JP5038108B2 - Lighting switch device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a switch device for operating lighting / extinguishing for each lighting area in a building where a floor of a large area is divided into a plurality of lighting areas that are independently turned on / off.

  In a building having a large area floor such as an office building or a research institute, it is uneconomical to turn on the lighting equipment over the entire area when there are people only on a part of the floor. For this reason, generally, the floor is divided into a plurality of lighting areas based on the layout of the desk on the floor, the grouping of persons using the desk, or the frequency of residence in each area on the floor. Accordingly, lighting fixtures in each lighting area are individually turned on / off.

For example, in the office floor shown in FIG. 6, when the floor 1 is divided into _three groups G ₁ , G ₂ , G ₃ by partitions 2, shelves 3, etc., desks and chairs are arranged, A plurality of lighting fixtures provided on the ceiling includes a total of six lighting areas a ₁ , a ₂ , b ₁ , b _{2 for} each of the groups G ₁ , G ₂ , G _3, and the vicinity of the window 4 and the inside thereof. , C ₁ and c ₂ .

The entrance column 5 of the floor 1 is provided with a switch device 6 for turning on / off the lighting fixtures in the respective lighting areas a ₁ , a ₂ , b ₁ , b ₂ , c ₁ , c _2. Yes.
As shown in FIG. 7, this switch device 6 is provided with two horizontal rows of general-purpose switch panels 8 provided with three switches 7 in the vertical direction, so that each illumination area a ₁ , a ₂ , b ₁ , B ₂ , c ₁ , c _{2 have} a total of six switches 7 for individually turning on / off.

Incidentally, in such a switching device 6, in order to illuminate the area _{a 1, a 2, b 1} , b 2, c 1, c 2 of the arrangement and irrespective of the switch 7 in the floor 1 is arranged, intuitive However, there is a problem that the switch 7 in the illumination area where the lighting fixture is to be turned on cannot be identified.
In addition, when a certain switch 7 is pressed, there is also a problem that the extent of the illumination area where the luminaire is turned on is not known at all.

  Therefore, as another conventional switch device that can solve such problems, a device that schematically draws the ceiling and the lighting installed on the liquid crystal panel and has a touch panel type switch function has been put into practical use. ing.

  However, in the switch device using the liquid crystal panel, there are problems that the installation cost is high and it is difficult to easily cope with changes in the layout of the floor and the illumination area.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can intuitively determine a desired illumination area and its size on the floor, and easily cope with changes in the size of the illumination area and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a switch device that can be used.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a plurality of lighting fixtures on a ceiling, and a plurality of areas that are individually turned on and off by the lighting fixtures are divided into different lighting areas. A lighting switch device that is installed corresponding to a floor and operates to turn on / off each of the above lighting areas, and is attached to the surface of the switch panel on which a plurality of switches are arranged and the switch panel A cover plate having an opening formed at a position corresponding to the switch, and a plurality of switch covers detachably attached to the opening of the cover plate so that the mounting positions of the covers can be changed. The switch panel includes each of the illumination areas divided into one or more unit illumination areas in the XY direction of the floor and the surface X The number of the switches corresponding to the number of the unit lighting areas is arranged in the Y direction, and the lighting fixtures of the unit lighting areas are arranged at positions corresponding to the positions of the floor in the XY direction. Each switch is wired to be turned on / off by each of the switches, and each of the switch covers is formed in an area corresponding to the size of the area of each of the illumination areas , and the XY direction on the floor of the illumination area is disposed at a position corresponding to the position, the attached one or more of the switch of the unit lighting areas that constitute the illumination area so as simultaneously a oN-OFF operational, the surface of the cover plate A sign panel in which a second opening communicating with the opening of the cover plate is formed, and the surface of the sign panel , It is characterized in that the sign part that schematically displayed at a position corresponding building members provided on the floor at the position of the above X-Y direction is attached.

In the switch device according to claim 1, the switch cover for operating the switch of the switch panel corresponds to a position corresponding to a position in the XY direction of the illumination area on the floor, and corresponds to a width of the area of the illumination area. Since they are arranged in an area, it is possible to intuitively determine a desired illumination area and its size on the floor.

  Moreover, each lighting area is divided into one or more unit lighting areas in the XY direction of the floor, and a number of switches corresponding to the number of unit lighting areas are arranged in the XY direction on the surface of the switch panel. In addition, the lighting fixtures in each unit lighting area are wired so as to be turned on / off by the respective switches arranged at positions corresponding to the positions in the XY direction of the floor. Even if the area of the lighting area is changed due to a change in the layout in the case, simply remove the switch cover from the cover plate and replace it with an area corresponding to the area of the changed lighting area. can do.

Further, the sign panel provided on the surface of the cover plate, on the surface of the sign panel, a sign part of schematically displayed at a position corresponding building members provided on the floor at the position of the said X-Y-direction Because it is attached, the switch cover to be operated more intuitively in cooperation with the switch cover arranged at the position corresponding to the position of each lighting area, and the position of the lighting area to be turned on / off by that And you can recognize the width.

  1 to 5 show an embodiment of a lighting switch device according to the present invention. A plurality of lighting switch devices (hereinafter abbreviated as switch devices) 10 are provided on a ceiling as shown in FIG. Is installed near the entrance of the office floor 11 partitioned by the window 12 and the wall 13, and is used for operating the lighting fixtures.

And on this floor 11, the lighting area that is individually turned on / off by the lighting fixtures in the X direction of the floor 11 is based on the arrangement of the desk 14, the table 15, etc., the grouping of users, etc. By being divided into three and being divided into two in the Y direction, it is divided into a total of six illumination areas A _{1 to} F ₁ . Here, the areas of the three illumination areas B ₁ , D ₁ , and F ₁ are approximately twice the areas of the other three illumination areas A ₁ , C ₁ , and E ₁ .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the switch device 10 includes a switch board 21 in which a plurality of (in this embodiment, nine) switches 20 are arranged, and is attached to the surface of the switch board 21. And a cover plate 23 having an opening 22 formed at a position corresponding to, and an opening (second opening) 24 that is attached to the surface of the cover plate and communicates with the opening 22 of the cover plate 23. The sign panel 25 and a switch cover 26 attached to the sign panel 2 are schematically configured. The switch covers 26a and 26b are provided in a number equal to the number of the illumination areas A _{1 to} F ₁ (six in this embodiment).

  The switch panel 21 includes a general-purpose switch unit 28 in which three switches 20 are provided in a vertical direction in a frame body 27 and provided in three horizontal rows, and is fixed to a surface of a pillar (not shown). Alternatively, the surface is attached in the vicinity of the entrance / exit of the floor 11 along the vertical direction by being exposed and embedded in the wall.

  The cover plate 23 is a rectangular plate-like member formed in an area covering the surface of the switch board 21 and is fixed to the surface of the switch board 21 by adhesion, screwing or fitting. Further, the sign panel 25 is a rectangular plate-like member formed in the same shape as the cover plate 23, and its opening 24 is also formed in the same shape as the opening 22 of the cover plate 23. In the sign panel 25, grooves 29 are formed on the outer periphery of the opening 24 in the X direction and the Y direction. Moreover, the recessed part 30 is formed in the intersection part between the opening parts 24, respectively.

  The sign panel 25 includes a window sign part 31 and a wall part 32 which schematically display the window 12 and the wall 13 which are building members provided on the floor 11. It is attached to a groove 29 formed at a position corresponding to the position in the Y direction. Further, when there is a pillar between the illumination areas inside the floor 11, a pillar sign part 33 can be attached to the recess 30. Further, sign parts such as marks indicating the mounting position of the switch device 10 can be mounted.

  Here, these sign parts 31, 32, and 33 are formed of a synthetic resin having flexibility, and as shown in FIG. Convex part 34 which fits in is formed. As a result, the sign parts 31, 32, and 33 are all detachably attached to the groove 29 or the recess 30.

The three switch covers 26b are for operating the lighting fixtures located in the lighting areas B ₁ , D ₁ , and F ₁ , respectively. The three switch covers 26a are used for the other lighting areas A 1. , C1, E1 for operating the lighting fixtures on and off. Therefore, the area of the switch cover 2 6b is made to correspond to the size of the area of the illumination area is formed in approximately twice the area of the switch cover 26a.
And these switch cover 26a, 2 6b, the position of the X-Y direction in the sign panel 25 is disposed so as to correspond an X-Y direction position of the illumination area A ₁ to F ₁ in each floor 11.

  Here, the configuration of the switch covers 26a and 26b will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 2, each of the switch covers 26a and 26b has leg portions bent at 90 degrees on opposite sides of the rectangular front plate 35a. A mounting frame 35 having a U-shape in side view, a flat push button 36 provided in the mounting frame 35 so as to be movable forward and backward along the leg portion 35b, and the push button 36 And a spring 37 that has one end fixed to the surface and the other end abutting against the surface of the switch board 21.

  An operation opening 38 for the push button 36 is formed in the front plate 35 a of the mounting frame 35. In addition, an engagement protrusion 39 that is elastically deformed when inserted into the openings 22 and 24 and engages with the edge of the opening 22 of the cover plate 23 is integrally formed at the tip of the leg portion 36 b of the mounting frame 35. Is formed. Further, a switch operating projection 40 is integrally formed at a portion of the push button 36 facing the switch 20.

  In the three switch covers 26 a, the leg portions 36 b of the mounting frame 36 are respectively inserted into the upper three openings 22 and 24, and the engagement protrusions 39 at the tips are formed on the edges of the openings 22 of the cover plate 23. It is detachably attached by engaging. The three switch covers 26b have one leg 36b of the mounting frame 36 inserted into the middle openings 22 and 24 and the other leg 36b into the lower openings 22 and 24, respectively. The engagement protrusion 39 at the front end is inserted and engaged with the edge of the opening 22 of the cover plate 23 so as to be detachable.

As a result, when the push button 36 of the switch cover 26a is pushed in against the compressive force of the spring 37, the operation projection 40 activates the switch 20, and when the hand is released from the push button 36, the spring 37 is attached. The push button 36 is returned to the original position by the force.
On the other hand, when the push button 36 of the switch cover 26b is similarly pushed against the compression force of the spring 37, the operation projection 40 simultaneously operates the middle switch 20 and the lower switch 20, and the push button 36 When the hand is released, the push button 36 returns to the original position by the urging force of the spring 37.

Here, the electrical connection relationship between the lighting device in the lighting areas A _{1 to} F ₁ of the floor 11 and the switch 20 will be described. The lighting devices in the lighting areas A ₁ , C ₁ and E _{1 having} a small area are in units. The lighting area is set and wired to the upper switch 20 of the switch board 21 so that the XY direction on the floor 11 and the XY direction on the switch board 21 coincide with each other.

On the other hand, the illumination areas B ₁ , D ₁ and F _{1 having} a large area are divided into two in the Y direction and set as two unit illumination areas. Similarly, the illumination devices in the upper unit illumination areas in the illumination areas B ₁ , D ₁ , and F ₁ are switched so that the XY direction on the floor 11 and the XY direction on the switch panel 21 coincide with each other. The lighting device in the lower unit lighting area is wired to the switch 20 in the lower stage of the switch board 21 and wired to the switch 20 in the lower stage of the panel 21.

As a result, when the push button 36 of the switch cover 26a is pressed, the lighting fixture in the lighting area A ₁ , C ₁ or E ₁ on the floor 11 at a position corresponding to the XY direction is turned on / off, and the switch cover When the push button 36b of 26b is pushed, the lighting fixtures in the lighting areas B ₁ , D ₁ or F ₁ of the floor 11 at positions corresponding to the X and Y directions are turned on / off.

Thus, according to the switch device 10 having the above-described configuration, the switch cover 26 that operates the switch 20 of the switch panel 21 corresponds to the position in the XY direction of the illumination areas A _{1 to} F _{1 on} the floor 11. In addition, since the lighting areas A _{1 to} F ₁ are arranged in an area corresponding to the size of the area, the lighting areas A _{1 to} F ₁ to be turned on or off on the floor 11 and the range thereof are intuitively determined. Can do.

Moreover, in this switch device, each of the illumination areas A _{1 to} F ₁ is divided into one or more unit illumination areas in the XY direction of the floor 11, and the above-mentioned in the XY direction of the surface of the switch panel 21. The number of switches 20 corresponding to the number of unit lighting areas is arranged, and the lighting fixtures of each unit lighting area are arranged by the respective switches 20 arranged at positions corresponding to the positions of the floor 11 in the XY direction. Wiring is done to turn on and off.

For this reason, in the case where the layout in the floor 11 is changed from the arrangement shown in FIG. 4 to the arrangement shown in FIG. 5, and accordingly, the areas of the illumination areas A _{1 to} F ₁ are changed to the illumination areas A _{2 to} F ₂ . Also, once the switch covers 26a and 26b are removed, the wide area switch cover 26b is reattached to the upper and middle openings 22 and 24, and the small area switch cover 26a is reattached to the lower openings 22 and 24. Therefore, it can be handled very easily.

In addition, a sign panel 25 is provided on the surface of the cover plate 23, and on the surface of the sign panel 25, building members such as windows 12 and walls 13 provided on the floor 11 and marks indicating the mounting position of the switch device 10 are provided. , the X-Y direction of the position corresponding to the position to be able to attach the sign parts 31 to 33 schematically display, switch cover 26a, 26b lighting of each area a ₁ to F _1, A2 to F2 The switch covers 26a and 26b to be operated more intuitively and the illumination areas A _{1 to} F that are turned on / off by the cooperation with the arrangement in the positions corresponding to the positions in the X-Y direction. ₁ , the position and the width of A2 to F2 can be recognized.

  Furthermore, since the sign parts 31 to 33 are detachably provided in the plurality of grooves 29 or the recesses 30 formed in the sign panel 25, the sign parts 31 to 33 can be selectively attached to appropriate places. For this reason, the sign panel 25, the sign parts 31 to 33, and the like can be used as general-purpose products as a switch device for other floors having different arrangements of building members such as windows, walls, and pillars in the building.

  In the above embodiment, only the case where the separate sign panel 25 is provided on the surface of the cover plate 23 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to reduce the number of parts by directly forming the groove 29 and the recess 30 in the above.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows one Embodiment of the switch apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, (a) is a figure which shows the state before attaching a switch cover, (b) is a figure which shows the state which attached the switch cover. It is sectional drawing which shows the groove part vicinity of the sign panel of FIG. It is a top view which shows the relationship between arrangement | positioning of a floor and an illumination area, and arrangement | positioning of the switch cover of a switch apparatus. It is a top view which shows the relationship between arrangement | positioning of the illumination area after changing the illumination area of the floor of FIG. 4, and arrangement | positioning of the switch cover of a switch apparatus. It is a top view which shows the arrangement | positioning of a general office floor, and the relationship of a lighting area. It is a front view which shows the conventional switch apparatus for floors of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Switch apparatus 11 Floor 20 Switch 21 Switch panel 22 Opening part 23 Cover plate 24 Opening part (2nd opening part)
25 Sign panel 26a, 26b Switch cover 29 Groove 30 Recess 31, 32, 33 Sign parts A _{1 to} F ₁ illumination area

Claims (1)

A plurality of lighting fixtures are provided on the ceiling, and are installed corresponding to floors divided into different lighting areas, which are individually turned on / off by the lighting fixtures, and each lighting area is turned on / off A lighting switch device for operating
A switch board in which a plurality of switches are arranged, a cover plate that is attached to the surface of the switch board, and an opening is formed at a location corresponding to the switch, and the attachment to each other in the opening of the cover plate A plurality of switch covers detachably attached so that the position can be changed ,
In the switch panel, each of the illumination areas is divided into one or more unit illumination areas in the XY direction of the floor, and the number corresponding to the number of the unit illumination areas in the XY direction of the surface. The switches are arranged and wired so that the lighting fixtures of the unit lighting areas are turned on / off by the switches arranged at positions corresponding to the positions in the XY direction of the floor,
Each of the switch covers is formed in an area corresponding to the width of each of the illumination areas , and is disposed at a position corresponding to the position in the XY direction on the floor of the illumination area. The switch of the one or more unit illumination areas to be configured is attached so that it can be turned on and off at the same time ,
A sign panel in which a second opening communicating with the opening of the cover plate is formed on the surface of the cover plate, and the building member provided on the floor is attached to the surface of the sign panel. A lighting switch device, characterized in that a sign part for schematically displaying is attached at a position corresponding to a position in the XY direction .

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