JP7724751B2 - lattice - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a lattice structure such as a deck fence with lighting functionality.

Fences with lighting functions have been known in the past.

Patent No. 5552444

There is a demand for improved construction ease for fences with lighting functions.

The purpose of this invention is to improve the ease of construction of fences with lighting functions.

One embodiment comprises a lattice and a lighting device. The lighting device has a lighting mounting member attached to one side of the lattice, a lighting mounting member cover attached to the lighting mounting member, and a lighting device. The lighting mounting member has a lighting device mounting groove that opens toward the inner periphery and is fixed to one end edge along the longitudinal direction of the lattice. The lighting mounting member cover covers the fixing portion of the lighting mounting member, and the lighting device is a lattice body placed in the lighting device mounting groove.

According to this embodiment, construction of fences with lighting functions can be improved.

FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a deck fence according to an embodiment. 1A and 1B are diagrams of a deck fence according to an embodiment, in which FIG. 1A is a partially enlarged front view, and FIG. 1B is a longitudinal cross-sectional view. 1A and 1B are diagrams of the deck fence of an embodiment, in which (a) is a diagram of the deck fence as seen from the front, (b) is a diagram of the deck fence as seen from the inner periphery, and (c) is a cross-sectional view. FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the upper portion of the deck fence of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an exploded vertical cross-sectional view of the upper portion of the deck fence according to the embodiment. 1A and 1B are enlarged views of a portion of the deck fence according to the embodiment, and are cross-sectional views of the vicinity of the connection between the support and the lighting device.

The fence of the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings, using an example of a deck fence installed on a deck located outside a building.
In the following explanation, the left-right direction when looking at the deck fence from the building side (inside) is referred to as the "face direction," the side closer to the center of the deck fence in the face direction is referred to as the "inner perimeter side," and the opposite side is referred to as the "outer perimeter side." The inward-outward direction of the deck fence is referred to as the "face direction" or width direction, with the inside of the deck fence referred to as the "inside" and the outside as the "outside."

(Overall structure of deck fence)
As shown in Figure 1, the deck fence of this embodiment has a plurality of (three) posts 1, a coping 2 supported across the upper ends of the posts 1, and a plurality of (2 x 4) grids 3 supported horizontally between the posts 1, 1. Note that the number of posts and grids is not limited.

The support pillar 1 is made of a metal material such as an aluminum alloy, and is a long hollow member having a rectangular cross section.
The coping 2 is made of a metal material such as aluminum alloy, and is a long, hollow member with a rectangular cross section. It is placed on the top surface of each support 1 and fixed to the support 1 by support joints 22. Resin end caps 2a are attached to both end faces of the coping 2.

The lattice 3 is made of a metal material such as an aluminum alloy, and is a long member with a flat, hollow cross section, and is attached between the sides of the supports 1, 1 via pins 7.
Of the multiple lattices 3, the lattice 3 attached highest has a lighting device 5 attached along its upper end, and the lighting device 5 is connected to a power source (not shown) via wiring 54 arranged inside the support 1.
The grid body having the lighting device 5 attached to the top of the grid 3 will be described in more detail below.

(lattice)
As shown in Figure 2, the lattice 3 has an inner wall 3a, an outer wall 3b, an upper wall 3c, and a bottom wall 3d, and is a long member with a rectangular hollow cross section that is long in the vertical direction and short in the prospective direction.It has a partition wall 3e near the center in the vertical direction that separates the hollow section, and a tapping hole 3f is provided in the partition wall 3e.

The attachment 7 is made of a metal material such as an aluminum alloy, and is a long, flat member with multiple lattices 3 attached to one side (the inner surface) and the other side (the outer surface) positioned and fixed to the inner surface of the support 1, thereby serving as an attachment aid that can attach multiple lattices 3 to the support 1.
The upper and lower ends of the pin 7 fixed to the support 1 are covered by an upper pin cap 71 and a lower pin cap 72 .

As shown in FIG. 3, the attachment piece 7 has a flat mounting portion 7a on the outer side in the width direction, and a lattice mounting portion 7b that is continuous with the inner side in the width direction of the mounting portion 7a and protrudes in the inner circumferential direction.
The attachment piece 7 has screw holes 7e formed at appropriate positions in the vertical direction of the mounting portion 7a to fix the attachment piece 7 to the support 1, and screw holes 7f formed at positions corresponding to the positions where the lattice 3 is attached to the lattice mounting portion 7b.

The attachment piece 7 has inner and outer positioning ribs 7g, 7h on the inner periphery of the grid mounting portion 7b. The end face of the grid 3 is abutted against the grid mounting portion 7b of the attachment piece 7, and the grid 3 is attached vertically by threading a screw (fixing means) b2 into the tapping hole 3f from the outer periphery through the screw hole 7f.

The attachment 7, to which multiple lattices 3, 3 are attached, is placed along the side of the support 1 and fixed to the support 1 by screwing a screw (fixing means) b1 through the screw hole 7e, attaching multiple lattices 3, 3 between the supports 1, 1.

Of the multiple lattices 3 installed between the supports 1, 1, the uppermost lattice 3 has a lighting device 5 attached to its upper end that emits light downward.

(Lighting equipment)
As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the lighting device 5 has a lighting mounting member 51 attached to the upper end portion of one side of the lattice 3 (the outer side in the deck fence of this embodiment) along the longitudinal direction of the lattice 3, a lighting mounting member cover 52 attached to the lighting mounting member 51, and an LED light (lighting equipment) 50 held by the lighting mounting member 51.

The lighting mounting member 51 has a lighting equipment mounting groove 51a that opens downward (toward the inner periphery), a mounting wall portion 51b formed by extending one side wall (outer side) of the lighting equipment mounting groove 51a toward the outer periphery, an outer wall portion 51c that continues from the outer periphery edge of the mounting wall portion 51b, and an inner wall portion 51d formed by extending outward from the inner periphery edge of one side wall of the lighting equipment mounting groove 51a.

The lighting fixture 51 has locking projections 51e and 51f on the outer peripheral side surface of the outer peripheral wall portion 51c and the inner peripheral side surface of the inner peripheral wall portion 51d, respectively, for locking the lighting fixture cover 52.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lighting fixture 51 has an opening 51g for passing wiring to the lighting fixture 50 in one side wall of the lighting fixture mounting groove 51a near the end in the view direction.

The lighting device 50 of the deck fence in this embodiment uses a long LED light, and is arranged in the lighting device mounting groove 51a of the lighting mounting material 51 so that it emits light downward. Note that the lighting device 50 is not limited to a long LED light, and multiple lights may be arranged side by side with spaces between them.

The lighting mounting member 51 on which the lighting device 50 is mounted is positioned so that the other (inner) side wall of the lighting device mounting groove 51a and the inner end of the outer peripheral wall portion 51c abut along the upper edge (one edge) of the outer surface of the lattice 3, and is fixed to the lattice 3 from the outside with screws (fixing means) b3.

The lighting fixture cover 52 has a top plate portion 52a, a bottom plate portion 52c, and an outer wall portion 52b connecting the top plate portion 52a and the bottom plate portion 52c, with locking claws 52d and 52e provided on the inner ends of the top plate portion 52a and the bottom plate portion 52c.

The lighting device 5 is assembled by attaching the lighting mounting material cover 52 from the outside to the lighting mounting material 51 fixed to the lattice 3, so that the locking claws 52d, 52e of the lighting mounting material cover 52 engage with the locking protrusions 51e, 51f of the lighting mounting material 51.
The lighting device 5 has a lighting mounting material cover 52 attached to the lighting mounting material 51, so that the fixing portion of the lighting mounting material 51, which is fixed by screws b3 etc., is covered by the lighting mounting material cover 52, and a space s1 is formed on the widthwise outside of the lighting equipment mounting groove 51a.

(wiring for lighting equipment)
The support 1 and the base 7 of the deck frame have openings 1a and 7p, respectively, near the upper end of the top lattice 3, through which the wiring 54 of the lighting device 5 passes. As shown in Figure 6, the wiring 54 passed through the support 1 enters the space s1 of the lighting device 5 from the openings 1a and 7p provided in the support 1 and the base 7, and is connected to the lighting equipment 50.
If necessary, a spacer 8 may be placed between the lighting fixture cover 52 and the mounting portion 7a of the base 7, and in that case, an opening should be provided in the spacer 8 to allow the wiring 54 to pass through.

The lighting device 5 is equipped with dry cones 55 at appropriate locations to protect against rainwater.

(Effects of the deck frame of this embodiment)
The deck frame of this embodiment is provided with a lighting device 5 that illuminates downward along the upper end of the lattice 3, allowing users to recognize the end of the deck, etc. on which the deck frame is installed, thereby improving safety.

The deck frame of this embodiment allows for the retrofitting of lighting devices 5 to conventional lattices 3. Furthermore, the fixing parts of the lighting mounting material 51, such as screws b3, used to attach the lighting devices 5 to the lattices 3 are covered with a lighting mounting material cover 52, preventing corrosion of the fixing parts and improving workability and design.

In this embodiment, the deck frame has a space s1 formed by the lighting mounting material 51 and the lighting mounting material cover 52 in the area adjacent to the lighting equipment mounting groove 51a in which the lighting equipment 50 is placed. Therefore, by removing the lighting mounting material cover 52, wiring work for the lighting equipment 50 can be performed, improving workability.

In this embodiment of the deck frame, the lighting mounting material 51 fits within the projected width of the mounting portion 7a of the base 7 in the projected direction, and the entire lattice 3 including the lighting device 5 can fit within the projected width of the base 7, allowing for compact storage.

It goes without saying that the above embodiments do not limit the invention described in the claims, but are to be treated as examples.
For example, the lighting device may be attached to the bottom edge of the grid, not just the top edge.

1: Support 3: Lattice 5: Lighting device 50: Lighting equipment 51: Lighting mounting material 51a: Lighting equipment mounting groove 52: Lighting mounting material cover s1: Space

Claims (1)

a grid and a lighting device;
The lighting device includes a lighting fixture attached to one side of the lattice, a lighting fixture cover attached to the lighting fixture, and a lighting device;
The lighting fixture has a lighting equipment mounting groove that opens toward the inner periphery and is fixed to one end edge along the longitudinal direction of the lattice, and the lighting fixture cover covers the fixing portion of the lighting fixture,
The lighting device has a grid body disposed in the lighting device mounting groove.