JP4257614B2 - Outdoor lights - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a security lamp with a simple structure and without malfunction. <P>SOLUTION: A security lamp installed on a pole etc. is provided with an automatic flasher unit 30 turning on/off the lamp 20 attached to an instrument body according to brightness and darkness of outdoor light. The luminaire main body provided with a lighting hole 45 taking in outdoor light, a light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher unit 30 facing the lighting hole 45, and a nearly cylindrical dark room part 90 surrounding the light receiving surface side of the automatic flasher unit and whose lower end is opened. The automatic flasher unit is attached directly or indirectly to the luminaire main body. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&amp;NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to an outdoor light such as a crime prevention light that is installed on a pole of a road, a pole such as a park, and an outer wall of a factory and uses a fluorescent lamp.

Outdoor lights such as crime prevention lights are installed and used at high places such as utility poles standing on the road, and are light receiving surfaces provided at the tip of photoelectric automatic flashers (hereinafter referred to as “automatic flashers”). It receives light, detects outdoor light and darkness, and turns off and turns on the lamp.

  The automatic flasher is provided separately from the security light, and there are a method of being installed on a utility pole and a method of being installed in the security light.

  The automatic flasher installed in the crime prevention light is a system that receives outdoor light through a globe mounted below the instrument body, and this kind of crime prevention light will be described with reference to FIG.

  The security light has an elongated, substantially ship-like shape made of a synthetic resin or the like in the upper part, and has an instrument body 5 containing a ballast (not shown) and the like, and an upper opening attached to the lower part of the instrument body 5. It consists of a glove 10 made of a light-transmitting material in the form of an elongated, substantially ship-shaped.

  The globe 10 is pivotally supported at the tip of the instrument body 5 and a decorative screw 11 is rotatably attached to the rear end of the globe 10. The engaged decorative screw 11 is screwed into a screw hole (not shown) formed at the rear end of the instrument main body 5, and the globe 10 is attached in contact with the lower part of the instrument main body 5.

  A plate-like reflecting plate 15 is attached to the lower surface opening of the appliance body 5 by screws (not shown), and a lamp socket mounting plate 16 formed to project downward is located in the globe 10 behind the reflecting plate 15. A lamp socket 17 is attached to the lamp socket mounting plate 16 by a support shaft 18 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction. The lamp socket 17 is mounted along the longitudinal direction of the globe 10. The arranged lamp 20 is inserted and held.

  On the rear end side of the lamp socket mounting plate 16, an automatic flasher storage partition wall 35 having a downwardly opened rectangular tube shape in which a substantially cylindrical automatic flasher 30 is stored is attached to the instrument body 5 by a method not shown. An automatic flasher socket 31 is attached to the instrument body 5 by a method (not shown) on the top surface of the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35.

  A light receiving surface 32 for receiving light is formed on the lower end surface of the automatic flasher 30, and a pair of cylindrical conductive pins 33 made of a conductive material inserted into and rotated in the automatic flasher socket 31 on the base side. 33 is protrudingly formed.

  The substantially rectangular opening formed below the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35 is inserted and engaged with a substantially U-shaped cover plate 36 to close the substantially rectangular opening opened downward. In the center of the bottom plate 37 of the cover plate 36, a daylighting hole (small) 38 for taking light through the globe 10 is formed.

  A method of assembling the automatic flasher to the instrument body will be described.

  First, the conductive pins 33 and 33 of the automatic flasher 30 are inserted and rotated and held in the automatic flasher socket 31 provided on the top surface of the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35. In this state, the light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 is mounted in a state of being slightly recessed from the lower edge of the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35. Further, the cover plate 36 is inserted from the lower opening of the automatic flasher housing partition 35, abuts against the light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30, and is engaged with the automatic flasher storage partition 35. The cover plate 36 is engaged in a state where the lower opening of the automatic flasher housing partition wall 35 is closed by the bottom plate 37 of the cover plate 36.

  The back surface 10 a of the globe 10 is mounted below the instrument body 5 in a state of being in close contact with the bottom plate 37 of the cover plate 36. Further, a light collecting hole (large) 39 for collecting outdoor light is formed in the globe 10 facing the light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30.

  The automatic flasher 30 is connected in series with the lamp 20, and a switch (not shown) built in the automatic flasher 30 is configured to shut off when the outdoors becomes bright and to connect when it becomes dark. The lamp will turn off and on accordingly.

  Since the automatic flasher 30 is housed in the automatic flasher housing partition wall 35 provided in the lamp housing space 21 composed of the globe 10 and the reflector 15, the influence of the illuminance of the lamp 20 is reduced. It is provided at a position where it can be easily received.

  As described above, the automatic flashing device according to the conventional security light receives outdoor light through the lighting hole (large) 39 formed in the globe 10 mounted below the instrument body 5 and turns off the lamp 20. ·Light.

  For this reason, the automatic flasher socket 31 to which the automatic flasher 30 is attached is attached to the lower part of the instrument body 5 and also covers the periphery of the automatic flasher 30 in order to block the light of the lamp 20 in the globe 10. An automatic flasher storage partition wall 35 is formed so as to protrude downward to cover the automatic flasher socket 31 and extend to the back surface 10 a of the globe 10.

  A cover plate 36 covering the opening is attached to the opening formed below the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35, and the dark room portion 8 is formed by the automatic flasher socket 31, the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35 and the cover plate 36. Is formed.

  The automatic flasher 30 is inserted and rotated and held in the automatic flasher socket 31 with the light receiving surface 32 facing downward, and the light receiving surface 32 is a joint formed by the lower opening of the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35 and the cover plate 36. Located in the vicinity of the parts 34, 34 is accommodated in the automatic flasher accommodating partition wall 35. The light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 detects the brightness of the outdoors and turns on / off the security light lamp.

  For this reason, when the accuracy and assembly accuracy of parts such as the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35 and the cover plate 36 are poor, there is a gap in the joints 34, 34 formed by the automatic flasher storage partition wall 35 and the cover plate 36. There are cases where it is possible.

  When there is a gap in the joints 34, 34, the light from the lamp 20 enters the dark room 8 through this gap, and the automatic flasher 30 detects the light that has entered the dark room 8, and the automatic flasher switch (see FIG. (Not shown) may be cut off.

  In this case, there is a problem that a malfunction may occur that the lamp is turned off even when the outdoors is dark.

  The crime prevention light illuminates, for example, the road surface by a lamp 20 mounted in the globe 10. For this reason, the circumference of the globe 10 is brightly illuminated. An automatic flasher 30 is arranged in the brightly illuminated globe 10. In order to reduce this influence, there has been a problem that the cost is increased, for example, black paint is painted on the back surface of the cover plate 36 or the like.

This invention is made | formed in view of said point, and makes it a subject to provide the outdoor lamp which is simple structure and does not produce a malfunction.

In order to achieve the above object, the outdoor lamp of the present invention according to claim 1 is a long and narrow elongate fixture body installed on an installation target such as a utility pole; A glove made of a light-transmitting material having an elongated upper opening; a main body and a bracket body having a substantially U-shaped cross section comprising a main surface and a pair of side surfaces extending from both ends of the main surface toward one surface of the main surface The other side of the main surface of the bracket body is attached to the outer surface side of the rear wall portion so that the pair of side surface portions of the bracket body protrude from the outer surface of the rear wall portion located on the installation object side of the instrument body. A mounting bracket for fixing the instrument body to the installation object side; a daylighting hole formed on an upper surface of the instrument body on the rear wall side and attached with a translucent cover ; in the longitudinal direction of the globe A single-piece fluorescent lamp that can be mounted along; Instrument is housed in a dark room part inside it is formed in the rear wall of the body rear surface in contact with or proximity of the light transmitting cover the light-receiving surface lighting hole; the lighted single capped fluorescent lamps lamp socket is inserted and held And an automatic flasher that turns off and turns on the single-piece fluorescent lamp by receiving outdoor light.

According to invention of Claim 1, the automatic flasher accommodated in the dark room part formed inside the back wall part of an instrument main body is through the lighting hole formed in the upper surface at the rear wall part side of an instrument main body. Since the single- piece fluorescent lamp is turned off / on after receiving outdoor light, it is possible to prevent the automatic flasher from malfunctioning due to the lamp light with a simple structure.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the rear wall portion (not shown) of the instrument main body 40 is wound around the utility pole 2 standing on the road via the attachment band 3, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, as shown in FIG. 8, a body mounting bracket 49 fixed to the rear wall 41 of the instrument body 40 with a screw (not shown) is fixed to the mounting bracket 25 installed on the outer wall 4 of the factory. Or screw it in.

  These security lights are installed on the outside walls of utility poles, parks and factories standing on the road, and when the sun goes down and the outdoors becomes dim, automatic flasher switches connected in series with the lamps Will automatically connect and the security light will turn on.

  Furthermore, when the sun rises and the outdoors becomes light and bright, the automatic flasher switch automatically opens and the lamp turns off.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same components as those in the prior art will be described with the same reference numerals.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the overall structure of a security light according to an embodiment of the present invention. The security light includes a substantially ship-shaped instrument main body 40 made of a synthetic resin having an elongated bottom opening and the like. It comprises a substantially ship-shaped globe 50 made of a light-transmitting material having an elongated upper opening that is attached to cover the lower opening. The joint of the instrument main body 40 and the globe 50 has a raised-up shape toward the front.

  A hinge 43 is formed below the front end of the instrument body 40, and a screw hole 44 into which the decorative screw 11 for fixing the groove 50 is screwed is formed on the lower surface of the rear end.

  As shown in FIG. 1R> 1 and FIG. 2, a circular daylighting hole 45 for collecting outdoor light is formed on the rear end side of the upper surface of the instrument body 40, and packing is provided on the backside of the daylighting hole 45. 61 is attached. The packing 61 has a disk shape made of synthetic rubber, and has a daylighting hole (large) 62 slightly larger than the daylighting hole 45 at the center. As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of mounting bosses 46, 46 are formed to protrude downward on both sides of the instrument body 40 to which the packing 61 is mounted. A substantially dish-shaped cover 65 made of a translucent material is attached to the lower surfaces of the mounting bosses 46, 46 by rivets 63, 63, and the automatic flasher 30 is housed outside the mounting bosses 46, 46. An automatic flasher housing partition wall 47 is formed that opens downward and protrudes downward in a ring shape. A dark room 90 is formed inside the cover 65 and the automatic flasher housing partition wall 47.

  A method for assembling a cover or other instrument body will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The packing 61 is placed on the upper surface of the substantially dish-shaped cover 65. Then, the cover 65 is moved upward, and the packing 61 is abutted against the back surface of the daylighting hole 45. In this state, a gap that compresses the packing 61 is formed between the cover 65 and the mounting bosses 46 and 46. Next, the cover 65 is fixed to the pair of mounting bosses 46, 46 with the rivets 63, 63.

  The packing 61 is compressed and pressed onto the instrument body 40 on the upper surface of the cover 65, and is attached in close contact between the back surface of the daylighting hole 45 and the cover 65. The packing 61 has a function of preventing water leakage into the instrument body 40. For this reason, even if it rains, it does not enter the instrument main body 40 from the daylighting hole 45.

  When the packing 61 is fixed to the back surface of the daylighting hole 45 with an adhesive and the automatic flasher 30 is attached to the instrument body 40 without using the cover 65, the light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 is attached to the packing 61. It may be attached by pressing directly on the lower surface.

  As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 55 denotes a plate-like reflector that is attached to the opening of the instrument body 40 while leaving an opening at the rear part of the instrument body 40. The reflector 55 is directed downward to the instrument body 40. The plurality of standing bosses 48 are screwed and fixed with screws 70. A ballast 66 is fixed between the reflector plate 55 and the instrument body 40 with screws.

  Reference numeral 56 denotes a substantially U-shaped lamp socket mounting plate that opens downward, and is fixed to the rear of the reflection plate 55 with a screw 71. The lamp socket 17 is pivotally supported on the lamp socket mounting plate 56 by a support shaft 18, and the lamp socket 17 rotates in the vertical direction with the support shaft 18 as a fulcrum. The lamp socket 17 is inserted into and held by the lamp 20 along the longitudinal direction of the groove 50, and is engaged and supported by a downwardly opened lamp holder 57 attached to the front lower surface of the reflector 55 with a screw 71. Is done.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, reference numeral 75 denotes a mounting plate having a substantially L-shaped cross section, and is composed of a mounting plate main body 76 and a reflecting plate 77. An automatic flasher socket 31 to which the automatic flasher 30 is attached is fixed upward with a screw 72 on the central upper surface of the mounting plate main body 76, and a glow lamp 67 is attached to the right lower surface of the mounting plate main body 76. The lamp socket 68 is screwed and fixed with a screw (not shown).

  Reference numeral 80 denotes a rear opening formed on the rear side of the instrument body 40. As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of bosses 42, 42 are formed in the rear opening 80 so as to protrude downward from the instrument body 40. The mounting plate 75 is screwed and fixed with screws 73 and 73 in contact with the lower surfaces of the bosses 42 and 42. The automatic flasher 30 and the glow lamp socket 68 attached to the mounting plate 75 are mounted with the automatic flasher 30 and the glow lamp 67, respectively.

  In a state where the mounting plate 75 is attached to the pair of bosses 42, 42, the light receiving surface side of the automatic flasher 30 is housed in the dark room portion 90 formed by the cover 65 and the automatic flasher housing partition wall 47, The light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 is attached in a state of being in contact with or close to the back side of the cover 65 attached to the back side of the lighting hole 45 of the instrument body 40.

  In the globe 50 made of a light transmitting material, the hinge 51 formed at the tip of the globe 50 is assembled to the hinge 43 formed at the tip of the instrument body 40, and the hinge 51 and the hinge 43 are connected to the connecting shaft 53. The globe 50 rotates in the vertical direction with the connecting shaft 53 as a fulcrum. The globe 50 is screwed and fixed to the screw hole 44 of the instrument body 40 with a decorative screw 11 rotatably attached to the rear end of the globe 50, and the globe 50 is positioned below the instrument body 40. It is attached to.

  The operation of the above embodiment will be described.

  The light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 for turning on / off the crime prevention lamp 20 is attached in contact with or close to the back surface of the cover 65 attached to the back surface side of the lighting hole 45 of the instrument body 40, The light receiving surface 32 is covered with a ring-shaped automatic flasher housing partition wall 47 that protrudes downward from the back surface of the instrument body 40, and the light receiving surface 32 side of the automatic flasher 30 is positioned in the dark room 90. Is done.

  Therefore, the light from the lamp 20 is blocked by the automatic flasher housing partition wall 47 and does not enter the light receiving surface 32 from the side surface of the automatic flasher housing partition wall 47. Even if the light of the lamp 20 enters from the opening formed below the automatic flasher storage partition wall 47, it is reflected by the inner wall of the automatic flasher storage partition wall 47 and the automatic flasher 30, and almost reaches the upper end of the automatic flasher 30. Never do. Further, since the cover 65 and the light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 are mounted in contact with or close to the cover 65, there is almost no gap between the cover 65 and the automatic flasher 30. Therefore, when the lamp 20 is turned on, the light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 receives the light from the lamp 20 and the lamp 20 is not turned off.

  As described above, the ring-shaped automatic flasher storage partition wall 47 projecting downward from the back surface of the instrument body 40 is provided, and the automatic flasher 30 is stored in the dark room portion 90 formed inside the storage partition wall 47. With this structure, the automatic flasher 30 can be prevented from malfunctioning.

  Since the dark room portion 90 into which the automatic flasher 30 is inserted is formed behind the lamp socket 17, the dark room portion 90 is located behind the lamp 20. The illuminance of the lamp 20 is higher at the front end than at the rear end. Therefore, the illuminance by the lamp 20 on the dark room 90 side is low, and the influence of the lamp 20 is reduced. Further, as described in the embodiment, the mounting plate 75 for mounting the automatic flasher 30 facing the lower opening of the dark room portion 90 is fixed to the appliance main body 40. The amount of light of the lamp 20 that is blocked by 75 and enters the dark room portion 90 is reduced, and malfunction of the automatic flasher 30 is prevented.

  The lamp 20 is housed in a lamp housing space 95 composed of a reflecting plate 55 and a reflecting plate 77 of a mounting plate 75, and an automatic flasher is placed in a dark room 90 formed on the back side of the lamp housing space 95. In the configuration in which 30 is arranged, most of the light of the lamp 20 is reflected by the reflectors 55 and 77 and is consumed to brighten the outdoors. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, even when the gap 100 is formed in the lamp storage space 95, the light amount of the lamp leaking from the gap 100 to the instrument body 40 side is small, and the lamp 20 leaking to the instrument body 40 side is reduced. Light does not enter the light receiving surface 32 of the automatic flasher 30 and the automatic flasher will not malfunction.

  Further, when the dark room portion 90 is formed on the rear back side of the lamp storage space 95, the light of the lamp entering from the gap 100 of the lamp storage space 95 becomes weak and does not malfunction.

  In the embodiment, the automatic flasher has been described as being attached to the mounting plate. However, the automatic flasher may be directly attached to the instrument body without using the mounting plate.

  Moreover, you may make it the structure which attaches an automatic blinker to the upper surface of a reflecting plate, and provides the dark room part which arrange | positions this automatic blinker in the back surface side of a reflecting plate.

The front view containing the partial cross section figure which shows the whole structure of the security light which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. The top view in the embodiment. Top sectional view in the same embodiment Sectional drawing which shows a part of instrument main body in the same embodiment, a packing, a cover, and an automatic blinker. The perspective view which shows the state which attached the socket for automatic flashers etc. to the attachment board in the embodiment. Side surface sectional drawing in the same embodiment. The perspective view which shows the state which attached the general security light to the utility pole. The perspective view which shows the state which attached the general security light to outer walls, such as a factory. The security light which concerns on a prior art is shown, (A) is a front view including the partial cross section which shows the whole structure of a security light. (B) is a perspective view showing a cover plate. (C) is a perspective view which shows the state which attached the cover board to the automatic flasher accommodation partition.

Explanation of symbols

17 ... Lamp socket, 20 ... Lamp, 30 ... Automatic flasher, 32 ... Automatic flasher socket, 32 ... Light receiving surface, 40 ... Instrument body, 45 ... Daylight hole, 47 ... Automatic flasher storage partition, 75 ... Mounting plate, 90 ... dark room

Claims (1)

A long and narrow elongated instrument body installed on an installation target such as an electric pole;
A glove made of an elongated upper opening translucent material attached to cover the lower opening of the instrument body;
It has a main body and a bracket body with a substantially U-shaped cross section consisting of a pair of side surfaces extending from both ends of the main surface toward one side of the main surface, and is located on the installation target side of the instrument body In order to fix the instrument body attached to the outer surface side of the rear wall part on the outer side of the rear wall part so that the pair of side surface parts of the metal part body protrude from the outer surface of the rear wall part and mounting bracket;
A daylighting hole formed on the upper surface of the instrument body on the rear wall side and attached with a translucent cover ;
A single-piece fluorescent lamp mounted along the longitudinal direction of the globe;
A lamp socket that is attached to the fixture body and into which a single-piece fluorescent lamp is inserted and held;
A single-piece fluorescent lamp is received by receiving outdoor light by placing the light receiving surface in contact with or close to the rear surface of the light projecting cover of the daylighting hole, which is housed in a dark room formed inside the rear wall of the instrument body. An automatic flasher that turns off and on;
An outdoor lamp characterized by comprising:

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