JP3236388U - Picture frame with indirect lighting function using phosphorescent material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a frame that can be used as indirect lighting as well as to appreciate an object to be viewed in the frame even in a dark room or the like when power cannot be supplied to the frame via a power cable, a rechargeable battery or a dry battery. offer. SOLUTION: A frame 1 holds a front plate 3 and a back plate 4 having translucency, and secures a certain space between a phosphorescent portion 5 formed by using a phosphorescent material and the frame and a wall. A spacer 6 is provided on the back of the frame, and the phosphorescent material of the phosphorescent part emits natural light or light phosphorescent from a lighting fixture toward the wall in a dark room after the lights are turned off at night, and is housed in the frame. In addition to being able to appreciate the object to be viewed, it also retains the function of indirect lighting. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a frame that enables viewing of drawings and the like even in a dark room or the like by using lighting by light emission of a phosphorescent material that does not require power supply as indirect lighting.

Conventionally, in a frame having an indirect lighting function, the lighting applied to a drawing or the like is also used as indoor indirect lighting. Power is supplied to the frame equipped with the indirect lighting function via a power cable, a rechargeable battery, and a dry battery, and if there is no power supply, the lighting fixture cannot be turned on, so it is dark. It is not possible to appreciate drawings, etc. indoors, and it is not possible to secure indirect lighting. For this reason, it is desired to develop a picture frame that can be used as indirect lighting by being able to appreciate drawings and the like even in a dark room or the like when there is no power supply to the picture frame.

Patent Document 1 states that when an ultraviolet lamp is installed in a frame of a frame and the light emitted from the ultraviolet lamp illuminates a drawing or the like to be illuminated, the illumination can also be used for indoor indirect lighting. The technology is disclosed, and in Patent Document 2, an extra-fine cold cathode fluorescent lamp is arranged inside the frame to reduce power consumption and keep the temperature low to improve lighting efficiency, and this illumination light is used for the frame. A technique has been disclosed that can be used as indirect lighting in a room by emitting light from the side surface.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-0343221 Actual climb 3055329

Patent Document 1 describes a method of attaching an ultraviolet lamp to a frame to irradiate a drawing with a special paint with ultraviolet rays in order to exert a trick art effect, and solves problems such as installability and economy as well as indoors. The technology that can be used as indirect lighting of the above is disclosed. Further, in Patent Document 2, regarding the lighting method for drawings and the like, a very fine cold cathode fluorescent lamp is used instead of a fluorescent fluorescent lamp, and an electronic inverter is used to save power and reduce the temperature. A technique is disclosed that solves the problems of economic efficiency and adverse effects on drawings and the like due to heat, and can also use light that is efficiently turned on as indirect lighting in a room.

On the other hand, power is supplied to the ultraviolet lamp or cold cathode fluorescent lamp provided in the frame through a power cable, and when there is no power supply, these lighting fixtures can be turned on. Development of a frame that can secure lighting without the need for power supply and also has an indirect lighting function in order to appreciate the drawings etc. stored in the frame at night or in a dark room after the lighting equipment is turned off. Is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a frame having a function of indirect lighting by light emission of a phosphorescent material that does not require power supply.

In order to solve the above problems, the frame of the present invention adopts the following means.

In the frame according to one aspect of the present invention, the front plate and the back plate are made of a translucent material, and the wall is formed on the back surface of the frame in order to utilize the effect of reflecting natural light or the light of an electric lamp. A phosphorescent portion is provided toward the wall side, and a spacer is provided on the back surface of the frame in order to secure a certain distance between the frame and the wall. Then, the phosphorescent material of the phosphorescent portion can store light such as natural light reflected by the wall or emit light toward the wall, so that the object to be viewed housed in the frame can be viewed. At the same time, it secures an indirect lighting function that does not require a power supply.

Various technical limitations may be added to the picture frame as illustrated below.

The front plate and the back plate housed in the frame portion of the frame shall be made of a translucent acrylic plate or the like, and the phosphorescent portion provided on the back side of the frame shall be provided on the frame portion or the back plate. I will do it.

The phosphorescent portion shall be provided by applying a phosphorescent material to the frame portion or the back plate, or by attaching a phosphorescent sheet to which the phosphorescent material is previously applied. The phosphorescent portion is provided so as to be provided so that the light emitted by the phosphorescent portion toward the wall can be taken in from the back surface side of the frame, such as having a linear shape along the frame portion.

The object to be viewed in the frame is a translucent Japanese paper or a drawing that enjoys shadows such as paper-cutting.

With the frame, the phosphorescent portion stores more light such as natural light reflected by the wall, and the illuminated portion illuminated by the light emitted by the phosphorescent portion spreads over a certain range of the wall. The spacer is provided on the back surface of the frame to secure a certain distance from the wall.

According to the present invention, the phosphorescent unit that stores light such as natural light emits light for a certain period of time at night or in a dark room after the lighting fixture is turned off to secure the function as indirect lighting. It has the effect of being able to appreciate the object to be viewed in the frame for a certain period of time.

It is a perspective view of the frame which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the frame which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a rear view of the frame which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a vertical sectional view of the frame which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a side view of the installation example of the frame which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the installation example of the frame which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the frame according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[1. Picture frame composition]
1 is a perspective view of the frame 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a front view and a rear view of the frame 1, respectively. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the frame 1. Further, FIGS. 5 and 6 are installation examples in which the frame 1 is hung on the wall using the hook 7 and the hanging strap 8, but the frame 1 is installed close to the wall on the upper surface of furniture or the like by attaching a stand or the like. May be good. In FIG. 6, the object to be viewed a is not displayed so that the light emitting unit 10 emitted by the phosphorescent unit 5 can be easily imagined.

The frame 1 includes a frame frame portion 2, a front plate 3, a back plate 4, and a phosphorescent portion 5 from the front side thereof.

The front plate 3 and the back plate 4 need only have translucency, and are formed of, for example, a transparent material such as an acrylic material or glass.

The viewing object a provided between the front plate 3 and the back plate 4 is, for example, formed of a translucent material such as Japanese paper. In addition to Japanese paper, the object to be viewed a is made to easily transmit light such as paper-cutting and stained glass for enjoying shadows.

The phosphorescent portion 5 emits light toward the wall 9 in the shape of the frame of the frame 1. As an example, the phosphorescent unit 5 may apply a phosphorescent material to a back plate 4 using an acrylic plate or the like, or attach a phosphorescent sheet to which the phosphorescent material has been applied in advance to the acrylic plate or the like.

The frame 1 and the wall 9 so that the phosphorescent portion 5 stores more light such as natural light reflected by the wall 9, and the light emitting portion 10 emitted by the phosphorescent portion 5 spreads over a certain range of the wall 9. A spacer 6 is provided on the back surface of the frame 1 to secure a certain distance between the two. The spacer 6 is preferably made of a material that is translucent and does not damage the wall.

Further, the emission color of the phosphorescent material used for the phosphorescent unit 5 according to the present embodiment is not limited to a specific color. It is desirable that the phosphorescent unit 5 emits light for a long period of time.

[2. Three-dimensional picture frame composition]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view when the frame 1 holds the frame frame portion 2, the front plate 3, the back plate 4, and the phosphorescent portion 5, and the phosphorescent portion 5 is provided toward the wall side 9.

As described above, the frame 1 having the function of indirect lighting by the phosphorescent material according to the present embodiment stores natural light or light from indoor lighting equipment in the phosphorescent unit 5, and after the lights are turned off at night. In a dark room or the like, light is emitted without supplying electric power to the frame 1, and the viewing object a housed in the frame 1 can be viewed.

[3. Other embodiments]
Although the present invention has been described above using the above-described embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above-described embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be made to the above embodiment without departing from the gist of the present invention, and the modified or improved embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the embodiment in which the frame 1 is a square has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the frame 1 may be, for example, a rectangle or a circle, and has a size (vertical, vertical, Horizontal length, diameter, etc.) are also not limited.

Further, in the above embodiment, the embodiment in which the phosphorescent portion 5 is provided linearly along the frame portion 2 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the phosphorescent portion 5 is the frame portion 2. It may be provided at the four corners to illuminate only the four corners, or it may be installed behind the portion of the viewing object a that does not have translucency to illuminate the central portion of the frame 1.

Further, in the above embodiment, it has been described that the spacer 6 is used to secure the space between the frame 1 and the wall 9, but the frame portion 2 is processed into a protrusion shape without using the spacer 6. You may secure an interval.

1 Picture frame (whole)
2 Frame frame 3 Front plate (formed by transparent material such as acrylic or glass)
4 Back plate (formed by transparent material such as acrylic or glass)
5 Luminescent part (formed by attaching a phosphorescent sheet to the back plate, etc.)
6 Spacer 7 Hook 8 Hanging strap 9 Wall 10 Illuminated part (the part where the light emitted by the phosphorescent material hits the wall)
a Appreciation object

Claims (1)

A frame in which the front plate and the back plate are made of a translucent material, the back surface is provided with a phosphorescent portion that emits light toward the wall, and a spacer is provided to secure a certain distance from the wall. Therefore, since the phosphorescent portion is formed by using the phosphorescent material, natural light or light from a lighting fixture is stored in the phosphorescent material without the need for power supply, and the light is dark after being turned off at night. A frame in which the phosphorescent material emits light in a room or the like, and the light hits the wall to illuminate the room as indirect lighting, and the object to be viewed housed in the frame can be viewed.

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