JP5597592B2 - LIGHT EMITTING MEMBER AND LIGHTING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a light emitting member including a light guide having a light emitting surface for emitting light from a light emitting element provided on a substrate in a longitudinal side surface, and an illumination device including the light emitting member.

  Conventionally, a substrate having a light emitting element and light from the light emitting element on the substrate are incident from an incident surface at one end in the longitudinal direction, and the incident light is emitted from an exit surface at a side surface intersecting the longitudinal direction. A so-called edge light type line illumination device including a light body has been proposed. For example, Patent Literature 1 below proposes LED-type illumination in which LED lamps are arranged at both ends in the longitudinal direction of an LED light guide tube.

JP 2008-258124 A

  However, the above-described edge light type linear illumination device has a long length due to a light guide loss due to the light guide, light emission on the light exiting surface on the far side of the light emitting element, light quantity of the light emitting element itself such as an LED, etc. There was a problem that it was difficult. In order to make it long, it is conceivable to connect a plurality of line illumination devices or light-emitting units in the longitudinal direction. However, in such a case, the range in which light is not emitted at the connection portion becomes relatively large. was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a light-emitting member that can be elongated while reducing a non-light-emitting region, and a lighting device including the light-emitting member.

To achieve the above object, the light-emitting member according to the present invention includes a substrate having a light emitting element on the surface, the substrate mounting wall portion back face is arranged facing in the thickness direction on both sides of the substrate, the slide Guide holding portions that guide the inserted substrate by the substrate mounting wall portion and hold the slide inserted substrate by the substrate mounting wall portion on both sides in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion And a light emitting surface for emitting light from the light incident surface at one end in the longitudinal direction. the has a side portion along the longitudinal direction crossing the incident surface, and, and a rod-shaped light transmission body that is disposed to extend along the longitudinal direction in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion, the guide The holding parts are arranged at both ends of the substrate. And is provided so as to restrict the movement of the substrate in the thickness direction, and the substrate base has a side end of the substrate mounting wall portion on the opposite side of the emission direction of the rod-shaped light guide. Formed on each side of the board mounting wall portion in the thickness direction of the board, and one side part of the board that is slid and inserted is brought into contact with the mounting target. One part is provided, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

In the present invention, the back surface of the substrate, and bonding the heat transfer sheet capable of compressive deformation in the thickness direction, the substrate may be assumed to be slid into accompanied by compressive deformation of the heat transfer sheet.
In the present invention, the rod-shaped light guide may have the incident surface at both ends in the longitudinal direction.

  In order to achieve the above object, an illumination device according to the present invention includes a light emitting member according to the present invention and a main body casing that accommodates the light emitting member, and the rod-shaped light guide is disposed in the main body casing. In addition to being arranged in series in the longitudinal direction, the substrate base holding the substrate on both sides of the substrate mounting wall is disposed between the plurality of rod-shaped light guides. .

  The light emitting member according to the present invention and the lighting device including the light emitting member can be elongated while reducing the non-light emitting region by adopting the above-described configuration.

(A)-(c) shows typically an example of the illuminating device provided with the light emitting member which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a schematic bottom view, (b) is FIG. (A) is a partially omitted schematic cross-sectional view corresponding to the XX line arrow in (a), (c) is a partially broken schematic enlarged cross-sectional view corresponding to the Z1 part in (b). (A), (b) shows typically the state which installed the same illuminating device in the installation object, (a) is a schematic front view, (b) is a schematic side view. (A) is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view corresponding to the Y1-Y1 line arrow view in FIG. 1 (a), (b) is a schematic vertical cross-section corresponding to the Y2-Y2 line arrow view in FIG. 1 (a). FIG. 4C is a partially omitted schematic enlarged bottom view corresponding to the Z2 portion in FIG. (A), (b) shows typically an example of the rod-shaped light guide with which the light emitting member is provided, (a) is a schematic front view, (b) is a schematic perspective view. (A)-(d) shows typically an example of the board | substrate and board | substrate base with which the same light emitting member is provided, (a) is a schematic exploded side view, (b), (c) is a schematic exploded perspective view. FIG. 4D is a schematic perspective view. (A), (b) is a schematic longitudinal cross-sectional view typically showing an example of the assembly procedure of the illumination device, and corresponding to FIG. 3 (a).

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In some of the drawings, some of the detailed reference numerals attached to other drawings are omitted.
In FIG. 6, the substrate and the substrate base (substrate case) are shown without being broken.
In the following embodiments, the upper and lower sides, the left and right sides, the front and rear directions, etc. will be described in principle with reference to the state shown in FIG.

FIGS. 1-6 is a conceptual explanatory drawing for demonstrating an example of the light-emitting member which concerns on this embodiment, and an illuminating device provided with the same.
As shown in FIG. 1, the lighting device 3 according to the present embodiment includes a light emitting block 1 as a plurality of light emitting members, and a main body casing 2 that accommodates the plurality of light emitting blocks 1.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the example which installed the illuminating device 3 in the kitchen apparatus 4 is shown. The kitchen apparatus 4 includes a sink, a heating cooker, a top plate (worktop), a plurality of storage units (cabinets), and the like, and includes a floor unit 5 installed on the floor side and a hanging cupboard as a plurality of storage units. And a wall unit 6 disposed on the upper side of the floor unit 5.

In the illustrated example, the wall unit 6 is disposed on the upper side of the floor unit 5 except for the upper side of the stove (heating cooker) cooking table provided in the floor unit 5.
In this embodiment, the illuminating device 3 is installed in this wall unit 6, and as shown to Fig.2 (a), the length dimension of the illuminating device 3 is made into the left-right direction (width direction, frontage direction of the wall unit 6). This is an example in which the dimensions are substantially the same as the dimensions of). Moreover, the example which fixed the illuminating device 3 to the front-end part lower surface of the baseplate of the hanging cupboard with which the wall unit 6 is provided is shown in FIG.2 (b). In addition, a wiring hole through which a power cord for supplying power to the lighting device 3 is inserted is provided in the bottom plate of the wall cabinet of the wall unit 6 so that the interior of the ceiling cabinet, the interior of the wall, etc., through the wiring hole. Then, a power cord or the like connected to the lighting device 3 may be wired.

As shown in FIG. 1C, the light-emitting block 1 includes a substrate 20 having an LED (light-emitting diode) 24 as a light-emitting element, and a rod-shaped light guide that emits (irradiates) light from the LED 24 on the substrate 20. 10 and a substrate case 30 as a substrate base for holding the substrate 20.
In this embodiment, the light emitting block 1 in which the substrate 20 having the LED 24 is disposed on each of the longitudinal ends 11 and 11 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 formed in a long rod shape is illustrated. Further, in the present embodiment, a plurality (four in the illustrated example) of rod-shaped light guides 10 each having the substrate 20 disposed at each of the longitudinal ends 11 and 11 are arranged in series in the longitudinal direction (see FIG. In the example, four light emitting blocks 1 are disposed in the main casing 2 (see FIG. 1B). Further, a substrate case 30 is provided between each of the plurality of rod-shaped light guides 10 and the end portions 11 and 11 on the outer side in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light guides 10 positioned on both ends in the longitudinal direction of the lighting device 3. Is shown (see FIG. 1B).

  As shown in FIG. 1C and FIG. 4, the rod-shaped light guide 10 has a long rod shape and has incident surfaces 13 and 13 that are disposed to face the LEDs 24 at both longitudinal ends 11 and 11, respectively. ing. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1C and 4B, the longitudinal ends 11 and 11 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 are tapered toward the outer side in the longitudinal direction, and the outer periphery. A lens-like portion having a convex curved surface is provided. Further, the lens-shaped portion is provided with a substantially cylindrical recess that opens outward in the longitudinal direction and receives the LED 24, and the bottom surface and the inner peripheral side surface of the recess serve as the incident surface 13. According to such a structure, the light radiate | emitted from LED24 can be efficiently incident toward the longitudinal direction center side. The incident surface 13 is not limited to such a mode in which a concave portion is provided in the lens-shaped portion, and may be a substantially flat surface on which the LEDs 24 are arranged to face each other.

The rod-shaped light guide 10 has an exit surface 14 that emits light from the entrance surfaces 13 and 13 on one side surface in the longitudinal direction substantially intersecting the entrance surfaces 13 and 13. On the opposite side, a reflecting surface 15 is provided on the other side surface in the longitudinal direction substantially intersecting the incident surfaces 13. Further, the remaining side surfaces in the longitudinal direction substantially intersecting the incident surfaces 13 and 13 are reflection side surfaces 17 and 17.
The rod-shaped light guide 10 reflects the light incident from the incident surfaces 13 and 13 by the reflecting surface 15 and the reflecting side surfaces 17 and 17 and emits the light from the emitting surface 14 while guiding the light along the longitudinal direction. The so-called edge light structure is used. In the example shown in the figure, the emission surface 14 is arranged on the lower side so as to emit light downward (see FIG. 3B).

In the present embodiment, the emission surface 14 has a substantially arc shape (convex curved surface shape) having a predetermined line along the longitudinal direction as a center (see FIG. 3B). By making the emission surface 14 have such a convex curved surface shape, it is possible to reduce diffusion of light emitted from the emission surface 14 in the opposing direction (front-rear direction) of the reflection side surfaces 17 and 17. The exit surface 14 may be a substantially flat surface instead of such a convex curved surface shape.
As shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b), the reflection surface 15 disposed on the opposite side of the emission surface 14, that is, on the upper side and provided so as to be substantially parallel to the emission surface 14 is centered in the longitudinal direction. It is set as the inclined surface which inclines toward the output surface 14 as it goes to. With the reflection surface 15 having such a configuration, light incident from the incident surface 13 can be emitted from the emission surface 14 relatively uniformly along the longitudinal direction. Note that the reflecting surface 15 may be substantially coplanar instead of such an inclined surface.

  The reflection surface 15 is formed with a reflection pattern 16 that reflects the guided light toward the exit surface 14 side. In the present embodiment, the reflection pattern 16 is formed by a large number of prismatic reflective grooves 16 as shown in FIGS. These reflective grooves 16 are formed along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light guide 10 (opposite direction of the reflective side surfaces 17, 17), and are provided at intervals along the longitudinal direction. . That is, these reflective grooves 16 are formed along a direction parallel to the incident surfaces 13 and 13 (the bottom surface of the recess in the example), and are provided in parallel to each other. These reflective grooves 16 may be provided substantially symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal center line. That is, the reflective grooves 16 may be provided in a substantially line symmetrical manner with the longitudinal center line as the axis of symmetry. The shape of the reflective grooves 16 can be set as appropriate according to the desired light distribution pattern of the light emitted from the light exit surface 14, and is substantially V-shaped, substantially inverted isosceles triangular, and others. It is good also as an inverted triangular shape, a substantially inverted trapezoidal shape, etc.

By configuring the reflection pattern of the reflection surface 15 with the reflection concave grooves 16, for example, a scattering dot pattern is formed by applying white ink or the like, or a reflection pattern is formed by another member such as a diffusion plate or a reflection plate. Compared to what is to be manufactured, the manufacturing is relatively easy and a simple structure can be achieved. Moreover, since the reflective ditch | groove 16 is formed along the direction (reflective side surface 17 and 17 opposing direction) orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the said rod-shaped light guide 10, the light to the reflective side surface 17 and 17 opposing direction is formed. Diffusion can be suppressed.
In addition, the pitch which provides the reflective ditch | groove 16 at intervals along a longitudinal direction is good also as substantially the same pitch along a longitudinal direction. Or it is good also as an aspect which provides the reflective ditch | groove 16 so that it may become dense toward the longitudinal direction center so that light can be radiate | emitted from the output surface 14 comparatively uniformly along a longitudinal direction. Furthermore, instead of the mode in which the reflective pattern is formed by the reflective concave grooves 16, a mode in which the reflective pattern is constituted by a scattering dot pattern formed by applying white ink or the like, or another member such as a diffusion plate or a reflection plate. It is good.

  The reflection side surfaces 17 and 17 may be formed in an inclined shape (tapered shape) so as to expand from the reflection surface 15 toward the emission surface 14. With the reflection side surfaces 17 and 17 having such a configuration, the diffused light that is reflected and diffused by the reflection surface 15 and is directed toward the emission surface 14 can be reflected toward the emission surface 14. That is, it is possible to more effectively suppress the diffusion of light in the direction opposite to the reflective side surfaces 17 and 17. Instead of such a mode, the width dimensions of the reflecting surface 15 and the emitting surface 14 (dimensions along the opposing direction of the reflecting side surfaces 17 and 17) are substantially the same, and the reflecting side surfaces 17 and 17 are flat surfaces that are substantially parallel to each other. Also good.

Moreover, in this embodiment, the engaging part 12 engaged with the engaging part 23 of the board | substrate 20 mentioned later in each of the longitudinal direction both ends 11 and 11 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 is provided.
In this embodiment, the engaging portion 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 protrudes along the longitudinal direction as shown in FIGS. 1C and 4, and a pair of engaging protrusions 12 formed in a bifurcated shape. , 12. These engagement protrusions 12 and 12 are provided so as to be attached to the longitudinal end portion of one reflection side surface 17.
The rod-shaped light guide 10 may be integrally formed from a light-transmitting or transparent resin material such as acrylic resin or polycarbonate resin, or a material having a high refractive index such as transparent glass.

As shown in FIGS. 1C and 5, the substrate 20 has a thin flat plate shape, and a light emitting element serving as a light source is provided on the surface 21 side (the rod-shaped light guide 10 side) of the substrate 20. Electronic components such as the LED 24 and the connector 25 are mounted. In the illustrated example, an LED 24 is provided in one part (front part) of the substantially rectangular substrate 20 that is substantially bisected in the longitudinal direction, and a connector 25 is provided in the other part (rear part). .
The substrate 20 includes engaging portions 23 and 23 that engage with the engaging portions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 described above. These engaging portions 23 and 23 correspond to the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 and correspond to the front ends of the front portion of the substrate 20, as shown in FIGS. 3 (b) and 6 (b). It is formed in the part.
The LED 24 is not limited to a cannonball type in which a light emitting element (LED element) as shown in the figure is sealed with a resin or the like, and may be in other shapes such as a chip shape. You may make it employ | adopt a thing. Moreover, the board | substrate 20 is good also as what was formed from metal-type materials, such as aluminum, from a viewpoint etc. which improve the heat conductivity from the various electronic components etc. which are mounted in the said board | substrate 20, and improve heat dissipation. It is good also as a multilayer structure which laminated | stacked etc.

  As shown in FIGS. 1C and 5, a heat transfer (heat dissipation) sheet 26 is laminated on the back surface 22 side of the substrate 20 so as to be laminated. As the heat transfer sheet 26, a gel sheet such as a silicone gel having good thermal conductivity, a silicone sheet, or other resin sheets may be employed. In the present embodiment, a resin sheet that can be compressively deformed (elastically deformed) at least in the thickness direction is employed.

As shown in FIG. 1C and FIG. 5, the substrate case 30 has a substrate mounting wall portion 31 in which the back surface 22 of the substrate 20 is disposed facing both sides in the thickness direction. The substrates 20 and 20 can be held on both sides in the vertical direction. That is, the substrate case 30 is configured to hold the two substrates 20 and 20 in a state of being back to back.
Both side surfaces in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 are arranged in the direction along the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light guide 10. That is, the rod-shaped light guide 10 is disposed along the longitudinal direction in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion 31.

In addition, the board case 30 is provided with contact piece portions 36 and 36 that come into contact with a main body casing 2 (fixed case portion 50), which will be described later, as an attachment target of the board case 30.
The contact piece portions 36, 36 extend from the side end portion of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 on the side opposite to the emission direction of the rod-shaped light guide 10 (upward in the example) to both sides in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion 31. Each is formed to extend. That is, these contact piece portions 36 and 36 are disposed on the reflecting surface 15 side of the rod-shaped light guide 10. Further, one side portion (upper portion in the illustrated example) of the substrate 20 is brought into contact with the contact piece portions 36 and 36.
By providing the contact piece portions 36 and 36 in the substrate case 30, the heat of the substrate 20 is transferred to the attachment target side via the substrate attachment wall portion 31 and the contact piece portions 36 and 36. Heat can be released.
Further, since the contact piece portions 36 and 36 are provided so as to be located on the opposite side of the light emitting direction of the rod-shaped light guide 10, they are exposed to the front surface side and the appearance is deteriorated or the light is emitted from the rod light guide 10. There is no such thing as obstructing the light. Therefore, it can be made relatively large in order to improve heat dissipation.

On both sides of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 in the thickness direction, guide holding portions 34 and 35 for guiding the substrate 20 with the substrate mounting wall portion 31 and holding the substrate 20 so as to be sandwiched are provided. The guide holding portions 34 and 35 and the substrate mounting wall portion 31 guide the substrate 20 that is slid and inserted along with the compression deformation of the heat transfer sheet 26, and hold the slid-inserted substrate 20.
In the present embodiment, guide holding portions 34 and 35 are provided for pressing and guiding both ends in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 20 respectively. In the illustrated example, a guide protrusion 34 that is a protrusion that presses the end surface of the board 20 on the LED 24 side, and a guide wall 35 that is a wall that presses the end surface of the board 20 on the connector 25 side are provided. The guide holding part is shown.

  In the present embodiment, the positioning is formed on both sides of one end portion (front end portion in the illustrated example) of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30 so as to rise along the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion. Wall portions 32 are provided. As shown in FIG. 6B, the positioning wall portions 32 and 32 sandwich the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 with the engaging portions 23 and 23 provided on the substrate 20. It functions as a positioning piece for positioning. That is, the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 abut on the engaging portions 23 and 23 of the substrate 20 and the positioning walls 32 and 32 of the substrate case 30 as shown in FIG. Thus, positioning is performed so as to be sandwiched between them.

Further, the engaging projections 33, 33 formed so as to rise from the board mounting wall 31 along the thickness direction of the board mounting wall 31 so as to be connected to the positioning walls 32, 32. Are provided on both sides in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion 31. The above-described guide protrusion 34 is provided so as to be connected to the leading end portion of the engaging protrusion 33 in the rising direction.
The engagement convex portion 33 is formed so as to protrude from the positioning wall portion 32 toward the LED 24 side of the substrate 20 in a state in which the substrate case 30 is accommodated in the substrate case 30, and one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 20 ( In the example shown in the figure, the front end portion is in proximity to or in contact with the front end portion.
Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, the engaging convex portion 33 is disposed so as to be sandwiched between the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the bar-shaped light guide 10 formed in a bifurcated shape.

In the present embodiment, the substrate case 30 having the above-described configuration is formed symmetrically with respect to the substrate mounting wall portion 31 and is symmetrical with respect to the center line in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 as the symmetry axis. Is formed.
As shown in FIG. 5, the substrate case 30 accommodates the substrate 20 so as to be slid into the substrate case 30. In other words, the heat transfer sheet 26 is compressed and elastically brought into contact with the substrate mounting wall portion 31, and the both ends of the substrate 20 in the longitudinal direction are guided protrusions along the substrate mounting wall portion 31. 34 and between the guide wall 35 and the board mounting wall 31. The substrate 20 can be easily assembled to the substrate case 30 by bringing one side of the substrate 20 into contact with the contact piece 36. In the assembled state, the movement of the substrate 20 in the thickness direction is restricted by the substrate mounting wall portion 31 and the guide holding portions 34 and 35 of the substrate case 30. Further, the movement of the substrate 20 in the front-rear direction is restricted by the engagement convex portion 33 of the substrate case 30 and the rear end piece portion between the substrate attachment wall portion 31 and the guide wall portion 35.

According to the light-emitting block 1 having the above-described configuration, it is possible to increase the length while reducing the non-light-emitting region.
That is, the substrates 20 and 20 can be disposed and held on both sides in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30. That is, the two substrates 20 and 20 can be held by the single substrate case 30, the number of components can be reduced, and the long light-emitting block 1 can be realized with a relatively simple structure.
In addition, by disposing the light guides 10 and 10 with the light incident surfaces 13 and 13 facing the LEDs 24 and 24 of the substrates 20 and 20 held on both sides of the substrate case 30, a non-light emitting region. The length can be increased while reducing the above. That is, for example, the exit surfaces 14 and 14 of the rod-shaped light guides 10 and 10 adjacent to each other are longer than those in which the substrate base or case holding the substrate is connected, or the lighting device itself is connected. It can be made close to the direction, and the non-light emitting region can be reduced. Therefore, the light-emitting block 1 is suitable as a light-emitting block 1 incorporated in a relatively long line-shaped illumination device 3 as shown in FIGS.

  Further, in the above-described example, incident surfaces 13 and 13 are provided at both longitudinal ends 11 and 11 of the rod-shaped light guide 10, and the LEDs 24 and 24 are disposed to face the incident surfaces 13 and 13, respectively. Therefore, by disposing the substrate 20 and the substrate case 30 on both sides of the plurality of rod-shaped light guides 10, the non-light emitting area can be reduced with a simple structure, and the length can be further increased. Moreover, compared with what makes the light of LED24 enter only from a longitudinal direction one end part, the light emission shortage of the output surface 14 in a longitudinal direction far side, the nonuniformity of the light emission along the longitudinal direction of the output surface 14, etc. are suppressed. it can.

In the above-described example, the heat transfer sheet 26 that can be compressed and deformed in the thickness direction is attached to the back surface 22 of the substrate 20, so that the heat transfer sheet 26 is attached to the back surface 22 of the substrate 20 and the substrate of the substrate case 30. It functions as a spacer between the mounting wall portion 31. Further, the substrate 20 and the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30 can be brought into close contact with each other through the heat transfer sheet 26. Thereby, heat of electronic components such as the LED 24 and the connector 25 provided on the substrate 20 can be efficiently transferred to the substrate case 30 side to be radiated.
In addition, since the guide holders 34 and 35 are provided in the substrate case 30, the substrate 20 can be easily assembled by sliding the substrate 20 into the substrate case 30. Further, since the substrate 20 and the heat transfer sheet 26 are pressed against the guide holding portions 34 and 35 and the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30 by the restoring force of the heat transfer sheet 26 provided on the back surface 22 of the substrate 20, Omission and dropout can be suppressed.

  Further, in the above-described example, the positioning wall portion 32 is provided on the substrate case 30 so as to position the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 between the engaging portions 23 and 23 of the substrate 20. . Therefore, the engaging portions 23 and 23 of the substrate 20 accommodated in the substrate case 30 and the positioning wall portions 32 of the substrate case 30 can be positioned so as to sandwich the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10. it can. Further, the positioning of the substrate 20 is relatively ensured by the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 positioned in this way.

  In the above-described example, the positioning protrusion 32 is disposed on the positioning wall 32 of the substrate case 30 so as to be sandwiched between the bifurcated engagement protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10. Yes. Therefore, the rod-shaped light guide 10 and the substrate 20 can be more reliably positioned with respect to the substrate case 30. That is, the engaging protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 are positioned by the positioning wall 32 of the substrate case 30 and the engaging portions 23 and 23 of the substrate 20, and between the engaging protrusions 12 and 12. Positioning is ensured by the engaging convex portion 33 arranged at the position. On the other hand, the substrate 20 is reliably positioned by the bifurcated engagement protrusions 12 and 12 positioned by the engagement protrusions 33 of the substrate case 30 and the engagement portions 23 and 23.

  Furthermore, in the above-described example, the substrate case 30 has a structure in which the substrate 20 is slid and accommodated, and the engagement protrusion 33 is provided with the guide protrusion 34, so that the assembly of the substrate 20 is easy. However, it is possible to effectively prevent misalignment after the substrate 20 is assembled. That is, as shown in FIG. 6B, the engagement protrusions 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 located on both sides in the sliding direction of the engagement portions 23 and 23 of the substrate 20 function as retaining of the substrate 20. It is possible to effectively prevent misalignment and the like.

Note that the substrate case 30 may be formed of a metal-based material such as aluminum from the viewpoint of improving heat dissipation, as with the substrate 20.
Further, the thickness dimension of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30 may be a dimension capable of holding the two substrates 20 and 20 on both sides in the thickness direction. , 20 may be set to an appropriate size in consideration of the heat conductivity of the heat generated at 20. For example, the thickness dimension of the substrate mounting wall 31 may be a relatively thin dimension of about 1 mm to 10 mm, or about 2 mm to 5 mm in order to reduce the non-light emitting region while ensuring strength and the like. In this embodiment, it is about 2.5 mm.
Moreover, in each figure, the code | symbol 37 is a positioning protrusion inserted in the positioning hole of the insulation bush 54 provided in the main body casing 2 of the illuminating device 3 in which the said light emission block 1 is integrated (refer FIG. 6).

As shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the main body casing 2 is formed to be long in the left and right directions, and as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the installation target of the lighting device 3 is provided. The fixed case part 50 fixed to the wall unit 6 and the surface side case part 40 are provided. A housing space for the plurality of light emitting blocks 1 is formed by the surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50.
In the present embodiment, the surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 are made of a metal such as aluminum from the viewpoint of effectively radiating heat from the substrate 20 and the strength. By making the surface side cover 40 and the fixed case 50 made of metal, it is possible to effectively dissipate heat from the board 20 on which electronic components such as the LED 24 and the connector 25 provided in association with the LED 24 are mounted. it can.
The front side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 have the same short cross section along the longitudinal direction, and are formed by extrusion molding or the like.

The front side case portion 40 is disposed so as to cover the exit surface 14 side of the rod-shaped light guide 10 of the light emitting block 1, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section (C shape or U shape) opened to the upper side in the figure. It is said that.
The front side case portion 40 is provided with an opening 43 through which light from the emission surface 14 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 of the light emitting block 1 passes. By providing such an opening 43, light emitted from the emission surface 14 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 can be passed through the opening 43 while the front side case 40 is made of metal.
In the present embodiment, an example is provided in which the opening 43 is provided on the groove bottom surface portion of the cover groove 42 that is formed on the lower side surface portion 41 of the front surface side case portion 40 over the entire length in the longitudinal direction and opens downward. Is shown. Engagement grooves 42a and 42a that are opened in opposite directions are provided at the front and rear corners of the groove bottom of the cover groove 42, respectively.

The opening 43 is provided at a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the front-side case portion 40 so as to correspond to the front-rear position of the emission surface 14 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 accommodated in the main body casing 2. Moreover, the front-rear dimension of the opening 43 is formed larger than the front-rear dimension of the exit surface 14 so that light from the exit surface 14 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 can be effectively passed.
In the present embodiment, the opening 43 is formed by a cover piece 44 that covers a portion of the substrates 20 and 20 disposed between the rod-shaped light guides 10 as shown in FIGS. It consists of a plurality (four in the illustrated example) of openings 43 that are partitioned in the longitudinal direction.

The cover piece portion 44 includes the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30, the substrates 20 and 20 held on both sides thereof, and the rod-shaped light guides 10 and 10 in which the longitudinal end portions 11 and 11 are opposed to each other. It is formed so as to cover each engaging projection 12, 12, and the surface side (lower side) of the lens-like part. As described above, in the present embodiment, since the substrates 20 and 20 are arranged and held on both sides in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30, the left and right dimensions (width dimensions) of the cover piece portion 44 are used. ) Can be made relatively small. That is, the adjacent openings 43 and 43 are compared with each other so as to effectively pass the light from the exit surfaces 14 and 14 of the adjacent rod-shaped light guides 10 and 10 that are close to each other in the longitudinal direction as described above. Close to each other.
By providing such a cover piece portion 44, it is possible to make the substrate case 30, the substrate 20, the engaging protrusion 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10, the lens-shaped portion, etc. inconspicuous.

In the present embodiment, a surface cover 48 having translucency covering the opening 43 is provided.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the front cover 48 is formed in a long shape along the longitudinal direction of the front side case portion 40. In the present embodiment, all of the plurality of openings 43 partitioned as described above are configured to be covered with a single surface cover 48.
As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the surface cover 48 has a surface (lower surface) that is substantially flush with the surface (lower surface) of the lower side surface portion 41 of the surface side case portion 40. The cover is fitted in the groove 42.
As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, engaging protrusions 48a and 48a that engage with the engaging grooves 42a and 42a of the cover groove 42 are formed on the upper and lower edges of the front cover 48, respectively. Is formed so as to protrude in the front-rear direction. In the present embodiment, the surface cover 48 is made of a relatively soft synthetic resin for the portions of the engaging protrusions 48a, 48a by two-color molding (different material molding) or the like, It is made of a relatively hard and translucent synthetic resin.

By providing such a surface cover 48, it is possible to suppress entry of dust, moisture, and the like into the main body casing 2 through the opening 43, and it is possible to protect each member in the main body casing 2. it can.
Moreover, since it is set as the structure which covers the surface side of the some opening part 43 with the single surface cover 48, the cover piece part 44 becomes inconspicuous and can improve appearance. Moreover, compared with the case where the cover which covers each of the some opening part 43 is provided, generation | occurrence | production of a joint and a clearance gap can be suppressed, and invasion of dust, moisture, etc. in the main body casing 2 can be suppressed more effectively. it can.
Furthermore, in the above-described example, the surface of the front cover 48 and the surface (lower surface) of the lower side surface portion 41 of the surface side case portion 40 are substantially flush with each other, so that a step or the like is formed between them. It can improve the appearance.

Furthermore, since the engaging portions 42a and 48a that engage with each other are provided on the front case portion 40 and the front cover 48, the engaging portions 42a and 48a are engaged as shown in FIG. 6B. By doing so, the surface cover 48 can be easily assembled to the surface side case portion 40.
In the above-described example, the engaging protrusions 48a and 48a as the engaging portions of the surface cover 48 are made soft, so that when the surface cover 48 is attached to the cover concave groove 42 of the surface side case portion 40, it is relatively It can be installed smoothly. Further, these engagement protrusions 48a and 48a are fitted with elastic deformation in the engagement grooves 42a and 42a as the engagement portions of the cover groove 42, and are closely attached to the inner surface of the cover groove 42. The engaging protrusions 48a and 48a function as seal members. Therefore, intrusion of dust, moisture and the like into the main body casing 2 can be more effectively suppressed.

  The front cover 48 may be made of a translucent or transparent resin material such as an acrylic resin or a polycarbonate resin. Further, at least the portions other than the engaging protrusions 48a, 48a may be light-transmitting, and may be colored milky white or the like. In addition, a diffusion pattern, a light collection pattern, or the like may be provided on the surface cover 48 according to a desired light distribution pattern.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1A, end openings 43A and 43A are provided in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the groove bottom surface portion of the cover concave groove 42 of the surface side case portion 40. End cover 48A, 48A which covers the site | part in which end part opening 43A was provided is provided. The end openings 43A, 43A are a power cord or the like wired through wiring holes 51a, 51a provided in the vicinity of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the fixed case portion 50, which will be described later, and a power cord of the lighting device 3 Etc., and may be used for connection and maintenance. The end covers 48A and 48A have substantially the same cross-sectional shape as the surface cover 48 described above, and engaging protrusions (not shown) are engaged with the engaging grooves of the cover recessed groove 42 at 42a and 42a. , And is attached to the surface side case portion 40 so as to be fitted into the cover concave groove 42. The end covers 48A and 48A may be made of a metal or a synthetic resin that does not have translucency. Moreover, you may make it provide the operation part etc. for ON / OFF of the said illuminating device 3, light control, etc. in the said location, without providing one end cover 48A. Moreover, you may make it provide such an operation part in another site | part.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, one side portion of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30 is provided on the inner side surface (rear surface, upper surface) of the lower side surface portion 41 of the front surface side case portion 40. A heat transfer sheet 47 that abuts or elastically contacts the other side of the substrate 20 and the lower side of the substrate 20 is also attached (see also FIG. 6B). The heat transfer sheet 47 is affixed to the inner side surface of the surface side case portion 40 where the cover piece portion 44 is provided. In the illustrated example, the heat transfer sheet 47 is attached to the lower side surface portion 41 and the front side case portion. 40 shows an example of pasting over a part of the inner side surface of 40 front side surface portions.
By providing such a heat transfer sheet 47, the heat of the substrate 20 is effectively transferred to the surface side case portion 40 side made of metal through the substrate mounting wall portion 31 and the heat transfer sheet 47, Heat can be dissipated.

Further, the front side case portion 40 is provided with engaging portions 45 and 46 that engage with engaging portions 55 and 56 provided on the fixed case portion 50 described later. In this embodiment, the example which provided the engaging parts 45 and 46 in the upper end part of the side part before and behind the surface side case part 40 is shown, respectively.
The front side surface portion of the front side case portion 40 is formed to be inclined obliquely upward from the front edge of the lower side surface portion 41, and has a front engagement portion 45 at the upper end portion thereof.
In the present embodiment, the front engagement portion 45 protrudes toward the rear side at a locking claw 45a formed to protrude toward the rear side, and at a spaced position on the lower side of the locking claw 45a. And a locking rib 45b formed as described above.
The rear side surface portion of the surface side case portion 40 is formed to rise upward from the rear end edge portion of the lower side surface portion 41, and has a rear engagement portion 46 at the upper end portion thereof.
In this embodiment, the rear engagement portion 46 projects toward the front side at a locking claw 46a formed so as to protrude toward the front side, and at a spaced position on the lower side of the locking claw 46a. And a locking rib 46b formed to do so.

Moreover, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG.3 (c), notches 41a and 41a (in FIG.3 (c) in the longitudinal direction both ends of the groove bottom face part of the cover concave groove 42 of the surface side case part 40 are shown. Only one is shown). The notches 41a are provided at portions corresponding to the stopper holes 52 provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the fixed case portion 50 to be described later.
As shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 2 (a), and 3 (c), both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the surface side case portion 40 are inclined surfaces that are inclined from the lower side toward the diagonally upper outer side. It is said that. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 3C, end caps 49 are attached to both ends in the longitudinal direction of the surface side case portion 40, and the openings thereof are sealed. The locking rib 45b of the front side engaging portion 45 of the front side case portion 40 is formed with a notch 45c for locking a locking claw or the like provided inside the end cap 49 so that the end cap 49 can be attached and detached. It is freely attached to the surface side case portion 40.

The fixed case portion 50 is disposed so as to cover the side opposite to the light emitting surface (reflecting surface 15) of the rod-shaped light guide 10 of the light emitting block 1. The fixed case portion 50 has an upper side surface portion 51 to which the substrate case 30 is attached, and a rear side surface portion formed so as to hang downward from the rear end edge portion of the upper side surface portion 51. It is L-shaped. The rear side surface portion of the fixed case portion 50 is disposed inside the front surface side case portion 40 along the rear side surface portion of the front surface side case portion 40 as shown in FIGS.
In addition, the front end edge portion and the rear end edge portion of the upper side surface portion 51 of the fixed case portion 50 are provided with contact ribs that protrude upward and come into contact with the installation target 6. The upper side surface portion 51 forms a space opened upward. In this space, as shown in FIG. 3A, spacers 59 that are in contact with or elastically contact the outer surface (upper surface) of the upper side surface portion 51 and the installation object 6 are disposed at appropriate positions. .

In addition, a plurality of through holes are provided in the front side portion of the upper side surface portion 51 of the fixed case portion 50 at intervals along the longitudinal direction, and the insulating bush having a positioning hole is provided in these through holes. 54 is fitted (see FIG. 3A and FIG. 6). These insulating bushes 54 are provided corresponding to the positions where the substrate case 30 is disposed, and the positioning protrusions 37 of the substrate case 30 are inserted into the positioning holes.
In addition, on the inner side surface (lower surface) of the upper side surface portion 51 of the fixed case portion 50, as shown in FIGS. A heat transfer sheet 57 that is in contact with or elastically contacts the other side portion (upper portion in the illustrated example) of 31 is attached (see also FIGS. 6A and 6B). As shown in FIG. 1 (c), the heat transfer sheet 57 is attached to an installation location of the substrate case 30 on the inner side surface of the upper side surface 51 of the fixed case unit 50. The heat transfer sheet 57 is dimensioned such that at least the entire abutting piece portions 36, 36 of the substrate case 30 and the other side portion of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 abut or elastically contact each other.

By providing such a heat transfer sheet 57, the heat of the substrate 20 is effectively transferred to the fixed case portion 50 side made of metal through the substrate case 30 and the heat transfer sheet 57, and is radiated. be able to. In the present embodiment, since the contact piece portions 36 are provided on the substrate case 30, the contact area with respect to the heat transfer sheet 57 can be increased, and the heat of the substrate 20 is more effectively fixed to the fixed case. Heat can be transferred to the part 50 side to dissipate heat.
Further, an adhesive material and release paper are provided on the surface side (substrate case 30 side) of the heat transfer sheet 57. The release paper of the heat transfer sheet 57 is peeled off, and the positioning protrusion 37 of the substrate case 30 is inserted into the positioning hole of the insulating bush 54 of the fixed case portion 50 as shown in FIGS. The case 30 can be positioned, and the substrate case 30 can be easily assembled to the fixed case portion 50. Note that a reflection sheet made of a resin sheet, a metal sheet, or the like may be disposed on a portion of the inner side surface of the upper side surface portion 51 of the fixed case portion 50 facing the reflection surface 15 of the rod-shaped light guide 10.

Further, the fixed case portion 50 is provided with engaging portions 55 and 56 that engage with the front side engaging portion 45 and the rear side engaging portion 46 of the surface side case portion 40. In the present embodiment, the front-side engagement portion 55 and the rear-side engagement are arranged in front of and behind the upper side surface portion 51 of the fixed case portion 50 so as to correspond to the front-side engagement portion 45 and the rear-side engagement portion 46 of the front-side case portion 40, respectively. The example which provided the joint part 56 is shown.
The front side engaging portion 55 of the fixed case portion 50 is formed so as to protrude on the opposite side, that is, on the lower side of the contact rib of the front end edge portion, and is formed so as to protrude toward the front side. It has a locking claw 55a.
The rear engagement portion 56 of the fixed case portion 50 is a base end portion of the abutment rib of the rear end edge portion described above, and has a locking claw 56a formed so as to protrude rearward. Yes.
The front and rear engaging portions 55 and 56 of the fixed case portion 50 are provided so as to be positioned inside the front and rear engaging portions 45 and 46 of the front side case portion 40. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 are included so that the surface side case portion 40 includes the fixed case portion 50 and covers the fixed case portion 50. Is assembled. Thereby, in the state which installed the said illuminating device 3, the fixed case part 50 becomes inconspicuous and it can improve appearance.

In a state where the surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 are assembled, the front and rear engaging portions 55 and 56 of the fixed case portion 50 located inside the front and rear engaging portions 45 and 46 of the surface side case portion 40 are used. The movement in the front-rear direction is restricted.
Further, the front side engaging portion 55 of the fixed case portion 50 has its locking claw 55a locked to the locking claw 45a of the front side engaging portion 45 of the surface side case portion 40, and the front end portion in the protruding direction is the surface side case portion. 40 abuts on the locking rib 45 b of the front engaging portion 45. Further, the rear engaging portion 56 of the fixed case portion 50 has its engaging claw 56 a engaged with the engaging claw 46 a of the rear engaging portion 46 of the front side case portion 40 and the rear side engaging portion 56. It abuts on the locking rib 46 b of the side engaging portion 46. Thereby, the movement to the up-down direction of the surface side case part 40 and the fixed case part 50 is controlled. The shapes of the engaging portions of the surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 are not limited to those shown in the drawings, and the surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 are assembled by engaging each other. Any structure can be used as long as the structure is obtained.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the main body casing 2 that accommodates the plurality of light emitting blocks 1 is composed of the front surface case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50, so that the light emitting block 1 can be easily assembled. be able to.
Further, in the above-described example, the front side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 have the engaging portions 45, 46, 55, and 56 that engage with each other, and these engaging portions are engaged. It is structured to be assembled with. Therefore, the assembling work of the main casing 2 can be easily performed.
In addition, if it is set as the structure which engages the engaging parts 45 and 46 of the surface side case part 40, and the engaging parts 55 and 56 of the fixed case part 50 so that attachment or detachment is possible, the surface side case part 40 will be detached. Thus, maintenance and replacement work of the light emitting block 1 and the like can be easily performed.

At both ends in the longitudinal direction of the upper side surface portion 51 of the fixed case portion 50, as shown in FIG. 1B, a fixed stopper 7 such as a screw used when the lighting device 3 is attached to the installation target 6 (FIG. 3 (a)) is provided (see also FIG. 3 (c)).
In the present embodiment, the engagement holes 53 are provided at appropriate positions in the middle of the upper side surface portion 51 of the fixed case portion 50 in the longitudinal direction. This engagement hole 53 is formed into a long and narrow slit shape on the left and right, and as shown in FIGS. 1 (c) and 3 (b), it is a pair of engagement holes 53, 53 that are spaced apart in the front-rear direction. ing.
An intermediate fixing bracket 58 for fixing an intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the lighting device 3 to the installation target 6 is engaged with the engagement holes 53 and 53.

  As shown in FIG. 3B, the intermediate fixing bracket 58 includes a fixing piece portion fixed to the installation target 6 and a pair of engagement piece portions formed so as to hang down from the front and rear edges of the fixing piece portion. Thus, the cross-section is substantially U-shaped (C-shaped or U-shaped) opened downward in the figure. The fixing piece portion is provided with a stopper hole 58b through which the fixing stopper 7 such as a screw is inserted. Locking claws 58a and 58a are respectively provided at the distal ends of the pair of engaging pieces. In the intermediate fixing bracket 58, a pair of engaging pieces are inserted into the pair of engaging holes 53, 53 of the fixing case portion 50, respectively, and locking claws 58 a, 58 a at the tip portions thereof are provided in the fixing case portion 50. It is set as the structure latched to the engagement step part.

  The engaging hole 53 with which the intermediate fixing bracket 58 is engaged supports the intermediate portion of the lighting device 3 in the longitudinal direction by the intermediate fixing bracket 58 according to the length dimension, mass, and the like of the lighting device 3. You may make it provide in the site | part which needs to be made. In the illustrated example, an example is shown in which a pair of engagement holes 53 and 53 are provided at two locations with a space in the middle in the longitudinal direction of the fixed case portion 50 (see FIG. 1B). Further, the engagement hole 53 and the intermediate fixing bracket 58 may not be provided. In this case, if necessary, an insertion hole or the like of a fixing stopper is provided in the middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the fixed case portion 50, and the middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the lighting device 3 is placed on the installation target 6 by the fixing stopper. It may be fixed.

The lighting device 3 having the above-described configuration may be assembled and installed on the installation target 6 as follows, for example.
First, as shown in FIG. 5, the substrate 20 is held on the substrate case 30. In the example shown in the figure, eight substrates 20 each having an LED 24 disposed opposite to each of the longitudinal ends 11 and 11 of the four rod-shaped light guides 10 are accommodated and held in five identical substrate cases 30. An example is shown (see FIG. 1B). That is, the board | substrates 20 and 20 are each hold | maintained to the inner side of the board | substrate mounting wall part 31 and 31 of the board | substrate cases 30 and 30 arrange | positioned at the longitudinal direction both ends of the said illuminating device 3, respectively, and the remaining board | substrate case 30 The example which hold | maintained the board | substrates 20 and 20 on the both sides of the board | substrate attachment wall part 31 of this is shown (refer FIG.1 (b)).

  Next, as described above, the substrate case 30 holding the substrate 20 is attached to the fixed case portion 50 (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). Then, the rod-shaped light guide 10 may be assembled to the substrate case 30. That is, the rod-shaped light guide 10 is assembled so as to be bent with respect to the substrate cases 30, 30 containing the substrates 20, 20 arranged on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped light guide 10. At this time, the engagement convex portion 33 of the substrate case 30 is received in the space between the engagement protrusions 12 and 12 of the rod-shaped light guide 10, and these are connected to the positioning wall portion 32 of the substrate case 30. It can be assembled while being positioned easily so as to be inserted between the engaging portions 23 and 23 of the substrate 20. Alternatively, the substrate cases 30 and 30 that accommodate the substrates 20 may be attached to both ends of the rod-shaped light guide 10 in the longitudinal direction, and then the substrate cases 30 and 30 may be attached to the fixed case portion 50.

  In this assembled state, as shown in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the incident surface 13 of the rod-shaped light guide 10 is disposed to face the LED 24 provided on the substrate 20 without being misaligned. . Moreover, it arrange | positions so that the optical axis of LED24 of each board | substrate 20 may become a substantially identical linear shape, and it will be in the state by which the some rod-shaped light guide 10 was arrange | positioned so that it might be in series in between. Further, in this state, as shown in FIG. 6B, a space is formed between the substrate case 30 and the rear side portion of the fixed case portion 50, and this space can be used as a through-wire portion.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6B, a surface cover 48 is attached to the surface side case portion 40.
Further, the engaging portions 45 and 46 of the front surface side case portion 40 and the engaging portions 55 and 56 of the fixed case portion 50 are engaged, and the front surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 are assembled.
In this state, the substrate transfer wall portion 31 of the substrate case 30 attached to the fixed case portion 50 and the lower side portion of the substrate 20 held by the substrate case 30 are provided on the inner surface of the surface side case portion 40. The substrate 20 and the substrate case 30 are restricted from moving.

Then, the intermediate fixing bracket 58 is fixed to the portion corresponding to the engagement holes 53 of the fixing case portion 50 of the installation target 6 by the fixing stopper 7, and the fixing case portion 50 is locked to the intermediate fixing bracket 58. The lighting device 3 is fixed (see FIG. 3B). Moreover, the longitudinal direction both ends of the illuminating device 3 are fixed to the installation object 6 by the fixed stopper 7 through the stopper holes 52 at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the fixed case portion 50 (see FIG. 3A). The fixing work of the fixed stopper 7 through the stopper hole 52 may be performed through a notch 41 a provided at the end in the longitudinal direction of the surface side case section 40.
Next, the end cover 48A is attached to the surface side case portion 40, and the end cap 49 is attached to each of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the surface side case portion 40 (see FIGS. 1A and 3C). Note that an end cover 48A may be integrally provided on at least one of the end caps 49.
The above-described procedure for assembling the lighting device 3 and the procedure for fixing it to the installation target 6 are examples, and may be performed by other procedures.

According to the illuminating device 3 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, it is possible to increase the length with a simple structure and to reduce the size of the short cross section.
That is, since a plurality of rod-shaped light guides 10 are arranged and accommodated in the main casing 2 so as to be serially arranged in the longitudinal direction, the length can be increased with a simple structure, and a short cross-section can be achieved. Miniaturization can be achieved. That is, the lighting device 3 having a long light emission range can be realized with a simple structure by the plurality of rod-shaped light guides 10 serially arranged in the longitudinal direction. Further, since the LED 24 is disposed opposite to the incident surface 13 of the rod-shaped light guide 10, the reflector of the light emitting element does not protrude greatly on the emission direction side of the illumination device 3 itself, and the short cross section Miniaturization can be achieved.

  Further, in consideration of the light guide loss due to the rod-shaped light guide 10, the light emission amount of the emission surface 14 on the far side of the LED 24, the light amount of the light emitting element itself such as the LED 24, etc. The light emitting block 1 having the above can be modularized and employed. According to this, it is relatively easy for various installation targets by setting the number of the light emitting blocks 1 accommodated according to the length dimension of the installation target and the length dimension of the main casing 2 according to the number. It can correspond to. For example, when the installation target is the wall unit 6 as shown in the figure, the size of the frontage of the kitchen (that is, the size of the frontage of the wall unit 6) varies depending on the combination of the hanging cabinets constituting the wall unit 6. There are many. Even in such a case, the illumination device 3 can be easily made to correspond to the length according to the frontage dimension of the wall unit 6.

  Note that the installation target of the lighting device 3 is not limited to the wall unit 6, and a rising part at the rear end of the top plate of the floor unit 5, a pedestal part of the floor unit 5, or the like may be set as the installation target. Further, the installation target of the lighting device 3 is not limited to the kitchen device 4, and other storage furniture, a handrail, a staircase, or the like may be set as the installation target, or a ceiling or a wall surface in a building may be set as the installation target. According to the illuminating device 3, the short cross section can be reduced in size and lengthened as described above, so that it can be installed on various installation targets.

In the example described above, the substrates 20 and 20 are respectively disposed at the longitudinal ends 11 and 11 of the plurality of rod-shaped light guides 10 and the substrate cases 30 that hold the substrates 20 are the same. Although shown, it is not limited to such a mode. For example, as the substrate case for holding the substrate 20 disposed on both ends in the longitudinal direction of the lighting device 3, a substrate case having a structure that can hold the substrate only on one side only for the end portion is adopted. May be.
Furthermore, in the above-described example, the lighting device 3 in which the four rod-shaped light guides 10 are disposed in the main body casing 2 is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to such an aspect, and three or less or five or more A plurality of rod-shaped light guides 10 may be arranged in the main casing 2. Moreover, the outer side edge part of the rod-shaped light guide arrange | positioned in the longitudinal direction both ends of the illuminating device 3 itself among the several rod-shaped light guides 10 may not be an entrance plane. In this case, the outer side end may be supported by the main body casing or the like. In this case, the engaging portion 12 of the rod-shaped light guide may be provided only at one end portion (inner side end portion) 11 in the longitudinal direction where the incident surface 13 is provided.

Furthermore, in the above-described example, an example is shown in which a plurality of openings 43 are provided in the surface side case portion 40 of the main casing 2 and the plurality of openings 43 are covered with a single surface cover 48. However, a surface cover that covers each opening 43 may be provided. Furthermore, such a surface cover may not be provided. Alternatively, the front side case portion 40 itself may have translucency and no opening may be provided.
Further, in the above-described example, the front side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 of the main casing 2 are provided with engaging portions that engage with each other, and by engaging these engaging portions, Although the example which made the structure which can assemble the fixed case part 50 is shown, it is not restricted to this. For example, the surface side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50 may be assembled with a fixing stopper such as a screw. Furthermore, in the above example, the main body casing 2 is shown as an example in which the main body casing 2 is composed of the front side case portion 40 and the fixed case portion 50. However, the main body casing 2 may be formed into a cylindrical shape integrally formed. .

In the above example, an example in which a single LED 24 is mounted on the surface 21 side of the substrate 20 is shown, but a plurality of LEDs may be provided on the surface 21 side of the substrate 20.
Further, the light emitting element is not limited to the LED 24, and other semiconductor light emitting elements or other light emitting elements may be adopted.
Furthermore, in the above-described example, the example in which the engaging portions 23 and 12 that engage with each other are provided on the substrate 20 and the rod-shaped light guide 10 is shown. However, such an engaging portion may not be provided. Good.

  In the above example, the board case 30 is provided with the positioning wall portion 32 as the positioning piece portion, the engaging convex portion 33, the guide holding portions 34 and 35, the contact piece portion 36, the positioning projection 37, and the like. Although shown, all or some of them may not be provided. For example, instead of the embodiment in which the guide holding portions 34 and 35 are provided, the substrate 20 and 20 may be held on both sides of the substrate mounting wall portion 31 with an adhesive or an adhesive material. Alternatively, a through hole for a fastener such as a bolt is provided in the board mounting wall 31 of the board 20 and the board base (board case 30), and the boards 20 and 20 arranged on both sides of the board mounting wall 31 are connected by bolts and nuts. It is good also as an aspect fastened and hold | maintained to the board | substrate attachment wall part 31. FIG.

1 Light-emitting block (light-emitting member)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Main body casing 3 Illuminating device 10 Rod-shaped light guide 11 End part of a longitudinal direction 13 Incident surface 14 Outgoing surface 20 Substrate 21 Front surface 22 Back surface 24 LED (light emitting element)
26 Heat Transfer Sheet 30 Substrate Case (Substrate Base)
31 Board mounting wall 34 Guide protrusion (guide holding part)
35 Guide wall (guide holder)
36 Contact piece 50 Fixed case (attachment target)

Claims (4)

A substrate having a light emitting element on the surface side;
The back surface of the substrate has a substrate mounting wall portion that faces the both sides in the thickness direction, the substrate to be slid inserted is guided by the substrate mounting wall portion, and the substrate that has been slid inserted is mounted to the substrate A substrate base provided with guide holding portions to be sandwiched between the wall portions on both sides in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion ;
Which has an incident surface on which light from the light emitting element of the substrate held by the substrate base is made incident on one end in the longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction intersecting the emitting surface for emitting light from the entrance surface to the entrance surface And a bar-shaped light guide disposed along the longitudinal direction in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion , and
The guide holding portion is provided so as to sandwich both end portions of the substrate and to restrict movement of the substrate in the thickness direction,
The substrate base is formed so as to extend from the side end portion of the substrate mounting wall portion on the opposite side of the emission direction of the rod-shaped light guide to both sides in the thickness direction of the substrate mounting wall portion, and slides A light emitting member , wherein one side portion of the inserted substrate is brought into contact, and an abutting piece portion to be brought into contact with an attachment target is provided . In claim 1,
The back surface of the substrate, the heat transfer sheet capable of compressive deformation in the thickness direction and is attached, the substrate, the light emitting member, characterized in that to be inserted slides accompanied by compressive deformation of the heat transfer sheet. In claim 1 or 2 ,
The rod-shaped light guide has the light incident surface at both ends in the longitudinal direction. A light-emitting member according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and a main body casing that accommodates the light-emitting member, and the rod-shaped light guide is arranged in series in the longitudinal direction in the main body casing. In addition, the substrate base that holds the substrate on each of both sides of the substrate mounting wall is disposed between the plurality of rod-shaped light guides.

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