JPH07312101A - Guide lamp - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To clearly recognize signals for traffic control visually by color difference by changing over a light emitting body in two or more colors by changing operation by a switch. CONSTITUTION:A guide lamp 1 is provided with a holding body 2, and a cover body 3 installed on this holding body 2. This cover body 3 is open at one end, it is formed hollow inside, and the whole body of it is formed of plastic which is transparent or translucent in thin color. It includes a light emitting body 4 comprising two bulbs 4a, 4b, a power source comprising dry batteries, and a switch 6. For bulb surfaces of the bulbs 4a, 4b of the light emitting body 4, one is colored in red color, and the other is colored in blue color. The switch 6 is changed for freely changing and lighting the bulbs 4a, 4b in the red color and the blue color on their bulb surfaces. A switch lever is interlocked with an operation member 6b exposed on the holding body 2, thereby on/off operation of the switch 6 or changing operation of the bulbs 4a, 4b are performed by use of the operation member 6b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hand-held guide light used for traffic control, and more specifically, for various works such as road works, gas works, water works, electric works, telephone line works and the like. , For construction work that occupies part of the road, this is used by traffic control staff on both sides of the construction section to control traffic for cars, bicycles, and pedestrians, and for traffic in parking lots, etc. The present invention relates to the improvement of a handheld guide light used for organizing.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various hand-held cylindrical guide lights are used for traffic control in various constructions that occupy a part of a road or for traffic control in a parking lot or the like. Is used.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional guide light, since the light emitting portion is only one color red, from the viewpoint of visibility on the road, especially at night, It is not clear whether the traffic controller, that is, the guider, is sending the signal "stop" or "progress", and due to the difference in the skills of the traffic controller, confusion on the road often causes an accident. It was
The present invention has been developed in view of such conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to eliminate the above-mentioned conventional inconvenience and use a single guide light to control traffic on the road. Organize "Stop" cues by red emission color, and arrange "Progress" cues by blue emission color, and clearly recognize and distinguish "Stop" and "Progress" cues by color difference. Another object of the present invention is to provide a guide light that can perform traffic control safely regardless of the skill of the traffic controller.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a guide light having a light emitting body and a power source inside, and a gripping body having a switch, and the gripping body can be attached to and detached from an end of the light emitting body on a storage side. In a hand-held guide light having a transparent or semi-transparent cover body attached to the, and having one end opened and a hollow interior, the light-emitting body is switched to two or more colors by a switch operation. It lights up and emits light. According to another aspect of the present invention, the dielectric body according to claim 2 has a gripping body which houses a light emitting body and a power source and which is equipped with a switch, and is detachably attached to an end of the gripping body on the housing side of the light emitting body and which is open at one end. A handheld guide light having a transparent or semi-transparent cover body having a hollow space, wherein the light-emitting body is turned on and emits light by being switched to two or more colors by a switch operation. In addition, it is provided with an outer cover body formed of a red transparent plastic material and formed into a cylindrical shape that can be mounted so as to cover the entire cover body. Claim 3
The above-mentioned derivative is the whole shape of the grip body and the cover body according to claim 1 or 2, which are cylindrical. Claim 4
The described derivative is the cover body according to claim 1 or 2 formed of a transparent or translucent plastic material. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the attaching / detaching means of the gripping body and the cover body according to the first or second aspect is a screwing means. In the derivative according to claim 6, the luminous body according to claim 1 or 2 is composed of two light bulbs, and one of the surfaces of each light bulb is reddish, that is, red, pink or dairy,
It is colored in any one of red and blue in the other, that is, colored in any of blue, blue green, green, orange and dark blue. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a reflector is provided on the lower surface of the light emitting body according to the first or second aspect.
According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the switch according to the first or second aspect is any one of a slide mechanism, a dial mechanism, and a multi-step pushing mechanism with a single button. The derivative according to claim 9 is a dry battery as the power source according to claim 1 or 2.

According to the guide light of claim 1 or claim 3 to claim 9, by switching the switch, it is possible to freely switch between the red color and the blue color which are colored on the light-bulb surface of the light-emitting bulb. Since the lights can be turned on, each of these colors is visually recognized and displayed on the outside by the cover body which is hollow inside and is entirely made of transparent or translucent plastic. According to the guide light of claim 2 or claim 3 to claim 9, since the red transparent outer cover body having high visibility can be attached to the cover body portion, it is useful for traffic control during the daytime.

Embodiments of the guide light according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows the entire guide light 1, and FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the guide light 1. As shown in FIG. 1, the guide light 1 of the present embodiment includes a grip body 2 and a cover body 3 attached to the grip body 2. In this embodiment, the gripper 2,
The cover body 3 has a cylindrical shape. This cover body 3
One end is open, the inside is hollow, and the whole is made of transparent or pale white semitransparent plastic. The cover body 3 is a light emitting body 4 described later.
The electric bulbs 4a and 4b are detachably attached to the end portion of the grip body 2 by a screwing means or the like so that they can be replaced when they are cut. Further, the cover body 3 and the grip body 2 may have mutual opening portions so that they can be attached and detached by a fitting means provided with a pawl or the like. As shown in FIG. 2, a light emitting body 4 including two light bulbs 4a and 4b, a power source 5 for the light emitting body 4 including a dry cell, and a switch 6 are built in the grip body 2. One of the light bulb surfaces of the light bulbs 4a and 4b of the luminous body 4 is colored red and the other is colored blue. In the illustrated embodiment, the light bulb 4a is colored red and the light bulb 4b is colored.
Is colored blue. The red type of the light bulb 4a is preferably red, pink, daidai, vermilion, and the like, and the blue type of the light bulb 4b is preferably blue, blue-green, green, orange, dark blue, and the like. Further, in the present invention, the light-emitting body 4 may be composed of four light bulbs, and the light bulb surface of each light bulb may be colored red, blue, yellow or white. In addition,
As shown in FIG. 1, the reflecting mirror 11 may be installed on the lower surfaces of the light bulbs 4a and 4b of the light emitter 4. By switching the switch 6, the light bulb 4a of the light emitting body 4,
The light bulb surface of 4b can be switched between the red color and the blue color that are colored freely. The state of the switch 6 shown in FIG. 2 is a state in which the switch is off, and neither the light bulb 4a or 4b of the light emitting body 4 is lit. Figure 2
When the switch lever 6a in the inside is operated to connect to the light bulb 4a side, the light bulb 4a lights up and emits red light, and when the switch lever 6a is operated to connect to the light bulb 4b side, the light bulb 4b.
Lights up and emits blue light. Switch lever 6a
Is interlocked with the operation piece 6b exposed on the grip body 2, and the operation piece 6b holds the switch 6 on and off,
Alternatively, the light emitting body 4 is switched to each of the light bulbs 4a and 4b. In addition to the operation piece 6b of the slide mechanism as shown in FIG. 1, the switch 6 is a single button used in a dial mechanism, a hair dryer, etc., and has a mechanism whose function is switched each time the button is pushed in multiple stages. It can also be used. In addition, reference numeral 7 in FIGS. 1 and 3 indicates the gripping body 2.
It is a string for hanging at the end of the. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which the outer cover body 10 is attached to the cover body 3 of the guide light 1. The outer cover body 10 is formed in a tubular shape so as to completely cover the entire cover body 3, and is made of red transparent plastic. The outer cover body 10 can be attached to and detached from the grip body 2 or the cover body 3 by a fitting means provided with a screwing means or a claw. According to the guide light 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above, by switching the switch 6, the light bulb 4 of the light emitting body 4 can be obtained.
Since it is possible to switch between red and blue colors that are colored on the light bulb surfaces of a and 4b freely, these respective colors have a hollow inside and are entirely transparent or pale white semi-transparent plastic. The cover body 3 formed in 1 is visually recognized and displayed outside. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, when the reflecting mirror 11 is installed on the lower surface of the light bulbs 4a and 4b of the light emitting body 4, the red and blue colors of the light bulbs 4a and 4b of the light emitting body 4 emit light. It will be displayed and displayed even further away. Therefore, when performing traffic control in various constructions that occupy a part of the road or when performing traffic control in parking lots, etc., especially with traffic control at night, this single guide light 1 and simple With a simple switching operation, the "stop" signal is organized by the red emission color,
The "progress" signal can be arranged in an extremely clear and safe state with the blue emission color. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, when the guide light 1 is used with a highly visible red transparent outer cover body 10 mounted on the cover body 3 of the guide light 1, it is useful for traffic control during the daytime. Is. The present invention can be modified in various ways within the scope of the invention in addition to the above-described embodiments.

According to the present invention described above, when traffic control is performed in various constructions such as occupying a part of a road, or when traffic control is performed in a parking lot, etc., especially at night. With this single guide light and a simple switching operation, the "stop" signal when rearranging traffic on the road is organized in red emission color, and the "progress" signal in blue emission color. It is possible to realize a guide light that can be organized and can clearly see and distinguish “stop” and “progress” cues by the difference in color, and can perform safe traffic control regardless of the skill of the traffic control staff.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a guide light of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing the inside of the guide light of the embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a guide light of another embodiment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 guide light 2 gripping body 3 cover body 4 light emitting body 4a light bulb 4b light bulb 5 power supply 6 switch 6a switch lever 6b operation piece 7 hanging string 10 outer cover body 11 reflector

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A gripping body 2 which houses a light emitting body 4 and a power source 5 and which is provided with a switch 6, and a holding side of the light emitting body 4 of the gripping body 2 which is detachably mounted and whose one end is open. In a hand-held guide light having a transparent or semi-transparent cover body 3 having a hollow inside, the light emitting body 4 is switched to two or more colors by switching operation of a switch 6 and lights up and emits light. A guide light that is characterized by being 2. A gripping body 2 which houses a light emitting body 4 and a power source 5 and is equipped with a switch 6, and a holding side of the light emitting body 4 of the gripping body 2 which is removably attached and whose one end is open. In a hand-held guide light having a transparent or semi-transparent cover body 3 having a hollow inside, the light emitting body 4 is switched to two or more colors by switching operation of a switch 6 and lights up and emits light. In addition, the guide light includes a cylindrical outer cover body 10 which is made of a red transparent plastic material and can be mounted so as to cover the entire cover body 3. 3. The guide light according to claim 1, wherein the grip body 2 and the cover body 3 are cylindrical in overall shape. 4. The guide light according to claim 1, wherein the cover body 3 is made of a transparent or translucent plastic material. 5. The guide light according to claim 1, wherein the means for attaching and detaching the grip body 2 and the cover body 3 is a screwing means. 6. The light-emitting body 4 is composed of two light bulbs 4a and 4b, and one of the surfaces of each light bulb is reddish, that is, red, pink,
The guide light according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the guide light is colored in red or vermilion, and the other is colored in blue, that is, blue, blue green, green, orange, or dark blue. 7. The guide lamp according to claim 1, wherein a reflecting mirror 11 is installed on the lower surface of the light emitting body 4. 8. The guide light according to claim 1, wherein the switch 6 is any one of a slide mechanism, a dial mechanism, and a single button multi-step pushing mechanism. 9. The guide light according to claim 1, wherein the power source 6 is a dry battery.