JPH0572002U - Portable light - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The present invention makes it possible to freely select the irradiation direction of the light projecting case by making the light projecting case universally rotatable with respect to the battery case. The purpose is to provide a portable light whose main purpose is to do the above. [Structure] A portable light having a structure in which a light projecting case is rotatably assembled in a battery case in a universal manner so that an irradiation direction of the light projecting case can be arbitrarily selected. Is.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable light, and more particularly, to a portable light that is optimal as a walking light having a structure in which a light projecting case is rotatably assembled to a battery case in a universal manner.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As conventional portable lights of this kind, there are Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 39-36350 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-72161. Each of these publications discloses a structure in which a light projecting case is attached to a battery case so as to be rotatable only in one direction, that is, in the vertical direction, on a shaft arranged in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction thereof. Are

Further, each of the above-mentioned publications discloses an electrical contact means including a fixed contact piece arranged on the battery case side and a movable contact piece arranged on the light projecting case side.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 According to the above-mentioned conventional example, since the light projecting case is assembled so as to be rotatable only in the vertical direction with respect to the battery case, it cannot be rotated universally, and its irradiation direction is naturally limited. There was a big problem to say.

Further, according to the above conventional example, the battery in the battery case and the light bulb in the light projecting case are connected via the electrical contact means serving as the fixed contact piece and the movable contact piece. The failure rate of the electrical contacting means such as poor contact is high, and as a result, there is a big problem that the function as an electric lamp is impaired because the light bulb cannot be lighted.

Therefore, the present invention is to provide a novel portable lamp that has been created to solve the problems of the conventional example.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, the present invention provides a portable light in which a light projecting case is foldable with respect to a battery case. Battery case assembly part that rotatably attaches to the case in the left-right direction (or up-down direction) and light-emitter case assembly that assembles the light-emitter case in the up-down direction (or left-right direction) Claim 1 is a portable light having a structure in which it is rotatably assembled into a universal shape through a rotatable member having a section.

The rotating member is provided with a vertical center hole along a horizontal center line thereof and a horizontal center hole along a vertical center line of the light projecting case. At the same time, a portable light having a structure in which a lead wire for directly connecting the battery in the battery case and the light bulb in the light projecting case is inserted into each of these center holes is claimed.

[0009]

[Action]

 With the above structure, the light projecting case can be rotated universally with respect to the battery case, so that the irradiation direction of the light projecting case can be freely selected. Moreover, since the structure of the light projecting case allows the light projecting case to rotate, the light projecting case can be easily and reliably performed.

Further, since the lead wire for directly connecting the battery and the light bulb is inserted into each center hole formed along each center line in the left and right direction and the up and down direction of the rotating member, There is no possibility that the lead wire will be disconnected when the case and the rotating member are rotated, and there is no possibility that a connection failure will occur as in the conventional case. Moreover, since the lead wire is not exposed to the outside of the battery case, the light projecting case, etc., the appearance is good and the aesthetic effect is obtained.

[0011]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a front view of a portable light according to the present invention in use, FIG. 2 shows a vertical side view, FIG. 3 shows a side view, and FIG. 4 shows a rear view. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes the entire electric case, and the battery case 1 is constructed as a gas-sealing type of a case body 2 and a lid 3. An accommodating portion 5 for accommodating four AA size batteries 4 is formed inside the case body 2 as an example.

The lid 3 is provided with a storage recess 7 for storing a light projecting surface side when a light projecting case 6 described later is folded into the battery case 1. A flat mounting portion 8 is formed on the upper end portion of the battery case thus configured. An attachment hole 9 is formed in the center of the attachment portion 8. The mounting hole 9 is formed by two semi-circular holes that are cut out with the aforesaid palm surface as the center.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a rotating member, and a lower portion of the rotating member 10 is provided with a mounting hole 9 formed at an upper end portion of the battery case 1 so as to be rotatable in the left-right direction (horizontal direction) with respect to the battery case 1. A peripheral groove-shaped assembling portion 11 for assembling is formed. Further, on both sides of the rotating member 10, there are formed shaft-like assembling portions 12 for assembling the light projecting case 6 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction (vertical direction) with respect to the battery case 1. ..

A vertical center hole 13 is formed along a horizontal center line of the rotating member 10 and a horizontal center line along the vertical center line of the light projecting case 6. A central hole 14 is formed. The center holes 13 and 14 are communicated with each other.

The lower assembly part 11 of the rotating member 10 formed in this manner is inserted into the mounting hole 9 formed in the upper part of the battery case 1 so that the rotating member 10 can be rotated in the left-right direction (horizontal direction). Assemble. An O-ring 15 is interposed in the assembly portion of both of them, so that the play between the two is absorbed and the rotation stop position of the rotation member 10 with respect to the battery case 1, that is, the selection position is secured. can do. It is not necessary to rotate the rotating member 10 by 360 degrees, that is, one rotation. Therefore, the protrusion 17 formed on the assembly portion 11 and the stopper formed on the locus of the protrusion 17 of the case body 2 are not necessary. The turning angle of the turning member 10 is regulated by one of them.

The assembly parts 12 on both side surfaces of the rotating member 10 are formed in the lower part of the light projecting case 6.

A part of the mounting leg 16 in the assembly part of [other 1 /] is held by the side surface of the rotating member 10 for this reason, and the play between them is absorbed, and the projection case 6 of the light projecting case 6 is absorbed. A rotation stop position with respect to the rotation member 10, that is, a selection position can be secured. It is not necessary to rotate the light projecting case 6 by 360 degrees, that is, one rotation. Therefore, the stop position of the light projecting case 6 in the upward direction (opening direction with respect to the battery case) is, for example, on the side surface of the rotating member 10. The rear surface of the mounting leg 16 abuts on the inclined surface projecting laterally from the rear portion to prevent further rotation. On the other hand, the stop position in the downward direction of the light projecting case 6 (closer direction to the battery case) is cut out on both side surfaces of the rotating member 10 and the projecting portions 20 projecting laterally and the inner surface side of the mounting leg 16. This is achieved by the combined structure with the locking holes.

On the inner surface of the light projecting case 6, a reflector 21 and a terminal for a light bulb are provided, and a carver / lens 22 is attached.

The battery in the battery case 1 and the terminal in the light projecting case are directly connected by a lead wire 23 as shown in FIG. That is, the lead wire 23 connected to the battery passes through the vertical center hole 13 of the rotating member 10 and the horizontal center hole 14, and then through the inside of the mounting leg 16 of the rotating member 10 of the light projecting case 6. It is connected to the terminal.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a switch operation piece, which is pressed by the entire surface of the light projecting case, that is, the lens, in the process of folding the light projecting case into the battery case, immediately before the completion of folding, or at the time of completion of folding. Then, a switch, which will be described later, is turned off to switch the above-mentioned bulb from a lighting state to a non-lighting state.

By rotating the light projecting case around the assembling part 11 in a direction away from the battery case 1, the pressing of the operation piece 24 by the lens of the light projecting case is released. The above-mentioned switch is switched from the OFF state to the ON state and the bulb is turned on.

Although the above switch may be a normal changeover switch, in view of cost, the present invention is arranged so that the terminals of the battery are brought into contact with or separated from each other by the operation piece.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a clip fixed to the back surface side of the case body 2 of the battery case 1, for example. The clip 25 has a spring action, and is clipped to an appropriate place of clothing such as a belt or a pocket. The portable light can be attached to clothes and used. That is, it can be used as a walking light.

[0023]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, since the light projecting case is universally rotatable with respect to the battery case, the irradiation direction of the light projecting case can be freely selected. Moreover, since the light projecting case can be rotated by the rotating member, the light projecting case can be easily and reliably rotated. Further, since the lead wire for directly connecting the battery and the light bulb is inserted into each center hole formed along the center lines in the left-right and up-down directions of the rotating member, the light-transmitting case and the rotating case are not connected. There is no possibility that the lead wire will be broken when the moving member is rotated, and there is no risk of connection failure as in the past. Moreover, since the lead wire is not exposed to the outside of the battery case, the light projecting case, etc., the appearance is good and the aesthetic effect is obtained. As described above, according to the present invention, there are various advantages as a portable light and a walking light.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a portable light of the present invention in use.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the portable light of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the portable light of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical side view of the rotating member of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a rotating member and a lead wire.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Battery Case 2 Case Body 3 Lid 6 Light Projection Case 9 Mounting Hole 10 Rotating Member 11 12 Assembly Part 13 14 Center Hole 23 Lead Wire

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A portable light in which a light projecting case is foldable with respect to a battery case, wherein the light projecting case is rotated in the battery case in a left-right direction (or a vertical direction) with respect to the battery case. A universal case is provided via a rotating member that includes a battery case assembly part that assembles freely and a light projecting case assembly part that assembles the light projecting case vertically and horizontally. A portable light characterized by being movably assembled. 2. The rotating member has a vertical center hole along a horizontal center line thereof and a horizontal center hole along a vertical center line of the light projecting case. 2. The portable light according to claim 1, wherein a lead wire for directly connecting the battery in the battery case and the light bulb in the light projecting case is inserted through each of the central holes. .