JP5336462B2 - Luminescent sign board - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a light-emitting sign board that causes a light-emitting part of a sign used in road construction to emit light at night. It is an invention relating to a luminescent signboard that is also excellent in portability (movability / installability).

  As described above, for example, there is a sign plate described in Patent Document 1 for causing the sign part to emit light at night. Next, FIG. 4 of Patent Document 1 is cited as FIG. 1 of the present application and a part of the abstract is cited.

  Provided with solar cell and night detection means (control unit), printed circuit board 7 on the front side of the marking plate, a plurality of light emitting diodes 8 mounted only on the portion corresponding to the marking content, and a portion corresponding to the marking content (marking portion) Only the shielding sheet 9 provided with the transmission part 11 which transmits the light of the light emitting diode (LED), and the cover 10 made of a transparent transmission member are provided.

  The combination of the colors of the blocking sheet 9 and the transmissive portion 11 is, for example, a blocking sheet: black color and a transmissive portion (part corresponding to the marking content): white color (Claim 2) or a blocking sheet: white color, transmissive portion. : Red color combination (Claim 3).

  In the case of the configuration as described above, a large number of LEDs corresponding to the transmissive portion are required. The number of LEDs is proportional to the area of the marking part (the part corresponding to the marking content), and when the marking part has a large area, the power consumption becomes large. In addition, when the power source is a solar cell as in the cited document 1, it is difficult to supply sufficient power if there is little clear space during construction. Further, in order to enable sufficient power supply, a solar cell and a lead storage battery (battery) having a large light receiving area are required, which increases the weight and makes it difficult to reduce the weight. That is, it is considered difficult to design a portable light emitting sign board.

  Further, in the above conventional example, since the blocking sheet does not emit light, the near illuminance is insufficient, and the visibility of the marking portion from a distance is not always sufficient.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-38914 (Summary, FIG. 4 etc.)

  In view of the above, the present invention has an object (problem) to provide a light-emitting sign board that can reduce power consumption as much as possible and that has excellent visibility of a sign part from a distance.

  Another object (problem) of the present invention is to provide a light-emission sign plate that can be easily reduced in weight and can be easily designed in a portable manner.

  In the process of diligently developing to solve the above problems, the present inventors cause the marking part to emit light through the light guide plate, and further, form the shielding plate with the light guide plate to emit light, Knowing that the above problems can be solved, the inventors have arrived at a luminescent signboard having the following configuration.

It is a sign board that emits light at night used in road construction, etc.
A light guide plate for a background in which a corresponding part to be marked is a perforated part, and a light guide plate for a sign that is disposed on the back side of the light guide plate for the background and has a size for closing the perforated part. One or more light sources are arranged along the end face on one side,
The light source color of the background light guide plate is a different color that can be distinguished from the light source color of the marking light guide plate,
Further, a background colored plate having a perforated portion or a transparent portion having the same shape as the background light guide plate formed on the front surface of the background light guide plate and the remaining portion being a colored transparent portion of the same color as the background light guide plate is disposed. It is characterized by being.

  Since the light emitting indicator plate of the present invention causes the light source to enter from the end face by the light guide plate and causes the indicator portion and the background portion to emit light by irregular reflection surface light emission, compared to a method in which the light source is incident from the back side of the indicator portion, an LED or the like The number of light sources can be reduced, resulting in less power consumption. In addition, since the background portion also emits light, it is easy to secure illuminance, and visibility from a distance is improved.

  As described above, power consumption can be suppressed as compared with the conventional backside illumination method. For this reason, as a power source for the light emission indicator plate, a normal dry battery (including a rechargeable battery) can be used instead of a solar battery as in the prior art. As a result, it becomes easy to make it portable.

  In the above-described configuration, it is desirable that the inner periphery of the background light guide plate and the background colored plate be subjected to light shielding treatment. The light incident on the background light guide plate is prevented from leaking to the perforated portion, which is the marking portion, so that the marking portion becomes clearer and the visibility of the marking portion is improved.

  In each of the above-described configurations, it is desirable that the light source of the background light guide plate is a red LED, the light source of the marking light guide plate is a white LED, and the reflection color of the reflection sheet of the marking light guide plate is white. It is easy to ensure visibility in the daytime as well as in the nighttime. That is, white enhances red and white has higher light reflectance than other colors.

  Furthermore, in each of the above-described configurations, it is desirable to include a control unit that enables the red LED to emit non-flashing light and allows the white LED to flash and emit light. An increase in power consumption can be suppressed. This is because a white LED consumes more power than a red LED, but if it is blinking, it consumes less power.

  Usually, the light source of the light guide plate for background is arranged on a pair of long sides and a short side of the perforation marking portion on the side opposite to the wide portion, and the light source of the light guide plate for marking is arranged on a pair of long sides. When the light source is only on one side of the background light guide plate, since the marking portion is a perforated portion, it is difficult to uniformly emit light from the entire background portion. The light guide plate for marking may have only one side. However, when the long side is long, it is difficult to uniformly emit light on the entire surface of the marking portion due to light attenuation.

  Usually, a control board for a light / dark switch is provided together with a light / dark sensor, and the light source can be turned on / off during the day by an illuminance signal from the light / dark sensor. This is to automate the lighting / extinguishing of the light-emitting sign board to reduce power consumption and eliminate the need for lighting / extinguishing work.

  In addition, the structural configuration of the luminescent signboard of the present invention is preferably as follows in each of the above configurations from the viewpoints of transportability and handleability.

The housing is in the form of an attache case comprising a hinged lid and an open box so that it can be hermetically locked and closed.
A transparent protective plate is airtightly integrated on the back surface of the peripheral frame portion of the lid, and the background color plate, the background light guide plate, and the labeling light guide plate are held by the lid, and the brightness sensor And a control circuit (control board) for controlling the light source to be turned on and off at night by the illuminance signal from the light / dark sensor, and a plurality of dry batteries as a power source for the light source are held in the box. Features.

  In the above configuration, it is desirable to form the seating convex portions on both of the opposing long-side side walls of the box. In the case where the marking portion has a direction like an arrow, the marking plate can be inverted to stand and the direction of the arrow can be reversed.

  The number of light sources arranged on the end face of each light guide plate may be a small number of 1 to 10 or less depending on the required performance of the marking plate, the type and form of the light source, and the like.

It is a disassembled perspective view and united top view which show the structure of the conventional light emission sign board (quoting FIG. 4 of patent document 1). It is the whole perspective view seen from the front of the luminescence indication board in one embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view seen from the front of the state which opened the cover body which is a light emission sign board main body similarly. It is the whole perspective view similarly seen from the back of the luminescent signboard. It is the VV sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the light guide plate in the VI part of FIG. 5. (A), (B) is a top view which shows the arrangement | positioning relationship of each light guide part and LED (light source) in the light guide plate for a marking (rear side light guide plate) and the light guide plate for a background (front side light guide plate).

  Hereinafter, the luminescent sign board of this invention is demonstrated based on one Embodiment.

  The housing 15 of the light emitting sign plate of the present embodiment is formed in an attache case shape that can be airtightly closed by a locking mechanism and includes a lid body 21 coupled to a hinge 19 and a box body 23 that is open on one side. The lock mechanism 17 is provided with two sets of lock claws 17a and receiving claws 17b on the long side not hinged, and one set of lock claws 17a and receiving claws 17b on both short sides.

  The upper surface of the lid body 21 is substantially the entire surface opening 21b leaving the peripheral frame portion 21a, and the transparent protective plate 25 is airtightly integrated (for example, with a water-resistant adhesive) on the back surface of the peripheral frame portion 21a. ing.

  A pair of seating convex portions 27 are formed on the pair of long-side side walls (upper surface and lower surface) of the box body 23 so that they can be inverted.

  Further, standing support arm pairs 29 and 29 are attached to the back surface side of the box body 23 so as to be turnable and foldable so that they can be stably inverted and erected in use.

  That is, a pair of arm coupling brackets 31 each having a T-shaped guide hole 31 a are attached to both sides of the back wall of the box body 23, and both sides of the U-shaped standing support arm 29 are externally attached to both ends. A bent engagement portion 29a is formed. The engaging portion 29a of the upright support arm 29 engages with the guide hole 31a of the arm coupling bracket 31 so that it can be fixedly set at the folding position and in use (open) position.

  The arm coupling bracket 31 has a U-shaped cross section, and an overlapping receiving cylinder portion 33 is formed on the upper surface of the arm coupling bracket 31, and on the front surface of the peripheral frame portion 21 a of the lid 21 at a position corresponding to the overlapping receiving cylinder portion 33. Overlapping fitting convex portions 35 are formed. This is because when the support arm 29 is folded, the main body cases can be stably stacked and can be easily transported. In the figure, 30 is a support arm fixing clamp at the time of folding, and 32 is a carrying handle.

  In this embodiment, a battery holding frame (16 dry batteries in the example) 37 and a control board 39, a lighting switch (illumination switch) 41, a changeover switch 43, a light / dark sensor 45, and the like are housed on the box body 23 side. . The lighting switch 41 is a manual switch that turns on and off the light source (LED) regardless of control, and also serves as an initialization switch. As will be described later, the change-over switch 43 is used to switch the light sources (LEDs) 69, 69A between blinking and non-flashing.

  Here, the power source 38 is a dry battery, but it may be a dual power source system so that an AC power source can be used. Further, for the purpose of the present invention, a dry battery (particularly chargeable) is desirable, but a solar battery may be used.

  The control board 39 includes a conventional control circuit (not shown) that can turn on / off LEDs 69 and 69A, which are light sources described later, by an input signal from the light / dark sensor 45.

  In the lid body 21 to which the transparent protective plate 25 is bonded and integrated, an intermediate frame body 47 having a perforated portion 47a corresponding to the shape of the marking portion is screwed to the inner periphery of the peripheral frame portion 21a. Yes.

  Between the front surface of the intermediate frame 47 and the transparent protective plate, a light guide plate for background (front light guide plate; red light guide plate) 51 in which a corresponding part to be marked is a perforated part 51a, and a perforated part having the same shape as the perforated part 51a 53a, and a background colored plate (red transparent plate) 53 formed of a colored transparent material similar to the light source color is sandwiched. Reference numeral 55 denotes a positioning member. The reason why the background colored plate 53 is similar to the light source color is to make the background color when the background light source (LED) 69A is turned on stand out.

  Here, the perforated portion is not formed in the background colored plate 53, and the perforated portion may be a colorless transparent portion or a light-colored transparent portion, which also serves as the transparent protective plate 25.

  On the rear surface of the intermediate frame 47, a light guide plate for indication (rear light guide plate; white light guide plate) 57 having a size capable of closing the perforated portion is held by a thin box-shaped cover body 59. The thin box-like cover body 59 has its flange portion 59a bonded and integrated with the intermediate frame 47. However, the sign light guide plate 57 can be removed from a maintenance standpoint.

  Further, the inner periphery of the perforated portions 53 a and 51 a of the background colored plate (red transparent plate) 53 and the background light guide plate 51 is subjected to a light shielding process (white light shielding sheet in the illustrated example) 61. This is to prevent the light source color incident on the end surface of the background light guide plate from entering the perforated portion.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 7, each of the light guide plates is formed with a reflective groove (including cuts; continuous V cut in the illustrated example) 63 on the back surface of the transparent resin plates (light guide portions) 51 b and 57 b and aluminum. A reflection sheet 67 carried on the heat radiating plate 65 is adhered, and a light source (LED in the illustrated example) 69 is disposed on at least one side around the light guide portions 51b and 57b.

  As said transparent resin board, an acrylic board, a polycarbonate board, etc. can be used conveniently, The thickness shall be 3-10 mm normally.

  The reflection groove 63 may be of any groove processing method (machining or laser processing) or mold forming method. The groove processing direction may be a stripe shape arranged only in the direction parallel to the LED side, but in the example shown in the figure, it is formed in a lattice shape. It is easier to obtain uniform surface light emission in the lattice shape.

  Here, when the reflective groove 63 has a continuous V-cut, it is desirable that the reflective groove 63 be gradually and deeper as the distance from the light source is increased because surface emission is improved. The groove pitch varies depending on, for example, required performance, the size, thickness, transmittance and refractive index of the transparent resin plate, but is appropriately selected from the range of 0.5 to 5 mm (usually 1.5 to 3 mm). If it is less than 0.5 mm, it is difficult to machine a cut (V cut), and if it exceeds 5 mm, it is difficult to obtain surface emission.

  In the present embodiment, in the red light guide plate 51, a plurality of light sources (red LEDs) 69 </ b> A are disposed on the pair of long sides and the short side of the perforated part 51 a on the wide part side, and the LED White LED) 69 is arranged on a pair of long sides. This is because the wide width portion of the perforated portion 51a has a high light shielding ratio in the width direction and can easily cause a shadow on the end face side of the marking portion.

  Next, the usage aspect of the light emission sign board of the said embodiment is demonstrated.

  A dry battery (rechargeable battery is desirable) is set in advance in the dry battery holding part. Batteries may be set at the construction site. The weight per sign board during transportation can be reduced.

  First, it is loaded onto a loading platform such as a truck. At this time, the light emitting indicator plate is multi-staged by fitting the overlapping receiving cylindrical portion 33 on the upper surface of the mounting bracket of the standing support arm and the overlapping fitting convex portion 35 of the peripheral frame portion 21 a of the lid body 21. It can be stably loaded (3 to 5 levels) and has excellent transportability.

  Then, it is lowered from the loading platform at a construction site or the like, and the standing support arm pairs 29 and 29 are spread and set up at predetermined positions. At this time, the direction of the marking portion (guide arrow in the figure) can be erected even if the luminescent marking plate is inverted, so there is no need to prepare a separate luminescent marking plate with the opposite arrow.

  In the daytime, even if the light is not emitted, the marking portion is reflected white, and the background color plate is a red plate that is easy to visually recognize (is easily noticeable), so that the function of the guiding arrow is sufficiently exhibited. For this reason, there is no power consumption for light emission in the daytime.

  When it becomes nighttime and the guidance function by the reflected color cannot be exhibited, a control switch circuit (not shown) formed on the control board 39 for the light source (LED) is turned on by a signal from the light / dark sensor 45.

  Then, the white LED 69 and the red LED 69A emit light, and the indicator portion emits white light by the action of the light guide plates 51 and 57, and the periphery (background portion) of the indicator portion (arrow) emits red light.

  Here, it is desirable that the white LED is blinked and the red LED is not blinked by the blink control circuit formed on the control board 39 because the visibility of the signboard is improved and the power consumption is reduced. This is because the white LED has a relatively higher power consumption than the red LED, and the non-flashing has a higher power consumption than the flashing. The relationship between blinking / non-flickering of the red LED and the white LED may be reversed by the changeover switch 43.

  In the above description, the marking portion is white and the background portion is red. However, the color combination is not limited to this. For example, the relationship between the marking portion and the background portion can be reversed, a conspicuous yellow / black combination, or a full color combination that changes color over time can be used. The light source is also preferably an LED from the viewpoint of reducing power consumption, but may be electrolight luminescence.

  Also, the number of light sources arranged on the end face of the light guide plate can be set to a small number of 1 to 10 depending on the required light emission performance of the marking plate, the type of light source, and the form.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Marking plate housing 17 Locking mechanism 19 Hinge 21 Lid body 23 Box body 25 Transparent protective plate 27 Seat convex part 29 Standing support arm 33 Stack receiving cylinder part 35 Stack fitting convex part 37 Battery holding frame 51 Background use Light guide plate 51a Perforated part 51b Light guide part 53 Background colored plate 53a Perforated part 57 Light guide plate for indication 57b Light guide part 69, 69A LED (light source)

Claims (8)

It is a sign board that emits light at night used in road construction, etc.
A light guide plate for a background in which a corresponding part to be marked is a perforated part, and a light guide plate for a sign that is disposed on the back side of the light guide plate for the background and has a size for closing the perforated part. One or more light sources are arranged along the end face on one side,
The light source color of the background light guide plate is a different color that can be distinguished from the light source color of the marking light guide plate,
Further, a background colored plate having a perforated portion or a transparent portion having the same shape as the background light guide plate formed on the front surface of the background light guide plate and the remaining portion being a colored transparent portion of the same color as the background light guide plate is disposed. Yes,
A luminescent signboard characterized by that.   2. The light emitting sign board according to claim 1, wherein an inner peripheral portion of the background light guide plate and the background colored plate is subjected to light shielding treatment.   The light source of the background light guide plate is a red LED, the light source of the sign light guide plate is a white LED, and the reflection color of the reflection sheet of the sign light guide plate is white. The luminescent signboard according to claim 1 or 2.   4. The light emitting sign board according to claim 3, wherein the red LED is capable of non-flashing light emission and the white LED is capable of flashing light emission.   The light source of the background light guide plate is disposed on a pair of long sides and a short side of the perforation marking portion opposite to the wide portion, and the light source of the light guide plate for marking is disposed on a pair of long sides. The light emission sign board as described in any one of Claims 1-4.   The light emitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a control board for a light / dark switch together with a light / dark sensor, wherein the light source can be turned on / off at night by an illuminance signal from the light / dark sensor. Sign board. The sign plate housing is in an attache case shape consisting of a lid body hinged so as to be airtightly lockable and closed, and a box body open on one side,
A protective transparent plate is airtightly integrated on the back surface of the peripheral frame portion of the lid, and the background colored plate, the background light guide plate, and the marking light guide plate are held by the lid, and a light / dark sensor And a control circuit (control board) for controlling the light source to be turned on and off at night by the illuminance signal from the light / dark sensor, and a plurality of dry batteries as a power source for the light source are held in the box. The luminescent sign board as described in any one of Claims 1-6 characterized by the above-mentioned. The light emitting sign board according to claim 7, wherein seating convex portions are formed on both of the opposing long side walls of the box.

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