JPS6053402B2 - Standing light device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a standing light device having a standing light main body and a holder for hanging and holding the main body against a wall surface or the like.

Generally, in this type of device, when the main body of the standing light is attached and held in the holder, the normally closed push-button switch provided on the main body is opened and the lamp is in a standby state, that is, the light is turned off, and it is kept on standby in case of an emergency. When the lamp body is removed from the holder, the push button switch is closed and the lamp is automatically turned on.

By the way, it would be convenient if the above-mentioned standing light device could be used as a general flashlight or wall lighting, but with the above configuration, if the standing light body is removed from the holder, the lamp remains lit, and the lamp can be turned on at will. It cannot function as a flashlight that requires blinking control, and on the other hand, the lamp will not light unless the standing light is removed from the holder, so it can also be used as wall lighting for stairs and hallways. Yes, I can.
Currently, its use is limited to its original purpose of emergency lighting.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and has excellent functionality as an emergency light by combining a simple switch mechanism and a holder that holds the main body of the standing light in a removable and movable manner. Of course, it is a simple standing light that can be used as a general flashlight when the standing light body is removed from the holder, and can also be used for wall lighting when the standing light body is attached to the holder. The purpose is to provide equipment.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a standing light main body, and 2 is a holder for hanging the standing light main body 1 on a wall surface or the like.

The above-mentioned standing light main body 1 includes, for example, a cylindrical battery case 3 made of synthetic resin, a translucent illumination part case 5 screwed onto a screw part 4 formed at the front opening edge of the battery case 3,
It consists of a cap 8 that is screwed onto a screw portion 6 formed at the rear opening edge of the battery case 3 to close the battery exchange port 7.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a lamp disposed inside the illumination unit case 5. In order to increase the visibility of the light from this lamp 9, the case 5 is
A large number of small annular lenses 10 are formed on the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the lens.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a metal receiving body for holding the lamp 9; 12, an insulating substrate installed in the battery case 3; the metal receiving body 11 is held at the tip of a conductive support member 13 fixed to the insulating substrate 12; has been done.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a lead body fixed to the insulating substrate 12 with conductive rivets 15, the tip of which is connected to one electrode plate 9 of the lamp 9.
The electrode 9a of the lamp 9 is electrically connected to the anode terminal 17a of the battery 17 housed in the battery case 3 by the lead body 14 and the rivet 15. It is connected to the.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a conductive battery pressing spring attached to the cap 8, and one end of a lead piece 19 disposed along the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the battery case 3 is electrically connected to the spring 18. There is.

The other end of the lead piece 19 is electrically connected to the conductive support member 13 side via a switch mechanism 20 that constitutes a part of the lighting circuit A together with the lead piece 19 and the like. That is, the other electrode portion 9b of the lamp 9 is connected to the cathode terminal portion 17b of the battery 17 via the support member 13, the switch mechanism 20, the lead piece 19, the battery pressing spring 18, etc.
is electrically connected to. Reference numeral 21 denotes an operation button that is slidably fitted to the peripheral wall of the battery case 3 and turns the switch mechanism 20 ON and OFF. It is designed to be slid to the 0N position of No. 2.

Reference numerals 22 and 22 denote a pair of elastic arms formed on the holder 2, each having an engaging convex portion 23 formed at its tip.

24 is the circumference of the battery case 3. The above-mentioned standing lamp main body 1 is connected to the above-mentioned pair of elastic arms 22, 2 by an engagement recess formed on the outer surface of the wall.
By inserting the elastic arm pieces 22 between the elastic arm pieces 22 and 22 and locking the engaging convex portions 23 of the elastic arm pieces 22, the standing lamp body 1 is attached and held to the holder 2.

The engagement recess 24 is formed in a long groove shape along the operating direction of the operating button 21, which is the axial direction of the main body 1 in this embodiment. Each position corresponding to the 0N position and the second 0N position (
The main body 1 is axially movably held at the solid line and one-dot chain line positions in FIG. 3). Reference numeral 25 denotes a protrusion formed in the engagement recess 24 to regulate the position of the engagement protrusion.

26 and 27 are the base 2a of the holder 2 and the operation button 2
Both 2 and 21 formed on the operation surface 21a of 1, respectively.
The engaging portion is adapted to be engaged and disengaged at the first ON position of the operation button 21.

In this embodiment, the engaging portion 26 on the holder 2 side is configured with a concave portion, and the engaging portion 26 on the operation button 21 side is configured with a convex portion, but these may have the opposite configuration. The switch mechanism 20 is
To explain it in the figure, 28 is a fixed contact piece formed at the other end of the lead piece 19, 29 is a movable contact piece connected to the support member 13, and both 28 and 29 constitute a normally closed contact S. are doing.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a movable body that interlocks with the operation button 21. A protrusion 31 is integrally formed on the movable body 30, and when the operation button 21 is slid to the 0FF position, the movable contact piece 29 The movable contact piece 29 is set to be separated from the fixed contact piece 28 by pressing the formed bent portion 32.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a driver which is fitted into a through hole 34 formed in the peripheral wall of the battery case 3 so that it can be projected and retracted, and is fixed to the proximal end side of the movable contact piece 29, so that a spring force is always applied in the projecting direction. energized.

This driver 29 is configured such that when the standing lamp main body 1 with the operation button 21 set to the first 0N position is attached and held in the holder 2,
The movable contact piece 29 is retracted against the spring force to separate from the fixed contact piece 28, and the lighting circuit A is opened, that is, set to a lighting standby state. This is the above body 1
It is also possible to form it on the holder 2 side as long as it does not hinder the axial movement of the holder. 35 is a stopper portion of the drive element 33.

36 is a substantially U-shaped contact piece fixed to the operation button 21 side, and this contact piece 36 is used when the operation button 21 is slid to the second 0N position by the axial movement of the standing lamp body 1. When the movable contact piece 29 comes into contact with the movable contact piece 29, the movable contact piece 29
is electrically connected to the fixed contact piece 28.

In addition, in FIG. 2, 37 is a conductive spring receiver. In the above configuration, if the operation button 21 is set to the first ON position shown in FIG. 26,2
7 is engaged, and the main body 1 is mounted and held on the holder 2.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 5, the driver 33 is pressed against the inner surface of the base 2a of the holder 2 and moves the movable contact piece 29 away from the fixed contact piece 28, so the lighting circuit A is opened and the lamp is turned off. 9 is turned off in the lighting standby state. Conversely, when the standing lamp body 1 is removed from the holder 2, the movable contact piece 29 returns to its original position as shown in FIG. 4, so the lamp 9 lights up.
It is used as an emergency light. Furthermore, when removing the standing light main body 1, if the operation button 21 is slid in the direction of arrow A and set to the 0FF position shown in FIG.
Since the protrusion 31 of the movable body 30 hits the bent portion 32 of the movable contact piece 29 and separates the movable contact piece 29 from the fixed contact piece 28, the lamp 9 is turned off.

That is, in this case, the standing light main body 1 can be used alone as a flashlight. When using it as a flashlight, press operation button 21.
If the drive element 33 is operated to push and retract with the drive element 33 set at the first ON position, the light of the lamp can also be made to blink like a signal light. In particular, the installed state of the above-mentioned standing light main body 1,
In other words, when the lamp 9 is in the lighting standby state, the driver 33
Although the movable contact piece 29 is pushed away from the fixed contact piece 28 by being pressed by , 27, the operation button 21 is moved relative to the main body 1 and set to the second 0N position, and the movable contact piece 29 is brought into fixed contact via the contact piece 36. Since it is electrically connected to the piece 28, the lighting circuit A is closed and the lamp 9 is turned on.

That is, in this case, the lamp 9 is lit while the main body 1 of the standing light is attached to the holder 2, and this light can be used as wall illumination. The lighting operation at this time is not by operating the relatively small operation button 21, but by
Since you can move the shaft with a single touch, it is easy to operate and can be turned on quickly. Moreover, this lighting operation has the advantage of serving as an operation check to prevent battery capacity shortages in emergencies. Note that the switch mechanism 20 in the above embodiment is
The structure is such that the lighting circuit A is opened and closed by shifting it to the FF position and the first and second ON positions.
The structure is not limited to this, but as long as the lighting circuit can be opened and closed by moving the main body of the standing light with respect to the holder when it is attached to the holder, other switch mechanisms can be used as appropriate. It can be adopted.

As described above, the present invention allows the main body of the standing light, which is detachably attached to the holder, to be held so as to be movable in the operating direction of the operating button of the switch mechanism for opening/closing the lighting circuit, and allows the main body to be displaced in the attached state. Since the lamp can be turned on, it not only works reliably as an emergency light, but also can be easily operated to generate light for wall lighting, and is also versatile enough to be used as a flashlight on its own. It is possible to provide a simple standing light device having the following functions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a standing light device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the same, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the holding structure of the holder in the device, and FIG. The enlarged sectional view of part B and FIGS. 5 to 7 are explanatory views of the operation of the switch mechanism related to FIG. 4. 1... Standing light body, 2... Holder, 9
... Lamp, 20 ... Switch mechanism, 21
......Operation button, 26, 27...Engagement part, A
・・・・・・Lighting circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A standing light body 1 with a built-in lighting circuit A for a lamp 9;
a switch mechanism 20 for opening and closing the lighting circuit A; an operation button 21 for turning on and off the switch mechanism 20;
A holder 2 that holds the main body 1 detachably and movably in the operating direction of the operating button 21; The engaging portions 26 and 27 of both 2 and 21 that engage in the installed state
When the main body 1 is attached to the holder 2, the lighting circuit A is opened to a lighting standby state, and the main body 1 is moved relative to the operating button 21 in the operating direction in the engaged state. A standing light device in which the switch mechanism 20 is configured to close the lighting circuit A when the lighting circuit A is turned on.