JPH07272517A - Illumination interior plate and its manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide such an interior plate for illumination as being easy to manufacture without requiring drilling work and having random dotted emission and illumination abundant of a natural feeling and its manufacture. CONSTITUTION:Optical fibers 4 have the emission ends inserted from and fixed to the back of an existing bubbles 3 penetrating through the face and back of an interior mainbody 2 formed with an aluminum foamed plate 1. The aluminum foamed plate 1 is obtained from slicing an aluminum foam.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention has a structure in which a light emitting tip of an optical fiber is inserted and fixed from the back side into a through hole formed in a main body of an interior plate such as a ceiling plate or a wall plate. The present invention relates to an obtained interior plate for lighting and a method for manufacturing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 10, an interior plate for illumination is formed by fixing a light emitting tip of an optical fiber (c) from the back side into a through hole (b) formed in the main body of the interior plate (b). Are known. In the interior board for lighting, the interior board body (a) is made of a wood board, an inorganic fiber board, or the like, and is constructed as a ceiling board, a wall board, or the like, and light emission scattered on the surface of the interior board body (a) Lighting is what you get.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, the through hole (b) is formed in the interior plate body (a).
It is necessary to make holes by drilling, which requires time and labor, and it is difficult to randomly make through-holes (b) by the same process, which creates a natural feeling scattered at random. It was not possible to obtain abundant luminous illumination.

The present invention has been invented in order to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art. That is, the problem is that it is easy to manufacture without the need for drilling and has a randomly scattered natural feeling. It is an object of the present invention to provide an interior plate for lighting that can obtain abundant luminescent lighting and a method for manufacturing the same.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In the interior plate for illumination according to claim 1) of the present invention, the light emitting tip of the optical fiber is inserted and fixed from the back side into the air bubbles that penetrate the front and back of the interior plate body made of an aluminum foam plate. Resolved

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an interior lighting plate as defined in the first aspect, wherein the bubbles are continuous cells.

The lighting interior plate according to claim 3) of the present invention is the interior lighting plate according to claim 1), wherein the bubbles are closed cells and the thickness of the aluminum foam plate is larger than the diameter of the bubbles. Is set to be small.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the method for producing an interior plate for lighting, an aluminum foam body is sliced to obtain an aluminum foam plate having bubbles penetrating both sides, and the aluminum foam plate is used as a main body of the interior plate. A method is characterized in that a light emitting tip of an optical fiber is inserted and fixed from the back side into air bubbles that penetrate the front and back of the interior material body, and the above problem was also solved by this method.

[0009]

[Action]

In the interior plate for lighting according to claim 1) of the present invention, an aluminum foam plate is adopted as the interior plate body, and bubbles that penetrate through the existing front and back of the aluminum foam plate are used, so that the bubbles form an optical fiber from the back side. Since the light emitting tip of is inserted and fixed, it is not necessary to make a through hole for light emission lighting by punching the interior plate body, and its manufacture is simple, and the aluminum foam plate is originally randomly selected. Bubbles are scattered, and by utilizing the bubbles, it is possible to obtain a luminescent illumination which is randomly scattered and which is rich in natural feeling.

In the interior plate for lighting according to claim 2) of the present invention, since the bubbles are continuous cells, there are bubbles that penetrate the front and back regardless of the thickness of the aluminum foam plate. At the same time, the specific gravity becomes relatively small, and the interior plate body can be made thick and lightweight.

In the interior plate for illumination according to claim 3) of the present invention, in particular, since the bubbles are independent bubbles and the thickness dimension of the aluminum foam plate is set smaller than the diameter dimension of the bubbles, the aluminum foam is formed. Since the thickness of the plate becomes relatively thin and the cell density becomes relatively sparse, the interior plate body can be made thin and strong.

In the method for producing an interior plate for lighting according to claim 4) of the present invention, in particular, since an aluminum foam plate is sliced to obtain an aluminum foam plate having cells penetrating on the front and back sides, a large number of aluminum plates are obtained. Since the foam plate can be easily obtained and it is not necessary to form through-holes for light emission illumination by drilling, its manufacture is simple, and bubbles scattered at random in the aluminum foam plate are used. Thus, the interior plate for lighting, which can provide randomly-spotted natural light-emitting lighting, is easily manufactured.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The interior plate for lighting shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is an embodiment of the present invention, and is an interior plate body 2 made of an aluminum foam plate 1.
The light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4 is inserted and fixed from the back side into the bubble 3 penetrating to the front and back.

In the interior plate for illumination according to the embodiment, the aluminum foam plate 1 is a rectangular plate having open cells, and the diameter of the bubbles 3 is about 3 to 5 mm. The thickness of the plate 1 is set to about 5 to 10 mm. In this case, the aperture ratio of the front and back is 5
If the thickness is about 10 to 15%, the thickness is about 10 mm, and the thickness is about 2 to 3%. The bubble 3 is an aluminum foam plate 1
A large number of them are scattered all over the surface, and there is no linearity on the front and back sides, but they are bent in the front and back directions, and indirect illumination light emission can be obtained.

A plurality of optical fibers 4 are bundled into an optical fiber cord 5, which is connected to a light source 6 so that the light from the light source 6 is emitted and illuminated at the light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4.
The light emitting tip of each optical fiber 4 is inserted and fixed from the back side of the interior material body 2 made of the aluminum foam plate 1 into the bubbles 3 penetrating to the front and back that are appropriately selected. In this case, the adhesive 7 is used to bond and fix, but the adhesive 7 penetrates into the back surface of the aluminum foam plate 1 around the bubbles 3 and is firmly bonded and fixed.

Further, the interior plate for lighting of this embodiment is constructed as a ceiling plate in a room, and the light source 6 is arranged at an appropriate place in the space behind the ceiling. In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, an interior plate body 2 which is an interior plate for lighting is installed between support bars 9 suspended and supported on the ceiling, and the aluminum foam plate 1 is provided between the support bars 9 in the periphery thereof. Ordinary interior ceiling plate 8 is erected, or, as shown in FIG. 4, staples, tackers, screws from below between the base bars 10 to which the interior plate body 2 which is an interior plate for lighting is fixed in parallel on the ceiling. It may be directly stuck and fixed by a fastener 11 such as a nail, and a normal interior ceiling plate 8 made of the same aluminum foam plate 1 may be similarly stuck and fixed between the base bars 10 around it. In these cases, the lighting effect in the room can be freely changed and set by arranging an appropriate number of lighting interior plates at appropriate positions.

Therefore, in the interior plate for lighting of the embodiment, the aluminum foam plate 1 is adopted as the interior plate body 2, and the bubbles 3 penetrating the aluminum foam plate 1 in the existing front and back are utilized to generate the bubbles. Since the light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4 is inserted and fixed to the back side of the inner plate 3, it is not necessary to form a through hole for light emitting illumination in the interior plate body 2, and the manufacturing thereof is simple. Bubbles are originally randomly scattered on the plate 1, and by using the bubbles 3, it is possible to obtain randomly-emittered luminescent illumination rich in naturalness.

In the interior plate for lighting of the embodiment,
In particular, since the cells 3 are continuous cells, there is a cell 3 penetrating through the front and back regardless of the thickness dimension of the aluminum foam plate 1 and the specific gravity is relatively small, and the inner plate body 2 is thick and It can be made lightweight.

The interior plate for lighting according to the present invention may be constructed as a whole ceiling plate between the interior wall surfaces 12 as shown in FIGS. The edge member 13 attaches and supports the peripheral edge portion of the interior plate body 2 which is the interior plate for illumination. Further, in this case, as shown in FIG. 5, each of the light emitting tips of the plurality of optical fibers 4 may be spread over the entire interior plate body 2 and arranged and fixed. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. The respective light emitting tips of the optical fiber 4 may be concentrated and fixed to a part of the interior plate body 2, and in this way, the lighting effect in the room can be freely changed and set.

FIG. 7 shows a manufacturing process of the aluminum foam plate 1 in the method for manufacturing a lighting interior plate of the present invention. In this case, in particular, since the aluminum foam plate 1 is obtained by slicing the aluminum foam body and having the bubbles 3 penetrating the front and back sides, a large number of aluminum foam plates 1 can be easily obtained, and the aluminum foam plate 1 for illuminating illumination is formed by punching. There is no need to form a through hole, which simplifies the manufacture. or,
Similar to the above-mentioned embodiment, the aluminum foam plate 1 is used as the interior plate body 2, and the light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4 is inserted and fixed from the back side into the bubbles 3 penetrating to the front and back sides of the aluminum foam plate 1 to form the interior plate for illumination. Also in this case, the bubbles 3 randomly distributed in the aluminum foam plate 1 are utilized, and the randomly-emitted luminescent illumination rich in natural feeling can be obtained.

Further, FIG. 8 shows a state in which the light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4 is inserted from the back side into the same bubble 3 of the aluminum foam plate 1 made of continuous cells and fixed by the adhesive 7. In this case, As explained in the examples,
The bubbles 3 are not linear on the front and back sides, but are bent in the front and back directions to obtain indirect illumination light emission, and the bubbles 3 that penetrate the front and back regardless of the thickness dimension of the aluminum foam plate 1 are provided. And the specific gravity is relatively small and the interior plate body 2 can be formed thick and lightweight.

Further, FIG. 9 shows a state in which the light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4 is inserted from the back side into the same bubble 3 of the aluminum foam plate 1 made of closed cells and fixed by the adhesive 7. In this case, The thickness dimension of the aluminum foam plate 1 is set smaller than the diameter dimension of the bubbles 3, the thickness of the aluminum foam plate 1 becomes relatively thin, and the bubble density becomes relatively sparse, so that the interior plate body 2 is made thin and strong. Can be formed.

Further, in any of the above cases, when the light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4 is deeply inserted and fixed in the bubble 3, light reflection in the bubble 3 is reduced and a direct illumination effect is obtained, On the contrary, when the light emitting tip of the optical fiber 4 is shallowly inserted and fixed in the bubble 3, the light reflection in the bubble 3 increases and an indirect illumination effect is obtained.

Further, the interior plate for illumination in the present invention is originally made of the aluminum foam plate 1 which is rich in sound absorption and decoration, and the illumination function interspersed with the aluminum foam plate 1 is added to the interior panel for illumination. It is effectively used as a suitable interior plate for a room, such as a wallboard or a partition.

[0025]

【The invention's effect】

As described above, in the interior plate for illumination according to claim 1) of the present invention, an aluminum foam plate is adopted as the interior plate body, and the bubbles penetrating the front and back of the aluminum foam plate are used, and the back side of the bubbles is used. Since the light emitting tip of the optical fiber is inserted and fixed from the inner plate body, it is not necessary to make a through hole for light emission lighting by punching the inner plate body, and its manufacture is simple, and the aluminum foam plate is originally random Bubbles are scattered in the space, and by using the bubbles, it is possible to obtain a luminescent illumination that is randomly scattered and has a rich natural feel.

Further, in the interior plate for lighting according to claim 2) of the present invention, in particular, the bubbles are continuous bubbles, and there are bubbles that penetrate the front and back regardless of the thickness of the aluminum foam plate. In addition, the specific gravity becomes relatively small, and the interior plate body can be made thick and lightweight.

Further, in the interior plate for illumination according to claim 3) of the present invention, in particular, the bubbles are independent bubbles, and the thickness of the aluminum foam plate is set smaller than the diameter of the bubbles. The foam plate becomes relatively thin and the cell density becomes relatively sparse, so that the interior plate body can be made thin and strong.

Further, in the method for producing an interior plate for lighting according to claim 4) of the present invention, in particular, an aluminum foam plate is obtained by slicing an aluminum foam body and having bubbles penetrating both sides thereof. An aluminum foam plate can be easily obtained and its manufacturing is simple without the need to form through holes for light emission illumination by drilling, and bubbles randomly dispersed in the aluminum foam plate are used, An interior plate for lighting that can provide randomly-spotted, natural-light-emitting lighting is easily manufactured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an interior plate for lighting which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the interior plate for illumination.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing one construction mode of the lighting interior plate.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing another construction mode of the lighting interior plate.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating one construction mode of the interior lighting plate of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating another construction mode of the interior lighting plate according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a manufacturing process of an aluminum foam plate in the method for manufacturing an interior lighting plate of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing one cell form of an aluminum foam plate of the interior lighting plate according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing another bubble form of the aluminum foam plate of the interior lighting plate according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing an interior plate for lighting that is a conventional example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Aluminum foam plate 2 Interior plate body 3 Bubbles 4 Optical fiber

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An interior plate for lighting, wherein the light emitting tip of an optical fiber is inserted and fixed from the back side into air bubbles that penetrate the front and back sides of the interior plate body made of an aluminum foam plate. 2. The interior plate for lighting according to claim 1, wherein the bubbles are continuous bubbles. 3. The interior plate for illumination according to claim 1, wherein the bubbles are closed cells and the thickness of the aluminum foam plate is set smaller than the diameter of the bubbles. 4. A sliced aluminum foam is obtained to obtain an aluminum foam plate having air bubbles penetrating to the front and back sides, and the aluminum foam plate is used as an interior plate body for air bubbles penetrating the front and back sides of the interior material body from the back side. A method for manufacturing an interior plate for lighting, characterized in that the light emitting tip of (1) is inserted and fixed.