JP5360952B2 - lighting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lighting apparatus in which a lamp can be easily turned around to a direction along a mounting face even in a downsized lamp. <P>SOLUTION: When a lamp 12 is turned around, a finger is inserted from a gap 15 provided between a frame 14 and the lamp 12 and by pressing by the finger the lower face 13a of a turning table 13, the turning table 13 is turned, thereby, even in downsized lamp 12, the lamp 12 can be turned around easily in a direction along the mounting face. Furthermore, at this time, even if the turning table 13 is pressed, the lamp 12 is not rotated in the direction to cross the turning face, thereby, direction change along the turning face and direction change along the face crossing the turning face can be carried out independently and adjustment of direction can be made surely. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a luminaire that is used by being embedded in a mounting surface and whose irradiation direction can be adjusted.

Conventionally, there has been proposed a luminaire that is used by being embedded in a mounting surface and whose irradiation direction can be adjusted (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
As shown in FIG. 8, a lighting fixture 100 described in Patent Document 1 is used by being embedded in a ceiling or the like, for example, and has a cylindrical main body 101. A support frame 102 is attached to the inner peripheral edge so as to protrude inward of the main body 101. Further, a cone 103 is accommodated in the main body 101, and a lower peripheral edge portion of the cone 103 is placed on the support frame 102 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction. A lamp 104 having a lamp 105 and a reflecting plate 106 is accommodated inside the cone 103, and the lamp 104 is rotatably supported at two opposing points of the cone 103.

Accordingly, the irradiation direction can be adjusted by rotating the cone 103 in the horizontal direction with respect to the support frame 102 and rotating the lamp 104 in the vertical direction inside the cone 103.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-101411 (FIG. 1)

  However, in the conventional lighting device 100 as described above, when the lighting device 104 is swung along the horizontal plane and the irradiation direction is adjusted, the lighting device 104 is gripped and swung, so that it is erroneously rotated in the vertical direction. There is a fear. Moreover, in the small caliber appliance with a small size of the lamp 104, there is a problem that adjustment in the direction along the mounting surface (horizontal direction) is difficult because the work space is small.

  The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lighting fixture that can easily turn a lamp in a direction along a mounting surface even in a small lamp.

The luminaire of the present invention is a luminaire that is used by being embedded in a mounting surface and whose irradiation direction can be adjusted, and is mounted so that the lamp having a light source and the lamp can be rotated in a direction intersecting the turning surface. A swivel base, and a frame body that is attached to an installation location and holds the swivel base so as to be swivelable along the swivel plane. A finger is inserted between the frame body and the lamp to turn the swivel base. A clearance for operating the lower surface of the base is provided, and the frame body includes a swivel support plate having a circular notch for housing the lamp, and the swivel is provided on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The swivel base support plate is inserted into the mounting part slit provided on the outer peripheral surface of the swivel base to hold the swivel so that the swivel can swivel; Is slightly larger than the thickness of the swivel support plate, By the amount of the difference of width between the thickness of the slit is the swivel slide is vertically movable, said swivel table becomes a fixed state by being supported by the swivel deck support plate, the inserted finger through the gap It has a configuration that allows it to turn in the horizontal direction when pushed up.

With this configuration, when turning the lamp, a finger is inserted through a gap provided between the frame and the lamp, and the turntable is turned while pressing the lower surface of the turntable with the finger. The lamp can be easily turned in the direction along the mounting surface. At this time, even if the swivel is pressed, the lamp is not rotated in the direction intersecting the turning surface. Therefore, the direction change along the turning surface and the direction change along the surface intersecting the turning surface are performed. , Can be performed independently, and the direction can be adjusted reliably.
With this configuration, the lamp can be held on the swivel so as to be rotatable with a simple configuration.

  In the present invention, when the lamp is turned, a finger is inserted through a gap provided between the frame and the lamp, and the turntable is turned while pressing the lower surface of the turntable with the finger. The lamp can be easily turned in the direction along the mounting surface. At this time, even if the swivel is pressed, the lamp is not rotated in the direction intersecting the turning surface. Therefore, the direction change along the turning surface and the direction change along the surface intersecting the turning surface are performed. It is possible to provide a lighting fixture that can be performed independently and has the effect that the direction can be adjusted reliably.

Hereinafter, the lighting fixture of embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using drawing.
1 is a perspective view of a lighting fixture according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the lighting fixture, FIG. 3 is a bottom view seen from the direction III in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is IV in FIG. FIG. 5 (A) is a perspective view of the swivel base, FIG. 5 (B) is a side view of the swivel base, FIG. 6 (A) is an explanatory view showing the working state of the vertical adjustment of the lamp, and FIG. (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the operation state of the horizontal direction adjustment of a lamp.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a lighting fixture 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a lamp 12 having a lamp 11 as a light source, and the lamp 12 on a turning surface (for example, a mounting surface such as a ceiling). A swivel base 13 that is pivotably mounted in an intersecting direction, and a frame body 14 that is attached to an installation location such as a ceiling and holds the swivel base 13 so as to be pivotable along the swivel plane. And it has the structure which provided the clearance gap 15 which can operate the lower surface 13a of the turntable 13 by inserting a finger between the frame 14 and the lamp 12.

  The lamp 12 has a socket base 18 made of a rectangular tube-shaped member and a shade 19 attached to the lower side of the socket base 18. The socket base 18 has a top plate 18a at the top, and a large number of heat radiation holes 18c are provided on the side surface 18b. Inside the socket base 18, the socket 16 is attached to the top plate 18a, and the lamp 11 is attached in a replaceable manner. A reflector 17 is attached to the lower part of the lamp 11 and is housed inside the shade 19, and the lower end of the reflector 17 is attached to the shade 19.

  The frame body 14 has, for example, a square shape, is attached to, for example, a ceiling surface 21 that is an attachment surface, and the frame lower surface 14 a is exposed downward from the ceiling surface 21. A plurality of (for example, two) attachment springs 22 are attached to the outer surface of the side wall 14b of the frame body 14 so as to support the luminaire 10 inside the ceiling. On the inner side of the side wall 14b of the frame body 14, a swivel support plate 23 having an overall square shape and a circular opening at the center is attached.

Inside the frame 14, a swivel base 13 is attached in contact with the inner surface of the side wall 14b. As shown in FIG. 5, the swivel base 13 has a cylindrical main body 13b, and a lower surface 13a at the lower end of the main body 13b. Moreover, the attachment part slit 13c is provided in the lower end part of the outer peripheral surface of the main body 13b over the perimeter, and the turntable support plate 23 attached to the side wall 14b of the frame 14 is provided in this attachment part slit 13c. It will be inserted. The width of the slit 13c is slightly larger than the thickness of the swivel base support plate 23, and the swivel base 13 can be moved up and down inside the attachment portion slit 13c.

Thereby, the swivel base 13 can turn along the ceiling surface 21 which is an attachment surface with respect to the frame 14, and the lamp 12 is held so as to be turnable along the ceiling surface. Further, while the swivel base 13 is supported by the swivel base support plate 23, it does not move, but when the swivel base 13 is lifted, the friction does not act, so that the swivel base 13 can be turned easily.

Further, the body 13b of the swivel base 13 is mounted unit bracket 13d is provided, shade 19 is pivotally attached to the mounting hole 13e. As a result, the lamp 12 is supported so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction that is a direction intersecting the turning surface with respect to the turntable 13.

Next, the adjustment operation of the illumination direction will be described.
6A shows the adjustment work in the direction intersecting the turning surface, and FIG. 6B shows the adjustment work in the direction along the turning surface.

As shown in FIG. 6 (A), when adjusting the lighting direction to the vertical direction, against the finger on the lower surface 1 9 a lamp 12 across the mounting portion bracket 13d of the swivel base 13, press one The lamp 12 is rotated by raising and lowering the other.

As shown in FIG. 6B, when the illumination direction is adjusted to the horizontal direction, a finger is inserted from the gap 15 provided between the frame body 14 and the lamp 12 to By pushing up the lower surface 13a and turning the turntable 13, the lamp 12 is turned in the horizontal direction. When the finger is removed after the adjustment, the swivel base 13 is placed on the swivel base support plate 23 and is fixed by the frictional force.

  As described above, according to the luminaire 10 described above, a finger is inserted through the gap 15 provided between the frame body 14 and the lamp 12, and the swivel base is turned while pressing the lower surface 13a of the swivel base 13 with the finger. Therefore, even in the small lamp 12, the lamp 12 can be easily turned in the direction along the mounting surface. At this time, even if the swivel base 13 is pressed, the lamp 12 is not rotated in the direction intersecting the turning surface, so the direction change along the turning surface and the direction along the surface intersecting the turning surface. The conversion can be performed independently, and the direction can be surely adjusted.

In addition, the lighting fixture of this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A suitable deformation | transformation, improvement, etc. are possible.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the frame body 14 is square has been described. However, a circular frame body 14B may be used as in the lighting fixture 10B illustrated in FIG. In this case, the swivel base support plate 23B has a circular shape as a whole. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the site | part which is common in the lighting fixture 10 mentioned above, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

The perspective view of the lighting fixture concerning the 1st Embodiment of this invention Side view of lighting fixture Bottom view seen from direction III in Fig. 2. Enlarged view of part IV in Figure 2 (A) is a perspective view of the swivel base, (B) is a side view of the swivel base. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the working state of the vertical direction adjustment of a lamp, (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the working state of the horizontal direction adjustment of a lamp The perspective view of the lighting fixture concerning the 2nd Embodiment of this invention Sectional drawing showing a conventional lighting fixture

Explanation of symbols

10 Lighting equipment 11 Lamp (light source)
Reference Signs List 12 Lamp 13 Swivel table 13a Lower surface 13c Mounting part slit 14 Frame 15 Gap 23 Swivel table support plate

Claims (1)

It is a lighting fixture that is embedded in the mounting surface and can be adjusted in irradiation direction,
A lamp having a light source, a swivel mounted so that the lamp can be pivoted in a direction intersecting the swivel plane, and a frame that is mounted at an installation location so as to pivotably hold the swivel along the swivel plane. With
A gap is provided between the frame and the lamp so that a finger can be inserted to operate the lower surface of the swivel base,
The frame includes a swivel support plate having a circular notch for accommodating the lamp on the inside,
The swivel base has a mounting portion slit provided on the outer peripheral surface thereof,
The swivel base support plate is inserted into the mounting portion slit provided on the outer peripheral surface of the swivel base and holds the swivel base so as to be swivelable.
The width of the attachment slit is slightly larger than the thickness of the swivel support plate, the swivel can be moved up and down by the difference between the width of the attachment slit and the plate thickness , The lighting apparatus is fixed by being supported by the turntable support plate, and is capable of turning in a horizontal direction while being pushed up by a finger inserted from the gap.

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