JPH10129557A - Auxiliary indicating lamp for bicycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a bicycle without a light to decrease a traffic accident, by retaining an electric drive type illuminating means on a decoration tool to be fitted to a bicycle main body to connect the illuminating means to by dynamo output by an electricity-feeding connecting means. SOLUTION: Character display bodies 10 are equipped on the front and back of a decoration tool 1, and flashing type luminous elements 21 and 22, composed of flashing type luminous diodes LEDs 1 and 2, are retained on a front side with a base part made recessed; also an ever-lighting type luminous element 23, composed of an ever-lighting type luminous diode LED 3, is retained on a back surface side with the base part made recessed. The luminous diodes LED 1-3 are an electric drive type illiminating means 2 driven by dynamo output, and connect the mating flashing type LEDs 1 and 2 in parallel to connect the ever-lighting LED 3 in series. The lead wires 31 and 32 of plus (+) an minus (-) of both the ends of a circuit are connected to a dynamo, thereby improving a whole traffic moral.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an auxiliary indicator light for a bicycle which encourages a bicycle driver to turn on a dynamo light at night or the like and which is useful for reducing unlit bicycles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a bicycle is provided with a dynamo (generator) that rotates by sliding on wheels and headlights that are turned on by the dynamo. Then, when the surroundings become dark, such as at night, the driver defeats the dynamo with a lever or the like, illuminates the front of himself with the illumination of the headlights, and appeals to the oncoming vehicle etc. so that the driver can prevent the traffic accident. I have to.

[0003]

However, many cyclists are running at a lower speed than cars, and are more accustomed to their eyes when driving from the evening or in a bright city area where the surroundings can be seen. Because the pedals become heavy when the dynamo is defeated, they use no equipment to prevent accidents and run at night without defeating the dynamo.

[0004] Therefore, there is a problem that the driver of the car does not notice the unlit bicycle, which leads to an unexpected accident, and that the unprotected bicycle driver is seriously injured. In particular, elementary, junior high, and high school students who do not know how to drive a car do not know the danger of an unlit bicycle viewed from a car, and together with the large bicycle population, the number of traffic accidents by young people has increased considerably.

Here, there is a so-called battery-operated turn signal lamp or the like as a bicycle auxiliary light. However, the operation of turning on the switch is completely independent of the operation of defeating the dynamo. Lost, tired, and lasting, it is not enough to prevent traffic accidents.

The main object of the present invention is to mainly target elementary, junior high and high school students, which can encourage them to defeat dynamos, reduce the number of unlit bicycles and help reduce traffic accidents. The point is to provide.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to achieve the main purpose, as shown in the examples of FIGS. 1 to 3 or FIGS. 4 to 6, an ornament 1 attached to a bicycle body, an electrically driven light emitting means 2 held by the ornament 1, and a light emitting means 2 Is provided with the power supply connection means 3 for connecting to the dynamo output. The decoration 1 is detachably attached to the bicycle body,
It may be fixedly attached by bonding, frame embedding, or the like. The power supply connection means 3 may be detachably connected to the dynamo output, or may be fixed by soldering or the like.

In the invention according to claim 2, in order to make the elementary, junior high and high school students more interested, as shown in FIG. 1, the ornament 1 is made up of animals, plants, vehicles, shaped objects, fictitious creations. A character display 10 such as an object is provided. In this case, as shown in FIG.
It is preferable that the light emitting means 2 and the character display body 10 are arranged in the shape of a nose or a belly button, etc., so that the shapes thereof match each other.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
Is equipped with opening and closing scissors 5 urged to a normally closed side by the ammunition 4. In the drawing, the legs of the scissors 5 are almost straight because they are sandwiched between the unit mounting plate S of the headlight H and the dynamo D (FIG. 3). It is preferable to provide a constriction in the portion.

[0010] The invention according to claim 4 is intended to attract the interest of boys mainly to elementary, junior high and high school students and enable various attachments to bicycles. Therefore, as shown in FIG. It is made of a deformable long object 100 that can be bent and deformed along a bicycle frame. The long object 100 is typically formed mainly of a soft synthetic resin material.

According to the invention of claim 5, in order to make the lighting of the light emitting means 2 unique while being inexpensive, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. The light-emitting elements 21 and 22 and the ordinary light-emitting element 23 connected in series to the light-emitting elements 21 and 22 were provided. Typically, a blinking light emitting diode is used for the blinking light emitting elements 21 and 22, and a normal light emitting diode is used for the normal light emitting element 23, and both are commercially available. There are various colors such as red, green, and yellow.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, when the bicycle is driven with the dynamo D defeated, the light emitting means 2 connected to the dynamo output and the power supply connection means 3 is turned on, and the ornament 1 is turned on. Make it stand out. For this reason, the act of defeating the dynamo can be encouraged, and the original dynamo light for lighting (in most cases, the headlight H) can be turned on.
In the daytime when the light emitting means 2 is not turned on, the ornament 1 functions as a bicycle decoration as it is, and gives the driver pleasure.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the character display 10 can attract more interest to elementary, junior high and high school students, and can effectively encourage them to defeat dynamo. It is especially useful for preventing young people from turning off lights.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, even in the lower grades of elementary school children, the opening / closing scissors 5 are opened against the munitions 4 and sandwiched between predetermined parts to provide a decoration. 1 can be easily attached to a bicycle. In addition, the mounting position of the ornament 1 can be easily changed, and the mood during operation can be changed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the deformable long object 100 can be bent and deformed along with the bicycle frame F, and can be placed in a position suitable for the user. It can be mounted in the shape of For this reason, the bicycle can be more sportyly decorated, and is suitable for elementary, middle and high school students, for example, boys.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 5, the normal light type light emitting element 23 does not always keep lighting, but the blinking type light emitting element 2 connected in series with this.
Blinking is affected by the on / off states of 1, 22.
Moreover, the blinking interval changes every moment. That is, since the blinking interval of each of the blinking light emitting elements 21 and 22 differs depending on the state of the injected carrier inside the element, the blinking timing of the two blinking light emitting elements 21 and 23 connected in parallel is almost the same. Do not synchronize. You can say nothing at all.

For this reason, the power supplied to the ordinary light-emitting element 23 connected in series with them changes momentarily according to the blinking deviation of the two blinking light-emitting elements 21 and 22, The blinking interval of 23 appears to be faster or slower. In this way, the light emitting means 2 which makes one set of three lights, such that the three light up and off randomly, sometimes the three light up and down as if they were synchronized, and sometimes the three light up and down like a neon sign flowing sequentially. Looks like. Thus, unique lighting can be realized while being simple and inexpensive.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment shown in FIG.
Are provided with a character display body 10 in which a cat is cartoonized and abstracted. The front side represents a male cat, and its nose and navel are blinking light emitting diodes LED1, L
The bases of the blinking light emitting elements 21 and 22 composed of the ED2 are held in an embedded state. The rear side represents a female cat, and a normal light-emitting element 23 composed of a normal light-emitting diode LED3 is held on its chest, and its base is also held in an embedded state.

The opening and closing scissors 5 having a pair of scissors pieces 51 and 52 connected to each other via a support shaft 50 are used as a base material of the ornament 1. Inside the finger knobs of the scissors pieces 51 and 52, both ends of the spring 4 composed of a coil spring are stretched, so that the scissors pieces 51 and 52 are constantly biased to the closing side. For example, as shown in FIG.
The headlight H and the dynamo D are sandwiched between unit mounting plates S. At this time, in order to prevent theft, the scissors pieces 51 and 52 may be connected to the tip holes or the like using a one-touch fastener (tie wrap) for packing.

The three light emitting diodes LED1 to LED3 are electrically driven light emitting means 2 driven by a dynamo output. As shown in FIG. 2, blinking type LEDs 1 and 2 are connected in parallel to each other. Light-type LEDs 3 are connected in series. Then, the plus (+) and minus (-) lead wires 31, 32 at both ends of the circuit are connected to a dynamo.

Each of the lead wires 31 and 32 is wound in a coil shape to avoid entanglement and the like while being able to correspond to the length of the connection length. I have. As shown in FIG. 3, the plus side lead wire 31 is connected to the plus terminal P of the dynamo D, and the minus side lead wire 32 is any part of the bicycle frame that grounds the minus terminal of the dynamo D, for example. It is connected to the fixing bolt N of the brake B.
The negative lead wire 32 can be connected to a brake operation wire or the like that is indirectly connected to the frame.

Thus, when the vehicle travels with the dynamo D defeated, the three light-emitting diodes LED1 to 3 blink irregularly, thereby making the character display 10 stand out. of course,
The headlight H is also turned on, eliminating no light. This lighting action, mainly by elementary, junior high and high school students, is also expected to stimulate adults and defeat their own dynamo with children as examples, contributing to the improvement of overall traffic morals.

In general, a light-emitting diode of a normal light type can be obtained at a lower cost than a flashing type light emitting diode. The thing is adopted. This constant light type L
Since the ED 3 eventually blinks in a circuit, effective light emission can be realized at a low cost.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the ornament 1 is made of a long base material 101 made of a soft synthetic resin having a narrow width and a substantially flat plate shape, and the soft synthetic resin which is spirally wound in the length direction thereof. Long object 100 made of a tube 102 having a circular cross section as a main material.
It consists of. On the long base material 101, a total of six light emitting diodes LED1 to LED3 (for two sets) are arranged and supported at intervals. The tube 102 is made of a bright color such as yellow or lemon which fluoresces in the dark.

As shown in FIG. 5, the six light-emitting diodes connect two sets of the circuit shown in FIG. 2 in parallel. The feeding ends of each set are drawn out by common lead wires 31 and 32, and worm clips 33 and 34 are attached to the ends. A connection line connecting the light emitting diodes is wound by a tube 102 together with a base material 101 and housed inside the tube.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the bicycle is interposed so as to straddle the left and right sides of the frame F behind the saddle portion of the bicycle.
Hook portions 103 and 104 composed of crimp terminals and the like integrally attached to both ends of the tube 102 are hooked on the frame portion to be stopped.

The plus side lead wire 31 is connected to the plus side relay connection line A connected to the plus terminal P of the dynamo D, and the minus side lead wire 32 is connected to the appropriate frame side grounding electrode. Connected to G.

In the second embodiment, there are provided two sets of circuits each having a pair of blinking light emitting diodes LED1 and 2 in parallel and an ordinary light emitting diode LED3 in series therewith.
A total of six light emitting diodes may flash so as to flow sequentially. Further, by attaching and detaching the hook portions 103 and 104, the hook portions 103 and 104 can be deformed into a desired shape and can be set at a desired position.

In the above, the long base material 1 as a core material
The variable length elongate object 100 was formed by winding the tube 102 around the tube 01, but the base material of the core was omitted, and a narrow flat band which is commercially available as a covering material for wires and cables was spirally wound. A wound body or the like configured to form a shape may be used alone.

By the way, in the above description, a simple and clever one in which only the light emitting diodes are connected by the connection lines has been described, but the circuit may be configured in combination with other electronic and electric circuit parts such as a voltage limiter. The main purpose can be achieved as long as the dynamo output is used as the power supply. Also, needless to say, in each of the figures, the blinking light emitting elements 21 and
The arrangement and arrangement of 2 and the ordinary light emitting element 23 are not limited, and the blinking type and the ordinary light type can be arbitrarily interchanged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a structural explanatory view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the first embodiment mounted on a bicycle.

FIG. 4 is a structural explanatory view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the bicycle according to the second embodiment mounted on a bicycle.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1; Ornament 10; Character display body 100; Deformable long object 2; Light emitting means 21, 22; Flashing light emitting element 23; Regular lighting light emitting element 3: Power supply connection means 4: Ammunition 5;

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Chikage Nomura 3-3-13 Famiyu Mishima 502 3-3 Mishima, Settsu-shi, Osaka (72) Inventor Kosei Hasegawa 1-19-8, Koisehoncho, Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo

Claims (5)

[Claims] An auxiliary indicator light for a bicycle provided with a dynamo light, comprising: an ornament (1) attached to a bicycle body; an electrically driven light emitting means (2) held by the ornament (1);
An auxiliary indicator light for a bicycle, comprising a power supply connecting means (3) for connecting the light emitting means (2) to a dynamo output. 2. An auxiliary light for a bicycle according to claim 1, wherein the decoration (1) comprises a character display (10) such as an animal, a plant, a vehicle, a model, a fictitious creation. 3. The ornament (1) is provided with opening and closing scissors (5) which are normally urged to a closing side by an ammunition (4).
Auxiliary indicator light for bicycle as described. 4. The auxiliary indicator light for a bicycle according to claim 1, wherein the ornament (1) comprises a deformable elongated object (100) that can be bent and deformed along with the bicycle frame. 5. The light-emitting means (2) includes a pair of blinking light-emitting elements (21, 22) connected in parallel, and an ordinary light-emitting element (23) connected in series thereto. Auxiliary indicator light for bicycles according to (1).