JPH0821241B2 - Warning display device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a warning display for bicycles, automobiles and other vehicles (hereinafter referred to as "vehicles, etc.") when worn on the worker's clothing or at a location where the belongings such as a bag are easily seen. The present invention relates to a warning display device for doing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to prevent accidents caused by passing vehicles and to ensure the safety of workers during work such as road construction on the road, the front and rear body parts of workers' clothes and the A warning display method such as sewn or pasted a retroreflective tape to a hat-shaped work jacket (hereinafter referred to as “work jacket”) or a hat or work equipment to be attached from It has been implemented.

[0003]

However, in the conventional warning display method, the display body is simply retroreflected by the external light, and it is reflected depending on the irradiation angle and the irradiation height of the external light to the display body. Since the directions are mixed, the reflected light from the display cannot be visually recognized, and in particular, depending on the reflective display attached to the clothes or work jacket worn by the worker who is constantly working, While it is difficult to clearly indicate the existence of workers,
There is a problem in that it cannot be visually recognized at all from a distance corresponding to the traveling speed of a vehicle or the like.

The present invention has been devised in view of the above problems, and can be easily mounted on a worker's clothing or a work jacket, and is provided with a self-luminous warning indicator lamp for a long distance. Provide a warning display device that can be viewed from a wide angle even from above, and has a simple structure and is lightweight
That is the purpose.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a warning display device according to the present invention comprises a worker's clothes or clothes.
Multiple flexible displays on work jackets and other work tools
A light and power supply are detachably attached,
A lamp made by molding a flexible indicator light with a flexible resin material.
Accommodates a flexible substrate with many light emitting elements mounted in the case
In addition, the front opening of the light emitting device is transparent or semi-transparent
Sealed with a resin lens made of a flexible resin material
The power supply device is provided in each flexible indicator light.
Wiring cord electrically connected to the light emitting element housed in
The point is that the power is controlled and supplied via the
It is something. In addition, a lamp forming the flexible indicator lamp
The case has a longitudinal surface that houses a flexible substrate on its upper surface.
An opening is formed, a resin lens is embedded in the opening, and the resin lens is
Convex edges on both sides of the opening to be higher on the surface of the lens
It is desirable to use the one formed by projecting.

[0006]

According to the above construction, it can be appropriately turned on, blinked, or turned off by wearing it on a worker's clothes, work jacket or the like, and the visibility of the driver or pedestrian of the passing vehicle is secured. Especially, the resin lens emits the radiated light of the light emitting element.
This resin lens can be diffused and emitted outside the case.
The uniform diffusion of light in the light emitting part is possible by the diffusion effect of
Can be. In addition, since the warning indicator light itself can be configured to be lightweight as a whole, even if it is worn by an operator, it does not become a heavy burden. In addition, the flexible indicator light
The ridges on both sides of the lamp case opening that form the
Those that are formed so as to be higher than the surface of the
While using the warning display device, other objects may come into contact with the resin lens surface.
To prevent many scratches on the light emitting surface,
It is possible to prevent a decrease in luminous efficiency.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a warning display device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The warning display device according to the present invention is
It is intended to be detachably attached to a worker's clothing, a work jacket or other work tools, and in particular, the illustrated embodiment is to be attached to a work jacket A worn by a worker on clothes as shown in FIG. It is structured to The work jacket A is generally worn by a road worker or the like for a driver such as a passing vehicle or the like to warn a driver or the like of the vehicle and warns the driver. At the abdomen of the operator, a band portion b that is detachably attached by a buckle a or the like is crossed up at the back of the operator and is raised, and from the cross connection portion c of the operator's back through the left and right front body portions of the operator. Is connected and fixed to the left and right abdomen of the band portion a.

FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment in which the warning display device according to the present invention can be mounted so as to correspond to the configuration of the work jacket A. The work jacket A is shown in FIG. The fixing jig 1 is attached to a portion corresponding to the cross connecting portion c of the side portions d and d that rise up to intersect with the back portion of the
And the fixing jig 1 is detachably fixed to the cross connecting portion c by an adhesive layer 2 such as a double-sided tape formed on the back surface thereof.
From the fixing jig 1 extending upward from the fixing jig 1 at the end portions of the connecting belts 3, 3 ... and located at the left and right rear body portions of the work jacket A. A pair of flexible indicator lamps 4 and 4 to be mounted as described above are also extended downward from the fixing jig 1, and the work jacket A
The pair of flexible indicator lights 4 and 4 mounted so as to be positioned on the left and right front body parts are connected to each other. It is to be noted that the flexible indicator lights 4, 4 ... Are not necessarily required to have four in terms of the configuration, and two such indicators may be provided in the left and right body parts, or one before and after the work jacket A, etc. It goes without saying that the number is not limited. Further, instead of the adhesive layer 2 formed on the back surface of the fixing jig 1, a hook or other fixing tool may be used to form the modification.

The connecting band 3 is a wiring cord for electrically connecting with the flexible indicator lamps 4 and 4 in a tube 3a having a heat shrinkability, which is formed of a flexible synthetic resin material or the like. 3b is inserted therethrough, and in the present embodiment, in addition to the fixing jig 1 configured corresponding to the cross connecting portion c of the work jacket A, the connecting belt 3 is also provided.
The fixing jig 1 for fixing the lower end side of the to the lower end of the skirt portion d of the work jacket A is additionally provided. Also,
The extension end of the wiring cord 3b is electrically connected to the power supply device 6 inside the housing 19 described later via the connector 5 and the like, and the surface of the tube 3a through which the wiring cord 3b is inserted and the fixing treatment. A reflection sheet 7 is attached to the surface of the tool 1 so as to appropriately form a zebra pattern or the like.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the flexible indicator lamp 4 has a light emitting portion on the upper surface along the longitudinal direction of a narrow lamp case 8 formed of a soft synthetic resin material such as urethane rubber. An opening 9 for constituting is formed, and the structure is such that the opening 10 is expanded toward the inside, and the upper portion of the opening 9 is formed with edges 10 and 10 protruding inward. A metal plate 11 having a shape-retaining function, such as an aluminum plate, is internally provided on the inner bottom portion of the lamp case 8. When each flexible indicator lamp 4 according to the present invention is attached to the work jacket A, the work is performed. The jacket A is configured to be bent and deformed to fit the body shape of an operator according to the shape of the jacket A when worn, and has a shape memory function of retaining the deformed shape. The metal plate 11 is appropriately clamped and fixed to the inner bottom of the lamp case 8 by the elastic force of the lamp case 8. Further, on the upper surface of the metal plate 11, a plurality of chip-shaped light emitting elements 12, 1 for forming a light emitting portion on the surface are formed.
A flexible printed circuit board 13 having a narrow width formed by fixing 2 ... In parallel by soldering or the like is internally bonded. The flexible printed circuit board 13 is partially provided with respect to the metal plate 11.
For example, by fixing only a part of both ends or at predetermined intervals, a peeling portion is formed between the metal plate 11 and the plate surface,
When the lamp case 8 is bent and deformed, the bending stress applied to the flexible printed circuit board 13 is reduced, and the cause of electrical failure to the light emitting elements 12, 12 ... Mounted on the board surface is eliminated. There is. These light emitting elements 1
2, 12 ... Are arranged on the flexible printed circuit board 13 at substantially equal intervals so that the entire light emitting portion of the flexible display lamp 4 shines uniformly.

A resin lens 1 having a semitransparent flexibility such as a transparent or milky white is injected into the lamp case 8 having the above-mentioned structure from the opening 9 through a coating material such as milky white silicon.
4 is formed. When the resin lens 14 is molded, a part of the coating material enters the inner bottom portion of the lamp case 8 to form the edges 14a and 14a. Therefore, the resin lens 14 may come out of the opening 9 of the lamp case 8 after solidification. Absent. The resin lens 14 includes the light emitting elements 12, 12 ...
Of the radiant light is diffused and emitted to the outside of the lamp case 8 and has a waterproof function for the opening 9 of the lamp case 8. If desired, a slight gap (not shown) is formed inside the resin lens 14. Then, the flexible indicator lamp 4 itself is easily bent, and the work jacket A can be easily attached according to the clothing shape. Needless to say, it is possible to increase or decrease the number of the light emitting elements 12, 12, ... Which should be installed in the lamp case 8 in order to allow the light emitting portion to uniformly shine due to the diffusion effect of the resin lens 14. Furthermore, the lamp
On both sides of the opening 9 of the case 8, resin resin embedded in the opening 9 is provided.
The protruding strip edge 8a so as to be higher than the surface of the lens 14
Has been formed. The protruding edge 8a is flexible according to the present invention.
While the indicator lamp 4 is in use, another object may come into contact with the resin lens 14 surface.
To prevent many scratches on the light emitting surface,
This has the effect of preventing a decrease in luminous efficiency.

Further, in the present invention, the heat-shrinkable tube 3 which covers the wiring cord 3b to form the connecting band 3.
Instead of a, as shown in FIG. 7, the wiring cord 3b may be covered so as to be sandwiched by two plate-shaped reflective sheets 15 from the front and back.

As shown in FIG. 1, the power supply device 6 includes a power source 16 such as a rechargeable battery for supplying electric power to the light emitting portion of the flexible indicator lamp 4 and the flexible indicator lamp 4 lit, blinked, or turned off. A control circuit 17 and the like for controlling the electric power source are built in a case 18, and the connector 5 for the power source and the connector 19 for charging are exposed at the side end of the case 18, and the case 18 is provided. Body 1
8 is accommodated in a pochette 20 or the like as needed, and a work jacket A
It is configured so that it can be attached to the band portion b of. The wiring cord 3b for connecting to the power supply device 6 and the wiring cord 3b pulled out from the flexible indicator lamp 4 are appropriately fixed to the band portion b of the work jacket A by a plurality of clamps 21, It has a structure that prevents its dissipation.

In the above embodiments, the structure for mounting the warning display device according to the present invention on the work jacket A worn by the worker has been described. However, for example, possession of a work tool or a tool bag used by the worker. It goes without saying that, in order to be attached to an item, the configuration can be appropriately changed to a configuration corresponding to the shape of the item to be possessed.

[0015]

Since the warning display device according to the present invention is configured as described above, it can be mounted on the worker's clothing and turned on or off by self-luminous display to give a warning display to the driver such as a vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to prevent accidents caused by vehicles passing around it during work, ensure the safety of workers, and attach it to personal belongings, etc. The present invention can be applied to traffic control such as making a clear indication or detour instruction, and the warning display device according to the present invention is extremely simple to manufacture and is inexpensive. The effect obtained by the implementation is extremely large.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the overall configuration of a warning display device.

FIG. 2 is a side view of a warning display device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a warning display device is attached to a work jacket.

4A and 4B show a structure of a flexible indicator lamp included in a warning display device, wherein FIG. 4A is a front view and FIG. 4B is a side view.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 4A showing the internal structure of the flexible indicator lamp.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a structure of a work jacket.

7A and 7B show an example of the configuration of a power supply device that constitutes a warning display device, in which FIG. 7A is a front view and FIG. 7B is a side view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fixing jig 2 Adhesive material layer 3 Connecting band 3a Tube 3b Wiring cord 4 Flexible indicator light 5 Connector 6 Power supply device 7 Reflective sheet 8 Lamp case 9 Opening 12 Light emitting element 13 Flexible printed circuit board 14 Resin lens 15 Plate shape Reflective sheet 16 Power supply device 17 Control circuit 18 Housing 19 Connector 20 Pochette 21 Clamp A Work jacket a Buckle b Band part c Cross connection part d Grip part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A worker's clothes or work jacket, etc.
Wear multiple flexible indicator lights and power supplies on
A light which is detachably mounted and in which the above flexible indicator light is molded from a flexible resin material.
A flexible board with a large number of light-emitting elements mounted in a tool case
And the front opening of the light emitting device is transparent or semi-transparent.
Sealed by a resin lens made of clear flexible resin material
And are those formed by the above power supply and stowed configuration to the flexible display lamp in the light emitting
Power control via wiring cord electrically connected to the device
A warning display device characterized by being supplied . (2) A lamp case forming the flexible indicator lamp
Has a longitudinal opening on its upper surface to accommodate the flexible substrate.
Forming, embedding a resin lens in the opening,
Protruding ridges on both sides of the opening so that they are higher than the surface
The guard according to claim 1, wherein the guard is formed.
Notification display device.