KR200251640Y1 - Self-illuminating sign - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a self-illuminating sign, and has at least one first panel portion having a display information but having a greater translucency and having a thinner thickness than a portion having the display information, and at least formed of a light increasing material. A body assembled with a plurality of panel portions including one second panel portion and at least one opaque third panel portion, a reflective film attached to a surface on which the display information of the first panel portion is not formed, and the body And a reflective surface disposed inside the third panel portion or near the third panel portion to reflect light entering the body through the second panel portion toward the first panel portion. Therefore, the reflective film is attached to portions other than letters or graphics representing the display information, has an auxiliary light source, and increases the amount of light by injecting light into the plurality of panels, thereby improving visibility.

Description

Self-illuminating sign

The present invention relates to a sign, and more particularly, to a self-illuminating sign that can be illuminated by using ambient light without a self-illuminating lamp.

In general, signs, for example, advertising signs, building signs and road signs, such as letters and graphics are formed to convey information to be recognized at night as well as day.

Therefore, the sign according to the prior art is to install a separate lighting device or to have a luminous property in order to be able to recognize characters and graphics at night. That is, the advertising signboard and the building guide plate of the signboard has a structure of hexahedron in general, and the lighting for night lighting is installed therein. In addition, road signs used luminous tape or luminous paint to form text and graphics.

Among the signs, advertising signs and building guide boards are illuminated using a separate lighting device, so that not only electric energy is consumed, but also maintenance such as replacement of lights, and the road sign simply uses luminous tape or luminous paint. There was a problem in that the visibility is lowered.

Therefore, signs have been developed that can secure visibility even at night using only ambient light without a light source using electrical energy. This sign was filed by the applicant of Korean Utility Model Application No. 2001-21436 (July 14, 2001) under the name of 'self-illuminated sign'.

The self-illuminating sign according to the prior art ensures visibility by amplifying and reflecting the ambient light without a light source using a separate electric energy at night, and also does not require a lighting device used as a light source. Not only economical but also easy to maintain.

However, the self-illuminating signs according to the prior art have a problem in that the reflected light is transmitted in addition to the characters or graphics indicating the display information, and in the case where the ambient light is weak or absent, the amount of light amplified and reflected is small, so that the visibility is deteriorated. .

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a self-illuminating signage that can improve visibility.

At least one first panel portion having a greater translucency by forming a thinner thickness than a portion having display information but not having a portion having the display information, and having light transmissive according to the present invention for achieving the above object; At least one second panel portion formed of an increasing material, a body assembled from a plurality of panel portions including at least one opaque third panel portion, and a reflection attached to a surface on which the display information of the first panel portion is not formed And a film and a reflective surface disposed near the third panel portion or the third panel portion inside the body and reflecting the light coming into the body through the second panel portion toward the first panel portion.

It is preferable to further include an auxiliary light source attached to the second panel unit in the above.

The body is preferably formed of a rectangular parallelepiped.

In the above, the auxiliary light source is preferably made of a small fluorescent light bulb, a light bulb, a neon light, a light emitting diode (LED) or a light emitting diode (LD).

In the above description, it is preferable that the first panel portion is formed of a first panel where the display information is formed by being cut out and a second panel having a semitransparent property attached to the first panel.

In the above, the first panel is preferably formed of plastic, glass, ferrous metal or nonferrous metal, or a combination thereof.

In the above, the second panel portion is preferably made of plastic, glass or acrylic.

It is preferable that the body is formed in at least tetrahedron or more of a polyhedron or an inclined columnar shape.

1 is a perspective view of a self-illuminating sign according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the self-illuminating sign shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a cross-sectional view of the front panel of the self-illuminating sign shown in FIG. 1.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a self-illuminating sign according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5a to 5d is a front view of a self-illuminating sign according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a self-illuminating sign according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The self-illuminating signs according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention are self-illuminated and easily visible, and the rear panel spaced apart from the upper panel 12, the lower panel 14, the front panel 16, and the front panel 16. 18) a body 10 formed of two spaced apart side panels 20 defining a box shaped structure.

It should be understood that the above concepts of top, bottom, front and back are used to describe the relative position and are not a means of indicating the exact position of the part. For example, the upper portion may be located lower than the lower portion.

In the preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the lower panel 14 has a narrower width than the upper panel 12. Thus, the front panel 16 and the rear panel 18 are inclined while extending from the lower panel 14 to the upper panel 12 as shown in FIG. The panels can be glued or bolted to join. An inner frame and an outer frame (not shown) may be used to assemble the panels into one body.

In the preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 1, top panel 12 is formed of a light increasing material that amplifies light. The light increasing material can be plastic, glass or other translucent material that can be formed into the desired shape. One example of a material that increases light is an acrylic light panel. The top panel, made of light-increasing material, allows light to enter a signage with a box-like structure.

In a preferred embodiment the front panel 16 is formed of two panels of first and second panels 22, 26 as shown in FIG. 3. In the above, the first panel 22 is generally soft, and the characters or graphics 24 representing the display information are formed by the first panel 22 being cut and removed, and the second panel 26 is It is attached to the first panel 22 and has a translucent property.

Thus, the light is more likely to pass through the second panel 26 and the first panel 22 than to remove the second panel 26 and the first panel 22 to add characters or graphics 24 representing the display information. Can penetrate easily The first panel 22 may be made of plastic, glass, ferrous or nonferrous metal, or a combination thereof. The first panel 22 may be formed by injection molding and may be assembled into various shapes to display desired display information.

In a preferred embodiment, the first panel 22 is made of an opaque material. Furthermore, the reflective film 32 is attached to the opposite side to which the first panel 22 of the translucent second panel 26 is attached. In the above, the reflective film 32 is aligned and attached to the surface of the second panel 26 so as to exclude a portion from which a character or graphic 24 representing display information is cut and removed. In the above, the reflective film 32 prevents the light reflected from the reflective surface 28 shown in FIG. 2 from being passed to a portion other than the character or graphic 24 representing the display information, thereby improving the visibility of the display information. Increase. In addition, instead of the reflective film 32, the first panel 22 may be cut and removed, and the second panel 26 may be coated with a light increasing material such as a chemical or ink to increase visibility of the display information. have.

In other embodiments, the front panel 16 may be made of a single panel with portions cut off the entire thickness of the panel. In another embodiment, the front panel 16 may be made of a single panel having characters or graphics 24 formed by machining only a portion of the thickness without penetrating the entire thickness of the panel. Thus, the machined part of the panel is reduced in thickness. As the thickness of the panel is reduced so that the portion defining the character or graphic 24 is more translucent than the peripheral portion, the light is reduced in the thickness of the panel and more easily passes through the more translucent portion.

If display information is also formed on the rear panel 18, this rear panel 18 is also made of the same panel as the front panel 16. If not, it is desirable that the back panel 18 also be made of a material that increases light. The side panel 20 may also form display information with the front panel 16. Otherwise, the side panel 20 is also preferably made of a material that increases light.

The self-illuminating signs according to the present invention in detail have been described in relation to a cover box which forms front and rear markings in a preferred embodiment as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to this cover box only. For example, the present invention may include a cover box formed only to display information on the front surface or the front and rear surfaces.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower panel 14 includes a pair of reflective surfaces 28 for reflecting light entering the cover box through the portions in which display information defined for the front panel 16 and the rear panel 18 is formed. ) Or near the bottom panel 14. In a preferred embodiment, each of the reflective surfaces 28 extends toward the center 30 of the cover box and is inclined to reflect light towards the panel on which the display information is formed, for example, the front panel 16 and the rear panel 18. have. Reflective surfaces 28 are formed as mirrors, which are made of electroplated or vacuum deposited and polished to plastic, glass, nonferrous or ferrous metals, or any material.

In addition, if the display information is formed only on one side panel of the cover box, for example, only on the front panel 16, only one reflective surface 32 may be formed.

The body of the self-illuminating sign may be attached to a bracket 33 which allows the sign to be hung or attached to another object in order to be able to see display information such as graphics or text formed on the panels, as shown in FIG. have. Signs according to the present invention can be colored or plated to protect the markings from weathering or corrosion.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a self-illuminating sign according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The self-illuminating sign shown in FIG. 4 has an auxiliary light source 34 inside the display panel according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The auxiliary light source 34 is a small fluorescent light bulb, a light bulb, a neon light, a light emitting diode (LED) or a laser diode (LD) to prevent a decrease in visibility due to a small amount of amplified and reflected light when there is little or no ambient light. It consists of a light emitting body with a small amount of light.

The self-illuminating sign having the auxiliary light source 34 is provided with light by the auxiliary light source 34 so that the light amount is sufficient, so that the upper panel 12 and the lower panel 14 may have the same width.

5a to 5d is a front view of a self-illuminating sign according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention. 5A to 5D show that display information such as text or graphics is formed only on the front panel.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the front panel 36 has a rectangular shape and the rear panel 38 also has the same shape and large area with respect to the front panel 36, and between the front panel 36 and the rear panel 38. Four floodlight panels 40 are formed obliquely from the rear panel 38 to the front panel 36. The transparent panel 40 is formed of a light increasing material. In the above, the light is incident to the inside of the sign through the four light transmission panels 40, so that the amount of light is increased, thereby improving visibility.

5B shows that the front panel 42 and the rear panel 44 have a circular shape and the side transparent panel 46 is formed in a circumferential form inclined from the rear panel 42 to the front panel 44.

5C shows that the front panel 48 and the back panel 50 are triangular with a triangle and two transparent panels 52 on the side. Since the rear panel 50 has a larger area than the front panel 48, the transparent panel 52 is formed to be inclined from the rear panel 50 to the front panel 48.

FIG. 5D shows that the front panel 54 and the back panel 56 have a pentagonal shape and are formed of a hexagonal body having four inclined transparent panels 58 between the front panel 54 and the back panel 56.

5B to 5D also show that visibility is improved because light is incident through the plurality of transparent panels 46, 52, 58.

In operation, light enters the cover box through the panels that increase light and is reflected to the panels that make up the sign. The reflected light penetrates into the processed reflective panel, or machined letters or graphics formed to represent the display information by clipping and removing, thereby illuminating the letters or graphics formed to represent the display information. Signage according to the present invention is used for the ambient light. Road signs usually hang near street lamps. Therefore, when the sign according to the present invention is used as a road sign, the light of the street lamp is used for self-illumination. In addition, the sign according to the present invention is attached to the reflective film to the portion other than the character or graphic indicating the display information, or even if there is a lack or no light in the surroundings to have a secondary light source so that the visibility is not deteriorated.

Accordingly, the present invention has an advantage that the reflective film is attached to a portion other than a character or graphic representing the display information, has an auxiliary light source, and increases the amount of light by injecting light into a plurality of panels, thereby improving visibility.

Claims (8)

At least one first panel portion having display information but thinner than a portion having no display information and having a greater translucency, at least one second panel portion formed of a light increasing material, at least A body assembled with a plurality of panel portions including one opaque third panel portion; A reflective film attached to a surface on which the display information of the first panel portion is not formed; And a reflective surface disposed near the third panel portion or the third panel portion in the body to reflect light entering the interior of the body through the second panel portion toward the first panel portion. The self-illuminating sign of claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary light source attached to the second panel portion. The self-illuminating sign of claim 2, wherein the body is formed of a rectangular parallelepiped. The self-illuminating sign of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary light source comprises a small fluorescent light bulb, a light bulb, a neon light, a light emitting diode (LED), or a light emitting diode (LD). The self-illuminating sign of Claim 1 which consists of a 1st panel in which the said display information is formed by being cut off and removed, and the 2nd panel of the translucent characteristic attached to the said 1st panel. The self-illuminating sign according to claim 5, wherein the first panel is made of plastic, glass, ferrous metal or nonferrous metal, or a combination thereof. The self-illuminating sign of claim 1, wherein the second panel portion is made of plastic, glass, or acrylic. The self-illuminating sign of claim 1, wherein the body is formed of at least tetrahedron or more of a polyhedron or an inclined columnar shape.