JPH10106339A - Outdoor light - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an outdoor lamp having an out-of-lamp detector capable of reliably checking for an out-of-lamp. An outdoor lamp which is installed on a telephone pole or the like and has an out-of-lamp detector for checking the out-of-lamp of a lamp mounted on an appliance body, wherein the out-of-lamp detector is turned on / off by a remote controller. The light receiving sensor 35 which operates / stops in response to the light, and the lamp 60 is turned on / off with the operation / stop of the light receiving sensor 35
A flashing device 36 for turning off the light;
5 is provided on the lower part of the outdoor light.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a road light, a security light,
The present invention relates to outdoor lights that are attached to utility poles, poles, walls, etc. such as street lights.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An outdoor light is a luminaire used outdoors and will be described with reference to FIG.

[0003] The security light 5 has a mounting band 8 wound and fixed above a utility pole 6 erected on the side of a road or the like.
Further, an electric wire (not shown) for supplying electricity to the security light 5 is inserted into the electric pole 6, and this electric wire (not shown) branches off from a power electric wire (not shown) buried underground. Connected.

[0004] The security light 5 has a ship-shaped body 10 which is arranged on the upper part and is opened downward and is made of die-casting. The cover 15 is made of a synthetic resin. The cover 15 is connected to a hinge 20 at the tip of the instrument body 10 and has a structure that opens and closes with the hinge 20 as a fulcrum.

Further, an elliptical opening 16 is formed in front of the cover 15, and a globe 19 made of a boat-shaped translucent material projecting downward is attached to the opening 16.

The instrument body 10 facing the glove 16
A lamp (not shown) is mounted therein, and a ballast (not shown) for stably lighting the lamp is mounted behind the instrument body 10, and this ballast is connected to a lamp (not shown).

Further, on the rear upper surface of the instrument body 10,
An automatic blinker (not shown) having a light sensor that detects an external light / dark state and turns on when the outside becomes dark and turns off when the outside becomes bright is attached.

A lamp burnout detector 25 is mounted behind the cover 15. An LED 27, which is connected to the lamp out detector 25 and is turned on when a lamp (not shown) is out, is mounted downward with its tip protruding from the cover 15.

The lamp burnout detector 25 utilizes the property that the voltage across the lamp drops when the lamp is burned out.
Is turned on.

[0010]

As described above, the conventional security light (outdoor light) detects a voltage drop at both ends of the lamp and turns on an LED lamp having a tip protruding from a lower surface of the security light and mounted. This signal indicates that the security light has run out. Outdoor lights, such as security lights, are installed at a height of 4 to 5 m.

Since the size of the LED lamp is small, it is difficult to see. In addition, during the daytime inspection, the surrounding area is bright,
There is a problem that it is more difficult to determine whether the ED lamp is lit or not.

[0012] The LED lamp is mounted behind the outdoor lamp, and because of the small size of the LED lamp, the LED lamp is hidden by an obstacle such as a tree branch. If the LED lamp is not removed, it is not possible to determine whether the LED lamp is lit or not, and there is a problem that it takes a lot of trouble to check the lamp has run out.

Further, the LED lamp for notifying that the lamp has run out detects the voltage drop of the voltage between both ends of the lamp and is turned on. Therefore, the LED lamp is turned on at the same time when the lamp runs out and continues until it is replaced with a new lamp. Since the LED lamp is turned on, there is a problem that the life of the LED lamp is shortened.

Furthermore, since an LED lamp for notifying that the lamp has run out is used in addition to the outdoor lamp, this L
When the ED lamp is burned out, the lamp is erroneously determined to be in a normal state, so that there is a problem that the function of the lamp burnout detector is not fulfilled.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide an outdoor lamp having an out-of-lamp detector capable of reliably checking for an out-of-lamp.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an outdoor lamp according to the present invention has a lamp burnout detector which is installed on a utility pole or the like and which confirms a lamp burnout of a lamp attached to an appliance body. In an outdoor light, the lamp burnout detector operates in response to ON / OFF of a remote controller.
It comprises a light receiving sensor that stops, and a blinker that turns on and off the lamp when the light receiving sensor is activated / stopped, wherein the light receiving sensor is provided on a lower surface of the outdoor light.

In the above configuration, the remote control is turned on by O on the ground.
Since N / OFF is performed and the lamp of the outdoor lamp itself is turned on to check whether the lamp has run out, it is possible to reliably confirm that the lamp has run out. In addition, because the lighting confirmation is a lamp, ON /
Because it is OFF, it can be clearly confirmed even in the daytime.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Note that the same components as in the related art will be described with the same reference numerals.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the security light is attached to the upper part of the telephone pole, and FIG. 4 is a front sectional view of the security light.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the rear surface of the security light, a main body mounting bracket 18 which is formed in a U-shape and has a rectangular mounting hole 18a is fixed. The mounting band 8 is inserted into the mounting hole 18a, and the mounting band 8 is wound around the upper part of the utility pole 6 as shown in FIG.

The security light is a ship-shaped device main body 10 which is disposed on the upper portion and is opened downward and is made of a die-cast. And a light-transmitting cover 30 made of a transparent material.
The hinge 20 is connected to the hinge 20 at the tip thereof, and the hinge 20 is opened and closed using the hinge 20 as a fulcrum.

At the rear end of the translucent cover 30, a decorative screw 5
0 is rotatably locked and mounted.
The light transmitting cover 30 is engaged with the instrument main body 10 by being screwed into the instrument main body 10 to be attached.

At the inner rear end of the instrument body 10, a partition 11 is provided extending downward, and
An automatic blinker storage space 12 is formed between 1 and the rear surface of the instrument body 10, and a circular light receiving hole 13 is formed in the center of the upper surface of the automatic blinker storage space 12.

In the automatic flasher storage space 12, a columnar automatic flasher 51 having a circular light receiving surface (not shown) on its upper surface is stored, and the light receiving surface (not shown) is provided with the light receiving hole. 13 and is attached. Further, a glow lamp 55 for turning on a lamp 60 of an outdoor light is attached to a lower surface side of the automatic blinker 51.

Mounting bosses 14 are respectively provided downward from the upper back surface of the instrument body 10 downward, and a stabilizer 56 is fixed to these mounting bosses 14 with screws (not shown).

A substantially L-shaped socket mounting plate 57 is mounted on the mounting boss 14 with screws (not shown), and a lamp socket 58 is mounted on the socket mounting plate 57.
A lamp 60 is screwed and fixed to the lamp socket 58. As the lamp 60, a fluorescent lamp or an HID lamp is used.

Further, a mounting plate 53 is mounted on the socket mounting plate 57 by a method not shown so as to cover the lower opening of the stabilizer 56, and a flashing device as a flashing device made of an electronic component or the like is mounted on the mounting plate 53. A substrate 54 on which the circuit 36 is mounted is mounted via an insulating member.

On both sides of the lamp 60, reflectors 65 attached to the apparatus main body 10 by a method not shown are arranged to face each other.

Further, a light receiving sensor engaging hole 31 is formed in the lower surface of the rear end of the translucent cover 30, and the light receiving sensor 35 is provided on the substrate 54 facing the light receiving sensor engaging hole 31 in a manner not shown. Installed in. The tip of the light receiving sensor 35 is provided with the light receiving sensor engaging hole 3.
The light-transmissive cover 30 is attached to the device main body 10 by engaging with the first cover 1.

The remote control transmitter 41 transmits infrared rays to an outdoor light mounted on the telephone pole 6, and a light emitting diode (not shown) as a transmitting element is provided on a tip surface of the transmitter 41. This remote control transmitter 4 is attached
By turning on / off the first switch 42, infrared rays are transmitted and stopped.

The infrared light transmitted from the remote control transmitter 41 is received by the light receiving sensor 35 provided on the lower surface of the translucent cover 30.

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram of an outdoor lamp having a burn-out detector.

An automatic flashing device 51 and a ballast 56 are connected in series to a lamp 60 of the outdoor light, and a lamp burnout detector 34 is connected between both ends of the power supply voltage and the automatic flashing device 51 and the ballast 56. Connected to a point.

The out-of-lamp detector 34 comprises a remote control transmitter 41, a light receiving sensor 34, and a blinking circuit 36 as a blinker which is turned on / off in response to the light receiving sensor 34.

When the switch of the remote control transmitter 41 is turned on, infrared rays are transmitted. The infrared light is received by the light receiving sensor 34, and the blinker 36 of the lamp burnout detector 34 is turned on.
The lamp 60 lights up.

The switch 42 of the remote control transmitter 41 is turned off.
At F, the transmission of the infrared light is stopped, the blinker 36 is turned off, and the lamp 60 is turned off.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

When the outdoor light becomes dark, the automatic flasher 51 connected to the power supply is turned on and the ballast 56 is turned on.
The lamp 60 is turned on by the glow lamp 55 via the. When the outdoors become bright, the automatic flasher 51 connected to the power supply is turned off, and the lamp 60 is turned off.

Next, the lamp burnout detector 34 will be described.

Normally, as shown in FIG. 3, the light-emitting diode (not shown) attached to the tip of the remote control transmitter 41 is directed from the ground to the light receiving sensor 35 of the outdoor light, and the switch 42 of the remote control transmitter 41 is turned on. Then, an infrared ray is transmitted from the light emitting diode of the remote control transmitter 41 toward the light receiving sensor 35 and received by the light receiving sensor 35.

When the light receiving sensor 35 receives infrared rays, the blinker 36 connected to both ends of the power supply voltage and the input side of the ballast 56 is turned on, the lamp 60 is connected to the power supply, and the lamp 60 is turned on. .

Next, the switch 4 of the remote control transmitter 41
When 2 is turned off, transmission of infrared rays stops,
The blinker 36 is also turned off, and the lamp 60 is turned off.

As described above, even in the daytime, the lamp can be turned on / off by turning on / off the remote control transmitter 41, so that the lighting / off can be easily confirmed.

Therefore, when the lamp is turned off, even if the switch 42 of the remote control transmitter 41 is turned on, the lamp does not turn on and it is possible to easily confirm that the lamp has run out even in the daytime.

Further, since infrared rays are in a service area of several tens of meters, remote control can be easily performed even with an outdoor light installed at a high position.

Further, since the frequency of the remote controller is the same, it is possible to check whether the lamp of many outdoor lights has run out with one transmitter.

[0047]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a light receiving sensor for receiving light transmitted from a remote controller, the light receiving sensor operates in response to ON / OFF of the remote controller, and turns on the lamp. Since a lamp burnout detector consisting of a flasher for turning off / off is provided on the lower surface of the outdoor light,
Lighting / extinguishing of outdoor lamps can be easily controlled even from the ground. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm that the lamp has run out from the ground even in the daytime.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an outdoor light according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a state where the outdoor lamp according to the embodiment is installed on a utility pole.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary plan view showing a state in which the lamp of the outdoor lamp in the embodiment is checked for burnout;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary front sectional view showing the outdoor light according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing a state in which an outdoor lamp according to the related art is installed on a utility pole.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6: telephone pole, 10: appliance main body, 34: lamp out detector, 35: light receiving sensor, 36: blinking circuit (flashing device), 41: remote control transmitter (remote control), 60: lamp.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An outdoor lamp which is installed on an electric pole or the like and has an out-of-lamp detector for checking the out-of-lamp of a lamp attached to an appliance body, wherein the out-of-lamp detector responds to ON / OFF of a remote controller. An outdoor light comprising: a light receiving sensor that operates / stops; and a blinker that turns on / off the lamp when the light receiving sensor operates / stops, wherein the light receiving sensor is provided on a lower surface of the outdoor light.