JP4577207B2 - lighting equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting fixture having a translucent cover. The lighting fixture of the present invention has a translucent cover that can be used for applications installed on, for example, general indoor ceiling surfaces, wall surfaces, floor surfaces, outdoor eaves, outer walls, and the like, and can provide various effects. A lighting apparatus is provided.

  That is, the present invention relates to a lighting fixture having a translucent cover that is used by being attached to a ceiling surface or a wall surface of a general indoor such as a store or a passage, and relates to a lighting fixture having a feature in the structure and effect.

  Lighting fixtures such as brackets and ceilings are installed directly on the ceiling surface or wall surface, or the fixture mounting portion is embedded in the mounting surface. The luminaire includes a light source (lamp), a main body portion to which a power feeding member such as a socket, a ballast, and a terminal block is fixed, and a cover member that controls light from the light source and is fixed to the main body. The cover member has a portion that transmits light at least partially in order to control light. Moreover, the cover member has the latching | locking part fixed to a main-body part. As the structure of the cover member, a light source is positioned at a substantially central position of the cover member, and a glove-shaped one that transmits and controls light from substantially the entire surface of the cover member is mainly used. It is smaller than the body part.

By the way, there is a case where an ornament is put in the cover member in order to change the light. In the prior art, these ornaments are made of metal, glass, hard resin or the like and do not deform. Also, it has no resilience. Moreover, in order to put the decoration into the cover member, it must be put through the opening for inserting the light source. For this reason, in order to give a rendering effect to the light to be transmitted and controlled, as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the ornament is limited to a member smaller than the opening so that it can be inserted from the opening of the cover member. They are fixed inside the members, or these members are fixed to the outer surface of the cover member.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-9766 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-58509

  In the prior art lighting fixtures, the size and shape of the decorative member are limited. That is, in the prior art lighting fixture, the ornament must be inserted through the opening for inserting the light source, and the ornament is a rigid body, so that a larger one than the above-described opening cannot be entered. For this reason, the lighting apparatus of the prior art cannot insert a decorative object having a novel shape, has a design limitation, and lacks interest. Further, there has been a demand for controlling light over substantially the entire surface of the cover member, but it has been difficult to realize this. That is, when controlling light over substantially the entire surface of the cover member, it has been necessary to insert a decorative object having a shape that spreads widely inside the cover member. However, in the prior art, a single large decorative object is used for the cover member. Because it could not be inserted inside, the ornament had to be divided finely. Therefore, when controlling light over substantially the entire surface of the cover member, it is necessary to insert and fix a plurality of control members from the openings, which is troublesome. As described above, in the prior art, the dimming control of only a part of the cover member was practically possible.

  Accordingly, the present invention pays attention to the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and allows a larger ornament to be inserted into the cover member, and the effect of light transmitted through the cover member is realized over substantially the entire surface of the cover. An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device that can also be used.

  And the invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-mentioned problem is a lighting apparatus provided with a cover member having an opening for inserting a light source smaller than the main body, and is larger than the opening in the assembled state. And a decorative member that can transmit light from at least a part thereof is included in the main body, and the decorative member has an elastic force and is compressed to be inserted from the opening. The lighting device is characterized in that the shape is restored, and the decorative member is maintained in contact with or close to the inner wall of the cover member and at least one of the posture and the shape is maintained.

  In the lighting fixture of the present invention, the decorative member has an elastic force and can be contracted. And in this invention, it inserts from an opening part in the state which reduced the decorative member, and the shape is decompress | restored inside a cover member. Therefore, there are few restrictions on the size of the decorative member.

  In addition, the decorative member maintains at least one of the posture and the shape in contact with or in proximity to the inner wall of the cover member. Therefore, the decorative member is housed in the cover member in a stable state.

  Invention of Claim 2 has a light source and a cover member which covers a light source, The cover member is provided with a main part and an opening, and there is a hollow part inside a main part, and the opening is as follows. In the lighting fixture that communicates the cavity and the outside, and the cross-sectional area of the opening is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the cavity, a decorative member capable of transmitting light at least from the-part is provided in the cavity, The decorative member is made of a material that is compressible and has resilience, and at least a part of the decorative member is in contact with or close to the inner wall of the cavity, and at least one of its posture and shape is maintained. It is the lighting fixture characterized by.

  The decorative member employed in the lighting fixture of the present invention is compressible. Therefore, the decorative member can be pushed into the hollow portion from the narrow opening. Moreover, since the above-mentioned decorative member is provided with a restoring property, it returns to the original shape in the cavity. Therefore, it becomes a regular shape in the cavity (when it is limited by the inner wall, it becomes a shape along the inner wall). Also in the decorative member employed in the present invention, at least one of the posture and the shape is maintained in contact with or close to the inner wall of the cover member. Therefore, the decorative member is housed in the cover member in a stable state.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the luminaire according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the decorative member is entirely transparent or translucent.

  The decorative member employed in the present invention is translucent because it is entirely transparent or translucent. The light coming out of the decorative member is soft.

  Moreover, a hole or a thin-walled portion may be provided in the decorative member, and a configuration in which translucency is exhibited by the portion may be employed.

  The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the inside of the cover member is invisible, and the color of the decorative member is different from the color of the cover member. It is a lighting fixture.

  The cover member employed in the present invention cannot be visually observed inside. Therefore, the shape of the decorative member cannot be observed directly. However, when the internal light source is turned on, the internal decorative member can be seen through. Therefore, the external shape of the lighting fixture of the present invention changes depending on whether or not lighting is performed.

  According to the present invention, there is no need for a member for fixing a decorative member that performs light production inside the cover, the assemblability is good, and the light emitted to the outer surface of the cover depending on the shape, color, and degree of transmission of the decorative member. The production of can be diversified.

  In addition, by using a colored member with low transparency as the material of the cover member, the outer parent at the time of lighting and when not lit can be changed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be further described. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a lighting fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1 (light source is omitted). FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional perspective view (light source is omitted) of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a procedure for assembling the lighting fixture of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lighting apparatus of FIG. 1 observed from the back side (the light source is omitted).

  A luminaire 1 shown in FIG. 1 is one of the embodiments of the present invention, and is installed in a facility space such as an atrium in addition to a house and a store. The bracket provides brightness to the space and is used as a decoration in the space. Lighting, installed in a box embedded in the wall. The lighting fixture 1 of the present embodiment has a fixture main body 2 formed of metal, a socket 3 fixed inside the fixture main body 2, a power supply member (not shown) such as an electric wire, and a fixing bracket 6 of the power supply member fixed. Has been.

  In addition, the instrument body 2 is inserted into the attachment hole 9 between the screws (not shown) of the box cover 8 from the front and attached to the wall surface 10. The instrument body 2 has a flange portion 12 that matches the mounting hole 9 of the box cover 8. A cylindrical portion 15 smaller than the shape of the mounting hole 9 of the box cover 8 is provided on the back side of the instrument body 2, and the electric wire is exposed from the center thereof and is connected to the power supply line in the box. . A light source 13 is attached to the instrument body 2. The light source 13 is a known light source such as an incandescent bulb, a fluorescent lamp, or a light emitting diode.

  The cover member 20 is fixed to the instrument body 2 by a female screw (not shown) provided on the inner surface of the instrument body 2 and a male screw 23 provided on the neck portion 22 of the cover member 20. The cover member 20 includes a main body portion 21 and a neck portion 22. The main body 21 has a cylindrical shape as shown in the figure, and has a peripheral surface 25 and a top 26. The inside of the main body 21 is a hollow portion 28. The neck portion 22 has a smaller diameter than the main body portion 21 described above. The tip of the neck 22 is open as shown in FIG. The inner diameter d of the opening 30 is smaller than the inner diameter D of the cavity 28 of the main body 21 described above. Therefore, the sectional area of the opening 30 is smaller than the sectional area of the cavity 28.

  In the present embodiment, the cover member 20 is made of transparent glass, but may be colored glass or transmissive resin.

  In the luminaire 1 of the present embodiment, the decorative member 35 is built in the hollow portion 28 of the cover member 20. In this embodiment, the decorative member 35 is made of silicon rubber, is compressible, and has resilience. That is, it has an elastic force and can be contracted. The decorative member 35 is translucent. The term “translucency” as used herein includes not only a transparent or translucent state, but also a material that shines gently like a ground glass.

  The shape of the decorative member 35 is a conical shape whose outer side is slightly smaller than the diameter of the inner wall of the cover member 20. The decorative member 35 is hollow. That is, the decorative member 35 has only a peripheral surface and no bottom surface. The diameter of the bottom side of the decorative member 35 is clearly larger than the inner diameter d of the opening 30 of the neck 22. In the interior of the hollow portion 28, the decorative member 35 has a top portion 36 that contacts the top portion 26 inside the main body portion 21, a peripheral side of the bottom surface contacts the peripheral surface portion 25 inside the main body portion 21, and a bottom surface portion that contacts the main body portion 21. It is in contact with the middle part of the neck 22. Therefore, the posture of the decorative member 35 is fixed in the cavity 28 and does not move. In the present embodiment, the decorative member 35 is in contact with the cavity 28 of the main body 21 in many parts, but the posture of the decorative member 35 is substantially fixed even if there is a slight gap between them. The

  As shown in FIG. 4, the decorative member 35 described above is compressed outside before assembling the lighting fixture 1 (FIG. 4A), and is pushed into the cavity 28 from the narrow opening 30 at the time of assembly. (FIG. 4B). Here, the decorative member 35 is made of silicon rubber and has a restoring property. Therefore, when the decorative member 35 enters the hollow portion 28, it returns to its original shape. As a result, the decorative member 35 is stabilized at a predetermined position as shown in FIGS. When the lighting device 1 of the present embodiment is turned on, the light source shines in the decorative member 35 and is interesting.

  In the above-described embodiment, the cover member 20 made of transparent glass is exemplified. However, an interesting visual effect can be obtained even when the cover member 20 that is not visible is used, such as ground glass. That is, when the ground glass is employed as the cover member 20, the decoration member 35 cannot be visually observed from the outside in a normal state (when the light is extinguished). However, when the light source 13 is turned on in the cavity 28, the surface of the decorative member 35 shines and the shape of the decorative member 35 can be seen from the outside. In other words, the decorative member 35 emerges by lighting. In particular, if the color of the decorative member 35 is different from the color of the cover member 20, the decorative member 35 appears more clearly at the time of lighting.

  Next, a modified example of the decorative member will be described. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a modified example of the decorative member that can be employed in the lighting device of the present invention. Fig.7 (a) is a perspective view which shows the other modification of the decorative member employable with the illuminating device of this invention, The same (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which mounted | wore the cover member with the decorative member. It is. Fig.8 (a) is a perspective view which shows the other modification of the decoration member employable with the illuminating device of this invention, The same (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which mounted | wore the cover member with the decoration member. FIG.

  The decorative member 40 shown in FIG. 6 shows an example in which the degree of light transmission varies depending on the part. That is, the decorative member 40 shown in FIG. 6 has a conical shape entirely made of a translucent member, but is provided with a large number of holes 41 in the peripheral portion. The hole 41 communicates the inside and outside of the decorative member 40, and the part of the hole 41 has higher translucency than other parts.

  The decorative member 43 shown in FIG. 7 shows an example in which the shape in the natural state is different from the shape when inserted into the cover member. That is, the decorative member 43 shown in FIG. 7 is spherical in the natural state. However, the outer shape of the decorative member 43 is larger than the cavity of the cover member. Therefore, when the decorative member 43 is inserted into the cover member, the peripheral surface becomes cylindrical and only the top portion becomes spherical.

  The decorative member 45 shown in FIG. 8 has a conical shape, and the diameter of the bottom surface is equal to the inner diameter of the cover member, but the total length is longer than that of the cover member. Therefore, when the decorative member 45 is inserted into the cover member, the tip portion becomes distorted.

  In the embodiment described above, the shape of the cover member is cylindrical, but the shape of the cover member is arbitrary, and may be, for example, a spherical shape, a square shape, or a triangular pyramid shape.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the lighting fixture of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view (a light source is abbreviate | omitted) of the lighting fixture of FIG. It is a cross-sectional perspective view (a light source is abbreviate | omitted) of the lighting fixture of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the assembly procedure of the lighting fixture of this invention, (a) represents the state before an assembly, (b) represents the state in process of an assembly. FIG. 2 is a perspective view (light source is omitted) of the lighting fixture of FIG. 1 observed from the back side. It is a perspective view which shows the modification of the decoration member employable with the illuminating device of this invention. (A) is a perspective view which shows the other modification of the decoration member employable with the illuminating device of this invention, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which mounted | wore the cover member with the decoration member. (A) is a perspective view which shows the other modification of the decoration member employable with the illuminating device of this invention, (b) is a perspective view which shows the state which mounted | wore the cover member with the decoration member. .

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lighting fixture 13 Light source 20 Cover member 21 Main body part 28 Cavity part 30 Opening part 35 Decoration member 40 Decoration member 43 Decoration member 45 Decoration member

Claims (5)

  In a lighting fixture provided with a cover member having an opening for light source insertion smaller than the main body, in the assembled state, a decorative member that is larger than the opening and is transparent to at least the-portion is provided in the main body. The decorative member has an elastic force, is compressed and inserted from the opening, and the shape is restored inside the cover member. The decorative member contacts the inner wall of the cover member. A lighting fixture characterized in that at least one of a posture and a shape is maintained in contact or in proximity.   A light source; and a cover member that covers the light source, the cover member including a main body portion and an opening portion, wherein the main body portion includes a hollow portion, and the opening portion communicates the hollow portion and the outside. In the lighting fixture in which the cross-sectional area of the opening is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the cavity, a decorative member capable of transmitting light from at least the-part is provided in the cavity, and the decorative member is compressible and has a resilience. A lighting device, wherein the decorative member is made of a provided material, and at least a part of the decorative member is in contact with or close to the inner wall of the hollow portion and is maintained in at least one of posture and shape.   The lighting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the decoration member is entirely transparent or translucent.   The lighting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the decorative member has a hole or a thin portion, and the portion has a light-transmitting property.   The lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the inside of the cover member is invisible and the color of the decorative member is different from the color of the cover member.

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