CA2437738A1 - Lighting device for shelves - Google Patents

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CA2437738A1
CA2437738A1 CA002437738A CA2437738A CA2437738A1 CA 2437738 A1 CA2437738 A1 CA 2437738A1 CA 002437738 A CA002437738 A CA 002437738A CA 2437738 A CA2437738 A CA 2437738A CA 2437738 A1 CA2437738 A1 CA 2437738A1
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lighting device
shelving
shelves
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Ulrich Bohnacker
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47FSPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F11/00Arrangements in shop windows, shop floors or show cases
    • A47F11/06Means for bringing about special optical effects
    • A47F11/10Arrangements of light sources
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/10Pendants, arms, or standards; Fixing lighting devices to pendants, arms, or standards
    • F21V21/108Arms
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21VFUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V33/00Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
    • F21V33/0004Personal or domestic articles
    • F21V33/0012Furniture
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21WINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2131/00Use or application of lighting devices or systems not provided for in codes F21W2102/00-F21W2121/00
    • F21W2131/30Lighting for domestic or personal use
    • F21W2131/301Lighting for domestic or personal use for furniture
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21LIGHTING
    • F21WINDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2131/00Use or application of lighting devices or systems not provided for in codes F21W2102/00-F21W2121/00
    • F21W2131/40Lighting for industrial, commercial, recreational or military use
    • F21W2131/405Lighting for industrial, commercial, recreational or military use for shop-windows or displays

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Abstract

The invention relates to a vertically disposed lighting device that allows for the even lighting and additional stabilization of shelves while at the same time allowing for the unhindered access to the individual shelves and additionally requiring less space in the top zone of the shelves as compared to conventional lighting devices. The inventive lighting device is further characterized in that it can be easily and quickly mounted on or dismounted from the shelves.

Description

Lighting device for shelves Description The invention relates to a lighting device. for shelves.
Modern shelving systems, both in warehousing and in store construction, are distinguished by high flexibil-ity of the shelving construction, in order to be able to react quickly to changes in the storage organization or in the stored goods by means of simple rebuilding measures. The constructional design of the shelving systems needed for rapid erection and breakdown relates however not only to the shelving components themselves, that is to say shelving columns, longitudinal and transverse supports and individual shelves, but also the further shelving accessories. In particular, light-ing means are also fitted to the shelving systems, in order to make storage management easier for the store personnel. In store construction, the lighting means are also used to present the goods offered in a manner which is suitable for sales.
The lighting means used are generally fluorescent tubes, the mounts of the fluorescent tubes being fitted to support elements which are fixed to the upper end of a column or wall-mounted rail of the shelves.
One disadvantage of the lighting devices described above is that they do not permit uniform illumination of the shelves. The fact that the lighting means is fitted to the upper end of the shelves means that the lower shelves of the shelving are illuminated more poorly than the upper shelves located closer to the lighting device. If at least adequate illumination of the lower shelves is to be achieved, then the lighting device must have a much greater spacing from the column or wall-mounted strut, as compared with the depth of the shelves, in order to avoid shadows being cast by the shelves above. This requirement means that more space is needed in the upper zone of the shelves and, in addition, the stability of the shelves is reduced, since their center of gravity is displaced outward away from the column.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a practicable lighting device for shelves.
This object is achieved by a lighting device as claimed in claim 1. Preferred embodiments are specified in the dependent claims. The configuration according to the invention of the lighting device permits uniform illu-mination of the shelves, since the lighting element can be fitted in front of the shelving at the height of the individual shelves, and thus the problem of casting shadows is avoided.
In an advantageous arrangement, the lighting device is aligned in a vertical plane with the foot part and the column of the shelving and, in this way, permits unhin-dered access to the individual shelves. An advanta-genus, substantially L-shaped design of the lighting device, which represents a reinforcing connection of the foot part to the column of the shelving, increases the stability of the shelving and additionally provides a saving in space in the upper zone of the shelving, since the lighting element does not have to project as far forward as known lighting devices. In the case of a further advantageous arrangement according to claim 7, the lighting device can easily and quickly be fixed to shelves or removed again by means of a plug-in connec tion fitted to the horizontal strut.
According to a preferred refinement of the lighting de-vice, as claimed in claim 3, the horizontal and verti-cal struts are configured as a round tube, the lighting element being arranged in the interior of the vertical strut. In order to illuminate the shelves, a slot is made in the vertical strut in front of the lighting element. In this preferred refinement of the lighting device, the lighting element and, in particular, the lighting means contained in the latter are protected against external influences.
In a further advantageous arrangement, as claimed in claim 4, a plurality of lighting elements and slots are provided collinearly in the vertical struts in order thus to ensure still better illumination of the shelves. Furthermore, the opening of the slots can be chosen to be so large that shelves located both on the right and on the left of the column are illuminated ap-proximately up to their center by an individual light-ing device.
Advantageous arrangements of the invention therefore provide uniform illumination of the shelving, unhin-dered access to the individual shelves and additional stabilization of the shelves. Further, a simultaneous saving in space, and a simple and quick mounting of the lighting device is possible.
An exemplary embodiment of the invention will be ex-plained in more detail using the drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows a vertical section through the lighting device according to the invention, Figure 2 shows a front view of the vertical strut of the lighting device according to the inven-tion, and Figure 3 shows a detailed sectional view of the plug in connection with which the horizontal strut can be connected to a column or wall-mounted rail of the shelving.
The embodiment of the lighting device 2 according to the invention shown in Figures 1 to 3 can be connected to a shelving 1, which is configured here as a sales gondola. This shelving 1 contains a plurality of col-umns 1l having respective foot parts 12. The foot parts 12 stand on the floor by means of foot plates 13.
Brackets 14 are fixed to a column 11 by means of a plug-in connection 24, an individual shelf (not shown) being arranged in each case on two brackets fitted at the same height. Apart from the foot plates 13, the other shelving parts are generally produced from coated metal.
As Figure 1 shows, the lighting device 2 contains a horizontal strut 21 and a vertical strut 22, which are connected to each other by a connecting piece 23 angled over at about 45° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the horizontal strut 21. A plug-in connection 29 is mounted to the end of the horizontal strut 21, and con-nects the horizontal strut 21 to the column 11 of the shelving.
Figure 3 shows the plug-in connection 24 enlarged. The substantially C-shaped plug-in connection 24 has two hooks 25 which are connected to each other by a verti-cal connecting piece 26. The hooks 25 are pushed through holes in the column 11 and the entire plug-in connection 29 is then moved downward, in order thus to produce a firm connection between the horizontal strut 21 and the column 11.
The vertical strut 22 is connected to the foot part 12 by a locking means 27. The locking means 27 can con-sist, for example, in a bolt which is welded to the vertical strut and is plugged from above into a holder in the foot part 12.
The horizontal strut 21, the vertical strut 22 and the angled connecting piece 23 are in each case formed by a round tube, according to this embodiment. A round tube suitable for these purposes has, for example, a thick-ness of 2 mm and a diameter of 60 mm.
As Figure 2 shows, the vertical strut 22 has two slots 28A and 28B, whose length is about 700 mm and which 5 have a width of about 50 mm.
As illustrated in the sectional view of Figure l, a lighting element 30 is fitted behind each slot 28, and comprises a mount 31 and associated lighting means, preferably a fluorescent tube 32. The lighting element 30 is connected to a power supply, not shown. As a re-sult of fitting the lighting element 30 in the interior of the round tube, the mount 31 and the lighting means 32 are protected against external influences.

The fitting of one or more lighting elements 30 at the level of the individual shelves permits uniformly good illumination of the shelving 1, since the problem of the individual shelves casting shadows is avoided.
Furthermore, unhindered access to the individual . shelves is ensured, since the lighting device is aligned in a vertical plane with the foot part 12 and the column 11. This is important in particular in a sales gondola, shown in Figure 1, since it is necessary here for the customers to be able to get to the indi-vidual shelves from all sides.
As a result of its substantially L-shaped configura-tion, and its firm connection to the shelving l, the lighting device 2 according to the invention has the effect of additional mechanical stabilization. The space required in the upper part of the shelving 1 can additionally be reduced by using an angled connecting piece 23.
Also shown in Figure 1 is a lighting device 4 which has a holder 41 which is fixed to the upper end of the col-umn 11 and to whose end a round tube 42 with a slot 43 is fitted, a further such holder (not illustrated), to which the other end of the round tube 92 is fitted, be ing fixed to an adjacent column 11. In the round tube 42 there is a mount 45 for a lighting means 46 for i1 luminating the shelves 1.

Claims (8)

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1. A lighting device comprising an overall L-shaped structure, whose substantially horizontal strut (21) is to be connected to a column or a wall-mounted rail (11) of a shelving (1), and whose vertical strut (22) is to be locked to a foot part (12) of the shelving (1), and comprising a lighting element (30) which is aimed at the shelving (1) and fixed to the vertical strut (22).
2. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the hori-zontal and the vertical struts (21, 22) are connected to each other by a connecting piece (23) which is an-gled over at about 45° with respect to the mid-axis of the vertical strut (22).
3. The lighting device of claim 2, wherein each of the horizontal strut (21), the angled connecting piece (23) and the vertical strut (22) are formed by a round tube, the vertical strut (22) has a slot (28) aimed at the shelving (1), and a lighting element (30) is ar-ranged in the interior of the round tube in order to illuminate the shelving (1) through the slot (28).
4. The lighting device of claim 3, wherein the verti-cal strut (22) has a plurality of collinear slots (28a, 28b) .
5. The lighting device of claim 3 or 4, wherein the smaller of the two axes of a slot (6) is at least long enough that the opening angle of the emitted radiation is sufficiently great to be able to illuminate shelves approximately up to their center, the shelves being mounted on both sides of the column or wall-mounted rail (11).
6. The lighting device of any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the lighting element (30) comprises a fluores-cent tube (32).
7. The lighting device of any preceding claim, wherein the horizontal strut (21) can be connected to the column or wall-mounted rail (11) by means of a plug-in connection (24).
8. The lighting device of any preceding claim, wherein the vertical strut (22) can be connected to the foot part (12) of the shelving by means of a welded bolt.
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