EP0758070B1 - Signal lamp having a homogeneous appearance - Google Patents
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- F21S43/00—Signalling devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. brake lamps, direction indicator lights or reversing lights
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- the present invention relates generally to motor vehicle signal lights, and more particularly a new traffic light presenting a homogeneous appearance when it is off, for example a so-called "deep” aspect, that is to say giving the observer in front of the fire an illusion of great depth of the fire cavity.
- Such a deep aspect light is produced so that classic, by providing on a first element of fire a plurality of relatively wide streaks and radius important, and by planning on a second element of fire or streaks, also relatively wide and of radius important, oriented substantially perpendicular to the streaks of the mirror.
- a disadvantage of this known type of fire is present, despite the aspect of depth, an aspect not homogeneous due to the presence of the lamp, particularly visible.
- the first object of the present invention is to alleviate these disadvantages and to propose a fire comprising such windscreen and therefore the external appearance when it is off has good uniformity of appearance over its entire wide, while possibly presenting an aspect if necessary satisfactory depth.
- the present invention thus provides a fire motor vehicle signage as defined in claim 1.
- the present invention therefore also aims to provide a signaling light having the advantages mentioned above and which also allows, with an exterior color given when off, to generate a beam bright in different shade. This object is achieved by claims 5 and 6.
- a traffic light which includes mainly a filament lamp (not shown), a mirror 1 defined by a fire base and at the bottom of which is formed an opening for the lamp, a windscreen 2 surrounding the lamp and comprising a front face 3, and an indicator 4 located in front of mirror 1 and defining with it a cavity.
- the part 4 can be a screen intermediate, in which case an indicator is further provided exterior, smooth on both sides, to form a so-called fire "fire showcase”.
- the mirror 1 has a base surface 11 which can be a paraboloid or a mathematically defined surface to produce a desired angular distribution of the light beam, and on this base surface are made a plurality of streaks 12 which are in this case oriented vertically to generate or strengthen the horizontal spread of light. These streaks have preferably all the same width in projection and a radius significant curvature.
- the indicator 4 has on its inner face a plurality of ridges 42 oriented perpendicular to the streaks 12 of the mirror, and therefore horizontally in this case these streaks preferably having all the same width, of the same order of magnitude as the width of the streaks 12, and a radius significant curvature.
- Streaks 12 and 42 cooperate to give fire to signaling, off, an aspect of depth.
- the indicator in this example has a tint pink, obtained for example by mixing a material standard red translucent plastic with material colorless transparent plastic in proportions about 20% -80%.
- the translucent windshield 2 has a part of light passage 21, for example generally cylindrical, which is made with a shade chosen so that that in combination with the shade of indicator light 4, we obtain the desired shade for the light beam generated. More particularly, to get a beam basically colorless, corresponding to a reversing light, we tint the windshield 2 in blue. On the other hand, to obtain a beam of amber color, corresponding to a flashing indicator light direction, the lens is tinted green yellow.
- the windshield 2 has a front face 3, visible from the outside, which is designed to blend in as much as possible with appearance from mirror 1 when the fire is out.
- this front face 3 has a concavity similar to that of the mirror, streaks 32 having preferably a width and a curvature close to those streaks 12 of the mirror, as well as properties of reflections close to those of mirror 1. So, if the mirror is produced by vacuum metallization, the face before 3 is preferably also.
- the ridges 32 also cooperate with the striations of the indicator to give the fire an aspect of depth as homogeneous as possible when it is off.
- this front face 3 masks the shade of part 21 of the windscreen, so that the appearance extinguished fire pink, given by the shade of indicator light 4, practically not disturbed by the color of said part 21, which contrasts quite strongly with that of the seer.
- This masking the shade of the windscreen is all the more effective than the base surface 11 chosen for mirror 1 is far from an ordinary dish, for example being designed to ensure by itself a large spread, horizontal and if necessary vertical, light from the lamp.
- Figure 2 illustrates a first variant of realization of the present invention.
- the windshield 2 has an ordinary shape, with a wall lateral 21 generally cylindrical through which passes the light from the lamp towards the mirror, and a vertex 23 generally hemispherical, as well as means 22 wedging behind the mirror.
- the wall 3 'provided with streaks 32 is in this case carried out in one piece with the base which defines the mirror 1, being connected to the region of bottom of said mirror for example by a plurality of branches thin 33.
- This variant is suitable for avoid the black hole phenomena caused when the fire is on, if the front wall of the lens is obscured totally light.
- the coating formed on the front wall 3 or 3 ' can be a semitransparent coating, that is to say having from the outside, when the fire is extinguished, a generally reflective appearance and similar to that of the mirror, but allowing a substantial proportion of light from the lamp to outside when the fire is lit.
- the coating reflective of the mirror can be achieved with the same technical, the difference being that the semi-transparent properties of this coating are not used for the mirror.
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Description
La présente invention concerne d'une façon générale les feux de signalisation de véhicules automobiles, et plus particulièrement un nouveau feu de signalisation présentant un aspect homogène lorsqu'il est éteint, et par exemple un aspect dit "de profondeur", c'est-à-dire donnant à l'observateur situé devant le feu une illusion de grande profondeur de la cavité du feu.The present invention relates generally to motor vehicle signal lights, and more particularly a new traffic light presenting a homogeneous appearance when it is off, for example a so-called "deep" aspect, that is to say giving the observer in front of the fire an illusion of great depth of the fire cavity.
Un tel feu à aspect de profondeur est réalisé, de façon classique, en prévoyant sur un premier élément du feu une pluralité de stries relativement larges et de rayon important, et en prévoyant sur un second élément du feu ou des stries, également relativement larges et de rayon important, orientées sensiblement perpendiculairement aux stries du miroir.Such a deep aspect light is produced so that classic, by providing on a first element of fire a plurality of relatively wide streaks and radius important, and by planning on a second element of fire or streaks, also relatively wide and of radius important, oriented substantially perpendicular to the streaks of the mirror.
Un inconvénient de ce type de feu connu est de présenter, malgré l'aspect de profondeur, un aspect non homogène dû à la présence de la lampe, particulièrement visible.A disadvantage of this known type of fire is present, despite the aspect of depth, an aspect not homogeneous due to the presence of the lamp, particularly visible.
On connaít par ailleurs des feux de signalisation comportant une bonnette autour de la lampe, de manière notamment à teinter et/ou à dévier le rayonnement émis par la lampe. Cette dernière est nettement perceptible.We also know traffic lights with a windscreen around the lamp, so in particular to tint and / or deflect the radiation emitted by the lamp. The latter is clearly noticeable.
Notamment, dans GB-2 108 256, la convexité de la bonnette contraste sensiblement avec la concavité du miroir. Par ailleurs, dans DE-A-40 21 987, le striage de la paroi avant de la bonnette contraste de façon importante avec le miroir lisse avoisinant.In particular, in GB-2 108 256, the convexity of the windscreen contrasts sharply with the concavity of the mirror. Furthermore, in DE-A-40 21 987, the wall striation front of the windshield contrasts significantly with the neighboring smooth mirror.
Ces différences d'aspect, et donc le manque d'homogénéité lorsque le feu est éteint, seront encore plus perceptibles dans le cas d'un feu à aspect de profondeur tel que défini plus haut.These differences in appearance, and therefore the lack homogeneity when the fire is out, will be even more noticeable in the case of a deep aspect fire such as defined above.
On connaít également par EP-A-0 340 328 un feu de
signalisation tel que défini dans le préambule de la
revendication 1, dans lequel les problèmes de défaut
d'homogénéité ne sont pas davantage résolus.We also know from EP-A-0 340 328 a fire
signage as defined in the preamble to the
La présente invention a pour premier objet de pallier ces inconvénients et de proposer un feu comportant une telle bonnette et donc l'aspect extérieur lorsqu'il est éteint présente une bonne homogénéité d'aspect sur toute son étendue, tout en pouvant présenter le cas échéant un aspect de profondeur satisfaisant.The first object of the present invention is to alleviate these disadvantages and to propose a fire comprising such windscreen and therefore the external appearance when it is off has good uniformity of appearance over its entire wide, while possibly presenting an aspect if necessary satisfactory depth.
Ainsi la présente invention propose ainsi un feu de
signalisation pour véhicule automobile tel que défini dans
la revendication 1.Thus the present invention thus provides a fire
motor vehicle signage as defined in
Des aspects préférés, mais non limitatifs, du feu de
signalisation selon l'invention sont définis dans les
revendications 2 à 4 et 7 à 9.Preferred, but not limiting, aspects of
signaling according to the invention are defined in the
Plus secondairement, on connaít des feux de signalisation susceptibles d'émettre des rayonnements de couleurs différentes tout en présentant, lorsqu'ils sont éteints, une même teinte.More secondarily, we know fires of signaling likely to emit radiation from different colors while presenting, when they are off, the same shade.
On se réfèrera à cet égard au document FR-A-2 530 781 au nom de la Demanderesse.Reference is made in this regard to document FR-A-2 530 781 in the name of the Applicant.
Si l'on cherche à combiner les avantages de ce feu connu avec les feux à aspect de profondeur discutés plus haut, on constate une difficulté majeure due au fait que l'écran intermédiaire nécessairement prévu en arrière du voyant dans le document FR-A-2 530 781 fait nécessairement obstacle à la réalisation d'un aspect de profondeur, dans la mesure où cet écran est partiellement opaque.If we try to combine the advantages of this fire known with deep aspect lights discussed more high, there is a major difficulty due to the fact that the intermediate screen necessarily provided behind the seeing in document FR-A-2 530 781 necessarily obstacle to achieving an aspect of depth, in the since this screen is partially opaque.
La présente invention vise donc également à proposer un feu de signalisation ayant les avantages mentionnés ci-dessus et qui en outre permette, avec une teinte extérieure donnée lorsqu'il est éteint, d'engendrer un faisceau lumineux de teinte différente. Cet objet est atteint par les revendications 5 et 6.The present invention therefore also aims to provide a signaling light having the advantages mentioned above and which also allows, with an exterior color given when off, to generate a beam bright in different shade. This object is achieved by claims 5 and 6.
D'autres aspects, buts et avantages de la présente
invention apparaítront mieux à la lecture de la description
détaillée suivante de formes de réalisation préférées de
celle-ci, donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif et faite en
référence aux dessins annexés, sur lesquels :
En référence tout d'abord à la figure 1, on a
représenté un feu de signalisation qui comprend
principalement une lampe à filament (non représentée), un
miroir 1 défini par un socle du feu et au fond duquel est
formée une ouverture pour la lampe, une bonnette 2 entourant
la lampe et comportant une face avant 3, et une voyant 4
situé en avant du miroir 1 et définissant avec lui une
cavité.Referring first to Figure 1, we have
shown a traffic light which includes
mainly a filament lamp (not shown), a
En variante, la pièce 4 peut être un écran
intermédiaire, auquel cas il est prévu en outre un voyant
extérieur, lisse sur ses deux faces, pour former un feu dit
"feu vitrine".Alternatively, the
Le miroir 1 présente une surface de base 11 qui peut
être un paraboloïde ou une surface définie mathématiquement
pour produire une répartition angulaire souhaitée du
faisceau lumineux, et sur cette surface de base sont
réalisées une pluralité de stries 12 qui sont en l'espèce
orientées verticalement de façon à engendrer ou renforcer
l'étalement horizontal de la lumière. Ces stries ont de
préférence toutes la même largeur en projection et un rayon
de courbure important.The
Le voyant 4 comporte sur sa face intérieure une
pluralité de stries 42 orientées perpendiculairement aux
stries 12 du miroir, et donc en l'espèce horizontalement
ces stries ayant de préférence toutes même largeur, du même
ordre de grandeur que la largeur des stries 12, et un rayon
de courbure important.The
Les stries 12 et 42 coopèrent pour donner au feu de signalisation, éteint, un aspect de profondeur.Streaks 12 and 42 cooperate to give fire to signaling, off, an aspect of depth.
Le voyant présente dans le présent exemple une teinte rose, obtenue par exemple en mélangeant une matière plastique translucide rouge standard avec une matière plastique transparente incolore dans des proportions d'environ 20%-80%.The indicator in this example has a tint pink, obtained for example by mixing a material standard red translucent plastic with material colorless transparent plastic in proportions about 20% -80%.
La bonnette translucide 2 comporte une partie de
passage de lumière 21, par exemple généralement cylindrique,
qui est réalisée avec une teinte choisie de manière à ce
qu'en combinaison avec la teinte du voyant 4, on obtienne la
teinte souhaitée pour le faisceau lumineux engendré. Plus
particulièrement, pour obtenir un faisceau essentiellement
incolore, correspondant à un feu de recul, on teinte la
bonnette 2 en bleu. En revanche, pour obtenir un faisceau de
couleur ambre, correspondant à un feu clignotant indicateur
de direction, on teinte la bonnette en jaune vert.The
Selon un aspect de la présente invention, la bonnette 2
présente une face avant 3, visible de l'extérieur, qui est
conçue pour se confondre autant que possible avec l'aspect
du miroir 1 lorsque le feu est éteint. Dans le présent
exemple de réalisation, cette face avant 3 présente une
concavité semblable à celle du miroir, des stries 32 ayant
de préférence une largeur et une courbure voisines de celles
des stries 12 du miroir, ainsi que des propriétés de
réflexion voisines de celles du miroir 1. Ainsi, si le
miroir est réalisé par métallisation sous vide, la face
avant 3 l'est de préférence également.According to one aspect of the present invention, the
De la sorte, les stries 32 coopèrent également avec les
stries du voyant pour donner au feu un aspect de profondeur
aussi homogène que possible lorsqu'il est éteint. En outre,
de façon plus classique, cette face avant 3 vient masquer
la teinte de la partie 21 de la bonnette, pour que l'aspect
rose du feu éteint, donné par la teinte du voyant 4, ne soit
pratiquement pas perturbé par la teinte de ladite partie 21,
qui contraste assez fortement avec celle du voyant. Ce
masquage de la teinte de la bonnette est d'autant plus
efficace que la surface de base 11 choisie pour le miroir 1
est éloignée d'un paraboloïde ordinaire, en étant par exemple
conçue pour assurer par elle-même un étalement important,
horizontal et le cas échéant vertical, de la lumière issue de
la lampe.In this way, the
On réalise ainsi un feu de signalisation qui présente un aspect rose, différent de la couleur du faisceau à émettre, et qui en même temps présente un aspect de profondeur régulier sur toute son étendue, et en particulier au droit de la lampe.We thus realize a traffic light which presents a pink appearance, different from the color of the beam to issue, and which at the same time has an aspect of regular depth over its entire extent, and in particular in front of the lamp.
La figure 2 illustre une première variante de
réalisation de la présente invention. Selon cette variante,
la bonnette 2 présente une forme ordinaire, avec une paroi
latérale 21 généralement cylindrique à travers laquelle passe
la lumière issue de la lampe en direction du miroir, et un
sommet 23 généralement hémisphérique, ainsi que des moyens 22
de calage en arrière du miroir. La paroi 3' pourvue des
stries 32 est dans ce cas réalisée d'un seul tenant avec le
socle qui définit le miroir 1, en étant reliée à la région de
fond dudit miroir par exemple par une pluralité de branches
minces 33.Figure 2 illustrates a first variant of
realization of the present invention. According to this variant,
the
Selon une autre variante de réalisation, illustrée sur
la figure 3, c'est sur le sommet 23 de la bonnette 2 qu'est
formé directement le revêtement réfléchissant, celui-ci
étant réalisé seulement sur une partie de ce sommet et
disposé par exemple en bandes 34 ayant par exemple la même
orientation et la même largeur que les stries 12 du
miroir 1.According to another alternative embodiment, illustrated on
Figure 3, it is on the
Cette variante de réalisation se trouve appropriée pour éviter les phénomènes de trou noir provoqués, lorsque le feu est allumé, si la paroi frontale de la bonnette occulte totalement la lumière.This variant is suitable for avoid the black hole phenomena caused when the fire is on, if the front wall of the lens is obscured totally light.
Selon une autre variante de réalisation encore, non
illustrée, le revêtement formé sur la paroi frontale 3 ou
3', qu'elle appartienne à la bonnette ou qu'elle soit venue
de moulage avec le miroir, peut être un revêtement semitransparent,
c'est-à-dire ayant de l'extérieur, lorsque le
feu est éteint, un aspect généralement réfléchissant et
semblable à celui du miroir, mais laissant passer une
proportion substantielle de lumière de la lampe vers
l'extérieur lorsque le feu est allumé.According to yet another alternative embodiment, not
illustrated, the coating formed on the
En particulier lorsque la paroi frontale 3' est
réalisée d'un seul tenant avec le miroir 1, le revêtement
réfléchissant du miroir peut être réalisé avec la même
technique, la différence étant que les propriétés de semi-transparence
de ce revêtement ne sont pas exploitées pour le
miroir.In particular when the front wall 3 'is
made in one piece with the
Bien entendu, la présente invention n'est nullement limitée aux formes de réalisation décrites et représentées, mais l'homme de l'art saura y apporter toute variante ou modification conforme à son esprit, pour autant que l'invention demeure telle que définie par les revendications.Of course, the present invention is by no means limited to the embodiments described and shown, but the person skilled in the art will be able to bring there any variant or modification in accordance with its spirit, provided that the invention remains as defined by the claims.
Claims (9)
- Indicator light for a motor vehicle, comprising a lamp received in a reflecting mirror (1) and a coloured closure window (4), as well as a shield (2) surrounding the lamp, in which the mirror has reliefs, characterised in that the reliefs define a pattern and in that the shield has a front wall (3) with a relief pattern exhibiting a continuity of appearance with the relief pattern of the mirror (1).
- Indicator light according to Claim 1, characterised in that the relief pattern of the mirror (1) consists of a set of mirror serrations (12) and in that similar serrations (32) are formed on said front wall (3) of the shield (2).
- Indicator light according to Claim 2, characterised in that the serrations (32) on said front wall have the same width as the mirror serrations (12).
- Indicator light according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the front wall (3) of the shield is slightly hollowed.
- Indicator light according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the shield (2) is coloured and in that the colours of the window and shield define conjointly a given light beam colour different from the colour of the window when the light is off.
- Indicator light according to Claim 5, characterised in that it has a set of window serrations (42) formed on an internal face of the window (4), in that the window is coloured pink and in that the shield (2) has, recessed from the said front wall (3), light-passage areas (21) coloured so as to emit a beam with a regulatory colourless or amber colour beam.
- Indicator light according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterised in that the said front wall (3') of the shield is produced in a single piece with the mirror (1) and has the same reflective covering.
- Indicator light according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the front wall (3; 3') has a reflective covering which is semitransparent from the inside towards the outside of the light.
- Indicator light according to Claims 7 and 8 taken in combination, characterised in that the mirror (1) has the same covering as the front wall (3').
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| FR9508446A FR2736705B1 (en) | 1995-07-12 | 1995-07-12 | DEPTH APPEARANCE LIGHT, LIKELY TO TRANSMIT A BEAM OF A DIFFERENT COLOR FROM THE SIGHT |
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