Abstract:
A plastic light emitting band includes plastic conductors and light emitters combined by a method of contact conduction. The method of contact conduction includes conduction methods without using an outside force, such as surface contact, piercing contact, clipping contact, and entangling contact, which can connect with a power supply without using the outside force, and can enlighten the light emitters through the plastic conductors.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0001]     (a) Field of the Invention  
         [0002]     The present invention relates to a plastic light emitting band, and more particularly to a band shape light emitter with high plasticity and light emitting function, which can be particularly used in boats, stairs, advertisement marquees, lighting lamps, warning lamps, or Christmas trees having light emitting bands with lighting, warning, or eye-catching functions.  
         [0003]     (b) Description of the Prior Art  
         [0004]     In general, for the convenience of using lamps for decoration of a Christmas tree, a power cord is often used to connect a plurality of lamps in a series to constitute a strip and thereby surrounding the Christmas tree. These lamps can also be installed at edges of stages, stairs, or boats, and connected with a power supply for lighting the lamps, in order to add a visual impression.  
         [0005]     However, for lamps generally connected by a power cord into a series, the lamps can be incomplete and the effect of application of the lamps can be greatly reduced, due to the short lifetime and vulnerability to outside force of the lamps.  
         [0006]     For the aforementioned lamps connected into a series, a lamp holder is mounted at each position of the lamps in order to insert a lamp, for the sake of providing a user with the capability of replacing lamps himself, thereby increasing the convenience in replacing the lamps. However, as the lamps are exposed outside, they are vulnerable to damage. In addition, as the lamps are formed by entangling at least two power cords into a series, it is very inconvenient to collect the lamps and the power cords are easily twisted together during collection, thereby producing a major problem.  
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0007]     Accordingly, the present invention of a plastic light emitting band combines primarily a plastic conductor with a light emitter with a method of contact conducting, wherein the contact conducting method includes surface contact, piercing contact, clipping contact, and entangling contact which do not rely on an outside force. With this method of contact conducting, power can be connected without using the outside force, thereby directly lighting the light emitter through the plastic conductor.  
         [0008]     The object of the present invention is to constitute a light emitting band by combing the plastic conductor with the light emitter, which can be widely used in boats, stairs, advertisement marquees, lighting lamps, or warning lamps, to achieve the functions of lighting, warning, and eye-catching.  
         [0009]     To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       [0010]      FIG. 1  shows a cross sectional view of a first implementation of the present invention.  
         [0011]      FIG. 2  shows a cross sectional view of a second implementation of the present invention.  
         [0012]      FIG. 3  shows a schematic view of the second implementation of the present invention.  
         [0013]      FIG. 4  shows a cross sectional view of a third implementation of the present invention.  
         [0014]      FIG. 5  shows a schematic view of a fourth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0015]      FIG. 6  shows a cross sectional view of a fifth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0016]      FIG. 7  shows a cross sectional view of a sixth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0017]      FIG. 8  shows a cross sectional view of a seventh implementation of the present invention.  
         [0018]      FIG. 9  shows a cross sectional view of an eighth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0019]      FIG. 10  shows a cross sectional view of a ninth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0020]      FIG. 11  shows a cross sectional view of a tenth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0021]      FIG. 12  shows a cross sectional view of an eleventh implementation of the present invention.  
         [0022]      FIG. 13  shows a cross sectional view of a twelfth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0023]      FIG. 14  shows a cross sectional view of a thirteenth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0024]      FIG. 15  shows a cross sectional view of a fourteenth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0025]      FIG. 16  shows a schematic view of a fifteenth implementation of the present invention.  
         [0026]      FIG. 17  shows a schematic view of a sixteenth implementation of the present invention. 
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS  
       [0027]     Referring to  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 3 , the present invention of a plastic light emitting band comprises primarily at least two strips or bands of plastic conductor  10 , and a plurality of light emitters  20 , wherein the conductor  10  can be made of elastic or deformable material such as a conductive rubber or silicon. The conductor  10  and the light emitter  20  are combined by a method of contact conduction. As shown in the figures, two pins  21  of the light emitters  20  are pierced through or contacted with the conductors  10 , such that each pin  21  is in contact with the conductors  10 . In addition, after combining, a layer of cladding  30 , made of a transparent, water-proof and insulated material, is wrapped around the light emitters  20  and the two conductors  10 , thereby constituting a band shape light emitter.  
         [0028]     Accordingly, as each conductor  10  is connected to a positive and negative of a power supply separately, states of positive and negative are formed for the two conductors  10 , respectively, so as to conduct the two pins  21  of the light emitters  20 , and to enlighten the light emitters  20  to release light and transmit out of the cladding layer  30 , constituting an entire light emitting band, and thereby widely applying to boats, stairs, advertisement marquees, lighting lamps, warning lamps, or Christmas trees, and achieving the functions of lighting, warning, or eye-catching.  
         [0029]     In addition, as the interior of the light emitting band is made of plastic conductors  10 , breaking and rupture of conductors  10  can be avoided, and a twisting phenomenon can be reduced upon collecting, thereby increasing the convenience in collecting.  
         [0030]     Referring to  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 , a layer of insulation  40  can be installed between light emitters  20  and two conductors  10 , such that an effect of isolation can be achieved with the layer of insulation  40 , and a phenomenon of short-circuit to power supply can be avoided when the conductors are connected with positive and negative, respectively. Moreover, pins  21  of the light emitters  20  can be bended over below the conductors  10  after piercing through the conductors  10 , constituting a state of clipping, thereby increasing the contact effect between the light emitters  20  and the conductors  10 . In addition, the conductors  10  can manifest a state of weaving or multi-layer interlacing, which is formed by combining the light emitters  20  with the insulation layer  40 .  
         [0031]     Referring to  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7 , a material with high conductance  50  can be installed inside conductors  10  to increase the conduction effect of the entire conductors  10 , upon connecting the conductors  10  with a power supply. Pins  21  of light emitters  20  can be surrounding the conductors  10 , and tail ends of the pins  21  can be inserted inside the conductors  10 , such that the light emitters  20  can be reliably in conduction with the conductors  10 . In addition, a wire  60  with high tensile strength can be installed inside the conductors  10 . The wire  60  is made of material of good plasticity, such as steel thread, or man-made fiber, to increase the tensile strength of the conductors  10 , and create various effects.  
         [0032]     Referring to  FIG. 8  to  FIG. 10 , it shows an implementation with three strips of conductors  10 . Light emitters  20  manifest a state of interlacing, and pins  21  of the light emitters are inserted into two conductors  10 , followed by being bended over at one side of the bottom of the conductors  10 . Light emitters  20  with three pins  21  can be directly installed on the conductors  10 , as well, to increase the density between the whole light emitters, and generate a better lighting effect.  
         [0033]     Referring to  FIG. 11  and  FIG. 12 , it shows an implementation with four strips of conductors  10 . Light emitters  20  manifest a state of parallel and interlacing, and two pins  21  of the light emitters  20  are inserted into conductors  10 , respectively, so as to enlighten the light emitters  20 . In addition, the pins  21  can be bended over at one side of the bottom of the conductors  10 , as well.  
         [0034]     Referring to  FIG. 13  to  FIG. 15 , light emitters  20  can pass through a center of two conductors  10  and constitute a through-hole  70 , such that the light emitters  20  are roughly protruded at the top of the two conductors  10 . In addition, an insulation layer  40  is installed at a position between the conductors  10  and the light emitters  20 , and two pins  21  of the light emitters  20  are inserted in the conductors  10  from the bottom of the conductors  10 , or pierced through the conductors  10  and bended over at one side of the top of the conductors  10 . Moreover, the pins  21  can be extended from the bottom of the conductors  10 , and be surrounding the conductors  10 , so as to constitute a state of conduction for the pins  21  and the conductors  10 .  
         [0035]     Referring to  FIG. 16  and  FIG. 17 , it shows an implementation with a circular cross section of conductors  10 . Pins  21  of light emitters  20  are wrapped to a loop shape, such that the conductors  10  can be passed through an interior of the loop-shaped pins  21 , and an entangling contact state can be manifested, in order to increase the contact area between the pins  21  and the conductors  10 , and more reliably fix the light emitters  20  on the conductors  10 .  
         [0036]     It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.