JP3249593B2 - Automatic flasher for garden light - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic blinker for a garden light.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 shows a completed view of a garden lighting device, in which a pole stand 1 is erected from the ground, and a lower cover 3 in which a lighting device 2 is disposed on an upper surface and a lower portion of a main body 4 having a built-in automatic flasher on a lower surface. Is provided. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the automatic blinker. The main body 4 and the main body mounting bracket 5 are attached to the lower surface of the lower cover 3. A timer time setting volume 7 provided on a printed circuit board block 6 on which a lighting circuit unit is mounted is fixed to a volume mounting plate 8 with a nut 9.

Then, a load lead wire 10 from the lighting fixture 2 and a power supply wire 11 inserted through the pole stand 1 are connected to the printed board block 6 by soldering. The dial 12 is attached to the volume 7. Further, the printed circuit board block 6 is mounted on the daylighting cover 13 and inserted into the main body 4 together with the volume mounting plate 8. Then, the printed board block 6 is covered with the back plate cover 14, and the back plate 15 is fixed to the main body 4 with the mounting screws 16. Further, the power supply line 11 protected by the protection tube 17 is
And it is screw-fixed to the back plate 15 by the screw 19.

[0004] In this manner, the main body 4 containing the automatic blinker is fixed to the lower cover 3. When the ambient illuminance becomes a certain illuminance (for example, 20 lx or less), the lighting fixture 2
Is turned on, and when the time set by the timer time setting volume 7 (variable, for example, 2 to 10 hours) elapses, the lamp is turned off.

[0005] If the timer time setting volume 7 is set to "OFF", it has a function of turning on and off the lamp as a general automatic blinker.

[0006]

In such a conventional example, since an automatic blinker is constituted by various kinds of parts, gaps and the like are easily generated between the parts, and insects, water,
There was a risk that dust and the like would enter. In addition, there is a problem that since the number of components is large, the assemblability of the tool is very poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides an automatic blinker for a garden light for the purpose of improving insect repellency, waterproofing, dustproofing performance, and simplifying assembly. Is what you do.

[0008]

According to the present invention, a lighting fixture is disposed on an upper portion of a pole stand that stands upright from the ground, and the surrounding area is darkened between a lower surface of the lighting fixture and an upper portion of the pole stand. Sometimes in a garden light automatic flasher provided with an automatic flasher unit for lighting the lighting equipment, a lighting circuit part for automatically flashing the lighting equipment is hermetically sealed with a body and a cover, and a body and a cover. Has a one-touch assembly structure by fitting, and a lighting part is integrally formed at a portion corresponding to the lighting element of the lighting circuit part of the body or the cover to constitute an automatic blinker unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the connection terminal between the power lead and the load lead wire to the lighting equipment of the automatic blinker unit is a quick connection terminal.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the automatic flasher unit has a sealed structure with a body and a cover, thereby improving insect repellency, waterproofing and dustproof performance. It is possible to save construction work in assembling. Further, since the body and the cover have a one-touch assembling structure by fitting, the assembling becomes easy, and the screwlessness can be achieved.

In the second aspect, the connection terminal between the load lead wire and the power supply line to the lighting equipment of the automatic blinker unit is a quick connection terminal, so that the connection with the load lead wire and the power supply line is quick. And assemblability is improved.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The configuration of the garden light itself is the same as the conventional one as shown in FIG.
1 will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the automatic blinker unit 21, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the assembled automatic blinker unit 21. The body 22 is formed in a substantially box shape with an open lower surface, and elastically attached mounting pieces 23 are integrally formed on both sides.
Are provided with locking holes 24, respectively.

[0013] A part of the body 22 is integrally formed with a lighting part 25 for transmitting light for lighting the surrounding brightness. A cover 26 which is tightly covered and fitted to the body 22 is formed in a substantially box shape having an open upper surface, and has projections 27 fitted on the locking holes 24 of the body 22 on both sides thereof.
Are integrally formed.

A lighting element 29 made of CdS is mounted on a printed circuit board block 28 on which a lighting circuit section for lighting the lighting fixture is mounted. A connection terminal block 30 connected to a load lead wire of the lighting fixture is connected to a power supply block. A connection terminal block 31 connected to the wire is mounted. The timer time setting volume 7 is connected to the printed circuit board block 28 via a lead wire 32.

Here, the connection terminal blocks 30, 31
Has a quick-connecting terminal structure, in which a conductor of a load lead wire or a power supply line is simply inserted into a hole to be connected. For example, the inside of the connection terminal blocks 30 and 31
A terminal plate that comes into contact with the conductor, a lock spring that elastically contacts the conductor to the terminal plate, a release button that presses the lock spring in a direction opposite to the elastic contact direction to release the conductor, and the like are provided.

The automatic flasher unit 21 is thus:
It is composed of three parts, a body 22, a cover 26, and a printed circuit board block 28, and assembling is performed as shown in FIG.
The timer time setting volume 7 provided on the printed circuit board block 28 is screwed to the cover 26 with the nut 9. Then, the printed circuit board block 28 is mounted on the cover 26. Further, the protrusion 27 provided on the cover 26 is fitted into the locking hole 24 of the body 22 so that the body 22 and the cover 26
Can be assembled with one touch.

At this time, the ends of the connection terminal blocks 30 and 31 project from the side surface of the automatic blinker unit 21 to facilitate connection between the load lead wire and the power supply line. FIG.
The state in which the automatic blinker unit 21 is attached to the lower cover 3 is shown. First, the dial 12 is attached to the timer time setting volume 7 provided in the automatic blinker unit 21.

Next, a substantially cylindrical main body 4 and a substantially U-shaped main body mounting bracket 5 are mounted on the lower surface of the lower cover 3. Next, the connection terminal block 30, of the automatic blinker unit 21,
The load lead wire 10 and the power supply wire 11 are connected to 31 respectively. Then, the automatic blinker unit 21 is inserted into the main body 4 and screwed into the screw hole 33 of the mounting bracket 5 via the mounting screw 16 on the back plate 15, so that the automatic blinker unit 21 is inserted.
Is mounted in the main body 4.

Next, the power supply line 11 protected by the protection tube 17 is fixed to the tongue piece 34 of the back plate 15 with the holding metal fitting 18 and the screw 19. This completes the mounting of the automatic blinker unit 21. Figure 4 shows the automatic flasher unit 2
The circuit diagram of FIG. 1 shows that when the surroundings are bright, the resistance value of the daylighting element 29 made of CdS becomes low, so that the gate G ₁
The output of the L level, turning off the transistor Q _3,
Thyristor Q ₁ is turned off, the triac Q ₂ is also turned off and the lamp is turned off.

[0020] When the ambient is dark, the resistance value of the lighting element 29 is increased, the output of the gate G ₁ is an H level, the transistors Q _3, to turn on the thyristor Q _1, on the triac Q ₂ via the diode bridge DB do it,
Turn on the lamp. In addition, when the timer IC 35 is provided and the switch is “ON”,
The lamp is turned on only for the time set by the timer time setting volume 7, and the lamp is turned off when the timer time ends.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, a lighting fixture is arranged above a pole stand that stands upright from the ground, and the surrounding area becomes dark between the lower surface of the lighting fixture and the upper part of the pole stand. Sometimes in a garden light automatic flasher provided with an automatic flasher unit for lighting the lighting equipment, a lighting circuit part for automatically flashing the lighting equipment is hermetically sealed with a body and a cover, and a body and a cover. Is a one-touch assembly structure by fitting, and the lighting part is formed integrally with the body or the portion of the lighting circuit part of the cover corresponding to the lighting element to form the automatic blinker unit. In addition, the insect-proof, waterproof, and dust-proof performance is improved by adopting a closed structure with a cover and the unit. That. In addition, since the body and the cover have a one-touch assembling structure by fitting, the assembling is facilitated, and an effect that screwlessness can be achieved can be achieved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the connection terminal between the load lead wire and the power supply line to the lighting equipment of the automatic blinker unit is a quick connection terminal, the connection with the load lead wire and the power supply line can be made quickly. And assemblability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an automatic blinker unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the automatic blinker unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view when the automatic blinker unit is assembled to a main body.

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the automatic blinker unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a view showing a garden light fixture.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional automatic blinker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pole stand 2 Lighting equipment 3 Lower cover 7 Timer time setting volume 21 Automatic blinker unit 22 Body 23 Mounting piece 24 Locking hole 25 Lighting part 26 Cover 27 Projection 28 Printed circuit board block 29 Lighting element 30 Connection terminal block 31 Connection terminal block

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FIF21S 1/10 E (72) Inventor Hayao Takeuchi 1048 Ojidoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (56) References JP Hei 6-12951 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model 57-168103 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 52-130985 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Utility Model 53-150090 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Utility Model 59-101364 (JP , U) Shokai Sho 62-188010 (JP, U) Shoji Sho 41-20140 (JP, Y1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) F21S 8/08 F21V 23/00 H05B 37/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A lighting device is provided above a pole stand that stands upright from the ground, and an automatic lighting device is provided between a lower surface of the lighting device and an upper portion of the pole stand to turn on the lighting device when the surroundings become dark. In a garden light automatic flasher equipped with a flasher unit, the lighting circuit for automatically flashing the lighting equipment is sealed and covered with the body and cover, and the body and cover are fitted with a one-touch assembly structure. ,
An automatic blinker for a garden light, wherein an automatic blinker unit is formed by integrally forming a lighting section at a portion corresponding to a lighting element of a lighting circuit section of a body or a cover. 2. The automatic flasher for a garden light according to claim 1, wherein a connection terminal of a load lead wire and a power supply line to the lighting device of the automatic flasher unit is a quick connection terminal.