Electronic candle

An electronic candle comprising: a candle housing having a top and defining a cavity, a through-hole at the top, and a plurality of mounting apertures in communication with the cavity; a base disposed at the bottom of the candle housing and comprising a power supply and a PCB integrated circuit board having a control chip; a candle shell disposed on the top and being connected to the through-hole; an LED assembly electrically coupled to the power supply and disposed in the cavity; a plurality of optical fibers connected to said LED assembly and formed into optical fiber bundles, the plurality of optical fibers having end sections disposed in the mounting apertures; and a candle flickering LED lighting tube connected to said LED assembly and disposed at least partially in the candle shell.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage application of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/114042, filed Nov. 6, 2018, which claims priority to Chinese Application No. 201721611675.5, filed Nov. 28, 2017, the entire disclosure of each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a novel electronic candle.

BACKGROUND

The initial appearance of the candle was to help solve lighting problem for humans, and slowly the candle became a decoration, a ritual. In the past decade, the advent of electronic candles has replaced traditional candles gradually due to its convenience, energy saving and safety. The advantages of electronic candles is in that they possess more decorative effect than traditional candles, and the unique luminous visual effect of this new type of fiber optic candle is beyond comparison to traditional candles.

The existing electronic candles generally intended to continuously improve the effect of the core lighting to infinitely approach the candlelight effect of real candles, or to add various light color changes, or the effects of music, fountains, etc., in the candle housing, but no design is made on the outer surface of the candle housing.

The present invention utilizes the light guiding property of the optical fiber, and combines the optical fiber and the candle through improvement, and forms dots into a line, lines into a plane, and the original plain candle surface is made into flickering effect of neon light.

SUMMARY

The technical problem solved by the invention is to overcome the defects of the prior art and present a novel electronic candle.

The purpose of the invention is achieved by the following technical solutions:

A novel electronic candle is provided, comprising an electronic candle housing with a cavity, a base and an electronic candle core plastic soft shell, in which the base is disposed at the bottom of the electronic candle housing, characterized in that, the cavity is provided internally with super high brightness LED assembly, optical fiber bundles formed from a plurality of optical fibers, and a candle flickering LED lighting tube.

The electronic candle housing is provided with a through-hole at the top, and the electronic candle core plastic soft shell is disposed at the top of the electronic candle housing and connected with the through-hole, the electronic candle core plastic soft shell is internally provided with a candle flickering LED lighting tube, the base is provided with a power supply and a super high brightness LED assembly, and one side of the power supply is provided with a PCB integrated circuit board and an integrated circuit control chip, and the integrated circuit control chip is disposed on the PCB integrated circuit board, the super high brightness LED assembly, the candle flickering LED lighting tube, the PCB integrated circuit board and the integrated circuit control chip are all electrically connected with the power supply.

The electronic candle housing is provided with a plurality of mounting apertures in communication with the cavity, and the optical fiber bundles formed from the plurality of optical fibers are connected to the super high brightness LED assembly, and end sections of the plurality of optical fibers are disposed in the mounting apertures, respectively, and are fixed in the mounting apertures using transparent glue.

Further, the novel electronic candle further comprises an infrared remote controller, and the PCB integrated circuit board is provided with an infrared remote control signal receiver device, and the infrared remote controller is used in combination with the infrared remote control signal receiver device.

Further, the power supply comprises a battery cartridge and a battery cartridge lid, the battery cartridge is provided with a battery, and the base is further provided with a battery switch for switching on and off the battery; the base is provided with a speaker and a speaker cartridge, the speaker and the speaker cartridge are both disposed on one side of the battery cartridge, and the speaker and the speaker cartridge are electrically connected with the PCB integrated circuit board, and the base is provided with a speaker sound hole, and the speaker sound hole is located below the speaker.

Further, lower portion of the cavity has an opening, the base is disposed at the opening of the lower portion of the cavity, and the base is adapted to the opening of the lower portion of the cavity.

Further, the super high brightness LED assembly which provides light supply for the optical fibers is a super high brightness, low current lighting tube.

Further, the number of the optical fiber bundles is consistent with the number of the super high brightness, low current lighting tube.

Further, the pattern formed by distribution of the mounting apertures is a line, a circle, a LOGO, a text, a snowflake or a star, and the integrated circuit control chip safely processes the current supplied by the power supply, and then provides a sufficient safety current to the super high brightness, low current lighting tube, and the integrated circuit control chip causes the super high brightness, low current lighting tube to flicker, so that the pattern formed by the distribution of the mounting apertures flickers.

For example, when the pattern formed by the distribution of the mounting apertures is a snowflake pattern, the optical fiber bundles can be made into three bundles of optical fibers, so that the optical fibers alternately dim and flicker to form a snowing effect; or a pattern with two sets of star shape is formed, with alternately dimming and flickering starlight; or when a heart shape is formed, flickering of the super high brightness, low current lighting tube is used to simulate the visual effect of heartbeat.

Further, the optical fiber bundles and the super high brightness LED assembly are closely fitting connected by a rubber tube.

Further, the housing of the electronic candle is made of a transparent or semitransparent material, and the housing of the electronic candle has a thickness of 4 to 8 mm.

The diameter of the mounting apertures on the candle housing is slightly smaller than that of the optical fibers, and because the candle is soft, and the optical fibers are hard, relatively, the optical fibers would not slip easily during threading process.

Further, the candle flickering LED lighting tube is fixed in the electronic candle core plastic soft shell with hot-melt adhesive, and the fixing method is reliable and simple, which not only achieves the candlelight effect for the electronic candle, but also affects the lighting effect of the light guiding optical fibers in the mounting apertures of the electronic candle housing.

Further, the diameters of the optical fibers may be different from one another and may be disposed in the cavity of the electronic candle housing with a mixture of thick and thin ones.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

The electronic candle of the present invention, the electronic candle housing is provided internally with a cavity, and the electronic candle housing is designed with mounting apertures for mounting the optical fibers, and the mounting apertures are arranged according to actual needs, and different arrangements of the mounting apertures can present different patterns or logos and the like. Each of the mounting apertures has an optical fiber passing through the cavity, and the cavity has a super high brightness LED assembly inside, and the other ends of the optical fibers are integrated into optical fiber bundles connecting the super high brightness LED assembly within the cavity; an LED lighting tube with candle flickering effect mounted within the electronic candle core plastic soft shell on the top of the electronic candle housing. Since the optical fibers are transparent, the novel electronic candle of the invention has no obvious optical fiber heads trace on its outer surface when the super high brightness LED assembly does not light up, and when the super high brightness LED assembly lights up, light is emitted out of the mounting apertures on the electronic candle housing under the effect of the optical fibers in the cavity, and light-emitting points formed by the plurality optical fibers form a light-emitting dynamic pattern; since the electronic candle housing is semitransparent, when the light-emitting points on the surface of the electronic candle housing converge into a flickering pattern, which matches with mapping of the super high brightness LED assembly in the electronic candle housing, cooperates with the star-shaped light formed from the light-emitting points on the surface of the electronic candle housing to complement each other.

In the drawings:

1. Electronic candle housing,2. Cavity,3. Optical fiber,4. Electronic candle core plastic soft faux candle flame shell,5. Candle flickering LED lighting tube,6. super high brightness LED lighting tube,7. Integrated circuit control chip,8. Battery cartridge,9. Speaker cartridge,10. Speaker,11. PCB integrated circuit board,12. Infrared remote control receiver device,13. Base,14. Speaker sound hole,15. Battery cartridge lid,16. Battery switch,17. Mounting aperture,18. Transparent glue.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments. The drawings are for illustrative purposes only, and are merely illustrative, rather than physical, and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention; in order to better illustrate the embodiments of the invention, some parts of the drawings may be omitted, enlarged or reduced and thus do not represent the size of the actual product; it will be understood by those skilled in the art that certain known structures and description thereof may be omitted.

As shown inFIGS. 1 to 4, a novel electronic candle is provided, comprising an electronic candle housing1with a cavity2, a base13and an electronic candle core plastic soft faux candle flame shell4, the base13is disposed at the bottom of the electronic candle housing1, the cavity2is provided internally with super high brightness LED assembly6, optical fiber bundles formed from a plurality of optical fibers3, and a candle flickering LED lighting tube5.

The electronic candle housing1is provided with a through-hole at the top, and the electronic candle core plastic soft faux candle flame shell4is disposed at the top of the electronic candle housing1and connected with the through-hole, the electronic candle core plastic soft shell4is internally provided with a candle flickering LED lighting tube5, the base13is provided with a power supply and a super high brightness LED assembly6, and one side of the power supply is provided with a PCB integrated circuit board11and an integrated circuit control chip7, and the integrated circuit control chip7is disposed on the PCB integrated circuit board11, the super high brightness LED assembly6, the candle flickering LED lighting tube5, the PCB integrated circuit board11and the integrated circuit control chip7are all electrically connected with the power supply.

The electronic candle housing1is provided with a plurality of mounting apertures17in communication with the cavity2, and the optical fiber bundles formed from the plurality of optical fibers3are connected to the super high brightness LED assembly6, and end sections of the plurality of optical fibers3are disposed in the mounting apertures17, respectively, and are fixed in the mounting apertures17using transparent glue18.

As an improvement of the above embodiment, the novel electronic candle further comprises an infrared remote controller, and the PCB integrated circuit board11is provided by welding with an infrared remote control signal receiver device12, and the infrared remote controller is used in combination with the infrared remote control signal receiver device12.

As a modification of the above embodiment, the power supply comprises a battery cartridge8and a battery cartridge lid15, the battery cartridge8is provided with a battery, and the base13is further provided with a battery switch16for switching on and off the battery; the base13is provided with a speaker10and a speaker cartridge9, the speaker10and the speaker cartridge9are both disposed on one side of the battery cartridge8, and the speaker10and the speaker cartridge9are electrically connected with the PCB integrated circuit board11, and the base13is provided with a speaker sound hole14, and the speaker sound hole14is located below the speaker10.

As a modification of the above embodiment, lower portion of the cavity2has an opening, the base13is disposed at the opening of the lower portion of the cavity2, and the base13is adapted to the opening of the lower portion of the cavity2.

As a modification of the above embodiment, the super high brightness LED assembly6which provides light supply for the optical fibers3is a super high brightness, low current lighting tube.

As an improvement of the above embodiment, the number of the optical fiber bundles is consistent with the number of the super high brightness, low current lighting tube.

As a modification of the above embodiment, the pattern formed by distribution of the mounting apertures17is a line, a circle, a LOGO, a text, a snowflake or a star, and the integrated circuit control chip7safely processes the current supplied by the power supply, and provides a sufficient safety current to the super high brightness, low current lighting tube, and the integrated circuit control chip7causes the super high brightness, low current lighting tube to flicker, so that the pattern formed by the distribution of the mounting apertures17flickers.

For example, when the pattern formed by the distribution of the mounting apertures17is a snowflake pattern, the optical fiber bundles can be made into three bundles of optical fibers, so that the optical fibers3alternately dim and flicker to form a snowing effect; or a star shape pattern with two set of star shapes is formed, with alternately dimming and flickering starlight; or when a heart shape is formed, flickering of the super high brightness, low current lighting tube is used to simulate the visual effect of heartbeat.

As a modification of the above embodiment, the optical fiber bundles and the super high brightness LED assembly6are closely fitting connected by a rubber tube.

As a modification of the above embodiment, Further, the housing of the electronic candle is made of a transparent or semitransparent material, and the electronic candle housing1has a thickness of 4 to 8 mm.

The diameter of the mounting apertures17on the candle housing is slightly smaller than that of the optical fibers3, and because the candle is soft, and the optical fibers3are hard, relatively, the optical fibers3do not slip easily during threading process.

As an improvement of the above embodiment, the candle flickering LED lighting tube5is fixed in the electronic candle core plastic soft faux candle flame shell4with hot-melt adhesive, and the fixing method is reliable and simple, which not only achieves the candlelight effect for the electronic candle, but also affects the lighting effect of the optical fibers3in the mounting apertures17of the electronic candle housing1.

As a modification of the above embodiment, the diameters between the optical fibers3may be different from one another with a mixture of thick and thin ones and may be disposed in the cavity2of the electronic candle housing1.

The electronic candle of the present invention, the electronic candle housing1is provided internally with a cavity2, and the electronic candle housing1is designed with mounting apertures17for mounting the optical fibers3, and the mounting apertures17are arranged according to actual needs, and different arrangements of the mounting apertures17can present different patterns or logos and the like. Each of the mounting apertures17has an optical fiber3passing through the cavity2, and the cavity2has a super high brightness LED assembly6inside, and the other end sections of the optical fibers3are integrated into optical fiber bundles connecting the super high brightness LED assembly6within the cavity2; a candle flickering effect LED lighting tube mounted within the electronic candle core plastic soft faux candle flame shell4on the top of the electronic candle housing1. Since the optical fibers3are transparent, the novel electronic candle of the invention has no obvious optical fiber heads trace on its outer surface when the super high brightness LED assembly6does not light up, and when the super high brightness LED assembly6lights up, light is emitted out of the mounting apertures17on the electronic candle housing1under the effect of the optical fibers3in the cavity2, and light-emitting points formed by the plurality optical fibers3form a light-emitting dynamic pattern; since the electronic candle housing1is semitransparent, when the light-emitting points on the surface of the electronic candle housing1converge into a flickering pattern, which matches with mapping of the super high brightness LED assembly6in the electronic candle housing1, cooperates with the star-shaped light formed from the light-emitting points on the surface of the electronic candle housing1to complement each other.

The novel electronic candle of the present invention is further provided with a speaker10and a speaker cartridge9for playing music files stored in the integrated circuit control chip7to add the music playing function; and the novel electronic candle of the present invention can also switch on/off remotely light of the super high brightness LED assembly6and music playing function with a remote controller.

It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. The connection means described above: movable connection, fixed connection, inter-connection, etc., are one or more of welding, bolting, riveting, embedment connection, hinge or pin connection, etc., and other variations or modifications of various forms may be made by those skilled in the art based on the above description. Any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.