JPH0231683Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention can be installed on the roof of a vehicle (hereinafter referred to as a "vehicle") such as an emergency vehicle, road work vehicle, or retoucher vehicle, and can be attached to other vehicles if desired. This relates to a diffused warning light that emits a warning light to pedestrians and pedestrians to notify them of the presence or approach of a vehicle.

[Conventional technology]

In order to effectively utilize the entire width of the vehicle roof, diffused warning lights are equipped with display devices such as revolving lights, secondary reflectors, flashing lights, etc. on a roughly rectangular base. By arranging the components appropriately, waterproofing,
For dustproofing, windproofing, etc., the upper part of these is covered with a transparent glove, and the inside is often sealed. Conventionally, such diffused-type warning lights have been produced by integrally connecting a plurality of light-transmitting globe pieces made of synthetic resin materials with different colors and with cutouts at the lower sides. The lower cutout edge is fitted and fixed into the fixing groove formed on the upper edge of the base to cover the revolving light and reflector placed on the base, and the side opening is sealed with a transparent globe lid. A structure consisting of this is used.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

In such conventional diffused-type warning lights, waterproofing is required to resist vibrations and wind pressure received from the vehicle body at the joints between the light-transmitting globe pieces and between the fixed parts of the light-transmitting globe pieces to the base. It requires strength and strength.

However, in the above conventional structure, there are many joints between the light-transmitting globe pieces and between the light-transmitting globe pieces and the base, making it difficult to achieve a completely sealed structure. Special strength processing is required to obtain the required strength at the supporting and fixing parts for the table and base, which increases the number of parts including sealing materials and assembly man-hours, and also causes high prices. It was something I had.

The present invention was devised in view of the above-mentioned problem, and the light-transmitting globe piece is formed into an endless cylinder having a substantially circular or elliptical shape, thereby greatly reducing the number of parts that require waterproofing, and making it possible to In addition to improving the waterproof performance of body gloves, the structure allows the sub-assembly transparent glove tube to be assembled onto the base using unitized transparent glove pieces, making it easy to assemble and making the housing structurally waterproof. The purpose of this project is to propose a diffused warning light that is both durable and strong.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the diffused type warning light according to the present invention has a plurality of endless cylindrical light-transmitting globe pieces whose lower sides bulge downward and serve as base attachment parts, which can be attached to and detached from each other. A transparent globe tube is constructed by connecting the tube to the tube, and a board that can be freely moved in and out from the side is accommodated in the transparent globe tube, and a rotating light, a secondary reflector, a flashing light, etc. are mounted on the top surface of the substrate. At the same time, a display device and other components are arranged, a transparent globe lid is removably covered over the side opening of the transparent globe tube, and the base attachment part of the transparent globe tube is mounted on the base. This measure was taken to provide support to the government.

[Effect]

In the diffused type warning light having the above structure, the light-transmitting globe pieces are formed into an endless cylindrical shape, so that there is high precision waterproofing between the light-transmitting globe pieces and between the light-transmitting globe pieces and the light-transmitting globe cover. Not only is it possible to obtain structural strength as a casing, there is also no need for a special waterproof structure between the transparent globe tube and the base, improving the waterproof performance as a globe for light bodies. can be done.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Examples of the diffused warning light according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a colored or colorless light-transmitting globe piece, such as red, yellow, or blue, which forms the external light body shape of the diffused warning light according to the present invention. It has an endless structure with a base mounting part 2, and a plurality of light-transmitting globe pieces 1 of a desired color are combined and removably connected, and a light-transmitting globe tube 3 is provided.
Configure. As mentioned above, these light-transmitting globe pieces 1 can not only be configured by combining the emitting colors depending on the purpose of use as a diffused warning light, but also can be configured by combining some of the light-transmitting globe pieces as desired during use. By replacing the piece 1, the color of the emitted light in that part can be changed, and it is also possible to deal with accidents in the event that the transparent globe piece 1 is partially damaged. This light-transmitting glove piece 1 is provided with integrally molded guide grooves 4, 4 extending in the longitudinal direction at two or more predetermined locations on the inner circumferential portion thereof, and whose axes coincide between adjacent light-transmitting glove pieces 1. A common fixing bolt 5 is inserted between the adjacent light-transmitting globe pieces 1, 1 into the guide grooves 4, 4, and a locking nut 6 is screwed and tightened on the threaded portion side. A plurality of transparent glove pieces 1, 1 are formed by sandwiching the edges.
fix them together. The guide grooves 4, 4 are generally
Two protruding edges 4a, 4 are provided on the inner circumference of the transparent glove piece 1.
Although it can be formed by protruding b, there is no particular limitation on the method of formation. In addition, the length of the guide groove 4 does not need to be the entire length in the longitudinal direction if the purpose is only to connect a plurality of light-transmitting globe pieces 1, and it is not necessary to form the guide groove 4 to the entire length in the longitudinal direction. It is sufficient to form guide grooves 4 corresponding to the length of the guide grooves 5 on the left and right opening edges, respectively, to match the guide grooves 4 of the adjacent transparent glove pieces 1 on the opposite sides. Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the length of the fixing bolt 5 itself is determined by not only the length of the adjacent light-transmitting globe pieces 1 and 1, but also the entire length of the plurality of light-transmitting globe pieces 1 that are planned to be installed in series. It is also possible to use a single long bolt long enough to be spanned. In the illustrated embodiment, the guide groove 4 is shown having one groove width wider than the other groove width for convenience of mold cutting of the light-transmitting globe piece 1. There are no limitations.

Inside the transparent globe tube 3, a display device such as a rotating light 7, a secondary reflecting mirror 8, a flashing light 9, and other components are housed. These components are the transparent globe tube 3.
They are arranged on a base plate 10 that can be freely slid in the longitudinal direction inside and out from the side opening of the light-transmitting globe tube 3, and the diffused-type warning lights themselves are fixed on the roof of the vehicle during maintenance and inspection. It is designed so that it can be pulled out of the transparent globe tube 3 while remaining in place. Reference numeral 11 denotes a guide piece integrally molded at a predetermined position of the transparent globe piece 1 so as to hang the substrate 10 inside the transparent globe tube 3 and allow sliding only in the longitudinal direction.

Transparent globe tube 3 configured as described above
is supported on the base 12 via the base attachment part 2 of the transparent globe piece 1. Each of the base mounting portion 2 and the base 12 supporting the base mounting portion 2 is provided with a light-transmitting globe tube 3, that is, each light-transmitting globe piece 1 constituting the light-transmitting globe tube 3 is attached to the base 12. A locking mechanism is provided which engages with each other in the fixed position and fixes both. This hooking mechanism includes a hooking edge 13 that is provided on the lower surface of the base mounting portion 2 side and protrudes along its longitudinal direction.
A guide is protrudingly provided on the upper surface of the base 12 side so that each light-transmitting globe piece 1 constituting the light-transmitting globe tube 3 is slid in the longitudinal direction of the base 12 to engage the above-mentioned locking edge 13. It is composed of a rim 14. These latching edges 13 and guide edges 14 do not necessarily have to be formed over the entire length of each, and the latching edges 13 are formed to an extent that can prevent the light-transmitting glove piece 1 from escaping above the base 12. The guide edge 14 has a strength of approximately one-half of the length in the longitudinal direction of the light-transmitting glove piece 1, and the guide edge 14 locks each latch edge 13 at the fixed position of each light-transmitting glove piece 1. It suffices if they are formed intermittently in order to do so. That is, the guide edges 14 have openings above the bases 12 whose number is equal to the number of transparent globe pieces 1 to be supported on the bases 12 minus 1, and are large enough to allow the above-mentioned retaining edges 13 to pass through. It can be formed by cutting the notch 15. With such a configuration, the transparent globe tube 3 can be attached to the base 12.
When the light-transmitting globe piece 1 is inserted into and removed from the base 12, it is not necessary to slide the light-transmitting globe piece 1 over the entire length of the base 12. That is, the locking edge 13 can be dropped into a predetermined notch 15, and can be slid from that position to a position where it engages with the guide edge 14 to be engaged and fixed.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a light-transmitting globe lid that covers the side opening of the light-transmitting globe tube 3, that is, the side opening of one of the plurality of consecutively arranged light-transmitting globe pieces 1 located on the side side. This transparent globe lid 16
The fixing screw 17 penetrated from the outside is screwed into the screw holder 18 disposed using the guide groove 4 of the transparent glove piece 1 located on the side side, and the transparent glove piece 1 is tightened. Configure it to be fixed to . Further, the transparent globe lid 16 has a fixing part 19 for the base 12 at its lower part, and can be screwed to the base 12 side with a fixing screw 20 passed through the fixing part 19 from the outside. This allows the transparent globe tube 3 and the base 12 to be integrated. In the illustrated embodiment, a diffused warning light is shown in which a speaker box 21 is arranged in the center of a base 12, and transparent globe tubes 3 are arranged symmetrically on both sides of the speaker box 21. The opening on the other side of the light-transmitting globe tube 3 has a structure that is sealed by a partition plate 22 on the speaker box side,
The transparent globe lid 16 is attached only to the opening on one side.

Incidentally, the diffused type warning light according to the present invention may have a structure in which the speaker box 21 is not arranged in the center of the base 12, and in that case, the openings on both the left and right sides of the light-transmitting globe tube 3 is covered with the transparent globe lid 16.

Power to the display device and the audio device, such as the rotating light 7 and the flashing light 9, is applied from an external power source via a connector 23 disposed within the base 12. Further, the diffused warning light configured as described above is mounted on the roof of the vehicle via the support 24 placed at the bottom of the base 12, and the wiring from the external power source is connected to the support. The base 12 of the diffused warning light via the base 24
It can also be configured to be drawn inward.

[Effect of idea]

Since the diffused warning light according to the present invention is configured as described above, it is excellent in use between transparent globe pieces, between a transparent globe piece and a transparent globe cover, between a transparent globe tube and a base, etc. In addition to achieving waterproof performance and the required strength as a housing, during maintenance inspections, the light-transmitting globe lid can be removed while the diffused warning light is mounted on the roof of the vehicle, and the display device and other mechanical parts can be removed from the light-transmitting globe. This has the advantage of being able to be pulled out to the side of the cylinder and work can be carried out easily.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a front view of the diffused warning light according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view, Figure 3 is a side view,
Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line A-A in Figure 2, Figure 5 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in Figure 4, Figure 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing the latching mechanism, and Figure 7 is a guide groove. Fig. 8 is a side view showing the relationship between the fixing bolt and the fixing bolt.
The figure is a side view showing another embodiment of the fixing bolt, and FIG. 10 is a plan view as well. 1...Translucent globe piece, 2...Base mounting part, 3
... Translucent globe tube, 7 ... Rotating light, 8 ... Secondary reflector, 9 ... Flashing light, 12 ... Base, 16 ...
Translucent globe lid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] A transparent globe tube is formed by detachably connecting a plurality of endless cylindrical transparent globe pieces with their lower sides bulging downward and serving as base attachment parts. A board that can be freely entered and exited from the side is housed in the light-transmitting globe tube, and a display device and other components such as a rotating light, a secondary reflector, and a flashing light are arranged on the upper surface thereof, and A diffused light warning light characterized in that a transparent globe lid is removably covered over the side opening of the transparent globe tube, and a base mounting portion of the transparent globe is supported on the base. .