Illumination – Sound equipment illuminator
Patent
1996-11-27
1998-07-21
Sember, Thomas M.
Illumination
Sound equipment illuminator
362 74, 340472, B60Q 300
Patent
active
057825491
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This application is the U.S. national-phase application of PCT International Application No. PCT/AT95/00106.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field Of The Invention
The invention concerns an operations vehicle with a lighting device.
2. Description Of The Related Art
Operations vehicles with lighting devices are already known. Often such operations vehicles use a telescopically extendable mast which is arranged inside the vehicle. One or more spotlights are arranged at the upper end of the mast for illuminating the area surrounding the operations vehicle. The disadvantage with such arrangements is that these light sources must be raised to a great height above the location of operations to allow illumination of the working area with wide coverage. In addition, the light sources often dazzle or blind the crews engaged. The light sources are sometimes arranged in the transition region between the side panels and the roof of the operations vehicle, in particular fluorescent tubes are arranged in their own holding chambers above the appliance compartments, but usually the stowage space in the equipment cabins of such operations vehicles is disadvantageously reduced as a result.
An operations vehicle is also already known--according to EP-BI-O 365 937--in which lighting devices are arranged in the region of the side panels. These lighting devices are arranged on flaps which are located in the upper side region of the side panels. These flaps can be pivoted up by their own displacement drive mechanisms out of a position aligned with the side panel into a position projecting beyond it, wherein the lighting units are arranged on the side of the flap facing towards the vehicle body for receiving the equipment and (typically) fire extinguishing apparatus. As a result, the lighting devices are located inside the vehicle body when the flaps are in the folded-in position aligned with the side panel, while in the swung-out state they illuminate the working area in the region of removal from the vehicle body or in front of it. The construction of these lighting devices requires a large number of component parts, and damage to the lighting devices, especially in the usually hectic operations event, occurs frequently because the flaps project beyond the side panels.
In view of the shortcomings of the conventional operations vehicles, it is an object of the present invention to illuminate the working zone around an operations vehicle with as little blinding or dazzling as possible Another object is to facilitate the removal of equipment or appliances from the operations vehicle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
These and other objects are achieved by the present invention. One advantage of the present invention is that, due to the use of a dropside-like boundary element, the roof space usually needed to store tools or operations equipment can be limited and the stowage space in the equipment cabin of such an operations vehicle is not reduced by the additional arrangement of the lighting devices for the surrounding area. Rigid installation of the light sources also makes additional extension of a lighting mast or swinging out of flaps superfluous. At the same time it is therefore possible to allow uniform, almost shadow-free illumination in both side regions of the vehicle, so that any other lighting devices carried, such as a lighting mast integrated in the operations vehicle, can be used to illuminate the actual location of operations or the object of the fire or the like. The essential advantage of this design is that the risk of an accident due to stumbling or falling when approaching the operations vehicle and when walking away from the operations vehicle in the direction of the location of operations is reduced, and at the same time removal of the equipment or extinguishing apparatus from the operations vehicle is facilitated. Another advantage is that illumination of the roof surface of the operations vehicle is also achieved for the removal of operations equipment as well as for walking on it without danger.
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Glatzmeier Alfred
Hochdaninger Franz
Rosenbauer International Aktiengesellschaft
Sember Thomas M.
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