handrail

Abstract

To provide a handrail in which a lighting device is incorporated in a coping, and which is suppressed in cost by making members common in use in any irradiation direction while coping with the plurality of irradiation directions.SOLUTION: A handrail comprises a cylindrical coping and a lighting device. The coping is formed by making a cover material composed of a shape material and a panel strip material composed of a shape material engaged with each other, and fixing them with fixing screws. The panel strip material has a panel strip fixing face part penetrated with the fixing screws, the panel strip fixing face part is located while being shifted to one side in a depth direction, the cover material has a cover outer shell part constituting a contour of the coping, and a support part arranged inside the cover outer shell part, the support part has a cover fixing face part to which the fixing screws are screwed, and an attachment face part to which the lighting device is attached, the cover fixing face part is parallel with the panel strip fixing face part, and located while being shifted to one side in the depth direction, and the attachment face part is located at the other side in the depth direction with respect to the cover fixing face part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a handrail with built-in lighting. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, handrails installed in passageways and the like have lights built into the head rails where people can hold on, as shown in Patent Document 1. Such handrails eliminate the need for separate lighting fixtures, ensure safety by illuminating the feet of passersby, and also provide a dramatic effect through the illumination of light. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2003-249119 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The handrail in Patent Document 1 is one in which the lighting fixtures irradiate light directly below (vertically downward), and no other configurations are envisaged, but depending on the situation of the installation location of the handrail, it may be desirable to have a lighting fixture that irradiates light in a direction that is inclined relative to the vertical direction other than directly below. However, using separate cap rails to accommodate multiple irradiation directions would result in high costs.

[0005] To provide a handrail that has been developed in consideration of the above circumstances, with lighting built into the headboard, that can accommodate multiple lighting directions, and that keeps costs down by using standard components for each lighting direction. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] The present invention is characterized in that it comprises a cylindrical coping and a lighting fixture, the coping is a cover material made of a shaped material and a batten material made of a shaped material engaged with each other and fixed with a fixing screw, the batten material has a batten fixing surface portion through which the fixing screw passes, the batten fixing surface portion is located toward one side in the projection direction, the cover material has a cover outer shell portion constituting the outer shape of the coping and a support portion provided inside the cover outer shell portion, the support portion has a cover fixing surface portion into which the fixing screw is screwed and an attachment surface portion to which the lighting fixture is attached, the cover fixing surface portion is parallel to the batten fixing surface portion and located toward one side in the projection direction, and the attachment surface portion is located on the other side of the cover fixing surface portion in the projection direction. Here, the batten fixing surface portion, the cover fixing surface portion and the attachment surface portion are all surfaces that are part of the surface of each member, and may be flat or curved. And the members themselves on which these surfaces are formed may have any shape. In addition, the cover fixing surface portion and the batten fixing surface portion being parallel means that a straight line is perpendicular to both surfaces, and the fixing screw is located on that straight line. In addition to the above-mentioned parts, other parts of the support part of the cover material may also become the cover fixing surface portion or the mounting surface portion. The same part may become both the cover fixing surface portion and the mounting surface portion, in which case the position where the fixing screw is screwed in and the position where the lighting fixture is attached are shifted in the longitudinal direction. In addition, the batten fixing surface portion of the batten material may itself form the outer shape of the coping, or may be provided inside the part that forms the outer shape of the coping.

[0007] The present invention also provides a plurality of types of cover materials that can be alternatively attached to the batten material, and each of the cover materials may have a different inclination angle of the mounting surface portion relative to the cover fixing surface portion.

[0008] In addition, the present invention may be such that the batten material has a bottom surface portion that is parallel to the batten fixing surface portion, is farther away from the cover fixing surface portion than the batten fixing surface portion, and is positioned on the other side of the batten fixing surface portion in the prospective direction. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present invention, the cover fixing surface of the cover material and the batten fixing surface of the batten are positioned toward one side of the projection direction, and the cover material and the batten are fixed on one side with a fixing screw, so that the inclination angle of the mounting surface located on the other side can be freely set. Therefore, by using a cover material with an appropriate different inclination angle of the mounting surface, the irradiation direction of the light of the lighting fixture can be changed, and since the batten is common, costs can be reduced. In addition, since the cover fixing surface and the batten fixing surface are always parallel, the cover material and the batten can be reliably fixed by screwing or penetrating the fixing screw perpendicularly to both.

[0010] Furthermore, if a plurality of cover materials with different inclination angles of the mounting surface with respect to the cover fixing surface are provided in advance, the irradiation direction of the light from the lighting device can be easily changed by simply selecting the cover material to be attached.

[0011] Furthermore, if the batten material has a bottom surface portion that is farther away from the cover fixing surface portion than the batten fixing surface portion and is located on the other side, the head of the fixing screw that penetrates the batten fixing surface portion can be contained in the step portion formed by the batten fixing surface portion and the bottom surface portion, so that the head of the fixing screw does not protrude on the outer periphery of the cap board, and the mounting ability to the member supporting the cap board is good. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] An explanatory diagram of the fixing part of the cover material for oblique irradiation and the support part batten material (cross-sectional view of line AA in Figure 4). [Diagram 2] An explanatory diagram of the mounting part of the lighting fixture on the capping board with a cover material for oblique irradiation attached (cross-sectional view of line BB in Figure 4). [Diagram 3] FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the fixing portion of the cover material for oblique irradiation and the bottom member for oblique irradiation (cross-sectional view along line CC in FIG. 4). [Figure 4] Front view of a handrail with a cover material for oblique irradiation attached. [Diagram 5]An explanatory diagram of the mounting structure of a handrail with a cover material for oblique irradiation attached to the floor (cross-sectional view of line DD in Figure 4). [Figure 6] An explanatory diagram of the power supply part of a handrail with a cover material for oblique irradiation attached (cross-sectional view of line EE in Figure 4). [Figure 7] 1A is an explanatory diagram of the connecting part of the capping of a handrail to which a cover material for oblique irradiation has been attached, (a) being a cross-sectional view (cross-sectional view of line FF in (b)), and (b) being a front view. [Figure 8] An explanatory diagram of the fixing part of the cover material for vertical irradiation and the support part batten material (cross-sectional view of line GG in Figure 11). [Figure 9] An explanatory diagram of the mounting part of the lighting fixture on the capping board with a vertical irradiation cover attached (cross-sectional view of line HH in Figure 11). [Figure 10] FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of the fixing portion of the cover material for vertical irradiation and the bottom member for vertical irradiation (cross-sectional view along line II in FIG. 11). [Figure 11] Front view of the handrail with vertical irradiation cover installed. [Figure 12] A cross-sectional view of the connecting portion of the coping of a handrail with a vertical irradiation cover material attached. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] The handrail of the present invention will be described in detail below. In the following, the front-rear direction is the direction in which the handrail is viewed, and the left-right direction is the direction in which the headboard of the handrail extends (the longitudinal direction of the headboard).

[0014] The handrail of the present invention is installed in a passageway or the like to assist pedestrians, and is a member in which a coping is attached to the upper end of a plurality of support posts erected on the floor surface. As shown in each figure, the handrail includes two types of cover materials, a cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and a cover material for vertical irradiation 2, a bottom member for oblique irradiation 3, a bottom member for vertical irradiation 4, a support part batten material 5 which is a batten material in the present invention, a lighting fixture 200, and a support 8. The cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 can be attached to the support part batten material 5 alternatively, and are fixed to the support part batten material 5 with fixing screws S, and together with the support part batten material 5, form a cylindrical coping 100. However, the support part batten material 5 is attached to a portion of the coping 100 corresponding to the support 8, and in other portions, the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 is attached to the cover material for oblique irradiation 1, and the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4 is attached to the cover material for vertical irradiation 2. The headboard 100 extends linearly from side to side, and multiple lighting fixtures 200 are provided inside the headboard at intervals from side to side. Multiple support posts 8 are erected on the floor surface F at intervals from side to side, and the headboard 100 is supported by these support posts 8.

[0015] First, a case where the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 is used will be described. In this case, the coping 100 has a hollow structure with a substantially circular cross section as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, and the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 located on the upper side engages with the support part batten material 5 or the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 located on the lower side and is fixed with screws such as fixing screws S.

[0016] The oblique irradiation cover material 1 is made of an aluminum extrusion material, and as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, it has a cover outer shell part 11 that forms the outer shape of the coping 100, and a plate-shaped first plate part 16a and a plate-shaped second plate part 17a provided inside the cover outer shell part 11, and the cover outer shell part 11 and the first plate part 16a and the second plate part 17a are integrally formed. Since a part of the surface of the first plate part 16a and the second plate part 17a is the support part 12, it can be said that the cover outer shell part 11 and the support part 12 are also integrally formed. More specifically, the cover outer shell part 11 has a circular arc shape that is symmetrical in the front and rear directions and has a central angle slightly larger than 180 degrees. Engagement parts 18 that protrude inward are formed at the front and rear lower ends of the cover outer shell part 11. On the inside of the cover outer shell part 11, a first plate part 16a and a second plate part 17a, which are two flat plate-like parts inclined to each other, are formed, and the lower surface of the first plate part 16a is the first surface part 16, and the lower surface of the second plate part 17a is the second surface part 17. The support part 12 has a cross section of a substantially dogleg shape consisting of the first surface part 16 and the second surface part 17, and is located in the vertical center of the oblique irradiation cover material 1. The first plate part 16a (first surface part 16) extends from the inner peripheral surface of the front part of the cover outer shell part 11 to a position slightly rearward from the front-rear center of the oblique irradiation cover material 1 in a direction inclined at 17.5 degrees with respect to the horizontal plane on the rear lower side. The second plate portion 17a (second surface portion 17) extends rearward (horizontally) from the rear end portion of the first plate portion 16a (first surface portion 16) to the inner peripheral surface of the rear portion of the cover outer shell portion 11. The cover material 1 for oblique irradiation has a hollow portion 15 surrounded by the upper portion of the cover outer shell portion 11 and the support portion 12 (the first plate portion 16a and the second plate portion 17a).

[0017] The support batten material 5 is made of an extruded aluminum material, and as shown in Fig. 1, has a batten outer shell portion 51, a batten fixing plate portion 52a, and a bottom plate portion 55a, all of which constitute the outer shape of the coping 100, and the batten outer shell portion 51, the batten fixing plate portion 52a, and the bottom plate portion 55a are integrally formed. Since a portion of the surface of the batten fixing plate portion 52a forms the batten fixing surface portion 52, and a portion of the surface of the bottom plate portion 55a forms the bottom surface portion 55, it can be said that the batten outer shell portion 51, the batten fixing surface portion 52, and the bottom surface portion 55 are also integrally formed. More specifically, the front and rear sides of the support batten material 5 are the batten outer shell parts 51, and among the parts between the front and rear batten outer shell parts 51, the part narrower than the rear half is the batten fixing plate part 52a, and the remaining front part is the bottom plate part 55a, and the lower surface of the batten fixing plate part 52a is the batten fixing surface part 52, and the lower surface of the bottom plate part 55a is the bottom surface part 55. The batten fixing plate part 52a and the bottom plate part 55a are both horizontally oriented flat plates, and the bottom plate part 55a is located lower than the batten fixing plate part 52a, and the front end of the batten fixing plate part 52a and the rear end of the bottom plate part 55a are connected by a vertically oriented step part 53. Therefore, the batten fixing surface part 52 and the second surface part 17 of the support part 12 of the oblique irradiation cover material 1 are parallel. In addition, the bottom surface part 55 is located lower and forward than the batten fixing surface part 52. The front part of the batten outer shell part 51 extends from the front end of the bottom plate part 55a to the front upper side, and the rear part of the batten outer shell part 51 extends from the rear end of the batten fixing plate part 52a to the rear upper side, and is an arc shape concentric with the cover outer shell part 11 of the oblique irradiation cover material 1. Engaged parts 54 having a substantially L-shaped cross section are formed at the front and rear upper ends of the batten outer shell part 51. The engaged parts 54 are shaped to protrude inward from the upper end of the batten outer shell part 51, bend, and protrude upward.

[0018] The bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation is made of an extruded aluminum material, and as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, it has a bottom outer shell part 31 that constitutes the outer shape of the head board 100, and a plate-shaped bottom fixing plate part 32a that also constitutes the outer shape of the head board 100, and the bottom outer shell part 31 and the bottom fixing plate part 32a are integrally formed. Since a part of the surface of the bottom fixing plate part 32a is the bottom fixing surface part 32, it can be said that the bottom outer shell part 31 and the bottom fixing surface part 32 are also integrally formed. More specifically, the center part in the front-rear direction of the bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation is the bottom fixing plate part 32a, the front and rear both sides of the bottom fixing plate part 32a are the bottom outer shell part 31, and the lower surface of the bottom fixing plate part 32a is the bottom fixing surface part 32. The bottom fixing plate part 32a is a flat plate inclined from the front upper side to the rear lower side, and the inclination angle with respect to the horizontal plane is 17.5 degrees. Therefore, the bottom fixing surface portion 32 and the first surface portion 16 of the support portion 12 of the oblique irradiation cover material 1 are parallel. At the front end of the bottom fixing plate portion 32a, a step portion 33 is formed that protrudes downward in a direction perpendicular to the bottom fixing plate portion 32a. The bottom outer shell portion 31 extends from the lower end of the step portion 33 to the front upper side in the front part, and extends from the rear end of the bottom fixing plate portion 32a to the rear upper side in the rear part, and has an arc shape concentric with the cover outer shell portion 11 of the oblique irradiation cover material 1. At the front and rear upper ends of the bottom outer shell portion 31, an engaged portion 34 having a cross section of a substantially L-shape is formed. The engaged portion 34 is shaped to protrude inward from the upper end of the bottom outer shell portion 31, bend, and protrude upward.

[0019] The oblique irradiation cover material 1, the support part batten material 5, and the oblique irradiation bottom member 3 thus constructed are combined to form a coping 100. The oblique irradiation cover material 1 and the support part batten material 5 are combined so that the front and rear engagement parts 18 of the oblique irradiation cover material 1 engage with the front and rear engaged parts 54 of the support part batten material 5. At this time, the vertical parts of the engaged parts 54 of the support part batten material 5 fit inside the engagement parts 18 of the oblique irradiation cover material 1, and the cover outer shell part 11 of the oblique irradiation cover material 1 and the batten outer shell part 51 of the support part batten material 5 form a series of circular arcs. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the oblique irradiation cover material 1 and the support part batten material 5 are fixed by fixing screws S at multiple points in the longitudinal direction. At the fixing location, a through hole through which the fixing screw S passes is formed in the batten fixing surface portion 52 (batten fixing plate portion 52a) of the support part batten material 5, and a screw hole into which the fixing screw S is screwed is formed in the second surface portion 17 (second plate portion 17a) of the support part 12 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1. Therefore, here, the second surface portion 17 of the support part 12 is the cover fixing surface portion 13 into which the fixing screw S is screwed, and the cover fixing surface portion 13 and the batten fixing surface portion 52 are parallel to each other and to the horizontal plane, and both the cover fixing surface portion 13 and the batten fixing surface portion 52 are located toward one side (rear side) in the projection direction. Then, the fixing screw S is inserted from the lower side (the support part batten material 5 side) into the through hole of the batten fixing surface portion 52 and screwed into the screw hole of the cover fixing surface portion 13 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1. In this way, the fixing screw S is located toward the rear of the center in the front-to-rear direction of the coping 100. Since the post batten material 5 has a bottom surface portion 55 located on the other side (front side) and on the side farther away from the cover fixing surface portion 13 than the batten fixing surface portion 52 (lower side), the head of the fixing screw S fits into the step portion formed by the batten fixing surface portion 52 and the bottom surface portion 55.

[0020] The cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 are assembled so that the front and rear engaging parts 18 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 engage with the front and rear engaged parts 34 of the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3. At this time, the vertical parts of the engaged parts 34 of the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 fit inside the engaging parts 18 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1, and the cover outer shell part 11 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the bottom outer shell part 31 of the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 form a series of circular arcs. Then, as shown in Fig. 3, the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 are fixed by fixing screws Sa at multiple points in the longitudinal direction. At the fixing location, a through hole through which the screw Sa penetrates is formed in the bottom fixing surface portion 32 (bottom fixing plate portion 32a) of the bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation, and a screw hole into which the screw Sa screws is formed in the first surface portion 16 (first plate portion 16a) of the support portion 12 of the cover material 1 for oblique irradiation. Then, the screw Sa is inserted into the through hole of the bottom fixing surface portion 32 from the lower side (the bottom member 3 side for oblique irradiation) and screws into the screw hole of the first surface portion 16.

[0021] As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the lighting fixtures 200 are attached to a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the head rail 100. The number of lighting fixtures 200 and the position in the longitudinal direction of the head rail 100 are not limited, but here, they are provided at the middle position between the two supports 8. The lighting fixtures 200 are LEDs and other necessary circuits housed in a case, and the lower end is a light-emitting part, and a flat mounting plate 201 extending to the left and right is attached to the upper end. A power supply cable is connected to the lighting fixtures 200, but is not shown in the figure. Then, as shown in Fig. 2, the mounting plate 201 is attached to the first surface 16 of the support part 12 from the lower side by screwing. Therefore, here, the first surface 16 of the support part 12 is the mounting surface 14 to which the lighting fixtures 200 are attached, and the mounting surface 14 is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane and is located on the other side (front side) of the cover fixing surface 13.

[0022] A rectangular hole that is long from side to side is formed in the portion of the oblique irradiation bottom member 3 facing the lighting fixture 200, and a transparent member 202 made of a transparent material is fitted into this hole. The transparent member 202 is a rectangular plate of a size that fits just into the hole, and its upper end extends forward and backward, and this extension engages with the edge of the hole. The light emitted from the lighting fixture 200 passes through the transparent member 202 to illuminate the outside.

[0023] As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the support column 8 is made up of a cylindrical column body 81 standing on the floor surface F, a generally disk-shaped top plate portion 82 that covers the upper end of the column body 81, and a support plate 83 that extends vertically upward from the upper surface of the top plate portion 82. The support plate 83 is generally flat and oriented parallel to the left-right direction, and the upper end portion is shaped to slope downward from the center in the left-right direction toward both the left and right sides. In addition, a hole penetrating in the front-rear direction is formed in the upper part of the support plate 83.

[0024] A column connecting member 9 is attached to the underside of the column batten material 5 of the coping board 100. The column connecting member 9 has the same left-right width as the column batten material 5, and has a horizontal rectangular flat base portion 91 and two hanging pieces 92 extending vertically downward from the front and rear ends of the base portion 91. The hanging pieces 92 are approximately triangular when viewed from the front-to-rear direction, and a hole for passing a screw is formed in the center of the front hanging piece 92 in the front-to-rear direction, and a female threaded portion for screwing the screw is formed in the center of the rear hanging piece 92. The base portion 91 abuts against the bottom surface portion 55 of the column batten material 5 from below, and the column connecting member 9 and the column batten material 5 are fixed by passing a screw through a hole formed in a portion between the front and rear hanging pieces 92 and screwing it into the bottom surface portion 55. The head of the fixing screw S fits between the base portion 91 and the batten fixing surface portion 52. In addition, a standing piece 93 protruding toward the upper rear side is formed at the rear end of the base portion 91, and the upper end of the standing piece 93 abuts against the rear end of the batten fixing surface portion 52 of the support portion batten material 5, covering and concealing the head of the fixing screw S.

[0025] The support plate 83 of the post 8 is sandwiched from the front and back by two hanging pieces 92 of the pillar connecting member 9 attached to the head board 100. At this time, the holes in the support plate 83 communicate with the holes and female threads of the front and rear hanging pieces 92, and a screw is inserted from the front hole and screwed into the female thread to secure the plate in place. Since the upper end of the support plate 83 is inclined to the left and right, the support plate 83 does not interfere with the pillar connecting member 9 of the head board 100 even when the head board 100 is attached at an angle to the horizontal direction.

[0026] As described above, the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3, which is a separate member from the post batten material 5, is attached to the portions of the headboard 100 other than the portions corresponding to the posts 8. This makes it possible to remove only the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 between the two posts 8 without removing the headboard 100 itself from the posts 8, facilitating maintenance of the lighting fixture 200.

[0027] A power supply cable C for supplying power to the lighting fixture 200 is connected to a power source through the floor surface F, and this power supply cable C extends from the floor surface F to the inside of the cap rail 100. A power supply cover 400 is provided at this portion to cover and hide the power supply cable C. As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6 (the bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation is shown in a see-through manner), the power supply cover 400 is a tubular member with a substantially rectangular cross section that is erected on the floor surface F with substantially the same left-right width as the support 8. More specifically, the power supply cover 400 has a power supply cover main body 401, both of which are made of an aluminum extruded member, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens toward the left side, a rectangular flat blocking plate 402 that blocks the left side surface of the power supply cover main body 401, and a substantially U-shaped lid portion 403 that is attached to the upper end and opens downward when viewed from the left-right direction. The blocking plate 402 is detachable from the power supply cover main body 401. The lid 403 covers the upper ends of the power supply cover main body 401 and the blocking plate 402, and covers the front and rear surfaces of the upper end of the power supply cover main body 401. The front and rear surfaces of the lid 403 are formed with convex parts 404 that protrude outward, and the lower side of the convex part 404 is formed in an arc shape. The bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation is not present at the position of the head board 100 corresponding to the power supply cover 400, and the lid 403 is screwed to the second surface part 17 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1. The front and rear lower ends of the cover outer shell part 11 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 abut against the convex part 404 of the lid 403, and the lower arc-shaped parts of the cover outer shell part 11 and the convex part 404 form a series of arcs. The power supply cable C extends from the floor surface F through the inside of the power supply cover 400 to the inside of the head board 100.

[0028] When the length of the capping 100 is equal to or longer than a predetermined length, the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 are connected. As shown in FIG. 7, in the connecting portion, a connecting material 7 is inserted inside the capping 100, and a joint material 71 is attached to the outer periphery of the capping 100. The connecting material 7 is made of an aluminum hollow extruded material, and has a shape that fits exactly into the inner periphery of the capping 100. That is, the cross section is approximately rectangular, and an inclined surface portion 72 is formed in the middle of the upper surface, with the front side being higher, and this inclined surface portion 72 abuts against the first surface portion 16 of the cover material for oblique irradiation 1, and the rear part of the inclined surface portion 72 of the upper surface abuts against the second surface portion 17. Both the front surface and the rear surface abut against the inner surface of the engaged portion 34 of the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3. The lower surface has an inclined surface portion 73 formed in the front part with the front side higher, and this inclined surface portion 73 abuts against the upper surface of the bottom fixing plate portion 32a of the bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation and is fixed with a screw. The lower rear corner has an outwardly convex curved surface portion 74 formed therein, and this curved surface portion 74 abuts against the inner surface of the bottom outer shell portion 31 of the bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation. The joint material 71 is a cylindrical member, and the coping 100 fits exactly into its inner periphery, covering and concealing the connection portion of the cover material 1 for oblique irradiation and the bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation. The joint material 71 is fixed to the bottom member 3 for oblique irradiation from below with a screw.

[0029] Next, a case where the vertical irradiation cover material 2 is used will be described. In this case, the coping 100 has a hollow structure with a substantially circular cross section as shown in Figs. 8 to 11, and the vertical irradiation cover material 2 located on the upper side and the support part batten material 5 or the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 located on the lower side are engaged with each other and fixed with screws such as fixing screws S.

[0030] The cover material 2 for vertical irradiation is made of an aluminum extrusion material, and as shown in Figs. 8 to 10, it has a cover outer shell part 21 that forms the outer shape of the coping 100, and a plate-shaped cover plate part 22a provided inside the cover outer shell part 21, and the cover outer shell part 21 and the cover plate part 22a are integrally formed. Since a part of the surface of the cover plate part 22a is the support part 22, it can be said that the cover outer shell part 11 and the support part 22 are also integrally formed. More specifically, the cover outer shell part 21 is a circular arc shape that is symmetrical in the front and rear and has a central angle slightly larger than 180 degrees. The front and rear lower ends of the cover outer shell part 21 are formed with engagement parts 28 that protrude inward. The cover plate part 22a is a horizontally oriented flat plate, and the lower surface of the cover plate part 22a is the support part 22. The cover plate portion 22a (support portion 22) extends from the inner peripheral surface of the front portion of the cover outer shell portion 21 to the inner peripheral surface of the rear portion, and is located in the vertical center of the cover material for vertical irradiation 2. The cover material for vertical irradiation 2 has a hollow portion 25 surrounded by the upper portion of the cover outer shell portion 21 and the support portion 22 (cover plate portion 22a).

[0031] The bottom member 4 for vertical irradiation is made of an extruded aluminum material, and as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, it has a bottom outer shell part 41 that constitutes the outer shape of the capping 100, and a plate-shaped bottom fixing plate part 42a that also constitutes the outer shape of the capping 100, and the bottom outer shell part 41 and the bottom fixing plate part 42a are integrally formed. Since a part of the surface of the bottom fixing plate part 42a is the bottom fixing surface part 42, it can be said that the bottom outer shell part 41 and the bottom fixing surface part 42 are also integrally formed. More specifically, the central part in the front-rear direction of the bottom member 4 for vertical irradiation is the bottom fixing plate part 42a, the front and rear both sides of the bottom fixing plate part 42a are the bottom outer shell part 41, and the lower surface of the bottom fixing plate part 42a is the bottom fixing surface part 42. The bottom fixing plate part 42a is a flat plate shaped member oriented horizontally. Therefore, the bottom fixing surface part 42 and the support part 22 of the cover material 2 for vertical irradiation are parallel to each other. The bottom outer shell part 41 extends from the front end of the bottom fixing plate part 42a to the front upper side in the front part, and extends from the rear end of the bottom fixing plate part 42a to the rear upper side in the rear part, and has an arc shape concentric with the cover outer shell part 21 of the vertical irradiation cover material 2. However, the vertical position of the bottom fixing plate part 42a is slightly higher than the lower end of the bottom outer shell part 41. Therefore, a groove part 45 is formed on the lower surface of the bottom member 4 for vertical irradiation, which opens downward with the bottom fixing surface part 42 as the bottom surface and extends along the longitudinal direction of the bottom member 4 for vertical irradiation. Then, an engaged part 44 having a substantially L-shaped cross section is formed at the front and rear upper ends of the bottom outer shell part 41. The engaged part 44 is shaped to protrude inward from the upper end of the bottom outer shell part 41, bend, and protrude upward.

[0032] The vertical irradiation cover material 2, the support part batten material 5, and the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 thus constructed are combined to form the coping 100. The vertical irradiation cover material 2 and the support part batten material 5 are combined so that the front and rear engaging parts 28 of the vertical irradiation cover material 2 engage with the front and rear engaged parts 54 of the support part batten material 5, as shown in Fig. 8. At this time, the vertical parts of the engaged parts 54 of the support part batten material 5 fit inside the engaging parts 28 of the vertical irradiation cover material 2, and the cover outer shell part 21 of the vertical irradiation cover material 2 and the batten outer shell part 51 of the support part batten material 5 form a series of circular arcs. Then, as shown in Fig. 11, the vertical irradiation cover material 2 and the support part batten material 5 are fixed by fixing screws S at multiple points in the longitudinal direction. At the fixing location, a through hole through which the fixing screw S penetrates is formed in the batten fixing surface portion 52 (batten fixing plate portion 52a) of the support part batten material 5, and a screw hole into which the fixing screw S is screwed is formed in the rear part of the support part 22 (cover plate portion 22a) of the vertical irradiation cover material 2. Therefore, here, the rear part of the support part 22 becomes the cover fixing surface portion 23 into which the fixing screw S is screwed, and the cover fixing surface portion 23 and the batten fixing surface portion 52 are parallel to each other and to the horizontal plane, and both the cover fixing surface portion 23 and the batten fixing surface portion 52 are located toward one side (rear side) in the prospective direction. Then, the fixing screw S is inserted from the lower side (the support part batten material 5 side) into the through hole of the batten fixing surface portion 52 and screwed into the screw hole of the cover fixing surface portion 23 of the vertical irradiation cover material 2. In this way, the fixing screw S is located toward the rear side from the center of the front-rear direction of the coping 100. Furthermore, since the support portion batten material 5 has a bottom surface portion 55 which is located on the side (lower side) farther from the cover fixing surface portion 23 than the batten fixing surface portion 52 and on the other side (front side), the head of the fixing screw S fits into the step portion formed by the batten fixing surface portion 52 and the bottom surface portion 55.

[0033] As shown in FIG. 10, the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 and the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4 are assembled so that the front and rear engaging parts 28 of the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 engage with the front and rear engaged parts 44 of the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4. At this time, the vertical parts of the engaged parts 44 of the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4 are fitted inside the engaging parts 28 of the cover material for vertical irradiation 2, and the cover outer shell part 21 of the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 and the bottom outer shell part 41 of the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4 form a series of circular arcs. As shown in FIG. 11, the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 and the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4 are fixed at multiple points in the longitudinal direction by fixing screws Sa. At the fixed points, a through hole through which the screw Sa penetrates is formed in the bottom fixing surface part 42 (bottom fixing plate part 42a) of the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4, and a screw hole into which the screw Sa is screwed is formed in the support part 22 (cover plate part 22a) of the cover material for vertical irradiation 2. Then, the screw Sa is inserted into the through-hole of the bottom fixing surface portion 42 from the lower side (the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 side) and is screwed into the screw hole of the support portion 22.

[0034] 11, a lighting fixture 200 is attached to a predetermined position in the longitudinal direction of the head rail 100. As shown in Fig. 9, the lighting fixture 200 is attached to the center part of the support part 22 in the front-to-rear direction by screwing a mounting plate 201 from below. Thus, the center part of the support part 22 in the front-to-rear direction serves as the mounting surface part 24 to which the lighting fixture 200 is attached, and the mounting surface part 24 is parallel to the horizontal plane, is at the same height as the cover fixing surface part 23, and is located on the other side (front side) of the cover fixing surface part 23.

[0035] A rectangular hole that is long in the left-right direction is formed in the portion of the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 facing the lighting fixture 200. The front-to-back width of the hole is narrower than that of the groove portion 45, and a transparent member 202 made of a transparent material is fitted into the groove portion 45 to cover the hole. The transparent member 202 is a rectangular plate that fits just into the groove portion 45 and is large enough to cover the hole. The light emitted from the lighting fixture 200 passes through the transparent member 202 to illuminate the outside.

[0036] As described above, the vertical irradiation bottom member 4, which is a separate member from the post batten material 5, is attached to the portions of the headboard 100 other than those corresponding to the posts 8. This makes it possible to remove only the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 between the two posts 8 without removing the headboard 100 itself from the posts 8, facilitating maintenance of the lighting fixture 200.

[0037] Moreover, in the same manner as in the case where the cover material 1 for oblique irradiation is used, the lid portion 403 of the power supply cover 400 is attached to the support portion 22 of the cover material 2 for vertical irradiation by being screwed.

[0038] In addition, when the length of the capping 100 is equal to or longer than a predetermined length, the vertical irradiation cover material 2 and the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 are connected. As shown in FIG. 12, in the connection portion, a connecting material 7 is inserted inside the capping 100, and a joint material 71 is attached to the outer periphery side of the capping 100. The connecting material 7 is the same as that when the oblique irradiation cover material 1 is used, and has a shape that fits just inside the inner periphery of the capping 100. That is, the front part of the inclined surface part 72 of the upper surface abuts against the support part 22. Both the front and rear surfaces abut against the inner surface of the engaged part 44 of the vertical irradiation bottom member 4. The lower surface (the part between the inclined surface part 73 and the curved surface part 74) abuts against the upper surface of the bottom fixing plate part 42a of the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 and is fixed with a screw. The joint material 71 is also the same as that used when the oblique irradiation cover material 1 is used, and the coping rail 100 fits exactly into its inner periphery, covering and concealing the connection between the vertical irradiation cover material 2 and the vertical irradiation bottom member 4. The joint material 71 is screwed to the vertical irradiation bottom member 4 from below.

[0039] According to the handrail of the present invention configured as described above, the cover fixing surface parts 13, 23 of the cover material 1 for oblique irradiation and the cover material 2 for vertical irradiation and the batten fixing surface part 52 of the support part batten 5 are positioned toward one side of the expected direction, and the cover material 1 for oblique irradiation or the cover material 2 for vertical irradiation and the support part batten 5 are fixed on one side with the fixing screw S, so that the inclination angle of the mounting surface parts 14, 24 located on the other side relative to them can be freely set. Here, in the cover material 1 for oblique irradiation, the mounting surface part 14 is inclined with respect to the cover fixing surface part 13, and in the cover material 2 for vertical irradiation, the mounting surface part 24 is parallel to the cover fixing surface part 23. Therefore, by using the cover material 1 for oblique irradiation and the cover material 2 for vertical irradiation appropriately, the irradiation direction of the light of the lighting device 200 can be changed. That is, in this embodiment, the cover fixing surfaces 13, 23 are oriented horizontally, so that when the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 is attached, the attachment surface 14 is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane, so that the lighting fixture 200 is inclined, and the light irradiation direction can be inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and when the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 is attached, the attachment surface 24 is oriented horizontally, so that the lighting fixture 200 is inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and the light irradiation direction can be made vertical. And, since the support part batten material 5 is common, costs can be reduced. In either case, since the cover fixing surface parts 13, 23 and the batten fixing surface part 52 are parallel, by screwing or penetrating the fixing screw S vertically into both planar parts, the male thread part of the fixing screw S is securely screwed into the female thread part of the cover fixing surface parts 13, 23 (i.e., the female thread part of the second plate part 17a and the cover plate part 22a on which the cover fixing surface parts 13, 23 are formed), and the entire surface of the head of the fixing screw S abuts against the batten fixing surface part 52, so that the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 or the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 and the support part batten material 5 can be securely fixed. Note that if multiple cover materials (the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the cover material for vertical irradiation 2) having different inclination angles of the mounting surface parts 14, 24 with respect to the cover fixing surface parts 13, 23 are prepared in advance in this way, the irradiation direction of the light of the lighting fixture 200 can be easily changed by simply selecting the cover material to be attached.Furthermore, since the support column batten material 5 has a bottom surface portion 55 located on the side farther (lower) from the cover fixing surface portions 13, 23 and on the other side (front) than the batten fixing surface portion 52, the head of the fixing screw S that penetrates the batten fixing surface portion 52 can be accommodated in the step formed by the batten fixing surface portion 52 and the bottom surface portion 55, so that the head of the fixing screw S does not protrude on the outer periphery of the cap board 100, and attachment to the column connecting member 9 that supports the cap board 100 is excellent. In other words, the head of the fixing screw S fits between the batten fixing surface portion 52 and the base portion 91 of the column connecting member 9, and the bottom surface portion 55 can be abutted against the base portion 91 for secure fixation.

[0040] In addition, in the oblique irradiation cover material 1 and the vertical irradiation cover material 2, the cover outer shell parts 11, 21 and the support parts 12, 22 are integrally formed, so that the structure is simpler and the rigidity is higher. Furthermore, the oblique irradiation cover material 1 and the vertical irradiation cover material 2 have hollow parts 15, 25 surrounded by the cover outer shell parts 11, 21 and the support parts 12, 22 (i.e., the hollow part 15 surrounded by the cover outer shell part 11, the first plate part 16a, and the second plate part 17a, and the hollow part 25 surrounded by the cover outer shell part 21 and the cover plate part 22a), so that the rigidity of the oblique irradiation cover material 1 and the vertical irradiation cover material 2 themselves is higher, and the rigidity of the support parts 12, 22 (i.e., the rigidity of the first plate part 16a and the second plate part 17a, and the rigidity of the cover plate part 22a) is also higher. This allows the illuminator 200 to be fixed to the mounting surface parts 14, 24 more stably. In addition, the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the cover material for vertical irradiation 2 and the support part batten material 5, the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 and the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4 are fixed to the cover fixing surface parts 13, 23 of the support parts 12, 22 by screwing screws such as fixing screws S, so that the support part batten material 5, the bottom member for oblique irradiation 3 and the bottom member for vertical irradiation 4 can be fixed more stably to the cover material for oblique irradiation 1 and the cover material for vertical irradiation 2. Furthermore, a separate member for setting the inclination angle of the lighting fixture 200 is not necessary, and a simple configuration can be achieved. In addition, when a separate member for setting the inclination angle of the lighting fixture 200 is used, depending on the processing accuracy and installation accuracy of the member, the inclination angle of the lighting fixture 200 may be shifted at various points in the longitudinal direction of the cap rail 100, and even if the shift is small, the light irradiated to the floor surface away from the handrail will be significantly shifted, resulting in a poor appearance. In contrast, in the present invention, the mounting surface portions 14, 24 are provided on the oblique irradiation cover material 1 or the vertical irradiation cover material 2 that constitutes the headboard 100 itself, so that the inclination angle is consistent along the longitudinal direction of the headboard 100, the light irradiation angle of the lighting fixture 200 can be made uniform, and the light irradiated onto the floor surface, etc., away from the handrail, can also be made uniform.

[0041] The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified as appropriate within the scope of the invention. For example, in the coping, the support part batten material may be attached to a part other than the part corresponding to the support. In addition, in the cover material for oblique irradiation and the cover material for vertical irradiation, the part corresponding to the hollow part may be a solid part filled with contents. In that case, the lower surface of the solid part becomes the support part. Alternatively, the support part may be a separate member from the cover outer shell part, or the support part may be separated into front and rear. And the cover material is not limited to the above two types of cover material, the cover material for oblique irradiation and the cover material for vertical irradiation, and there may be many types of cover material with different inclination angles of the mounting surface part to the cover fixing surface part. Furthermore, in the support part batten material, the batten fixing surface part may be provided inside the batten outer shell part that constitutes the outer shape of the coping. Also, the configuration of the support supporting the coping can be modified as appropriate taking into consideration the situation and design of the installation location of the handrail. [Explanation of symbols]

[0042] 1. Cover material for oblique irradiation (cover material) 2 Cover material for vertical irradiation (cover material) 5 Support part batten material (batten material) 11,21 Cover outer shell 12,22 Support part 13,23 Cover fixing surface 14,24 Mounting surface 52 Batten fixing surface part 55 Bottom part 100 Kasagi 200 Lighting equipment S Fixing screw

Claims

1. Equipped with a cylindrical coping and lighting fixtures, The coping board is a cover material made of a shaped material and a batten material made of a shaped material that are engaged with each other and fixed with fixing screws, The batten material has a batten fixing surface portion through which the fixing screw passes, and the batten fixing surface portion is located toward one side in the projection direction, The cover material has a cover outer shell portion that forms the outer shape of the coping and a support portion provided inside the cover outer shell portion, The handrail is characterized in that the support portion has a cover fixing surface portion into which the fixing screw screws and an attachment surface portion to which the lighting fixture is attached, the cover fixing surface portion being parallel to the batten fixing surface portion and positioned toward one side in the projection direction, and the attachment surface portion being positioned on the other side in the projection direction relative to the cover fixing surface portion.

2. The cover material is provided in a plurality of types that can be selectively attached to the batten material, 2. The handrail according to claim 1, wherein each of the cover materials has a different inclination angle of the mounting surface portion relative to the cover fixing surface portion.

3. A handrail as described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the batten material has a bottom surface portion that is parallel to the batten fixing surface portion, is farther from the cover fixing surface portion than the batten fixing surface portion, and is located on the other side of the batten fixing surface portion in the prospective direction.

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