JPH06203620A - Mounting device for luminaire - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the structure and improve the mounting operability and fixing strength by inserting and holding a body case to a through hole formed on the side of a member subjected to mounting, and then pulling down a second support part. CONSTITUTION:A mounting device 10 is temporarily fixed to the body case 2 of a luminaire. The body case 2 is pushed up to the mounting hole 6 of a member 4 subjected to mounting in the direction of an arrow (a) to hold the body case 2 within the face of the member 4 subjected to mounting, the mounting device 10 is held by the body case 2 by the elastic force of a holding piece 20, and the part of the through hole 18 of the mounting device 10 is pushed down and lowered while opening the top end of a support part 14. When the support part 14 makes contact with the member 4 subjected to mounting, the support part 14 is extended in the direction of an arrow (c) and protruded on the outer surface side of the body case 2, and the support part 16 is also pressed onto the inner wall surface side of the body case 2 to firmly fix the body case 2 on the inner surface side of the member 4 subjected to mounting. The edge part 15 of the top end of the support part 14 protruded on the outer wall side of the body case 2 is made to bite into the wall surface side of the body case 2, and a sitting part 24 on the lower end part side is made to bite into the side of the member 4 subjected to mounting.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting device mounting device, and more particularly to a mounting device used for mounting a lighting device such as a downlight mounted on a ceiling surface in a buried state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lighting device which is mounted by inserting a main body case into an opening of a ceiling surface has been disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-29
As disclosed in No. 814 “Mounting Structure of Lighting Fixture” and the like, a long hole is formed in the side wall of the main body case, and the fixture is projected from the long hole to remove the main body case from the ceiling member. A mounting structure for fixing in a preventive form is adopted, and a mounting device is required for mounting the main body case to a ceiling member which is a mounted member.

This mounting device is used in such a manner that it is inserted from the inside of the main body case, the legs are projected to the ceiling side, and the legs are used to prevent the legs from falling from the ceiling. In addition, there is a structure in which a screw is used to fix the main body case in order to increase the fixing strength, which is structurally complicated.

[0004]

By the way, the complicated structure increases the number of parts and the manufacturing cost. Further, when a screw or the like is used for mounting, there is an inconvenience that the operator is troublesome and the working cost is high.

As another attachment device, Jpn.
There is No. 9 "mounting bracket". This is excellent in that the structure is simple and the operability is good, but since the two members are connected via the hinge part, the processing of the hinge part is troublesome, and moreover, the clip that is movable by this hinge part Since the upper tongue piece is engaged and fixed to the body, there is a drawback that the engagement state of both influences the fixing strength, and when the engagement of both becomes loose, the fixing strength decreases.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mounting device for a lighting fixture, which has a simple structure, is easy to mount, and has a strong fixing strength.

[0007]

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a lighting device mounting apparatus according to the present invention is a lighting device which is inserted into a mounting hole (6) of a mounted member (ceiling member 4) and mounted. A fixture attachment device, which is installed obliquely between an outer wall portion of the main body case (2) of the lighting fixture inserted in the attachment hole of the attachment member and the attachment member. A supporting part (14), a second supporting part (16) which is integrated with the first supporting part and is installed inside the main body case, and the second supporting part and the first supporting part. A penetrating portion (18) formed between the main body case and the elongated hole portion (8) of the main body case, and cut and raised from the second support portion to press-contact the inner wall portion of the main body case. A holding piece (2) for holding the first and second supporting portions on the main body case.
0), and a locking piece that is cut and raised from the first support portion and inserted into the main body case from the elongated hole portion of the main body case to lock the first support portion to the main body case ( 22) and are provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus for mounting a lighting fixture of the present invention, when inserting the main body case into the mounting hole of the member to be mounted, is temporarily fixed to the main body case. The amount of protrusion of the first support portion from the outer peripheral surface of the main body case is about the thickness of the first support portion.

Further, in the lighting device mounting apparatus of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 9, slip prevention means (rubber coating 35) is installed on the surface of the first supporting portion which is in contact with the mounted member. Characterize.

[0010]

When this mounting device is inserted into the elongated hole of the main body case to be fixed and temporarily fixed, it projects inside the main body case due to the elastic force of the holding piece, and the first surface is provided on the outer surface side of the main body case. The protrusion amount is about the thickness of the support portion. Therefore, in the main body case, the main body case is inserted into the through hole formed on the attached member side, and the main body case is held on the lower surface side of the attached member while operating means such as a finger or a driver on the second support portion. When it is hooked and pulled down, the attachment device slides down the long hole portion and descends. Then, the tip end of the first support portion hits the inner surface side of the mounted member while opening, but when the second support portion is further lowered, the first support portion spreads from the main body case to the mounted member side. , Is fixed by forming an inclined surface between the main body case and the member to be attached. As a result, the main body case is firmly fixed and attached to the attached member.

When the second supporting portion is pulled up, the first
The expanded state of the support portion is released, the second support portion enters the inside of the main body case, and at the same time, the first support portion contacts the outer wall surface side of the main body case, and the fixation of the main body case is released. As a result, the main body case can be removed from the attached member.

Therefore, since this mounting device has a small number of parts, has a simple structure, and has good operability, it can contribute to simplification of the mounting work of the lighting fixture.

Further, the mounting device is held in contact with the peripheral surface of the main body case of the lighting fixture in a temporarily fixed state in the main body case, and the amount of protrusion thereof is about the thickness of the first support portion. Therefore, when mounting the main body case, the main body case to which the mounting device has been temporarily fixed can be inserted into the mounting hole of the mounted member, which facilitates the mounting of the mounting device and facilitates the mounting work of the main body case. Moreover, since it becomes easy, the member to be attached is not damaged.

When the slip preventing means is installed on the surface of the first supporting portion which is in contact with the mounted member, the first supporting portion is firmly fixed to the mounted member by the slip preventing means. Therefore, the mounting strength of the main body case is further enhanced.

[0015]

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a lighting fixture mounting device of the present invention. A main body case 2 of this lighting fixture has a cylindrical shape, and is inserted into a mounting hole 6 formed in a ceiling member 4 as a mounted member and mounted in a plane of the ceiling member 4 in an embedded state. That is, this is the general mounting state of the downlight. In this case, the main body case 2 does not have to be circular as in the embodiment, and may be spherical or rectangular tube-shaped.

A pair of slits facing each other in the major axis direction, that is, a long hole portion 8 is formed on the side wall portion of the main body case 2, and the attachment device 10 can be easily inserted into the upper portion of the long hole portion 8. For this purpose, a rectangular through hole portion 12 is formed that is continuous with the long hole portion 8 and has a width larger than that of the long hole portion 8.

Next, FIG. 2 shows the mounting device 10. The mounting device 10 of this embodiment includes a first support portion 14,
The second supporting portion 16, the penetrating portion 18, the holding piece 20, and the locking piece 22 are formed by one spring plate. Depending on the processing method, it is possible to integrate a plurality of members by means such as welding.

The support portion 14 is a flat plate-like member which is installed between the outer wall portion of the main body case 2 and the inner side surface of the ceiling member 4 in an inclined manner. A seat portion 24 having a T-shape for fixing to the upper surface of the ceiling member 4 is formed on the support portion 14. The seating portion 24 is formed by bending the lower end portion of the support portion 14 into an L-shape, and includes a cut-and-raised piece 26 protruding inside the support portion 14. The cut-and-raised piece 26 is formed by forming a through hole 28 in the support portion 14 and a part of the support portion 14 in the through hole 28, and enlarging the area of the seating portion 24 and the ceiling member 4. It is possible to increase the coefficient of friction and prevent slippage due to the edge of the cut-and-raised piece 26 biting into the ceiling member 4, thereby increasing a large fixing strength.

The supporting portion 16 is formed continuously with the supporting portion 14 and is installed on the inner surface side of the main body case 2. The penetrating portion 18 connects the supporting portions 14 and 16 at the upper portion, and
It is a narrow portion that can penetrate through. Also, the holding piece 20
Is cut and raised from the support portion 16 and bent and pressed into the support portion 14 side in an L-shape.
It is a means for fixing 6 to the main body case 2.

The locking piece 22 is cut and raised from the supporting portion 14, forms an acute angle with the supporting portion 14, and its tip is inserted into the locking window 30 formed in the supporting portion 16. The edge of the locking window 30 is bent into an L-shape and locked to the edge of the locking window 30. Therefore, the support portions 14 and 16 have an acute angle, but the angle is limited by the locking piece 22.

Next, a method of manufacturing the mounting device 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, after the rectangular spring plate 32 is cut at the position indicated by the solid line a, the broken line b and the alternate long and short dash line c are used. By bending the part shown,
And the mounting device 10 shown in FIG. 4 can be assembled. By processing with one spring plate 32, the spring plate 3
The elasticity of 2 greatly contributes to the realization of appropriate fixing strength or holding strength.

Next, the mounting of the main body case 2 of the lighting fixture using the mounting device 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5A, the mounting device 10 is temporarily fixed to the main body case 2. This temporary fixing can be performed at a place different from the ceiling member 4. Also, the temporarily fixed mounting device 10
Is held in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the main body case 2 of the lighting fixture, and the protruding amount thereof is about the thickness of the support portion 14.
Then, the body case 2 is inserted into the mounting hole 6 of the ceiling member 4 by the arrow a.
Then, the main body case 2 is held in the plane of the ceiling member 4 as shown in FIG. 5B. In this state, since the mounting device 10 is held by the main body case 2 by the elastic force of the holding piece 20, as shown in FIG. 6C, a finger or a screwdriver or the like is attached to the penetrating portion 18 of the mounting device 10. When pushed down by the operating means, the attachment device 10 slides down while the tip of the support portion 14 opens.

When the lowering reaches the limit point, that is, the ceiling member 4, the supporting portion 14 touches and stops the lowering, and the supporting portion 14 expands in the direction shown by the arrow c, and the outer surface of the main body case 2 is opened. It will protrude to the side. At this time, the support portion 16 is pressed against the inner wall surface side of the main body case 2, and as shown in FIG. 6D, the main body case 2 is firmly fixed and attached to the inner surface side of the ceiling member 4. In this case, since the flange 3 is formed on the lower surface side of the main body case 2, the ceiling member 4 is strongly fixed in a state of being sandwiched between the flange 3 and the support portion 14 of the mounting device 10. .

In the supporting portion 14 projecting to the outer wall side of the main body case 2, the edge portion 15 at the upper end bites into the wall surface side of the main body case 2, and the seating portion 24 on the lower end portion thereof faces the ceiling member 4 side. Since it bites into and forms an inclined shape, it serves to enhance the fixing strength of the main body case 2.

Further, the mounting device 10 has a main body case 2
The support part 16 can be pulled up from the inside of the main body case 2, and the main body case 2 can be easily removed from the ceiling surface by this pulling up.

Next, FIGS. 7 (A) and 7 (B) show a second embodiment of the mounting apparatus of the lighting equipment of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the locking piece 22 cut and raised from the support portion 14 is used.
Is inserted into the locking window 30 formed in the support portion 16, and the edge thereof is bent into an L shape to be locked to the edge of the locking window 30, but as shown in FIG. The protrusions 31 may be formed so as to project to both sides of the end of the piece 22, and the end may be made to face the acute-angled valley 33 formed by the holding piece 20 and the support 16 that are bent from the support 16. . Then, in this attachment device 10, as shown in FIG. 7B, if the protrusion width of the protrusion 31 is made larger than the width of the elongated hole portion 8 of the main body case 2 so as not to come off, the locking piece. 22 can be pressed against the inner wall surface of the main body case 2 and locked. With this configuration, it is not necessary to provide the locking window 30 as in the first embodiment, and the main body case 2 can be attached to the ceiling member 4 with the same attachment strength as that in the above-described embodiment.

Next, FIGS. 8 (A) and 8 (B) show a third embodiment of the lighting fixture mounting apparatus of the present invention. In this embodiment, the locking piece 22 cut and raised from the support portion 14 is used.
The end portion of L is bent into an L shape to form a locking end portion 34, and the locking end portion 34 is hooked on the lower end side of the support portion 16 to lock. By doing this, the second
It is not necessary to provide the locking window 30 as in the case of the embodiment, and the main body case 2 is attached to the ceiling member 4 with the same mounting strength as that of the embodiment.
Can be attached.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a fourth embodiment of the lighting fixture mounting apparatus of the present invention. In order to increase the coefficient of friction between the ceiling member 4 and the support portion 14 to enhance the fixing strength, as shown in FIG. 9, rubber is used as a slip prevention means to increase the friction coefficient on the lower surface side of the seating portion 24. The coating 35 may be formed. The anti-slip means may be configured by an uneven surface formed by cutting and raising, a locking claw, or the like.

Next, FIG. 10 shows a fifth embodiment of the mounting apparatus of the lighting equipment of the present invention. In the first to fourth embodiments, the through hole 28 is formed and the cut-and-raised piece 26 is used as a part of the seat portion 24. However, as shown in FIG.
6 may be formed so that the edge portion 38 of the recess 36 is made to bite into the ceiling member 4 which is the member to be attached. By doing so, it is possible to supplement the contact area between the seating portion 24 and the ceiling member 4 and achieve sufficient fixing strength.

In each of the embodiments, the peripheral surface of the elongated hole portion 8 of the main body case 2 is made flat. However, along the elongated hole portion 8, an uneven portion which comes into contact with the edge portion 15 of the support portion 14 is formed. It may be formed and locked. By doing so, higher fixing strength can be realized.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The structure is simple, the handling is easy, and the operability is good, and the lighting fixture can be firmly attached to the member to be attached, the work efficiency of attaching the lighting fixture can be improved, and the safety can be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, since it can be temporarily fixed to the lighting fixture and conveyed to the mounting hole of the mounted member, and the protruding amount of the mounting device is about the thickness of the supporting portion, operability is improved. In addition, the surface of the member to be mounted or the mounting hole is not damaged during the mounting or removing work.

Further, by installing the slip prevention means on the lower surface of the seat portion, the mounting strength of the lighting fixture can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a lighting fixture mounting device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the attachment device for the lighting fixture shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a development view showing the processing of the lighting fixture attachment device shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the attachment device shown in FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view showing a method of mounting the lighting fixture by the mounting device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounting step following the mounting method shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a second embodiment of the mounting device of the lighting equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a third embodiment of the lighting fixture attaching device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a fourth embodiment of the attachment device of the lighting equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a fifth embodiment of the lighting fixture attachment device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Main body case 4 Ceiling member (attached member) 6 Mounting hole 14 First support portion 16 Second support portion 18 Penetration portion 20 Holding piece 22 Locking hole 35 Rubber coating (slip prevention means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mounting device for a lighting fixture, which is inserted into a mounting hole of a member to be mounted and mounted, comprising: an outer wall portion of a main body case of the lighting device inserted into the mounting hole of the member to be mounted; A first support part that is installed to be inclined between the member and a second support part that is integrated with the first support part and that is installed inside the main body case; A penetrating part formed between the supporting part and the first supporting part and penetrating the elongated hole part of the main body case; and a press-cutting part from the second supporting part, which is pressed against the inner wall part of the main body case. And a holding piece for holding the first and second supporting portions on the main body case, cut and raised from the first supporting portion, and inserted into the main body case from the elongated hole portion of the main body case. First
An attachment device for a lighting fixture, comprising: a locking piece for locking the support part of the main body case. 2. When inserting the main body case into the mounting hole of the mounted member, the protrusion amount of the first support portion temporarily fixed to the main body case from the outer peripheral surface of the main body case is: The mounting device for a lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein the thickness is about the thickness of the first support portion. 3. The mounting device for a lighting fixture according to claim 1, wherein a slip prevention means is installed on a surface of the first support portion which is in contact with the mounted member.