JPH0569111U - Glowing work clothes - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Light is emitted regardless of the light from the light, and at night work, safety is aimed at from cars traveling at high speed and construction vehicles at construction sites. [Structure] The garment body 11 has a plurality of pockets equal to or more than the number of light emitting sheets, and the front side of each pocket is transparent sheet 16
Is formed by. Each light emitting sheet has a structure in which it is connected to the battery 21 to emit light, and is inserted into each pocket with the light emitting surface facing the front side. Each light emitting sheet is detachably connected in parallel to the battery 21.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application]

 The present invention relates to a glowing work garment to be worn for safety from traveling vehicles and construction vehicles during nighttime work on roads such as highways and construction sites.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of work garment, there is known an outerwear having a reflection sheet attached thereto that reflects and shines when light from a light of a traveling vehicle hits it.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, such a conventional work garment does not reflect light unless the light is very close, so in a vehicle running at high speed such as a highway, when the driver notices the worker, it is already close to the worker. There were things that were so close that I couldn't make it in time. As described above, the work clothes having the reflection sheet that reflects and shines has a problem in ensuring safety.

In addition, during nighttime work at a construction site or the like, when the worker is in a blind spot where the light from the light does not hit, the work clothes do not illuminate, which delays discovery from the construction vehicle and leads to an accident. There was a problem that there was a fear.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and emits light regardless of the light from the light, and is used for driving at high speed during nighttime work or for construction vehicles at construction sites. The purpose of the present invention is to provide shiny work clothes that can improve safety.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the garment for work of the present invention has a garment body and a plurality of luminescent sheets, and the garment body has a plurality of pockets of the same number or more as the luminescent sheets. The front side of the sheet is formed of a transparent sheet, each light emitting sheet is configured to emit light when connected to a power source, and is inserted in each pocket with the light emitting surface facing the front side.

In the glowing work garment of the present invention, each light emitting sheet may be detachably connected in parallel to the power source.

The glowing work garment of the present invention may include a power switch capable of individually switching each light emitting sheet.

The garment body may be pants as well as outerwear. The number of pockets may be the same as or greater than that of the light emitting sheet.

A plurality of pockets may be provided on the back side as well as the front side of the garment body, and the light emitting sheets may be arranged on the front side and the back side of the garment body. Multiple pockets may be placed on the body of the garment to display numbers with seven segments.

In the garment body, only the front side of each pocket may be formed of a transparent sheet and the other portions may be formed of an opaque sheet, or the entire body may be formed of a transparent sheet. The transparent sheet may be colorless and transparent, or colored and transparent.

The light emitted from each light emitting sheet may be white light, yellow, red, or other colored light. Further, the light of each light emitting sheet may be one that blinks.

The glowing work garment of the present invention is worn by construction workers for safety from traveling vehicles and construction vehicles, and as life jackets for victims of sea and mountains to call for help. Good.

[0014]

[Action]

 The light emitting sheets inserted into the pockets of the clothes body are connected to the power source to emit light. Light from the light-emitting sheet can be seen well from the outside through the transparent sheet on the front side of each pocket even at night regardless of the light's light.

When each light emitting sheet is removable, the light emitting sheet is inserted into only some of the plurality of pockets, and the combination of the inserted light emitting sheets is changed for each work clothes, so that the light emitting shape is changed. The worker can be identified from the difference. If you decide the signal beforehand according to the difference in the light emitting shape, you can convey information and intention such as "Move to point A" for some shapes and "Move to point B" for other shapes. Can also be used for. In addition, each light emitting sheet is connected in parallel to the power supply, and even if some of the light emitting sheets fail and disappear, other light emitting sheets continue to emit light without being affected.

When each light-emitting sheet is equipped with a power switch that can be switched separately, the power switch is operated to turn off some light-emitting sheets and turn on others, and insert the light-emitting sheets into each pocket. You can change the light emitting shape by changing the combination of the light emitting sheets that have been turned on for each work item without removing them.

[0017]

【Example】

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the glowing work garment 10 includes a garment body 11 and a plurality of light emitting sheets 20, 20 ... The garment body 11 is a free-size work jacket without sleeves and can be worn all season. The garment body 11 is made of a thin black vinyl material to block direct sunlight. Several pieces of reflective sheets 12 are attached to the front and back lower portions of the front and back of the garment body 11 to reflect and shine light from the light of a traveling vehicle or the like. The garment body 11 has a hole 13 between the front surface and the back surface for inserting a neck. The work garment 10 can be fastened to the front and back at both ends of the hem by two pairs of snaps 14, 14.

As shown in FIG. 2, the garment body 11 has a plurality of pockets 15, 15, ... As many as the light emitting sheets 20, 20 ,. The pockets 15, 15 ... Are arranged in a V shape that is open in both shoulder directions on the front and back sides. Each pocket 15 is constructed as follows, and the front side of each pocket 15 is formed of a transparent sheet 16 made of vinyl.

First, a rectangular hole 17 having the size of the light emitting sheet 20 is formed in the garment body 11. The transparent sheet 16 is attached to the garment body 11 by covering the hole 17 from the back side with a transparent sheet 16 which is slightly larger than the hole 17, and sewn around the hole 17 around the hole 17. Further, the back side of the transparent sheet 16 is covered with the pocket body 18, and both sides and the lower portion 18a of the pocket body 18 except the upper portion are sewn to the garment body 11 to attach the pocket body 18 to the garment body 11.

Each of the light emitting sheets 20 is a flexible thin light and is used as a backlight in a liquid crystal display of a laptop type word processor (trade name: EL lamp, manufactured by Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.). is there. Each light emitting sheet 20 has a structure in which one surface emits yellow light when connected to a power source. Each of the light emitting sheets 20 is a rectangle having a size of A7 that fits exactly in the pocket 15, and is inserted into each pocket 15 with the light emitting surface 20a facing the front side.

As shown in FIG. 3, the light emitting sheets 20 on the front and back of the garment body 11 are connected in parallel to a rechargeable battery 21 by a cord 22. Each light emitting sheet 20 is detachably attached to the cord 22 by the connector 23. The battery 21 has a built-in relay switch with a timer for blinking each light emitting sheet 20.

Each light emitting sheet 20 emits light when the power switch 24 of the battery 21 is turned on. The battery 21 can be detached from the cord 22 by the connector 25. The cord 22 and the connector 23 are sewn on the back side of the garment body 11. The battery 21 has a hook 26 on the back surface and can be hooked on the belt 28 of the pants 27 by the hook 26.

Next, the operation will be described. 2 and 3, the plurality of light emitting sheets 20, 20, ... Inserted in the plurality of pockets 15, 15, ... Of the garment body 11 blink when the power switch 24 of the battery 21 is turned on. The light of the light emitting sheet 20 can be clearly seen from the outside through the transparent sheet 16 on the front side of each pocket 15 regardless of the light of the light of the traveling vehicle even at night.

Therefore, the driver of the vehicle can be noticed even from a distance, and safety can be ensured from the vehicle traveling at high speed during nighttime work on the highway. Further, at nighttime at a construction site, even when the worker is in a blind spot where the light from the light does not hit, the light emitting sheet 20, 20, ... Of the work clothes 10 shines to the operator of the construction vehicle to the operator. Can announce the existence of. As a result, safety from construction vehicles can be achieved.

In addition, the light emitting sheet 20 is inserted only in some of the pockets 15 among the plurality of pockets 15 and 15, and the other light emitting sheet 20 is detached from the connector 15 by removing the connector 23. Thus, the combination of the inserted light emitting sheets 20 can be changed for each work garment 10.

In this way, for example, the person who makes the light emitting sheet 20 emit light in all the pockets 15 is determined in advance as the worker A, and the person who makes the light emitting sheet 20 emit light in the pockets 15 from the top to the third stage is determined in advance as the worker B. If so, the worker A and the worker B can be distinguished from each other even at night due to the difference in the light emitting shape. Thereby, it is possible to easily grasp where the worker A and the worker B are working respectively.

If the cue is determined in advance depending on the difference in the shape of the light emission, when only the light emitting sheet 20 in the upper one stage is made to emit light, “moving to the work point A”, the light emitting sheets 20 up to the second stage are emitted. In the case of being allowed, it can also be used to convey information or intention such as “moving to work point B”.

Since each light emitting sheet 20 is connected in parallel to the battery 21, even if a part of the light emitting sheets 20 fails and disappears, the other light emitting sheets 20 continue to emit light without being affected. , Safety is guaranteed.

[0029]

[Effect of the device]

 According to the illuminating work clothes according to the present invention, unlike the reflecting sheet, the plurality of light emitting sheets emit light regardless of the light emitted from the light of the automobile, etc., so that the driver of the automobile can notice it from a distance. When working at night, it is possible to secure safety from a car traveling at high speed. Also, during nighttime work at a construction site, even if the worker is in a blind spot where the light from the light does not hit, the light emitting sheet of the work clothes illuminates to notify the operator of the construction vehicle of the presence of the worker. Therefore, it is possible to ensure safety from construction vehicles.

When each light emitting sheet is removable, the worker can be identified from the difference in the light emitting shape by changing the combination of the inserted light emitting sheets for each work clothes. You can easily understand what is happening. It can also be used to convey information and intentions by predetermining cues according to the difference in the shape of the light emission. Moreover, even if some of the light emitting sheets fail and disappear, the other light emitting sheets continue to emit light, thus ensuring safety.

When each light emitting sheet is provided with a power switch that can be switched separately, the combination of the light emitting sheets can be changed by operating the power switch, so that the operation of changing the light emitting shape is easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a shiny work garment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line II-II showing a main part of the work garment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a development view of the back side of the work garment showing the wiring of the light emitting sheet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Working Clothes 11 Clothes Main Body 15 Pockets 16 Transparent Sheet 20 Light Emitting Sheet 21 Battery

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A garment body and a plurality of luminescent sheets, wherein the garment body has a plurality of pockets of the same number or more as the luminescent sheets, and the front side of each pocket is formed of a transparent sheet. Has a configuration in which it is connected to a power source to emit light,
Glowing work clothes characterized by being inserted into each pocket with the light emitting surface facing the front side. 2. The glowing work garment according to claim 1, wherein each light emitting sheet is detachably connected in parallel to the power source. 3. The glowing work garment according to claim 1, further comprising a power switch capable of individually switching each light emitting sheet.