CN1227483C - Flame simulation appts. - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
- F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Abstract
The invention provides an improved simulated effect electric fire. An improved flame effect is created by providing a plurality of ribbons of for example silk cloth, cut to the shape of flames. The ribbons are attached to a base at their bottom ends but are otherwise free. The ribbons are in lifted, similar to flames, by a gentle air stream flowing from the base. This makes them flicker and flutter like flames. At the same time, light from LEDs is caused to fall on the ribbons, the light being of different colours corresponding to the different colours in real flames, giving a particularly realistic effect. When the air flow is switched off, the ribbons drop back by gravity into or onto the base.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of equipment that can realize flame simulation.
Background technology
The equipment that can realize flame simulation can be a kind of electric furnace usually, or a kind of electric furnace that can produce flame effect, and this electric furnace is not used in heating and only is used for providing the visual effect of flame in the room.The equipment of another kind of emulation flame can be ornamental artificial flame torch.
Particularly, in electric furnace, the use of flame simulation can provide more economical, cleaner, safer and more help the heating and the means of illumination of environment, has kept the aesthstic attractive force that natural flame provided simultaneously.
Traditional electric furnace of having introduced flame simulation equipment is divided into two big classes.The first kind in the two big classes comprises having usually the emulation coal made by glass fibre or plastics or the electric furnace of firewood, and below them, red bulb is positioned by a side's disposed thereon spin diffuser plate.Second class in the two big classes comprises having a plurality of electric furnaces that are suspended on the silk ribbon in the equipment, and these silk ribbons wave by air circulation device or mechanical device.Waving of silk ribbon is projected on the screen of the plate form that is translucent that is positioned at equipment the place ahead backward, so that the apparent condition of the natural flame of flicker to be provided to the observer.In some cases, can use above-mentioned combination of features to form the apparent condition of the natural flame of emulation.
Though traditional flame simulation electric furnace and torch can show half state true to nature in dark room, this equipment is normally not too true to nature under brighter condition may to be unlifelike fully also.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide a kind of flame simulation equipment of flame effect more true to nature.
The invention provides two independent aspects guaranteeing emulation flame better authenticity.These two aspects can be used with a third aspect of the present invention.
According to a first aspect of the invention, the invention provides a kind of equipment that is used at least a natural flame of emulation, described equipment comprises the device that is used to form air-flow; A plurality of flexible strip-like articles, described flexible strip-like articles is supported it can be risen from the lax position of hanging from above of hanging low, and under the effect of air-flow, make its vibration or shake, and when air-flow stops, the described ribbon described position of hanging low that falls back, wherein arranging of each ribbon all has certain angle with respect to the observer; And light supply apparatus, this device can be mapped to the illumination of sending on the described ribbon, with simulation of natural flame when ribbon shake or vibration.
Described light supply apparatus preferably includes light emitting diode (LED), and each light emitting diode is used to send a kind of light of different colours.
Described LED preferably glimmers repeatedly with predetermined frequency.
In one embodiment, LED is with the frequency scintillation of about 50Hz.
In one embodiment, the startup of each LED, close and/or flicker frequency all is variable, and can control by the user.
In another alternative embodiment, the predetermined time interval that can set with user or producer to startup, the brightness of each LED, one group of LED and/or all LED in the equipment, close and/or flicker frequency is programmed.
But what should emphasize is: light supply apparatus can comprise conventional small electrical bulb as an alternative.
Preferably each flexible strip-like articles is long and narrow of shape approximation nature flame, and for example, the upper end of ribbon can be taper, and/or the edge of ribbon can be corrugated.
Described equipment preferably will guarantee directly by observing the screen or the plate of flame effect, and from the light of ribbon reflected illumination on it, this screen in one embodiment is translucent, and will handle through more than half sandings especially.
The device that is used to produce air-flow is preferably fan, and this fan can adopt tangential type or axialmode fan.
In one embodiment, described equipment comprises a pedestal, and described pedestal is provided with one or more mouthfuls in the surface thereon.Fan can be arranged in the inner chamber that limited by base wall with by described mouthful of circulating current upwards.
In an alternative embodiment, fan is positioned near the pedestal and passes through the pedestal recyclegas and/or pass through described mouthful of upwards recyclegas.
In one embodiment, LED is positioned at the inner chamber of pedestal and upwards guides the light that is sent by LED and it is shone on the ribbon by the mouth of pedestal upper surface.
Preferably ribbon is fixed on the inner surface of pedestal and/or is used to limit the wall of one or more mouthfuls of pedestals.
Best, ribbon is positioned at broached-tooth design and is arranged on the plane on the upper surface of pedestal, and these planes are usually each other in 90.
Best, a reflecting surface is set, with the whole back side of forming device and angled side or its part at the rear of ribbon.
Preferably also be provided with one or more rib on the described reflecting surface.
In one embodiment, to have formed a part and the described pedestal of electric furnace be the emulation fuel rack to described equipment.
In an alternative embodiment, described equipment be formed for the throwing light on part of emulation flame torch of purpose.
The advantage of first aspect present invention is: the illumination that can guide the different colours that sends from light supply apparatus is mapped on the different piece of relevant with the different piece of the natural flame usually corresponding ribbon of color.For example, natural flame is blue near flame base or flame base usually, and is orange or yellow near flame top or flame top.Compare with traditional emulation flame, the arrangement of this light combines with the shake of ribbon or vibration and can make emulation flame have natural flame outward appearance more true to nature, and its reason is that the flame of institute's emulation can send the light as natural flame.
Another advantage of the present invention is: the user can directly see ribbon so that three-dimensional visual effect to be provided, thereby has increased the verisimilitude of emulation flame.This point is different with many traditional flame simulation equipment, and in these traditional flame simulation equipment, flame image is projected backward on the screen and forms the projects images that the user can watch, and therefore provides and unlifelike two-dimensional effects.
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Below, with reference to accompanying drawing one embodiment of the present of invention are described, wherein:
Fig. 1 is an example of the flame simulation part of electric furnace of the present invention (reality or emulation).
Fig. 2 is the plane of part shown in the figure.
The specific embodiment
With reference to accompanying drawing, a kind of flame simulation part 2 of electric furnace has been described, described part comprises 4, one fans 6 of a pedestal, a plurality of ribbons 8 and a reflecting surface 10.
The shape of described ribbon should be at least near natural flame, and the top of ribbon be taper with point, and the edge of ribbon is wavy.In this embodiment, ribbon is made by synthetic wire material, and this material should have antistatic property, and by laser cutting with prevent wearing and tearing.
Pedestal 4 is for rectangular box and have 12, one bottoms 14 of a plurality of sidewalls and a front portion 15.Its rear portion be open and align with the outlet of fan 6, its top 16 comprises a frame around passway 18 simultaneously.Be necessary should be mentioned that this moment: box body 4 for example can adopt following size, that is: " w " is about 50cm, and " h " is about 8cm, and " d " is about 10cm, but also can adopt other size arbitrarily.
The Support Level 19 that is used to carry ribbon 8 can extend through mouthfuls 18.As shown in Figure 2, these lines 19 so that when watching emulation flame, will see ribbon 8 at a certain angle rather than in edge, thereby provide the outward appearance that has certain flame height and have more 3-D effect with the zigzag setting.This arrangement form of ribbon self has also formed another independent aspects of the present invention.Make ribbon 8 at one end (bottom) link to each other with line 19, its other end then can be free movable.Ribbon 8 is made by the silk of jewelry, expensive clothing and other valuables, so that when air blast 8 work, can provide by the mild air-flow shown in the arrow 21, this air communication is crossed box body 4, flow out by passway 18, vertically rise subsequently, like this, ribbon is risen, make their probable flame equally shake and tremble simultaneously.Because the top of ribbon is not supported, therefore, when closing fan, what happens is: when closing electric furnace, ribbon falls back in the box body 4, so also can strengthen the authenticity of equipment.Because ribbon is very light silk fabrics, therefore, when opening fan once more, it is not difficult that the ribbon 8 that length is about 10cm is raised up to position shown in Figure 1.A grid net can be installed fall into fan to prevent ribbon.When starting electric furnace, the lifting of ribbon is very similar to the rising of nature flame.In improved embodiment, ribbon loosely is bearing on the bottom, as long as when connecting air-flow, ribbon still can rise as described above.
According to this embodiment, a LED22 arbitrarily who is positioned at any appropriate position of box body 4 has illuminated ribbon.Each LED launches the light of different colours, and the location of these LED should guarantee that optical energy irradiation is on the different piece of the corresponding ribbon 8 of color of the equivalent part correlation of common and natural flame.For example, LED can be set send the blue light that shines on ribbon 8 bottoms, in addition, LED also can be set send and shine ribbon 8 supermedial orange-colored light, LED also can be set send the sodium yellow that shines on ribbon 8 tops.
The visual effect that shake and vibration provided that produces can increase the authenticity of emulation flame in conjunction with being circulated in equipment by air by shining colourama on the ribbon.
Send the color that monochromatic LED can produce any specific by one.Therefore replacedly, can produce a kind of specific color by the two or more LED that send different colours light, when on the same part of directive ribbon, institute's combination of light emitted can form a kind of color.For example, can make green LED and yellow led aim at the bottom of flame parts to produce the effect of blue flame.The change that should be understood that employed LED quantity, color, brightness and position in equipment all can be used to form the smooth transition between the different coloured parts of ribbon, and allows the outward appearance of ribbon to change with the different heating setting side in the electric furnace 2.
Described LED is generally high-brightness LED and with predetermined frequency scintillation, makes described flicker can not come out by human eye detection significantly, but it can produce the flicker effect similar to natural flame with combining of ribbon motion.The frequency that is generally used for the simulation of natural flame flicking is 50Hz.
By reflecting surface 10 being set, can strengthen the illumination that is realized by emulation flame at the ribbon rear.Utilize conventional fixture reflecting surface can be connected to pedestal 4 as screw, nut and bolt, clip, binding agent and/or analog.Reflecting surface 10 can be provided with the authenticity of many ribs 24 with further enhancing ribbon 8.Reflector 10 preferably has side 10A, these sides with about 45 bendings to strengthen three-dimensional (3D) effect.
In the place ahead of pedestal or ribbon a translucent plate (not shown) can be set, the user can directly see ribbon (opposite with back projection thing used in the prior art) by these plates.Translucent sheet is made by frosted glass usually, thereby makes the edge of ribbon 8 become softer, so that strengthen their authenticities as natural flame.This plate can have a semi-reflective coating layer, so that when closing device, can not see the inside of equipment.Described equipment also can be provided with a suitable housing that is used for build-up member, but in other cases, when not needing this housing, equipment can be assemblied in the existing siege.
Owing to can directly see angled ribbon and have certain angle with respect to the observer, and can be as the situation of some traditional emulator appearance, the ribbon that tilts is projected on the screen, therefore, ribbon can provide three-dimensional natural fire flame effect and strengthen the authenticity of emulation flame.
Can be provided for the control device 26 of switch electric furnace, to regulate the heating setpoint mode in the electric furnace and other function described below is provided.
Control device 26 also allows the user to control the flicker frequency of each LED, one group of LED and/or all LED separately.Can programme so that with user or producer's official hour interval variation to flicker frequency.In addition, can control and/or programme the switching on and off of each LED or one group of LED.For example, the LED of different colours can be programmed to start in different time, the variation (when equipment plays this function) of the heat that sends in heating setpoint modes different in the expression electric furnace or by electric furnace.
Ribbon 8 is made by a kind of very light flexible material (as silk, polyester, satin, plastics and/or analog) with antistatic property usually.
Equipment can be provided with the coal or the wood stand of a true or emulation, and when emulation, they can be made by plastic material or glass fibre.
Therefore, be understood that to the invention provides a kind of like this flame simulation equipment, in this equipment, can strengthen the authenticity of flame outward appearance, thereby strengthen the attraction of this equipment the consumer.
Claims (15)
1. equipment that is used at least a natural flame of emulation, described equipment comprises the device that is used to form air-flow; A plurality of flexible strip-like articles, described flexible strip-like articles is supported it can be risen from the lax position of hanging from above of hanging low, and under the effect of air-flow, make its vibration or shake, and when air-flow stops, the described ribbon described position of hanging low that falls back, wherein arranging of each ribbon all has certain angle with respect to the observer; And light supply apparatus, this device can be mapped to the illumination of sending on the described ribbon, with simulation of natural flame when ribbon shake or vibration.
2. equipment according to claim 1, wherein light supply apparatus is used with when ribbon is shaken or tremble, and the illumination that can send different colours is mapped on the different piece of described ribbon, with emulation multi-coloured natural flame.
3. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said light supply apparatus comprises light emitting diode, each light emitting diode all can send a kind of light of different colours.
4. equipment according to claim 3, wherein said light emitting diode glimmers repeatedly with predetermined frequency.
5. equipment according to claim 4, wherein said light emitting diode is with the frequency scintillation of 50Hz.
6. equipment according to claim 3, is closed and/or flicker frequency all is variable at the wherein startup of each light emitting diode, and can be controlled by the user.
7. equipment according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined time interval of setting with user or producer to startup, the brightness of each light emitting diode, one group of light emitting diode and/or all light emitting diodes in the equipment, close and/or flicker frequency is programmed.
8. equipment according to claim 1, wherein each flexible strip-like articles is long and narrow of shape approximation nature flame.
9. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said equipment comprise a pedestal, and the upper surface of described pedestal is provided with one or morely mouthful, and air communication is crossed described mouth rises ribbon.
10. equipment according to claim 1 wherein forms described air-flow by a fan, and described fan is set in the inner chamber that is limited by base wall with the circulating air that makes progress through described mouth.
11. equipment according to claim 1, wherein said ribbon are arranged on in the plane of broached-tooth design arrangement, these planes each other at an angle of 90.
12. equipment according to claim 1 wherein is provided with a screen or a plate, can see the effect of flame by this screen or plate, this screen is translucent and/or half sandingization.
13. equipment according to claim 1 wherein is provided with a reflecting surface at the rear of ribbon, with whole back and angled side or its part of forming device.
14. equipment according to claim 13, wherein said reflecting surface is provided with one or more rib.
15. equipment according to claim 1, wherein: described equipment is the electric furnace that includes the emulation fuel rack.
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