The present invention relates to a lamp structure, particularly a lamp structure that can be turned on or off by touching a movable tongue member.
Cabinets on the market in general meet the aesthetic and pragmatic demands, but not necessarily the general demand for convenience. The illumination is apparently one of the problems. Cabinets are commonly seen furniture in homes and offices. But the majority of cabinets do not come with illumination fixture, or if they do, they tend to be much more expensive and mostly require an external plug, hence not as convenient as desired. This invention is the product of research, design and continuous modification.
The invention relates to a lamp structure. The primary object of the invention is to provide a lamp structure that provides illumination when user opens the cabinet door.
The invention relates to a lamp structure, comprising a housing consisting of a casing structure with a hollow member and containing an opening member on partial surface that communicates with the hollow member; an illumination member consisting of an illumination element being arranged inside the housing; a power supply member being a power supply arranged in the hollow member of the housing; an electrical loop member being an electrical loop electrically connected to the illumination member and the power supply member, and the electrical loop member comprising a first electric terminal and a second electric terminal, the first electric terminal and the second electric terminal being generally in electrically disconnected state; a tongue member being a mechanical element that is slidably disposed inside the housing and confined between a first position and a second position, and includes an extension member which penetrates through the opening member and generally protrudes from the outer surface of the housing, the tongue member having a conductive piece thereon, the conductive piece being an electric conductor corresponding to the first electric terminal and the second electric terminal; and an elastic element being a mechanical element with recoil force and having one end being disposed in the power supply member and the other end being connected to the tongue member, wherein the conductive piece of the tongue member selects either the state of connection or disconnection between the first electric terminal and the second electric terminal; the two electric terminals being in the state of connection when the conductive piece is electrically connected to them and being in the state of disconnection when the conductive piece disengages from them; the first position corresponds to the disconnection state as selected by the tongue member, while the second position corresponds to the connection state as selected by the tongue member; and the position at where the extension member protrudes from the housing surface corresponds to any position between the first position and second position of the tongue member.
The objects, features and method of the invention as well as implementation of the invention are described in detail below with embodiments in reference to the accompanying drawings.
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In the lamp structure (1) of the invention, the housing (10) is a casing structure with a hollow member (100), on the surface at one end of the housing (10) there being provided an opening member (11) that penetrates through the casing and communicates with the hollow member (100), and penetrates through the hollow member (100) to the exterior of the housing (10). The outer edge on the side surface of the housing (10) at where the opening member (11) is formed has a beveled guide plane (12), which reduces the volume of the housing (10) while adding to the convenience of housing (10) installation.
In the lamp structure (1), the illumination member (20) includes one or a plurality of illuminating elements (22), the illuminating elements (22) being a light-emitting diode (LED) or any light source driven by DC power. The illumination member (20) can further include a transparent shade body (24) being disposed on top of the housing (10) and covering the illuminating elements (22).
The transparent shade body (24) can have an optical structure such as an optical lens arrays or a marking structure with special design to soften the light rays emitted by the illuminating element (22) passing through, or redirect the path of light rays to confine the effective irradiating direction of the light rays.
In the lamp structure (1), the power supply member (30) provides the power source for the lamp structure (1). More specifically in an embodiment, the power supply member (30) is assembled in the hollow member (100) of the housing (10). The power supply member (30) contains a battery holder and can use general battery (not shown in the figures) for power supply. The power supply member (30) can also be a power source outside the housing (10). Specifically, the power supply member (30) is an external battery pack or a transformer electrically connected to the city power system. The electrical connection that guides the power supplied by the power supply member (30) to the electrical loop member (40) can supply the power needed by the illumination member (20).
In the lamp structure (1), the electrical loop member (40) is an electrical loop electrically connecting the illumination member (20) to the power supply member (30), and comprising a first electric terminal (42) and a second electric terminal (44). The first electric terminal (42) and the second electric terminal (44) are in the state of disconnection. In addition, the first electric terminal (42) and the second electric terminal (44) can respectively be a plate body with conductivity that is made of conductive material or a non-conductive baseboard with conductive material arranged thereon.
In the lamp structure (1), the tongue member (50) is arranged inside the hollow member (100) of the housing (10) and confined between the first position (as shown in
Moreover, under the action of the recoil force of the elastic element (60), the extension member (52) is not subject to external force such that the position corresponding to the conductive piece (51) is in contact with the first electric terminal (42) and the second electric terminal (44) to charge the electrical loop member (40); when the extension member (52) is under the push of external force, the conductive piece (53) disengages the first electric terminal (42) and the second electric terminal (44) such that the electrical loop member (40) is in electrically disconnected state.
The hollow member (100) of the housing (10) is further coupled with a first plate body (80) and a second plate body (82), wherein the first plate body (80) is disposed between a first position and a second position where the tongue member (50) can move therebetween and covers one end of the hollow member (100). The second plate body (82) covers other parts on said end of the hollow member (100). The first plate body (80) has a guide groove (800) that can be coupled with the guide block (53). The coupling of guide block (53) and the guide groove (800) is to confine the moving direction of the tongue member (50) such that it only moves between the first position and the second position.
The elastic element (60) is a mechanical element with recoil force, such as a spring, a spring sheet or a block made of elastic material. One end of the elastic element (60) is disposed inside the hollow member (100), while the other end is mechanically connected to one end of the tongue member (50), wherein one end of the elastic member (60) is disposed at the external side of the power supply member (30) in the hollow member (100).
In the lamp structure (1), the conductive piece (51) of the tongue member (50) can select the state between the first electric terminal (42) and the second electric terminal (44) to be disconnected or connected; the two electric terminals are in the state of connection when the conductive piece (53) is electrically connected to them and being in the state of disconnection when the conductive piece (51) disengages from them; the first position corresponds to the disconnection state as selected by the tongue member (50), while the second position corresponds to the connection state as selected by the tongue member (50); and the position at where the extension member (52) protrudes from the housing (10) surface corresponds to any position between the first position and second position of the tongue member (50).
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The side of the housing (10) opposing the tongue member (50) has a beveled guide plane (12) to prevent the mechanical interference between the cabinet door (92) and the housing (10) when mounting the housing (10) inside the cabinet (90), hence rendering the installation of housing (10) more convenient.
As described above, the invention provides a lamp structure that allows the user to light up the interior of a cabinet. The invention possesses inventive step and meets the essential criteria for new utility patent.
The present invention has been disclosed in detail. However the disclosed embodiment should not be construed as a limitation on the actual applicable scope of the invention, and as such, all modifications and alterations without departing from the spirits of the invention and appended claims shall remain within the protected scope and claims of the invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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096216501 | Oct 2007 | TW | national |