JPH10321001A - Flashlight with stroboscope - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detachably attach a stroboscope to a flashlight afterwards by arranging a first negative side connecting part, a positive side connecting part coming in contact with a lead wire of a positive electrode led by a battery case, a second negative side connecting part striding over the positive side connecting part through an insulating part and led from the first negative side connecting part, and a fixing part in a stroboscope main body attached to the existing portable light in place of its cover. SOLUTION: A battery case 21, having a positive side connecting part 24 and to which dry batteries 14 are fit, is inserted into a light 1. A spring negative side terminal 32 in contact with a negative electrode of the dry battery 11, a positive side connecting part 33 in contact with the positive side connecting part 24, and a negative side terminal 61 connecting on the back side to the negative side terminal 32 are fixed to an insulating negative side terminal accepting plate 75 of a stroboscope main body 31 fixed with a screw 34. The negative side terminal 61 comes in contact with a negative side connecting part 6 of the light 1 and is connected to a stroboscope switch 35. Positive and negative potentials of the dry batteries 11 are supplied to a stroboscope circuit on the inside, and a light from a discharge tube is emitted through a color lens 36. Increase in weight and volume is less.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flashlight with a strobe for adding a strobe device to a portable light, and more particularly, to wiring of a flashlight with a strobe for adding a detachable strobe device to a battery-powered portable light. Related to the structure of the connection part.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known a conventional battery-powered portable light which does not have a strobe light emitting function or has a strobe light emitting function which is integrated into a part of battery operated portable lights.

A function added to the battery-powered portable light in addition to the normal light irradiation in one direction is a continuous lighting function of a red light using a normal light bulb or a blinking function of the red light.

FIG. 7A is a view showing the structure of a conventional general battery-powered portable light. The main body of the light 1 is coated or protected with a coating or a polymer material or plating on the outer surface of a thin plate of a conductive metal such as iron. A dry battery 11 is inserted into the light housing 5, and its positive electrode contacts the contact at the bottom of the light bulb 10. The light bulb 10 is fixed by screwing a screw portion 13 of the light bulb 10 into a screw portion 14 of a reflector 12 fixed to the light 1. Light emitted from the light bulb 10 is condensed by the reflection plate 12 and irradiated toward the positive electrode surface.

[0005] The screw portion 13 of the light bulb 10 is also a contact point with the negative electrode side of the dry battery 11 so that the negative electrode-side conductor 3 comes into contact therewith. When the light switch 4 is turned on, the negative conductor 3 is electrically connected to the light housing 5.
Is off, it is insulated from the light housing 5. The light switch 4 slides back and forth or is a push button type to turn on / off the energization of the light housing 5 and the negative conductor 3. The light housing 5 functions as a conductive wire on the negative electrode side of the dry battery 11, and is conductively connected to the light lid 2 described below at the negative electrode side connection portion 6.

The light cover 2 is fixed by turning the screw 8 of the light cover 2 into the screw 7 of the light 1.
At the bottom of the light cover 2, there is a spring-like negative terminal 9. By fixing the light cover 2, the dry battery 11 in the light 1 is fixed by the spring property of the negative terminal 9 and also functions as a negative contact. Thus, it comes into contact with the negative electrode side connection portion 6 on the light 1 side. When the light cover 2 is made of metal, any part of the light cover 2 can function as a negative contact.

As described above, the battery 11 is housed in the light 1, the light cover 2 is closed, and the light switch 4 is turned on, so that the power of the battery 11 is supplied in a loop through the bulb 10, It emits light and functions as a light.

FIG. 7B shows a case where the light case 5 is made of an insulating material such as a polymer material. In this case, the negative side lead wire and the negative side connection portion 6 of the light case 5 are eliminated, so that the light case 5 is not used. The negative conductor 15 and the negative connection part 16 connected to the switch 4 are provided. The structure of the other conductive part is shown in FIG.
Same as A.

[0009]

In the case of a normal battery-operated portable light having no strobe light emission function, the light emission reaching distance other than the irradiation direction and the recognition distance from directions other than the irradiation direction are extremely small, so that road construction work or the like is required. Although it is suitable for lighting at work sites, it was not very recognizable from vehicles traveling several hundred meters away.

[0010] In order to enhance the recognizability of such a distant vehicle, continuous lighting of a red light using a normal light bulb and addition of a blinking function to a portable light have been performed. In the case of such a red light, recognition is possible from all around the light emitting part of the portable light, but since the light emission amount of the original light bulb is not increasing, the recognition distance is about a few tens of meters and it increases very much Nothing to do.

Although the strobe-integrated portable light greatly improves the recognition distance from the entire periphery, the strobe portion cannot be removed. Therefore, the volume increases when the strobe function is not required for work on a place other than a road. The handling becomes inconvenient by the minute. Further, when the strobe-integrated portable light is used, the ordinary portable light currently generally used cannot be used or must be used in combination with the strobe-integrated portable light.
If the light cannot be used, the conventional portable light is wasted and the cost of purchasing a relatively expensive strobe-integrated portable light becomes necessary. When both are used, the portability is deteriorated due to an increase in weight and volume including a battery lamp for carrying both.

In view of the above-mentioned problems of the conventional portable light, the present invention provides a strobe device which can be easily attached to and detached from a generally used portable light, and a flashlight with a strobe having the strobe device. The purpose is to:

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a flashlight with a strobe in which a detachable strobe device is added to an existing portable light using a battery which does not have a strobe function. A battery case having a lead wire for guiding the positive electrode of the battery housed in the unit to the negative electrode station side, and a strobe device body attached to the portable light in place of the lid of the portable light, and the strobe device The main body includes a first negative-side connection portion in contact with the negative electrode of the battery housed in the existing portable light, a positive-side connection portion in contact with the positive lead of the battery led by the battery case, and a positive-side connection portion thereof. The strobe device main body is mechanically fixed to the existing portable light, and the second negative electrode side connection, which is guided from the first negative connection side so as to straddle through the insulating portion and contacts the negative connection side of the existing portable light. Fixed part And a strobe flashlight with having Ranaru detachable flash unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a flashlight with a strobe in which a detachable strobe device is added to an existing battery-powered portable light having no strobe function, and a strobe light emitting circuit control unit for controlling charging and discharging of strobe light. A battery case having a lead wire for guiding the positive electrode of the stored battery to the negative station side, and a strobe light emitting / switching device which is added to the portable light in place of the lid of the existing portable light. The battery case further includes a first negative-side connection portion in contact with a negative electrode of the battery housed in the existing portable light, a positive-side connection portion in contact with a positive electrode lead of the battery led by the battery case,
A second negative terminal connected from the negative terminal of the portable light and in contact with the negative terminal of the portable light; and a second terminal guided from the first negative terminal and connected to one station of the switching device of the strobe light emitting / switching device. A third negative electrode side connection portion, a fourth negative electrode side connection portion in contact with the other station of the third negative side connection portion, a first positive side power supply connection portion of the strobe light emission / switching device, A strobe emission / switching device, the strobe light emission / switching device includes a third negative electrode side connecting portion and a fifth negative electrode side terminal portion in contact with one station of the switching device, A sixth negative terminal part in contact with the other station where the fourth negative terminal part and the fifth negative terminal part are not in contact, and a positive terminal part in contact with the positive electrode lead of the battery led by the battery case A second positive power supply connection in contact with the first positive power supply connection; and a first negative power supply A second negative power supply connection in contact with the connecting portion, a second trigger connection in contact with the first trigger connection of the battery case, and a strobe light emitting / switching device mechanically fixed to the portable light. A flashlight with a strobe having a detachable strobe device having a fixed portion was provided.

Since ordinary dry batteries are cylindrical, the housing and the lid of the portable light are often cylindrical, and the lid is often screwed into the housing. By forming the electrodes in the first and second aspects of the present invention in a ring shape, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and other contacts can be obtained even in a flashlight with a strobe having a cylindrical screw-in type detachable strobe device. did it.

In addition, the color lens of the detachable strobe device is further detachable so that the transparent lens can be replaced with a red or yellow color lens. In the nighttime or in fog, a greater attention-raising effect can be obtained by emitting a strobe light with a color that attracts attention with little attenuation, such as a red or yellow color lens.

With the above structure, a flashlight with a strobe having a strobe device that can be easily attached to and detached from a normal portable light in use. Therefore, there is provided a flashlight with a strobe having a detachable strobe device which has a large recognition distance and excellent visibility without increasing the weight and volume of the portable light while keeping the conventional portable light as it is without disturbing when unnecessary. can do.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a detachable strobe device according to a first embodiment.

The light 1 is a portable light of a metal housing with a battery power source generally used conventionally, and the details thereof are as described in the prior art. Battery case 2
1, a positive conductor 22 is mounted as shown in FIG.
Further, the dry battery 11 is fitted and inserted into the light housing 5 of the light 1.

In the strobe device main body 31, the negative terminal 32, the positive connecting part 33, and the negative terminal 61 are fixed to the negative terminal receiving plate 75, and the screw part 3 for fixing to the light 1 is provided.
4, a strobe switch 35 for emitting strobe light, and a color lens 36 which can be replaced with normal white light and red or yellow to enhance visibility more than that.

The negative terminal 32 is brought into contact with the negative electrode of the dry battery 11, guides the negative electrode to the back side of the insulating negative terminal receiving plate 75, and simultaneously presses and fixes the dry battery 11 with a spring. The positive electrode side connection part 33 is in contact with the positive electrode side connection part 24 of the battery case 21 and guides the positive electrode side to the back side of the insulating negative electrode side terminal receiving plate 75. When the housing of the light 1 has a cylindrical shape, the positive-electrode-side connection portion 33 is formed in a ring shape so as to absorb a difference between products and obtain reliable contact. Negative terminal 61
Is connected to the negative electrode side terminal 32 on the back side of the negative electrode side terminal receiving plate 75 and is in contact with the negative electrode side connection portion 6 of the light 1.

The screw portion 34 is screwed into the screw portion 7 of the light 1 and fitted therein. However, when the screw portions 7 and 34 are made of metal and the coating of the contact portion is protected by conductive metal plating, the negative electrode side is used. The connection is made anywhere on the thread that is in contact.

FIG. 2 shows the main body 3 of the strobe device shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an exploded view showing the configuration of FIG. 1 in more detail, and FIG. The positive connection portion 24 at the end of the positive conductive wire 22 of the battery case 21 is in contact with a ring-shaped positive connection portion 33 formed on one surface of the negative terminal receiving plate 75, and the positive side potential is set to an internal flash. Circuit pcb
Through the positive terminal 63.

The positive electrode side connection portion 64 on the strobe circuit board 66 which is in contact with the positive electrode side terminal 63 supplies the strobe circuit with the positive electrode side potential of the battery. From the negative terminal 32 in contact with the negative electrode of the battery 11 to the negative terminal 62,
5 is supplied to a negative terminal 61 that is in contact with the negative connection 6 of the light housing 5, and is connected to a strobe switch by a wiring material or the like via the negative connection 65 of the strobe circuit board 66. It is also supplied to one pole of 35. The other pole of the strobe switch 35 is also connected to a strobe circuit board 66 by a wiring material or the like.
Is turned on, the negative potential of the battery is supplied to the strobe circuit board 66.

The positive electrode potential and the negative electrode potential of the battery supplied to the strobe circuit board 66 are boosted and charged by a transformer, a capacitor or the like (not shown), and charged on the discharge tube board 67. When a trigger signal is supplied to the discharge tube 74 from the trigger connection portion 69 on the discharge tube substrate via the trigger wire 72, the discharge tube is supplied to the discharge tube 70 via the negative power supply wire 71 and the positive power supply wire 73. 74
Discharge starts to emit light, and the light is emitted by the color lens 36.
To be released to the outside. In the circuit pattern and the conductive connection portion on the strobe circuit board 66, required insulation is provided by a distance, an insulator, or the like between the battery voltage portion and the boosted strobe power supply voltage portion. When the color lens 36 is transparent, the emitted light is white light as it is, but by replacing the color lens 36 with a red or yellow color lens 36, the visibility at night or in fog can be improved like a general warning light or fog lamp. . FIG. 4 shows an overall configuration of a detachable strobe device according to a second embodiment.

As in the case of FIG. 1, the light 1 is a portable light of a metal housing with a battery power source generally used in the past, the details of which are as described in the prior art.

As shown in FIG. 4, the positive electrode-side lead wire 42 is mounted on the battery case 41, and the dry battery 11 is fitted into the battery case 41 and inserted into the light housing 5 of the light 1. In the battery case 41, the negative terminal 44 is fixed to the negative terminal receiving plate 49, and the strobe circuit board housing 50 of the battery case 41 is provided.
A negative terminal 48 in contact with the negative connection portion 6 of the light 1 and negative terminals 45 and 46 for connecting to both poles of the strobe switch 55 are fixed on the housing of the light 1.

The negative electrode terminal 44 is in contact with the negative electrode of the dry battery 11, guides the negative electrode to the back side of the insulating negative electrode terminal receiving plate 49, and simultaneously presses and fixes the dry battery 11 with a spring. The positive conductor 42 leads the positive electrode to the back side of the insulating negative terminal receiving plate 49 inside the strobe circuit housing portion 50 of the battery case 41. The negative terminals 48 and 45 are connected to the negative terminal 4.
4 is connected to the back side of the negative terminal receiving plate 49.

In the strobe light emission / switching device 51, negative pole side connection parts 52, 57 for both poles of a strobe switch 55 for contacting the negative pole side terminals 45, 46 are fixed inside in a ring shape. A negative connection portion 91, a positive connection portion 92, and a trigger connection portion 93 for the discharge tube substrate 90 are fixed in a ring shape at the back, and a screw portion 54 for fixing to the light 1 and a strobe for emitting strobe light. A switch 55 and a color lens 56 for increasing visibility more than ordinary white light are provided. The electrode located at the center among the electrodes serving as the ring-shaped connecting portions for the discharge tube substrate 90 does not need to have a ring-shaped shape, but has a disk-shaped shape as shown in FIG. Is also possible.

The screw portion 54 is screwed into the screw portion 7 of the light 1 and fitted therein. However, when the screw portions 7 and 54 are made of metal and the coating of the contact portion is made of conductive metal plating, the negative electrode side is used. The connection is made anywhere on the thread that is in contact.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the strobe circuit board housing 50 of the battery case 41 and the strobe light emitting / switching device 5 shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is an exploded view showing the configuration of FIG. 1 in more detail, and FIG.

The positive connection 47 at the end of the positive conductor 42 of the battery case 41 passes through the negative terminal receiving plate 49 and contacts the positive connection 84 on the strobe circuit board 81 so that the battery 11 The positive potential is supplied to the strobe circuit board 81.

From the negative terminal 44 in contact with the negative electrode of the battery 11, the negative potential passed through the negative terminal receiving plate 49 by the negative terminal 48 is brought into contact with the negative connecting portion 6 of the light housing 5 and the negative terminal 45. Supplied to the strobe switch 5
When 5 is on, the power is supplied from the negative terminal 46 to the negative connecting portion 83 of the strobe circuit board 81 by a wiring material or the like.

The positive and negative potentials of the battery supplied to the strobe circuit board 81 are boosted and charged by a transformer or a capacitor (not shown), and are charged to the negative power supply line 96, the positive power supply line 98, and the battery case cover 82. The trigger signal is supplied to the negative power supply connection portion 99 and the positive power supply connection portion 101 on the battery case cover 82 via the negative power supply connection portion 85 and the positive power supply connection portion 87 on the inner side, and the trigger signal is supplied to the trigger conductor 97 and The trigger connecting portion 1 on the battery case lid 82 via the trigger connecting portion 86 inside the battery case lid 82
00 is supplied.

In the circuit pattern and the conductive connection portion on the strobe circuit board 81, insulation required by a distance, an insulator, or the like is provided between the battery voltage portion and the boosted strobe power supply voltage portion. .

Negative-side connecting portions 52 and 57 in contact with the negative-side terminals 45 and 46 of the battery case 41 in the strobe light emitting / switching device 51 are connected to both poles of the strobe switch 55 so that the strobe operation can be switched on and off. Has become. The negative power supply connection portion 99, the positive power supply connection portion 101, and the trigger connection portion 100 at the end of the battery case 41 are formed in a ring shape formed inside the discharge tube substrate 90 of the strobe light emission / switching device 51. A negative-side power supply connection portion 91, a ring-shaped positive-side power supply connection portion 92, and a ring-shaped or disk-shaped trigger connection portion 93 that are in contact with each other and supply a boosted and charged potential to a discharge tube 95 on a discharge tube substrate 90
When the trigger signal enters the discharge tube 95 from the trigger connection portion 93 on the discharge tube substrate, the discharge of the discharge tube 95 is started to emit light, and the light is emitted to the outside through the color lens 56.

The shapes of the negative terminals 61 and 62 and the positive terminals 63 in the first embodiment are arbitrary as long as electrical conductivity can be obtained. The positive-electrode-side connection portion 64, the negative-electrode-side power supply connection portion 68, the positive-electrode-side power supply connection portion 70, and the trigger connection portion 69 in the discharge tube substrate 67 are shown so that the connection relationship can be easily understood. Other connection means may be used as long as they can be connected, and the wires may be conductively connected so as to pass through each substrate.

Also in the second embodiment, the shapes of the negative terminals 45, 46, and 48, the negative power connection 99, and the positive power connection 101 are arbitrary, as long as they are electrically conductive. , The negative electrode side connection part 83 and the positive electrode side connection part 84 of the strobe circuit board 81, and the battery case lid 82
Negative power supply connection 85 and positive power supply connection 87
And the trigger connecting portion 86 are shown so that the connection relationship can be easily understood, and other connecting means may be used as long as they can be conductively connected to the respective substrates. May be. However, as described above, necessary insulation is provided between the battery voltage and the strobe voltage by a distance or an insulator. Further, although the negative terminal 45 and the negative terminal 48 are drawn as one terminal continuously, they may be separate terminals.

Further, even when the light housing 5 of the light 1 is non-conductive such as a polymer material, the shape of the connecting portion may be ring-shaped or cylindrical as shown in the present embodiment. Is possible.

[0040]

According to the present invention, the strobe device can be easily attached and detached later without wasting the ordinary portable light in use, and the conventional strobe light can be easily dismounted when it is not needed. To provide a flashlight with a detachable strobe device that has a long recognition distance from the outside while minimizing the weight and volume of the portable light when the strobe function is needed. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing a partial internal configuration of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a part of the internal connection of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exploded view showing a partial internal configuration of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a part of the internal connection according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Light 2 Light cover 3, 15 Negative electrode side wire 4 Light switch 5 Light housing 6, 16, 52, 57, 65, 83, 88, 89, 99
Negative electrode side connection part 7, 8 Screw part 9, 32, 44, 45, 46, 48, 61, 62 Negative terminal 10 Light bulb 11 Dry battery 12 Reflector 13, 14, 34, 54 Screw part 21, 41 Battery case 22, 42 Positive Conductor 23, 24, 33, 43, 47, 64, 84 Positive Connection 31 Strobe Device Body 35, 55 Strobe Switch 36, 56 Color Lens 37 Strobe Device Housing 49, 75 Negative Terminal Holder 50 Strobe Circuit board housing part 51 Strobe light emission / switching device 58 Strobe light emission / switching device housing 63 Positive terminal 66, 81 Strobe circuit board 67, 90 Discharge tube substrate 68, 85, 91, 99 Negative power supply connection 69, 86 Trigger Connections 70, 87, 92, 101 Positive-side power supply connection 71, 96 Negative-side power supply lead 72, 97 Trigger lead 3, 98 the positive-side power supply conductor 74,95 discharge tube 82 battery case lid 93,100 trigger connecting portions

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A flashlight with a strobe, wherein a detachable strobe device is added to a battery-operated portable lighting device without a strobe function, wherein the detachable strobe device is configured to connect a positive electrode (or a negative electrode) of a stored battery. Negative electrode (or positive electrode)
A battery case that has a conducting wire leading to the side and is stored with the battery stored in a place where the battery of the lighting device is stored; and a strobe light that is added to the lighting device in place of the lid of the lighting device. An electronic device main body, the electronic flash device main body includes: electronic flash light emitting means for emitting electronic flash; switching means for switching between electronic flash light emission and stop; electronic flash light emitting circuit control means for controlling charging and discharging of electronic flash light; A first negative electrode (or positive electrode) side connecting means in contact with a negative electrode (or positive electrode) of a battery housed in the lighting device, and a positive electrode in contact with a conductive wire of a positive electrode (or negative electrode) of the battery guided along with the battery case The first (negative electrode) side connecting means and the first negative (or positive electrode) side connecting means are connected to the negative (or positive) side of the lighting device so as not to contact the positive (or negative) side connecting means. Second negative electrode (or positive electrode) side connection means and the strobe with flashlight and having a, a fixing means for mechanically fixing the strobe device body to the lighting device in contact with the stage. 2. A flashlight with a strobe, wherein a detachable strobe device is added to a battery-operated portable lighting device having no strobe function, wherein the detachable strobe device controls a charge / discharge of a strobe light. A battery case having a control unit and a lead wire for guiding a positive electrode (or a negative electrode) of the stored battery to a negative electrode (or a positive electrode) side, wherein the battery case is stored in a state where the battery is stored in a place where the battery of the lighting device is stored; A lighting / switching device that is added to the lighting device in place of the lid of the lighting device, and the battery case is in contact with a negative electrode (or a positive electrode) of a battery housed in the lighting device. A first negative electrode (or positive electrode) -side connecting means; a positive electrode (or negative electrode) -side connecting means in contact with a positive electrode (or negative electrode) lead wire of the battery that is attached to and guided to the battery case; or A second negative electrode (or positive electrode) side connecting means that is guided from the positive electrode (side) connecting means so as not to contact the positive electrode (or negative electrode) side connecting means and contacts the negative electrode (or positive electrode) side connecting means of the lighting device; A third negative (or positive) side connecting means guided from the first or second negative (or positive) side connecting means and in contact with one of the switching means of the strobe light emitting / switching device; A fourth negative electrode (or positive electrode) side connecting means in contact with the other pole of the switching means of the switching device, a first positive power supply connecting means of the strobe light emitting / switching device, 1 strobe side light source connection means, and first trigger connection means of the strobe light emission / switching device, wherein the strobe light emission / switching device includes a strobe light emission means for strobe light emission, and a strobe light emission / stop function. switching Switching means, a third negative electrode (or positive electrode) side connecting means of the battery case, a fifth negative electrode (or positive electrode) side terminal means in contact with one pole of the switching means, and a fourth terminal of the battery case. Negative electrode (or positive electrode) side connection means, sixth negative electrode (or positive electrode) side terminal means in contact with the other pole of the switching means, and second positive electrode side in contact with the first positive electrode power supply connection means of the battery case Power supply connecting means, second negative power supply connecting means in contact with the first negative power connecting means of the battery case, and second trigger connecting means in contact with the first trigger connecting means of the battery case; Fixing means for mechanically fixing the strobe light emitting / switching device to the lighting device. 3. The flashlight with a flash according to claim 1, wherein in the main body of the flash device, at least one connecting means has a ring shape or a cylindrical shape. 4. In the strobe light emission / switching device,
3. A flashlight with a strobe according to claim 2, wherein at least one connecting means is ring-shaped or cylindrical. 5. The flashlight with a strobe according to claim 1, wherein the strobe light emitting unit is covered with a detachable color lens.