JP2774389B2 - Lighting equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for mounting a reflector,
The present invention relates to a lighting device provided with a tiltable socket mount following the mounting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional lighting device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 58-18166 when a socket mount is mounted. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a lighting device, 2 denotes a fixture main body (hereinafter, referred to as a main body),
a and a side wall 2b are formed in a U-shape, and locking holes 3 are formed at two locations on the upper surface corner C at the side end. Numeral 4 denotes a socket mount having a substantially V-shaped cross section.
The locking pieces 4 are provided at two positions on the upper end corresponding to the locking holes 3.
b, 4b are provided by bending in an L-shape.
The b and 4b are engaged with the locking holes 3 of the main body 2 and are tiltably locked. Reference numeral 4d denotes a substantially U-shaped bent piece provided at a side end of the socket mount 4, and holds the side end of the side wall 2b of the main body 2 with a gap. A lamp socket 5 is attached to the other oblique piece 4c.

[0003] The conventional illuminating device is configured as described above. The tilting range of the socket mounting base 4 after being locked to the main body 2 is regulated by the bent piece 4 d, and an unillustrated attachment to the main body 2 is performed. The installation of the reflector is easy. In other words, the socket 5 is mounted on the main body 2 by projecting the socket 5 from a reflector having a substantially V-shaped cross section having an insertion hole for the socket 5 (not shown). The socket 5 is positioned in the direction to facilitate the insertion of the socket 5, and when the mounting of the reflection plate is completed, the socket 5 is slightly inclined outwardly following the insertion hole of the reflection plate, and is positioned.

[0004]

Since the conventional example is configured as described above, when the socket mounting base 4 is inserted into and engaged with the main body 2, if the bent piece 4d is bent, the mounting is not performed. Therefore, before mounting the socket mount 4, it was necessary to bend the bent piece 4d formed on the same plane as the oblique piece 4a after mounting. To attach the bent piece 4d in a bent state, the locking piece 4b is not bent and the locking hole 3d is attached.
In this case, it is necessary to insert the socket mounting base 4 and then bend it. In any case, it is necessary to perform the work of bending the work after the socket mounting base 4 is mounted, and the equipment is required. In addition, this bending work is extremely difficult. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and is provided with a bent piece or a locking piece formed on the socket mounting base for tilting control after the mounting of the socket mounting base. An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device that can easily attach and lock a socket mounting base to a device main body without particularly requiring a bending process, and can accurately control tilting of the socket mounting base.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, a lighting device according to the present invention has an appliance body having a trough-shaped corner having a U-shaped cross section, and a locking hole formed in the corner of the appliance body. A socket mounting base having a substantially V-shaped cross-section having a locking piece inserted and locked into the locking hole, and a V-shaped cross-section provided with a through-hole for the lamp socket; In a lighting device comprising a reflector plate, a lamp socket is disposed on one oblique portion of the socket mounting base having a substantially V-shaped cross section, and the other oblique portion is bent substantially at a right angle to the upper end of the oblique portion. The locking piece provided in this manner and a tilt regulating piece that regulates a tilting range of the locking piece inserted and locked in the locking hole adjacent to the locking piece are formed side by side to form the object. Is to achieve.

[0007]

The lighting device according to the present invention having the above-described structure has a cross section V in which a lamp socket is provided on one oblique piece.
At the upper end of the other oblique piece of the letter-shaped socket mounting base, a locking piece bent at a substantially right angle and a tilt restricting piece adjacent to the locking piece for restricting the tilting of the socket mounting base with respect to the appliance body. Since it is formed side by side, the tilting range of the socket mounting base is regulated by the contact between the tilt regulating piece and the side plate of the instrument main body, and the reflector is easily and appropriately mounted and held on the instrument main body.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Construction) FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a lighting device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of the above embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a main part of the illumination device, similarly showing a state after mounting the reflector of the above embodiment. The same or corresponding parts as in the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, reference numeral 1A denotes a lighting device, 2c is provided to protrude from an upper surface U of a fixture main body (hereinafter referred to as a main body) 2, and together with reinforcement of the main body 2, a ceiling 9 and a main body 2 are provided.
4A is a socket mounting base (hereinafter referred to as a mounting base) formed of a metal plate such as a galvanized steel plate and has a substantially V-shaped cross section and is formed at the tip of one of the oblique pieces 4a. Two locking pieces 4b, 4 bent outward at substantially right angles
A tilt regulating piece (hereinafter, referred to as a regulating piece) 6 for regulating the tilt of the mounting base 4A formed by punching is provided in the middle of b.

On both sides of the distal end of the restricting piece 6, the restricting piece 6 is bent upright in a U-shape facing each other toward the inside of the oblique piece 4 a and formed in an arc shape from the distal end. A cut-out protruding piece 6a for restricting tilting is provided. 7 is a reflection plate, 8 is a socket 5 formed in the reflection plate 7
Is a through hole.

(Operation) The operation of the above configuration will be described. 2, first, the locking piece 4b of the socket mounting base 4A is inserted into the locking hole 3 of the main body 2, and when the locking piece 4b is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 6 is in contact with the side wall 2b of the main body 2, the restricting piece 6 is pressed toward the center of the main body 2, and the protruding piece 6a is turned to a substantially vertical position as shown by a solid line. Bent to the maximum. In this state, even if the rotation pressing force of the mounting base 4A is removed, the restricting piece 6 is slightly returned by the springback, but is maintained in a substantially bent deformed state. It can be extruded out of the oblique piece 4a and bent.

The mounting table 4 thus mounted on the main body 2
A can tilt freely to the center side of the main body 2, and its tilting range is from the state where the oblique piece 4 a is in contact with the side wall 2 b to the locking piece 4 b.
Until the bent surface of the body comes into contact with the main body upper plate 2a.

Here, mounting of the lighting device 1A will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the main body 2 is mounted on the ceiling 9 with the mounting base 4A mounted. Before the reflector 7 is mounted, the mounting table 4A is tilted toward the center of the main body 2 by its own weight, and the tilting range is restricted by the restriction piece 6. In this state, it is extremely easy to insert the socket 5 into the insertion hole 8 of the reflection plate 7. As shown in FIG. 4, the state after the reflector 7 has been mounted is the socket 5 mounted on the mounting base 4A.
Fits in the insertion hole 8 of the reflector 7 and the oblique piece 4 of the mounting base 4A.
is tilted toward the side wall 2a of the main body 2, the reflection plate 7 is positioned and held, and the position of the mounting table 4A is determined.

By providing the tilt restricting piece in this manner, the bending of the tilting restricting piece or the locking piece, which is conventionally required after the socket mounting base is attached to the instrument body, becomes unnecessary. The work and the processing equipment required for the work are not required.

In the above embodiment, the socket mount 4
Although the position of the restriction piece 6 of A is provided substantially at the center of the oblique piece 4a,
It is not limited to this position and may be provided at the end. Further, although the two protruding pieces 6a of the regulating piece 6 are provided to face each other, one piece may be provided, and the protruding piece 6a is formed in an arc shape, but may be spherical or angular. Can be acted upon.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, a lamp socket is provided on one oblique portion of a socket mounting base having a substantially V-shaped cross section, and a substantially right angle is provided on the upper end of the other oblique portion. Since the tilting restricting piece that regulates the tilting range of the locking piece inserted and locked in the locking hole adjacent to the bent locking piece is formed side by side, the socket mounting base is formed by the tilting restricting piece. The tilting range is properly regulated, eliminating the need to fold the bending pieces for tilting control and the locking pieces for the tilting control after mounting the socket mount. The processing equipment to be used becomes unnecessary.

As a result, it is possible to improve the productivity and reduce the cost of the lighting device by reducing the processing cost and the processing equipment cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a lighting device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a main part of the illumination device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of an operation of attaching a reflector to the lighting device of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of a main part of a lighting device in a state after the reflector is mounted in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part configuration showing a state in which a socket mounting base of a conventional illumination device is mounted.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1A Illumination device 2 Fixture main body 3 Locking hole 4A Socket mounting base 4a, 4c Oblique piece of socket mounting base 4b Locking piece 5 Lamp socket 6 Tilting restricting piece 7 Reflector C Corner of the figure The corresponding parts are shown.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Tadao Ishizaki 5-1-1, Ofuna, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Mitsubishi Electric Lighting Co., Ltd. ) Surveyed field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) F21V 19/00 350

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A tool body having a locking hole formed at a corner of a gutter-shaped gutter having a U-shaped cross section, and a locking piece inserted into the locking hole of the tool body and locked. And a reflector having a substantially V-shaped cross section in which a lamp socket is provided and a reflector having a V-shaped cross section provided with an insertion hole for the lamp socket. A lamp socket is disposed on one oblique piece of the socket mounting table, and the other oblique piece is provided with the locking piece provided by bending the upper end of the oblique piece at a substantially right angle and adjacent to the locking piece. And a tilt regulating piece that regulates a tilt range of the locking piece inserted and locked in the locking hole.