JPH1050128A - Luminaire socket stand mounting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an appliance main body from being separated from a socket stand even before the socket stand is assembled into the appliance main body, and to simplify assembling work when it is used. SOLUTION: A long hole 6 having a wide width, a circular hole 8 with a projection 7 provided in a part of its periphery, and a fine hole 9 for connecting the long hole 6 to the circular hole 8 are formed in a side wall 2 of an appliance main body 1. Also, a small hole 10 is formed therein. A cut and erected piece 11 capable of passing through the long hole 6 is formed on the side of a socket stand 3 where a socket 4 is installed onto its surface. A base part 12 of the cut and erected piece 11 can freely pass through the fine hole 9 provided between the long hole 6 and the circular hole 8. The base part 12 of the piece 11 can be freely rotated through a nearly right angle in the inside of the circular hole 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for mounting a socket base for a lighting fixture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a lighting fixture, a fixture main body and a socket base on which a socket is installed are separately manufactured and shipped from a factory. In use, a socket base is attached to both ends of the fixture main body and assembled. When mounting this socket base, a cut-and-raised piece is formed in one of the instrument body and the socket base and a hole is formed in the other, and the cut-and-raised piece is engaged with the hole without using a component such as a screw conventionally. It has been done to attach it.

According to this method, it is not necessary to use screws or the like, so that it is easy to assemble. However, when shipping from a factory, it is necessary to package the socket stand separately from the appliance body, so that the packaging becomes troublesome. In some cases, the user may forget to package the socket base together when packaging the device body.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a method for mounting a luminaire from a factory, even when the luminaire is shipped from a factory, and thus before the socket base is assembled for use with the luminaire body. So as not to leave the socket base, thereby simplifying its packaging,
In addition, the object of the present invention is to avoid forgetting the packaging of the socket base and to facilitate the assembling in use.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a long tool body having a wide elongated hole, a circular hole having a step on a part of a peripheral edge thereof, a circular hole having a stepped portion, and the elongated hole and the circular hole. And forming continuous pores, separately forming small holes, and forming cut-and-raised pieces that can pass through the long holes on both sides of the socket base on which the socket is installed, While the base of the cut and raised piece can pass freely between the long hole and the circular hole through the fine hole,
The base of the cut-and-raised piece can be engaged with the periphery of the circular hole inside the circular hole, and is rotatable about 90 degrees.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a long tool body, and a flat wall 1A,
A side wall 2 is formed by folding both side edges thereof, and socket bases 3 are installed at both ends as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 4 denotes a socket attached to the socket base 3. A lighting device 5 necessary for lighting the discharge lamp L is housed inside the appliance body 1. These configurations are not particularly different from conventional lighting fixtures.

According to the present invention, a long hole 6 having a wide width, a circular hole 8 having a step 7 at a part of the periphery thereof,
And a circular hole 8 to form a continuous pore 9. Separately, a circular small hole 10 is formed. On the other hand, cut and raised pieces 11 that can pass through the elongated holes 6 are formed on both side surfaces of the socket base 3. The base 12 of the cut-and-raised piece 11 can pass between the long hole 6 and the circular hole 8 through the small hole 9.

When the base 12 of the cut and raised piece 11 is located in the circular hole 8, the cut and raised piece 11 is freely engageable so as to sandwich the outer periphery of the circular hole 8, and the base of the cut and raised piece 11 is circular. 8, it is freely rotatable within a range of about 90 degrees. Further small holes 10
Is formed.

Prior to shipment of the lighting fixture from the factory, the socket base 3 is incorporated into the fixture main body 1. In this installation, as shown in FIG. 3, the socket 4 is turned down inside the instrument body 1, and the inside of the side wall 2 of the instrument body 1 faces the outside of the side wall of the socket base 3. And the instrument body 1
The cut-and-raised piece 11 is inserted into the elongated hole 6 from the inside of the hole.

Next, when the socket base 3 is moved in parallel toward the outer end of the instrument body 1, as shown in FIG.
The base of 1 passes through the fine hole 9 and reaches the circular hole 8 as shown in FIG. In this state, the cut-and-raised piece 11 covers the outer surface of the circular hole 8 so that it does not come out of the circular hole 8.

When the step 7 is located at a position lower than the edge 9A of the hole 9, the base 12 of the cut-and-raised piece 11 extends along the width direction by the edge of the circular hole 8 and the tip of the hole 9. Become sandwiched. Thereby, the movement of the socket base 3 along the longitudinal direction of the instrument body 1 is restricted. As described above, the socket base 3 is incorporated into the appliance main body 1, and in the assembled state, the movement in the front-rear, left-right, and up-down directions is restricted and fixed to the appliance main body 1.

In this state, the instrument body is packaged together with another instrument, for example, a reflector, and shipped from the factory.
In order to assemble the socket base 3 on site, it is sufficient to rotate the socket 4 approximately 90 degrees so that the socket 4 stands up as shown in FIG. As a result, the base 12 rotates while being positioned inside the circular hole 8, and reaches the position shown in FIG. 8 after passing through the state shown in FIG.

In this state, the base portion 12 hits the side surface of the step portion 7 and further rotation is restrained, and the cut-and-raised piece 11 faces the outer surface around the fine hole 9, so that the cut-and-raised piece 11 becomes circular. There is no escape from the holes 8 and the holes 9. Furthermore, since the projection 13 is fitted into the small hole 10 at this position, the rotation of the socket base 3 to return to the original position is restrained. As described above, the socket base 3 is fixed to the appliance main body 1 in a normal state during use.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, when shipped from a factory, the socket base is stably connected to the appliance body, and is integrated with the appliance body without being separated from the appliance body. It is not necessary to package only the socket base because it is wrapped in a package, and the socket base is not forgotten and packed. It is only necessary to rotate the device, and it is possible to stably fix the device to the device main body only by the rotation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded partial slope sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a side wall of the instrument body.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an initial stage in which the socket base is mounted on the appliance body.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state where the socket base is slightly moved from the state of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the socket base is attached to the appliance main body.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing an initial stage of assembling the socket base.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state where the socket base is slightly rotated from the state of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a state where the socket base is assembled to the appliance body.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the entire lighting fixture.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Instrument main body 2 Side wall 3 Socket base 4 Socket 6 Elongated hole 7 Step part 8 Circular hole 9 Pore 10 Small hole 11 Cut piece 12 Base 13 Projection

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A wide elongated hole, a circular hole having a step on a part of a peripheral edge thereof, and a fine hole connecting the long hole and the circular hole are formed on both side walls of the long appliance body. Forming, separately forming a small hole, on both sides of the socket base on the surface of which the socket is installed, forming cut and raised pieces that can pass through the long hole,
The base of the cut-and-raised piece passes freely between the elongated hole and the circular hole through the small hole, and the base of the cut-and-raised piece rides on the upper edge of the step inside the circular hole. The lighting fixture socket base mounting device is configured to be freely engageable with the peripheral edge of the circular hole in the state of being turned and to be rotatable substantially at 90 degrees.