FR2611319A1 - Lighting appliance having a fluorescent tube - Google Patents
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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
- H01R33/94—Holders formed as intermediate parts for linking a counter-part to a coupling part
- H01R33/942—Holders formed as intermediate parts for linking a counter-part to a coupling part for tubular fluorescent lamps
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- H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
- H01R33/05—Two-pole devices
- H01R33/06—Two-pole devices with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other
- H01R33/08—Two-pole devices with two current-carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts, having their axes parallel to each other for supporting tubular fluorescent lamp
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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
- H01R33/94—Holders formed as intermediate parts for linking a counter-part to a coupling part
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Description
Appareil d'éclairage à tube fluorescent
L'invention concerne un appareil d'éclairage a tube fluorescent, et plus particulièrement un appareil d'éclairage à tube fluorescent conforme à la classe II de la norme EN.6.598, c'est-à-dire suffisamment isolé pour ne pas avoir de fil de terre.Fluorescent tube light fixture
The invention relates to a fluorescent tube lighting device, and more particularly to a fluorescent tube lighting device conforming to class II of standard EN.6.598, that is to say sufficiently insulated so as not to have any ground wire.
Dans les appareils d'éclairage à tube fluorescent, le tube comporte des culots métalliques aux extrémités. Lors de la mise en place ou du retrait du tube, le manipulateur peut être amené à toucher les culots metalliques. In fluorescent tube lighting fixtures, the tube has metal caps at the ends. When fitting or removing the tube, the manipulator may have to touch the metal caps.
Pour lui éviter de toucher les culots alors que le tube est sous tension, il est connu de prévoir des accessoires de protection qui sont usuellement de type coulissant ou de type basculant. Les accessoires coulissants sont des manchons qui recouvrent les culots lorsque le tube est en service et qui peuvent être écartés par coulissement vers l'extérieur, de part et d'autre du tube, avant remplacement du tube par exemple. Les accessoires basculants sont des capots de protection, articulés sur la réglette portant le tube, et qui basculent vers l'extérieur de la réglette pour libérer le tube. To prevent it from touching the caps while the tube is under tension, it is known to provide protective accessories which are usually of the sliding type or of the tilting type. The sliding accessories are sleeves which cover the caps when the tube is in service and which can be moved apart by sliding towards the outside, on either side of the tube, before replacing the tube for example. The tilting accessories are protective covers, articulated on the strip carrying the tube, and which tilt towards the outside of the strip to release the tube.
Au cours de leur mouvement, ces accessoires coulissants ou basculants assurent, par ouverture de contacts électriques, la mise hors tension du tube. Ces accessoires présentent cependant un inconvénient : ils nécessitent de disposer, en bout de réglette, d'un espace suffisant pour permettre leur dégagement. De ce fait, les réglettes ne peuvent être utilisées que sur des surfaces suffisamment dégagées. During their movement, these sliding or tilting accessories ensure, by opening electrical contacts, that the tube is switched off. However, these accessories have a drawback: they require sufficient space at the end of the strip to allow them to be released. Therefore, the sliders can only be used on sufficiently clear surfaces.
L'un des buts de l'invention est de proposer un appareil d'éclairage de classe II ne nécessitant pas d'espace libre supplémentaire au-delà de l'encombrement habituel des appareils d'éclairage classiques. One of the aims of the invention is to provide a class II lighting device that does not require additional free space beyond the usual bulk of conventional lighting devices.
Un autre but de l'invention est de proposer un appareil d'éclairage de classe II sans contact électrique supplémentaire au niveau des accessoires de protection des extrémites du tube. Another object of the invention is to propose a class II lighting device without additional electrical contact at the level of the accessories for protecting the ends of the tube.
L'invention a pour objet un appareil d'éclairage à tube fluorescent porté par une réglette, du type comportant des accessoires de protection des culots métalliques d'extrémité du tube, caractérisé en ce que ces accessoires sont des embouts en forme de pot isolant cylindrique, présentant une paroi latérale masquant le culot du tube et un fond muni de broches comportant une partie femelle dirigée vers l'intérieur du pot et une partie male faisant saillie vers l'extérieur du pot. The subject of the invention is a fluorescent tube lighting device carried by a strip, of the type comprising accessories for protecting the metal end caps of the tube, characterized in that these accessories are nozzles in the form of a cylindrical insulating pot , having a side wall masking the base of the tube and a bottom provided with pins having a female part directed towards the inside of the pot and a male part projecting towards the outside of the pot.
Selon d'autres caractéristiques de l'invention
- la partie femelle des broches de l'embout est destiné à recevoir les broches males du tube , et la partie male des broches de l'embout est destinée à assurer le contact électrique avec les douilles de la réglette de l'appareil d'éclairage;
- les embouts sont amovibles pour le remplacement du tube;
- la réglette est suffisamment longue pour que le tube ne puisse etre mis sous tension que lorsqu'il est muni de ses deux embouts de protection.According to other features of the invention
- the female part of the pins of the end cap is intended to receive the male pins of the tube, and the male part of the pins of the end cap is intended to ensure electrical contact with the sockets of the strip of the lighting fixture ;
- the tips are removable for replacing the tube;
- the strip is long enough that the tube can only be energized when it is fitted with its two protective end caps.
L'invention a également pour objet un embout de protection pour extrémité de tube fluorescent d'appareil d'éclairage à tube porté par une réglette, caractérisé en ce qu'il est constitué par un pot isolant cylindrique présentant une paroi latérale destinée à masquer le culot métallique du tube , et un fond muni de deux broches comportant une partie femelle dirigée vers l'intérieur du pot de façon à recevoir les broches mules du tube, et une partie male faisant saillie vers l'extérieur de façon å établir le contact électrique avec les douilles de la réglette
D'autres caractéristiques ressortent de la description suivante faite avec référence au dessin annexé sur lequel on peut voir
Figure 1 : une vue en coupe axiale d'un embout de protection selon l'invention
Figure 2 : une vue de gauche de l'embout de la figure i
Figure 3 : une vue en coupe axiale d'une extrémité d'un tube fluorescent muni d'un embout de protection selon l'invention
Figure 4 : une vue d'une réglette de montage d'un tube fluorescent en l'absence d'embouts de protection
Figure 5 : une vue analogue à la figure 4 avec un seul embout
Figure 6 : une vue analogue à la figure 4 avec deux embouts.The invention also relates to a protective end-piece for the end of a fluorescent tube of a tube lighting device carried by a strip, characterized in that it is constituted by a cylindrical insulating pot having a side wall intended to hide the metal base of the tube, and a bottom provided with two pins comprising a female part directed towards the inside of the pot so as to receive the mule pins of the tube, and a male part projecting towards the outside so as to establish electrical contact with the sleeves of the strip
Other characteristics appear from the following description made with reference to the attached drawing on which we can see
Figure 1: an axial sectional view of a protective cap according to the invention
Figure 2: a left view of the tip of Figure i
Figure 3: an axial sectional view of one end of a fluorescent tube provided with a protective tip according to the invention
Figure 4: a view of a strip for mounting a fluorescent tube in the absence of protective caps
Figure 5: a view similar to Figure 4 with a single tip
Figure 6: a view similar to Figure 4 with two tips.
En se reportant à la figure 1, on voit que l'embout 1 de protection selon l'invention, pour tube fluorescent, se compose essentiellement d'un pot isolant cylindrique, avec une paroi latérale 11 relativement mince et un fond 12 suffisamment épais pour recevoir deux broches 2 dont la partie femelle est vers l'intérieur du pot et dont la partie inale fait saillie à l'extérieur du pot. La partie male des broches 2 est destinée à assurer le contact électrique avec les douilles 6 d'une réglette 7 de montage du tube fluorescent. La partie femelle des broches 2 est destinée à recevoir les broches males du tube. Referring to FIG. 1, it can be seen that the protective end piece 1 according to the invention, for fluorescent tube, essentially consists of a cylindrical insulating pot, with a relatively thin side wall 11 and a bottom 12 sufficiently thick to receive two pins 2 whose female part is towards the inside of the pot and whose inal part protrudes outside the pot. The male part of the pins 2 is intended to ensure electrical contact with the sockets 6 of a strip 7 for mounting the fluorescent tube. The female part of the pins 2 is intended to receive the male pins of the tube.
Sur la figure 3, on voit qu'un tube fluorescent 5 présente à chaque extrémité un culot métallique 4 et deux broches maies 3. Lorsque l'embout de protection 1 est en place, ces broches maies 3 sont insérées dans la partie femelle des broches 2 de l'embout, ce qui assure le contact électrique, et le culot métallique 4 est entièrement protégé par l'embout 1 : la paroi latérale 11 interdit tout contact latéral, et le fond 12 tout contact d'extrémité, avec le culot 4. A cet effet, la longueur de la paroi latérale de l'embout I est supérieure & la longueur du culot, et recouvre même une partie du tube afin d'éviter toute possibilité de contact avec le culot de la part d'un manipulateur du tube.De ce fait, l'appareil d'éclairage est conforme, lorsque le tube est sous tension, à la classe Il de la norme EN.6.598, c'est-a-dire qu'il est suffisamment isolé pour ne pas avoir de fil de terre. In Figure 3, we see that a fluorescent tube 5 has at each end a metal base 4 and two plug pins 3. When the protective cap 1 is in place, these plug pins 3 are inserted into the female part of the pins 2 of the end-piece, which ensures electrical contact, and the metal base 4 is entirely protected by the end-piece 1: the side wall 11 prohibits any side contact, and the bottom 12 any end contact, with the base 4 To this end, the length of the side wall of the end piece I is greater than the length of the base, and even covers part of the tube in order to avoid any possibility of contact with the base on the part of a manipulator of the As a result, the luminaire conforms, when the tube is energized, to class II of standard EN.6.598, that is to say that it is sufficiently insulated to not have ground wire.
Sur les figures 4 à 6, les pointilles définissent la longueur minimale entre les douilles 6 de la réglette 7. Pour que le tube puisse être allume, il faut que les broches d'extrémité dépassent ces pointillés pour pouvoir assurer le contact dans les douilles. On voit sur la figure 4 qu'en l'absence des deux embouts 1, il ne peut y avoir de contact électrique aux deux bouts du tube. Autrement dit, lorsque les deux embouts de protection sont absents, le tube ne peut fonctionner, et il ne peut y avoir de risque pour le manipulateur du tube qui toucherait les deux extrémités du tube. In FIGS. 4 to 6, the dots define the minimum length between the sockets 6 of the strip 7. In order for the tube to be able to be lit, the end pins must exceed these dotted lines in order to be able to ensure contact in the sockets. We see in Figure 4 that in the absence of the two end pieces 1, there can be no electrical contact at both ends of the tube. In other words, when the two protective caps are absent, the tube cannot function, and there can be no risk for the manipulator of the tube which would touch the two ends of the tube.
De même, lorsqu'un seul des embouts est en place (figure 5), le tube ne peut être mis sous tension. Likewise, when only one of the end pieces is in place (Figure 5), the tube cannot be energized.
C'est seulement dans le cas de la figure 6, où les deux embouts de protection sont en place, que l'ensemble du tube 5 et des embouts 1 est assez long pour pouvoir assurer la mise sous tension du tube. Dans ce cas, les deux culots 4 du tube 5 étant protégés par les embouts 1, le risque de contact est supprimé pour le manipulateur et l'appareil est de classe II. It is only in the case of FIG. 6, where the two protective end pieces are in place, that the assembly of the tube 5 and of the end pieces 1 is long enough to be able to ensure the tensioning of the tube. In this case, the two bases 4 of the tube 5 being protected by the end pieces 1, the risk of contact is eliminated for the manipulator and the device is class II.
Si l'on utilise un tube de longueur habituelle, il faut, pour mettre en oeuvre l'invention, utiliser une réglette plus longue que les réglettes usuelles. If a tube of usual length is used, it is necessary, in order to implement the invention, to use a strip which is longer than the usual strips.
Cette modification de la longueur de la réglette est facile å assurer car les réglettes sont réalisées en matière plastique extrudée et il suffit de couper des tronçons un peu plus longs. Dans un exemple de réalisation particulier, un excédent de longueur de 14mm pour la réglette est suffisant. Dans ces conditions, la réglette est susceptible de recevoir les vasques classiques actuelles sans autre modification, et l'appareil d'éclairage est conforme à la classe II de la norme EN. 6.598. De plus, les embouts de protection sont amovibles pour permettre le remplacement du tube. This modification of the length of the strip is easy to ensure because the strips are made of extruded plastic and it suffices to cut slightly longer sections. In a particular embodiment, an excess of length of 14mm for the strip is sufficient. Under these conditions, the strip is capable of receiving current conventional washbasins without any other modification, and the lighting fixture conforms to class II of the EN standard. 6.598. In addition, the protective caps are removable to allow replacement of the tube.
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