Light irradiating device

• US 9,841,172 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2017
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hoya Candeo Optronics Corporation (Hoya Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hoya Candeo Optronics Corporation (Hoya Corporation)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Souw, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US15/404,789
• Publication Number:
  US 20170205062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: 2504881, 2504921, 2504941, 250504 R, 347101, 347102, 347104, 347108, 347130, 347152, 362230, 362294, 36224902, 36224913, 362259, 362275, 362362, 362373
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/0021 using irradiation
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 11/00214 using UV radiation
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 7/0081 using electromagnetic radiation or waves, e.g. ultraviolet radiation, electron beams
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/005 the substrate is supporting also the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/006 the substrate being distinct from the light source holder
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/51 using condensation or evaporation of a fluid, e.g. heat pipes
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/673 the fans being used for intake
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/80 with pins or wires
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/00 Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

The light irradiating device which irradiates linear light includes: a substrate which is parallel to first and second directions; a plurality of LED light sources which emits light in a third direction intersecting a surface of the substrate; a heat transporting unit which extends in a direction opposite to the third direction from the substrate; a cooling unit which has a heat radiating pin radiating the heat of the heat transporting unit into the air, an LED driver circuit which drives the LED light source; a housing which has an opening sucking and exhausting external air on one surface of the second direction, accommodates the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit, and forms a wind tunnel in an area where the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit are disposed; and a fan which is provided at a side opposite to the third direction of the cooling unit.

Claims

1. A light irradiating device which extends on an irradiating surface in a first direction and irradiates linear light having a predetermined line width in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the light irradiating device comprising:

a substrate which is substantially parallel to the first direction and the second direction;

a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources which is disposed on a surface of the substrate with predetermined intervals along the first direction and emits light in a third direction intersecting the surface of the substrate;

a cooling unit which includes a heat transporting unit which is at least partially in contact with a rear surface of the substrate, extends in an opposite direction to the third direction from the substrate, and transports heat generated from the LED light source to the opposite direction to the third direction, and a plurality of heat radiating pins which is mounted on the heat transporting unit to radiate heat of the heat transporting unit into the air;

an LED driver circuit which drives the plurality of LED light sources;

a housing which has one surface of the second direction and the other surface opposite to the one surface, an opening sucking and exhausting external air on the one surface, accommodates the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit, and forms a wind tunnel in an area where the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit are disposed; and

a fan which is provided at an opposite side to the third direction of the cooling unit to guide the external air to the wind tunnel and generate an air current in the wind tunnel,

wherein the cooling unit is disposed along the one surface of the housing and

the LED driver circuit is disposed along the other surface of the housing.

2. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein the opening is formed in an area facing the plurality of heat radiating pins in the one direction of the housing so as to expose the plurality of heat radiating pins from the opening.

3. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein the opening is formed in a part of an area facing the plurality of heat radiating pins in the one direction of the housing so as to expose a part of the plurality of heat radiating pins at the substrate side from the opening.

4. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein the opening is formed more downstream of the third direction than an area facing the plurality of heat radiating pins in the one direction of the housing so as not to expose the plurality of heat radiating pins from the opening.

5. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heat radiating pins is a parallel flat type pin which is disposed to be substantially parallel to the substrate so that the heat transporting unit passes therethrough, a radiation type pin which radially protrudes from an outer periphery of a tubular heat radiating member into which the heat transporting unit is inserted, or a corrugated pin which is provided in the heat transporting unit.

6. The light irradiating device of claim 5, wherein the plurality of heat radiating pins is the parallel flat type pins, and

the parallel flat type pin has a plurality of through holes through which the air current passes.

7. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein the outside air flows between the plurality of heat radiating pins from the opening and flows along the LED driver circuit to be exhausted from the fan.

8. The light irradiating device of claims 1, wherein the outside air flows from the fan to flow along the LED driver circuit and passes between the plurality of heat radiating pins to be exhausted from the opening.

9. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein the heat transporting unit is at least one heat pipe or at least one coolant flow channel in which coolant is included.

10. The light irradiating device of claim 9, wherein the heat transporting unit is a plurality of heat pipes, and the heat pipes are offset in the second direction with respect to a heat pipe adjacent thereto along the first direction.

11. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein when a length of the cooling unit in the second direction is L1 and a length of the heat radiating pin in the second direction is L2, the following conditional expression 1 is satisfied.

L2<

L1 

 

(1)

12. The light irradiating device of claim 1, wherein the light is light in an ultraviolet wavelength band.

13. A light irradiating device which extends on an irradiating surface in a first direction and irradiates linear light having a predetermined line width in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the light irradiating device comprising:

a substrate which is substantially parallel to the first direction and the second direction;

a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources which is disposed on a surface of the substrate with predetermined intervals along the first direction and emits light in a third direction intersecting the surface of the substrate;

a cooling unit which includes a heat transporting unit which at least partially abuts against a rear surface of the substrate, extends in an opposite direction to the third direction from the substrate, and transports heat generated from the LED light source to the opposite direction to the third direction, and a plurality of heat radiating pins which is mounted on the heat transporting unit to radiate heat of the heat transporting unit into the air;

an LED driver circuit which drives the plurality of LED light sources;

a housing which has an opening sucking and exhausting external air on one surface of the second direction, accommodates the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit, and forms a wind tunnel in an area where the cooling unit and the LED driver circuit are disposed; and

a fan which is provided between the opening and the heat radiating pin in the third direction to guide the external air to the wind tunnel and generate an air current in the wind tunnel,

wherein the LED driver circuit is disposed along the one direction and the cooling unit is disposed along the other surface which is opposite to the one surface.