WO2005088369A1 - 照射光伝達用光ファイバ及びそれを備えた光照射装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber used when transmitting irradiation light from a light source, and a light irradiation apparatus including the same.
- optical fibers have been used for transmitting light in a light irradiation device that transmits and irradiates illumination light from a light source.
- light from the light source 7 is made incident on the optical fiber light guide 8 in which a plurality of optical fiber cores are bundled, and emitted from its emission end. It is configured to irradiate the site (see Patent Documents 2 to 4).
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 200-900-686
- Patent Literature 2 Japanese Patent Publication No. 200-213-3 926
- Patent Literature 3 Japanese Patent Publication No. 200-02-150820
- Patent Literature 4 Japanese Patent Publication No. 2000-29089 A method for uniformly emitting light transmitted by an optical fiber at an output end thereof requires an output end of the optical fiber.
- An optical rod is connected, a pressurizing mechanism for applying pressure to the outer periphery of the optical fiber light guide is provided, the input end of the optical fiber light guide is processed into a concave shape, or the input end of the optical fiber light guide is It had to be fitted with a tapered stop to assemble towards the source, which was cost prohibitive.
- such a modification causes loss of light transmission, and in particular, when a light emitting diode having a small light amount is used as a light source, it is not possible to obtain a required light amount of emitted light.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a light irradiation device that can transmit light from a light source and emit light with a uniform light amount distribution without causing transmission loss and cost increase.
- an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber of the present invention is an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber for emitting irradiation light incident from an incident end from an emission end, wherein an intermediate portion is curved in an annular shape. And a cross section of the annular portion is fixed by a fixing member.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber of the present invention is an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber that emits irradiation light incident from an incident end from an output end, and a part of which is partially annularly curved at an intermediate portion. And a crossing portion of the partial annular portion is fixed by a fixing member.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber of the present invention is an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber that emits irradiation light incident from an incident end from an emission end, and is partially annularly curved at an intermediate portion.
- the annular portion is formed continuously or intermittently.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber of the present invention is an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber for emitting irradiation light incident from an incident end from an output end, wherein the intermediate portion has a three-dimensional annular shape.
- the intermediate portion of the optical fiber for transmitting irradiation light of the present invention has a spiral shape.
- irradiation light from a plurality of light sources may be incident from an incident end.
- a single-core large-diameter optical fiber core may be used.
- a bundle optical fiber in which a plurality of optical fiber cores are bundled with a large-diameter optical fiber core may be coupled to the incident end.
- the curvature of the annular portion is adjustable.
- the radius of curvature in the annular portion be 50 times or more the fiber diameter, and that the radius of curvature in the annular portion be 75 mm or less.
- the annular portion is wound twice or more.
- the light irradiation device of the present invention is a light irradiation device comprising: a light source; and an optical fiber for transmitting irradiation light from the light source, wherein the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber is used as the optical fiber. It is characterized by the following.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber may be provided inside the case, or the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber may be provided outside the case.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of an optical fiber for transmitting irradiation light according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of an optical fiber for transmitting irradiation light.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the intersection in the annular portion.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating another fixing member at the intersection.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the output distribution of incident light and output light.
- FIG. 6 is a side view of an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber having an annular portion wound around a plurality of circumferences.
- FIG. 7 is a side view of an optical fiber for transmitting irradiation light having a partial annular portion.
- FIG. 8 is a side view of an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber in which partial annular portions are alternately formed.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber having a three-dimensional annular portion.
- FIG. 10 is a side view of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber showing the incident structure.
- FIG. 11 is a side view of an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber showing another incident structure.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a light irradiation device according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a light irradiation device having another structure.
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing the relationship between the radius of curvature in the annular portion and the uniformity of emitted light.
- FIG. 15 is a graph showing the relationship between the number of times of bending in the annular portion and the uniformity of emitted light.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a conventional light irradiation device provided with an optical fiber.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a conventional lighting device provided with an optical fiber.
- 11 and 21 are irradiation light transmitting optical fibers
- 11 a and 2 la are incident ends
- lib and 2 lb are emission ends
- 14 is an annular ring.
- 15 and 17 are fixing members
- 31 and 34 are light sources
- 32 is an optical fiber core
- 33 is a bundle optical fiber
- 41, 51 Is a light irradiation device, and 42, 52 are cases.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber according to the present embodiment
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an intersection in the annular portion
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view for explaining another fixing member in FIG. 5, and
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an output distribution of incident light and output light.
- one end of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is an input end 11a, and the other end is an output end 11b.
- the illuminating light transmitting optical fiber 11 is composed of a large-diameter single-core optical fiber core composed of a core 12 and a cladding 13, and is a signal transmitting optical fiber. Compared to the core wire, the ratio of the area of the core 12 to the clad 13 is increased.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 has an annular portion 14 having an intermediate portion curved in an annular shape. The intersection of the annular portion 14 is fixed by the fixing member 15
- the fixing member 15 has a U-shaped holding portion 15a and fixing portions 15b formed at both ends of the holding portion 15a. I have. And this The fixing member 15 is attached to the bottom part 1 of the device with the crossing part of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 of the annular part 14 disposed in the holding part 15a. By fixing to 6 or the like, the intersection of the irradiation light transmitting optical fibers 11 is fixed. In addition, the curvature of the annular portion 14 can be easily adjusted by loosening the fixed state of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 with the fixing member 15.
- the radius of curvature at the annular portion 14 of the irradiation light transmission optical fiber 11 is set to 75 mm or less. Further, in order to prevent breakage or damage in the annular portion 14 of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11, the radius of curvature of the annular portion 14 is 5 times the diameter of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11. It is preferable to set it to 0 times or more.
- the fixing member 15 is not limited to the above-described one, and for example, as shown in FIG. 4, a fixing band formed of a binding band that binds the intersection of the irradiation light transmitting optical fibers 11 of the annular portion 14.
- Member 17 may be used.
- the fixing member 17 has a band portion 17a wound around the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 and a state in which the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is bound by locking the band portion 17a.
- an engaging portion 17c that can be engaged with a hole or the like formed in the bottom plate 16 of the apparatus is formed in the engaging portion 17b.
- the irradiation light incident from the incident end 11a has a variation in the distribution of the light amount.
- the distribution of the light amount is not dispersed in the annular portion 14 curved in an annular shape, and the light amount of the irradiation light emitted from the emission end 11 b is substantially uniformly distributed.
- the intermediate portion is curved into an annular shape to form the annular portion 14, and the intersecting portion in the annular portion 14 is a fixing member.
- the annular portion 14 Since it is fixed by 15, even if the incident light from the input end 11 a has a variation in the distribution of the light amount, the annular portion 14 reliably removes the variation in the distribution of the light amount, and the output end Light with a uniform light amount distribution can be emitted from 11b. .
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is circularly curved only once.
- the number of bends in the annular portion 14 of the optical fiber 11 for illuminating light transmission is not limited to one, and may be two as shown in FIG. Or more.
- the distribution of the amount of light emitted from the emission end 11b can be made more uniform.
- the present invention can be realized even if the annular portion does not have a complete annular shape of 360 degrees.
- the intersection of the irradiation light transmitting optical fibers 11 is fixed by a fixing member 15A so as to maintain the partial annular portion 14A.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is partially annularly curved in a partial annular portion 14B or a portion obtained by inverting the partial annular portion 14B. Even when the target annular portions 14B 'are alternately formed to have a corrugated shape, the distribution of the amount of light emitted from the emission end 11b can be made uniform.
- the partial annular portions 14B, 14B may be fixed by forming a partially annular groove in the member 15 and inserting and fixing the groove in the groove. 5, or the plurality of fixing members 15C may be used to maintain the partial annular portions 14B, 14B.
- the shape of the partial annular portion is not limited to a wave shape, and various shapes are assumed as long as the distribution of the amount of light emitted from the emission end 11b can be made uniform.
- the annular portion may be formed continuously or intermittently at a desired bending angle. From the viewpoint of the uniformity of the light amount distribution, it is desirable that the total bending angle of the partial annular portion be approximately 720 degrees or more.
- the annular portion or the partial annular portion of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber according to the present invention is not limited to the two-dimensional shape as described above, and may be a three-dimensional shape.
- FIG. 9 shows a helical ring as an example of the three-dimensional shape of the ring and the partial ring.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is wound around the surface of a cylindrical or round rod core member 20 to form a spiral three-dimensional annular portion 14C.
- the method for fixing the three-dimensional annular portion 14 C is not particularly limited, and an adhesive material may be applied to the surface of the core member 20 to fix the annular portion 14 C.
- a spiral groove may be formed, and the annular portion may be inserted and fixed in the spiral groove.
- a plurality of fixing members 15 C as shown in FIG.
- the three-dimensional shape may be maintained. In the case of the spiral annular portion 14C, if the number of turns is two or more, the light quantity distribution can be maintained uniform.
- FIG. 10 is a side view of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber showing the incident structure.
- a light source 31 composed of a plurality of light-emitting diodes is provided at an incident end 11a of the optical fiber 11 for transmitting irradiation light toward the incident end 11a.
- the light incident on the incident end 11a has a variation in the light amount distribution due to the variation in the light amount of each light source 31 and the inclination with respect to the incident end 11a. Is eliminated at the annular portion 14 curved in an annular shape. As a result, light whose light amount is substantially uniformly distributed is emitted from the emission end l ib.
- FIG. 11 is a side view of an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber showing another incident structure.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber is coupled at its input end 11 to a pandle optical fiber 33 in which a plurality of optical fiber cores 32 are bundled.
- Light from a light source 34 is incident on each optical fiber core 32 of the bundle optical fiber 33.
- the incident end 11 a of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 1 has a bundle of a plurality of optical fiber cores 3 2 into which light from each light source 34 is incident.
- Light from the optical fiber 33 is incident.
- the light from the bundle optical fiber 33 incident on the incident end 11a has a variation in the light quantity distribution due to the variation in the light quantity of each light source 34, etc. It is lost at the annular portion 14 that is curved in an annular shape. As a result, light whose light amount is substantially uniformly distributed is emitted from the emission end 11.
- the emitting end 1 1 of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 1 1 1 Light can be reliably emitted from b, and the distribution of the amount of emitted light can be made uniform.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing a light irradiation device according to the embodiment.
- the light irradiation device 41 includes an irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 inside a case 42.
- an intersection of the annular portion 14 is fixed to a part of the case 42 by a fixing member 15.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 has a light receiving end 11 a and a bundled optical fiber 33, in which a plurality of optical fiber cores 32 are bundled, is coupled.
- Each of the bundles 32 of the bundle optical fiber 33 has a structure in which light is incident from a light source 34.
- the emission end 11 b of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is fixed to one side surface of the case 42, and the end surface is exposed to the outside.
- the variation in the amount of light from the bundle optical fiber 33 is uniformed in the annular portion 14 of the irradiation light transmission optical fiber 11, whereby the emission end lib emits light whose light quantity is distributed approximately uniformly.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is disposed and protected in the case 42, it is possible to always emit uniform light from the emission end 11b of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11. it can.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a light irradiation device having another structure.
- a puddle optical fiber 33 in which a plurality of optical fiber cores 32 are bundled, is provided inside a case 52, and the bundled optical fiber 33 is provided.
- Each of the optical fibers 32 has a structure in which light is incident from a light source 34.
- One end of the bundle optical fiber 33 is fixed to one side of the case 52. Also, in the light irradiation device 51, a band fixed to one side of the case 52 is provided. The input end 11 a of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is coupled to one end of the optical fiber 33.
- the variation in the amount of light from the bundle optical fiber 33 is uniformed in the annular portion 14 of the irradiation light transmission optical fiber 11, and as a result, the light is emitted. From the end lib, light with a substantially uniform light intensity is emitted.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 is provided outside the case 52, the structure inside the case 52 can be simplified and the device can be downsized. The transmission optical fiber 11 can be easily replaced.
- the uniformity of the emitted light of the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 was improved by reducing the radius of curvature in the annular portion 14 thereof. Then, as shown in the figure, for example, when a uniformity of 80% or more is required, the radius of curvature needs to be 75 mm or less.
- the irradiation light transmitting optical fiber 11 was found to increase the uniformity of the emitted light by increasing the number of bends in the annular portion 14.
- the intermediate portion is curved in an annular shape to form an annular portion, and the intersection in the annular portion is fixed by the fixing member. Even if there is a variation in the distribution of the amount of light in the incident light, the variation in the distribution of the amount of light can be reliably removed at the annular portion, and the light with a uniform distribution of the amount of light can be emitted from the emission end.
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