KR20080084546A - Lighting appratus for road safety facilities - Google Patents

Abstract

A lighting apparatus for road safety facilities is provided to reduce manufacturing cost by having a protrusion or groove-shaped pillar coupling unit to be applied to the various road safety facilities without a separate connecting unit. A lighting apparatus(1) for road safety facilities includes a transparent upper body(2) and an opaque lower body. The upper body has a solar collector(21), a first coupling unit(22), and a diffusion pattern(23). The solar collector is obliquely installed in a roof shape. The first coupling unit is vertically protruded from a lower part of the solar collector and has screw threads(221,222) at an end. The diffusion pattern is formed on an inner surface of the solar collector. The lower body has a second coupling unit(31), a containing unit(32), a solar power generating unit(33), and a pillar coupling unit(34). The second coupling unit has screw threads(311,312) coupled with the screw threads of the first coupling unit. The containing unit contains the solar power generating unit. The solar power generating unit is composed of a solar panel having an illumination sensor and a light emitting body(333,333a), a circuit board(334) having a light emitting body(334a), and a battery(335). The pillar coupling unit is installed at a lower part of the containg unit to be coupled with a pillar of the road safety facilities.

Description

Lighting device for road safety facilities {LIGHTING APPRATUS FOR ROAD SAFETY FACILITIES}

1 is a perspective view illustrating an example in which a conventional solar lighting apparatus is installed on a railing on a bridge or a road.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view for explaining a lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention.

4A is a front view for explaining a state in which a lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention is installed on a road fence that is an example of a road safety facility.

4B is a front view illustrating another state in which the lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention according to the present invention is installed on a road fence that is an example of a road safety facility.

5 is a partial cross-sectional view for explaining a state in which a lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention installed in the bollard which is an example of the road safety facility.

Figure 6 is a perspective view for explaining the state installed in the soundproof wall, which is an example of the safety facility so that the road safety facility lighting apparatus according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for major parts of drawing>

1: lighting device 2: upper body

3: lower body 10: road fence

11: holding 20: bollard

21: light collecting plate 22: the first fastening part

23, 323: diffusion pattern 30: soundproof wall

31: second fastening part 32: receiving part

33: solar power unit 34: strut coupling unit

35: inclined boundary 211: connecting ring

212 transparent UV protection coating layer 221 female thread

222: male thread 231: triangular groove

311: Male thread 312: Female thread

321: assembly rib 322: divided slope

331: light collecting panel 332: illumination sensor

333 (333a, 333b), 334a: light emitting body

334: circuit board 335: battery

341: insertion protrusion 342: insertion groove

343: waterproof ring 351: drainage hole

p: screw or rivet H: H beam

B: installation bar

The present invention relates to a lighting device for road safety facilities.

In general, various safety facilities are installed on roads through which vehicles communicate. These kinds of road safety installations are guard rails and road signs for the purpose of securing driver safety and visibility, fences for the purpose of securing the safety of pedestrians, and for the purpose of blocking noise generated from vehicles. It can be classified into various soundproof walls and bollards for the purpose of preventing entry of vehicles. However, the road safety facilities listed above are not easily seen during the night driving of the vehicle, which causes the contact accident / collision accident of the vehicle.

Meanwhile, in recent years, various types of lighting devices are installed in order to secure night visibility of the road safety facilities, and a representative example thereof includes a lighting device that emits light by self-emission by using solar light.

1 is a perspective view illustrating an example in which a conventional solar lighting apparatus is installed on a railing on a bridge or a road.

Referring to FIG. 1, a railing installed on a bridge or road is constructed by setting up a railing post 300 at a predetermined interval and connecting the guard rail 200 to the railing post 300 in a horizontal direction. Conventional solar lighting apparatus is fixed to the outer periphery of the guard rail (200). However, the above-described solar lighting apparatus has a problem in that visibility is reduced as it is integrally coupled to the guardrail 2 of the railing and emits light in only one direction.

On the other hand, in order to solve the above problems, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-37486 installs an illuminator consisting of a body, a reflector, and a lamp on a guardrail of a railing or a fence by means of an illuminator connecting means, and supplies power to the lamp. The light collecting plate (condensing panel) and the solar cell disclose a solar lighting apparatus provided on the body or guard rail of the lighting body. This Patent Publication No. 2004-37486 has a configuration in which the illumination body is configured in a three-dimensional form can observe the illumination lamp in a plurality of directions, it can be installed in a desired position by the illumination body connecting means.

However, the Patent Publication No. 2004-37486 discloses a light collecting plate (condensing panel) for condensing sunlight, which is installed in the exterior of the lighting body or the guard rail, and is collected by contaminants such as dust during long-term use. ) Has a problem that the light condensing efficiency is lowered due to contamination. To solve this problem, it is necessary to periodically clean the contaminated light collecting plate (condensing panel), which is cumbersome. In addition, the Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-37486 has a problem in that the manufacturing cost increases because a separate illuminator connecting means is used to install the illuminator on the guardrail of the railing or fence.

Accordingly, the present invention was devised to solve the general problems of the conventional solar lighting apparatus described above,

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a lighting device for a road safety facility that can prevent the deterioration of the light collection efficiency due to contamination of the light collecting panel even when used for a long time as well as improve the light collection efficiency.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a lighting device for a road safety facility that can be installed in various types of road safety facilities without using a separate connection means to reduce the manufacturing cost.

As a specific means of the present invention for solving the above technical problem;

A transparent upper body consisting of a light collecting plate configured to be inclined in a roof shape, a first fastening part vertically projecting from a lower portion of the light collecting plate, and having a screw thread at an end thereof, and a diffusion pattern formed on an inner surface of the light collecting plate; And

A second fastening part provided with a screw thread for screwing to the screw thread of the first fastening part is provided at an upper portion thereof, and a solar heat generating unit including a light collecting panel having an illuminance sensor, a light emitting body, a circuit board having a light emitting body, and a battery is installed therein. An accommodation unit is provided, and the lower portion of the accommodation unit has an opaque lower body provided with a support coupling unit coupled to a support of each road safety facility; Equipped with a lighting device for a road safety facility comprising a.

In a preferred embodiment, the upper body may be made of any one of polycarbonate resin or acrylic resin, and may form a transparent UV blocking coating layer on the outer surface of the diffusion pattern.

In a preferred embodiment, the lower body may be composed of a synthetic resin material mixed with a photoluminescent material, it may be configured to narrow the diameter toward the bottom.

In a preferred embodiment, the light collecting plate of the upper body is formed in any one of a conical shape, a square pyramid shape, an octagonal pyramid shape, and a hexagonal pyramid-shaped roof shape, and the diffusion pattern is formed in a triangular groove shape that is intaglio with respect to the inner surface of the light collecting plate. It can be configured, the receiving portion of the lower body can be formed so that the outer surface to correspond to the shape of the light collecting plate, the inner surface can be provided with a diffusion pattern of a triangular groove shape of the intaglio.

In a preferred embodiment, the inclined boundary portion in which a plurality of drainage holes are drilled may be provided at the boundary between the accommodation portion and the support coupling portion.

In a preferred embodiment, the strut coupling portion is composed of a plurality of insertion grooves of different diameters or multiple insertion protrusions of different diameters so as to be coupled to the props of road safety facilities having various diameters. Can be configured.

In a preferred embodiment, the light emitting body installed on the light collecting panel of the solar power generating unit is a first light emitting body installed on the upper surface of the light collecting panel to emit light toward the upper body, and the light condensing to emit light toward the lower body It may be configured as a second light emitting body provided on the lower surface of the panel, the light emitting body installed on the circuit board may be installed on the lower surface of the circuit board to emit light toward the lower body.

In a preferred embodiment, the light collecting plate of the upper body may be provided with a connecting ring for hanging on the support of each road safety facility.

 Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, the accompanying drawings are shown as an example of the fence and bollards and soundproof walls to aid the understanding of the present invention, but all other road safety facilities including struts, such as rockfall guards, bridge railings, guardrails, guard cables In addition, it shall be applicable to road safety facilities such as road signs.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view for explaining a lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention.

2 and 3, the lighting device 1 of the present invention includes a transparent upper body 2 and an opaque lower body 3, and the lower body 3 includes a solar power generator 33. Is installed.

The upper body 2 includes a light collecting plate 21, a first fastening portion 22, and a diffusion pattern 23. The upper body 2 is composed of a transparent body, and for this purpose, any of polycarbonate resin or acrylic resin may be used as the constituent material. More preferably, the upper body 2 may be formed of a transparent body to form a transparent UV blocking coating layer 212 on the outer surface of the light collecting plate 21 to prevent discoloration that may occur when exposed to the sun for a long time. In this case, the light collecting plate 21 is configured to be inclined in the form of a roof, and the shape of the light collecting plate 21 is preferably configured in any one form of a conical shape, a square pyramid shape, an octagonal pyramid shape, and a hexagonal pyramid shape. When the light collecting plate 21 is configured in the form of an inclined roof, contaminants may be naturally washed by rainwater even when the outer surface of the light collecting plate 21 is contaminated. In addition, the first fastening portion 22 vertically protrudes from the lower portion of the light collecting plate 21. The end of the first fastening portion 22 is a screw thread, as shown in FIG. Male thread mount 222 is provided. In addition, a diffusion pattern 23 is formed on an inner surface of the light collecting plate 21. The diffusion pattern 23 is configured in the form of a triangular groove that is intaglio with respect to the inner surface of the light collecting plate 21, the triangular groove is an angle so that the sunlight can be refracted by the light collecting panel 331 which will be described later. It is preferable to have. Accordingly, the diffusion pattern 23 serves to condense the solar light at a predetermined angle when the sunlight passes through the light collecting plate 21 to condense the light collecting panel 331 of the photovoltaic unit 33 to be described later. In addition, it serves to diffuse the light emitted from the light emitter 333 (333a) installed in the light collecting panel 331 irregularly to the outside.

The lower body 3 includes a second fastening portion 31, a receiving portion 32 on which the solar power generating portion 33 is installed, and a support coupling portion 34. The lower body 3 is a synthetic resin material (poly light) that emits light of natural light and artificial light within a few seconds by emitting light in a dark state for a long time, and a mixture of blue and other color light emitting materials (poly) Carbonate resins, acrylic resins and other plastic resins) as an constituent material is composed of an opaque body, the overall shape is formed in a shape that becomes narrower toward the bottom. At this time, the second fastening portion 31 is provided on the upper portion of the lower body 3, such a second fastening portion 31 is screwed to the thread (221, 222) of the first fastening portion 22. For example, a male thread 311 or a female thread 312 is provided as enlarged in FIG. 3. In addition, as described above, the accommodation portion 32 is provided with a predetermined space for installing the solar power generation unit 33 and an assembly rib 321 is provided. The outer surface of the accommodation portion 32 is the light collecting plate. Split inclined surface 322 is formed to correspond to the shape of (21), the inner surface has a triangular groove-shaped diffusion pattern 323 in the same intaglio as the diffusion pattern 23 of the light collecting plate 21, That is, the diffusion pattern 323 is provided to diffuse the light of the light emitter. Here, the solar power generator 33 has a conventional structure, that is, the illumination sensor 332 for detecting day / night by sensing the ambient illumination, the light condensing panel 331 for converting sunlight into electrical energy, A battery 335 for storing electrical energy, light emitters 333 and 334a using the stored electrical energy as a power source, and the illumination sensor 332 are electrically connected to supply power to the light emitter 334a according to a signal. It consists of a circuit board 334 for blocking, in the present invention, the light collecting panel 331 is located directly below the light collecting plate 21 of the upper body 2, the light collecting panel 331 in the light intensity sensor 332 ) And a plurality of light emitters 333 (333a and 333b), for example, a bulb type lamp (including an ultraviolet lamp) and a light emitter such as a light emitting diode, and a circuit board disposed below the light collecting panel 331 ( A light emitter 334a is also provided on the 334, and the lower portion of the circuit board 334 The battery 335 is installed. In this case, the light emitter 333 installed on the light collecting panel 331 includes a first light emitting body 333a installed on an upper surface of the light collecting panel 331 to emit light toward the upper body 2, and the lower body. The light emitting body 334a installed on the lower surface of the light collecting panel 331 to emit light toward the light emitting panel 331, and the light emitting body 334a installed on the circuit board 334 is the lower body 3. It is installed in the lower portion of the circuit board 334 to emit light toward. In addition, the light emitters 333 and 334a may emit white light or emit colored light, and may emit light in a flickering form under the control of the circuit board 334. On the other hand, the strut coupling portion 34 is provided in the lower portion of the receiving portion 32, such a strut coupling portion 34 is a strut of each road safety facility, that is, the inner diameter or outer diameter of the strut in the form of a circular rod Consists of protrusions and grooves for insertion. In detail, the strut coupling part 34 may be configured in a plurality of stages in which a plurality of insertion protrusions 341 may be inserted into an inner diameter of a strut of a road safety facility having various diameters as shown in FIG. 3. Alternatively, the strut coupling part may be configured in a plurality of stages with a plurality of insertion grooves 342 having different diameters so as to fit into the outer diameter of the strut of the road safety facility having various diameters. At this time, it is preferable to provide an inclined boundary portion 35 through which a plurality of drainage holes 351 are punctured at the boundary between the accommodation portion 32 and the support coupling portion 34. The drainage hole 351 of the inclined boundary portion 35 performs a function of preventing moisture from getting inside when the upper and lower bodies 2 and 3 are coupled to each other, and infiltrate rainwater into the lower body 3. If it does, it discharges.

Thus, the installation state of the road safety facility lighting apparatus according to the present invention having the configuration as described above and the operation state between each component according to it will be described.

First, referring again to FIG. 3, the lighting device 1 of the present invention has an upper body (eg, an upper body) on the second fastening portion 31 of the lower body 3 in which the photovoltaic power generation unit 33 is installed in the receiving unit 32. The first fastening part 22 of 2) is screwed and installed in the prop of various road safety facilities. At this time, the coupling of the first fastening part 22 and the second fastening part 31 is implemented by screwing by a female / male thread, as shown in FIG. 3, a female thread 221 on the first fastening part 22. In the case of forming the male thread 311 on the second fastening portion 31 can prevent rain water, but on the contrary, when the male thread 222 is formed on the first fastening portion 22. Since rainwater can flow in, it is preferable to use a sealing member such as a waterproof ring. In addition, it is desirable to finish the joints of the first and second fastening portions 22 and 31 with ordinary screws or rivets p to prevent theft and the like. On the other hand, when the upper body 2 and the lower body 3 is coupled to the light collecting panel 331 of the photovoltaic unit 33 is located directly under the light collecting plate 21 to easily collect the sunlight.

4A is a front view for explaining a state in which a lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention is installed on a road fence that is an example of a road safety facility.

Referring to FIG. 4A, the lighting device 1 of the present invention is coupled to the support 11 of the road fence 10 using the support coupling part 34 configured as a protrusion. Here, the post 11 of the road fence 10 has a variety of inner diameters according to the type and use of the product, the post 11 of the fence 10 is 50.8mm, 63.5mm, 76.3mm large depending on the diameter Can be classified. Therefore, the strut coupling portion 34 of the present invention is preferably designed to be 52mm, 65mm, 78mm diameter of the insertion protrusion 341 so as to correspond to the above size when manufactured in a multi-stage protrusion shape, such insertion protrusion 341 The diameter of the can be produced by varying according to the inner diameter of the support (11). Thus, the lighting device 1 including the protruding strut coupling portion 34 is installed in the strut in the form of forcibly inserting the insertion protrusion 341 into the inner diameter of the strut 11, when such an insertion projection is inserted into the strut By inserting into the inner diameter of the support 11 in a state in which the waterproof ring 343 is installed at the outer diameter of the 341, rainwater or the like can be prevented from penetrating into the support, and thereafter, a screw or rivet to prevent theft or the like. Finish with (p).

The lighting device 1 of the present invention installed on the road fence 10 as described above is stored in the battery after the solar power generation unit 33 converts sunlight into electrical energy during the day, and stored in the battery at night By using the power to emit the light emitter to perform a function to ensure the night visibility to the driver. At this time, the light condensing panel 331 condenses sunlight through the light condensing plate 21 provided with the diffusion pattern 23 when the light is collected during the day, as well as to improve the light condensing efficiency. It is isolated from the outside to prevent contamination of the light collecting panel. In addition, the light emitter 333a provided on the upper surface of the light collecting panel 331 emits light through the light collecting plate 21 of the upper body 2, and the light collecting plate 21 is provided with a diffusion pattern 23 to emit light ( As the light emitted from 333a is diffused, more improved luminance may be obtained. Furthermore, when a colored lamp or a colored light emitting diode is applied to the light emitter 333a provided on the top surface of the light collecting panel 331, a visual effect can be obtained, and the light emitter 333a can emit light in a blinking form. In addition, the light emitters 333b and 334a provided on the lower surface of the light collecting panel 331 or the lower surface of the circuit board 334 may include an inner surface of the receiving portion of the lower body 3, that is, an accommodation portion having the diffusion pattern 323 ( 32, the light is emitted toward the inner surface, in which the diffusion pattern 323 diffuses the light and at the same time the photoluminescent material absorbs the light and emits light to the outside, the brightness different from the light emitted from the upper body (2) Will emit light (low brightness light).

Here, in the present invention, various visual effects can be obtained by using the upper body 2 and the lower body 3 emitting light of different luminance as described above. As an example, when the red lamp or the red light emitting diode is applied to the light emitting body that illuminates the upper body 2: the light collecting plate 21, the light of the red system emits to the outside, and is included in the lower body 3: the receiving part 32. When blue is applied to the photoluminescent material, blue light is emitted to the outside, so that a visual effect such as that of a general office building lantern can be obtained. In addition, when the upper body 2 is configured, a light color, for example, a reddish color may be added to obtain a visual effect such as green lanterns during the day.

4B is a front view illustrating another state in which the lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention according to the present invention is installed on a road fence that is an example of a road safety facility.

Referring to FIG. 4B, the lighting apparatus of the present invention is coupled to the support 11 of the road fence 10 by using the support coupling part 34 having a groove shape. In this case, when the support coupling portion 34 is manufactured in the form of a multi-stage groove, the inner diameter of the insertion groove 342 is preferably designed to correspond to the size of the outer diameter of the support 11 described above. It can be produced by varying according to the outer diameter of the support (11). Thus, the lighting device 1 including the insert type strut coupling part 34 is installed in the strut 11 in a form of forcibly inserting the insertion groove 342 into the outer diameter of the strut 11. By inserting into the outer diameter of the support 11 in a state where the waterproof ring 343 is installed in the inner diameter of the insertion groove 342, rainwater and the like can be prevented from penetrating into the inside of the support, and thereafter, a screw to prevent theft or the like. Or finish with rivets (p).

5 is a partial cross-sectional view for explaining a state in which a lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention installed in the bollard which is an example of the road safety facility.

Referring to FIG. 5, the lighting device 1 of the present invention may be installed on a post of a bollard 20 that is an example of a road safety facility. Since the strut of the bollard 20 is generally formed in the form of a circular rod, the installation is completed by inserting the protruding strut coupling portion 34 thereon and finishing with screws or rivets. 342 may be coupled to the strut of the bollard 20 using the strut coupling portion 34 provided. Accordingly, the lighting device 1 of the present invention installed in the bollard 20 performs a unique function of ensuring night visibility of the driver and also obtains a visual effect as described above.

Figure 6 is a perspective view for explaining the state installed in the soundproof wall, which is an example of the safety facility so that the road safety facility lighting apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 6, the soundproof wall 30 is configured by installing a soundproof panel in the space between the H beam (H) as a support, the lighting device 1 of the present invention is installed in the form of hanging on the H beam (H) Can be. To this end, the light collecting plate 21 of the upper body 2 is provided with a connecting ring 211 for hanging on the H beam (H), which is a soundproof wall 30 prop, and a separate hanging bar on the H beam (H). ) Is fixed. Accordingly, the lighting device 1 of the present invention installed on the soundproof wall 30 performs a unique function of ensuring night visibility of the driver, and also obtains a visual effect as described above.

On the other hand, the lighting device of the present invention as described above can be installed on the posts of various road safety facilities by converting the shape of the post coupling portion corresponding to the square rod-shaped posts or other posts.

As described above, the lighting device for a road safety facility according to the present invention accommodates the light collecting panel inside the upper body and the lower body so as to be isolated from the outside, thereby preventing the deterioration of the light collecting efficiency due to contamination of the light collecting plate even when used for a long time. By condensing sunlight through a light collecting plate having a diffusion pattern provided in the body, it is possible to improve the light collecting efficiency. In addition, the lighting device of the present invention is provided with a protruding / grooved strut coupling part that can be inserted into the strut, which can be installed in various types of road safety facilities without using a separate connection means, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost. There is this. On the other hand, the lighting device of the present invention can emit light of different brightness from the upper body and the lower body, it is possible to obtain a variety of visual effects.

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A transparent upper body consisting of a light collecting plate configured to be inclined in a roof shape, a first fastening part vertically projecting from a lower portion of the light collecting plate, and having a screw thread at an end thereof, and a diffusion pattern formed on an inner surface of the light collecting plate; And A second fastening part provided with a screw thread for screwing to the screw thread of the first fastening part is provided at an upper portion thereof, and a solar heat generating unit including a light collecting panel having an illuminance sensor, a light emitting body, a circuit board having a light emitting body, and a battery is installed therein. An accommodation unit is provided, and the lower portion of the accommodation unit has an opaque lower body provided with a support coupling unit coupled to a support of each road safety facility; Lighting device for a road safety facility comprising a. The method of claim 1, The upper body is composed of any one of polycarbonate resin or acrylic resin, the outer surface of the diffusion pattern is a lighting device for road safety facilities, characterized in that the transparent UV blocking coating layer is formed. The method of claim 1, The lower body is composed of a synthetic resin material is mixed with a phosphorescent material, the illumination device for a road safety facility, characterized in that the diameter is narrowed toward the lower portion. The method of claim 1, The light collecting plate of the upper body is formed of any one of a conical shape, a square pyramid shape, an octagonal pyramid shape, and a hexagonal pyramid shape roof shape, and the diffusion pattern is formed in a triangular groove shape that is intaglio with respect to the inner surface of the light collecting plate. Receiving portion of the lower body is formed so that the outer surface to correspond to the shape of the light collecting plate, the inner surface of the lighting device for road safety facilities, characterized in that the intaglio diffused pattern of the groove is provided. The method of claim 1, Lighting device for a road safety facility, characterized in that the inclined boundary portion for drilling a plurality of drain holes are provided at the boundary between the receiving portion and the support coupling portion. The method of claim 1, The support coupling portion is characterized in that a plurality of insertion grooves having a different diameter is configured in a multi-stage configuration or a plurality of insertion protrusions having a different diameter in a multi-stage configuration so as to be coupled to the support of road safety facilities having various diameters. Lighting equipment for road safety facilities. The method of claim 1, The light emitting body installed on the light collecting plate of the solar power generation unit may include a first light emitting body installed on an upper surface of the light collecting plate to emit light toward the upper body, and a first light emitting body installed on the lower surface of the light collecting plate to emit light toward the lower body. 2. A lighting device for a road safety facility, comprising: a light emitting body, wherein the light emitting body installed on the circuit board is installed on a lower surface of the circuit board to emit light toward the lower body. The method of claim 1, The light collecting device for the road safety facility, characterized in that the light collecting plate of the upper body is provided with a connection ring for hanging on the support of each road safety facility.

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