WO2009121909A1

WO2009121909A1 - Illuminating device for a door, door provided therewith and garage provided therewith

Info

Publication number: WO2009121909A1
Application number: PCT/EP2009/053889
Authority: WO
Inventors: Matthias Hedrich
Original assignee: Hörmann KG Antriebstechnik
Priority date: 2008-04-03
Filing date: 2009-04-01
Publication date: 2009-10-08
Also published as: DE102008017150B4; DE202008010359U1; EP2268971B1; DE102009004211A1; EP2268971A1; DE102008017150A1

Abstract

The invention relates to an illuminating device (40) for illuminating the region of a door opening (14) which is to be closed by a door leaf (20). In order to design the illuminating device to be easier to install, a lighting means (42) is to be attached to the door leaf (20) such that it moves therewith and by means of which the region can be directly or indirectly illuminated.

Description

LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A GATE, ACCORDING GATE AND GARAGE THEREWITH

The invention relates to a lighting device for illuminating the area of a Toröffπung to be closed by a door leaf.

In recent years, more and more emphasis is placed on a visually appealing exterior of residential real estate. For this purpose, lighting devices are increasingly used for an appealing night design in the dark and attached to the building or in the area of the building. There is a whole range of outdoor lights, which in addition to the actual function of lighting paths or entrances in the building also fulfill a design function and emit light in a particularly appealing manner in order to achieve direct or indirect lighting effects.

After the exterior front of single and multi-family houses often include door openings of garage entrances, the demand for garage doors is still large, which provide an attractive design on their outside. Lighting devices for illuminating the area of the door opening have already been used for this purpose at various homes. Conventional lighting devices for this area provide that halogen spotlights or incandescent bulbs are laboriously introduced in-house in a fall or a possible stem in front of the garage door. There are also floor lights, which are laboriously introduced in the garage entrance area. Masonry or carpentry work to accommodate the bulbs are required for all these lighting devices. Also, the connection technology is always associated with the use of an electrician. These complex measures mean that comparable lighting devices are almost never retrofitted to existing objects. Even with rented objects are such Lighting devices are not used, as this costly construction work is required, which must first be approved by the landlord, with neither the tenant nor the landlord usually willing to take over the not inconsiderable construction costs.

The object of the invention is to obtain a simple yet visually appealing indirect or direct lighting on a gate, in particular a garage door.

This object is achieved by a lighting device having the features of claim 1 of the main patent application.

Advantageous uses of the lighting device are the subject of the additional claims. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

The lighting device according to the invention has a lighting device to be mounted on the door leaf in order to illuminate the area of a door opening to be closed by a door leaf.

For all gates, the door leaf itself is very easy to access, since it can be moved in an advantageous for the mounting of the light source position. Corresponding measures for fixing the lamp on the door leaf are relatively easy to perform.

In addition, many modern gates have a door operator as well as electrical equipment on the door panel to monitor the operation of the automatically driven door. Therefore, electrical energy can often be tapped while driving, which can be used to operate the lighting device. In addition, the lighting device can be connected relatively easily. Electrical controls or switching devices, which are already present for the door drive, can be used in addition to switching and controlling the lighting device. This allows in particular simple way also the ability to remotely control the lighting device. For this purpose, remote control elements of the door drive are simply used, for example, a button to be carried in a vehicle or stationarily mounted in or on the building remote control unit - remote control or transmitter installed in the vehicle - are programmed accordingly.

If the lighting device has at least one luminescent light source, the energy requirement of the lighting device can be kept very low. In addition, so the operating voltage can be kept in the low voltage range, so that connection work is safe and can be carried out by laymen. As a result, the use of an electrician to connect the lighting device is unnecessary.

In a preferred embodiment is provided as an essential element for the lighting device, an LED array, preferably in elongated form. Particularly preferred is an LED bar. Further preferably, the lighting device, in particular the LED strip, designed for retrofitting. For this purpose, a holding and connecting region is preferably provided, by means of which the lighting device can be clamped or screwed in in particular between a lower door leaf segment or door leaf frame of the door leaf and an elastic end strip - in particular rubber profile.

By mounting in a lower area of the door leaf can be achieved when irradiated upward indirect lighting of the gate from bottom to top. As a result, particularly attractive lighting effects can be achieved.

An advantage of LED technology is that even IP65 protection can be achieved very easily. In addition, the strip does not have to be installed by a qualified electrician when it is supplied with low voltage, for example with 24 V voltage. The light source can be supplied with voltage via a connection cable inside the garage. In order to bring this tension on the door leaf, there are in particular two possibilities, which may alternatively or cumulatively exist.

For example, the voltage is temporarily transmitted to the door leaf via a pair of contacts in the "door closed" position, for which a stationary contact element could be present on a door leaf frame or in the other area of the door leaf opening, which element is in the firing state of the door leaf If the door leaf is then opened, the two contact elements move away from one another, in which case the lighting means of the lighting device may go out, since the lighting device is no longer in its rest position The vast majority of garage door drives have their own door drive lighting device on the door drive, by means of which the garage is illuminated during operation of the door drive or shortly thereafter Then take over the lighting tasks.

But it could also be an energy storage - for example accumulator and / or powerful capacitor - be present on the door leaf, which takes over when removing the contact elements from each other (door leaf not in the closed position), the power supply of the light source. Since the use of luminescence technology, in particular LED technology, the energy consumption is very low, so that the lighting device can continue to shine for the usually relatively short time a Torblattöffnung.

Alternatively or additionally, a line may be led to the door leaf, which also transfers tension to the door leaf during the course of the door leaf movement and also when the door leaf is not in the closed position. Many automatically driven doors already have such a cable in the form of helical cables, which is used to power the lighting device. It is possible to control the lighting device via a timer or via a separate radio receiver that can be easily operated by hand transmitter from any location. The energy consumption of such light bars is very low.

In particular, in training in the form of an LED strip, the lighting device could be made in the same color version identical to the door leaf. It is also conceivable to manufacture a base with connection and holding device in the same-part strategy in the same way to design this base with a set of differently designed plug-on elements and / or diaphragms according to the customer's wishes. The LED technology also allows a different play of colors to illuminate the gates. It is also conceivable, for example, to provide a switchable setting device for selecting the color and the color effects and / or the light intensity. By varying the number of individual LED elements per running meter different brightness levels and lighting effects can be achieved.

Another advantageous aspect of preferred embodiments of the invention relates to improved optics and simplified manufacture of the illumination device.

For this purpose, the lighting device can be attached throughout the width of the door.

In a further preferred embodiment, the illumination device is essentially formed from a flexible band with a plurality of light sources or with at least one elongate light source. For example, a flexible band with LEDs is provided.

Such a flexible band is preferably made such that extend over the band two electrical conductors, to which the in regular Interspersed LEDs are connected. The band can be cut to the appropriate length and attached to the gate.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the illumination device is designed to emit downward. This can be done additionally or alternatively to a radiation upward. For example, the lighting device is provided on its underside with LEDs or other light sources. This allows the area of the garage entrance to be illuminated when the door is open. This can complement or replace lighting on the door operator or garage lighting.

Advantageously, the lighting device is movable, for example pivotable, attachable to the door leaf. In particular, with the door open pivoting, for example, controlled by gravity or via a transmission gear can be made such that the interior of the garage is illuminated.

In order to make a lighting device, a gate and a garage with a simple structure more reliable, is further proposed according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention that the lighting device is additionally designed as a warning device for warning against an operating state of an associated door or an associated door drive.

Preferably, the lighting device is designed such that it emits an optical warning signal during operation of the door drive and / or during movement of the door.

Preferably, the lighting device is designed for outputting a warning signal for flashing and / or for outputting a flashing sequence. Embodiments of the invention are explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a garage at a on or

Apartment building with a door opening, a garage door closing this and a lighting device;

Fig. 2 is a side view of a lighting device of

Lighting device with a set of interchangeable plug-on elements;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the lighting device;

Fig. 4 is an interior view of the gate opening closing door leaf of the garage of Figure 1 in a slightly open position.

5 shows an exterior view of a gate with a further embodiment of the illumination device; and

6 is an external view of an open gate with still another embodiment of the illumination device. and

Fig. 7 is a side view of a portion of a closing edge of a door leaf with a lighting device with movable suspension on the door leaf.

In Fig. 1, a garage 10 of a residential mobile 12 is shown from the outside. The garage 10 has a door opening 14, whose upper area is limited by a lintel 16. The door opening 14 is closed by a garage door 18. The garage door 18 has a door leaf 20 movable between a firing position (gate closed) and an open position (gate open). In the illustrated example, the garage door 18 is formed as a sectional door, the door leaf 20 having a plurality of door leaf segments 22-25 (panels). The Torblattsegmente 22, 23, 24, 25 are, as shown in more detail in Fig. 4, articulated by means of hinges 26 pivotally to each other. In a non-illustrated embodiment, the garage door 18 may be configured as a swing gate or tilt gate with a one-piece door leaf.

A closing edge 28 of the door leaf 20 is provided with a closing profile 30 in the form of a rubber profile. In the illustrated embodiment, the end profile 30 is attached to the lowermost door leaf segment 25.

As further shown in Fig. 1, the outer side 32 of the door leaf 20 is provided by means of design elements 34 with a visually appealing exterior.

In Fig. 1, a lighting device 40 is further shown, which serves for the direct or indirect illumination of the region of the door opening 14. The lighting device 40 has a lighting device 42, which is mounted on the door leaf 20 ride. In the illustrated embodiment, the lighting device 42 has a plurality of luminescent light sources (lighting means) in the form of light-emitting diode LEDs 44. In particular, the lighting device 42 is formed as an elongated arrangement of LEDs 44, namely as LED strip 46.

The LED strip 46 is attached to the door leaf 20 so as to illuminate the outer side 32 of the door leaf 20 and the lintel 16 projecting outwardly from the garage door 18, as illustrated by light rays indicative of direct illumination 48 in FIG , By reflection and / or scattering on the door leaf 20 and / or on the lintel 16, the door opening 14 is also illuminated indirectly. This is illustrated by the indirect illumination 50 representing light beams.

The LED strip 46 is shown in more detail in FIGS. 2 and 3. It has a base 52 which is provided with a holding and connection region 53. Of the Holding and connecting region 54 has in the illustrated example, two retaining tabs 55, 56 which are provided with a Befestigungsemπchtung - here in the form of screw openings 58 - A first retaining tab 55 is further provided with a plug 60 for the electrical connection The retaining tabs 55, 56 are flat, so that they can be inserted between the end profile 30 and the closing edge 28 and secured by screws, not shown. It is also any other possible fastening (pinching, snapping, plugging, soldering, gluing, welding, etc.) conceivable

As shown in FIG. 2, the LED strip 46 further comprises an exchangeable LED element - plug-on element - which can be plugged onto the socket 52. A set of several different LED elements 62a, 62b is provided in order to vary according to the customer's wishes Lighting effects can be achieved. An adjusting device 64 accommodated in the LED strip 46 can be actuated via control elements such as buttons 66 or the like in order to set the colors of the LED radiation and / or the light intensity. The colors and / or the light intensity can also be adjusted by selecting LED elements 62a, 62b.

As indicated further in FIG. 3, the LED strip 46 can be provided with a separate radio receiver 68 and / or a timer 69, by means of which the lighting device 40 can be switched radio-controlled

As shown in FIG. 4, a connecting line 70 is provided on the inside of the door leaf 20 (or in the end profile 30) for supplying power to the lighting device 40. The connecting line 70 can be supplied with voltage via contact elements 72, 74 which are in contact in the door leaf closing position. or in addition, a helical line 76 may be provided, as shown in phantom in FIG. 4 and represented as a replacement element. Via the helical line 76 and / or a stationary line 78, the lighting device 40 is provided with a gate control 80 which may be designed to control a gate drive 82 connected for the purpose of control and / or power supply. This way, for that radio-controlled switching of the lighting device 40, alternatively or in addition to the separate radio receiver 68, a gate radio 80 associated stationary radio receiver 84 are used. The gate controller 80 may also control the lighting device 40 depending on the control of a motor M of the door drive 82. The power supply can then take place via a power network of the residential property 12, to which the door control 80 is connected.

In Fig. 5, yet another embodiment of the lighting device 40 is shown, wherein the same reference numerals as in the previously described embodiments are used for the same or corresponding parts.

The lighting device 40 according to FIG. 5 has, as lighting device 42, a flexible LED strip 90 which is mounted over the entire width of the door leaf 20 in the region of its closing edge. The LED tape 90 may be glued or clamped, for example.

Preferably, for this purpose, a flexible band is provided as a carrier, over the entire length of two conductors are guided, which are electrically connected to a band end. Between the two conductors, the LEDs are interconnected. The tape can be cut to fit the door width and attached.

In the further embodiment shown in Fig. 6 is not only a radiation upward, but additionally provided a light emission down.

This can be realized in different ways. In a first embodiment, the light sources are housed in an upwardly and downwardly transparent housing. In a further embodiment, as shown, in addition to the upwardly radiating lamps (eg LEDs 44) are still separately switchable downwardly radiating bulbs - here second LEDs 92 are provided. These are only turned on when opening the door leaf 20 at all.

As a result, the garage door to be closed by the garage door 18 can be illuminated from above. As a result, a lighting on the door drive 82 can be replaced or supplemented.

In a further embodiment shown in Fig. 7, the lighting device is pivotally mounted. Thereby a movement of e.g. Sectional leaves are compensated so that the main emission direction remains down.

In a modification of the pivotally mounted lighting device 40, a pivoting takes place such that when the door leaf is opened, the garage is illuminated.

The lighting device 40 is preferably controlled by the gate controller 80 to simultaneously serve as a warning device for emitting visual warning signals to warn an operator of various operating conditions of the door drive 82 and / or the door driven therewith. For example, expected or unexpected operating conditions could be indicated by an optical signal generated by the lighting device 40, as described in more detail in EP 01441101 A2, which is expressly referred to in more detail using the example of conventional door drive lighting (mounted directly on the door drive) is.

In particular, it is provided that the lighting unit flashes during the door travel, so that the strip then additionally acts as a warning light.

In another embodiment, it is provided that LEDs are provided with different colors or controllable LEDs for lighting in different colors. For example, in the warning light mode, a yellow or red light, in particular in the form of a light, then lights up controllable LEDs are provided. For example, a yellow or red light then lights up in the warning light mode, in particular in the form of a warning flashing. For the illumination function, a white or correspondingly different visually appealing light can be generated.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

10 garage

12 residential property

14 door opening

16 fall

18 garage door

20 door leaf

22-25 door leaf segments

26 hinges

28 closing edge

30 final profile

32 outside

34 design element

40 lighting device

42 lighting device

44 LED

46 LED strip

48 direct lighting

50 indirect lighting

52 sockets

54 holding and connection area

55 first retaining tab

56 second retaining tab

58 screw holes

60 plugs

62a, 62b LED element

64 adjustment device

66 button

68 radio receiver

69 Timer

70 connection cable

72 movable contact element

74 stationary contact element 76 spiral cable

78 line

80 door control

82 door drive

84 stationary radio receiver

86 power grid

90 LED strip

92 second LED (downwards emitting)

94 movable suspension

M engine

Claims

A lighting device (40) for illuminating the area of a door opening (14) to be closed by a door leaf (20), characterized by a lighting device (42) to be mounted on the door leaf (20) by means of which the area can be illuminated directly or indirectly.

2. Lighting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the lighting device (42) has at least one luminescent light source (44).

3. Lighting device according to claim 2, characterized in that the lighting device (42) has an elongated LED arrangement (46).

4. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) for such an arrangement on a door leaf (20) is formed so that a the gate opening (14) top limiting lintel area (16) or canopy area can be illuminated.

5. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) as low-voltage lighting device, which is operable in normal use with voltages of less than about 30V, is formed.

6. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a holding and connecting portion (54) which is designed for fixing to the door leaf (20).

7. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a timer (69) and / or a remote receiver (68, 84) for controlling the lighting function.

8. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) is designed to extend over the entire width of the door leaf (20).

9. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) has a flexible light strip with lighting means.

10. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by a movable suspension for changing the beam direction upon movement of the door leaf (20).

11. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) is additionally designed as a warning device for outputting a warning signal in the presence of certain operating states of the door (18) or an associated door drive (82).

12. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (40) is driven to flash during movement of the door leaf.

13. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) has at least one luminescent light source (44) which can be controlled to illuminate in different colors.

14. Lighting device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) has at least two luminescent light sources (44) which are designed to light in different colors.

15. Lighting device according to one of claims 13 or 14, characterized by a controller for driving the lighting device (42) such that it lights up for the delivery of a warning signal for different operating conditions in different colors and / or that they deliver a warning signal in a different color when lit in the illumination mode for illuminating the area.

16. Gate, in particular garage door (18), with a door leaf (20) for closing a door opening (14), characterized by a lighting device (40) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the lighting device (42) on the door leaf (20) mitfahrend is appropriate.

17. Door according to claim 16, characterized in that the lighting device (42) in the lower third near a closing edge (28) of the door leaf (20) is arranged.

18. Door according to claim 16, characterized in that the lighting device (42) between one on the closing edge (28) mounted end profile (30) of flexible material and a Torblattrahmen or Torblattpaneel or a lower Torblattsegment (25) is arranged.

19. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) in operation illuminates the door leaf (20).

20. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) via a on the door leaf (20) formed connecting line (70) is supplied with power, preferably via a in a closed position of the door leaf (20) produced terminal contact and / or via a flexible line (76) with a power source, in particular a power grid (86) is connectable.

21. Door according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lighting device (42) is connected to a gate control (80).

22. Garage (10) with a door opening (14) whose upper side is limited by a lintel (16), characterized by a garage door (18) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the lighting device (42) on the door leaf (20 ) is arranged so that it illuminates the fall (16) for direct or indirect illumination (48, 50) of the door opening (14) when switched on.

23. Garage according to claim 22, characterized in that the lighting device emits a warning signal, in particular in the form of flashing when operating a connected door drive.