JPH1116409A - Emergency luminaire - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate replacement of a storage battery. SOLUTION: This luminaire is equipped with a luminaire main body 1 with a peripheral side wall 1a opening forward, a lamp 3 disposed on the opening side of the luminaire main body 1 and turned on by power feeding from a disposed commercial power source, and a storage battery 2 disposed on the back side of the lamp 3 and feeding power to the lamp 3 in outage. A battery insertion opening 1b for the insertion of the battery 2 is provided in the peripheral side wall 1a of the luminaire main body 1. A battery storage portion 11 providing a containing space 13d communicating with the outside of the luminaire main body 1 by the battery insertion opening 1b inside the battery insertion opening 1b and closed by a lid body 14 mounted in the battery insertion opening 1b so as to be free in attaching and detaching is provided so that the battery insertion opening 1b faces slantingly downward in the containing space 13d. Connection terminals 15 protruding from the inner wall of the battery containing portion 11 and connected to the electrodes of the storage battery 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency lighting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 shows a conventional emergency lighting device. The emergency lighting device includes a device body 1, a storage battery 2, an emergency light block (not shown), a lamp 3, and a reflector 4.
And a glove 5.

[0003] The appliance body 1 has a substantially bottomed cylindrical shape with an open front side, and an emergency light block (not shown) and equipment components such as a storage battery 2 are attached to the inner bottom. The storage battery 2 has leads 6 connected to both poles.
Is connected to another connector 9 provided at the tip of another lead wire 8 from the emergency light block. The emergency light block is connected to a commercial AC power supply. When energized, the connected storage battery 2 is charged by power supply from the commercial AC power supply, and when a power failure is detected, the lamp 3 is powered by the power supply from the storage battery 2. It is lit.

[0004] A reflector 4 is mounted inside the appliance body 1 on the front side of the storage battery 2 and the emergency light block, and a socket 1 is provided on the front side of the reflector 4.
0 is provided and the lamp 3 is mounted. A glove 5 is mounted on the front side of the instrument body 1 so as to cover the opening.

[0005]

However, in the emergency lighting apparatus shown in the above-mentioned conventional example, in order to replace the storage battery 2 mounted on the inner bottom of the apparatus main body 1, the lamp 3 and the reflection plate are required. 4, storage battery 2 such as globe 5
Therefore, since it is necessary to remove the component parts provided on the front side of the device main body 1, the operation until the replacement of the storage battery 2 is complicated and the workability is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an emergency lighting device in which a storage battery can be easily replaced.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to an apparatus body having a peripheral side wall and an opening on the front side, and an opening of the apparatus body. And a storage battery disposed on the back side of the lamp and supplying power to the lamp in the event of a power failure, the emergency lighting device comprising: A battery insertion opening into which the storage battery is inserted is provided on the peripheral side wall, and a storage space communicating with the outside of the appliance body is provided inside the battery insertion opening by the battery insertion opening, and is detachably attached to the battery insertion opening. A battery housing portion closed by a lid is provided, and a connection terminal projecting from an inner wall of the battery housing portion and connected to an electrode of the storage battery is provided.

[0008] According to the second aspect of the present invention, a first aspect is provided.
The emergency lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the battery storage unit is provided such that the battery insertion opening faces obliquely downward of the storage space.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a second aspect.
In the emergency lighting device according to the above, the storage battery is housed in a substantially cylindrical battery case having a pair of auxiliary electrodes connected to both poles of the storage battery housed inside at one end side, and the connection terminal, The battery accommodating portion is disposed on the inner wall on the back side and is in contact with the auxiliary electrode.

[0010]

1 and 2 show a first embodiment of an emergency lighting device according to the present invention. The emergency lighting device is adapted to be mounted on a ceiling. The apparatus includes an apparatus body 1, a storage battery 2, a lamp 3, a reflector 4, a globe 5, a battery storage unit 11, and an emergency light block 12.

The apparatus main body 1 is made of an insulating member, for example, a plastic material, has a substantially bottomed cylindrical shape with an open front side, and is mounted so that the rear side, which is the bottom side, faces the ceiling. The peripheral end of the opening on the front side of the substantially cylindrical peripheral side wall 1a is threaded. Also,
A battery insertion opening 1b having a diameter that allows the storage battery 2 to be inserted in the longitudinal direction is opened in the peripheral side wall 1a obliquely upward from the outside of the appliance body 1, and a storage opening screw 1c is provided at a peripheral end thereof. Has been cut. In addition, an instrument component such as an emergency light block 12 and a stabilizer (not shown) is attached to an inner bottom of the instrument body 1.

The battery housing 11 includes a housing body 13 in which the storage battery 2 is housed, and a cover 14. The storage unit main body 13 has a substantially cylindrical shape in which the storage battery 2 is stored, one of which is substantially closed by a bottom plate 13a and the other is a storage unit opening 13b into which the storage battery 2 is inserted. An outer flange 13c is formed at the peripheral end of 13b. The storage unit body 13 is provided with the storage unit opening 1.
3b is opposed to the battery insertion opening 1b, and the bottom plate 13a faces obliquely upward, and is attached to the peripheral side wall 1a of the appliance body 1 obliquely from the inside with the outer flange 13c. Further, the storage unit main body 13 is configured such that the lid body 14 in which the lid body screw 14a screwed with the storage opening screw 1c is cut is formed.
By being screwed into 3b, a storage space 13d large enough to store the storage battery 2 is formed.

A pair of connection terminals 15 protrude into the storage space 13d on the side of the storage space main body 13 and the lid 14 facing the storage space 13d, which are the inner walls of the battery storage portion 11 forming the storage space 13d. It is provided. One 15a of the pair of connection terminals 15 is provided as a first coil spring on the bottom plate 13a side of the storage unit main body 13, and the other 15b is a substantially hemispherical cover electrode provided on the cover 14. 14b and a protruding metal piece 17 provided near the outer flange 13c of the housing 13 and urged toward the cover electrode 14b by the second coil spring 16 to come into contact therewith. Therefore, the battery insertion portion 1 is inserted from the battery insertion opening 1b.
The storage battery 2 inserted into the storage terminal 2 has a negative electrode 2a in contact with one of the connection terminals 15a, and the cover 14 is screwed into the opening 13b of the storage portion, so that the other connection terminal 15a is formed.
The cover electrode 14b of b contacts the positive electrode 2b, and the protruding metal piece 17 contacts the cover electrode 14b, thereby establishing conduction. The pair of connection terminals 15 are connected to the emergency light block 12 through small holes 13e provided in the storage unit body 13, respectively.

The emergency light block 12 is connected to a commercial power supply. When the power is supplied, the emergency light block 12 charges the storage battery 2 by supplying power from the commercial power supply.
Is turned on by the power supply from the storage battery 2. The emergency light block 12 is provided with a pair of in-apparatus wirings 12a for connection with the storage battery 2,
The distal end of the in-apparatus wiring 12a is passed through a pair of small holes 13e of the storage section main body 13 and connected to a pair of connection terminals 15.

The reflection plate 4 is inside the instrument body 1 and
The battery housing 11 and the emergency light block 12 are mounted on the front side, and a socket 10 is provided on the front side of the reflector 4. The socket 10 has a lamp 3, for example, a ring-shaped fluorescent lamp. The lamp 3 is mounted on the lighting device (not shown) when the commercial power is supplied.
Is to be lit through. Further, a glove 5 provided with a screw portion that meshes with the screw is screwed into the screw on the front side of the instrument body 1 so as to cover the opening of the instrument body 1.

As described above, in the emergency lighting device according to the present embodiment, the battery insertion opening 1b is provided in the peripheral side wall 1a of the device main body 1, and the storage space 13d in which the storage battery 2 is inserted is provided inside the battery insertion opening 1b. A battery housing 11 closed by a cover 14 detachably mounted in the battery insertion opening 1b is provided, and a pair of connection terminals 15 for connecting the storage battery 2 to the emergency light block 12 are provided in the battery housing 11. When the storage battery 2 is replaced, there is no need to remove fixture components such as the lamp 3, the reflector 4, and the globe 5 disposed on the front side of the fixture main body 1 with respect to the storage battery 2.
If the battery 4 is removed, the storage battery 2 can be taken out of the appliance body 1 and the storage battery 2 can be easily replaced.

Further, the battery housing 11 is inserted into the battery insertion opening 1.
b is provided so as to face obliquely below the storage space 13d, so that if the lid 14 is removed from the peripheral side wall 1a, the storage battery 2 in the storage space 13d will move from the battery insertion opening 1b to the peripheral side wall 1a by gravity.
Since the storage battery 2 comes out, no trouble is required to take out the storage battery 2, the storage battery 2 can be replaced more easily, and the workability can be improved.

When the cover 14 closes the battery insertion opening 1b and is screwed into the housing opening 13b, the pair of connection terminals 15 are connected to the two electrodes 2a and 2b of the storage battery 2, and the cover 14 is Then, the cover electrode 1 of the other connection terminal 15b
4b and the protruding metal piece 17 are separated from each other to cut off conduction and
The connection between the storage battery 2 and the emergency light block 12 can be performed by connecting the storage battery 2 with the opening and closing of the battery insertion opening 1b by the lid 14, thereby improving the workability. Compared with the case of connection, there is no need to secure a space required for manual work of attaching and detaching the connector in the instrument main body 1, and the instrument main body 1 can be easily downsized.

In the above-described embodiment, an example is described in which one connection terminal 15a is provided as a first coil spring projecting from the inner wall of the battery housing 11 and connected to the negative electrode 2a of the storage battery 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and one of the connection terminals is formed in a substantially thin plate shape, and the storage battery is pressed by the one connection terminal by screwing the lid, so that the pair of connection terminals comes into contact with both poles of the storage battery. Such a configuration may be used.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a second embodiment of the emergency lighting device according to the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that a plurality of storage batteries 2 are stored in a battery case 18. The housed portion, the lid 14, and the pair of connection terminals 15 are configured in substantially the same manner as the first embodiment.

The battery case 18 is made of, for example, a plastic material which is an insulating member, and is a substantially bottomed cylindrical case body 18a large enough to fit in the storage space 13d, and a lid of the case body 18a also made of a plastic material. It comprises a case cap 18b and a pair of auxiliary electrodes 19 attached to the case cap 18b.
The case body 18a has a case body 18a
One end of the copper foil piece 20 reaching the opening side along the inner peripheral side surface of the copper foil piece 20 is attached.
The negative electrode 2 a of the storage battery 2 to be accommodated is connected to the copper foil piece 20 via the third coil spring 21. In addition, the plus side auxiliary electrode 19a of the pair of auxiliary electrodes 19 is attached to the case cap 18b at a substantially central portion thereof so as to penetrate from the front side to the rear side. Further, on the front side and the back side of the case cap 18b, annular negative auxiliary electrodes 19b are respectively provided.
It is attached to a portion having an insulation distance from the connector a, and penetrates through the case cap 18b to be connected to each other. Such a case cap 18b is attached to the storage battery 2
Is the case body 18a accommodated from the negative electrode 2a side
The storage battery 2 is pressed from the negative electrode 2a side by the third coil spring 21 and the positive electrode 2b
Abuts on the plus side auxiliary electrode 19a and the copper foil piece 2
0 is in contact with the negative side auxiliary electrode 19b. In this way, conduction between the pair of auxiliary electrodes 19 provided on the other end side of the battery case 18 and the two electrodes 2a and 2b of the storage battery 2 is established.

The cover 14 is provided with a fourth coil spring 22 except for the cover electrode 14b. The pair of connection terminals 15 are provided on the bottom plate 13 a side of the storage unit main body 13 so as to protrude from the inner wall, and are connected to be in contact with the pair of auxiliary electrodes 19 to be connected to the two poles 2 a and 2 b of the storage battery 2 and the emergency light block. 12 is made. The pair of connection terminals 15 are such that the battery case 18 is
3 and the battery insertion opening 1 b is closed by the lid 14, the battery case 18 is pressed by the fourth coil spring 22 of the lid 14 from the lower end side, so that the pair of auxiliary electrodes 19
To be connected to.

Even with this configuration, substantially the same effects as in the first embodiment can be obtained, and a plurality of storage batteries 2 can be connected to the battery case 18 so as to be connectable. A plurality of storage batteries 2 can be simultaneously attached to / detached from the battery storage unit 11 by attaching / detaching to / from the unit 11,
The replacement work of the plurality of storage batteries 2 can be easily performed, and the workability can be improved.

Further, since the pair of connection terminals 15 and the pair of auxiliary electrodes 19 of the battery case 18 are provided so as to be connected at the upper end side of the housing body 13, the connection including the lid 14 which is a member to be removed. There is no need to provide a structure on the lower end side of the housing body 13, so that the structure of the connection terminal 15 can be simplified.

In each of the above embodiments, the case where the housing opening screw 1c is cut at the peripheral end of the battery insertion opening 1b of the appliance main body 1 made of a plastic material is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, a battery insertion opening may be provided in a sheet metal processing device main body, and a storage opening screw into which a lid is screwed into a storage unit opening side of an inner wall of the storage unit main body may be cut.

FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the emergency lighting apparatus according to the present invention. The points different from the first embodiment are a battery insertion opening 1b and a battery storage section 11, Otherwise, the configuration is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment.

The battery insertion opening 1b is provided so as to face the outer surface of the appliance main body 1, and has a substantially square shape so that the front sides of a plurality of storage batteries 2 housed substantially parallel to each other so that the peripheral side walls are substantially in contact with each other are exposed. It has a notch 1d at the upper peripheral edge, and a claw engaging portion 1e at the both peripheral edges.

The battery housing 11 has a housing opening 1 on one side.
3b, a storage box main body 13 having a substantially box shape in which the storage battery 2 is stored, and a lid 14 having a substantially plate shape. The storage section opening 13b is substantially the same as the battery insertion opening 1b. The storage space 13d is formed by being attached to the apparatus main body 1 so as to coincide with each other, and being mounted so that the cover 14 closes the battery insertion opening 1b. A connection terminal 15 connected to the storage battery 2 is provided on a side wall facing the storage unit body 13 in one direction so as to protrude inside the storage space 13d, and the storage batteries 2 to be stored are connected in series, for example. Has been. One connection terminal 15a of the connection terminal 15 is a fifth coil spring 23, and the other connection terminal 15b is a plurality of convex electrodes 24 provided to face the one connection terminal 15a. When the storage battery 2 is mounted between the connection terminals 15, the storage batteries 2 come into contact with the electrodes 2 a and 2 b of the storage battery 2, respectively, and are connected in advance by a conductive plate or a lead wire 25 so that the plurality of mounted storage batteries 2 are connected in series. The connection terminals 15 at both ends are connected to the emergency light block 12 by the wiring 12a in the device. The lid 14 has a substantially rectangular plate shape that covers the battery insertion opening 1b, and has a claw piece engaging portion 1e formed by a claw piece 14c protruding from a side of the cover.
The battery is mounted by being engaged with the battery, and is detachable from the front side of the battery insertion opening 1b.

In such an emergency lighting device, the storage battery 2
At the time of mounting, the cover 14 is removed from the peripheral side wall 1a, the storage battery 2 is stored in the storage portion body 13 sideways, the cover 14 is fitted into the battery insertion opening 1b, and when the storage battery 2 is removed, The cover 14 is removed from the battery insertion opening 1b, and a finger is inserted into the space of the notch 1d to remove the storage battery 2.

As described above, in the emergency lighting device according to the present embodiment, the battery insertion opening 1b is provided in the peripheral side wall 1a of the device main body 1, and the storage battery 2 is housed inside the battery insertion opening 1b so that the battery insertion opening is provided. 1b is provided with a battery storage section 11 closed by a lid 14, and a pair of connection terminals 15 for connecting the storage battery 2 to the emergency light block 12 is provided in the battery storage section 11. Therefore, when the storage battery 2 is replaced, There is no need to remove lamp components, reflectors, gloves, and other instrument components that are disposed on the front side of the instrument body 1 with respect to the storage battery 2, and the storage battery 2 can be taken out of the instrument body 1 by removing the lid 14. The storage battery 2 can be easily replaced.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a fourth embodiment of the emergency lighting device according to the present invention. The difference from the third embodiment is that the battery insertion opening 1b and the battery housing 11 are different.
The other configuration is substantially the same as that of the third embodiment.

The battery insertion opening 1b is formed in such a size that one storage battery 2 can be inserted from the peripheral side surface thereof, and is formed with claw engaging portions 1e provided at both peripheral ends. I have.

The battery housing 11 is provided with a sixth coil spring 27 having a plate 26 attached to the upper end on the inner lower surface of the housing main body 13. The urging force pushes up the inner upper surface of the storage unit body 13. Then, the plate piece 26 is pushed down by the storage battery 2 inserted from the battery insertion opening 1b, and at the same time, by the restoring force of the sixth coil spring 27, the storage battery 2 is constantly pushed up so that only one storage battery 2 can be seen in the battery insertion opening 1b. Has been. A substantially hemispherical shell-shaped electrode component 29 as a pair of connection terminals 15 is attached to the tip of a plurality of seventh coil springs 28 protruding in the lateral direction inside the housing 13. The electrode component 29 is urged by a seventh coil spring 28 so as to sandwich and connect the storage battery 2 in a direction connecting the two electrodes 2a and 2b. In addition, the seventh coil spring 2
The frictional force generated between the electrode component 29 and the electrodes 2a, 2b by the urging force of the battery 8 does not prevent the upward movement of the storage battery 2 by the urging force of the sixth coil spring 27. ing.

[0034] Such a battery housing 11 is provided with the connection terminal 1.
5, the connection terminals 15 are connected in advance by a conductive plate or a lead wire 25 so that a plurality of storage batteries 2 are mounted between the connection terminals 5 and connected in series.
2a, it is connected to the emergency light block 12. The lid 14 is formed in a substantially L-shape by projecting a battery holding piece 14d at a lower end of a substantially square plate-like portion covering the battery insertion opening 1b, and has a claw piece engaging portion on a side thereof. A nail piece 14c engaging with 1e is formed. When the battery insertion opening 1b is closed by the lid 14, the battery holding piece 14d
However, the storage battery 2 is pressed to the lower plate piece 26 side.

With this configuration, the same effects as those of the third embodiment can be obtained, and when one storage battery 2 is taken out from the battery insertion opening 1b, the storage battery 2 thereunder is connected to the sixth coil spring. Since the storage battery 2 is pushed up by the restoring force of the storage unit 27 until it reaches the inner upper surface of the storage unit body 13, that is, the storage battery 2 immediately below the removed storage battery 2 is raised to the battery insertion opening 1b. The opening 1b only needs to be as large as one storage battery 2, and the battery insertion opening 1b can be made smaller.

In each of the above embodiments, the instrument body and the storage section body may be integrally formed. In each of the above embodiments, the lid 14 is
Although the one that can be removed from the appliance main body 1 has been exemplified, the present invention is not limited to this, and the lid is attached to the appliance main body via a rotating part such as a hinge so that the battery insertion opening can be freely opened and closed. It may be.

[0037]

According to the present invention, a battery insertion opening into which a storage battery is inserted is provided on the peripheral side wall of the appliance body, and the battery insertion opening is provided inside the battery insertion opening. The battery insertion opening has a storage space that communicates with the outside of the device main body. The battery insertion portion is provided with a battery storage portion that is closed by a lid that is detachably attached to the battery insertion opening. When replacing the storage battery, it is not necessary to remove the lamp, reflectors, gloves and other component parts of the device from the storage battery when replacing the storage battery. If the battery is removed, the storage battery can be taken out from the outside of the appliance body, and the storage battery can be easily replaced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first aspect.
In addition to the effects of the described invention, since the battery storage portion is provided so that the battery insertion opening faces obliquely downward of the storage space, if the lid is removed from the peripheral side wall, the storage battery in the storage space is rotated from the battery insertion opening by gravity. Since it comes out of the side wall, there is no trouble in taking out the storage battery, the storage battery can be replaced more easily, and the workability can be improved.

In the invention according to claim 3, claim 2
In addition to the effects of the described invention, the storage battery is housed in a substantially cylindrical battery case having a pair of auxiliary electrodes connected to both poles of the storage battery housed inside at one end side, so that the battery case is By attaching and detaching the battery, a plurality of storage batteries can be simultaneously attached to and detached from the battery storage unit, and the work of replacing the plurality of storage batteries can be easily performed, thereby improving workability. Further, since the pair of connection terminals are provided on the inner wall at the back side of the battery housing portion and are provided so as to be brought into contact with the pair of auxiliary electrodes of the battery case to be connected, a connection structure including a lid which is a member to be removed. Need not be provided on the lower end side of the housing body, and the structure of the connection terminal can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a first embodiment of an emergency lighting device according to the present invention, which is a state cut in a direction perpendicular to an opening of a device main body.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show main parts of the above, wherein FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view showing a battery housing part in which a storage battery is held, and FIG.

FIG. 3 shows a main part of a second embodiment of the emergency lighting device according to the present invention, in which a battery housing portion holding a battery case is cut in a direction perpendicular to an opening of the device main body. It is sectional drawing which shows a state.

4A and 4B show a battery case of the above, wherein FIG. 4A is a perspective view of a pair of auxiliary electrodes viewed from a case cap side, and FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state cut | disconnected.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a main part of a third embodiment of the emergency lighting device according to the present invention, in which (a) shows a state where a storage battery is housed in a battery housing part with a lid removed. (B) is a front view of the battery insertion opening.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a main part of a fourth embodiment of the emergency lighting device according to the present invention, and showing a state in which a storage battery is housed in a battery housing with a cover removed.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a main part of the storage unit and a lid body in which a storage battery is stored, and FIG. 7 (b) is a front view of the main part of the storage unit.

8A and 8B show a conventional emergency lighting device, in which FIG. 8A is a sectional view showing a state cut in a direction perpendicular to an opening, and FIG. 8B is a perspective view showing a storage battery.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument main body 1a Peripheral side wall 1b Battery insertion opening 2 Storage battery 2a, 2b Electrode 3 Lamp 11 Battery storage part 13d Storage space 14 Lid 15 Connection terminal 18 Battery case 19 Auxiliary electrode

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An appliance body having a peripheral side wall and opened to the front side, a lamp arranged at the opening side of the appliance body and turned on by power supply from a commercial power supply, and a power failure arranged at a rear side of the lamp. An emergency lighting device comprising a storage battery that supplies power to the lamp sometimes, a battery insertion opening in which the storage battery is inserted is provided on a peripheral side wall of the device main body, and a battery insertion opening is provided inside the battery insertion opening. A battery storage portion is provided which has a storage space communicating with the outside of the appliance main body and is closed by a lid detachably attached to the battery insertion opening, and protrudes from an inner wall of the battery storage portion to an electrode of the storage battery. An emergency lighting device comprising a connection terminal to be connected. 2. The emergency lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the battery storage portion is provided such that the battery insertion opening faces obliquely downward of the storage space. 3. The storage battery is housed in a substantially cylindrical battery case having a pair of auxiliary electrodes connected to both poles of the storage battery housed inside at one end, and the connection terminal is provided in the battery housing. 3. The emergency lighting device according to claim 2, wherein the emergency lighting device is disposed on the inner wall on the back side of the portion and is in contact with the auxiliary electrode.