Warning lamp column

• US 20130194104A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: WERMA Holding GmbH + Co. KG
• Original Assignee: WERMA Holding GmbH + Co. KG
• Inventors: Hoehler, Christian
• Application Number:
  US13/694,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194104A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/815.4
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 21/02 with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 23/1453 for impact wrenches or screwdrivers
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 29/006 with electric or pneumatic drive power-driven nut setting or loosening tool per se B25B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 2900/3312 during regular use
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/00 Lighting devices intended for fixed installation F21S9/00, F21S10/00 take precedence; using a string or strip of light sources F21S4/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/00 Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/36 using visible light sources
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources

Abstract

A warning lamp column is proposed for the visual display of at least one operating state of a technical device such as a machine, a plant, a vehicle or the like, having at least one warning unit (1) comprising at least one warning lamp element and/or a light-emitting diode and/or a warning sound generator, in which a holding device (2) is arranged following the warning unit (1) in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the warning lamp column, the warning unit (1) having at least one sheath element (8) formed substantially as a tube element (8) for sheathing the warning lamp element and/or the light-emitting diode and/or the warning sound generator, which satisfies particularly aesthetic requirements and in particular can be produced particularly economically beneficially. According to the invention, this is achieved in that the holding device (2) and the sheath element (8) of the warning unit (1) are formed as column elements (1, 2, 8) transparent to visible light.

Claims

1. Warning lamp column for the visual display of at least one operating state of a technical device such as a machine, a plant, a vehicle or the like, having at least one warning unit (1) comprising at least one warning lamp element and/or a light-emitting diode and/or a warning sound generator, in which a holding device (2) is arranged following the warning unit (1) in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the warning lamp column, the warning unit (1) having at least one sheath element (8) formed substantially as a tube element (8) for sheathing the warning lamp element and/or the light-emitting diode and/or the warning sound generator, characterized in that the holding device (2) and the sheath element (8) of the warning unit (1) are formed as column elements (1, 2, 8) transparent to visible light.

2. Warning lamp column according to claim 1 or in accordance with the preamble of claim 1, characterized in that the warning lamp column has a continuous, uniform shell (1, 2) extending substantially over the sheath elements (8) and the holding device (2).

3. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding device (2) is formed substantially from a tube element (2, 8) like the sheath element (8) of the warning unit (1), the tube element (2, 8) of the holding device (2), viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the warning lamp column, having a different length than the tube element (2, 8) of the sheath element (8).

4. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the shell (1, 2, 8) and/or the tube elements (2, 8) of the sheath element/s (8) and of the holding device (2) have substantially the same external diameter.

5. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the holding device (2) and the sheath element (8) of the warning unit (1) are formed as a glass-clear tube element (2, 8).

6. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the warning unit (1) and/or the holding device (2) has at least one electric conductor (4) for conducting electric power and/or electric signals.

7. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the conductor (4) has at least one item of electrical insulation that is transparent to light and/or glass-clear.

8. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electric conductor (4) has a conductor cross section less than or equal to 0.05 millimeters.

9. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electric conductor (4) has a conductor cross section less than or equal to 0.01 millimeters.

10. Warning lamp column according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an adhesive (6) is provided to join the warning unit (1) and/or the sheath element (8) to the holding device (2) and/or to a further warning unit (1) and/or a further sheath element (8) and/or to a cover element.