EP1004820A1 - Leuchte mit einer Dichtung zwischen dem Deckel und dem Sockel - Google Patents

Leuchte mit einer Dichtung zwischen dem Deckel und dem Sockel Download PDF

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EP1004820A1
EP1004820A1 EP99402852A EP99402852A EP1004820A1 EP 1004820 A1 EP1004820 A1 EP 1004820A1 EP 99402852 A EP99402852 A EP 99402852A EP 99402852 A EP99402852 A EP 99402852A EP 1004820 A1 EP1004820 A1 EP 1004820A1
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Emmanuel Barrier
Didier Noirot
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V17/00—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages
    • F21V17/10—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening
    • F21V17/12—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening by screwing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • F21S8/03—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type
    • F21S8/033—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • F21S8/04—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V3/00—Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V31/00—Gas-tight or water-tight arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V17/00—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages
    • F21V17/10—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening
    • F21V17/101—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening permanently, e.g. welding, gluing or riveting
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V17/00—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages
    • F21V17/10—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening
    • F21V17/104—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening using feather joints, e.g. tongues and grooves, with or without friction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V31/00—Gas-tight or water-tight arrangements
    • F21V31/005—Sealing arrangements therefor

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  • the present invention relates generally to luminaires.
  • luminaires of the type commonly known as portholes or sconces More specifically, but not necessarily exclusively, it luminaires of the type commonly known as portholes or sconces.
  • the present invention targets those of these luminaires that are waterproof.
  • these luminaires have a base, which, in practice, is suitable for receiving all the necessary constituents, and which, to do this, overall forms a box body, a cover, which closes the base, in constituting in practice the front panel, or front face, of the assembly, and which is at least partly translucent, and a seal, which intervenes between the cover and the base, at the junction between them, along their periphery, the cover itself comprising a glass, which forms a diffuser, and, around this verrine, for its attachment to the base, a crown, which forms hubcap, and which, at its internal periphery, presents, along its periphery, a shoulder by which it retains the verrine.
  • verrine and the crown which constitute parts are to be handled individually when installing or removing the cover, unless specific assembly means have been provided between them, and, most often, this is also the case for the gasket.
  • the present invention generally relates to a provision for simplifying these operations, and further leading to other advantages.
  • a luminaire of the kind comprising a base, a cover, which closes the base, and which is at least in translucent part, and a seal, which intervenes between the cover and the base, the cover itself comprising a glass, which forms a diffuser, and, around this verrine, for its attachment to the base, a crown, which, at its internal periphery, presents a shoulder by which it ensures the retention of the verrine,
  • the seal comprises, on the one hand, beyond the glass with respect to the shoulder of the crown, for the maintenance of the verrine, a shoulder facing the shoulder of the crown, and, on the other hand, a lip latching by which it ensures its own retention with respect to the crown, the crown itself comprising a retaining notch on which the catch lip of the seal is hooked.
  • the cover thus constituted by this verrine, by this crown and by this seal constitutes by itself a unitary unit in one piece, which advantageously facilitates installation and maintenance of the luminaire, only this unitary sub-assembly being to be manipulated for the opening and closing of this luminaire during such operations.
  • the initial assembly operations of the following luminaire the invention are advantageously simplified and accelerated, for the benefit costs, the mechanical joining of the verrine to the crown does not imply only one click of this verrine in this crown once the verrine has been fitted with the associated seal, and this snap can be done by simple stacking.
  • the arrangement according to the invention advantageously allows a easy change of the glassware by the user, i.e. this change is necessary following a breakage of this verrine, that is to say that the user wishes to exchange a first type of verrine, for example glass, with another type of glass, for example polycarbonate.
  • the seal put in use intervenes in practice between the verrine and the base, and not between the crown and this base, so that it is advantageously able to absorb possible small shocks on this glass, to the benefit of its integrity.
  • the luminaire 10 comprises, overall, a base 11, which is suitable for receive the various constituents, not represented, concerned, and who, for this make, generally forms a box body, a cover 12, which closes the base 11, and which, according to the provisions explained below, is at least in part translucent, and a seal 13, which intervenes between the cover 12 and the base 11, at the junction of these, along their periphery, and which, in practical, is only visible in Figures 3 to 6.
  • the cover 12 itself comprises, a verrine 14, which forms a diffuser, and, around this verrine 14, for its attachment to the base 11, a crown 15, which forms a hubcap, and which, at its internal periphery, has, along its periphery, a shoulder 16 by which it retains the verrine 14.
  • the base 11a overall, in plan, a circular outline, and it is the same for the cover 12.
  • the base 11 also offers a substantially flat bearing surface 20 at the gasket 13.
  • the bearing surface 20 thus provided for the seal 13 extends radially recessed with respect to the bearing surface 19 provided for the crown 15, and it also extends slightly axially set back relative to this bearing surface 19.
  • Verrine 14 which is for example made of glass or polycarbonate, does not It also does not fall under the present invention, and it will therefore not be more described in full detail here.
  • crown 15 does not, by itself, fall under the present invention, nor will it be described in all its details here.
  • this ring 15 extends overall in the extension of the domed part of the verrine 14, with, from place to place, recessed on its upper surface, wells 25, the bottom 26, flat, is suitable for its seat on the base 11, and, more precisely, on the bearing surface 19 provided for this purpose thereon, this same bottom 26 being drilled with a hole 28 for the passage of a screw 29 suitable for fixing it to the base 11.
  • three wells 25 are thus provided on the crown 15, being regularly distributed circularly around the axis of the assembly, and, in correspondence, open onto the bearing surface 19 of the base 11, three wells 30, which are internally threaded, and which are each suitable for receiving a screw 29.
  • the bottom 26 of the wells 25 of the crown 15 is, axially, slightly recessed relative to the periphery outer of this crown 15, so that it forms a fallen edge 32 by which the crown 15 covers the rim 18 of the base 11, covering the edge of this rim 18.
  • the bottom 26 of the wells 25 of the crown 15 is, on the inner surface of this crown 15, enlarged, to further increase the seat of this crown 15 on the base 11.
  • this background 26 continuously belongs to a flat 33, of generally rectangular outline.
  • the seal 13 comprises, on the one hand, beyond of the verrine 14 relative to the shoulder 16 of the crown 15, for the holding this verrine 14, a shoulder 34 facing the shoulder 16 crown 15, and, on the other hand, a latching lip 35 by which it ensures its own retention relative to the crown 15, the crown 15 comprising, itself, according to arrangements described in more detail subsequently, a retaining catch 36 on which the lip is hooked 35 of the seal 13.
  • the verrine 14 comprising, peripherally, as previously indicated, a rim 23, the seal seal 13 has a groove 37 by which it is engaged on this rim 23, by the edge 38 thereof, FIG. 4.
  • the seal 13 a in cross section, for the formation of its groove 37, a basic profile U-shaped, with a lateral wing 40 between the rim 23 of the verrine 14 and the shoulder 16 of the crown 15, called, below, for simple convenience, wing upper side, a middle portion 41 between the edge 38 of the rim 23 of the jar 14 and the crown 15, and a lateral wing 42 beyond the rim 23 of the verrine 14 relative to the shoulder 16 of the crown 15, referred to below, for convenience, lower side wing.
  • the two lateral wings 40, 42 of the seal 13 preferentially converge towards each other.
  • the upper side wing 40 of the seal 13 extends, at rest, oblique to its median part 41, such that shown schematically in broken lines in Figure 4, while, at rest, its wing lateral lower 42 extends, it, substantially perpendicular to this middle part 41.
  • the seal 13 is reinforced by a bead 43 at the junction between its middle part 41 and its side wing 42 lower.
  • this bead 43 projects towards the exterior level with the middle part 41, and, in cross section, it has a generally triangular profile.
  • the snap-fit lip 35 of the seal 13 extends obliquely from its middle part 41, moving away from both the outlet of its groove 37 and its lateral wing 40 higher as it moves away from this middle part 41.
  • this latching lip 35 is from the junction zone between the upper side wing 40 and the part median 41, and, at its free end, its edge 44 extends substantially parallel to the middle part 41.
  • the seal 13 furthermore, for its sealing cooperation with the base 11, and, more precisely, with its bearing surface 20 provided for this purpose thereon, a sealing lip 45.
  • this lip seal 45 extends obliquely from the lower lateral wing 42 of the seal 13, moving away from the opening of its groove 37 as and as it moves away from this lower lateral wing 42.
  • the sealing lip 45 comes from the middle part of the lower lateral wing 42 of the seal 13, between the free edge of this lower lateral wing 42 and the bead 43.
  • the sealing lip 45 a to its free end, a rounded profile.
  • the snap-fit lip 35 of the seal 13 and its sealing lip 45 have substantially a same taper.
  • their half-angle at the top is around 45 °.
  • the retaining notch 36 of the crown 15 intervenes inwardly projecting on a wall 46 that this crown 15 set back relative to its internal periphery, at the way of a fallen edge.
  • this wall 46 is generally cylindrical, and it extends radially flush with the wells 25.
  • the retaining catch 36 is, globally, circularly continuous, but locally interrupted at right from each of the wells 25.
  • the retaining catch 36 is preceded by an engagement chamfer 48, to facilitate snap-fastening of the joint seal 13.
  • the seal 13 is first attached to the glass 14, and the jar 14 thus equipped with this seal 13 is then axially engaged in the crown 15, until, by erasure elastic, the snap-fit lip 35 of the seal 13 crosses the notch retainer 36 of this crown 15.
  • the seal 13 then ensures, according to the invention, a connection mechanical between the verrine 14 and the crown 15, so that the cover 12 formed of this verrine 14 and of this crown 15 constitutes by itself a unitary subset.
  • the cover 12 is provided, projecting, on the lower surface of the crown 15, at minus a centering column 50, and, in correspondence, leads to the bearing surface 19 of the base 11, at least one tubular barrel 51 suitable for the engagement of such a centering column 50.
  • centering posts 50 are provided, at a distance one from the other, on the crown 15, and the base 11 has three barrels tubular 51, which are regularly distributed circularly around the axis of all.
  • the sealing lip 45 advantageously minimizes the risk that the latching lip 35 escapes from inadvertently to the retaining notch 36 of the crown 15 during a possible frontal impact on the verrine 14, and, if this was the case, it advantageously ensures a return of this latching lip 35 in engagement with this retaining catch 36 after such a shock.
  • the seal sealing 13 according to the invention is reinforced by a bead 52 at the root of its latching lip 35, to give more spring to the latter.
  • this bead 52 extends in extra thickness on the middle part 41 of the seal 13, between the wing lateral upper 40 thereof and the snap-fit lip 35.
  • the luminaire according to the invention may include a grid of protection in front of its verrine.
  • this protective grid can come in one piece from the crown of its cover.
  • the outline, in plan, of the luminaire according to the invention is not necessarily circular.
  • this outline can be just as different, and, by example, be globally rectangular, as is the case for example for some wall lights.

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FR9814820A FR2786254B1 (fr) 1998-11-25 1998-11-25 Luminaire, en particulier luminaire de type hublot ou applique, a joint d'etancheite entre le couvercle et le socle
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EP2811225A4 (de) * 2011-12-29 2015-10-21 Posco Led Co Ltd Optische halbleiter-beleuchtungsvorrichtung
EP3078907A3 (de) * 2015-04-10 2016-11-16 Trilux GmbH & Co. KG Feuchtraumleuchte sowie dichtelement für eine solche leuchte
CN106662702A (zh) * 2014-07-16 2017-05-10 Bsh家用电器有限公司 显示装置和具有这样的显示装置的家用器具
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AT16018U1 (de) * 2016-07-14 2018-11-15 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh Leuchte
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GB2041507A (en) * 1979-01-03 1980-09-10 Westinghouse Brake & Signal Improvements relating to weatherproof cover mounting arrangements for lamps
DE3412312A1 (de) * 1984-04-03 1985-10-03 Ceag Licht- Und Stromversorgungstechnik Gmbh, 4770 Soest Dichtung

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GB742899A (en) * 1953-07-14 1956-01-04 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements relating to sealing strips for closure members
CH383186A (de) * 1960-04-02 1964-10-15 Bosch Gmbh Robert Einbauscheinwerfer, insbesondere für Kraftfahrzeuge
GB2041507A (en) * 1979-01-03 1980-09-10 Westinghouse Brake & Signal Improvements relating to weatherproof cover mounting arrangements for lamps
DE3412312A1 (de) * 1984-04-03 1985-10-03 Ceag Licht- Und Stromversorgungstechnik Gmbh, 4770 Soest Dichtung

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102010060395A1 (de) 2010-09-28 2012-01-19 Ulrich Spevacek Dicht- und Befestigungselement für die Lichtaustrittsscheibe am Gehäuse von Straßenleuchten
EP2811225A4 (de) * 2011-12-29 2015-10-21 Posco Led Co Ltd Optische halbleiter-beleuchtungsvorrichtung
CN106662702A (zh) * 2014-07-16 2017-05-10 Bsh家用电器有限公司 显示装置和具有这样的显示装置的家用器具
EP3078907A3 (de) * 2015-04-10 2016-11-16 Trilux GmbH & Co. KG Feuchtraumleuchte sowie dichtelement für eine solche leuchte
AT16018U1 (de) * 2016-07-14 2018-11-15 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh Leuchte
CN107606537A (zh) * 2017-10-20 2018-01-19 昆山市富众网络科技有限公司 一种便于拆装的led灯座
DE102020104414A1 (de) 2020-02-19 2021-08-19 Trilux Gmbh & Co. Kg Leuchtenstele

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