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Title:
LIGHT SOURCE PACKAGE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/220054
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A package (1) for a light source (2) is composed of two oppositely arranged and mutually detachably connected parts (3,4). At least one of the parts is formed by at least two separable plates (5,6,7,8) resting on each other, which are made of plastic and each of them has a recess (9) for placing the light source (2) into a cavity formed by oppositely arranged recesses between the first part (3) and the second part (4). This creates a compact and rigid package (1) for the light source (2) made of solid and durable material preventing mechanical or other damage to the light source. Individual plates (5,6,7,8) are provided with connecting means for assembling the plates separated from the package (1) into a spatial assembly constituting the lamp¬ shade (10) so that recesses (9) are oriented concavely against each other inwards the lamp-shade (10) and a through cavity for fixing the lamp-shade (10) on the light source (2) is delimited between their vertices.

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Inventors:
KOVÁR ROMAN (CZ)
Application Number:
PCT/CZ2017/000040
Publication Date:
December 28, 2017
Filing Date:
June 16, 2017
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KOVÁR ROMAN (CZ)
International Classes:
B65D85/42; B65D81/36; F21V1/22; F21V1/26; F21V17/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2009147657A22009-12-10
WO2015107204A12015-07-23
Foreign References:
DE20109884U12001-09-06
CN203158540U2013-08-28
EP2677234A12013-12-25
EP1373789A12004-01-02
Other References:
None
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BEJČEK, Tomáš (CZ)
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Claims:
CLAIMS

1. A package (1) for a light source (2), in particular a LED light bulb or a compact fluorescent lamp, c h a racte ri zed i n that it consists of two oppositely arranged parts (3, 4) detachably connected to each other, where at least one of the parts (3, 4) is formed by at least two separable plates (5, 6, 7, 8) resting on each other, which are made of plastic and each of them has a recess (9) for placing the light source (2) into a cavity formed by oppositely arranged recesses (9) between the first part (3) and the second part (4), whereas the individual plates (5, 6, 7, 8) are provided with connecting means for assembling the plates (5, 6, 7, 8) separated from the package (1) into a spatial assembly constituting the lamp-shade (10) so that recesses (9) are oriented concavely against each other inwards the lamp-shade (10) and a through cavity for fixing the lamp-shade (10) on the light source (2) is delimited between their vertices.

2. The package according to claim 1 , c h a ra cte ri zed i n that the vertices of recesses (9) contain bearing surfaces (11) for a contact with the light source (2), whereas the bearing surfaces (11) are curved in the opposite direction against the recesses (9) or are planar.

3. A package according to one of claims 1 to 2, c ha ra cte rized i n that the plates

(5, 6, 7, 8) have the shape of a square or rectangle and the lamp-shade (10) has the shape of an open cube or block or other open prism.

4. A package according to claim 1 or 2, c h a racte rized i n that the plates (5, 6, 7, 8) have the shape of a triangle and the lamp-shade (10) has the shape of a tetrahedron.

5. A package according to one of claims 1 to 4, c ha racte ri ze d i n that the connecting means are arranged on the periphery of the plates (5, 6, 7, 8) and are formed by shaped locks or holes with screws and nuts, or by connecting rivets or poppers.

6. The package according to claim 5, characterized in that the circumference of the plates (5, 6, 7, 8) is provided at least with one peripheral hem (12) on which connecting means for interconnecting the plates (5, 6, 7, 8) are arranged.

7. A package according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the first part (3) is formed by two plates (5, 6) resting on each other and the second part (4) is formed by two plates (7, 8) resting on each other, whereas the plates (5, 6, 7, 8) are arranged in a common peripheral frame (13) made of plastic or paper.

8. A package according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the first part (3) is formed by two plates (5, 6) resting on each other and placed in one half of the blister pack (16), and the second part (4) is formed by two plates (7, 8) resting on each other and placed in the second half of the blister pack (.16), whereas the two halves of the blister pack (16) are rotatably connected to each other and provided with blister locks (15).

9. The package according to claim 8, characterized in that each half of the blister pack (16) contains a recess (17) for placing the light source (2) placed in the recess (9) of the package (1) into the cavity formed by oppositely arranged recesses (17) between the two halves of the blister pack (16), whereas the vertices of recesses (17) are fitted with bearing surfaces (18) curved in the opposite direction against recesses (17).

Description:
Light source package

Technical field

The technical solution falls under the field of lighting technology; it specifically applies to a package for light sources, especially light bulbs.

State of the art

Currently, interiors mostly use classical electric luminaires which have different shapes and are differently designed. The main parts of each luminaire consist of a luminaire body which serves for placing or fixing the luminaire to a wall or supporting structure, a light source such as a bulb lamp or fluorescent lamp mounted in the socket, and a dismountable cover, usually in the form of a lamp-shade. The lampshade can be made with various decorative ornaments or decorative elements; therefore, it is the most striking part of the luminaire design. It also mechanically protects the fragile light source, directionally reflects and scatters the light.

There are many known luminaires for decorative or advertising purposes. The visual attractiveness of these classical electric luminaires can be achieved by the shape, material and colourfulness of the lamp-shade and pedestal, and/or by the kind and colourfulness of the light source. The shapes and design of luminaires or lampshades depend on the requirements of the designers or consumers as well as on the environment in which the luminaires and lamp-shades will be placed. Nevertheless, the lamp-shades are currently produced in a variety of shapes, from different materials or colours. A disadvantage of these solutions mainly consists in affordability of original and decoratively interesting lamp-shades.

Among other things, the lamp-shades are used to mechanically protect the light source. Before fitting the light source into the luminaire socket, the light source is most often stored in paper boxes or packages purchased in shops or suppliers. These packages protect the light sources from moisture, weather and possible impacts. A disadvantage of paper packages for light sources is particularly their low mechanical resistance which can easily result in the package destruction and possible damage or destruction of the light source.

Another disadvantage of the existing paper packages lies in the necessity of their disposal or recycling after removing the light source and the environmental burden.

The task of the technical solution is to create a light source package which would eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, which would be rigid and durable as well as suitable for secondary use, thanks to which the recycling of packages would not be necessary.

Principle of the invention

This task has been resolved by creating a light source package according to a technical solution suitable especially for light sources with lower operating temperature, in particular for LED sources referred to as LED light bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps having a bulb shape.

The essence of the technical solution is characterized in that the light source package is composed of two oppositely arranged and mutually detachably connected parts. At least one of the parts is formed by at least two separable plates resting on each other, which are made of plastic and each of them has a recess for placing the light source into a cavity formed by oppositely arranged recesses between the first part and the second part. This creates a compact and rigid light source package made of solid and durable material preventing mechanical or other damage to the light source. Individual plates are provided with connecting means for assembling the plates separated from the package into a spatial assembly constituting the lampshade so that recesses are oriented concavely against each other inwards the lampshade and a through cavity for fixing the lamp-shade on the light source is delimited between their vertices. The light source is therefore positioned in the imaginary centre of the spatial assembly of the lamp-shade bounded by the plates and no other mounting or clamping means are required to adjust the lamp-shade on the light source. In the advantageous design, bearing surfaces are provided at the vertices of recesses for a contact with the light source. These bearing surfaces are curved in the opposite direction against the recesses or are planar. This causes that the light source is positioned in the imaginary centre of the spatial assembly of the lampshade without the need for any other mounting. At the point of contact of the light source with the package, the bearing surface copies the surface of the light source. The arrangement of bearing surfaces against the imaginary centre of the light source is regular, which ensures and enables a firm and stable attachment of the lampshade to the light source. Together with the hanging cable or stand with the socket, it forms a classical luminaire.

In one advantageous design, the plates have the shape of a square or rectangle, and the lamp-shade has therefore the shape of an open cube or block, eventually the shape of other types of prisms when using a different number of rectangular plates. In another advantageous design, the plates have the shape of a triangle and the lamp-shade has the shape of a tetrahedron. These different arrangements represent original and atypical possibilities of the lamp-shade design.

The connecting means are advantageously arranged on the periphery of the plates and are formed by shaped locks or holes with screws and nuts, or by connecting rivets or poppers or similar connecting means. In the advantageous design, the circumference of the plates is provided at least with one peripheral hem on which connecting means for interconnecting the plates are arranged. The peripheral hem is a part of the lamp-shade, suitable for placing the connecting means to form a compact whole of the lamp-shade.

In the advantageous design, the first part is formed by two plates resting on each other and the second part is formed by two plates resting on each other. All four plates are arranged in a common peripheral frame. The peripheral frame is made of plastic or paper, cardboard or other easily recyclable and environmentally friendly material. In another advantageous design, the first part is formed by two plates resting on each other and placed in one half of the blister pack, and the second part is formed by two plates resting on each other and placed in the second half of the blister pack. The two halves of the blister pack are mutually rotatably connected and provided with blister locks for easy closure of the blister pack. Both versions may be fitted with hanging eyes. The blister packs are produced by different technologies for processing plastic materials; the most commonly used technologies especially include plastic vacuuming, injection moulding or pressing of other material resistant to the temperature of the light source used.

In the advantageous design, each half of the blister pack contains a recess for placing the light source placed in the recess of the package into the cavity formed by oppositely arranged recesses between the two halves of the blister pack. Vertices of the recesses are fitted with bearing surfaces curved in the opposite direction against recesses, in a similar manner as the light source package. The blister pack arranged in this way is adapted to accurately copy the surface of the light source package, i.e. the light source placed in this package.

In the advantageous design, it is contemplated to use three plates arranged in a common frame whereas a lamp-shade in the shape of a triangular prism can be created after assembling the plates.

In another advantageous design, all of the contemplated components (particularly plates and the light source or connecting means) are inserted into a shrink sleeve which joins all the parts.

The advantages of the light source package according to this technical solution reside especially in its arrangement which represents a rigid and durable design with a suitable secondary utilization, due to which the light source packages according to this technical solution do not require recycling but conversely find an interesting and unusual form of application. Description of drawings

The presented technical solution will be further clarified in the following figures where:

Fig. 1 represents a view of the package in the shape of a square,

Fig. 1a represents a view of the package in the shape of a square,

Fig. 2 represents a view of an open package in the shape of a square,

Fig. 3 represents a view of the package plate unfolded into the shape of a cube, Fig. 4 represents a view of an unfolded package serving as a lamp-shade in the shape of a cube,

Fig. 5 represents a view of the light bulb package in the shape of a triangle,

Fig. 5a represents a view of the light bulb package in the shape of a triangle,

Fig. 5b represents a view of the light bulb package in the shape of a triangle,

Fig. 5c represents a view of the light bulb package in the shape of a triangle,

Fig. 6 represents a view of an open package in the shape of a triangle,

Fig. 7 represents a view of the package plate unfolded into the shape of a tetrahedron,

Fig. 8 represents a view of an unfolded package serving as a lamp-shade in the shape of a tetrahedron,

Fig. 9 represents a view of the package plate unfolded into the shape of a triangular prism,

Fig. 10 represents a view of an unfolded package serving as a lamp-shade in the shape of a triangular prism.

Fig. 1 represents a folded package connected by the shrink sleeve

Examples of embodiment

It is to be understood that the specific cases of implementing the technical solution described and shown below are presented as an illustration, not as a limitation of the technical solution to the given examples. Using routine experimentation, those skilled in the art will find or will be able to provide a greater or lesser number of equivalents to the specific implementations of the technical solution described herein. Even such equivalents will be included within the scope of the following claims for protection.

Package Λ for the light source 2, consisting of a compact fluorescent lamp in the shape of a light bulb, is made up of two oppositely arranged and mutually detachably connected parts 3, 4, which are made of a square-shaped double plastic material as shown in Fig. 1 to Fig. 4. In other design examples, the parts 3, 4 can be used in the shape of a rectangle or triangle, as shown in Fig. 5 to Fig. 8. A bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp is placed between the first part 3 and the second part 4. Each part 3, 4 is formed by two separable plates 5, 6, 7, 8 resting on each other, which are fastened together by connecting means for a firm attachment of two plates 5, 6 and

7, 8 to each other and also for an easy separation of the individual plates 5, 6 and 7,

8. In each plate 5, 6, 7, 8, there is a recess 9 for placing the fluorescent lamp into a cavity which is created due to the opposite arrangement of the recesses 9 between two connected plates 5, 6 of the first part 3 and the other two connected plates_7, 8 of the second part 4. Such an arrangement solution represents a very strong and durable package t for transporting or storing different light sources 2 in the shape of a bulb.

Fig. 1 shows a square-shaped package 1 for a light bulb, which is disposed in a peripheral frame 13 made of cardboard. In one part, the peripheral frame 13 is provided with a hanging eye 14 for a suitable storage. The cardboard peripheral frame 13 can simply be recycled. Fig. 2 shows a light bulb package Λ with four plates 5, 6, 7, 8 in the shape of a square and Fig. 6 shows a light bulb package ± with four plates 5, 6, 7, 8 in the shape of a triangle, which are placed in a blister pack 16 made of two halves which are rotatably connected to each other and provided with blister locks 15 to keep the blister pack 16 together. The blister pack 16 is produced by vacuuming technology as well as the entire package 1. Each half of the blister pack 16 also contains a recess 17 for placing the fluorescent lamp placed in the package ± into the cavity formed by oppositely arranged recesses 17 between the two halves of the blister pack 16. Vertices of the recesses 17 are fitted with bearing surfaces 18 curved in the opposite direction against the recesses 17.

The individual plates 5, 6, 7, 8 are provided with connecting means for assembling the plates 5, 6, 7. 8 separated from the package 1 into a spatial assembly which forms the lamp-shade 10. In the case of the lamp-shade 10^ the plates 5, 6, 7, 8 with recesses 9 are oriented in the opposite direction, i.e. into the created space, compared with the case of package 1. The recesses 9 are therefore oriented concavely against each other inwards the lamp-shade 10 and a through cavity for fixing the lamp-shade 10 on the bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp or other light source 2 is formed between vertices of individual recesses 9. For better and stronger fixation of the fluorescent lamp, the vertices of recesses 9 are fitted with bearing surfaces 1J_ for contact of the lamp-shade 10 with the light source 2. The bearing surfaces 11 are made with a slight curvature in the opposite direction against the recesses 9 due to the copying of the fluorescent lamp surface. In another implementation example, the bearing surfaces 11. can be planar. The lamp-shade 10 then has the shape of an open cube due to the square arrangement of individual plates 5, 6, 7, 8. In other implementation examples, where the individual plates 5, 6, 7, 8 have the shape of a rectangle, the lamp-shade 10 has the shape of a block. If only three rectangular plates 5, 6, 7 are used, the created lamp-shade 10 has the shape of an open triangular prism as shown in Fig. 9 and Fig. 10; with another number of rectangular plates, the created lamp-shade has the shape of an open prism having the same number of sides as the number of plates used. When the individual plates 5, 6, 7, 8 have the shape of a triangle, the lamp-shade 10 has the shape of a tetrahedron.

For a suitable arrangement of the lamp-shade 10, the circumference of the plates 5, 6. Z. § is provided with a peripheral hem 12 which contains connecting means for fastening the individual plates 5, 6, 7, 8 to each other. These connecting means are formed by shaped locks where the shape counterparts made on the plate adjacent to the first part 3 fit into openings made along the periphery of plates of the first part 3. In other arrangement examples, the connecting means can be made as holes in which screws with nuts or differently formed connecting rivets are mounted. Each separable plate 5, 6, 7, 8 of the package is produced by the plastics vacuuming technique and has a convex recess 9 in its centre, which copies the shape of the light bulb placed in the package 1 . Fig. 4 shows the light bulb package I unfolded into the lamp-shade 10 in the shape of a cube without its bottom and top wall. The LED light bulb used in these implementation examples is placed in the centre of the cube, where it is fixed between bearing surfaces 1 copying the light bulb surface and made in the concave recesses 9. The lamp-shade 10 is therefore suspended on the light bulb. The cable with the socket for fitting the light bulb passes through the cube top wall, which creates the entire electric lighting. Fig. 8 shows the light bulb package Λ unfolded into the lamp-shade 10 in the shape of a tetrahedron. The light bulb is also placed in the centre of the tetrahedron, where it is fixed between bearing surfaces H copying the light bulb surface and made in the concave recesses 9. Fig. 11 shows how all the package components are connected using the shrink sleeve 19. In other implementation examples, it is also possible to use a compact fluorescent lamp or other light bulb with lower operating temperature.

Industrial applicability

The light source package according to this technical solution can be used in the form of a lamp-shade together with the source in interior luminaires, especially suspension luminaires.

Overview of the reference signs used in the drawings

1 package

2 light source

3 first part of the package

4 second part of the package

5 plate

6 plate

7 plate

8 plate

9 recess

10 lamp-shades

11 bearing surface

12 peripheral hem

13 peripheral frame

14 hanging eye

15 blister lock

16 blister pack

17 recess of the blister pack

18 bearing surface of the blister pack

19 shrink sleeve