JPH0944108A - Rotary electric decoration signboard - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the rotary electric decoration signboard which is reducible in the size of its rotary part by installing a motor for rotation below a panel locking housing. SOLUTION: The rotary electric decoration signboard 1 has a base 10, the motor M fixed to the base 10, the panel locking housing 20, and a fluorescent lamp L. A rectangular cylinder 11 is implanted in the center part of the base 10 and the fluorescent lamp L is fixed to the rectangular cylinder and provided between the rotary shaft 23 of the panel locking housing 20 and a panel P to light up the panel P. Here, the motor M is provided below the panel locking housing 20. Consequently, the diameter of the panel locking housing 20 is not limited to the diameter of the motor M and can, therefore, be made shorter than the diameter of the motor M. Further, the rotary shaft S of the motor M is included in the rotary shaft 23 of the panel locking housing 20, so the part where this rotary shaft 23 includes the rotary shaft S of the motor M reduces the shake of the panel locking housing 20 about the base 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotary electric signboard.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a conventional rotary illuminated signboard 5, FIG. 6 is a front view of the rotary illuminated signboard 5 with a panel removed, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the rotary illuminated signboard 5, and FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the rotary illuminated signboard 5. Note that FIG. 7 shows VII-VI of FIG. 6.
It is a cross-sectional view seen from the line I ′.

In the rotary illuminated signboard 5, a rod-shaped body 111 is planted in the center of a base 110, and an L-shaped piece 112 and an illumination lamp 113 are fixed to the rod-shaped body 111, and an L-shaped piece 112.
A motor M1 is installed on the upper part of. On the other hand, a concave portion is formed in the central portion of the lower surface of the top plate 121 of the triangular column-shaped panel locking housing 120, and the concave portion faces the upper end of the rotation shaft 130 of the motor M1 to rotate the rotation shaft 130 of the motor M1. Accordingly, the panel locking case 120 rotates.

Also, a triangular prism-shaped panel locking case 120 is provided.
Is a triangular lower plate 122, a triangular top plate 121, and 3
It is composed of the columns 123, 124, 125 of the book, and the column 1
The grooves 23 to 125 are formed in the vertical direction. When assembling this triangular column-shaped panel locking case 120,
As shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 8, the lower portions of the three columns 123 to 125 are screwed to the three corners of the lower plate 122, and the rod-shaped body 111 is inserted into the holes of the lower plate 122. The fluorescent lamp 113, the L-shaped piece 112, and the motor M1 are attached to the body 111, and both sides of the first panel P are fitted into the grooves of two columns of the three columns 123 to 125 arranged vertically. The remaining two panels P are also fitted into the grooves of the columns 123 to 125, while slightly floating these from the base 110,
The top plate 121 is fixed to the upper ends of the three columns 123 to 125 with screws, and the recessed part of the top plate 121 has the concave portion of the rotation shaft 13 of the motor M1.
Positioning is performed so that the rotary electric signboard 5 is positioned so that it is positioned at the upper end of 0, whereby the assembly of the rotary illuminated signboard 5 is completed.

In FIG. 7, only the panel P exists between the two columns, but in reality, a thick semi-transparent plate (frosted glass or the like) having substantially the same size as the panel P is provided in parallel with the panel P. The panel P is reinforced by being installed in the.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the motor M1 is installed in the panel locking case 120, the outer diameter of the panel locking case 120 is the same as that of the motor M1. The size of the panel locking case 12 is restricted.
There is a problem that the diameter of 0 cannot be made smaller than the diameter of the motor M1. That is, there is a problem that the rotating portion of the illuminated signboard cannot be made smaller.

In the above embodiment, the motor M1
Since the rotation shaft and the triangular columnar panel locking case 120 are connected to each other by the upper end surface of the rotation shaft 130 and the concave portion of the top plate 121 of the case 120, so to speak, the connection between the surfaces. Even if a passerby slightly touches the illuminated signboard 5 or even a little wind blows, there is a problem that the panel locking housing of the illuminated signboard 5 easily wanders.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when the panel P is to be replaced from the assembled state of the rotary illuminated signboard 5, the screws for the top plate 121 are removed and the columns 123 to 125 are used.
The top plate 121 is removed from the panel 121 and the panel P fitted in the grooves of the three columns 123 to 125 is pulled up to remove the panel P from the rotary illuminated signboard 5, and then the three columns vertically aligned. 2 out of 123-125
Insert the panels P one by one so as to fit in the groove of the book. When the panel P is fitted in the groove in this way, the support 12
Since 3 to 125 fluctuate, the work of fitting the panel P in the groove is very complicated, and therefore, the work of replacing the panel P mounted on the rotary illuminated signboard 5 is complicated. .

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional example, in order to separate the triangular column shaped panel locking case 120 from the base 110,
The screws for the top plate 121 are removed, the top plate 121 is removed from the columns 123 to 125, and the panel P inserted in the grooves of the three columns 123 to 125 is pulled up, and the rod-shaped bodies 111 to L are removed.
The panel locking housing 120 can be separated from the base 110 for the first time by removing the letter 112 and the motor M1. Therefore, there is a problem that the work for separating the panel locking housing 120 from the base 110 is complicated.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotary type electric signboard capable of reducing the rotating portion of the electric signboard.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a rotary electric signboard capable of reducing the amount of glaring of the panel locking housing with respect to the base.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a rotary type illuminated signboard in which the panel can be easily removed and attached to the rotary type illuminated signboard.

The present invention also provides a rotary illuminated signboard which facilitates the work of separating the panel locking housing from the base and the work of mounting the panel locking housing on the base. It is intended.

[0014]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary electric signboard in which a rotation motor is installed below a panel locking housing.

The invention described in claims 2 and 3 is an electric signboard in which one of the rotating shaft of the motor and the rotating shaft of the panel locking housing surrounds the other rotating shaft.

The invention according to claims 4 and 5 is characterized in that the panel locking housing is provided with a plate-like portion having a width slightly wider than the width of the panel, and the groove portion or the projection for holding the panel left and right when the panel is mounted. It is a rotary illuminated signboard having a plate-shaped part.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a rotary electric signboard 1 which is a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a line II-II 'in FIG. It is a cross-sectional view of the rotary type illuminated signboard 1 viewed from above. It should be noted that FIG.
It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view seen from the line I '.

The rotary illuminated signboard 1 has a base 10, a motor M fixed to the base 10, a panel locking case 20, and a fluorescent lamp L.

A square tube 11 is planted in the center of the base 10. The fluorescent lamp L is fixed to the rectangular tube 11, is provided between the rotary shaft 23 of the panel locking housing and the panel P, and illuminates the panel P.

The panel locking case 20 has a substantially triangular prism shape, and has a top plate 21, three hanging plates 22 hung from the top plate 21, and a substantially central portion of the top plate 21. A rotating shaft 23 having a cylindrical shape and a panel engaging portion 24 provided at a connecting portion (a corner of the panel engaging housing 20) where the three hanging plates 22 are connected to each other. .

Further, in the middle of the cylindrical rotary shaft 23, as shown in FIG.
A protrusion 23t is provided in the middle and the lateral direction.
Is a portion joined to the top St of the rotation shaft S of the motor M. One panel locking portion 24 is provided with grooves 24a and 24b into which the panel P is fitted. In addition, the hanging plate 2
2 is usually a semi-transparent plate, but if the panel P has no transparent portion, the hanging plate 22 may be made of a transparent plate. The panel P is a panel on which a predetermined image or character is written, and is exchanged as needed.

Further, the motor M includes a panel locking housing 2
It is provided below 0. In this way, by providing the motor M below the panel locking housing 20,
The diameter of the panel locking case 20 can be made smaller than that of the conventional example. That is, if the motor is provided in the panel locking housing as in the conventional example, the diameter of the panel locking housing cannot be made shorter than the diameter of the motor. As described above, if the motor M is provided below the panel locking case 20, the diameter of the panel locking case is not restricted by the diameter of the motor. The diameter can be smaller than the diameter of the motor.

Further, in the rotary illuminated signboard 1, the rotational force of the motor M is transmitted to the panel locking case 20, and the rotation axis S of the motor M is changed to the rotation axis 23 of the panel locking case 20. Since it is wrapped around, the rotary shaft 2 of the panel locking case 20
The portion of 3 surrounding the rotation axis S of the motor M reduces the amount of grind of the panel locking housing 20 with respect to the base 10.

Further, in the rotary illuminated signboard 1, the square cylinder 11 of the base 10 is attached to the rotary shaft 23 of the panel locking case 20.
The panel locking housing 20 can be mounted on the base 10 by simply inserting the panel locking housing 20 into the base 10 and the panel locking housing 20 can be mounted on the base 10 by simply pulling up the panel locking housing 20 from the base 10. The panel locking case 20 can be easily attached to and detached from the base 10.

Further, the panel locking case 20 of the rotary illuminated signboard 1 has a hanging plate 22 having a width slightly larger than the width of the panel P, and when the panel P is mounted, the left and right sides of the panel P (rotary Since there is a groove for pressing the left and right when using the illuminated signboard 1), the panel P housing 2
Work to attach and detach from 0 is easy. In this case, the groove 24
Since the upper portions of the a and 24b are open, it is easier to attach and detach the panel P from the rotary illuminated signboard 1.

Instead of the grooves 24a and 24b provided in the panel engaging portion 24, protrusions may be provided so that the left and right sides of the panel P are pressed by these protrusions. Further, instead of the hanging plate 22, a plate-shaped portion having another shape may be provided. The plate-shaped portion is usually a semi-transparent plate, but if the transparent portion is not used for the panel P, the transparent plate-shaped portion may be used.

In the above embodiment, the rotational force of the motor M is transmitted to the panel locking case 20 by the friction between the rotating shaft S of the motor M and the rotating shaft 23 of the panel locking case 20. By pressing the panel locking case 20 with a hand or the like, the panel locking case 20 can be driven even while the motor M is being driven.
The rotation of the panel P can be easily stopped, and therefore, it is not necessary to turn off the power each time the panel P is replaced, and the panel P to be mounted can be easily replaced.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a rotary electric signboard 2 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This FIG. 3 corresponds to FIG.
It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view seen from the same direction.

In this rotary illuminated signboard 2, the rotation axis Sa of the motor M extends to the top plate 21 of the panel locking case 20, and the panel locking case 20 rotates in a cylindrical shape. Axis 23
Since the distance wrapping the rotation axis Sa of the motor M is longer than that of the illuminated signboard 1, the fluctuation of the panel locking case 20 due to an external force is further reduced. Further, in the illuminated signboards 1 and 2, if the rotating shaft 23 is further extended downward, the fluctuation of the panel locking case 20 due to an external force is further reduced.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a rotary electric signboard 3 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. This FIG. 4 corresponds to FIG.
It is a cross-sectional view seen from the same direction as.

The rotary illuminated signboard 4 has a rotary shaft S of the motor M.
b is a quadratic prism, and the rotation shaft 23b of the panel locking housing 20
Is a quadrangular cylinder.

In each of the above embodiments, the rotary shafts S and Sa of the motor M may be cylindrical, and the rotary shafts 23 and 23a of the panel locking case 20 may be columnar. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the panel locking housing 20 is used.
Is a triangular prism, but may be another prism such as a quadratic prism, or a cylinder or a sphere.

In each of the above embodiments, the motor M
Rotation axes S, Sa of the panel, and the rotation axis 2 of the panel locking housing 20.
The rotation shafts S and Sa of the motor M are conical, and the rotation shafts 23 and 23a of the panel locking case 20 are formed of conical recesses. Alternatively, conversely, the rotary shafts S and Sa of the motor M are formed by conical recesses, and the rotary shaft 2 of the panel locking housing 20 is formed.
You may make it form 3 and 23a a conical shape.

Further, if the motor is provided below the panel locking housing, the diameter of the panel locking housing is not restricted by the diameter of the motor, and the rotating portion of the illuminated signboard can be reduced. Therefore, as long as the motor is provided below the panel locking housing, as in the conventional example, the top plate 121 and the lower plate 1
22 may be screwed to the columns 123 to 125 to form a panel locking housing.

If the panel locking housing is provided with a plate-like portion having a width slightly wider than that of the panel P, and if the panel P is provided with a groove portion or a projection portion that holds down the left and right sides of the panel P, the panel Since the P can be easily attached and detached, the panel locking housing has a plate-like portion having a width slightly larger than the width of the panel P, and has a groove or a protrusion that holds the panel P to the left and right when the panel P is attached. As long as it is, the motor may be provided in the panel locking case 20 as in the conventional example.

While the rotary shaft of the motor and the rotary shaft of the panel locking housing are fitted together, the rotational force of the motor is transmitted to the panel locking housing, and the rotary shaft of the motor and the panel locking Since one rotation shaft of the rotation shafts of the stop casing wraps the other rotation shaft, it is possible to reduce the amount of glaring of the panel locking casing with respect to the base.
As long as one of the rotating shaft of the motor and the rotating shaft of the panel locking housing surrounds the other rotating shaft, the motor is installed inside the panel locking housing as in the conventional example. Alternatively, the panel locking housing may be composed of three columns, a top plate, and a lower plate.

[0037]

According to the first aspect of the invention, since the motor is provided below the panel locking housing, the diameter of the panel locking housing is not restricted by the diameter of the motor. That is, the rotating portion of the illuminated signboard can be made smaller.

According to the second and third aspects of the invention, one of the rotating shaft of the motor and the rotating shaft of the panel locking housing surrounds the other rotating shaft, so that the base is It is possible to reduce the amount of glaring of the panel locking housing with respect to the above.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, the panel locking housing is provided with the plate-shaped portion having a width slightly wider than the width of the panel, and the groove portion for holding the panel left and right when the panel is mounted. Alternatively, since the projections are provided, the panel can be easily attached to and detached from the panel locking housing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rotary type illuminated signboard 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along line II ′ of FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the rotary illuminated signboard 1 taken along the line II-II ′ of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a rotary type illuminated signboard 2 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 4 is a rotary illuminated signboard 3 according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a conventional rotary illuminated signboard 5.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a rotary illuminated signboard 5.

FIG. 7 is a transverse cross-sectional view of the rotary illuminated signboard 5.

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the rotary illuminated signboard 5.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2, 3, 4 ... Rotating illuminated signboard, 10 ... Base, M ... Motor, S, Sa ... Rotating shaft, L ... Fluorescent lamp, 11 ... Square tube, 20 ... Panel locking housing, 21 ... top plate, 22 ... hanging plate, 23, 23a ... rotary shaft, 23t ... projection, 24 ... panel locking part, 24a, 24b ... groove.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A base for fixing a motor; and a panel locking portion for locking a panel on which a predetermined image or character is written, for panel locking that rotates in conjunction with the rotation shaft of the motor. A housing for fixing the panel to the base, provided between the rotary shaft of the housing for locking the panel and the panel, and illuminating the panel; A rotary illuminated signboard, characterized in that the motor is provided below the body. 2. A base for fixing a motor; and a panel locking portion for locking a panel on which a predetermined image or a character is written, for panel locking rotating in conjunction with a rotation shaft of the motor. A casing; fixed to the base, provided between the rotating shaft of the casing for locking the panel and the panel, and illuminating the panel, and a rotating shaft of the motor. While mating with the rotating shaft of the panel locking housing,
The rotational force of the motor is transmitted to the panel locking housing, and one of the rotating shafts of the motor and the panel locking housing surrounds the other rotating shaft. A rotating illuminated signboard that is characterized by being. 3. The rotating force of the motor according to claim 1, wherein the rotational force of the motor is transmitted to the panel locking housing by friction between the rotating shaft of the motor and the rotating shaft of the panel locking housing. A rotating illuminated signboard that is characterized by being. 4. A base for fixing a motor; and a panel locking portion for locking a panel on which a predetermined image or character is written, for panel locking that rotates in conjunction with the rotation shaft of the motor. A housing for fixing the panel to the base, provided between the rotary shaft of the housing for locking the panel and the panel, and illuminating the panel; The body is provided with a plate-like portion having a width slightly wider than the width of the panel, and is provided with a groove portion or a protrusion portion that holds the left and right sides of the panel when the panel is attached, the rotary electric decoration Signboard. 5. The rotary illuminated signboard according to claim 4, wherein the groove or the protrusion has an open top.