JPH04364804A - Fan - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To create a romantic atmosphere by allowing a light pattern to stand out over the surface of a fan when the environment is dark in the evening in summer. CONSTITUTION:A slide switch 6 of a fan 1 is flicked to turn on an LED. Light emitted from the LED is sent from the base of a bundle of optical fibers 5 to the ends of the optical fibers 5. The LED light, which reaches the ends of the optical fibers 5 is emitted from the ends of the optical fibers 5. The optical fibers 5 are arranged on both sides of the fan 1 in such a way that the bundle of the optical fibers spreads on the surface 4 of the fan 1. Consequently, light emitted from the ends of the optical fibers 5 is reflected from the fan surface as feeble light. As a result, light emitted from the ends of the optical fibers 5 looks like fireflies to create a romantic atmosphere decorating the fan 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fan, and more particularly to a fan that can create an exotic atmosphere on a cool summer evening.

0002

[Prior Art] Generally, a fan is a thin piece of bamboo that is split into several bones, leaving only the part that is held in the hand, and then covered with paper, silk, etc., and is used as a tool to keep cool in the summer. be. Traditionally, fans have been used not only to cool off, but also to protect people from the sun, hide their faces, and serve as decorations. In this way, the original function of the fan was simply as a tool for cooling off. However, with the development of culture, the fan has changed from simply being used as a cooling tool to being used as a stylish tool. As a manifestation of this, in the Edo period, fans with ukiyo-e or portraits of actors drawn on the fan surface became popular. In this way, Ukiyo-e prints and portraits of actors were drawn on the fan side of fans, reflecting the social conditions of the time, and holding a fan was seen as a form of fashion. Drawing designs on the fan surface of this fan is still widely practiced today. In recent years, changes have been made to the shape of the outer periphery of the fan face, the handles of fans have been made thicker and longer, and the handles of fans have been modified to create a fashionable feel that suits modern sensibilities. I have it.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Uchiwa fans are used from early summer to early autumn, and exist as a summer tradition. For this reason, fans were considered to be enough to create an atmosphere of elegance, such as when people held them while relaxing on a riverbank in a yukata at dusk in summer, giving off the scent of freshly bathed water. However, the ukiyo-e prints and portraits of actors on the fan surface of traditional fans were designed to be viewed in bright daylight, and traditional fans were designed to be fashionable when carried around during the day. there were. For this reason, when a conventional fan is carried around by young men and women in yukata at dusk in summer, the fan surface becomes difficult to see due to the surrounding dusk; The problem is that it lacks the bewitching feeling that you get when you carry it around.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide a fan that can create a romantic atmosphere by highlighting the light on the fan surface when the surrounding area becomes dark due to dusk at dusk in summer.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the fan of the present invention has a flat plate placed on the handle of the fan, a flat lithium battery, and is configured to be slidable on the flat plate. a flat lithium battery housed in the switch unit and having one electrode always in contact with the flat plate; a case housing the flat plate, the switch unit, and the lithium battery; It is housed in a case and one of the two legs is connected to the flat plate so that the other leg comes into contact with the other electrode of the lithium battery when the switch part is slid on the flat plate. LED arranged in
and a bundle of optical fibers that are housed in the case and have their base ends facing the light emitting part of the LED, and the tips of the optical fibers are connected to the surface of the bone of the fan. It is arranged to be diffused between the films attached to the back side.

[0006] Preferably, one electrode of the lithium battery is inserted and connected to the lower surface of the flat plate.

[0007] Furthermore, it is preferable that one electrode of the lithium battery is brought into contact with the upper surface of the flat plate.

[0008] Preferably, the flat plate is made of a magnetic material.

[0009]

[Operation] The LED is turned on by sliding the switch part of the fan configured as described above. When the LED is turned on, light emitted from the LED is transmitted through the optical fiber from the base end of the bundle of optical fibers and reaches the tip of the optical fiber. The LED light that reaches the tip of the optical fiber emits light at the tip of the optical fiber. Since this optical fiber is disposed to be diffused within the fan surface attached to the front and back surfaces of the bones of the fan, the light emitted from the tip of the optical fiber becomes faint light and is reflected on the fan surface. Therefore, the light emitted from the tip of the optical fiber shines like the light of a firefly, creating a romantic atmosphere and decorating the fan.

0010

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below. An embodiment of a fan according to the present invention is shown in FIGS. 1 to 6.

In the figure, 1 is a fan and 2 is a handle. 3 is a bone, which is constructed by splitting the tip of the handle 2 into multiple pieces. The material of the handle 2 is generally made of bamboo, but it may also be made of synthetic resin. Moreover, when the material of the handle 2 is made of bamboo, the bone 3 is constructed by cutting a thin piece of bamboo into small pieces, leaving only the part to be held in the hand (the part of the handle 2). In addition, when the material of the handle 2 is made of synthetic resin, there is a part held in the hand (the part of the handle 2) and a part formed in a rake-like manner from the part held in the hand (bone bones). 3) is constructed by injection molding or the like.

[0012] Reference numeral 4 denotes a fan surface, which is usually made of paper. That is, the fan surface 4 is usually formed by pasting paper together from both the front and back surfaces of the bone 3. Recently, this fan surface 4 has been made of cotton fabric dyed with indigo, or made of silk pasted instead of paper. However, here, it is limited to thin ones. Reference numeral 5 denotes an optical fiber arranged in a bundle, which is composed of a large number of optical fiber cores. The optical fibers 5 extend from the handle 2 on an extension line of the handle 2, and are disposed from a point where they reach the fan surface 4 to a point where they are diffused throughout the fan surface 4. The length of each optical fiber core wire of the optical fibers 5 disposed in a diffused manner throughout the fan surface 4 is adjusted according to the point at which light is emitted. This optical fiber 5
The optical fiber has the property of transmitting light when light is applied to the base end and emitting light at the tip of the optical fiber, and is made of quartz based material from the viewpoint of transmission characteristics and mechanical strength.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a switch section into which the optical fiber 5 is inserted. This switch section 6 has a configuration as shown in FIG. A case 7 is fixed on the handle 2 and has a window 8 of a predetermined size formed therein. 9 is a flat plate;
The handle 2 is fitted onto the handle 2, and the case 7 is placed over the flat plate 9. Also, this flat plate 9
is made of a conductive material such as a copper plate, an aluminum plate, or a conductive synthetic resin plate. 10 is a switch operation part,
It is fitted into the window 8 of the case 7 and housed within the case 7. This switch operation section 10 is housed in the case 7 so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction within the window 8 of the case 7. This switch operating section 10 is restricted by a case 7 so that it does not jump out from the window 8. Reference numeral 11 denotes a protrusion provided on the upper part of the switch operating section 10 to facilitate operation when the switch operating section 10 is slid for switching. 12 is a circular recess provided inside the switch operating section 10 as shown in FIG. 5, and a flat lithium battery 14 is housed therein. The lithium battery 14 is a lithium-iodine battery formed into a circular flat plate shape, with one surface of the flat plate serving as an anode (+) electrode and the other surface serving as a cathode (-) electrode. This lithium battery 14 is
High energy output, good storage and wide operating temperature, 10
It has become widely used because it can be expected to have a lifespan of nearly a year. The lithium battery 14 housed in the recess 12 of the switch operation part 10 is mounted so that the exposed electrode is always in contact with the flat plate 9, as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a groove provided from the concave portion 12 to the tip of the switch operating portion 10 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, and the leg portion 18 of the LED 15 is inserted into this groove 13. However, normally, the leg portion 18 of the LED 15 is not in contact with the electrode of the lithium battery 14 on the side housed in the recess 12 of the switch operation portion 10. That is, by sliding the switch operating section 10 in the direction indicated by arrow A shown in FIG.
The leg part 18 of the LED 15 inserted into the groove 13 contacts the electrode of the lithium battery 14 on the side where the switch operation part 10 is housed, and is switched.

Reference numeral 15 denotes an LED, which is composed of a light emitting section 16 and two legs 17 and 18.
Light is emitted by supplying a constant current to 8. The light-emitting part 16 of the LED 15 is housed in a part of the case 7 that is not exposed through the window 8 and is fixed by the case 7. Further, the leg portion 18 is inserted into the groove 13 as described above, and the leg portion 17 is sandwiched between the flat plate 9 and the handle 2 on the lower side of the flat plate 9 in a state in which it is in constant contact with the flat plate 9. There is. A base end portion of the optical fiber 5 is disposed in front of the light emitting portion 16 . In this way, the LED 15 has two legs 17,
18, the legs 17 and 18 are connected to the two electrodes of the lithium battery 14 housed in the recess 12 of the switch operation part 10.
They are sandwiched so that they are in contact with each other, and are configured to turn on when they are sandwiched.

FIGS. 7 to 11 show other embodiments of the fan according to the present invention. This embodiment differs from the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 in the method of arranging the optical fibers arranged in a bundle and the structure of the switch operating section 10.

In the figure, 1 is a fan, 2 is a handle, 3 is a bone,
4 is a fan surface, which is the same as the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6. Reference numeral 50 denotes an optical fiber arranged in the form of a bundle, which is composed of a large number of optical fiber cores. This optical fiber 50
At the tip of the handle 2, a plurality of optical fiber bundles 51, 52,
The optical fiber bundles 51, 52,
53 is extended and distributed throughout the fan surface 4 from each point thereof reaching the fan surface 4. The length of each optical fiber core wire of the optical fibers 50 distributed throughout the fan surface 4 is adjusted according to the point at which light is emitted.

Reference numeral 60 denotes a switch section into which the optical fiber 50 is inserted. This switch section 60 has a configuration as shown in FIG. 7 is the case, 8 is the window, 9 is the flat plate, 1
0 is a switch operation part, 11 is a protrusion, 12 is a recessed part, 13 is a groove, and 14 is a flat lithium battery, which is the same as the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6. 61 is an LED, the light emitting part 6
2 and two leg parts 63 and 64, and emits light by supplying a constant current to the leg parts 63 and 64. The light-emitting part 62 of the LED 61 is housed in a part of the case 7 that is not exposed through the window 8 and is fixed by the case 7. Further, the leg portion 64 is configured to be insertable into the groove 13, and is normally configured to be inserted into the lithium battery 14.
The length of the switch operating portion 10 is such that it does not touch the electrode on the housing side, and the switch operating portion 10 is aligned with the arrow B shown in FIG.
It is configured so that when it slides as shown by arrow C in FIG. 11, it comes into contact with the electrode of the lithium battery 14 on the side where the switch operation part 10 is housed. On the other hand, the leg portion 63 is
4, and is arranged in contact with the entire upper side of the flat plate 9, and the lithium battery 1 is always attached to this leg part 63.
The exposed electrodes of No. 4 are placed in contact with each other. In this way, the LED 61 is sandwiched between the two legs 63 and 64 so that each of the legs 63 and 64 contacts the two electrodes of the lithium battery 14 housed in the recess 12 of the switch operation part 10. It is configured to turn on when it is caught.

Therefore, according to each embodiment of the present invention:
It has become possible to transform the fan, which was originally intended as a cooling tool, into a fashionable fan.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show another embodiment of the fan according to the present invention. This embodiment differs from the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 in that a name plate is provided above the switch section to cover the optical fibers arranged in a bundle.

In the figure, 1 is a fan, 2 is a handle, 3 is a bone,
4 is a fan surface, 5 is an optical fiber, and 6 is a switch part, as shown in Figs.
This is the same as the embodiment shown in FIG. Reference numeral 20 denotes a name plate, which is constructed to cover the optical fiber 5, as shown in FIG. The name plate 20 is made of a flexible and durable soft material such as synthetic resin. Reference numeral 21 is a needle hole, and a character to be displayed on the name plate 20, for example, SONY (registered trademark) (Fig. 13
). This needle hole 21 may be formed with a needle or the like in accordance with the characters to be inserted into the name plate 20 from the outside. Name plate 2 like this
When a needle hole 21 of a desired character is formed in 0, when the LED 15 emits light, light emitted from the light emitting part 16 of the LED 15 leaks from the needle hole 21 and the characters written on the name plate 20 are highlighted. . This name plate 2
The reason why the letters written above 0 stand out is that when the LED 15 is turned on, the light emitted from the light emitting part 16 of the LED 15 leaks out from between each strand of the bundled optical fiber 5, and the light is emitted from the optical fiber. This is because the light reflected on the outer surface of each strand of the optical fiber 5 is output from the needle hole 21 to the outside.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, by putting the name of the advertising company on the name plate 20, for example,
The fan 1 can be used for advertising.

[0023]

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, when the surrounding area becomes dark due to the dusk at dusk in summer, it is possible to create a romantic atmosphere by highlighting the light on the fan surface of the fan. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a fan according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the switch section of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the switch section shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partially sectional front view of the switch operating section shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the switch operating section shown in FIG. 2;

6 is a front view of the switch operating section shown in FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the fan according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the switch portion of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7;

9 is a plan view of the switch section shown in FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the switch operating section shown in FIG. 8, viewed from the bottom.

11 is a diagram for explaining the operating state of the switch section shown in FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 12 is an overall configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the fan according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of the name plate shown in FIG. 12;

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A flat plate placed on the handle of a fan, a switch part that houses a flat lithium battery and is configured to be able to slide on the flat plate, and a switch part that is housed in the switch part and has one electrode attached to the flat plate. a flat plate-shaped lithium battery that is in constant contact with the upper part; a case that houses the flat plate, the switch part, and the lithium battery; and a case that houses the flat plate, the switch part, and the lithium battery; an LED connected to the LED, the other leg of which is arranged so as to come into contact with the other electrode of the lithium battery when the switch part is slid on the flat plate;
It consists of a bundle of optical fibers that are housed in the case and have their base ends facing the light emitting part of the LED, and the tips of the optical fibers are placed on the front and back sides of the bones of the fan. A fan characterized by being spread out between the bonded films. 2. The fan according to claim 1, wherein one electrode of the lithium battery is inserted and connected to the lower surface of the flat plate. 3. The fan according to claim 1, wherein one electrode of the lithium battery is brought into contact with the upper surface of the flat plate. 4. The fan according to claim 3, wherein the flat plate is made of a magnetic material.