JPH11312401A - Leg of lantern - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a leg of a revolving lantern foldable in a low profile, low in cost and resource-saving, and easy in disposal. SOLUTION: This lantern comprises a self-support leg 1 is using thick paper as its material and a lamp chamber 2 supported by this. The leg 1 is formed by sticking together in a radial manner a plurality of leg materials 4 each having a vertical fold line 5 in its middle, and a spread condition of the leg 1 is held by providing a fixing plate 23 engaging with each leg material 4 for fixing its fold angle having the fold line 5 as its axis at a definite angle. The lamp chamber 2 is a polyhedron made up by circumferentially disposing a plurality of pairs of outer face plates 11 connected one above the other and connecting side edges of adjoining outer face plate 11 by superposing a pair of tabs 12 on each other, and the outer face plates 11 are provided with light- transmitting windows 14 each having translucent film or Japanese paper stuck thereto.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a leg of a lantern installed beside an altar during a Buddhist ceremony such as a funeral.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a lantern of this type supports a fire bag made of bamboo-framed Japanese paper with legs, and a lighting device such as a light bulb and a rotating pattern of the rising air flow inside the fire bag. The rotating body is provided with a rotating cylinder, and the legs are assembled and formed so that a plurality of legs made of wood or plastic can stand on their own.

[0003]

However, when the lanterns of the above-mentioned lanterns are discarded due to mourning, resources are wasteful and bulky, making it difficult to collect household waste. is there.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost and resource-saving leg for a lantern that can be easily stored and disposed.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention is to radially attach a plurality of leg members having a vertical fold line at the center and to engage with each leg material. In this configuration, the legs are held open by a leg fixing plate that fixes the bending angle around the fold line at a predetermined angle.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The turning lantern shown in FIG. 1 has a structure in which a fire bag 2 is supported by a leg 1 and a decorative material 3 is placed thereon, and these members are made of cardboard.

The leg 1 is formed by using six leg members 4 shown in FIG. The leg member 4 has a symmetrical shape with respect to a vertical fold line 5 provided at the center, and a pair of vertically long legs 4a, 4a are respectively provided at a lower portion and an upper portion with the fold line 5 interposed therebetween. The butting pieces 6, 6 and the supporting pieces 7, 7 are connected. A projection 8 is provided on an upper edge of both butting pieces 6, and a holding piece 7 a, an engaging piece 7 b, a concave portion 9, and a pair of cuts 10 are provided on an upper edge of both supporting pieces 7. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the leg 1 is formed by radially attaching six leg members 4 bent along the fold line 5 so that the bent portions are gathered. The leg 1 can be self-supported when opened radially, and can be folded flat about the fold line 5 as an axis as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The number of leg members 4 used for forming the leg 1 can be freely selected.

The fire bag 2 is made of a band-shaped blank as shown in FIG. 4, and this blank is formed by arranging a trapezoidal outer plate 11 which is vertically symmetrically arranged in a line in a 6-to-1 line. The joining piece 12 is connected to the
Are connected to each other, a glue margin 13 is provided on one side,
In addition, a light-transmitting window 14 and a finger hole 15 facing the coupling piece 12 are formed, and six cuts 16 corresponding to each outer surface plate 11 are formed on the lower edge.
2 corresponding to the two outer plates 11 facing the upper edge during assembly.
The cut 17 is formed. Here, a translucent film or Japanese paper covering the translucent window 14 is pasted on the back surface of the outer panel 11.

[0010] As shown in Fig. 8, the blank is bent along the ridge line of the outer surface plate 11 into a cylindrical shape whose upper and lower portions are narrowed. Then, as shown in FIG. 9, when the overlapping pieces 12 are fixed to each other with the clip 18 inserted from the finger hole 15, the polyhedral fire bag 2 is completed. The fire bag 2 can be folded flat when the clip 18 is removed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the decorative material 3 is provided with a pair of downward projecting pieces 19 and a pair of tuft hanging holes 20.

In addition, this lantern is shown in FIG.
(A), (B), and (C), a cardboard socket pressing plate 21, a socket mounting plate 22, and a leg fixing plate 23, respectively.
Is used. A through hole 2 is provided at the center of the socket pressing plate 21.
4 is a pair of positioning holes 25, 25 and tack holes 26 on the periphery of the socket pressing plate 21 and the socket mounting plate 22,
26 are provided, and cutouts 22 a are formed at both ends of the socket mounting plate 22. Also, the leg fixing plate 23
Are provided with six insertion holes 27 arranged in the circumferential direction.

In order to assemble this lantern into a form as shown in FIGS. 1 and 12, first, the leg 1 is opened radially, and the leg fixing plate 23 is placed on the butting piece 6 to insert the insertion hole. The leg 1 is held open by engaging the projection 27 with the projection 27 and fixing the bent angle of the leg 4 around the fold line 5 to a predetermined angle with the leg fixing plate 23. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, a light bulb socket 28 is placed on the socket
1 is overlapped on the socket mounting plate 22 with the head of the socket 28 protruding from the through hole 24, and the rivet 29 is inserted into the rivet hole 26 of the socket pressing plate 21 and the socket mounting plate 22, and the stopper ring 30 is used. The lower end flange of the socket 28 is held between the two plates 21 and 22. As described above, the socket 28 is held by the socket holder 31 including the socket pressing plate 21 and the socket placing plate 22. The stopper 32 composed of the stud 29 and the retaining ring 30 is made of plastic.

Then, the socket holder 31 is placed on the support piece 7 while the notch 22a is engaged with the engagement piece 7b, and the paper tube inserted through the positioning hole 25 of the socket pressing plate 21 and the socket mounting plate 22. 33 is inserted into the cut 10 to stand upright on the support piece 7, and the socket holder 31 is positioned with respect to the leg 1.

Next, as shown in FIG.
The light bulb 34 is screwed into the light bulb 8, and a support 35 is attached to the light bulb 34, and the rotating cylinder 36 is rotatably supported by the support 35. The rotating cylinder 36 has a windmill at the top, and has a pattern drawn on a peripheral wall made of a translucent material.

Thereafter, the fire bag 2 is placed on the support piece 7 while the cut 16 and the recess 9 are engaged. In this state, the outer plate 11 is sandwiched between the holding piece 7a and the engaging piece 7b, so that the fire bag 2 is prevented from falling off from the leg 1.

Finally, the decorative material 3 and the protruding piece 19 are
Put on the fire bag 2 while inserting it into the upper end of the
Is engaged with the decorative material 3 to suppress the swing of the decorative material 3.
At this time, the space between the opposing upper portions of the paper tubes 33 is maintained by the decoration material 3. The tuft is suspended from the tuft suspension hole 20.

When the bulb 34 is turned on in this completed state,
The rotating cylinder 36 is rotated by the rising airflow generated by the heat generation, and the pattern drawn on the peripheral wall of the rotating cylinder 36 is projected while rotating around the film or the Japanese paper stretched on the translucent window 14 of the fire bag 2.

The above-described lantern lantern can be manufactured inexpensively, as compared with wooden or plastic ones, if all of the main constituent members of the leg 1 and the fire box 2 are made of cardboard.
Cost and resource waste associated with disposal are small.

[0021] Further, since it can be shredded or folded to reduce the volume, it is easy to collect household waste.

In addition, since the legs 1 and the fire bag 2 can be folded, they do not become bulky during transportation or storage.
It can be assembled quickly from its folded state.

The fire bag 2 is not limited to the structure shown in the figure, and various structures such as a structure in which a frame is made of Japanese paper can be employed. Plastic or wood may be used.

[0024]

As described above, in the leg of the lantern according to the present invention, a plurality of leg members having fold lines are radially stuck to each other so that the leg can be freely opened and folded.
It can be made bulky by shredding or bending to collect household waste.

Also, since the legs can be folded,
It is not bulky during transportation or storage, and can be quickly assembled from its folded state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a completed state of a lantern using a leg according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a decorative material.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing leg materials.

FIG. 4 is a developed view showing a blank of a fire box.

FIG. 5A is a plan view showing a socket pressing plate, and FIG.
Is a plan view showing a socket mounting plate, and (C) is a plan view showing a leg fixing plate.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of a leg.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the open leg and the folded state of the above.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a fire bag.

FIG. 9 (A) is a perspective view showing a superimposed state of an articulated piece;
(B) is a cross-sectional view along line BB of the above.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a process of assembling the lantern according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the next assembling process of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a partially cutaway longitudinal sectional view showing a completed state of the lantern according to the first embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Leg 2 Fire bag 3 Decoration material 4 Leg material 5 Fold line 11 Outer plate 12 Joint piece 14 Translucent window 23 Leg fixing plate 31 Socket holder 33 Paper tube

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A leg body in which a plurality of leg members having a vertical fold line at the center are radially stuck and engaged with each leg material to fix a bending angle around the fold line at a predetermined angle. A lantern leg that is held open by a fixed plate.