EP0273904B1 - Device for lighting up flags - Google Patents

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EP0273904B1
EP0273904B1 EP85905120A EP85905120A EP0273904B1 EP 0273904 B1 EP0273904 B1 EP 0273904B1 EP 85905120 A EP85905120 A EP 85905120A EP 85905120 A EP85905120 A EP 85905120A EP 0273904 B1 EP0273904 B1 EP 0273904B1
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flagpole
tube
flag
translucent
lighting
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Karl Arne Ilvander
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NORDISK FLAGGBELYSNING AB
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Priority to DE8585905120T priority Critical patent/DE3574893D1/de
Priority to AT85905120T priority patent/ATE48873T1/de
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F17/00—Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/32—Flagpoles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F17/00—Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor
    • G09F2017/0025—Raising or lowering devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F17/00—Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor
    • G09F2017/005—Means for mounting flags to masts

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  • the claimed invention relates to a lighting device used in flagpole for lighting up the flag as, for example disclosed in US-A-1,740,747.
  • the invention is characterizsed by a translucent tube which encloses light fittings and which is arranged to form a part of the top of a flagpole.
  • the device according to the invention consists of a preferably to the outercontour of the top of the flagpole 1 connecting tube 2 made of translucent material.
  • the tubular flagpole showed in Fig. 1 can be made of for example metal or plastic.
  • the tube 2 which forms the top of the flagpole, is at its lower end supplied with a holder 3 carried out with a threaded lower part 4, which cooperates with an interior thread in the upper part of the pole 1.
  • the tube 2 supports at its upper end a flagpole ball 5 which is carried out with a holderpart 6. Between the holders 6 and 3 extends a fluorescent tube 7 in the whole longitudinal section of the tube 2.
  • the electricity supply for the fluorescent tube 7 is transmitted through a cable 8 inside the flagpole 1.
  • the lower holder 9 is carried out with a sleeve 10 which surrounds the upper part of the flagpole 1.
  • the holder 9 also supports a fastening screw 11, which, according to Fig. 2, is lowered in the massive pole 1. In other respects the device according to Fig. 2 is carried out in the same way as showed in Fig. 1.
  • the electricity supply for the fluorescent tube 7 is however arranged with a cable 12 on the outside of the flagpole 1.
  • an efficient lighting of the flag is obtained without any shadows thrown from the pole on the flag.
  • Another advantage is, compared with other devices for lighting up flags, that drying of a wet flat is made possible thanks to emitted heat from the flurescent tube 7.
  • the device is also simple to arrange.
  • the translucent tubular part of the flagpole has preferably a length which mainly corresponds to the width of the flag for example at least 0.5 m, 1.0 m, 1.5 m or 2.0 m.
  • a suitable maximum length can be 1.5 m, 2.0 m or 2.5 m.
  • the diameter at the lower part of the translucent tube can be chosen in that way that the lower part surrounds the upper part of the flagpole for example overlapping at least 5 cm, 10 cm or 20 cm and preferably maximum 50 cm or 30 cm.
  • the lower part of the translucent tube can be carried out with about the same outer diameter as the nearby nontranslucent part of the flagpole, whereby these both parts can preferably be connected with an on the inside placed tubular reinforcing part, for example a metal tube preferably a steel tube, which extends a suitable length through the lower part of the translucent tube and the upper part of the nontranslucent part of the flagpole, for example at least 5 cm, 10 cm or 20 cm; preferably maximum 50 cm, 30 cm or 15 cm.
  • a metal tube preferably a steel tube
  • the light source for example a fluorescent tube
  • the light source is carried out with a length including the longer part of the translucent tube of at least 50%, 75% or 90% of the tubes length, from the end of the nontranslucent part of the flagpole, including an eventually mounted reinforcing tube.
  • the translucent part can also be supplied with a grating of the type which is used to neutralize dazzling in the fluorescent tube fittings, preferably with a horizontal directed grating element as plates or the like for preventing that an observer standing on the ground can directly see and be dazzled by the light source. It is even possible to arrange inside the translucent part some form of a reflector, eventually partly translucent, which directs the rays of the lightsource towards the flag.
  • the reflectors can be rotatable and, for example, connected with a weathervane at the top of the flagpole, which adjusts the reflector in the way that the rays are directed towards the flag in the direction of the wind.
  • the device can also be carried out with a lighted emblem arranged at the top of the flagpole above the translucent part.
  • the lighting of the emblem can be effected by the lightsource for the flag or by a separate light. Such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 3.

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  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
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  • Circuit Arrangement For Electric Light Sources In General (AREA)
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  • Arrangement Of Elements, Cooling, Sealing, Or The Like Of Lighting Devices (AREA)
  • Vessels And Coating Films For Discharge Lamps (AREA)
EP85905120A 1984-04-17 1985-09-19 Device for lighting up flags Expired EP0273904B1 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE8585905120T DE3574893D1 (de) 1985-09-19 1985-09-19 Beleuchtungsanordnung fuer flaggen.
AT85905120T ATE48873T1 (de) 1984-04-17 1985-09-19 Beleuchtungsanordnung fuer flaggen.

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SE8402141A SE442035B (sv) 1984-04-17 1984-04-17 Anordning for belysning av flaggor

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EP0273904A1 EP0273904A1 (en) 1988-07-13
EP0273904B1 true EP0273904B1 (en) 1989-12-20

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AU (1) AU599008B2 (da)
DK (1) DK252687D0 (da)
NO (1) NO162922C (da)
SE (1) SE442035B (da)
WO (1) WO1987001755A1 (da)

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SE442035B (sv) * 1984-04-17 1985-11-25 Karl Arne Ilvander Anordning for belysning av flaggor
FI100205B (fi) 1996-05-03 1997-10-15 Aki Tukia Lipputangon valaisin
US5988100A (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-11-23 Schmitt; Larry Apparatus for supporting and illuminating display flags
BE1018692A4 (nl) * 2009-03-18 2011-06-07 Herva Bvba Vlaggenmast met verlichting en frame met verlichting.

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US1383234A (en) * 1919-04-05 1921-06-28 Ernest H Raguse Flagpole
US1660341A (en) * 1924-09-09 1928-02-28 Charles E Macleod Flag-flying device
US1740747A (en) * 1926-04-30 1929-12-24 William E Price Electric-lighted display sign or emblem
US1820157A (en) * 1928-09-29 1931-08-25 Prochazka Vaclav Transparent flag
FR1124160A (fr) * 1955-03-28 1956-10-05 Dispositif de signalisation pour tous véhicules
US3476929A (en) * 1967-11-02 1969-11-04 Calvin E Klinger Illuminated camp mast
US3752975A (en) * 1971-06-07 1973-08-14 M Meyer Flag pole light
US4110818A (en) * 1977-08-29 1978-08-29 Raymond Hempsey Illuminated flag or pennant
SE442035B (sv) * 1984-04-17 1985-11-25 Karl Arne Ilvander Anordning for belysning av flaggor

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DK252687A (da) 1987-05-19
EP0273904A1 (en) 1988-07-13
AU599008B2 (en) 1990-07-12
NO162922B (no) 1989-11-27
NO872100L (no) 1987-05-19
NO872100D0 (no) 1987-05-19
SE8402141L (sv) 1985-10-18
SE442035B (sv) 1985-11-25
NO162922C (no) 1990-03-07
DK252687D0 (da) 1987-05-19
WO1987001755A1 (en) 1987-03-26
SE8402141D0 (sv) 1984-04-17
AU4958785A (en) 1987-04-07

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