JPH04363806A - Lighting fixture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a lighting fixture enabling the body thereof to be easily fitted to a mounting surface. CONSTITUTION:An opening section 2 is formed on the upper surface of a fixture body 1, and a peripheral coaming 3 is formed around the opening section 2. Both lower edges of the body 1 are fitted with lamp sockets 4 and 4 for clamping a straight fluorescent lamp 5. A magnet 14 is fixed to a fitting section 6 in the body 1. This magnet 14 is caused to adhere to a mounting plate 23 fitted to a mounting surface 26, together with a locating body 22, thereby fixing the body 1 to a fixture 21. The locating body 22 is nonmagnetic and, therefore, not attracted. Thus, the body 22 can perform positioning function in a lengthwise direction via a tapered surface 24. Also, breadthwise positioning is performed by locating the body 22 in the opening section 2. The peripheral coaming 3 around the opening section 2 of the lighting fixture body 1 is in contact with the mounting surface 26, and the locating body 22 and mounting plate 23 are positioned within the body 1, thereby keeping the appearance of the fixture body 1 free from impairment.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting fixture that can be directly attached to a surface to be mounted such as a ceiling.

0002

[Prior Art] Generally, when installing a lighting fixture on a surface to be mounted such as a ceiling, the main body of the fixture, such as the chassis of the lighting fixture, is pressed against the surface to be mounted, and the fixture is fixed with wood screws, etc. The main body of the device is attached with nuts using anchor bolts that are pre-installed in the.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when attaching the instrument body using wood screws or bolts and nuts as described above, it is necessary to press the instrument body against the surface to be attached, which is heavy and difficult to work with. The problem is that it is very bad.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a lighting fixture whose main body can be easily attached to a mounting surface.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The lighting fixture of the present invention has a fixture body to which a lamp is attached, and a fixture body which is provided with a mounting portion on one side lower than the periphery and attached to a surface to be mounted such as a ceiling or a wall. a fixture attached to the mounting surface and positioned opposite to the mounting part; and a magnet attached to an opposing surface of at least one of the mounting part and the fixture, the mounting part is attracted by the magnet, and the fixing tool is housed in the instrument body and positioned and held on the peripheral edge.

[0006]

[Function] The present invention provides a device by attaching a magnet to the facing surface of at least one of the mounting portion and the fixture of the device body, and by providing the mounting portion inside the device body at a position lower than the periphery. When attaching the attachment part of the main body to the fixture, it can be easily attached by adsorbing the attachment part of the instrument body to the fixture, and the fixture can be easily positioned by positioning it within the periphery of the instrument body.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an elongated box-shaped instrument body, and an opening 2 is formed on the upper surface of the instrument body 1, and the periphery of this opening 2 is bent inward to form a peripheral edge 3. is formed. Further, lamp sockets 4, 4 are attached to both ends of the lower surface of the appliance main body 1, and a straight tube type fluorescent lamp 5 is sandwiched between these lamp sockets 4, 4, and is electrically connected. There is.

On the other hand, a mounting portion 6 is attached inside the instrument body 1 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. As shown in FIGS. The mounting portion 6 has an opening 7 on the lower surface, and a mounting edge 8 is formed around the opening 7 by bending it outward. The mounting portion 6 is fixed to the instrument main body 1 by attaching and fixing the mounting edge 8 to the instrument main body 1 with screws 11 and nuts 12. Furthermore, this mounting part 6
A rectangular parallelepiped magnet 14 made of a material such as ferrite is screwed and fixed to the upper part of the opposing surface by screws 13, 13. Note that the upper end surface of this magnet 14 is located slightly downwardly inward from the upper surface of the peripheral edge 3 of the instrument main body 1.

Furthermore, a ballast 15 such as an inverter lighting device for lighting the fluorescent lamp 5 is installed inside the appliance body 1.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the fixture 21 has the following features:
It is composed of a non-magnetic positioning body 22 and a magnetic mounting plate 23 attached to this positioning body 22, and the short side is the width direction, and the length in the width direction is equal to It is slightly shorter than the length in the width direction. This positioning body 22 is approximately plate-shaped, and has tapered surfaces 24, 24 formed at both ends of one surface, and between these tapered surfaces 24, 24 is a mounting surface 25, which is an opposing surface on which the mounting plate 23 is attached.
is formed, and the long side of this mounting surface 25 is the longitudinal direction,
The length in the longitudinal direction is approximately equal to the length in the longitudinal direction of the mounting plate 23, and is slightly shorter than the length in the longitudinal direction of the magnet 14. Further, the mounting surface 25 is formed with through holes 27, 27 for mounting on the mounting surface 26 such as the ceiling, and the mounting plate 23 also corresponds to the through holes 27, 27 of the mounting surface 25 of the positioning body 22. Through holes 28 and 28 are bored, and the positioning body 22 and the mounting plate 23 are integrally attached to the mounting surface 26 using wood screws 29 and 29.

Note that the positioning body 22 and the mounting plate 23 are
They may be fixed together with an adhesive.

Next, a method of attaching the lighting equipment according to the above embodiment will be explained.

First, align the through holes 27 and 28 of the positioning body 22 and the mounting plate 23 so that they communicate with each other, and insert wood screws into the through holes 27 and 28 of the positioning body 22 and the mounting plate 23. Mounting surface 2 such as the ceiling or wall
Screw on 6.

Then, the magnet 14 in the instrument main body 1 is attracted to the mounting plate 23 so as to face it, and the instrument main body 1 is fixed to the fixture 21. At this time, since the positioning body 22 is a non-magnetic material, the positioning body 22 is not attracted to the tapered surface 22.
4 for longitudinal positioning, and by positioning the positioning body 22 within the opening 2, widthwise positioning can also be performed automatically. Further, when the magnet 14 in the instrument body 1 is attracted to the mounting plate 23, the upper surface of the periphery 3 of the opening 2 of the instrument body 1 comes into contact with the mounting surface 26, which consists of the positioning body 22 and the mounting plate 23. Since the fixture 21 is housed within the fixture body 1, the lighting fixture attached to the mounting surface 26 can be attached to the fixture 21.
It does not expose the skin and does not damage the appearance.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

The lighting fixture shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is the lighting fixture shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, with holders 31, 31 provided at both ends of the interior of the fixture body 1, respectively. A magnet 33 is attached with a screw 32.

Fixtures 35, 35 made of magnetic material having a gap corresponding to the length between these magnets 33, 33
is fixed to the mounting surface 26 with wood screws 36, 36.

In this state, the magnets 33, 33 inside the instrument body 1 are attracted to the fixtures 35, 35, and the instrument body 1 is fixed to the fixture 21. At this time, the two fixtures 35, 35 are used to position the fixture 35 in the longitudinal direction, and the fixture 35 is placed inside the opening 2.
, 35, positioning in the width direction can also be performed automatically. Furthermore, when the magnets 33, 33 inside the instrument body 1 are attracted to the fixtures 35, 35, the opening 2 of the instrument body 1
The peripheral edge 3 is in contact with the mounting surface 26 and the fixtures 35, 35
is located within the fixture body 1, so that the appearance of the lighting fixture attached to the mounting surface is not impaired as in the previous embodiment.

[0020] The magnet may be provided on the fixture side and the magnetic material may be provided on the instrument body side, or magnets may be used for both.

[0021]

According to the lighting device of the present invention, a magnet is attached to the opposing surface of at least one of the mounting portion of the device body and the fixture, and the mounting portion is located inside the device body at a position lower than the periphery. By providing this, when attaching the mounting part of the instrument body to the fixture, it can be easily attached by adsorbing the mounting part of the instrument body to the fixture, and by positioning the fixture within the periphery of the instrument body. ,
Easy to position.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a lighting fixture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the same as above.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the same fixture as above.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a part of the above lighting fixture.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a part of the above lighting fixture.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a lighting fixture of another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the same as above.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Equipment body 3 Periphery 5 Fluorescent lamp 6 Mounting part 14 Magnet 21 Fixing tool 26 Mounting surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A device body to which a lamp is attached, and a fixture body having a mounting part provided on one side thereof lower than the peripheral edge and attached to a surface to be mounted such as a ceiling or a wall, and a main body to which a lamp is attached and which is attached to the surface to be mounted and which is attached to the surface to be mounted. a fixture positioned opposite to the fixture; and a magnet attached to an opposing surface of at least one of the fixture and the fixture, the fixture being attracted to the magnet to hold the fixture in place. A lighting device characterized by being housed within a main body and positioned and held on the periphery.