Desk lamp
The desk lamp (also workstation lamp ) is a lamp based on a work surface such as a desk , on this at the edge provided by terminals is fixed or locked by a suitable recess of the table top. Floor lamps that illuminate a work surface are also called this. Today, as with all lamps, different light sources are used.
function
A workplace luminaire is defined as a luminaire assigned to a specific workstation for individual workstation lighting. While the room lighting supplies the entire work environment with light, the task light is used for the individual lighting of a previously defined workplace. It should not be confused with the table lamps used in living areas and must meet lighting and safety requirements according to DIN 5035 -8.
According to the Annex requirements and measures for workplaces under § 3 paragraph 1 of the Workplace Ordinance (3.4 lighting and sight) must workplaces "be equipped with devices for the safety and health of workers adequate artificial lighting." Schreibtischleuchten should to illuminate a workstation- not are used because they can lead to “direct and reflected glare ”.
design
The Anglepoise lamp, developed around 1933 , whose construction was based on a human arm, is considered a design classic and model of the frequently used spring- loaded lamps.
Another well-known industrial designer who constructed task lights was the representative of the Bauhaus Christian Dell , who, for example, created model no. 6631 of the Kaiser Idell series in 1933 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christin Rothe (editor): Arbeitsschutz von A - Z, p. 53 here online
- ^ Text of the workplace ordinance
- ^ University of Duisburg-Essen: Information sheet for computer workstations ( MS Word ; 185 kB), p. 4
- ↑ Ingrid Cranfield: Art Deco House Style: An Architectural and Interior Design Source Book, p. 149 here online
- ↑ Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker: Encyclopedia of creativity, Volume 1, p. 530 here online
- ↑ MJ French: Invention and evolution: design in nature and engineering, p. 160 here online
- ↑ Charlotte Fiell, Peter Fiell (editor): 1000 Lights. Vol. I. From 1879 to 1959: 1, Taschen Verlag, 2005, ISBN 382281606X , online here