JPH05242708A - Guide light - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To detach a display panel and a speaker panel easily without dismantling a frame body, prevent screws and solder trades to fix electric parts such as a switch unit of a xenon lamp, etc., from being exposed to outside of the lower part of an apparatus main body, and improve the external appearance. CONSTITUTION:An upper and a lower frame bodies 12, 14 having a U-shape cross section and end part frame bodies 15, 16 are joined to compose an apparatus main body 11 having an open part 20 in front and rear sides. A panel installation groove 28 is formed in the upper and the lower frame bodies 12 14 along up and down of the open part 20. A projected stripe 24 is formed inside of the upper and the lower frame bodies 12 14 along the longitudinal direction. Electric parts, such as a fluorescent lamp F, a speaker 43, a xenon lamp switching unit, etc., are stored in the apparatus main body 11. Both ends of the xenon lamp switching unit are fixed by an installation tool 62 which pinches the projected stripe 24. Upper and lower fringe parts 71a, 71b, 73a, 73b are inserted in the panel installation groove 28 and thus a display panel 71 and a speaker panel 73 are installed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a guide light having a display panel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to clearly indicate the position of an evacuation exit and the evacuation direction, for example, a lamp is turned on by a commercial AC power supply during normal times, and an emergency sound is generated while the lamp is turned on by an internal battery or the like. Guide lights are used.

Further, this kind of guide light is disclosed, for example, in JP-A-63-184202 and JP-A-2-265102.
As disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2-267803, a display panel and a speaker panel are provided on the front surface or front and rear surfaces of the frame body that houses the lighting device and other electric parts in the main body of the equipment. Is equipped with. The display panel and the speaker panel are attached to the main body with screws or the like, or are integrated with the frame body.

Further, such a frame has a large dimension in the front-rear direction, and electric parts such as a lighting device are housed in the upper part of the frame and fixed to the frame by screws or the like.

[0005]

However, when the display panel and the speaker panel are attached to the main body with screws as in the above-mentioned conventional technique, the work of attaching and detaching each panel is complicated, and maintenance work such as battery replacement requires time. Then I have a problem.

[0006] In recent years, it has been attempted to reduce the thickness of such a guide light. However, if the thickness of the frame is reduced, the manufacturing cost increases because mechanical strength is maintained, and only the upper part of the main body of the fixture is increased. Since it is necessary to place various electric parts on the side and bottom, the screw heads and welding marks for fixing these electric parts are exposed to the outside of the instrument body, and the appearance is restricted. I have a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an easy-to-attach / detach operation for each panel and a maintenance operation can be easily performed. Further, even if the guide lamp is thin, it has a good appearance. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide light in which an electric component and a lamp are housed, and an opening is provided on at least one surface of the guide. The display panel provided, the ridges provided along the longitudinal direction inside the instrument body, and the both ends of the electric component are fixed to the ridges, respectively, and both ends of the electric component are locked. And a fixture.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an induction lamp, which includes a main body of an instrument for accommodating a lamp and a speaker, and an opening provided on at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the main body.
A pair of upper and lower panel mounting grooves, which are provided in the instrument main body and oppose each other, which are desired in the opening, a display panel which is held by inserting upper and lower edges into the upper and lower panel mounting grooves, respectively. The speaker panel is provided with a retaining portion for retaining the display panel while retaining the upper and lower edges inserted into the panel mounting groove.

[0010]

In the guide light according to the first aspect of the present invention, the mechanical strength of the instrument body is improved because the ridge is provided along the longitudinal direction of the instrument body. The end portion of the electric component is fixed by the mounting bracket fixed to this ridge. No screws or welding marks for fixing electrical parts are exposed to the outside.

In the guide light according to the second aspect of the present invention, the display panel and the speaker panel are held by inserting the upper and lower edges into the panel mounting groove of the instrument body, respectively, so that the display panel and the speaker panel can be easily attached and detached. The internal maintenance work becomes quick and easy. Since the speaker panel is provided with the locking portion for locking the display panel, the display panel and the speaker panel can be stably and reliably mounted in the panel mounting groove.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of an embodiment of the guide light of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, reference numeral 11 denotes an instrument main body, and the instrument main body 11 has an upper frame body 12 and a lower frame body 14 each having a substantially U-shaped cross section and forming a pair with their opening faces opposed to each other. A pair of left and right end frame bodies 15 and 16 are combined with each other through connection fittings 18 to form a substantially box-like shape with openings 20 and 20 formed in the front and rear surfaces.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the upper and lower frames 12 and 14 are respectively a substrate portion 21 and a pair of front and rear side plate portions.
22 and 22 are formed in an elongated shape having a substantially U-shaped cross section. In the vicinity of the substrate portion 21 inside each of the side plate portions 22, 22, rail-shaped protrusions 24, 24 facing each other in the left-right direction (longitudinal direction) are integrally formed, and
L-shaped ridges 26, 26 having a substantially L-shaped cross section toward the opening surface are integrally formed near the inside of the side plate portions 22, 22, respectively. Panel mounting grooves 28, 28 that open in the same direction as the opening surface are formed between the ridges 26, 26, and parts are provided between the ridges 24, 24 and the L-shaped ridges 26, 26. Mounting grooves 30, 30 are formed.

Further, the end frame bodies 15 and 16 are shown in FIGS.
As shown in, each has a box shape with an open outer surface,
They are fitted and covered by substantially box-shaped cover bodies 32, 32 each having an inner side surface opened. The end frame bodies 15 and 16 have a pair of upper and lower long holes in the left and right direction on the front and rear surface portions 34, respectively.
35 are formed, and these cover holes 32 are provided in these long holes 35.
The cover body 32 can slide in the left-right direction within a certain range by engaging a locking claw 32a provided on the inner surface of the cover.

Further, a box mounting bracket 36 is fixed to the inner side surface 35 of the end frame 16 at one end with a screw 37, and a speaker box 41 is mounted on the box mounting bracket 36. The speaker box 41 has a substantially box-like shape with openings 41a and 41b formed on the front and rear surfaces, and has a speaker 43 inside.
Are stored and fixed by a plurality of screws 45 and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of terminal blocks 47 and the like are attached to the substrate portion 21 on the upper portion of the upper frame body 12 and are fitted in the front and rear component attaching grooves 30, 30. In this state, the lighting units 48, 49, etc. are screwed and attached to the board portion 21. A xenon lamp X is attached to the center of the lighting unit 48, and battery bodies 51 and 52 for the fluorescent lamp F as a xenon lamp X and a lamp are attached to the top and bottom, respectively.

The lower frame 14 also has front and rear component mounting grooves.
The xenon lamp blinking unit 54, which constitutes an electrical component, and the alarm sound, when fitted in 30, 30 and fixed in the vertical direction,
A guide sound unit 55 for synthesizing voice and the like, and a battery body 56 for the guide sound unit are attached.

As shown in FIG. 5, the xenon lamp blinking unit 54 and the guide sound unit 55 each have an electric component housed in a case body 57 made of synthetic resin. Leg portions 58, 58 that fit into the component mounting grooves 30, 30 are formed on the front and rear sides, and locking claws 60 that fix the wiring L are formed on the upper portion.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, when the xenon lamp blinking unit 54 and the like are in contact with the left and right side portions, the fittings 62 are respectively provided on the ridges 24, 24 of the lower frame 14.
Installed on.

These mounting members 62 are formed by bending a metal plate having a thickness of several mm, and as shown in FIGS. 6 and 9 to 11,
Consists of a pair of upper and lower support 64 and lower support 65,
The upper support 64 has a reinforcing portion 64a formed by bending the entire one side portion and both end portions of the other side upward, and also has a plurality of through holes 64b. Also, the lower support 65
Is formed by bending both sides downward to form a reinforcing portion 65a and having a substantially U-shaped cross section.
65b is formed. And these mounting brackets 62
Is tightened by screwing a screw 66, which is inserted through the through hole 64b of the upper support 64, into the screw hole 65b of the lower support 65 to tighten the screw 66 and the force of each support 64,65. The stress causes the ridges 24, 24 to be firmly held, and the ridges 24, 24
The xenon lamp blinking unit 54 and the like are fixed so as not to move in the longitudinal direction by these mounting fittings 62.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, lamp sockets 68, 68 facing each other are attached to the end frame 15 at one end and the inner surface of the lighting unit 48, respectively. A straight tube type fluorescent lamp F is attached to 68.

Then, as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, a rectangular plate-shaped display panel 71 is detachably attached to a position on the front surface of the fluorescent lamp F in the opening on the front surface of the instrument body 11. A substantially rectangular plate-shaped speaker panel 73 is detachably attached to a position corresponding to the front surface of the speaker 43.

The display panel 71 has a light-transmitting property, and a display 75 of characters, figures, etc. is formed by printing on the front surface thereof. The upper and lower edges 71a, 71b are respectively formed on the upper and lower frame members 1a and 1b.
It is engaged with and held in the panel mounting grooves 28, 28 of 2 and 14 facing each other.

In addition, the speaker panel 73 is formed with a large number of through holes 76 for allowing sound waves to pass therethrough, and the upper and lower edges 73a and 73b are folded back to the rear surface side except for the locking portion 77 on the display panel 71 side. The upper and lower edges 73a and 73b are engaged with the panel mounting grooves 28 and 28 of the upper and lower frames 12 and 14, respectively, which are opposed to each other. Is held.

The opening on the rear surface of the instrument body 11 is shown in FIG.
Further, as shown in FIG. 4, it is closed by a back plate 81. This rear plate 81 has a mounting hole 82 with a large diameter on the lower side.
And a through hole 83 for the power source is formed, and the display panel
Similar to 71, the upper and lower edges are engaged with and held by the panel mounting grooves 28, 28 of the upper and lower frames 12, 14 which face each other.

Further, a switch 85 for confirming the operation is attached to the end portion of the lower frame body 14.

This guide light is connected to, for example, an automatic fire alarm system, and in normal times, the fluorescent lamp F is turned on by a commercial AC power source, and each built-in battery unit 51,
Charge 52 and 56. In the event of an emergency such as a fire, the fluorescent lamp F is turned on by the power of the built-in battery body 52, and the xenon lamp blinking unit 54 and the guide sound unit 55 are operated by the power of the battery bodies 51, 56 to operate the xenon lamp X. Blinks, and an alarm sound, voice, etc. are generated from the speaker 43.

Next, the operation of attaching the display panel 71 and the speaker panel 73 to the instrument body 11 will be described.

First, the cover bodies 32, 32 on both sides are moved outward.

Then, the upper edge portion 71a of the display panel 71 is inserted and engaged with the panel mounting groove 28 of the upper frame body 12, and then the lower edge portion 71b of the display panel 71 is connected to the panel mounting groove 28 of the lower frame body 14.
Insert and engage with and drop.

Further, the upper edge 73a of the speaker panel 73 is inserted into and engaged with the panel mounting groove 28 of the upper frame 12, and then the lower edge 73b of the speaker panel 73 is connected to the panel mounting groove 28 of the lower frame 14. Insert and engage with and drop. In this state, the back surface side of the locking portion 77 of the speaker panel 73 is brought into contact with and locked to the front surface side of the display panel 71, so that the movement of the panels 71 and 73 in the front-rear direction is restricted and the speaker panel 73 The upper and lower edges of
The ends of the locking parts 77 side of the 73a and 73b lock one end of the display panel 71, and the lateral movement of the panels 71 and 73 is restricted.

Then, the cover bodies 32, 32 on both sides are moved inward, and the left and right ends of the display panel 71 and the speaker panel 73 are held by the cover bodies 32, 32. The 73 can be stably held in the instrument body 11.

For maintenance work such as replacement of the battery units 51, 52, 56, the procedure opposite to the above procedure is performed with the cover bodies 32, 32 on both sides moved outward. The speaker panel 73 is lifted and removed, and then the display panel 71 is lifted and removed.

In the above embodiment, the display panel 71 and the speaker panel 73 are attached only to the front surface of the instrument body 11, but instead of the rear plate 81 on the rear surface of the instrument body 11, the display panel 71 and the speaker panel. It is also possible to attach 83 to form a double-sided guide light.

Thus, according to the guide light of this embodiment, the panel mounting grooves 28, 28 are provided along the longitudinal direction in the upper and lower frame bodies 12, 14 constituting the instrument body 11, so that the frame body, etc. The display panel 71 and the speaker panel 73 can be easily attached and detached by working from the front of the instrument body 11 without removing them, and maintenance work such as replacement of the battery bodies 51, 52, 56 can be performed quickly and easily.

Further, in a state where the end portion of the display panel 71 and the locking portion 77 of the speaker panel 73 are overlapped and locked, the upper and lower edges 71a, 71b, 73a, 73b are formed in the panel mounting grooves 28, 28. Since it is inserted, the display panel 71 and the speaker panel 73 can be stably attached to the instrument body 11.

Since the ridges 24 and 24 along the longitudinal direction are integrally provided inside the upper and lower frame bodies 12 and 14, the mechanical strength of the upper and lower frame bodies 12 and 14 can be improved, and the instrument main body can be improved. 11 can be made thinner.

Further, the ridges 24, 24 and the L-shaped ridges 26, 26
Fit the leg parts 58, 58 of the electric part such as the xenon lamp flashing unit 54 in the part mounting grooves 30, 30 between and to move the electric part such as the xenon lamp flashing unit 54 in the vertical direction and the front-back direction. Not only can be fixed, but also by fixing the mounting brackets 62, 62 that hold the ridges 24, 24 on both the left and right sides of these electrical parts so that these electrical parts do not move to the left and right. You can

Further, each fitting 62 is composed of a pair of upper and lower supports.
Since the structure in which 64 and 65 are tightened with screws 66, these screws 66
With the force to tighten with and the elastic force of the supports 64 and 65,
24, 24 can be firmly tightened and fixed.

Thus, the xenon lamp blinking unit
Since electrical components such as 54 are fixed to the component mounting grooves 30 and 30 and by the mounting brackets 62 mounted to the ridges 24 and 24, screws or welding marks for fixing the respective electrical components are attached to the tool. Since it is not exposed to the outside of the lower part of the main body, the appearance can be improved and the guide lamp can be commercialized.

The ridges 24, 24 are formed by the component mounting grooves 30,
Since 30 is configured and also has a function as a mounted portion of the mounting bracket 62 and a function of retaining strength, it is not necessary to separately form each, and the instrument body 11 can be downsized.

Further, since the locking claws 60 for fixing the wiring L are integrally formed on the upper part of the case body 57 such as the xenon lamp blinking unit 54, the dedicated parts for locking the wiring are not required and the number of parts can be reduced. It is possible to reduce the number, and it is possible to easily prevent the wiring L from being reflected on the display panel 71. The locking claws 60 are provided on the side, bottom, and
Alternatively, it can be formed at the end or the like.

The surface of the case body 57 is painted white or silver to improve the reflection efficiency inside the device and to make the brightness of the display panel 71 uniform.

Further, conventionally, in a guide light with a sound generator having a speaker, the speaker box accommodating the speaker is attached to the back plate of the instrument body, and the speaker panel is also integrated with the front frame. Had been formed,
At the time of internal maintenance work, it is necessary to attach and detach the front frame, and with a double-sided guide light that outputs sound to the front and rear surfaces, and a single-sided guide light that outputs sound only to the front, It was necessary to prepare instrument bodies of different shapes.

However, in the guide light of this embodiment, the speaker 43 is housed in the speaker box 41 having the rear surface opened, and the side portion of the speaker box 41 is attached to the end frame 16 via the box attachment fitting 36. At the same time, the speaker panel 73 can be attached to both the front surface and the rear surface of the speaker box 41 by dropping it into the panel mounting groove 28. Therefore, the speaker panel 73 can be easily attached and detached, and maintenance work can be performed quickly and easily. Only the rear plate 81 and the speaker panel 73 are selectively attached to the rear surface by using the instrument main body 11 having the same shape as the one-sided type. Thus, a single-sided guide light and a double-sided guide light can be configured, and mutual changes can be easily made.

[0047]

According to the guide light of the invention described in claim 1,
Since the protrusions are provided along the longitudinal direction of the instrument body, the mechanical strength of the instrument body can be improved and the instrument body can be made thin.
The fittings that are fixed to the ridges fix the ends of the electric parts, so you can fix the electric parts inside the instrument body.
A screw for fixing the electric component and a welding mark are not exposed to the outside, so that the appearance can be improved and the commercial property can be enhanced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the display panel and the speaker panel are held by inserting the upper and lower edges into the panel mounting groove of the instrument body, the display panel and the speaker panel are detachable. This facilitates internal maintenance work quickly and easily. Since the locking portion for locking the display panel is provided on the speaker panel, the display panel and the speaker panel can be stably and reliably mounted in the panel mounting groove.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a guide light showing an embodiment of the guide light of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same guide light.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a state in which a display panel and a speaker panel of the same guide light are removed.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the assembling operation of the above guide light.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the same guide light.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the same guide light.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a part of the same guide light.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a part of the same guide light.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the same supporting tool.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the same supporting tool.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the same fixture.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Instrument body 20 Opening 24 Protrusion 28 Panel mounting groove 43 Speaker 54 Xenon lamp blinking unit as an electrical component 62 Locking tool 71 Display panel 71a Upper edge 72a Lower edge 73 Speaker panel 73a Upper edge 73b Lower edge 77 Locking part Fluorescent lamp as F lamp

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electric component and a lamp are housed inside,
An instrument main body having an opening provided on at least one surface, a display panel provided in the opening of the instrument main body, a ridge provided along the longitudinal direction inside the instrument main body, and both ends of the electric component. And a fixture for fixing both ends of the electric component to each of the protrusions. 2. An instrument main body for accommodating a lamp and a speaker, an opening provided on at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the instrument main body, and upper and lower parts which are provided on the instrument main body and which oppose each other as desired in the opening. A pair of panel mounting grooves, a display panel that is held by inserting the upper and lower edges into the upper and lower panel mounting grooves, respectively, and a display panel that is held by inserting the upper and lower edges into the upper and lower panel mounting grooves, respectively. And a speaker panel having a locking portion for locking the display panel.