the decorative wall portion 2. A decorative effect can be obtained.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, a plurality of types of water storage containers 103 are provided, and the water storage containers 103 arranged inside the decorative wall portion 2 can be selected. The plurality of types of water storage containers 103 are different from those of the other types of water storage containers 103 in that at least one of the wrinkle pattern 131 and the concavo-convex pattern 132 formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof. The decorative effect obtained by combining the wrinkle pattern 23 and the uneven pattern 241 on the wall 2 can be made different.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned Example, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.

Instead of the plurality of concavo-convex patterns 241 formed on the surface of the decorative wall portion 2 according to the first and second embodiments, a pattern 300 including a combination of the concavo-convex 301 and the holes 302 as shown in FIG. 4 may be formed. . Although not shown, a sculpture pattern such as an openwork may be formed, or a pattern such as a crack may be formed in the decorative wall portion 2. All of these constitute a light diffusion portion.
In the above embodiment, the wrinkle pattern is formed on the upper and lower portions of the outer peripheral surface of the decorative wall portion 2. Further, wrinkle patterns may be formed on the outer peripheral surfaces of the upper part and the intermediate part, and the lower part and the intermediate part, or the wrinkle pattern may be formed only on any one of the upper part, the lower part, and the intermediate part. When a wrinkle pattern is formed in the middle part, an uneven pattern may be further formed. Furthermore, the outer peripheral surface of the decorative wall portion 2 may not have a wrinkle pattern. In this case, the light diffusing portion is a concavo-convex pattern 241, a pattern composed of a combination of concavo-convex and holes, a crack pattern, or the like.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, the cross-sectional shape of the water storage container 403 may be a polygonal shape, the bottom surface may be hemispherical, and a corner portion 430 extending in the vertical direction may be provided on the outer peripheral surface of the water storage container 403. . In this configuration, since light passing through the inside of the water storage container 403 leaks from the corner portion 430, a linear light emitting portion is formed along the corner portion 430. Even in such a configuration, when the water storage container 403 is disposed inside the decorative wall portion 2, the light diffused from both the light emitting portion of the water storage container 403 and the wrinkle pattern 23 and the uneven pattern 241 of the decorative wall portion 2 are combined. A pattern can be expressed. Further, an annular flange 431 may be provided on the outer peripheral portion of the upper portion of the water storage container 403 instead of the protruding piece portion 31. Even in such a configuration, the water storage container 403 can be disposed at a predetermined position inside the decorative wall portion 2.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, an LED bulb 12 a may be provided in the center of the light source housing 11 separately from the LED bulb 12 inside the base 1. The number of LED bulbs 12a at the center is not limited to one and may be two or more. By providing the LED bulb 12a at the center, more light can enter the interior of the decorative wall and the water storage container.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the water storage container can be taken out from the decorative wall, but the water storage container may be fixed in the decorative wall.
In the above embodiment, the LED bulb is housed in the base, but an LED light source (LED chip) may be directly embedded in the lower end of the decorative wall.
The plurality of LED bulbs arranged inside the base may change the color and intensity of light at different periods.
For example, the decorative wall portion may be configured by arranging a plurality of plate-like members in a cylindrical shape on a base.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Vase 1 ... Base 11 ... Light source accommodating part 12 ... LED bulb 2 ... Decoration wall part 21 ... Upper part 22 ... Lower part 23 ... Wrinkle pattern 24 ... Middle part 241 ... Concave and convex pattern 3, 103 (103A, 103B) ... Water storage container 31, 133 ... Projection 131 ... Wrinkle pattern 132 ... Uneven pattern

Claims (5)

a) a water storage container;
b) a decorative wall made of a translucent material, arranged to surround the water reservoir;
c) an LED (Light Emitting Diode) light source for injecting light into the interior of the decorative wall from the lower end of the decorative wall;
d) a light diffusing portion formed on the decorative wall portion for diffusing the light that has entered the interior of the decorative wall portion to the outside;
A vase characterized by comprising:   The vase according to claim 1, wherein the water storage container and the decorative wall portion are configured to be separable.   The vase according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the light diffusing portion is composed of one or more uneven patterns formed on the surface of the decorative wall portion.   3. The vase according to claim 1, wherein the light diffusing portion is composed of one or more openwork patterns formed on the decorative wall portion. The water storage container is formed from a material having translucency,
The vase according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the LED light source emits light into the water storage container from a lower part of the water storage container.

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