GB2443257A - Work light with removable self righting base - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F21L14/02—Electric lighting devices without a self-contained power source, e.g. for mains connection capable of hand-held use, e.g. inspection lamps
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Abstract
A lighting assembly 10 can be either secured to or separated from a self-rightable base 16 and comprises an illuminator 12, a connector 14 to removably connect it to the self-righting base 16, and an illuminator actuator (fig 6, 62) within the connector. The assembly may further comprise: a handle 28 with ribs 34; projections (fig 2, 32) that connect to the base by a bayonet fitting; feet 36, 38 on the connector and end cap 24 to rest the assembly on the ground; and carrying eyes 40 and 42 for suspension by tying. The light may also comprise a tubular housing 18; a curved mirror (fig 6, 56) and a fluorescent tube (fig 6, 58). Actuator (fig 6, 62) transmits power to the light from a cable and an outlet socket (fig 6, 66) can provide power to further lights. Base 16 can be a solid plastics formation comprising: cavity 72 for the connector 14; recesses 78 with carrying handles; and a hemi-spherical bottom surface 72. The light may be used to provide illumination of a work area in the construction industry, where such lamps are prone to being knocked over and broken.
Description
LIGHTING APPARATUS
This invention relates to lighting apparatus.
In the construction and like industries, illumination is often required in areas where work is carried out The lamps for providing such information can be easily knocked over and broken According to one aspect of this invention, there is provided lighting apparatus comprising a lighting assembly, the lighting assembly being removably securable to a seif-rightable base, wherein the lighting assembly comprises an illuminator, a connector to connect the lighting assembly removably to the self-righting base, and an actuating arrangement within the connector to actuate the illuminator.
The lighting assembly may be removable from the base to provide illumination separate from the base.
The connector may comprise a holding region, by which the lighting apparatus can be held by a user.
The connector may comprise a securing member to secure the connector to the self-rightable base The self-rightable base may include a cooperating formation to cooperate with the securing member to secure the connection to the seif-rightable base A securing formation may comprise a projection, and the cooperating formation may comprise a corresponding projection cooperable with the projection on the connector.
The securing member may comprise a bayonet setting.
The actuating arrangement may comprise power transmission arrangement to transmit electrical power from an electrical cable to the illuminator. A cable may extend from the power transmission arrangement for connection to an electrical power source.
The illuminator may be elongate, and may compnse a tubular housing member. The illuminator may further include a light producing member which may be elongate. The light producing member may comprise a fluorescent tube A light directing member may be provided within the housing. The light directing member may comprise a mirror. The tubular housing may be of a cylindrical configuration, and the light directing member may be curved The light directing member may be elongate A support arrangement may be provided at each opposite end of the housing member. The support arrangement may each comprise outwardly extending projections to enable the lighting apparatus to be supported on the ground.
The housing member may comprise a proximal end for cooperation with the connector, and a distal end opposite the proximal end. A cap may be provided at the distal end of the housing member. One of the support arrangements may be provided at the distal end, and may be provided on the cap.
The other of the support arrangements may be provided at the prox;mal end of the housing The other of the support arrangements may be provided on the connector.
The connector may comprise a power connection assembly via which electrical power can be transmitted to a further electrical appliance The power transmission assembly may comprise a socket in to which an electrical plug can be inserted.
Carrying members may be provided on the assembly to allow it to be carried The carrying members may comprise loops, which may be provided on the connector and on the end cap.
A threaded member may be provided on the end cap to allow fixtures to be mounted thereto for the purposes of allowing the lighting apparatus to be hung from a support. A further threaded member may be provided on the connector for receiving a fixture to allow the lighting assembly to be hung via the connector.
According to another aspect of this invention, there is provided a lighting arrangement comprising a lighting apparatus as described above and a self-rightable base wherein the base defines a recess with a co-operating formation to co-operate with the connector and removably secure the lighting 1 5 apparatus to the base The base may comprise a main part, which may have a curved ground engaging portion. The ground engaging portion may be generally hemi-spherical.
The base may comprise a carrying member on the main part. The base may comprise a pair of carrying members arranged opposite each other on the main part.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figs 1 to 5 show a lighting apparatus in different orientations; Fig 6 shows an exploded view of a lighting apparatus; and Fig 7 is a sectional side view of a base for the lighting apparatus.
Referring to Figs 1 to 5, there is shown a lsghtsng apparatus 10 which compnses an illuminator 12 and a connector 14 for connection in to a self-nghtable base 16 (see Fig 7) The illuminator 12 comprises an elongate cylindrical housing 18 having a proximal end region 20 inserted in to the connector 40 and a distal end region 22 on which an end cap assembly 24 is mounted The connector 14 comprises a fixing region 26 in which the housing 18 is secured to the connector 14, a holding region in the form of a handle 28 by which the lighting apparatus can be held by a user, and a securing member at the opposite ends of the connector 14 to the fixing region 26 The securing member 30 is of a generally cylindrical configuration and comprises a plurality of outwardly extending projections 32 spaced circumferentially 1 5 around the securing member 30 and which are receivable in corresponding formations in the base 16. The securing members 32 provide a baynet fitting by means of which the lighting apparatus 10 can be secured in the self-
rightable base 16.
The holding region 28 is of a frustoconical configuration which tapers inwardly from the fixing region 26 to the securing member 30. The holding region 28 comprises ribs 34 to allow it to be gripped.
The fixing region 26 is provided with support members in the form of radially outwardly extending first feet 36 by means of which the lighting apparatus can be supported on the ground. The end cap assembly 24 comprises radially outwardly extending second feet 38 arranged in line with the first feet 36 so that the lighting apparatus 10 can be supported at the connector 36 and at the end cap assembly 24 when resting on the ground.
Carrying formations 40, 42 are provided at the fixing region 26 of the connector 14 and at the end cap assembly 24. The carrying formations 40, 42 are in the form of eyes by means of which the lighting apparatus 10 can be secured to a suitable support, for example by passing a suitable flexible member therethrough and tying it to the support.
Referring to Fig 6, there is shown an exploded view of the lighting apparatus 10 in which it can be seen that the end cap assembly 24 comprises an end member 44 defining a central aperture 46 in which a threaded nut 48 is inserted Suitable features for allowing the lighting apparatus 10 to be hung from, for example, a ceiling can be threadably secured to the threaded nut 48.
The end cap assembly 20 further includes a spacer 50 on which the second feet 38 are provided.
A fixing formation 52 on which the spacer 50 and the end cap 54 are 1 5 mounted is a push fit within the housing member 18.
The end cap assembly 24 also includes within it a lamp connecting device 54 to provide electrical connection to the fluorescent lamp at the end cap assembly 24 The housing 18 houses within it a semi-circular elongate curved mirror 56 and a fluorescent tube 58 to provide illumination. Connectors 60 on the fluorescent tube 58 are electrically connected to the electrical current connector 54 received within the end cap assembly 24.
Within the connector 14 there is provided an actuating assembly 62 to transmit electrical power from an electrical power source to the fluorescent tube 58. The actuating assembly 62 is a typical actuating assembly that would be understood by persons skilled in the art in order to operate the fluorescent tube 58, and is not described in detail in this specification A cable entry aperture 64 is defined in the connector 14 to allow electrical cable to be connected to the actuating assembly 62 An electrical outlet 66 is mounted to the connector 14 to provide a means of electrically connecting a plurality of the lighting apparatus 10 A lower electrical connector 68 is provided at the distal end of the housing 18 to effect the electrical connection to the fluorescent tube 58 and to secure the housing 20 within the connector 14.
Referring to Fig 7, a sectional side view of the seif-rightable base 16 is shown. The seif-rightable base 16 is to support the lighting apparatus 10 described above.
The self-rightable base 16 comprises a main body 70 defining a cavity 72 in which the connector 14 can be received to connect the lighting apparatus 10 to the self-righting base 16. The handle 28 and the securing member 30 are received in the cavity 72, whereas the fixing region 26 remains above the seif-rightable base 16, as depicted in broken lines in Fig 7 The cavity 72 has within it co-operating formations 74 to co-operate with the outwardly extending projections 32 on the securing member 30. The co-operating formations 74 can engage the outwardly extending projections 32 to secure the connector 14 to the self-rightable base 16.
The main body 70 is shown formed of a solid plastics material to provide suitable weight in the seif-rightable base 16 to allow it be self-righting.
The main part 70 has a generally hemi-spherical bottom surface 76 to provide the self-righting capability.
As an alternative, the main part 70 could be hollow chamber and may have a c'osable inlet to allow ballast such as sand or water to be introduced into the hollow chamber.
Opposed recesses 78, 80 are defined in the main part 70 and handles 82, 84 extend across the respective recesses 78, 80 to allow the self-rightable base 16, with or without the lighting apparatus to be lifted and moved.
Various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, the housing 18 and the fluorescent tube 58 could be of any desired length.
Whilst endeavouring in the foregoing specification to draw attention to those features of the invention believed to be of particular importance it 1 5 should be understood that the Applicant claims protection in respect of any patentable feature or combination of features héreinbefore referred to and/or shown in the drawings whether or not particular emphasis has been placed thereon.
Claims (1)
1 Lighting apparatus comprising a lighting assembly, the lighting assembly being removably securable to a self-rightable base, wherein the lighting assembly comprises an illuminator, a connector to connect the lighting assembly removably to the self-righting base, and an actuating arrangement within the connector to actuate the illuminator 2 An apparatus as claimed in claim I wherein the lighting assembly may be removable from the base to provide illumination separate from the base 3 An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the connector may comprise a holding region, by which the lighting apparatus can be held by a user 4 An apparatus as claimed in any other claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein the connector may comprise a securing member to secure the connector to the
self-rightable base
5 An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein the seif-rightable base may include a co-operating formation to co-operate with the securing member to secure the connection to the self-rightable base. *.S.
* 6 An apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein a securing formation may comprise a projection, and the co-operating formation may comprise a corresponding projection co-operable with the projection on the connector.
7 An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 and any claim dependent thereon wherein the securing member may comprise a bayonet setting.
8 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the actuating arrangement may comprise a power transmission arrangement to transmit electrical power from an electrical cable to the illuminator 9 An apparatus as claimed in claim 8 wherein a cable may extend from the power transmission arrangement for connection to an electrical power source Ari apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the illuminator may be elongate.
11 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the illuminator comprises a tubular housing member.
12 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the illuminator may further include a light producing member which may be elongate.
13 An apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein the light producing member may comprise a fluorescent tube : ... 20 S....' 14 An apparatus as claimed in claim 11 and any claim dependent thereon wherein a light directing member may be provided within the housing.
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* 15 An apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein the light directing member may comprise a mirror
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16 An apparatus as claimed in claim 11 and any claim dependent thereon wherein the tubular housing may be of a cylindrical configuration.
17 An apparatus as claimed in claim 14 and any claim dependent thereon wherein the light directing member may be curved.
18 An apparatus as claimed in claim 14 wherein the light directing member may be elongate.
19 An apparatus as claimed in claim 11 wherein a support arrangement may be provided at each opposite end of the housing member.
An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the support arrangement may each comprise outwardly extending projections to enable the lighting apparatus to be supported on the ground 21 An apparatus as claimed in claim 11 wherein the housing member may comprise a proximal end for co-operation with the connector, and a distal end opposite the proximal end.
1 5 22 An apparatus as claimed in claim 11 and any claim dependent thereon wherein a cap may be provided at the distal end of the housing member.
23 An apparatus as claimed in claim 19 wherein one of the support arrangements may be provided at the distal end, and may be provided on the cap * S * ..
24 An apparatus as claimed in claim 19 when dependent upon claim 11 wherein other support arrangements may be provided at the proximal end of **SS..
* the housing * 25 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein other support *** arrangements may be provided on the connector.
26 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the connector may comprise a power connection assembly via which eectncal power can be transmitted to a further electrical appliance.
27 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding c'aim wherein the power transmission assembly may comprise a socket in to which an electrical plug can be inserted 28 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein carrying members may be provided on the assembly to allow it to be carried.
29 An apparatus as ctaimed in claim 28 wherein the carrying members may comprise loops An apparatus as claimed in claim 29 wherein the loops are provided on the connector and on the end cap.
31 An apparatus as claimed in claim 22 wherein a threaded member may be provided on the end cap to allow fixtures to be mounted thereto for the purposes of allowing the lighting apparatus to be hung from a support.
32 An apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim wherein a further threaded member may be provided on the connector for receiving a fixture to : 20 allow the lighting assembly to be hung via the connector. * a **S*
33 A lighting apparatus substantially seen as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
** ** ** * * 34 A lighting arrangement comprising a lighting apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim and a seif-rightable base wherein the base defines a recess with a co-operating formation to co-operate with the connector and removably secure the lighting apparatus to the base.
35 An arrangement as claimed in claim 34 wherein the base may comprise a main part, which may have a curved ground engaging portion.
36 An arrangement as claimed in claim 35 wherein the ground engaging portion may be generally hemi-spherical 37 An arrangement as claimed in any claims 34 to 36 wherein the base may comprise a pair of carrying members arranged opposite each other on the main part 38 An arrangement as claimed in claim 35 wherein the base may comprise a pair of carrying members arranged opposite each other on the main part 39 A lighting arrangement substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
40 Any novel subject matter or combination including novel subject matter disclosed herein, whether or not within the scope of or relating to the same invention as any of the preceding claims : ... 20 * *** * * * .*. **** * * ****
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| GB0621280A GB2443257A (en) | 2006-10-26 | 2006-10-26 | Work light with removable self righting base |
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| US11484661B2 (en) * | 2018-11-21 | 2022-11-01 | Shl Medical Ag | Self-righting device for a medicament delivery device vertical positioning |
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| WO1995031352A1 (en) * | 1994-05-18 | 1995-11-23 | Emtech Safety Products Pty. Ltd. | Safety/warning device |
| US20030231502A1 (en) * | 2002-06-17 | 2003-12-18 | Smith Anthony Edward | Lighting apparatus |
| US6808291B1 (en) * | 1994-05-18 | 2004-10-26 | Elfare Corporation Pty Ltd. | Safety/warning device |
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| WO1995031352A1 (en) * | 1994-05-18 | 1995-11-23 | Emtech Safety Products Pty. Ltd. | Safety/warning device |
| US6808291B1 (en) * | 1994-05-18 | 2004-10-26 | Elfare Corporation Pty Ltd. | Safety/warning device |
| US20030231502A1 (en) * | 2002-06-17 | 2003-12-18 | Smith Anthony Edward | Lighting apparatus |
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| US11484661B2 (en) * | 2018-11-21 | 2022-11-01 | Shl Medical Ag | Self-righting device for a medicament delivery device vertical positioning |
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