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CN222014623U - A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp - Google Patents

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CN222014623U
CN222014623U CN202420564878.7U CN202420564878U CN222014623U CN 222014623 U CN222014623 U CN 222014623U CN 202420564878 U CN202420564878 U CN 202420564878U CN 222014623 U CN222014623 U CN 222014623U
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本实用新型公开了一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,涉及投影装置技术领域;而本实用新型包括投影灯本体,所述投影灯本体的上方转动设有第一转轴,所述第一转轴的外侧固定套设有半面齿轮,所述半面齿轮的外侧啮合连接有第一齿轮,所述第一齿轮的中部固定贯穿有第二转轴,所述投影灯本体的内部转动设有驱动杆,所述投影灯本体的内壁上表面固定安装有两个稳定块,所述驱动杆转动贯穿稳定块;本实用新型通过设置转动盘,使其能够容纳多个灯片,通过设置半面齿轮和第一齿轮,使得转动盘能够进行间歇转动,从而当半面齿轮转动一圈时能够带动下一个灯片和灯珠保持平行状态,方便进行灯片的更换,增加投影的多样性。

The utility model discloses a rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp, which relates to the technical field of projection devices; the utility model comprises a projection lamp body, a first rotating shaft is rotatably provided on the top of the projection lamp body, a half-face gear is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the first rotating shaft, a first gear is meshedly connected to the outer side of the half-face gear, a second rotating shaft is fixedly penetrated through the middle of the first gear, a driving rod is rotatably provided inside the projection lamp body, two stabilizing blocks are fixedly installed on the upper surface of the inner wall of the projection lamp body, and the driving rod rotatably penetrates the stabilizing block; the utility model arranges a rotating disk so that it can accommodate multiple lamp pieces, and arranges a half-face gear and a first gear so that the rotating disk can be intermittently rotated, so that when the half-face gear rotates one circle, it can drive the next lamp piece and the lamp bead to maintain a parallel state, so that the replacement of the lamp piece is convenient and the diversity of projection is increased.

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Rotatory LOGO pattern projection lamp
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of projection devices, in particular to a rotary LOGO pattern projection lamp.
Background
In the existing trade companies, meetings and entertainment venues, in order to display contents and provide different display effects from devices such as common display boards, a LOGO projection device is often used, and the LOGO projection device projects light and shadow patterns to a wall surface or the ground in a light projection mode, wherein the patterns can display the display contents such as graphics, characters and the like;
When the pattern projection lamp in the prior art is used, only one lamp sheet can be installed, when the pattern is required to be replaced, the original lamp sheet is required to be removed and a new lamp sheet is required to be replaced, the trouble is caused, and meanwhile, the effect of the one lamp sheet is single, and visual fatigue is easy to generate;
In view of the above, the inventors propose a rotary LOGO pattern projection lamp to solve the above problems.
Disclosure of utility model
In order to solve the problem that the pattern projection lamp in the prior art can only be provided with one lamp sheet when in use; the utility model aims to provide a rotary LOGO pattern projection lamp.
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a rotatory LOGO pattern projection lamp, includes the projection lamp body, the top rotation of projection lamp body is equipped with first pivot, the outside fixed cover of first pivot is equipped with half face gear, the outside meshing of half face gear is connected with first gear, the fixed second pivot that runs through in middle part of first gear, the inside rotation of projection lamp body is equipped with the actuating lever, the inner wall upper surface fixed mounting of projection lamp body has two stabilizer, the actuating lever rotates and runs through the stabilizer, the equal fixed cover in outside of actuating lever and second pivot is equipped with first synchronizing wheel, two connect through first belt transmission between the first synchronizing wheel, the one end fixed cover that first synchronizing wheel was kept away from to the actuating lever is equipped with the rolling disc, the outside fixed clamping lever that runs through annular distribution of rolling disc, the quantity of clamping lever is four, the clamping lever middle part is hollow state, the one end card that the clamping lever is close to first synchronizing wheel is equipped with the lamp piece, the inside of projection lamp body is provided with the lamp pearl, one side that the lamp is close to the rolling disc is provided with the lens, the fixed mounting of lens has the stabilizer.
Preferably, the rotating disc is provided with a sleeve in a middle part of one side close to the first synchronous wheel, the driving rod penetrates through the sleeve, one end of the sleeve close to the rotating disc is fixedly sleeved with a second gear, one end of the clamping rod close to the sleeve is fixedly sleeved with a third gear, and the third gear is meshed with the second gear.
Preferably, the top rotation of projection lamp body is equipped with the third pivot, the equal fixed cover in third pivot and sheathed tube outside is equipped with the second synchronizing wheel, two connect through the second belt transmission between the second synchronizing wheel, the top fixed mounting of projection lamp body has the protective housing, first pivot, second pivot and third pivot all rotate and run through the protective housing, the one end fixed mounting stopper that the protective housing was kept away from to the third pivot.
Preferably, a first motor is fixedly installed on one side, close to the first rotating shaft, of the protection box, the first motor and the first rotating shaft are coaxially and fixedly installed, a second motor is fixedly installed on one side, close to the third rotating shaft, of the protection box, and the second motor and the third rotating shaft are coaxially and fixedly installed.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. Through setting up the rolling disc, make it hold a plurality of lamp pieces, through setting up half face gear and first gear for the rolling disc can carry out intermittent type rotation, thereby can drive next lamp piece and lamp pearl and keep parallel state when half face gear rotates the round, conveniently carry out the change of lamp piece, increase the variety of projection;
2. Through the drive sleeve pipe rotation, the sleeve pipe drives the second gear and rotates, and the second gear drives the third gear and rotates, and the third gear drives the clamping lever and rotates, and the clamping lever drives the lamp piece and rotates to can let the pattern that the projection comes out produce rotatablely, increase projected interest, improve the propaganda effect.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the interior of the protection box according to the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the inside of the projection lamp body according to the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a second gear and a third gear in the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a projection lamp body; 11. a first rotating shaft; 12. half face gear; 13. a first gear; 14. a second rotating shaft; 15. a driving rod; 16. a first synchronizing wheel; 17. a first belt; 18. a rotating disc; 19. a clamping rod; 191. a lamp sheet; 192. a lamp bead; 193. a stabilizing tube; 194. a lens; 2. a sleeve; 21. a second gear; 22. a third gear; 3. a third rotating shaft; 31. a second synchronizing wheel; 32. a second belt; 4. a protective box; 5. a first motor; 6. a second motor; 7. a limiting block; 8. stabilizing the block.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Examples: as shown in fig. 1-4, the utility model provides a rotary LOGO pattern projection lamp, which comprises a projection lamp body 1, a first rotating shaft 11 is rotatably arranged above the projection lamp body 1, half gears 12 are fixedly sleeved outside the first rotating shaft 11, a first gear 13 is connected to the outer side of the half gears 12 in a meshed manner, a second rotating shaft 14 is fixedly penetrated in the middle of the first gear 13, a driving rod 15 is rotatably arranged inside the projection lamp body 1, first synchronous wheels 16 are fixedly sleeved outside the driving rod 15 and the second rotating shaft 14, the two first synchronous wheels 16 are in transmission connection through a first belt 17, a rotating disc 18 is fixedly sleeved at one end of the driving rod 15 far from the first synchronous wheels 16, clamping rods 19 distributed in an annular manner are fixedly penetrated outside the rotating disc 18, the number of the clamping rods 19 is four, the middle of the clamping rods 19 is in a hollow state, one end of the clamping rod 19 close to the first synchronous wheels 16 is clamped with lamp sheets 191, the inside of the projection lamp body 1 is provided with a lamp bead 192, one side of the lamp bead 192, which is close to the rotating disc 18, is provided with a stabilizing tube 193, the middle part of the stabilizing tube 193 is fixedly provided with a lens 194, in actual use, the first rotating shaft 11 is driven to rotate to drive the half-face gear 12 to rotate, the half-face gear 12 drives the first gear 13 to rotate, the first gear 13 drives the second rotating shaft 14 to rotate, the second rotating shaft 14 drives the driving rod 15 to rotate through the first synchronous wheel 16 and the first belt 17, the driving rod 15 drives the rotating disc 18 to rotate, the rotating disc 18 drives the clamping rod 19 and the lamp sheet 191 to rotate, when the lamp sheet 191 rotates to a certain distance and the lamp bead 192 keeps a parallel state, teeth on the half-face gear 12 are separated from the first gear 13 through rotation, the first gear 13 stops rotating to drive the rotating disc 18 to stop rotating, and repeatedly, so that the rotating disc 18 can intermittently rotate, therefore, when the half face gear 12 rotates for one circle, the next lamp sheet 191 and the lamp beads 192 can be driven to keep a parallel state, the lamp sheet 191 is convenient to replace, and the diversity of projection is increased; the first belt 17 may use an internal tooth belt on the market to reduce hysteresis.
The middle part of one side of the rotating disc 18, which is close to the first synchronous wheel 16, is rotatably provided with a sleeve 2, a driving rod 15 penetrates through the sleeve 2, a second gear 21 is fixedly sleeved at one end of the sleeve 2, which is close to the rotating disc 18, a third gear 22 is fixedly sleeved at one end of each of the four clamping rods 19, which is close to the sleeve 2, and the third gear 22 is in meshed connection with the second gear 21.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through drive sleeve pipe 2 rotation, sleeve pipe 2 drives second gear 21 and rotates, and second gear 21 drives third gear 22 and rotate, and third gear 22 drives clamping lever 19 and rotates, and clamping lever 19 drives lamp piece 191 and rotates to can let the pattern that the projection comes out produce rotatablely, increase projected interest, improve the propaganda effect.
The top rotation of projection lamp body 1 is equipped with third pivot 3, and the equal fixed cover in the outside of third pivot 3 and sleeve pipe 2 is equipped with second synchronizing wheel 31, connects through the transmission of second belt 32 between two second synchronizing wheels 31.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through driving the rotation of third pivot 3, the rotation of third pivot 3 through second synchronizing wheel 31 and second belt 32 drive sleeve pipe 2 to realize lamp piece 191's rotation.
The top fixed mounting of projection lamp body 1 has protective housing 4, and first pivot 11, second pivot 14 and third pivot 3 all rotate and run through protective housing 4.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through setting up protective housing 4, can protect the part wherein, avoid the dust to get into and cause the damage, can support first pivot 11, second pivot 14 and third pivot 3 simultaneously, make it can rotate smoothly.
The first motor 5 is fixedly arranged on one side of the protective box 4 close to the first rotating shaft 11, and the first motor 5 and the first rotating shaft 11 are coaxially and fixedly arranged.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through setting up first motor 5, the convenient first pivot 11 of drive rotates to realize the intermittent type rotation of rolling disc 18, conveniently change different lamp piece 191.
The second motor 6 is fixedly arranged on one side of the protective box 4 close to the third rotating shaft 3, and the second motor 6 and the third rotating shaft 3 are coaxially and fixedly arranged.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through setting up second motor 6, conveniently drive the rotation of third pivot 3 to realize the rotation of lamp piece 191.
And a limiting block 7 is fixedly arranged at one end, far away from the protective box 4, of the third rotating shaft 3.
By adopting the technical scheme, the second belt 32 is prevented from being separated from the third rotating shaft 3 by arranging the limiting block 7.
Two stabilizing blocks 8 are fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the inner wall of the projection lamp body 1, and a driving rod 15 rotates to penetrate through the stabilizing blocks 8.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, through setting up two stable pieces 8, can support actuating lever 15, make it can rotate smoothly.
Working principle: in actual use, the first rotating shaft 11 is driven to rotate to drive the half-face gear 12 to rotate, the half-face gear 12 drives the first gear 13 to rotate, the first gear 13 drives the second rotating shaft 14 to rotate, the second rotating shaft 14 drives the driving rod 15 to rotate through the first synchronous wheel 16 and the first belt 17, the driving rod 15 drives the rotating disc 18 to rotate, the rotating disc 18 drives the clamping rod 19 and the lamp sheet 191 to rotate, when the lamp sheet 191 rotates to a certain distance and the lamp beads 192 keep a parallel state, teeth on the half-face gear 12 are separated from the first gear 13 at the moment through rotation, so that the first gear 13 stops rotating, the rotating disc 18 is driven to stop rotating, and the repetition is repeated in such a way, so that the rotating disc 18 can intermittently rotate, and the next lamp sheet 191 and the lamp beads 192 can be driven to keep a parallel state when the half-face gear 12 rotates for one circle, so that the lamp sheet 191 can be replaced conveniently, and the diversity of projection is increased; it should be noted that, the first belt 17 may use an internal tooth belt on the market to reduce hysteresis; through drive sleeve pipe 2 rotation, sleeve pipe 2 drives second gear 21 and rotates, and second gear 21 drives third gear 22 and rotates, and third gear 22 drives clamping lever 19 and rotates, and clamping lever 19 drives lamp piece 191 and rotates to can let the pattern that the projection comes out produce rotatablely, increase projected interest, improve the effect of publicity.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present utility model without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. Thus, it is intended that the present utility model also include such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

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1.一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,包括投影灯本体(1),其特征在于:所述投影灯本体(1)的上方转动设有第一转轴(11),所述第一转轴(11)的外侧固定套设有半面齿轮(12),所述半面齿轮(12)的外侧啮合连接有第一齿轮(13),所述第一齿轮(13)的中部固定贯穿有第二转轴(14),所述投影灯本体(1)的内部转动设有驱动杆(15),所述驱动杆(15)和第二转轴(14)的外侧均固定套设有第一同步轮(16),两个所述第一同步轮(16)之间通过第一皮带(17)传动连接,所述驱动杆(15)远离第一同步轮(16)的一端固定套设有转动盘(18),所述转动盘(18)的外侧固定贯穿有环形分布的卡杆(19),所述卡杆(19)的数量为四个,所述卡杆(19)中部呈空心状态,所述卡杆(19)靠近第一同步轮(16)的一端卡设有灯片(191),所述投影灯本体(1)的内部设置有灯珠(192),所述灯珠(192)靠近转动盘(18)的一侧设置有稳定管(193),所述稳定管(193)的中部固定安装有透镜(194)。1. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp, comprising a projection lamp body (1), characterized in that: a first rotating shaft (11) is rotatably provided on the top of the projection lamp body (1), a half-face gear (12) is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the first rotating shaft (11), a first gear (13) is meshedly connected on the outer side of the half-face gear (12), a second rotating shaft (14) is fixedly penetrated through the middle of the first gear (13), a driving rod (15) is rotatably provided inside the projection lamp body (1), a first synchronous wheel (16) is fixedly sleeved on the outer side of the driving rod (15) and the second rotating shaft (14), and a first leather is connected between the two first synchronous wheels (16). The projection lamp body (1) is connected to the projection lamp body (1) by a belt (17) for transmission. The end of the driving rod (15) away from the first synchronous wheel (16) is fixedly sleeved with a rotating disk (18). The outer side of the rotating disk (18) is fixedly penetrated by a circularly distributed clamping rod (19). The number of the clamping rods (19) is four. The middle part of the clamping rod (19) is hollow. The end of the clamping rod (19) close to the first synchronous wheel (16) is clamped with a lamp sheet (191). A lamp bead (192) is arranged inside the projection lamp body (1). A stabilizing tube (193) is arranged on the side of the lamp bead (192) close to the rotating disk (18). A lens (194) is fixedly installed in the middle of the stabilizing tube (193). 2.如权利要求1所述的一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,其特征在于,所述转动盘(18)靠近第一同步轮(16)的一侧中部转动安装有套管(2),所述驱动杆(15)贯穿套管(2),所述套管(2)靠近转动盘(18)的一端固定套设有第二齿轮(21),四个所述卡杆(19)靠近套管(2)的一端均固定套设有第三齿轮(22),所述第三齿轮(22)和第二齿轮(21)啮合连接。2. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp as described in claim 1, characterized in that a sleeve (2) is rotatably installed in the middle of one side of the rotating disk (18) close to the first synchronous wheel (16), the driving rod (15) passes through the sleeve (2), and the sleeve (2) is fixedly sleeved with a second gear (21) at one end close to the rotating disk (18), and the four clamping rods (19) are fixedly sleeved with a third gear (22) at one end close to the sleeve (2), and the third gear (22) is meshingly connected with the second gear (21). 3.如权利要求2所述的一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,其特征在于,所述投影灯本体(1)的上方转动设有第三转轴(3),所述第三转轴(3)和套管(2)的外侧均固定套设有第二同步轮(31),两个所述第二同步轮(31)之间通过第二皮带(32)传动连接。3. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp as described in claim 2, characterized in that a third rotating shaft (3) is rotatably provided above the projection lamp body (1), and second synchronous wheels (31) are fixedly sleeved on the outer sides of the third rotating shaft (3) and the sleeve (2), and the two second synchronous wheels (31) are connected by a second belt (32). 4.如权利要求3所述的一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,其特征在于,所述投影灯本体(1)的顶端固定安装有防护箱(4),所述第一转轴(11)、第二转轴(14)和第三转轴(3)均转动贯穿防护箱(4)。4. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp as described in claim 3, characterized in that a protective box (4) is fixedly installed on the top of the projection lamp body (1), and the first rotating shaft (11), the second rotating shaft (14) and the third rotating shaft (3) all rotate and penetrate the protective box (4). 5.如权利要求4所述的一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,其特征在于,所述防护箱(4)靠近第一转轴(11)的一侧固定安装有第一马达(5),所述第一马达(5)和第一转轴(11)同轴固定安装。5. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp as described in claim 4, characterized in that a first motor (5) is fixedly installed on one side of the protective box (4) close to the first rotating shaft (11), and the first motor (5) and the first rotating shaft (11) are coaxially fixedly installed. 6.如权利要求5所述的一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,其特征在于,所述防护箱(4)靠近第三转轴(3)的一侧固定安装有第二马达(6),所述第二马达(6)和第三转轴(3)同轴固定安装。6. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp as described in claim 5, characterized in that a second motor (6) is fixedly installed on one side of the protective box (4) close to the third rotating shaft (3), and the second motor (6) and the third rotating shaft (3) are coaxially fixedly installed. 7.如权利要求6所述的一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,其特征在于,所述第三转轴(3)远离防护箱(4)的一端固定安装有限位块(7)。7. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that a limiting block (7) is fixedly mounted on one end of the third rotating shaft (3) away from the protection box (4). 8.如权利要求4所述的一种旋转LOGO图案投影灯,其特征在于,所述投影灯本体(1)的内壁上表面固定安装有两个稳定块(8),所述驱动杆(15)转动贯穿稳定块(8)。8. A rotating LOGO pattern projection lamp as described in claim 4, characterized in that two stabilizing blocks (8) are fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the inner wall of the projection lamp body (1), and the driving rod (15) rotates through the stabilizing blocks (8).
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