JPH0423407Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a lighting device for an aquarium for aquarium fish such as tropical fish and goldfish.

<Conventional technology> As is well known, ornamental fish tanks are 45 cm long and 60 cm long.
There are various sizes such as cm and 90cm.

Conventional lighting devices are created by adjusting the length of the lighting frame depending on the size of the aquarium used, or by incorporating an expandable support material into the lighting frame and adjusting the expansion and contraction length of this support material. It was used according to the length of the aquarium.

<Problems that the invention aims to solve> However, if different lighting frames are created for each size of aquarium, equipment such as molds must be prepared for each size, making it difficult to streamline production.
Inventory management at assembly plants and dealers is also troublesome. Furthermore, if an expandable support member is incorporated into the lighting frame, the assembly work will be complicated, and sufficient strength cannot be expected.

<Means for solving the problem> This proposal was proposed in view of the above, and consists of a lighting frame that has a lighting lamp inside, is open at the bottom, and has a first locking piece facing downward on the edge. One end is provided with a fastening part that can be attached to and detached from the end of the lighting frame, and the other end is provided with a fastening part that can be attached to and detached from the end of the lighting frame.
The auxiliary frame provided with the locking pieces is made removable by the above-mentioned fastening parts.

<Function> If the aquarium is approximately the same length as the lighting frame, you can remove the auxiliary frame and lock it to the aquarium using the first locking piece formed at the end of the lighting frame, or if the aquarium is longer than the lighting frame. If available, an auxiliary frame can be attached and the second locking piece formed on the auxiliary frame can be used to lock the tank to the water tank. Therefore, lighting devices of the same size can be installed in aquariums of different lengths.

<Examples> The present invention will be described below based on examples shown in the drawings.

The lighting device 1 includes a horizontally long illumination frame 2 whose bottom surface is open, and a partition plate material 3 that divides the inside of the horizontally elongated lighting frame 2 into upper and lower sections. A ballast 7, a cord, etc. (not shown) for the illumination lamp 5 are provided in a second chamber 6 formed above the partition plate 3, and a top surface and a rear surface are provided on one rear side of the illumination frame 2. forms a recessed portion 8 that is open;
An outlet 8' is provided on the side surface of the recess 8.

The lighting frame 2 is injection-molded from synthetic resin, and its left and right lengths are approximately the same as the length of the aquarium A of a predetermined size.
As shown in the figure, a first locking piece 12 having an arrow-shaped locking portion 11 formed of an inclined surface 9 and a locking step portion 10 at its lower end projects integrally downward.

Therefore, the lighting device 1 having the above-described configuration
When using the lighting device 1 in an aquarium A that has the same length as the lighting frame 2, as shown in Fig. 5, place the lighting device 1 on the top of the aquarium A and use the The first locking pieces 12, 12 are attached to the upper frame horizontal member 1 of the water tank A.
3 and 13.

Further, when the lighting device 1 described above is used in an aquarium B that is longer than the lighting frame 2, the auxiliary frame 14 is used. As shown in FIG.
6, a front surface 17, and a rear surface 18 facing downward. It is a shallow open-bottom frame made of synthetic resin, and one side surface 16 has an attachment part 19 that can be attached to and detached from the end of the illumination frame 2.
A second locking piece 20 facing downward is formed on the other side. The fastening part 19 shown in FIG. 1 is a front support that extends horizontally from the lower edge of the side surface 16 at the front part of the side surface 16 formed into a curved surface corresponding to the curved part 2' at the lower end of the illumination frame 2. the bottom surface 21 and the front support bottom surface 2
1 and a front upright piece 22 standing up from the tip of the illumination frame 2 with a curvature corresponding to the curved part 2' of the illumination frame 2, and having a front fitting groove 23 between the front upright piece 22 and the side surface 16. 24, and a side surface 1 is formed at the rear of the side surface 16.
The rear support bottom surface 2 extends horizontally from the lower edge of 6.
5, and a rear upright piece 26 that stands up from the tip of the rear support bottom surface 25, and the rear upright piece 26 and the side surface 16
A rear support part 28 having a rear fitting groove 27 is formed between the front support part 24 and the rear support part 28, and a gap 29 into which the first locking piece 12 of the illumination frame 2 is inserted is formed between the front support part 24 and the rear support part 28. It consists of In addition, each fitting groove 23, 27 is connected to the illumination frame 2.
It is desirable that the width is such that the lower end edges of the two can fit together.

To attach the auxiliary frame 14 having the above-described configuration to the end of the illumination frame 2, the attachment part 19 of the auxiliary frame 14 should face the lower end of the side surface of the illumination frame 2, and in this state, the lower end of the illumination frame 2 The edges are fitted into both fitting grooves 23 and 27. In this way, the lower edge of the lighting frame 2 is attached to the auxiliary frame 14.
When the first locking piece 12 of the illumination frame 2 that has passed over the side surface 16 of the auxiliary frame 14 is fully fitted into the fitting grooves 23 and 27 of the fastening part 19, When inserted, the locking stepped portion 10 locks on the lower edge of the illumination frame 2, and the front upright piece 22 and the rear upright piece 26 of the fastening portion 19 firmly clamp the sides of the illumination frame 2, and The lower portion of the side surface is in close contact with the side surface 16 of the auxiliary frame 14. Therefore, the auxiliary frame 14 is firmly fixed to the end of the illumination frame 2. Note that the first
When the locking piece 12 is pressed inward with a finger, the locking step 10 of the first locking piece 12 comes off the lower edge of the illumination frame 2, so that the auxiliary frame 14 can be easily removed.

When the auxiliary frame 14 is fixed to one end of the illumination frame 2 as described above, the length of the illumination frame 2 can be substantially increased by the width of the auxiliary frame 14.
Therefore, the width of the auxiliary frame 14, that is, the fastening portion 19
If the distance between the second locking piece 20 and the second locking piece 20 is set to approximately the same length as the difference between the length of the aquarium B and the length of the lighting frame 2, the distance between the second locking piece 20 of the auxiliary frame 14 and the second locking piece 20 of the lighting frame 2 will be The distance to the first locking piece 12 at the end can be adjusted to the length of the water tank B. For example, at one end of the lighting frame 2 where the distance between the left and right first locking pieces 12, 12 is 45 cm, the distance between the second locking piece 20 and the fastening part 19 is 15 cm.
When the auxiliary frame 14 is fixed, the distance between the second locking piece 20 of the auxiliary frame 14 and the first locking piece 12 at the other end of the illumination frame 2 can be set to 60 cm. Therefore, when the lighting device 1 is placed on the top of the aquarium B with a length of 60 cm, the second locking piece 20 of the auxiliary frame 14 is engaged with the upper frame horizontal member 13 of the aquarium B, as shown in FIG. At the same time, the first locking piece 12 at the other end of the lighting frame 2 can be locked to the upper frame horizontal member 13 on the opposite side of the water tank B, and the lighting device 1 can be stably installed.

As described above, when the lighting device 1 is attached to the aquarium B with the auxiliary frame 14 fixed to one end of the lighting frame 2, the lighting device 1 comes off from the center of the aquarium B.
biased to the left or right. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, the distance between the fastening part 19 and the second fastening piece 20 is 7.5 cm, and the auxiliary frames 14, 14, which are symmetrical in left and right shapes, are used as lights with a length of 45 cm. It is fixed to both the left and right ends of the frame 2. In this way, the left and right auxiliary frames 14,
The interval between the 14 second locking pieces 20, 20 is 60 cm. Therefore, when this illumination device 1 is placed in an aquarium B with a length of 60 cm, the second locking pieces 20, 20 of the left and right auxiliary frames 14, 14 are attached to the left and right upper frame horizontal members 1 of the aquarium B.
3 respectively, and the lighting device 1 can be attached to the center of the aquarium B. Therefore, the appearance becomes better than when the auxiliary frame 14 is fixedly attached to one end of the illumination frame 2.

In addition, the fastening portion 19 of the auxiliary frame 14 in this proposal
is not limited to the above embodiment, and may have any configuration as long as it can be removably attached to the end of the illumination frame 2.

<Effects of the invention> As explained above, according to the invention, if the aquarium has approximately the same length as the lighting frame, the lighting frame can be directly attached to the aquarium without using an auxiliary frame.
If the aquarium is longer than the illumination frame, an auxiliary frame can be attached and the second locking piece can be used to lock the aquarium to the aquarium. Therefore, the same length of lighting device can be used for different sized aquariums. For this reason,
Unlike conventional methods, there is no need to prepare lighting devices of different lengths for each size of aquarium, which greatly contributes to streamlining production.

In addition, since the lighting device according to the present invention can firmly fix the auxiliary frame to the end of the lighting frame, it can be expected to have higher strength than conventional lighting devices that have an extendable support part. , excellent durability.

Furthermore, since the structure of the present invention is simple, it is easy to manufacture and easy to handle.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. Figures 1 and 2 are partially cutaway perspective views with the auxiliary frame removed, and Figure 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view with the auxiliary frames attached to the left and right ends. A partially cutaway plan view, Figure 4 is a front view of the main part with an auxiliary frame attached to one end of the lighting frame, and Figure 5 is a front view of the illumination frame with the auxiliary frame attached directly to the aquarium. It is. 1 is a lighting device, 2 is a lighting frame, 3 is a partition plate material, 5
1 is a lighting lamp, 8 is a recessed portion, 8′ is an outlet, 11 is a locking portion, 12 is a first locking piece, 14 is an auxiliary frame, 19
is a fastening part, 20 is a second fastening piece, 24 is a front support part,
28 is a rear support part, and A and B are water tanks.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) At the end of a lighting frame that has a lighting lamp inside, the bottom surface is open, and a first locking piece is provided downward on the edge,
A lighting for an aquarium fish tank in which an auxiliary frame is provided with a removable fastening part at one end of the illumination frame and a second fastening piece is provided at the other end, which can be attached and detached by the fastening part. Device. (2) The illumination device for an aquarium fish tank according to claim 1, which is a utility model registration, wherein first locking pieces are provided at both ends of the illumination frame, and the auxiliary frame is removably attached to both ends of the illumination frame. (3) The fastening part of the auxiliary frame consists of a fitting part into which the lower edge of the lighting frame fits before and after a notch into which the first fastening piece of the lighting frame fits. A lighting device for an aquarium fish tank according to item 1 or 2.