JP4513715B2 - lighting equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting device such as a display lighting device such as an emergency light or a guide light.

A conventional example is shown in FIGS. That is, in this guide light, the lighting block 101 in the fixture body 100 and the terminal block 102 are connected by the electric wire 104. The lighting block 101 and the battery box 103 containing the storage battery are connected by connection connectors 108 and 109 attached to the electric wires 106 and 107. Further, an inspection block 105 including an inspection switch and a monitor lamp is connected to the lighting block 101 by an electric wire 110. Reference numeral 111 denotes a lamp holder to be mounted on the lamp socket 100 a of the instrument body 100, and 112 denotes a translucent display panel unit that closes the front opening of the instrument body 100. As an example of approximation of this conventional example, see Patent Document 1, for example.
JP 2003-304140 A

  However, in the conventional guide light, since the lighting block 101, the terminal block 102, the battery box 103, and the inspection block 105 are separated and installed separately, it is difficult to make the appliance compact.

  In addition, it is very difficult to insert the power line into the insertion port of the terminal block 102. Further, since the terminal block 102, the battery box 103 and the inspection block 105 are connected to the lighting block 101 by the electric wire 104 and the connectors 108 and 109, the assembling workability is poor and the cost is high.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a lighting apparatus that is compact, excellent in assemblability and cost, and capable of easily constructing a power line.

  In the lighting fixture of the present invention, the lighting block is provided with the first connection portion and the second connection portion arranged on one side. The terminal block has a first connector that is directly connected to the first connection portion, and is arranged in parallel with the lighting block. The battery box has a second connector that is directly connected to the second connection portion, and is arranged in parallel with the terminal block. The appliance body has a mounting surface to which the lighting block, the terminal block, and the battery box are attached. And the external shape on the said attachment surface made in the state in which the said lighting block, the said terminal block, and the said battery box were attached to the said instrument main body is a substantially square shape.

  In the above configuration, the terminal block has a wire insertion hole that faces in an oblique direction having a component in a direction facing the lighting block and a component in a direction away from the mounting surface, or facing away from the battery box. .

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said lighting block has an inclined surface for guide | inducing an electric wire to the said electric wire insertion hole in the part near the said terminal block of the surface on the opposite side to the said attachment surface.

  In the above configuration, the lighting block includes an inspection switch and a monitor lamp.

  The said structure WHEREIN: The said lighting block has the hollow which a finger can insert when attaching / detaching a battery box, and has provided the reset button in this hollow.

  According to the lighting apparatus of the present invention, the lighting block, the terminal block, and the storage battery can be connected without wires, so that the apparatus can be made compact, the assembly workability can be improved, and the cost can be reduced. In addition, since the lighting block, terminal block, and battery box form a quadrangular shape in a plan view, it can be stored without making a useless space in the instrument body, and it can be easily accommodated.

  When the power supply line is inserted obliquely from the lighting block side, the construction of the power supply line can be increased and the construction becomes easy.

  When inserting the construction of the power supply line obliquely from the lighting block side, the inclined surface can increase the space for routing the power supply line and improve the workability.

  By installing the inspection switch and the monitor lamp in the vicinity of the corner of the substrate of the direct lighting block, it is possible to make an appliance having excellent design as well as no wires.

  Since a reset button at the time of lamp replacement is provided in a recess where a finger can be inserted for replacement of the storage battery, the selection range of the switch for the reset button can be widened.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, the display lighting fixture is a guide lamp, and includes a fixture main body 1, a lighting block 2, a battery box 3, a terminal block 4, a lamp holder 5, and a display unit 34.

  The instrument main body 1 has a thin box shape with an opening 1f formed on the front surface, and includes a back plate 1a, side plates 1b and 1c, a lower plate 1d, and an upper plate 1e which are the back side of the opening 1f and serve as mounting surfaces for internal components. . A power hole 7 and a plurality of wall mounting holes 8 are formed in the back plate 1a near the top. A locking piece 14 using a battery box fixing claw is provided in a standing state near the lower end of the side plate 1b of the back plate 1a. A plurality of inspection-related holes 9 are provided in the lower plate 1d. The upper plate 1e is provided with a power supply hole 10 and a mounting hole 11 used for ceiling mounting. The side plates 1b and 1c are each provided with a lamp socket 12 for receiving the lamp holder 5 at each upper end portion, and an engaging portion 13 for hooking a hook portion 34a of the display unit 34 at an intermediate portion.

  The lighting block 2 has a substantially square shape in plan view and incorporates a lighting circuit inside. The lighting block 2 is housed in the instrument main body 1 through the opening 1f and abuts on the lower plate 1d of the instrument main body 1 or from the lower plate 1d. It floats slightly and is arranged near the side plate 1c and is fixed to the back plate 1a by fixing means. The lighting block 2 includes a case 2a and a printed circuit board 16 provided in the case 2a and mounted with lighting circuit components. The printed circuit board 16 has a terminal 17 using pins, for example, and a claw-shaped hook 18 at the lower end corner. The case 2a of the lighting block 2 has a concave portion 37 formed on the lower end side of one side, and is a planar inverted L-shaped depression whose one end opens on the side surface of the concave portion 37 and the other end opens on the lower surface at the lower end corner. A recessed groove portion 19 is formed, and the terminal 17 and the hook portion 18 are exposed from an opening formed in the groove bottom. The concave groove portion 19 has a width that allows a finger to be inserted when the battery box 3 is attached or detached. A reset switch 69 is disposed in the recessed groove portion 19. The reset switch 69 starts the operation of a timer informing the lamp replacement time built in the lighting block 2, and the timer turns on the monitor lamp 24 described later when the lamp replacement time comes. The reset switch 69 is provided on the printed circuit board 16 so that the reset button 69a is exposed from the hole 19a formed in the bottom of the concave groove portion 19, and it is not necessary to use a tall switch or the like by using the concave groove portion 19. The range of choices can be expanded. A rib 19b serving as a rib is provided on the peripheral edge of the hole 19a, and serves to guide the reset button 69a so that it can be operated straight up and down without tilting. This prevents the printed board 16 from being stressed. Further, grooves are formed as positioning guides 20 for the connector portion 25 described later on both sides of the terminal 17 at opposite portions of the inner surface of the concave groove portion 19. Further, inspection parts such as an inspection switch 23 and a monitor lamp 24 are provided near the lower end of the lighting block 2, and an inspection-related hole 9 of the lower plate 1d is opposed thereto. Thus, since the inspection switch 23 and the monitor lamp 24 are provided in the vicinity of the corner of the printed circuit board 16 of the direct lighting block 2, an appliance having excellent design as well as no wires is provided.

  A small opening 21 that exposes the printed circuit board 16 is formed at the upper end of one side of the case 2 a, and a receiving terminal 40 is provided on the exposed portion of the printed circuit board 16 from the small opening 21. The upper side of the small opening 21 is a roof-like inclined surface 22 having the small opening 21 as the lowest end.

  In this way, the receiving terminal 40 as the first connection portion and the terminal 17 as the second connection portion are provided side by side on one side of the lighting block 2.

  The battery box 3 has a quadrangular shape in plan view, and is housed in the appliance main body 1 through the opening 1f so as to be arranged side by side with the lighting block 2, and is arranged on the lower plate 1d of the appliance main body 1 as described later. It is fixed to the back plate 1a. The battery box 3 has a side portion facing the lighting block 2 fitted in the recess 37 and a connector portion 25 directly connected to the terminal 17 protruding from the side portion, and the battery box 3 is stored in the instrument body 1. The connector portion 25 is electrically connected to the terminal 17 by a direction operation. In this case, the battery box 3 and the lighting block 2 do not overlap so that the connector part 25 covers the terminal 17, and a cylindrical insertion connector having a U-shaped cross section in the connector part 25 is fitted to the terminal 17. Connected to. Reference numeral 45 denotes an insertion hole for the terminal 17. Thereby, the battery box 3 is directly connected to the lighting block 2 without an electric wire, and is arranged in parallel with the lighting block 2. The connector 25 is provided with a detachable lever 28 that is elastically locked to the hook 18 on the surface facing the lighting block 2.

  In the battery box 3, ribs are further formed on both sides of the surface facing the lighting block 2 as contact portions 31 that contact the connector portion 25 in a state where the connector portion 25 is connected to the terminal 17. Further, as the guided portion 32 guided by the positioning guide 20, protrusions are provided on both sides of the connector portion 25. Further, when the battery box 3 is housed in the appliance body 1, the guided portion 33 is guided to the locking piece 14 almost simultaneously with the connector portion 25 when connected to the terminal 17, and is opposite to the lighting block 2 of the battery box 3. A pair of ribs are provided on the side. Thus, the battery box 3 is attached to the back plate 1 a by the detachable lever 28 being locked to the hooking portion 18 and the locking piece 14 being locked to the surface of the battery box 3.

  The terminal block 4 has a substantially quadrangular shape in plan view, and has a built-in quick connection terminal, and a plurality of electric wire insertion holes 67 for connection to the fast connection terminal are directed toward the inclined surface 22 side of the lighting block 2. Inclined to the opening side. That is, it is directed in an oblique direction having a component in a direction toward the lighting block 2 and a component in a direction away from the back plate 1a. Further, an insertion terminal 4 a to be inserted as a connector of the receiving terminal 40 when the terminal block 4 is attached is provided at the front end portion of the terminal block 4, that is, the end portion on the lighting block 2 side. Attachment portions 66 for attaching to the back plate 1 a are provided on both sides of the terminal block 4, and the insertion terminals 4 a are inserted into the terminals 40 and fixed to the back plate 1 a by the attachment portions 66. As a result, the lighting block 2 is directly connected to the lighting block 2 without being connected to the lighting block 2 and arranged in parallel. Reference numeral 64 denotes a power supply line drawn from the power supply hole 7 into the electric wire insertion hole 67. Since the power supply line 64 is wired along the inclined surface 22, a space for routing the power supply line 64 can be increased, and the construction becomes easy. ing. By connecting the terminal block 4 and the battery box 3 to the lighting block 2, the outer shape formed by the terminal block 4, the battery box 3 and the lighting block 2 is substantially rectangular, and the space below the opening 1 f of the instrument body 1. In the main body 1, the remaining space is formed only on the upper side where the power supply hole 7 and the mounting hole 8 are provided.

  The lamp holder 5 holds the lamp and the reflector, and is connected to the electrodes at both ends of the lamp so as to be positioned in the space above the power supply hole 7 and the mounting hole 8 and connected to the lamp holder 5. Is mounted on the lamp socket 12. Accordingly, the lamp is supplied with power through the lamp socket 12 by the lighting operation of the lighting block 2 and is lit. Further, by holding the lamp holder 5 in the lamp socket 12, the upper opening portion other than that closed by the display unit 34 of the opening 1 f of the instrument body 1 is closed.

  The display unit 34 has a light guide plate through which light from the lamp is incident from the end face, and the hook portion 34 a is locked and fixed to the locking portion 13 of the instrument body 1. In this case, before the lamp holder 2 is inserted, the display unit 6 is inserted into the opening, and is brought into contact with and slides on the upper surface of the locking portion 13 so that the hook portion 6a is engaged with the back surface side of the locking portion 13, and then the lamp The holder 2 is attached and the display unit 6 is fixed simultaneously. As a result, the lamp of the lamp holder 5 faces the end face of the display unit 34 and the lamp light enters from the end face and emits light from the surface of the display unit 34.

  A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, as compared with the first embodiment, the insertion terminal 4 a of the terminal block 4 is provided on the right side instead of the front end of the terminal block 4. As a result, the electric wire insertion hole 67 is inclined to the side opposite to the battery box 3, that is, on the upper side and toward the opening side when attached to the instrument body 1, that is, the component in the direction along the back plate 1 a and the direction away from the back plate 1 a. It is suitable for the inclination direction including the component. Therefore, the power supply line 64 can be inserted obliquely from the opening side from the upper side. Others are the same as in the first embodiment.

It is a front view of a 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view. It is a perspective view of the state before connecting a battery box and a terminal block to a lighting block. (A) is a schematic sectional drawing of a battery box, (b) is the elements on larger scale. It is a front view of 2nd Embodiment. FIG. It is a perspective view of the state before connecting a battery box and a terminal block to a lighting block. It is a disassembled perspective view of a prior art example. It is a front view of the state which removed the display board unit and the lamp holder.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Appliance main body 1a Back plate 2 Lighting block 3 Battery box 4 Terminal block 4a Insertion terminal 17 Terminal 18 Hook part 19 Groove part 20 Positioning guide 22 Inclined surface 23 Inspection switch 24 Monitor lamp 25 Connector part 40 Receiving terminal 69 Reset switch 69a Reset button

Claims (5)

  A lighting block having a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion arranged on one side and a first connector directly connected to the first connecting portion, and a terminal arranged in parallel to the lighting block A battery box having a base, a second connector directly connected to the second connection portion and arranged in parallel to the terminal block, and a mounting surface for mounting the lighting block, the terminal block and the battery box A lighting fixture having a substantially quadrangular outer shape on the mounting surface when the lighting block, the terminal block, and the battery box are attached to the fixture main body.   The terminal block has a wire insertion hole that faces in an oblique direction having a component in a direction facing the lighting block and a component in a direction away from the mounting surface, or facing away from the battery box. Lighting fixtures.   The lighting fixture according to claim 2, wherein the lighting block has an inclined surface for guiding an electric wire to the electric wire insertion hole in a portion near the terminal block on a surface opposite to the mounting surface.   The lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein the lighting block includes an inspection switch and a monitor lamp. The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the lighting block has a recess into which a finger can be inserted when the battery box is attached and detached, and a reset button is provided in the recess.

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