JP2014000206A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the illumination effect while preventing a lighting device from being seen by customers.SOLUTION: In the showcase, a lighting device body 61 of a lighting device 60A is partly hidden by a bent portion 59 of a hood 58 located vertically below the lighting device body 61. The bent portion 59 is the lower edge of an end wall 58b bent obliquely upward toward a rear wall, and is provided with a plurality of slits 64 arrayed at predetermined intervals along the direction parallel to the front edge of a canopy 50. The light from a part of the lighting device body 61 is directly projected on products on a shelf therebelow.

Description

  The present invention relates to an open-type showcase that displays dessert confectionery, fresh food, and the like in stores such as convenience stores, supermarkets, and shops.

In stores such as convenience stores, supermarkets, and shops, showcases having a refrigeration function are frequently used to display dessert confectionery and fresh food.
Such a showcase includes an open-type showcase that does not include a door.

As disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, the open-type showcase has a plurality of shelves, and each shelf is provided on the lower surface of the front end of the upper shelf. The lighting device illuminates the product on the shelf.
Here, the shelf on the uppermost stage shines light on the product on the shelf board by the lighting device provided on the lower surface of the front end portion of the canopy (roof material) provided above.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-159937 JP 2008-279151 A JP 2005-3254 A

However, it is not preferable that the illumination device itself provided on the lower surface at the front end of the canopy enters the field of view of the customer. This is because when the devices are seen, the lighting effect of impairing the atmosphere of the store or improving the customer's willingness to purchase products by shining light on the products on the shelf board is impaired.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a showcase capable of obtaining a high lighting effect while preventing a lighting device from entering a customer's field of view.

The present invention employs the following means in order to solve the above problems.
That is, the showcase of the present invention includes a base installed on the floor, a back wall rising upward from the base, a shelf board supported on the front of the back wall and provided at one or more levels, and an upper end of the back wall A canopy portion that extends forward from the top of the shelf, and a lighting portion that is provided at the front edge of the canopy and illuminates the light toward the shelf, the lighting portion being a front edge of the canopy A linear illumination device main body continuous along the front edge of the canopy portion, a cover portion that is formed below the illumination device main body and covers at least a part of the illumination device main body, and a cover portion. And an opening formed along the front edge portion of the canopy portion.
According to such a configuration, the light emitted from the illuminating device main body is irradiated toward the shelf plate through the opening formed in the covering portion by covering at least a part of the vertical lower portion of the illuminating device main body with the cover portion. Is done. Thereby, it can prevent that light spreads inadvertently toward other than a shelf board.

In addition, the lighting device main body is covered with a cover portion only in a part vertically below, and a part of light emitted from the lighting device main body is irradiated toward the shelf through the opening, and light emitted from the remaining portion of the lighting device main body. May be directly irradiated toward the shelf board.
Thereby, the product on the shelf can be illuminated more effectively by irradiating not only the light that has passed through the opening but also the light from the lighting device main body directly toward the shelf.

The canopy portion may have any shape, for example, a front cover portion that gradually descends forward from the top surface of the canopy portion and a lower end portion is positioned below the lighting device main body, and a front cover portion And a flange portion formed so as to extend from the lower end portion toward the rear rear wall, and the opening portion is formed in the flange portion.
Here, the brim portion is preferably formed so as to gradually increase from the lower end portion of the front cover portion toward the rear rear wall side.

  According to the present invention, at least a part of the lighting device main body that is vertically below is covered with the cover portion, so that it is possible to prevent light from inadvertently diffusing toward a portion other than the shelf board. It becomes difficult to see from. Thereby, without impairing the atmosphere of the store, it is possible to enhance the lighting effect of reliably shining light on the product on the shelf board and increasing the customer's willingness to purchase the product.

  Moreover, the product on the shelf can be illuminated more effectively by irradiating the light from the illumination device body not only through the opening but also directly toward the shelf.

It is sectional drawing which shows embodiment of the showcase which concerns on this invention. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the illumination part of a showcase. It is a figure which shows the slit formed in the folding | returning part. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the illumination part of the showcase which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is an expanded sectional view which shows the illumination part of the showcase which concerns on 3rd embodiment.

  The best mode for carrying out the showcase of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited only to these examples.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a showcase 10 according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the showcase 10 includes a base (base) 20 installed on the floor, a back wall 30 that rises upward from the top surface of the base 20, and one or more steps up and down on the back wall 30. (In this embodiment, for example, four stages) shelf boards 40, 40,... Provided on the upper end of the back wall 30 and a canopy section 50 provided so as to cover the upper side of the plurality of shelf boards 40; ,have.
The showcase 10 has a width direction in a direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. 1, and the base 20, the back wall 30, the shelf board 40, and the canopy portion 50 are each fixed in the direction orthogonal to the paper surface of FIG. Are formed to be continuous. Further, on the base 20, the side wall 11 can be provided at the end in the width direction of the back wall 30, the shelf board 40, and the canopy 50.
In the present embodiment, the showcase 10 includes a plurality of shelf boards 40 on one side and the other side of the back wall 30, but the shelf board 40 is provided only on one side of the back wall 30. It is good also as a structure provided.
Moreover, in this embodiment, in each shelf board 40, the side used as the back wall 30 side is made into back, and the other side, ie, the side which faces the showcase 10 and a customer is located, is demonstrated as the front.

  The base 20 is provided with a refrigerator 21 that cools the refrigerant, and a cooling coil 22 that exchanges heat with the surrounding atmosphere by the refrigerant cooled by the refrigerator 21.

  The base 20 is provided with a base plate 23 provided so as to be positioned in a substantially horizontal plane. A side wall portion 24 that rises upward is integrally formed on the outer peripheral portion of the base plate 23.

  Above the base plate 23, a partition wall 25 is provided that is positioned in a substantially horizontal plane, whereby a space 26 is formed between the base plate 23 and the partition wall 25. The cooling coil 22 is accommodated in the space 26. In the partition wall 25, a space is provided between the front end portion 25 a that is closer to the side wall portion 24 and the side wall portion 24, and this space is an opening portion 27 that communicates with the space 26. . On the base plate 23, a rising wall 28 that rises upward is provided vertically below the back wall 30. In the partition wall 25, a gap is provided between the rear end 25 b that is closer to the rising wall 28 and the rising wall 28, and this gap is an opening 29 that communicates with the space 26.

  The cooling coil 22 includes a fan 22 f that sucks air into the space 26 from the opening 27 and sends it out from the opening 29.

The back wall 30 has a configuration in which a pair of wall plates 31, 31 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the horizontal direction.
Each wall plate 31 is supported on the rear end portion 25 b of the partition wall 25, whereby a space 32 formed between the pair of wall plates 31, 31 passes through the openings 29, 29. It communicates with the space 26.
Further, the wall plate 31 is formed with a plurality of shelf plate locking holes 33 at equal intervals in the vertical direction.

Each shelf board 40 is provided so as to extend forward from the rear wall 30, and has a vertical portion 41 a along the wall plate 31 and a horizontal portion 41 b extending in the horizontal direction forward from the upper end portion of the vertical portion 41 a. It has a letter-shaped support bracket 41 and a flat shelf board body 42 provided on the horizontal portion 41 b of the support bracket 41.
Two locking claws 43, 43 are formed on the vertical portion 41 a of the support bracket 41 at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction. The shelf plate 40 is fixed to the wall plate 31 by locking these locking claws 43, 43 to the shelf plate locking holes 33, 33 of the back wall 30.

The canopy unit 50 includes a lower plate 51 extending in the horizontal direction from the upper ends of the wall plates 31, 31, an upper plate 52 made of a heat insulating material disposed above the lower plate 51 at a predetermined interval, and an upper plate 52. And a top plate 53 provided on the top.
A space 54 between the lower plate 51 and the upper plate 52 is formed to communicate with the space 32 between the wall plates 31 and 31 of the back wall 30.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a bracket 52 a extending forward is formed on the front edge portion of the upper plate 52 so as to project forward from the front end portion 51 a of the lower plate 51. A hanging wall 55 extending downward is formed on the bracket 52 a of the upper plate 52, and a honeycomb structure having a large number of holes in the gap between the hanging wall 55 and the tip 51 a of the lower plate 51. The straightening member 57 is provided. The rectifying member 57 is formed so that the axis 57 b of the hole 57 a faces the opening 27 of the base 20.

  When the fan 22 f of the cooling coil 22 is operated, external air is introduced into the space 26 from the opening 27. The introduced air is cooled by the refrigerant cooled by the refrigerator 21. The cooled air passes through the openings 29 and 29, the space 32 between the pair of wall plates 31 and 31, and the space 54 between the lower plate 51 and the upper plate 52 by the fan 22 f of the cooling coil 22, The product on the shelf board 40 is cooled by being blown downward from the flow regulating member 57. A part of the air blown out from the flow regulating member 57 flows into the opening 27 as it is, and functions as a so-called air curtain.

In the top plate 53, a hood portion (front cover portion) 58 is provided at the front end portion of the back wall 30 that is spaced forward from the upper end portion of the back wall 30.
The hood portion 58 is formed such that its height gradually decreases from the top plate (top surface) 53 side toward the front side away from the top plate 53.
An end wall 58b extending obliquely downward from the front end 58a toward the back wall 30 on the rear side is continuously formed on the front end 58a of the hood portion 58. The lower end portion of the end wall 58 b is located below the lighting device main body 61.
Further, a folded portion (cover portion, brim portion) 59 that is folded back obliquely upward is continuously formed at the lower end portion of the end wall 58b so as to gradually increase toward the rear rear wall 30 side. ing.

The hood part 58 located at the front edge part of the canopy part 50 is provided with an illumination device (illumination part) 60 </ b> A that illuminates light toward the shelf board 40. That is, the lighting device 60 </ b> A is provided at the front edge portion of the canopy unit 50.
The lighting device 60 </ b> A includes a lighting device main body 61 and a back plate 62.

  The illuminating device main body 61 has a bar shape (linear shape) extending continuously along the direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 2, that is, along the front edge portion of the canopy portion 50, and one surface thereof is a light emitting surface 61 a. The light emitting surface 61a is formed by providing a plurality of LED (Light Emitting Diode) light emitting elements arranged at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the lighting device body 61.

  The back plate 62 is provided between the rectifying member 57 and the hood portion 58, and has a vertical wall 62a that rises vertically upward from the lower end portion of the rectifying member 57, and the front hood portion 58 side from the upper end portion of the vertical wall 62a. A horizontal wall 62b extending in the horizontal direction toward the bottom, and a lower end portion of the hood portion 58 from a front end portion of the horizontal wall 62b, more specifically, at a boundary portion between the end wall 58b of the hood portion 58 and the folded portion 59. And a hanging wall 62c extending vertically downward. The vertical wall 62a, the horizontal wall 62b, and the hanging wall 62c of the back plate 62 are painted white, for example, so that the light from the lighting device main body 61 is efficiently reflected.

  In the present embodiment, the lighting device body 61 is fixed to the lower surface of the horizontal wall 62 b of the back plate 62. Further, a folded portion 59 is provided below the illuminating device main body 61, and a part of the illuminating device main body 61 is vertically covered by the folded portion 59. Specifically, the illumination device main body 61 has a part of the front side substantially half of the front side 61d covered by the folded portion 59 in the front-rear direction, and the remaining half of the remaining half of the rear side. The portion 61e is provided so as to be exposed behind the folded portion 59.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the folded portion 59 has a plurality of directions in the direction in which the illuminating device main body 61 continues (direction along the front edge of the canopy portion 50: a direction orthogonal to the paper surface in FIG. 2). The long hole-like slits (openings) 64 are arranged at a predetermined interval. Each slit 64 has a major axis direction in a direction along the front edge portion of the canopy portion 50.

In the illuminating device 60A having such a configuration, the illuminating device main body 61 is covered with the folded portion 59 only at a part of the illuminating device main body 61 (portion 61d). The product on the shelf 40 below is irradiated through.
In addition, the illumination device main body 61 is provided such that the remaining portion (part 61 e) is exposed behind the vertical upper position of the folded portion 59, so that light emitted from the light emitting surface 61 a is blocked by the folded portion 59. Without direct irradiating the product on the lower shelf 40.

  According to the configuration as described above, a part of the lighting device main body 61 of the lighting device 60A is vertically covered with the folded portion 59 formed in the hood portion 58, so that the lighting device main body 61 is in view of the customer. It becomes difficult to enter itself. Moreover, it can also prevent that the light from the illuminating device main body 61 leaks ahead rather than the showcase 10. FIG. The light from the illuminating device main body 61 is irradiated toward the shelf plate 40 through the slit 64 of the folded portion 59. Thereby, it can prevent that the lighting effect which damages the atmosphere of a store or raises a customer's willingness to purchase goods by shining light on the goods on the shelf board 40 originally is impaired.

  Further, since the folded portion 59 is formed by being folded back and obliquely upward from the lower end portion of the end wall 58b, the slit 64 through which the light from the lighting device main body 61 passes is also difficult to enter the customer's field of view. Also in this respect, the above effect becomes more remarkable.

  In addition, since the light from the remaining part (portion 61e) of the illuminating device main body 61 is directly irradiated to the product on the lower shelf board 40, the product is effectively floated together with the light irradiated through the slit 64. Can be illuminated

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the showcase according to the present invention will be described.
Here, the second embodiment shown below is different from the first embodiment only in the configuration of the illumination device (illumination unit) 60B, and the other configuration of the entire showcase 10 is the same as that in the first embodiment. It is the same as the form. Therefore, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 4, the illuminating device 60B according to the present embodiment is provided such that the illuminating device main body 61 is fixed to the hanging wall 62c of the back plate 62, and the light emitting surface 61a faces the vertical wall 62a side. Yes. The illuminating device main body 61 is provided so that the entirety thereof is positioned above the folded portion 59.

  In the illuminating device 60B having such a configuration, the illuminating device main body 61 is entirely provided so that the vertically lower portion is covered by the folded portion 59, and the light irradiated from the light emitting surface 61a passes through the slit 64 and passes downward. The product on the shelf board 40 is irradiated.

  According to the configuration described above, since the entire vertically lower part of the illuminating device main body 61 is covered with the folded portion 59 formed in the hood portion 58, the illuminating device main body 61 itself does not easily enter the customer's field of view. . Thereby, it can prevent that the lighting effect which damages the atmosphere of a store or raises a customer's willingness to purchase goods by shining light on the goods on the shelf board 40 originally is impaired.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the showcase according to the present invention will be described.
Here, the third embodiment described below is different from the first embodiment only in the configuration of the illumination device (illumination unit) 60C, and the other configuration of the entire showcase 10 is the same as that in the first embodiment. It is the same as the form. Therefore, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 5, in the illuminating device 60C according to the present embodiment, the illuminating device main body 61 is fixed at least above the folded portion 59 via a bracket or the like (not shown) so that the light emitting surface 61a faces vertically downward. ing. More specifically, the illuminating device main body 61 is provided so as to straddle over the folded portion 59 and the end wall 58 b of the hood portion 58.

  In the illuminating device 60C having such a configuration, the illuminating device main body 61 is entirely covered by the end wall 58b and the folded portion 59 of the hood portion 58, and the light irradiated from the light emitting surface 61a is The product on the shelf board 40 below is irradiated through the slit 64.

  According to the configuration as described above, the entire illumination device body 61 of the illumination device 60C is covered vertically below by the folded portion 59 formed in the hood portion 58, so that the illumination device body 61 itself is in view of the customer. Is difficult to enter. Thereby, it can prevent that the lighting effect which damages the atmosphere of a store or raises a customer's willingness to purchase goods by shining light on the goods on the shelf board 40 originally is impaired.

(Other embodiments)
The showcase of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments described with reference to the drawings, and various modifications can be considered within the technical scope.
For example, in the showcase 10, the configuration other than the lighting devices 60A, 60B, and 60C is not limited at all, and any other configuration may be used. Moreover, although the shelf board 40 was provided in the both surfaces side of the back wall 30, you may make it make the shelf board 40 continue in a substantially U shape from the one surface side of the back wall 30 to the other surface side. In that case, the illumination devices 60A, 60B, 60C and the canopy unit 50 are similarly provided in a substantially U shape in plan view.
Moreover, in each said embodiment, although it was set as the structure which arrange | positions the several slit 64 as an opening part at predetermined intervals, the shape and installation space | interval are not limited at all. In addition, the slit 64 can be formed in a single character shape that is continuous in the longitudinal direction of the lighting device main body 61.
Further, the folded portion 59 is formed to be folded obliquely upward at the lower end portion of the end wall 58b so as to gradually increase toward the rear back wall 30 side. You may form toward the back wall 30 of the horizontal direction or diagonally downward.
In addition, the lighting device main body 61 has a rod shape (linear shape) that continuously extends along the front edge portion of the canopy portion 50, but is not limited to this, and along the front edge portion of the canopy portion 50, A plurality of lighting device bodies 61 may be provided side by side.
In addition to this, as long as it does not depart from the gist of the present invention, the configuration described in the above embodiment can be selected or changed to another configuration as appropriate.

10 Showcase 20 Base (base)
21 Refrigerator 22 Cooling coil 23 Base plate 24 Side wall portion 25 Partition wall 26 Space 27 Opening portion 28 Standing wall 29 Opening portion 30 Back wall 31 Wall plate 32 Space 33 Shelf plate locking hole 40 Shelf plate 41 Support bracket 42 Shelf plate body 50 Canopy 51 Lower plate 52 Upper plate 53 Top plate 54 Space 55 Suspended wall 56 Gap 57 Rectification member 58 Hood (front cover)
58a Front end 58b End wall 59 Folded part (cover part, brim part)
60A, 60B, 60C Illumination device (illumination unit)
61 Illuminating device body 61a Light emitting surface 61d Part 61e Part 62 Back plate 62a Vertical wall 62b Horizontal wall 62c Hanging wall 64 Slit (opening)

Claims (4)

A base installed on the floor;
A back wall rising upward from the base, and a shelf board supported by the front surface of the back wall and provided with one or more steps;
A canopy portion that extends forward from the upper end of the back wall and covers the top of the shelf;
An illumination unit that is provided at a front edge portion of the canopy unit and illuminates light toward the shelf board;
The lighting unit includes a lighting device body provided along the front edge of the canopy unit,
In the front edge portion of the canopy portion, a cover portion that is formed below the lighting device main body and covers a vertical lower portion of at least a part of the lighting device main body,
An opening formed on the cover and formed along the front edge of the canopy. The illumination device main body is covered by the cover portion in the vertically lower part of only a part thereof,
A part of the light emitted from the lighting device main body is irradiated toward the shelf through the opening, and the light emitted from the remaining portion of the lighting device main body is directly irradiated toward the shelf. The showcase according to claim 1. The canopy portion gradually descends forward from the top surface of the canopy portion, and a lower end portion is positioned below the lighting device main body, and a front cover portion,
A flange portion formed so as to extend from the lower end portion of the front cover portion toward the rear wall side at the rear,
The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the opening is formed in the brim portion.   The showcase according to claim 3, wherein the brim portion is formed so as to gradually increase from a lower end portion of the front cover portion toward the rear wall side on the rear side.

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