JP2010082115A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a showcase by which commodities shown on a shelf can be effectively illuminated. <P>SOLUTION: The showcase 1 for showing the commodities S on a shelf 30 arranged in the showroom 11 has a guard 35 erected in the front end portion of the shelf 30 for preventing the commodities from falling down and a shelf LED illumination unit 50 arranged below the guard 35 and having an LED element 56, wherein the guard 35 is constituted of a translucent plate material and irradiates the commodities on the shelf 30 from the upper end portion 35B with the light from the shelf LED illumination unit 50. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a showcase for displaying commodities on a shelf installed in a display room having an open front, and more particularly to illumination on the shelf.

  Conventionally, as shown in, for example, Patent Document 1, this type of showcase has a plurality of shelves for product display installed in a display chamber that opens to the front surface. A lighting device such as a fluorescent lamp for illuminating the display room is attached to the upper part of the opening of the room.

  Moreover, a reflector made of a steel plate painted in white, for example, is attached to the upper side of each fluorescent lamp. The reflecting plate is bent at a plurality of locations so as to substantially surround the upper side of the fluorescent lamp, and reflects upward light among the light emitted from the fluorescent lamp downward. Thereby, the product on each shelf below is illuminated more brightly.

In addition to this, an LED lighting device having a plurality of LED elements as a lighting device is attached to the front surface of the lower surface of the shelf board, thereby a showcase for illuminating the lower shelf device on which the lighting device is provided. Has been developed.
JP 2002-39672 A

  However, in the illumination device provided on the conventional shelf, even if the reflector plate provided on the shelf is used, the irradiation light can be directed only on the shelf or the bottom plate provided below the shelf on which the illumination device is provided. .

  Therefore, the commodity displayed on the shelf is illuminated only from the upper front. However, when the shelf device installed in the showcase is installed at a predetermined angle and tilted forward and downward, the illumination device provided on the lower surface of the shelf front portion installed on the upper side has a lower side. There is a problem in that the face surface of the product displayed on the front part of the shelf to be erected cannot be effectively illuminated.

  In addition, depending on the products displayed on the shelf, there may be a case where the promotion sale is performed by providing a product promotion display member such as POP on the shelf and making it stand out from the other products.

  However, in the conventional showcase, the shelf is uniformly illuminated by the illumination device provided inside the canopy or the illumination device provided on the front lower surface of each shelf.

  The present invention has been made to solve the conventional technical problems, and provides a showcase capable of effectively illuminating commodities displayed on a shelf.

  The showcase of the present invention displays merchandise on a shelf erected in the display chamber, and is provided with a guard for preventing merchandise dropping standing at the front end of the shelf and below the guard. And an LED lighting device having an LED element, the guard is made of a light-transmitting plate material, and the light from the LED lighting device is irradiated from the upper end toward the product on the shelf.

  According to the present invention, in a showcase for displaying products on a shelf erected in a display room, a guard for preventing the product from falling, which is erected on the front end of the shelf, is disposed below the guard, and the LED The LED lighting device has an element, the guard is made of a light-transmitting plate, and the light from the LED lighting device is irradiated to the product on the shelf from the upper end portion, thereby being arranged below the guard. It is possible to effectively illuminate the face surface of the product displayed on the front part of the shelf by the light emitted from the LED lighting device and transmitted through the guard.

  This makes it possible to illuminate the product placed on the front part of the shelf as a spotlight from the front lower side by the light emitted from the guard provided at the front end part of the shelf, thereby improving the display effect. It becomes possible.

  Moreover, since the LED lighting device is stored under the guard, it can be configured not to be exposed to the exterior, and the aesthetics of the entire showcase can be improved.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a showcase 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of the showcase 1 of FIG. The showcase 1 is a vertical open showcase that is installed in a store such as a supermarket, for example, and is attached to the side surface of the heat insulating wall 2 at the installation site, and a heat insulating wall 2 having a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens to the front. It is comprised from the heat insulating side plates 5 and 5.

  A partition plate 4 and another partition plate (not shown) are attached to the inside of the heat insulating wall 2 of the showcase 1 with a space therebetween, and two layers (not shown) are provided between the partition plate 4 and the heat insulating wall 2. A duct is formed. In front of the lower end of the back partition plate constituting the inner partition plate, a bottom plate 9 is attached with a gap for a duct between the bottom wall 2A of the heat insulating wall 2 and these partition plate 4 and bottom plate 9 are attached. The display room 11 is inside.

  In the display chamber 11, the height and the mounting angle can be changed, and a pair of brackets 31 attached to a column (not shown) on the back of the display chamber 11 and a shelf plate 32 constituting the shelf 30 together with these brackets 31. It is constructed over several stages.

  An inner layer discharge port 16 and an outer layer discharge port 17 to which honeycomb materials 13 and 14 are respectively attached are arranged in parallel at the upper edge of the front opening 12 of the heat insulating wall 2. The inner layer discharge port 16 and the outer layer discharge port 17 are The inner layer duct and the outer layer duct communicate with each other. Further, an inner layer suction port 18 and an outer layer suction port 19 are arranged in parallel at the lower edge of the opening 12.

  On the other hand, a plurality of blowers (not shown) corresponding to the inner layer duct and the outer layer duct are installed on the bottom wall 2A of the heat insulating wall 2 at the lower rear portion of the bottom plate 9.

  In the inner layer duct behind the back partition plate (partition plate 4), a cooler (not shown) of the cooling device is provided vertically, and when the blower corresponding to the inner layer duct is operated, The inside of the duct is raised and discharged from the inner layer discharge port 16 toward the inner layer suction port 18. And the cold air sucked from the inner layer suction port 18 is accelerated again by the blower.

  On the other hand, when the blower corresponding to the outer layer duct is operated, the air in the outer layer duct is raised in the outer layer duct and discharged from the outer layer discharge port 17 toward the outer layer suction port 19. Then, the air sucked from the outer layer suction port 19 is accelerated again by the blower. Thereby, a front and rear double air curtain is formed in the opening 12, and a part of the inner cool air curtain is circulated in the display chamber 11 to cool the display chamber 11.

  On the other hand, a handrail 20 provided over the entire width of the lower edge of the opening 12 of the showcase 1 is attached to the upper surface of the lower front wall 2C of the heat insulating wall 2. A front lower panel 21 is attached to the front surface of the front wall 2C so as to be continuous with the handrail 20, and a bumper 22 is attached below the front lower panel 21 so as to be substantially flush with the front lower panel 21. It is done.

  Next, the configuration of the front portion of the top wall 2B of the heat insulating wall 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the LED lighting device 40 on the opening. A canopy 33 projecting forward is attached to the front end (upper front end) of the ceiling wall 2B of the heat insulating wall 2, and the canopy 33 extends inside the front opening 12 of the display chamber 11 inside. A reflector 45 is attached. A temperature display 38 is provided on the front surface of the canopy 33 as shown in FIG.

  The reflection plate 45 is made of a metal plate with a decorative coating, and the front part is provided with an on-opening LED illumination device 40 extending in the longitudinal direction by illumination mounting members 41 provided at both ends. It is fixed. As shown in FIG. 3, the on-opening LED illumination device 40 is configured by arranging a plurality of LED illumination members 46 side by side.

  The LED illumination member 46 includes a substrate 42 on which a plurality of LED elements 43 are disposed. The substrate 42 extends in the longitudinal direction of the front opening 12 (in the present embodiment, in the left-right direction). It is fixed to the mounting plate 44 with good thermal conductivity. Each substrate 42 is configured to extend in the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of LED elements 43 are attached to the substrate 42 at a predetermined interval. In this embodiment, the LED element 43 is a chip-type white LED element.

  In this embodiment, the LED illumination member 46 is configured to have a length of about 1 scale. Since the open showcase in the present embodiment has a front opening (frontage) dimension of about 4 to 12 inches, the reflector 45 provided inside the canopy 33 has the LED illumination member according to the front opening dimension. 46 to 4 (plural) 46 are arranged side by side.

  Each LED illumination member 46 is covered with a translucent shade 47 attached so as to surround from below.

  In the present embodiment, the upper LED lighting device 48 having substantially the same configuration as the LED lighting device 40 on the opening is the top wall portion of the partition plate 4, behind the inner layer discharge port 16, and displayed. It is located above the front part of the chamber 11.

  With this configuration, when the LED lighting devices 40 on the openings and the upper LED lighting devices 48 are turned on, the light emitted from the LED elements 43 after being diffused in the shades 47 is positioned outside the display chamber 11. Thus, it is possible to effectively illuminate the entire display chamber 11 from the upper front and from the upper front portion located in the display chamber 11.

  Next, with reference to FIG.4 and FIG.5, the structure of each shelf 30 and the shelf LED lighting apparatus 50 provided in the said shelf 30 front part are demonstrated. FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the shelf LED lighting device 50, and FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the shelf LED lighting device 50.

  The shelf plate 32 constituting the shelf 30 of the present embodiment was bent rearward substantially at a right angle from the front wall 32A formed by bending the front edge downward substantially vertically and from the lower end of the front wall 32A. It is comprised by the coated steel plate which has a rearward flange which is not shown in figure.

  A price rail 34 that is molded from a hard synthetic resin and also serves as a decorative body of the shelf board 32 is attached to the front edge of the shelf board 32. The price rail 34 is connected to the front wall portion 36 located on the front surface of the shelf plate 32, the continuous wall portion 37 extending horizontally rearward from the lower end of the front wall portion 36, and the rear end of the continuous wall portion 37. The rear wall portion 39 is inclined to rise rearward as a whole.

  The front wall portion 36 is curved in a concave shape, and is a display card (not shown) made of paper or a resin sheet on which product names, prices, etc. of products placed on the shelf board 32 are placed along the front and lower edges of the upper edge. A locking piece is formed to hold the detachable.

  The rear wall 39 is formed with a forward fitting groove 51 for fitting the flange of the shelf board 32. In addition, a lighting device accommodating portion 52 is formed in a corner portion constituted by the front wall portion 36 and the continuous wall portion 37 over the width dimension of the shelf 30. In order to erect the lower end of the guard 35 at a position spaced apart from the upper surface of the continuous wall portion 37 forming the lighting device housing portion 52, the inside of the price rail 34 and the front wall 32A of the shelf plate 32 are inward. A step 53 is formed so as to protrude from the top.

  As a result, in the recess 54 formed between the front wall 32A of the shelf board 32 and the front wall portion 36 of the price rail 34, the guard 35 for preventing the product on the shelf board 32 from falling. Established.

  The shelf LED lighting device 50 is disposed in the lighting device housing portion 52 that is formed on the continuous wall portion 37 of the price rail 34 and is located below the guard 35 for preventing the product from falling. In the present embodiment, the front opening (frontage) dimension of the open showcase is about 4 to 12 scales, whereas the shelf LED lighting device 50 is configured to have a length of about 1 scale. Therefore, a plurality of the shelf LED lighting devices 50 may be arranged in parallel according to the left and right dimensions (width dimensions) of the shelf 30.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the shelf LED lighting device 50 includes a substrate 57 on which the LED elements 56 are arranged, and a thermally conductive mounting plate 58 to which the substrate 57 is attached. The substrate 57 is configured to extend in the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of LED elements 56 are disposed on the substrate 57 at a predetermined interval. In this embodiment, the LED element 56 is a chip-type white LED element like the LED element 43.

  And the shelf LED illuminating device 50 having such a configuration is accommodated in the illuminating device upward in this embodiment so that the irradiation light from the LED element 56 is irradiated toward the lower end surface of the guard 35 positioned above. It is disposed in the part 52.

  In addition, in the illumination device housing portion 52 in which the shelf LED illumination device 50 is disposed, an electrode (not shown) for supplying power to the LED element 56 of the LED illumination device 50 is disposed across the width of the shelf 30. Has been. A wire (not shown) drawn to the rear from the lower rear end of the price rail 34 is connected to the electrode, and the wire is drawn to the main body of the showcase 1 along the inner lower surface of the shelf 32. Yes.

  Therefore, by accommodating the LED illumination device 50 in the illumination device accommodating portion 52, a terminal (not shown) of the LED illumination device 50 abuts on the electrode, and power is easily supplied at any place in the width dimension of the shelf 30. Is possible.

  On the other hand, the guard 35 as described above is composed of a transparent glass having transparency and a plate material such as an acrylic resin plate. Since the guard 35 functions as a light guide plate, the guard 35 has a lower end surface 35A (light incident surface) on which light from each LED element 56 of the shelf LED illumination device 50 disposed below and the inside of the guard 35 are disposed. At least the upper end portion 35B and the rear surface 35C where the transmitted light is diffused have a flat surface. In this embodiment, the front surface of the guard 35 that is not covered by the price rail 34 prevents the light transmitted through the inside from being diffused forward and reflects the light backward (the reflective member). 59) is affixed.

  With such a configuration, by energizing the shelf LED lighting device 50 (each LED element 56 thereof) which is the front end portion of the shelf 30 and is disposed below the guard 35, The light emitted toward the lower end surface 35 </ b> A enters the guard 35 from the lower end surface 35 </ b> A of the guard 35.

  The light incident on the guard 35 can illuminate the upper end portion 35B and the rear surface 35C, which are the end surfaces of the guard 35, and the light transmitted through the guard 35 causes the front on the shelf plate 32 positioned behind the guard 35 to pass. It is possible to irradiate the product displayed on the section, and it is possible to effectively illuminate the face surface of the product.

  Thereby, it becomes possible to illuminate the commodity placed on the front part on the shelf board 32 as a spotlight from the front lower side by the light emitted from the guard 35 provided at the front end part of the shelf 30. Can be improved.

  Of the light incident on the guard 35, the light reaching the front surface of the guard 35 is reflected by the reflection sheet 59 provided on the front surface, and the other surface, in this embodiment, the upper end portion 35B of the guard 35. Or it is emitted from the rear surface 35C, and the shelf board 32 can be illuminated more effectively.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the rear surface 35C of the guard 35, that is, the surface facing the upper side of the shelf plate 32, may be polished into a glass shape, or a plurality of grooves, streaks, scratches, etc. may be formed. In this way, by providing a structure for diffusing light from the rear surface 35C of the guard 35, the light from the shelf LED illumination device 50 incident on the guard 35 is more effectively irradiated upward. Is possible.

  Thereby, the face surface of the product displayed on the front part on the shelf board 32 can be illuminated even more effectively, and the display effect can be improved. In addition, it is not limited to what gives the structure which diffuses light to guard 35 itself, For example, you may stick the diffusion sheet which can diffuse light to the rear surface 35C of the guard 35. FIG.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the reflection sheet (reflection member) 59 may be attached not only to the front surface of the guard 35 but also to the rear surface 35 </ b> C. Thereby, the incident light from the shelf LED irradiating device 50 is diffused only from the upper end portion 35B of the guard 35, so that the face surface of the product displayed in close proximity to the rear surface of the guard 35 is effectively illuminated. It becomes possible. Moreover, it becomes possible to aim at the improvement of aesthetics by highlighting the front part of the shelf 30 and making it light.

  As described above, the shelf LED irradiation device 50 according to the present embodiment is stored under the guard 35, so that the illumination device itself can be configured not to be exposed to the appearance, and the aesthetics of the entire showcase 1 can be improved. Can be achieved.

  Note that the shelf LED lighting device 50 may be capable of adjusting the angle stored below the guard 35, thereby adjusting the illumination height of the product placed on the front portion of the shelf 30. .

It is a perspective view of a showcase to which the present invention is applied. It is a vertical side view of the showcase of FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of LED lighting apparatus on an opening. It is a schematic block diagram of a shelf LED lighting device. It is a schematic side view of a shelf LED lighting device. It is a schematic side view of the shelf LED irradiation apparatus as another Example. It is a schematic side view of the shelf LED irradiation apparatus as another Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Showcase 2 Heat insulation wall 11 Display room 12 Front opening 30 Shelf 31 Bracket 32 Shelf plate 33 Canopy 34 Price rail 35 Guard 35A Lower end surface 35B Upper end portion 35C Rear surface 36 Front wall portion 37 Connection wall portion 39 Rear wall portion 40 LED on opening Illumination device 42, 57 Substrate 43, 56 LED element 44, 58 Mounting plate 45 Reflection plate 46 LED illumination member 47 Shade 48 Upper LED illumination device 50 Shelf LED illumination device 52 Illumination device housing portion 53 Step 54 Recess 59 Reflection sheet (reflection) Element)

Claims (1)

In a showcase displaying products on shelves built in the display room,
A guard for preventing the product from falling, which is erected at the front end of the shelf;
An LED lighting device disposed under the guard and having an LED element;
The said guard consists of a translucent board | plate material, and irradiates the light from the said LED illuminating device toward the goods on the said shelf from an upper end part.

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