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EP0036450B1 - Battery-powered lamp, particularly portable lamp, with integrated warning flasher unit - Google Patents

Battery-powered lamp, particularly portable lamp, with integrated warning flasher unit Download PDF

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EP0036450B1
EP0036450B1 EP80108103A EP80108103A EP0036450B1 EP 0036450 B1 EP0036450 B1 EP 0036450B1 EP 80108103 A EP80108103 A EP 80108103A EP 80108103 A EP80108103 A EP 80108103A EP 0036450 B1 EP0036450 B1 EP 0036450B1
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Josef Fleck
Torsten Meyer-Staufenbiel
Heinrich Reiser
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/02—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/04—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by the provision of a light source housing portion adjustably fixed to the remainder of the device
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/08—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by means for in situ recharging of the batteries or cells
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/40—Hand grips
    • F21V21/406—Hand grips for portable lighting devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2111/00—Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
    • F21W2111/10—Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00 for personal use, e.g. hand-held

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  • the invention relates to a battery lamp, in particular a hand lamp, with an integrated hazard warning device according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • the hazard warning device is arranged in the headlight head, which in turn is held on the top of a battery box that holds a rechargeable battery.
  • a light passage opening is provided, which is covered with a diffusing screen, behind which the hazard warning lamp of the hazard warning device is arranged.
  • a battery lamp with flashing lamp is known, which is arranged in the battery box above the batteries on the front of the lamp.
  • Such an arrangement takes up a considerable amount of space and therefore only allows the formation of a small light-emitting area, because otherwise the battery box would have to be made disproportionately large.
  • the headlight head is held on a pivotable support arm of the battery lamp.
  • a battery lamp is known, the lamp head of which is pivotally attached to the front of a support arm, while the hazard warning device is located inside the battery box.
  • This arrangement of the hazard warning flashers also requires a substantial extension of the battery box to form the light exit surfaces for the warning lamps, so that here too, with a justifiable increase in overall height and a corresponding reduction in stability, only a limited luminosity of the hazard warning flashing device can be achieved, which does not meet the requirements of modern road traffic justice.
  • a battery lamp is known from OE-A-1 539 404, in which the flasher unit for the hazard warning flasher acts directly on the headlight.
  • colored front lenses can be arranged in front of the reflector of the main headlight. With such an arrangement, a high luminous intensity is achieved in the hazard warning flashing mode, but the direction of exit of the warning light can be changed with the pivoting of the headlight head and is therefore not clearly defined. Since the main headlight should be pivotable, there is a risk that the warning light will not be perceived by the person to be warned because the direction of emission is too high or too low.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a structurally compact battery lamp, which ensures a high level of stability due to a low height and is designed such that there are large radiation areas for both the actual lamp and the hazard warning device result in high brightness with a predetermined radiation direction of the warning light.
  • the battery lamp according to the invention with the characterizing features of the main claim has the advantage over the known arrangements that the hazard warning lamp is always in a fixed association with the base of the battery lamp and has a sufficiently large distance from it. This eliminates the need for separate alignment of the headlight head in this position. This means that the locking device in the articulated connection between the battery box and the headlight head can be dispensed with, which leads to an improvement in the handling of the battery lamp in operation as a hand lamp and simplifies the design and manufacture of the battery lamp. Without the existing detent, the headlight head can now be steplessly adjusted at any angle to the battery box. This simplifies and improves the handling of the battery lamp when used as a hand lamp.
  • the embodiment of the invention according to claim 6 is particularly advantageous here. These measures advantageously make it possible to implement the inventive concept of shifting the swivel axis of the headlight head toward the swivel head center axis without the existing volume in the headlight head being worth mentioning for accommodating the necessary components is reduced. At the same time, it is ensured that the hazard warning lamp located below the headlight head is not completely or partially covered in any pivoting position of the headlight head.
  • the embodiment of the invention according to claim 8 is also advantageous. This achieves a watertight lead-through for the connecting lines between the battery and the headlamp, in which the connecting lines are hardly exposed to bending or tensile stress.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention results from claim 12, alone or in conjunction with the embodiments of the invention according to the other claims.
  • These measures enable the use of non-type-tested lamps, in particular the use of the same lamp as in the headlight head, also in the hazard warning device and the replacement of the hazard warning lamp by the user even if a lamp defect occurs.
  • Only type-tested bulbs with a nominal voltage of 6, 12 or 24 V are permitted for turn signals according to the StVZO.
  • conventional battery lights work with a direct voltage of 4.8 V.
  • Such lamps with a nominal voltage of 4.8 V may only be used in hazard warning flashers if these lamps are specially approved for the manufacturer and it is also ensured that only the lamps approved for the manufacturer - and not other commercially available lamps - can be used by the user in the hazard warning device.
  • This requirement is met by the embodiment of the invention according to claim 12, since only the complete assembly of reflector and lamp approved for the manufacturer can be replaced, but not the lamp which has not been type-tested and not approved as such.
  • this has the advantage that the procurement costs and the storage costs for these incandescent lamps can be reduced by using the same lamp of 4.8 V nominal voltage in the headlights and hazard warning device.
  • the battery light shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 with an integrated hazard warning flashing device in the embodiment of a hand lamp has a battery case 10 with a hinged cover cap 11 and a headlight head 12 with a headlight 20 arranged therein pivotably about an essentially transverse pivot axis 19.
  • a battery receiving space 13 for receiving a rechargeable battery 14 and a cable compartment 16 which is separate from the battery compartment 13 and can be covered by a flap 15 for inserting a charging mains cable (not shown).
  • the flap 15 and the cover cap 11 are pivotable about a common hinge 17 fastened to the battery box 10.
  • the cover cap 11 is locked on the battery box 10 by means of a closure device 18 that can only be operated with a tool.
  • the battery box 10 Near its upper end, the battery box 10, here the cap 11 in a side wall, specifically in the side wall 22 facing away from the headlight opening 21 in the headlight head 12, has a light passage opening 23 which extends essentially over the entire extent of the side wall 22 and in Adaptation to it is rectangular.
  • the light passage opening 23 is covered by a light diffusing screen 24.
  • a hazard warning lamp 25 with an associated reflector 26 is arranged in the cover 11 substantially coaxially with the light passage opening 23.
  • the hazard warning lamp 25 and reflector 26 are combined to form an inseparable structural unit 27, the reflector 26 being one with it lumpy socket neck 28 for receiving the lamp base 29 of the hazard warning lamp 25.
  • the lamp base 29 is cast in a watertight manner into the holder neck 28 of the reflector 26 by means of a casting compound 30.
  • the socket neck 28 is provided with two preferably diametrically opposite openings 31, through each of which a connection flat plug 32 projects, which is electrically conductively connected, in particular soldered, to an end contact point 33 of the lamp base 29.
  • the light diffusing screen 24 covering the light passage opening 23 is also held in a non-detachable manner on the reflector 26, specifically glued to the reflector opening in a watertight manner.
  • the entire assembly 27 is accessible and replaceable in the cover cap 11 from the underside thereof, for which purpose the cover cap 11 has to be folded down from the battery box 10 after the locking device 18 has been unlocked. For simple replacement of the assembly 27, it can be clipped into the light passage opening 23 in the side wall 22 of the cover cap 11 by means of resilient projections 34.
  • the height of the side wall 22 of the cover cap 11, which has the light passage opening 23, is dimensioned to be substantially greater than the side wall opposite this side wall and carrying the closure device 18.
  • the cover cap 11 rises from this side wall to the side wall 22 having the light passage opening 23 in the manner of a writing desk.
  • the covering cap 11 Near the side wall 22, the covering cap 11 has a flat surface 35 which is oriented essentially at right angles to this side wall 22 and on which two supports 36 which are arranged as far apart as possible project transversely upwards therefrom.
  • the swivel axis 19 of the headlight head 12, which is arranged near the swivel head center axis 37 and aligned transversely thereto, runs through the two supports 36 near the free ends thereof.
  • the two supports 36 are hollow with a rectangular cross section.
  • the headlight head 12 tapers in its housing 41 from the headlight opening 21 in the axial direction, the degree of taper of the housing 41 being substantially greater in a housing region adjacent to the reflector opening 21 than in the housing region further away.
  • two narrow housing pockets 42 assigned to the supports 36 are provided in the housing 41 of the headlight head 12.
  • the housing pockets 42 each extend parallel to one of the two housing sides 43, 44 of the headlight head 12 oriented transversely to the headlight opening 21 and are at a distance from the housing rear side 45 of the headlight head 12 facing away from the headlight opening 21 and to the underside of the housing, which runs essentially at right angles thereto 46 of the headlight head 12 open.
  • the housing pockets 42 have, with the through openings 39 of the hollow supports 36, coaxial openings 47 which establish a connection between the through openings 39 of the supports 36 and the interior of the housing 41 of the swivel head 12.
  • Electrical connection cables 48 are passed from the battery 14 in the battery receiving space 13 of the battery box 10 through the hollow supports 36, the through openings 39 and through the openings 47 in the housing pockets 42 into the housing interior of the headlight head 12 connected to the headlight 20 there. This results in a watertight cable leadthrough of the battery lamp, in which the connecting cables 48 are guided almost without bending and kinking.
  • a half-shell 49 which is integral with these is provided in the two housing pockets 42.
  • a half-shell 49 rests on a bearing journal 40 of the supports 36.
  • a counter-half-shell 50 is detachably held by means of two screws 51, the counter-half-shell 50 each encompassing a bearing pin 40 of the supports 36 from below.
  • the supports 36 with bearing pins 40 and the associated housing pockets 42 with molded-on half-shells 49 and counter-half-shells 50 screwed thereon, each of which completely encompasses one bearing pin 40, provide a technically simple, space-saving articulated connection between the cover cap 11 of the battery case 10 and the headlight head 12 realized.
  • This articulated connection makes it possible to move the swivel axis 19 of the articulated connection as far as possible up to the swivel head central axis 37 without significantly reducing the usable installation space in the headlight head 12.
  • an approximately bow-shaped handle 52 is arranged on the headlight head 12 with its housing 41.
  • the handle 52 runs in the housing region of the headlight head 12 remote from the headlight opening 21 with a small degree of taper, essentially parallel and at a distance from the housing contour. Close to the headlight opening 21, the handle 52 is held directly and at the opposite end, that is to say on the rear side 45 of the housing, via a spacer web 53 on the housing 41 of the headlight head 12.

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1. A battery lamp, particularly a hand lamp, comprising an integrated warning flashlight device, which has a battery compartment (10) preferably receiving a chargeable battery (14) with a hinged cover cap (11), a spotlight head (12) with a spotlight (20) arranged therein arranged for pivotal movement about a substantially transverse pivotal axis (19) and a warning flashlight bulb (25) which is arranged in the battery compartment in the vicinity of its upper end, characterized in that, the warning flashlight bulb (25) is arranged in the cover cap (11) in such a manner that, in the side wall (22) remote from the spotlight opening (21), the cover cap has a light opening (23) covered by a light diffusing screen (24) and associated with the warning flashlight bulb (25), which light opening (23) extends over substantially the entire width of the side wall (22) and is made rectangular, that the spotlight head (12) and the cover cap (11) together with the warning flashlight bulb (25) each have their greatest dimensions in the region of the light openings (21, 23) and narrowing towards the opposite side, are arranged substantially complimentary to each other.

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Die Erfindung geht aus von einer Batterieleuchte, insbesondere einer Handleuchte, mit integrierter Warnblinkvorrichtung nach der Gattung des Hauptanspruches.The invention relates to a battery lamp, in particular a hand lamp, with an integrated hazard warning device according to the preamble of the main claim.

Bei einer bekannten, im Handel erhältlichen Batterieleuchte ist die Warnblinkvorrichtung im Scheinwerferkopf angeordnet, der seinerseits auf der Oberseite eines eine aufladbare Batterie aufnehmenden Batteriekastens gehalten ist. Auf der Rückseite des Scheinwerferkopfes, also in der der Scheinwerferöffnung gegenüberliegenden Seitenwand des Gehäuses des Scheinwerferkopfes, ist eine mit einer Streuscheibe abgedeckte Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung vorgesehen, hinter welcher die Warnblinklampe der Warnblinkvorrichtung angeordnet ist.In a known, commercially available battery light, the hazard warning device is arranged in the headlight head, which in turn is held on the top of a battery box that holds a rechargeable battery. On the rear of the headlight head, that is to say in the side wall of the housing of the headlight head opposite the headlight opening, a light passage opening is provided, which is covered with a diffusing screen, behind which the hazard warning lamp of the hazard warning device is arranged.

In der Betriebsweise der Batterieleuchte als Warnblinkleuchte ist es notwendig, den Scheinwerferkopf exakt parallel zu der Standfläche der Batterieleuchte auszurichten, damit das Licht der Warnblinklampe etwa parallel zur Strassenoberfläche ausgestrahlt wird und damit in den meisten Fällen das von ihr ausgehende Licht die für die Warnfunktion notwendige grösste Reichweite hat. Um dieser Forderung der Strassenverkehrzulassungsordnung (StVZO) gerecht zu werden, ist für eine solchermassen gestaltete, als Warnblinkleuchte fungierende Batterieleuchte zwingend eine Rastung und Arretierung in dem zwischen Batteriekasten und Scheinwerferkopf vorhandenen Gelenk erforderlich, damit der Scheinwerferkopf in der Betriebsweise der Leuchte als Warnblinkleuchte parallel zur Standfläche ausgerichtet werden kann und in dieser Stellung zuverlässig gehalten wird. Eine solche Rastung und Arretierung in der Gelenkverbindung zwischen Scheinwerferkopf und Batteriekasten verursacht nicht nur zusätzliche Fertigungskosten, sondern ist insbesondere in der Betriebsweise der Batterieleuchte als Handscheinwerfer lästig und im Hinblick auf eine günstige Handhabung des Handscheinwerfers wenig zweckmässig.In the operating mode of the battery lamp as a hazard warning lamp, it is necessary to align the headlight head exactly parallel to the base of the battery lamp, so that the light of the hazard warning lamp is emitted approximately parallel to the street surface and in most cases the light emitted by it is the largest necessary for the warning function Has range. In order to meet this requirement of the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO), for such a battery light that functions as a hazard warning light, it is absolutely necessary to snap and lock it in the joint between the battery box and the headlight head so that the headlight head operates parallel to the standing area as a hazard warning light can be aligned and is held reliably in this position. Such latching and locking in the articulated connection between the headlight head and battery box not only causes additional manufacturing costs, but is particularly troublesome in the operation of the battery light as a handheld headlight and is not very practical with regard to a cheap handling of the handheld headlight.

Darüber hinaus erfordert eine solche Rastung oder Verriegelung des Schwenkkopfes, in dessen im wesentlichen waagrechten oder horizontalen Lage einen gewissen Abstand zwischen dem Batteriekasten und dem Scheinwerferkopf, um hier zur Lösung der Rastung oder Verriegelung in der waagrechten Stellung des Scheinwerferkopfes eine manuelle Zugänglichkeit der Gelenkverbindung zu gewährleisten. Mit aus diesem Grund wird dabei auch die Gelenkverbindung unmittelbar an der Unterseite des Scheinwerferkopfes angeordnet, was auch noch dazu führt, dass beim Schwenken des Scheinwerferkopfes im Betrieb der Batterieleuchte als Handscheinwerfer der Scheinwerferkopf mit seinem Schwerpunkt über die Standfläche des Batteriekastens hinausragt und damit die Standfestigkeit der Batterieleuchte in dieser nach oben geschwenkten Stellung des Scheinwerferkopfes erheblich verringert wird. Die grosse Bauhöhe der bekannten Batterieleuchte erschwert nicht nur ihre Unterbringung insbesondere beim Mitführen im Kraftfahrzeug, sondern erhöht auch wesentlich den für die Fertigung der Leuchte erforderlichen Materialbedarf.In addition, such a latching or locking of the swivel head, in its essentially horizontal or horizontal position, requires a certain distance between the battery box and the headlight head, in order to ensure manual access to the articulated connection for releasing the latching or locking in the horizontal position of the headlight head . For this reason, the articulated connection is also arranged directly on the underside of the headlight head, which also leads to the fact that when the headlight head is pivoted during operation of the battery lamp as a handheld headlight, the headlight head and its center of gravity protrude beyond the footprint of the battery box and thus the stability of the Battery lamp is significantly reduced in this upward pivoted position of the headlight head. The large overall height of the known battery lamp not only makes it difficult to accommodate it, particularly when it is carried in a motor vehicle, but also significantly increases the material required for manufacturing the lamp.

Aus der BE-A-416 646 ist eine Batterieleuchte mit Blinklampe bekannt, welche im Batteriekasten oberhalb der Batterien auf der Vorderseite der Leuchte angeordnet ist. Eine derartige Anordnung hat einen erheblichen Platzbedarf und erlaubt deshalb nur die Ausbildung einer kleinen Lichtaustrittsfläche, weil sonst der Batteriekasten unverhältnis gross gestaltet werden müsste. Der Scheinwerferkopf ist bei dieser bekannten Anordnung an einem schwenkbaren Tragarm der Batterieleuchte gehalten.From BE-A-416 646 a battery lamp with flashing lamp is known, which is arranged in the battery box above the batteries on the front of the lamp. Such an arrangement takes up a considerable amount of space and therefore only allows the formation of a small light-emitting area, because otherwise the battery box would have to be made disproportionately large. In this known arrangement, the headlight head is held on a pivotable support arm of the battery lamp.

Aus der FR-A-1 107 188 ist eine Batterieleuchte bekannt, deren Leuchtenkopf schwenkbar an der Vorderseite eines Tragarmes befestigt ist, während die Warnblinkvorrichtung innerhalb des Batteriekastens sitzt. Auch diese Anordnung der Warnblinkvorrichtung erfordert eine wesentliche Verlängerung des Batteriekastens zur Ausbildung der Lichtaustrittsflächen für die Warnlampen, so dass auch hierbei mit einer vertretbaren Vergrösserung der Bauhöhe und entsprechender Verringerung der Standfestigkeit nur eine begrenzte Leuchtstärke der Warnblinkvorrichtung erzielbar ist, welche den Anforderungen im modernen Strassenverkehr nicht gerecht wird.From FR-A-1 107 188 a battery lamp is known, the lamp head of which is pivotally attached to the front of a support arm, while the hazard warning device is located inside the battery box. This arrangement of the hazard warning flashers also requires a substantial extension of the battery box to form the light exit surfaces for the warning lamps, so that here too, with a justifiable increase in overall height and a corresponding reduction in stability, only a limited luminosity of the hazard warning flashing device can be achieved, which does not meet the requirements of modern road traffic justice.

Schliesslich ist aus derOE-A-1 539 404 eine Batterieleuchte bekannt, bei welcher der Blinkgeber für die Warnblinkvorrichtung direkt auf den Hauptscheinwerfer wirkt. Zur Erzielung besonderer Signalfarben können farbige Vorsatzscheiben vor dem Reflektor des Hauptscheinwerfers angeordnet werden. Mit einer derartigen Anordnung erreicht man zwar eine grosse Leuchtstärke im Warnblinkbetrieb, jedoch ist die Austrittsrichtung des Warnlichtes mit der Schwenkung des Scheinwerferkopfes veränderbar und somit nicht eindeutig definiert. Da der Hauptscheinwerfer schwenkbar sein soll, besteht die Gefahr, dass das Warnlicht von der zu warnenden Person nicht wahrgenommen wird, weil die Ausstrahlrichtung zu hoch oder zu tief ist.Finally, a battery lamp is known from OE-A-1 539 404, in which the flasher unit for the hazard warning flasher acts directly on the headlight. To achieve special signal colors, colored front lenses can be arranged in front of the reflector of the main headlight. With such an arrangement, a high luminous intensity is achieved in the hazard warning flashing mode, but the direction of exit of the warning light can be changed with the pivoting of the headlight head and is therefore not clearly defined. Since the main headlight should be pivotable, there is a risk that the warning light will not be perceived by the person to be warned because the direction of emission is too high or too low.

Ausgehend von den zuvor beschriebenen Schwierigkeiten liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine baulich kompakte Batterieleuchte zu schaffen, welche durch eine geringe Bauhöhe eine hohe Standfestigkeit gewährleistet und derart gestaltet ist, dass sich sowohl für die eigentliche Leuchte wie auch für die Warnblinkvorrichtung grosse Abstrahlflächen mit entsprechend grosser Helligkeit bei fest vorgegebener Abstrahlrichtung des Warnlichtes ergeben.Based on the difficulties described above, the invention has for its object to provide a structurally compact battery lamp, which ensures a high level of stability due to a low height and is designed such that there are large radiation areas for both the actual lamp and the hazard warning device result in high brightness with a predetermined radiation direction of the warning light.

Vorteile der ErfindungAdvantages of the invention

Die erfindungsgemässe Batterieleuchte mit den kennzeichnenden Merkmalen des Hauptanspruchs hat gegenüber den bekannten Anordnungen den Vorteil, dass die Warnblinklampe stets in fester Zuordnung zu der Standfläche der Batterieleuchte liegt und einen genügend grossen Abstand von dieser aufweist. Hierdurch entfällt die Notwendigkeit der gesonderten Ausrichtung des Scheinwerferkopfes in dieser Stellung. Damit kann die Rastsicherung in der Gelenkverbindung zwischen Batteriekasten und Scheinwerferkopf entfallen, was zu einer Verbesserung der Handhabung der Batterieleuchte im Betrieb als Handscheinwerfer führt und eine Vereinfachung in der Konstruktion und Fertigung der Batterieleuchte mit sich bringt. Ohne die vorhandene Rastung kann nunmehr der Scheinwerferkopf stufenlos in jedem beliebigen Anstellwinkel zum Batteriekasten eingestellt werden. Dies vereinfacht und verbessert die Handhabung der Batterieleuchte beim Gebrauch als Handscheinwerfer.The battery lamp according to the invention with the characterizing features of the main claim has the advantage over the known arrangements that the hazard warning lamp is always in a fixed association with the base of the battery lamp and has a sufficiently large distance from it. This eliminates the need for separate alignment of the headlight head in this position. This means that the locking device in the articulated connection between the battery box and the headlight head can be dispensed with, which leads to an improvement in the handling of the battery lamp in operation as a hand lamp and simplifies the design and manufacture of the battery lamp. Without the existing detent, the headlight head can now be steplessly adjusted at any angle to the battery box. This simplifies and improves the handling of the battery lamp when used as a hand lamp.

Durch diese Massnahmen wird aber auch die Voraussetzung dafür geschaffen, dass die Batterieleuchte insgesamt kompakter und gedrungener, mit geringerer Bauhöhe konstruiert werden kann, was sowohl der Materialeinsparung dient als auch die Standfestigkeit der Batterieleuchte auch bei aufwärts geschwenktem Scheinwerferkopf wesentlich erhöht.These measures also create the prerequisite for making the battery light overall more compact and compact, with a lower overall height, which both saves material and significantly increases the stability of the battery light even when the headlight head is pivoted upwards.

Durch die in den Unteransprüchen aufgeführten Massnahmen sind vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen und Verbesserungen der im Hauptanspruch angegebenen Batterieleuchte möglich.The measures listed in the subclaims permit advantageous developments and improvements to the battery lamp specified in the main claim.

Besonders vorteilhaft ist dabei die Ausführungsform der Erfindung gemäss Anspruch 6. Durch diese Massnahmen kann in vorteilhafter Weise das erfindungsgemässe Konzept der Verlagerung der Schwenkachse des Scheinwerferkopfes hin zur Schwenkkopf-Mittelachse realisiert werden, ohne dass hierdurch das vorhandene Bauvolumen im Scheinwerferkopf zur Unterbringung von notwendigen Bauteilen nenenswert reduziert wird. Zugleich ist sichergestellt, dass die unterhalb des Scheinwerferkopfes liegende Warnblinklampe in keiner Schwenkstellung des Scheinwerferkopfes ganz oder teilweise abgedeckt wird.The embodiment of the invention according to claim 6 is particularly advantageous here. These measures advantageously make it possible to implement the inventive concept of shifting the swivel axis of the headlight head toward the swivel head center axis without the existing volume in the headlight head being worth mentioning for accommodating the necessary components is reduced. At the same time, it is ensured that the hazard warning lamp located below the headlight head is not completely or partially covered in any pivoting position of the headlight head.

Vorteilhaft ist auch die Ausführungsform der Erfindung gemäss Anspruch 8. Hierdurch wird eine wasserdichte Leitungsdurchführung für die Verbindungsleitungen zwischen Batterie und Scheinwerfer erreicht, in welcher die Verbindungsleitungen kaum einer Biege- oder Zugbeanspruchung ausgesetzt sind.The embodiment of the invention according to claim 8 is also advantageous. This achieves a watertight lead-through for the connecting lines between the battery and the headlamp, in which the connecting lines are hardly exposed to bending or tensile stress.

Eine vorteilhafte Ausführungsform der Erfindung ergibt sich auch aus Anspruch 9. Durch diese konstruktiven Massnahmen wird eine konstruktiv einfache und fertigungstechnisch günstige Gelenkverbindung zwischen Scheinwerferkopf und Batteriekastendeckel erzielt, die sehr flach baut und relativ wenig Bauraum im Scheinwerferkopf beansprucht.An advantageous embodiment of the invention also results from claim 9. These constructive measures result in a structurally simple and technically advantageous articulated connection between the headlight head and the battery box cover, which is very flat and takes up relatively little space in the headlight head.

Eine besonders vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ergibt sich aus Anspruch 12, allein oder in Verbindung mit den Ausführungsformen der Erfindung gemäss den übrigen Ansprüchen. Diese Massnahmen ermöglichen die Verwendung von nicht typgeprüften Lampen, insbesondere die Verwendung der gleichen Lampe wie im Scheinwerferkopf, auch in der Warnblinkvorrichtung und die Auswechslung der Warnblinklampe durch den Benutzer selbst bei Auftreten eines Lampendefekts. Für Blinkleuchten nach der StVZO sind nur typgeprüfte Glühlampen der Nennspannung 6, 12 oder 24 V zugelassen. Übliche Batterieleuchten arbeiten aus Volumen- und Gewichtsgründen mit einer Gleichspannung von 4,8 V. Solche Lampen mit Nennspannung 4,8 V dürfen in Warnblinkvorrichtungen nur dann verwendet werden, wenn diese Lampen speziell für den Hersteller zugelassen sind und darüber hinaus sichergestellt ist, dass nur die für den Hersteller zugelassenen Lampen - und nicht andere handelsübliche Lampen - von dem Benutzer in die Warnblinkvorrichtung eingesetzt werden können. Diese Forderung erfüllt die Ausführungsform der Erfindung gemäss Anspruch 12, da nur die komplette, für den Hersteller zugelassene Baueinheit aus Reflektor und Lampe ausgewechselt werden kann, nicht hingegen die nicht typgeprüfte und nicht zugelassene Lampe als solche. Zusätzlich hat dies den Vorteil, dass durch die Verwendung der gleichen Lampe von 4,8 V Nennspannung in Scheinwerfer und Warnblinkvorrichtung sowohl die Beschaffungskosten als auch die Lagerhaltungskosten für diese Glühlampen reduziert werden können.A particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention results from claim 12, alone or in conjunction with the embodiments of the invention according to the other claims. These measures enable the use of non-type-tested lamps, in particular the use of the same lamp as in the headlight head, also in the hazard warning device and the replacement of the hazard warning lamp by the user even if a lamp defect occurs. Only type-tested bulbs with a nominal voltage of 6, 12 or 24 V are permitted for turn signals according to the StVZO. For reasons of volume and weight, conventional battery lights work with a direct voltage of 4.8 V. Such lamps with a nominal voltage of 4.8 V may only be used in hazard warning flashers if these lamps are specially approved for the manufacturer and it is also ensured that only the lamps approved for the manufacturer - and not other commercially available lamps - can be used by the user in the hazard warning device. This requirement is met by the embodiment of the invention according to claim 12, since only the complete assembly of reflector and lamp approved for the manufacturer can be replaced, but not the lamp which has not been type-tested and not approved as such. In addition, this has the advantage that the procurement costs and the storage costs for these incandescent lamps can be reduced by using the same lamp of 4.8 V nominal voltage in the headlights and hazard warning device.

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Die Erfindung ist anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels in der nachfolgenden Beschreibung näher erläutert. Es zeigen:

  • Fig. 1 eine Rückansicht einer Batterieleuchte mit Warnblinkvorrichtung,
  • Fig. 2 einen Schnitt längs der Linie 11-11 in Fig. 1,
  • Fig. 3 einen Schnitt längs der Linie 111-111 in Fig. 2.
The invention is explained in more detail in the following description with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. Show it:
  • 1 is a rear view of a battery light with hazard warning device,
  • 2 shows a section along the line 11-11 in Fig. 1,
  • 3 shows a section along the line 111-111 in FIG. 2nd

Beschreibung des AusführungsbeispielsDescription of the embodiment

Die in Fig. 1 und 2 dargestellte Batterieleuchte mit integrierter Warnblinkvorrichtung in der Ausführungsform einer Handleuchte weist einen Batteriekasten 10 mit aufklappbarer Abdeckkappe 11 und einen darauf um eine im wesentlichen querliegende Schwenkachse 19 schwenkbeweglich gehaltenen Scheinwerferkopf 12 mit darin angeordnetem Scheinwerfer 20 auf. Im Batteriekasten 10 ist ein Batterieaufnahmeraum 13 zur Aufnahme einer aufladbaren Batterie 14 und ein von dem Batterieraum 13 getrenntes und mittels einer Klappe 15 abdeckbares Kabelfach 16 zum Einlegen eines nicht dargestellten Auflade-Netzkabels vorgesehen. Die Klappe 15 und die Abdeckkappe 11 sind um ein am Batteriekasten 10 befestigtes gemeinsames Scharnier 17 schwenkbar. Die Abdeckkappe 11 ist am Batteriekasten 10 mittels einer nur mit einem Werkzeug betätigbaren Verschlussvorrichtung 18 verriegelt.The battery light shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 with an integrated hazard warning flashing device in the embodiment of a hand lamp has a battery case 10 with a hinged cover cap 11 and a headlight head 12 with a headlight 20 arranged therein pivotably about an essentially transverse pivot axis 19. Provided in the battery case 10 is a battery receiving space 13 for receiving a rechargeable battery 14 and a cable compartment 16 which is separate from the battery compartment 13 and can be covered by a flap 15 for inserting a charging mains cable (not shown). The flap 15 and the cover cap 11 are pivotable about a common hinge 17 fastened to the battery box 10. The cover cap 11 is locked on the battery box 10 by means of a closure device 18 that can only be operated with a tool.

Nahe seinem oberen Ende weist der Batteriekasten 10, hier die Abdeckkappe 11 in einer Seitenwand, und zwar in der der Scheinwerferöffnung 21 im Scheinwerferkopf 12 abgekehrten Seitenwand 22, eine Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung 23 auf, die sich im wesentlichen über die gesamte Ausdehnung der Seitenwand 22 erstreckt und in Anpassung daran rechteckförmig ist. Die Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung 23 ist von einer Lichtstreuscheibe 24 abgedeckt. Im wesentlichen koaxial zur Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung 23 ist eine Warnblinklampe 25 mit zugeordnetem Reflektor 26 in der Abdeckkappe 11 angeordnet. Wie insbesondere aus Fig. 3 ersichtlich ist, sind Warnblinklampe 25 und Reflektor 26 zu einer untrennbaren Baueinheit 27 vereinigt, wobei der Reflektor 26 einen damit einstückigen Fassungshals 28 zur Aufnahme des Lampensockels 29 der Warnblinklampe 25 aufweist. Der Lampensockel 29 ist mittels einer Gussmasse 30 wasserdicht in den Fassungshals 28 des Reflektors 26 eingegossen. Der Fassungshals 28 ist mit zwei vorzugsweise diametral gegenüberliegenden Durchbrüchen 31 versehen, durch welche jeweils ein Anschlussflachstecker 32 hindurchragt, der mit einem stirnseitigen Kontaktpunkt 33 des Lampensockels 29 elektrisch leitend verbunden, insbesondere verlötet, ist. Die die Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung 23 überdeckende Lichtstreuscheibe 24 ist ebenfalls an dem Reflektor 26 unlösbar gehalten, und zwar an dessen Reflektoröffnung wasserdicht verklebt. Die gesamte Baueinheit 27 ist in der Abdeckkappe 11 von deren Unterseite aus zugänglich und auswechselbar angeordnet, wozu die Abdeckkappe 11 vom Batteriekasten 10 nach Entriegeln der Verschlussvorrichtung 18 abgeklappt werden muss. Zum einfachen Auswechseln der Baueinheit 27 ist diese mittels federnden Vorsprüngen 34 in die Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung 23 in der Seitenwand 22 der Abdeckkappe 11 einklipsbar.Near its upper end, the battery box 10, here the cap 11 in a side wall, specifically in the side wall 22 facing away from the headlight opening 21 in the headlight head 12, has a light passage opening 23 which extends essentially over the entire extent of the side wall 22 and in Adaptation to it is rectangular. The light passage opening 23 is covered by a light diffusing screen 24. A hazard warning lamp 25 with an associated reflector 26 is arranged in the cover 11 substantially coaxially with the light passage opening 23. As can be seen in particular from FIG. 3, the hazard warning lamp 25 and reflector 26 are combined to form an inseparable structural unit 27, the reflector 26 being one with it lumpy socket neck 28 for receiving the lamp base 29 of the hazard warning lamp 25. The lamp base 29 is cast in a watertight manner into the holder neck 28 of the reflector 26 by means of a casting compound 30. The socket neck 28 is provided with two preferably diametrically opposite openings 31, through each of which a connection flat plug 32 projects, which is electrically conductively connected, in particular soldered, to an end contact point 33 of the lamp base 29. The light diffusing screen 24 covering the light passage opening 23 is also held in a non-detachable manner on the reflector 26, specifically glued to the reflector opening in a watertight manner. The entire assembly 27 is accessible and replaceable in the cover cap 11 from the underside thereof, for which purpose the cover cap 11 has to be folded down from the battery box 10 after the locking device 18 has been unlocked. For simple replacement of the assembly 27, it can be clipped into the light passage opening 23 in the side wall 22 of the cover cap 11 by means of resilient projections 34.

Die Seitenwand 22 der Abdeckkappe 11, die die Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung 23 aufweist, ist in ihrer Höhe wesentlich grösser bemessen als die dieser Seitenwand gegenüberliegende, die Verschlussvorrichtung 18 tragende Seitenwand. Von dieser Seitenwand aus steigt die Abdeckkappe 11 zu der die Lichtdurchtrittsöffnung 23 aufweisenden Seitenwand 22 schreibpultartig an. Nahe der Seitenwand 22 weist die Abdeckkappe 11 eine im wesentlichen rechtwinklig zu dieser Seitenwand 22 ausgerichtete ebene Fläche 35 auf, auf welcher zwei in möglichst weitem Abstand voneinander angeordnete Stützen 36 quer davon nach oben abstehen. die Schwenkachse 19 des Scheinwerferkopfes 12, die nahe der Schwenkkopfmittelachse 37 angeordnet und quer zu dieser ausgerichtet ist, verläuft nahe der freien Enden der beiden Stützen 36 durch diese hindurch. Die beiden Stützen 36 sind hohl mit rechteckförmigem Querschnitt ausgebildet. Sie weisen eine im Inneren der Abdeckkappe 11 mündende stirnseitige Öffnung 38 und jeweils an ihrem freien Ende eine mit der Schwenkachse 19 koaxiale Durchgangsöffnung 39 auf. Ausserdem stehen an den freien Enden der Stützen 36, und zwar auf den einander abgekehrten Seiten dieser, mit der Schwenkachse 19 des Schwenkkopfes 12 koaxiale Lagerzapfen 40 ab, die hohlzylindrisch ausgebildet sind.The height of the side wall 22 of the cover cap 11, which has the light passage opening 23, is dimensioned to be substantially greater than the side wall opposite this side wall and carrying the closure device 18. The cover cap 11 rises from this side wall to the side wall 22 having the light passage opening 23 in the manner of a writing desk. Near the side wall 22, the covering cap 11 has a flat surface 35 which is oriented essentially at right angles to this side wall 22 and on which two supports 36 which are arranged as far apart as possible project transversely upwards therefrom. the swivel axis 19 of the headlight head 12, which is arranged near the swivel head center axis 37 and aligned transversely thereto, runs through the two supports 36 near the free ends thereof. The two supports 36 are hollow with a rectangular cross section. They have an end opening 38 opening in the interior of the cover cap 11 and in each case at their free end a through opening 39 coaxial with the pivot axis 19. In addition, at the free ends of the supports 36, specifically on the sides thereof facing away from one another, with the pivot axis 19 of the pivot head 12 coaxial bearing journals 40, which are of hollow cylindrical design.

Der Scheinwerferkopf 12 verjüngt sich in seinem Gehäuse 41 von der Scheinwerferöffnung 21 aus in Achsrichtung, wobei der Verjüngungsgrad des Gehäuses 41 in einem der Reflektoröffnung 21 benachbarten Gehäusebereich wesentlich grösser ist als in dem weiter davon entfernten Gehäusebereich. In dem von der Reflektoröffnung 21 weiter entfernt liegenden Gehäusebereich mit geringerem Verjüngungsgrad sind im Gehäuse 41 des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 zwei den Stützen 36 zugeordnete, schmale Gehäusetaschen 42 vorgesehen. Die Gehäusetaschen 42 erstrecken sich jeweils parallel zu einer der beiden quer zu der Scheinwerferöffnung 21 ausgerichteten Gehäuseseite 43, 44 des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 in Abstand von diesen und sind zu der der Scheinwerferöffnung 21 abgekehrten Gehäuserückseite 45 des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 und zu der hierzu im wesentlichen rechtwinklig verlaufenden Gehäuseunterseite 46 des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 hin offen. Die Gehäusetaschen 42 weisen mit den Durchgangsöffnungen 39 der hohlen Stützen 36 koaxiale Durchbrüche 47 auf, die eine Verbindung zwischen den Durchgangsöffnungen 39 der Stützen 36 und dem Inneren des Gehäuses41 des Schwenkkopfes 12 herstellen. Elektrische Verbindungskabel 48, wie sie in Fig. 1 schematisch angedeutet sind, sind von der Batterie 14 im Batterieaufnahmeraum 13 des Batteriekastens 10 durch die hohlen Stützen 36, deren Durchgangsöffnungen 39 und durch die Durchbrüche 47 in den Gehäusetaschen 42 ins Gehäuseinnere des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 hindurchgeführt und dort mit dem Scheinwerfer 20 verbunden. Dies ergibt eine wasserdichte Kabeldurchführung der Batterieleuchte, in welcher die Verbindungskabel 48 nahezu biege- und knickfrei geführt sind. Zur schwenkbeweglichen Halterung des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 an den Stützen 36 ist in den beiden Gehäusetaschen 42 jeweils eine mit diesen einstückige Halbschale 49 vorgesehen. Jeweils eine Halbschale 49 liegt auf einem Lagerzapfen 40 der Stützen 36 auf. An diesen beiden Halbschalen 49 ist jeweils eine Gegenhalbschale 50 mittels zweier Schrauben 51 lösbar gehalten, wobei die Gegenhalbschale 50 jeweils einen Lagerzapfen 40 der Stützen 36 von unten her umgreift. Durch die Stützen 36 mit Lagerzapfen 40 und durch die zugeordneten Gehäusetaschen 42 mit angeformten Halbschalen 49 und darauf aufgeschraubten Gegenhalbschalen 50, die zusammen je einen Lagerzapfen 40 ganz umgreifen, ist eine fertigungstechnisch einfache, raumsparende Gelenkverbindung zwischen der Abdeckkappe 11 des Batteriekastens 10 und dem Scheinwerferkopf 12 realisiert. Diese Gelenkverbindung ermöglicht, die Schwenkachse 19 der Gelenkverbindung möglichst weit hin bis zur Schwenkkopf-Mittelachse 37 zu verlegen, ohne den nutzbaren Einbauraum im Scheinwerferkopf 12 nennenswert zu reduzieren.The headlight head 12 tapers in its housing 41 from the headlight opening 21 in the axial direction, the degree of taper of the housing 41 being substantially greater in a housing region adjacent to the reflector opening 21 than in the housing region further away. In the housing region further away from the reflector opening 21 with a lower degree of taper, two narrow housing pockets 42 assigned to the supports 36 are provided in the housing 41 of the headlight head 12. The housing pockets 42 each extend parallel to one of the two housing sides 43, 44 of the headlight head 12 oriented transversely to the headlight opening 21 and are at a distance from the housing rear side 45 of the headlight head 12 facing away from the headlight opening 21 and to the underside of the housing, which runs essentially at right angles thereto 46 of the headlight head 12 open. The housing pockets 42 have, with the through openings 39 of the hollow supports 36, coaxial openings 47 which establish a connection between the through openings 39 of the supports 36 and the interior of the housing 41 of the swivel head 12. Electrical connection cables 48, as indicated schematically in FIG. 1, are passed from the battery 14 in the battery receiving space 13 of the battery box 10 through the hollow supports 36, the through openings 39 and through the openings 47 in the housing pockets 42 into the housing interior of the headlight head 12 connected to the headlight 20 there. This results in a watertight cable leadthrough of the battery lamp, in which the connecting cables 48 are guided almost without bending and kinking. For the pivotally movable mounting of the headlight head 12 on the supports 36, a half-shell 49 which is integral with these is provided in the two housing pockets 42. In each case a half-shell 49 rests on a bearing journal 40 of the supports 36. On each of these two half-shells 49, a counter-half-shell 50 is detachably held by means of two screws 51, the counter-half-shell 50 each encompassing a bearing pin 40 of the supports 36 from below. The supports 36 with bearing pins 40 and the associated housing pockets 42 with molded-on half-shells 49 and counter-half-shells 50 screwed thereon, each of which completely encompasses one bearing pin 40, provide a technically simple, space-saving articulated connection between the cover cap 11 of the battery case 10 and the headlight head 12 realized. This articulated connection makes it possible to move the swivel axis 19 of the articulated connection as far as possible up to the swivel head central axis 37 without significantly reducing the usable installation space in the headlight head 12.

Zur zweckmässigen Handhabung der Batterieleuchte ist an dem Scheinwerferkopf 12 ein mit dessen Gehäuse 41 einstückiger, etwa bügelartiger Handgriff 52 angeordnet. Der Handgriff 52 verläuft in dem von der Scheinwerferöffnung 21 entfernten Gehäusebereich des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 mit kleinem Verjüngungsgrad im wesentlichen parallel und in Abstand von der Gehäusekontur. Nahe der Scheinwerferöffnung 21 ist der Handgriff 52 unmittelbar und am gegenüberliegenden Ende, also an der Gehäuserückseite 45, über einen Abstandssteg 53 an dem Gehäuse 41 des Scheinwerferkopfes 12 gehalten.For convenient handling of the battery lamp, an approximately bow-shaped handle 52 is arranged on the headlight head 12 with its housing 41. The handle 52 runs in the housing region of the headlight head 12 remote from the headlight opening 21 with a small degree of taper, essentially parallel and at a distance from the housing contour. Close to the headlight opening 21, the handle 52 is held directly and at the opposite end, that is to say on the rear side 45 of the housing, via a spacer web 53 on the housing 41 of the headlight head 12.

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1. A battery lamp, particularly a hand lamp, comprising an integrated warning flashlight device, which has a battery compartment (10) preferably receiving a chargeable battery (14) with a hinged cover cap (11), a spotlight head (12) with a spotlight (20) arranged therein arranged for pivotal movement about a substantially transverse pivotal axis (19) and a warning flashlight bulb (25) which is arranged in the battery compartment in the vicinity of its upper end, characterised in that, the warning flashlight bulb (25) is arranged in the cover cap (11) in such a manner that, in the side wall (22) romote from the spotlight opening (21), the cover cap has a light opening (23) covered by a light diffusing screen (24) and associated with the warning flashlight bulb (25), which light opening (23) extends over substantially the entire width of the side wall (22) and is made rectangular, that the spotlight head (12) and the cover cap (11) together with the warning flashlight bulb (25) each have their greatest dimensions in the region of the light openings (21,23) and narrowing towards the opposite side, are arranged substantially complimentary to each other.
2. A battery lamp according to claim 1, characterised in that, the cover cap (11) increases substantially in the form of a desk towards the side wall (22) provided with the light opening (23).
3. A battery lamp according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that, the degree of narrowing of the spotlight head (12) is substantially greater in the region of its housing in the vicinity of the spotlight opening (21) than in a region of its housing further remote therefrom.
4. A battery lamp according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterised in that, the pivotal axis (19) of the spotlight head (12) is arranged in the vicinity of the pivot head-central axis (37) and transversely with respect thereto.
5. A battery lamp according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that, the cover cap (11) carries two supports arranged widely spaced from one another and which preferably project from a level surface of the cover cap (11) adjacent to the side wall (22) provided with the light opening (23) and extending substantially perpendicular therefrom and projecting transversely from the said surface, and that the pivotal axis (19) of the spotlight head (12) extends through the two supports (36), preferably in the vicinity of their free ends.
6. A battery lamp according to claim 5, characterised in that, in its housing region remote from the spotlight opening (21) the spotlight head (12) has narrow housing pockets (42) associated with the supports (36) and which are open towards the rear of the housing (45) remote from the spotlight opening (21) and towards the bottom of the housing (47) of the spotlight head (12) extending substantially perpendicular to the rear of the housing and into which projects a respective one of the supports (36).
7. A battery lamp according to claim 6, characterised in that, each of the housing pockets (42) extends parallel to one of the two housing sides (43, 44) of the spotlight head (12) aligned transversely with respectto the spotlight opening (21 preferably at a slight distance therefrom.
8. A battery lamp according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterised in that, the supports (36) are made hollow, preferably with a rectangular cross-section, and each has an end opening (38) issuing into the interior of the cover cap (11) and each has at its free end a passage (39) coaxial with the pivotal axis (19) of the spotlight head (12) and that the housing pockets (42) have passages (47) leading into the interior of the housing of the spotlight head (12) and corre-sponding to the pockets.
9. A battery lamp according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterised in that, attheirfree ends, each of the supports (36) has a bearing pin (40) coaxial with the pivotal axis (19) of the spotlight head (12) and preferably projecting in an axial direction on the sides remote from one another and which is embraced by a half shell (49) preferably integral with the housing pocket (42) and a counter half shell (50) preferably releas-ably retained against the half shell.
10. A battery lamp according to claim 9, characterised in that, the bearing pins (40) are made hollow cylindrical.
11. A battery lamp according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that, a substantially stirruplike handle (52) is arranged on the spotlight head (12) and which extends in the housing region of the spotlight head (12) remote from the spotlight opening (21) substantially parallel and spaced from the spotlight head and in the vicinity of the spotlight opening (21) is directly integrally moulded on and at the opposite end is integrally moulded on to the housing (41) of the spotlight head (12) through a distance web (53).
12. A battery lamp, particularly according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterised in that, the warning flashlight bulb (25) is combined with a reflector (26) surrounding it to form an inseparable unit (27) wherein the reflector (26) has, integral therewith, a lamp holder neck (28) receiving the bulb cap (29) of the warning flashlight bulb (25) and in which the bulb cap (29) is sealed.
13. A battery lamp according to claim 12, characterised in that, two passages (31) are provided in the lamp holder neck (28), through each of which projects a flat plug-in terminal (32) electrically connected to one of the contact points (33) of the warning flashlight bulb (25).
14. A battery lamp according to claim 12 or 13, characterised in that, the light diffusing screen (24) is non-releasably retained on the reflector (26), and is preferably stuck thereto in a water-tight manner.
15. A battery lamp according to one of claims 12 to 14, characterised in that, the unit (27) in the cover cap (11) is arranged to be accessible and exchangeable from the underside of the cover cap with the cover cap (11) hinged away from the battery compartment (10).
16. A battery lamp according to one of claims 12 to 15, characterised in that, the unit (27) is formed as an insert which can be clipped into the cover cap (11) of the battery compartment (20).
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