JP6263720B2 - Socket for pendant lighting fixture socket - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a socket cover for a pendant lighting fixture.

  The pendant lighting fixture is used by connecting a socket to a ceiling outlet provided on the ceiling and suspending an illumination light from the socket with a pendant cable from the ceiling.

  In this way, in the pendant lighting fixture, the socket is connected to the ceiling ceiling outlet and the pendant cable is hung from the ceiling, so that the ceiling outlet and the socket are exposed on the ceiling of the room, and thus the indoor aesthetics are impaired.

  On the other hand, in the pendant lamp disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-245011, a dome-shaped cover is put on the ceiling outlet and the socket. According to this pendant lighting, the ceiling outlet and socket are covered with a dome-shaped cover, so that the beauty of the ceiling is not impaired.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-245011

  However, in order to put the dome-shaped cover on the socket connected to the ceiling outlet, remove the socket from the ceiling outlet, insert the socket and pendant cable into the top hole of the dome-shaped cover, and then seal the outlet. The socket must be connected to the ceiling, and a dome-shaped cover must be put on the ceiling outlet and socket, and fixed to the ceiling with screws.

  As described above, since the above dome-type cover is indispensable for removing the socket from the ceiling outlet, inserting it into the hole of the dome-type cover, and fixing the dome-type cover to the ceiling, the installation work is very troublesome.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a socket cover for a pendant lighting device that can be covered with a socket and a ceiling outlet in a retrofit while the socket is connected to the ceiling outlet.

The invention described in claim 1
In a pendant lighting fixture that suspends an illumination light with a pendant cable from a socket connected to a ceiling outlet, a socket cover for the pendant lighting fixture that covers the socket,
It has the same shape and consists of a pair of left and right half cup pieces in which a pendant insertion hole is formed at the center of the bottom surface while forming a cup shape by combining them,
Each half cup piece has a half bottom surface forming half of the cup-shaped bottom surface, and a half circumferential surface forming half of the cup-shaped circumferential surface,
An engagement portion and an engaged portion are provided at the end of each half cup piece, and a semicircular hole is formed in the center of the end surface of each half bottom,
By engaging the engaging portion of one half cup piece with the engaged portion of the other half cup piece so as to be releasable, the pair of left and right half cup pieces are combined into a cup shape,
When both halved cup pieces are combined, the insertion hole is formed by the semicircular holes of both halved cup pieces, and the inner peripheral end of the insertion hole is combined with the pendant cable so as to be combined into a cup shape. both half cup piece can Rukoto attached to the pendant cable,
As the engaging portion, it projects from the end surface of the half bottom surface to one side of the semicircular hole and has flexibility in the inner and outer directions of the half bottom surface, and a knob surface at the projecting end portion and a tapered surface at the tip end A locking piece provided with a hook part formed with a shaft part projecting inward from one corner of the front end side of the half circumferential surface,
As the engaged portion, a locking piece provided on the other side of the semicircular hole is provided, and a bearing portion is provided at the other corner of the front end side of the half circumferential surface,
By detachably engaging the shaft part of one half cup piece with the bearing part of the other half cup surface, the half bottom surface of one half cup surface and the other half part are used with the shaft part as a fulcrum. Both halved cup pieces are connected so as to be able to rotate in a direction in which the halved bottom surface of the cup surface comes in contact with and away from each other
When the end face of the half bottom surface of the other half cup piece is in contact with the end face of the half bottom face of one half cup piece, the taper surface of one half cup piece is engaged with the other half cup piece. When the locking piece of one half cup piece bends toward the outer side of the bottom surface of the half cup, the hook part of one half cup piece becomes the locked piece of the other half cup piece. Lock and halve cup pieces merge into cup shape,
By gripping the picked portions of the combined half cup pieces with fingers and bending them outwardly from the bottom surface of the half cup piece, the hook portion of the locking piece of one half cup piece is attached to the other half cup piece. It is made to come off from the to-be-latched piece.

The invention described in claim 2
In a pendant lighting fixture that suspends an illumination light with a pendant cable from a socket connected to a ceiling outlet, a socket cover for the pendant lighting fixture that covers the socket,
It has the same shape and consists of a pair of left and right half cup pieces in which a pendant insertion hole is formed at the center of the bottom surface while forming a cup shape by combining them,
Each half cup piece has a half bottom surface forming half of the cup-shaped bottom surface, and a half circumferential surface forming half of the cup-shaped circumferential surface,
An engagement portion and an engaged portion are provided at the end of each half cup piece, and a semicircular hole is formed in the center of the end surface of each half bottom,
By engaging the engaging portion of one half cup piece with the engaged portion of the other half cup piece so as to be releasable, the pair of left and right half cup pieces are combined into a cup shape,
When both halved cup pieces are combined, the insertion hole is formed by the semicircular holes of both halved cup pieces, and the inner peripheral end of the insertion hole is combined with the pendant cable so as to be combined into a cup shape. both half cup piece can Rukoto mounted on the pendant cable,
A thin-walled portion is formed on the half circumferential surface, and a fitting hole into which the duct rail is fitted when the thin-walled portion is broken is formed in the fracture mark.

The invention according to claim 3 is the socket cover of the pendant lighting fixture according to claim 1 or 2,
The half-circular hole is composed of a half-cylindrical cylindrical part that forms a cylindrical part when both cup pieces are combined, and the two half-cup pieces attached to the pendant cable are slid toward the socket. A claw-shaped pressure contact piece that allows and prevents sliding in the direction of the illumination light is formed at the inner peripheral end of the half cylinder portion.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the socket cover is united, it is constituted by a pair of half cup pieces having a cup shape having penetrating cable insertion holes on the bottom surface, and both half cup pieces are united. When the inner peripheral end of the insertion hole is pressed against the pendant cable, both halved cup pieces combined in a cup shape can be attached to the pendant cable, so the socket remains connected to the ceiling outlet. Put the pendant cable hanging down from both the half cup pieces together, and put the half cup pieces together to cover the socket and ceiling outlet with a cup-shaped socket cover to cover the socket and ceiling outlet be able to.

  The cup-shaped socket cover can be disassembled into two halved cup pieces by releasing the engagement between the engaging portion and the engaged portion, so that it can be removed from the covered socket. The socket cover has a cup shape, so that the pendant cable loops or bends to shorten the pendant cable hanging from the ceiling, and the pendant cable ring or bent portion is connected to the inside of the cup shape. Can be stored. Therefore, the ring and the bent portion of the pendant cable are not exposed and the indoor aesthetics are not impaired. Moreover, since the half cup pieces have the same shape, they can be manufactured at a low cost.

  Hold the pendant cable between the two half cup pieces, engage the shaft part of one half cup piece with the bearing part of the other half cup piece, and rotate both half cup pieces with the shaft part as a fulcrum. If the bottom surfaces of both halves are brought into contact with each other, the locking piece of one half cup piece is bent and the hook portion is locked to the locked piece of the other half cup piece, so that both half cup pieces are cups. Merge into shape.

  In this way, if the pendant cable is sandwiched between both halved cup pieces, the shaft portion is engaged with the bearing portion, and both halved cup pieces are rotated with the shaft portion as a fulcrum, the cup-shaped socket cover can be obtained. Can be attached to a pendant cable. In addition, the socket cover attached to the pendant cable that is combined with the cup shape can be removed from the pendant cable by simply pinching and bending the two knobs with a finger, which is convenient.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the half circumferential surface of the half cup piece is broken from the thin wall portion, the fitting hole of the duct rail can be formed. By fitting the duct rail into the fitting hole, Also, the sealing outlet that is movably incorporated in the duct rail can be covered with both halved cup pieces combined into a cup shape.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, after the two half cup pieces are combined into a cup shape so as to sandwich the middle part of the pendant cable, the combined two half cup pieces are slid along the pendant cable to the socket side. If it moves, the socket and the sealing outlet can be covered with both halved cup pieces combined into a cup shape. In this way, if the two half cup pieces are combined at the middle part of the pendant cable and attached to the pendant cable, and then slid to the socket side, the socket can be covered with the combined half cup pieces. Easy to use.

It is a perspective view which shows the cover for sockets concerning 1st Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the half cup piece which comprises the cover. It is explanatory drawing which shows the attachment method to the pendant cable of the cover. It is explanatory drawing which shows the attachment method to the pendant cable of the cover. It is the elements on larger scale which show the latching piece and to-be-latched piece of the half cup piece which comprises the cover. It is the elements on larger scale which show the latching piece and to-be-latched piece of the half cup piece which comprises the cover. It is explanatory drawing which shows the attachment method to the pendant cable of the cover. It is the elements on larger scale which show the half cylinder part of the half cup piece which comprises the cover. It is explanatory drawing which shows the removal method from the pendant cable of the cover. It is explanatory drawing which shows the removal method from the pendant cable of the cover. It is explanatory drawing which shows the accommodation method of the pendant cable to the cover. It is a perspective view which shows the half cup piece which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. It is a partial expanded sectional view of a half cup piece.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a socket cover 10 for a pendant lighting fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention. The socket cover 10 is made of plastic and molded into a cup shape, and an insertion hole 12 through which a pendant cable is inserted is formed on the bottom surface 11. The socket cover 10 is constituted by combining two half cup pieces 20 having the same shape shown in FIG.

  The half cup piece 20 includes a half bottom surface 21 that constitutes a half of the bottom surface 11 in the cup shape, and a half circumferential surface 22 that constitutes a half of the peripheral surface 13 in the cup shape. A halved cylindrical portion 23 constituting the insertion hole 12 is provided at the center of the halved bottom surface 21 so as to protrude inward. A claw piece 24 is formed at the protruding end of the half cylinder 23. The claw piece 24 is bent from the protruding end toward the half bottom surface 21. Since the slits 25 extending in the longitudinal direction of the half cylinder portion 23 are formed in the half cylinder portion 23, the claw pieces 24 have flexibility in the inside and outside directions of the half cylinder portion 23.

  A locking piece 26 is provided on one side of the half cylinder portion 23 so as to protrude from the end surface 21 a of the half bottom surface 21. Since the slits 27 are formed on both sides of the locking piece 26, the locking piece 26 has flexibility toward the inside and outside of the half bottom surface 21. A knob 28 and a hook 29 are provided at the protruding end of the locking piece 26. The knob portion 28 is provided so as to protrude from the outer surface of the protruding end portion of the locking piece 26 to the outside of the half bottom surface 21. The hook portion 29 is provided on the inner surface of the protruding end portion. A tapered surface 29 a is formed at the tip of the hook portion 29. On the other hand, a locked piece 30 is provided on the other side of the half cylinder portion 23, and a locked hole 31 is formed inside the locked piece 30.

  A shaft portion 32 is provided at one corner of the front end side of the half circumferential surface 22. The shaft portion 32 projects inward of the half cup piece 20. On the other hand, a bearing recess 33 is formed at the other corner of the front end of the half circumferential surface 22. In addition, rectangular thin portions 34 to 37 are formed at a plurality of positions on the end side end portion of the half circumferential surface 22.

  The configuration of the socket cover 10 is as described above, and the method for using the cover will be described below. The socket cover 10 is used by being attached to a pendant lighting fixture 40 as shown in FIG. In this pendant lighting device 40, a socket 43 is connected to a sealing outlet 42 slidably incorporated in a duct rail 41 laid on the ceiling, and an illumination light 45 is suspended from the socket 43 by a pendant cable 44. An intermediate portion of the pendant cable 44 is sandwiched between the half cup pieces 20, and the shaft portion 32 of one half cup piece 20 is engaged with the bearing recess 33 of the other half cup piece 20. Next, both halved cup pieces 20 are rotated with the shaft portion 32 as a fulcrum, and both halved bottom surfaces 21 are brought into contact with each other. As shown in FIG. 5, one half cup piece 20 is immediately before the end face of the half bottom face 21 of the other half cup piece 20 is brought into contact with the end face of the half bottom face 21 of one half cup piece 20. Since the taper surface 29a of the hook portion 29 contacts the locked piece 30 of the other half cup piece 20, the locking piece 26 of the one half cup piece 20 is directed outward (arrow A). ). Further, when one half cup piece 20 is rotated, the hook portion 29 is locked to the locked piece 30 of the other half cup piece 20 and is locked to the locked hole 31, whereby FIG. As shown, both halved cup pieces 20 merge into a cup shape at the middle of the pendant cable 44.

  When both halved cup pieces 20 are combined into a cup shape, as shown in FIG. 8, both halved cylindrical parts 23 are expanded, and the claw pieces 24 of both halved cylindrical parts 23 are in pressure contact with the pendant cable 44. Both halved cup pieces 20 combined in a cup shape are attached to the pendant cable 44. Since the two claw pieces 24 attached to the pendant cable 44 have the claw pieces 24 bent from the protruding end portion of the half cylinder portion 23 toward the half bottom surface 21, the pendant cable 44 is directed toward the socket 43. It slides along, but does not slide in the direction of the illumination light 45. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the combined halved cup pieces 20 are slid upward to cover the socket 43 and the sealing outlet 42.

  As shown in FIG. 9, when the socket cover 10 is put on the socket 43, when the thumb 46 is put on one knob 28, the index finger 47 is put on the other knob 28, and both fingers 46 and 47 are closed, the locking piece 26 is placed. Is bent outwardly of the bottom surface 21 of the half cup piece 20 and the hook portion 29 is disengaged from the locked piece 30, so that it is divided into two half cup pieces 20 as shown in FIG. Can be removed from.

  As described above, according to the socket cover 10 according to the present embodiment, the socket cover 10 is configured by a pair of half cup pieces 20 having a cup shape having the insertion hole 12 of the pendant cable 44 on the bottom surface 11 when combined. When the halved cup pieces 20 are combined, the claw piece 24 at the inner peripheral end of the insertion hole 12 is in pressure contact with the pendant cable 44, so that the halved cup pieces 20 combined in a cup shape are attached to the pendant cable 44. Since the socket 43 is connected to the ceiling outlet 42, the pendant cable 44 hanging from the socket 43 is covered with the cup-shaped socket cover 10 on the socket 43 and the ceiling outlet 44. be able to. And since the half cup piece 20 has the same shape, it can be manufactured at low cost.

  In particular, in this embodiment, the pendant cable 44 is sandwiched between the two half cup pieces 20, and the shaft portion 32 of one half cup piece 20 is engaged with the bearing recess 33 of the other half cup piece 20. If both the half cup pieces 20 are rotated about the fulcrum 32 and the half bottom faces 21 are brought into contact with each other, the locking piece 26 of the one half cup piece 20 is bent and the hook portion 29 becomes the other half cup. The halved cup pieces 20 are combined into a cup shape by being locked to the locked pieces 30 of the pieces 20. Therefore, when the pendant cable 44 is sandwiched between the two half cup pieces 20, the shaft portion 32 is engaged with the bearing recess 33, and the two half cup pieces 20 are rotated with the shaft portion 32 as a fulcrum, the cup shape is obtained. The socket cover 10 can be attached to the pendant cable 44. Moreover, the socket cover 10 attached to the pendant cable 44 can be removed from the pendant cable 44 by being combined with the cup shape by simply pinching and bending the two knobs 28 with a finger.

  Further, after the two half cup pieces 20 are combined into a cup shape so as to sandwich the middle part of the pendant cable 44, the two half cup pieces 20 are slid along the pendant cable 44 to the socket 43 side, The sockets 43 and the sealing outlets 42 can be covered with the halved cup pieces 20 combined into a cup shape, which is easy to use.

  In the mounting method of the socket cover 10 described above, the opening end surface of the cover 10 is in contact with the duct rail 41 laid on the ceiling, but the width corresponding to the duct rail 41 among the thin portions 34 to 37 is increased. If the thin-walled portions 34 to 37 are selected and broken to form a fitting hole, the duct rail 41 can be covered.

  Since the socket cover 10 according to the present embodiment has a cup shape, as shown in FIG. 11, if the middle part of the pendant cable 44 is looped or wound and tied with a binding band 48 and stored inside, The length of the pendant cable 44 can be adjusted without impairing the appearance of the pendant cable 44.

12 and 13 show a half cup piece 50 constituting the socket cover 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the socket cover 10 according to the first embodiment described above, the shaft portion 32 and the bearing concave portion 33 are provided at the corners of the tip end of the half circumferential surface 22 of the half cup piece 20. As shown in FIG. 12, an outward stepped portion 51 is provided at one corner of the half circumferential surface 22 of the half cup piece 50, and a through hole 52 is formed in the outward stepped portion 51. . In addition, an inward stepped portion 53 is provided at the other corner on the tip side, and a through hole 54 is formed in the inward stepped portion 53. And the string 56 which connects the pin 55 to the peripheral surface 22 of the half cup piece 50 is integrally molded on the outer side of the both corners on the front end side.
In addition, the other structure of the half cup piece 50 which comprises the cover 10 for sockets concerning 2nd Example is the same as the half cup piece 20 of the cover 10 for sockets concerning 1st Example.

  In the socket cover 10 according to the second embodiment, the outward stepped portion 51 of one half cup piece 50 and the inwardly stepped portion 53 of the other half cup piece 50 are fitted, and both stepped portions 51 and 53 are fitted. By inserting the pin 55 into the through holes 52 and 54, the half cup pieces 50 can be connected. Further, if the string 56 is broken, the pin 55 can be separated from the half cup piece 50.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Socket cover 11 ... Bottom 12 ... Insertion hole 13 ... Circumferential surface 20 ... Half cup piece 21 ... Half bottom face 22 ... Half circumference surface 23 ... Half cylinder part 24 ... Claw piece 25 ... Slit 26 ... Locking Piece 27 ... Slit 28 ... Pinch portion 29 Hook portion 29a ... Tapered surface 30 ... Locked piece 31 ... Locked hole 32 ... Shaft portion 33 ... Bearing recess 34-37 ... Thin wall portion 40 ... Pendant lighting fixture 41 ... Duct rail 42 ... Sealing outlet 43 ... Socket 44 ... Pendant cable 45 ... Illumination light 50 ... Half cup piece 51 ... Outward stepped portion 52 ... Through hole 53 ... Inward stepped portion 54 ... Through hole 55 ... Pin

Claims (3)

In a pendant lighting fixture that suspends an illumination light with a pendant cable from a socket connected to a ceiling outlet, a socket cover for the pendant lighting fixture that covers the socket,
It has the same shape and consists of a pair of left and right half cup pieces in which a pendant insertion hole is formed at the center of the bottom surface while forming a cup shape by combining them,
Each half cup piece has a half bottom surface forming half of the cup-shaped bottom surface, and a half circumferential surface forming half of the cup-shaped circumferential surface,
An engagement portion and an engaged portion are provided at the end of each half cup piece, and a semicircular hole is formed in the center of the end surface of each half bottom,
By engaging the engaging portion of one half cup piece with the engaged portion of the other half cup piece so as to be releasable, the pair of left and right half cup pieces are combined into a cup shape,
When both halved cup pieces are combined, the insertion hole is formed by the semicircular holes of both halved cup pieces, and the inner peripheral end of the insertion hole is combined with the pendant cable so as to be combined into a cup shape. both half cup piece can Rukoto attached to the pendant cable,
As the engaging portion, it projects from the end surface of the half bottom surface to one side of the semicircular hole and has flexibility in the inner and outer directions of the half bottom surface, and a knob surface at the projecting end portion and a tapered surface at the tip end A locking piece provided with a hook part formed with a shaft part projecting inward from one corner of the front end side of the half circumferential surface,
As the engaged portion, a locking piece provided on the other side of the semicircular hole is provided, and a bearing portion is provided at the other corner of the front end side of the half circumferential surface,
By detachably engaging the shaft part of one half cup piece with the bearing part of the other half cup surface, the half bottom surface of one half cup surface and the other half part are used with the shaft part as a fulcrum. Both halved cup pieces are connected so as to be able to rotate in a direction in which the halved bottom surface of the cup surface comes in contact with and away from each other,
When the end face of the half bottom surface of the other half cup piece is in contact with the end face of the half bottom face of one half cup piece, the taper surface of one half cup piece is engaged with the other half cup piece. When the locking piece of one half cup piece bends toward the outer side of the bottom surface of the half cup, the hook part of one half cup piece becomes the locked piece of the other half cup piece. Lock and halve cup pieces merge into cup shape,
By gripping the picked portions of the combined half cup pieces with fingers and bending them outwardly from the bottom surface of the half cup piece, the hook portion of the locking piece of one half cup piece is attached to the other half cup piece. A socket cover for a pendant luminaire characterized by being detached from the locked piece. In a pendant lighting fixture that suspends an illumination light with a pendant cable from a socket connected to a ceiling outlet, a socket cover for the pendant lighting fixture that covers the socket,
It has the same shape and consists of a pair of left and right half cup pieces in which a pendant insertion hole is formed at the center of the bottom surface while forming a cup shape by combining them,
Each half cup piece has a half bottom surface forming half of the cup-shaped bottom surface, and a half circumferential surface forming half of the cup-shaped circumferential surface,
An engagement portion and an engaged portion are provided at the end of each half cup piece, and a semicircular hole is formed in the center of the end surface of each half bottom,
By engaging the engaging portion of one half cup piece with the engaged portion of the other half cup piece so as to be releasable, the pair of left and right half cup pieces are combined into a cup shape,
When both halved cup pieces are combined, the insertion hole is formed by the semicircular holes of both halved cup pieces, and the inner peripheral end of the insertion hole is combined with the pendant cable so as to be combined into a cup shape. both half cup piece can Rukoto attached to the pendant cable,
A socket cover for a pendant lighting device, wherein a thin portion is formed on the half circumferential surface, and a fitting hole into which a duct rail is fitted when the thin portion is broken is formed in a breakage mark. . The half-circular hole is composed of a half-cylindrical cylindrical part that forms a cylindrical part when both cup pieces are combined, and the two half-cup pieces attached to the pendant cable are slid toward the socket. 3. The pendant lighting device according to claim 1, wherein a claw-shaped pressure contact piece that allows and prevents sliding in the direction of the illumination light is formed at an inner peripheral end of the halved cylindrical portion. Socket cover.

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