JP2015104551A - Mirror cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mirror cabinet for enabling efficient light irradiation with compact illumination devices.SOLUTION: A mirror cabinet 6 includes a three-side mirror having partitioning plates 12 for performing partitioning to obtain three storage parts 9, and mirror doors 10 for opening/closing the respective openings of the respective storage parts 9. Illumination devices 22 are arranged between the adjacent mirror doors 10 and also on the front surfaces of the partitioning plates 12. In each illumination device 22, a base part 18 arranged on the front surface of the partitioning plate 12 and having a nearly L shape cross section includes a base plate 18a and an erect part 18b. The erect part 18b forms a light source holding part 18d having a nearly U shape cross section on the front surface of a recession part 18c, and multiple LED light sources 20 are vertically arrayed on the bottom part. A translucent cover part 21 is fixed to the front surface of each erect part 18b. The ends of each mirror door 10 are arranged on both sides of the erect part 18b. The cover part 21 is projected further than the mirror door 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mirror cabinet provided with a lighting fixture between mirror doors that open and close a storage unit.

  Conventionally, as a vanity, a mirror cabinet formed by three mirror doors that can open and close a three-sided mirror provided in a storage unit is known. The mirror door of this mirror cabinet has a mirror attached to each of the doors of a plurality of storage units. In this mirror cabinet, in order to make effective use of space, a lighting fixture is installed between the mirror door and the user standing in front of the mirror door is illuminated.

For example, in the mirror cabinet described in Patent Document 1, a mirror is attached to the front surface of the door, leaving an end, and the remaining end is provided with an illumination device in which an LED is attached to the base member and the front is covered. It is fixed along the edge.
In addition, the mirror cabinet described in Patent Document 2 has a configuration in which a storage portion that can be opened and closed by a mirror door is partitioned by a vertical plate, and this vertical plate has an opening in the front to form a space inside. A concave recess shape, that is, a U-shaped storage recess is formed, and a plate-shaped light guide plate is stored inside the storage recess. Then, a light source is installed at the back of the vertical plate, the back surface of the light guide plate is used as the light incident surface of the light source, and the surface of the light guide plate on the opening side of the storage recess is used as the light output surface between the mirror doors. It is used as a lighting fixture.

Japanese Patent No. 4508068 JP 2011-152229 A

  However, the mirror cabinet described in Patent Document 1 must be manufactured by attaching a dedicated mirror with a lighting device to the door as a mirror door, which requires a dedicated part and increases the manufacturing cost. In addition, when a lighting device is attached to the door, the cover plate may be deteriorated by the heat of a light source such as an LED. In addition, if the mirror door is opened while the lighting device is in use, the light irradiation direction of the lighting device rotates together with the door, causing a problem of illuminating an undesired direction.

  In addition, the mirror cabinet described in Patent Document 2 has a drawback in that the width increases to increase the size in order to form a recessed space in the vertical plate, and the storage portion becomes relatively narrow. In addition, the light source is installed on the far side of the vertical plate, and the light guide plate is long between the light entrance surface and the light exit surface, and the illumination light path until the user is irradiated becomes long. There were drawbacks such as requiring strong illumination light.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mirror cabinet in which a lighting fixture is small and inexpensive, and can emit light without waste.

A mirror cabinet according to the present invention includes a mirror door that opens and closes an opening of a storage unit, a partition plate that partitions adjacent storage units, and a lighting fixture that is provided between the adjacent mirror doors and provided on the front surface of the partition plate. It is characterized by that.
In the mirror cabinet according to the present invention, the lighting fixture can be installed between the adjacent mirror doors in front of the partition plate of the storage unit, so that the lighting fixture is small and the irradiation direction can be controlled regardless of whether the mirror door is opened or closed. It can be specified to the user who faces in front of. Therefore, it is not necessary to manufacture a mirror with a dedicated illumination device, the irradiation direction does not change even if the mirror door is opened and closed, and the partition plate can be a standard type, for example, so that parts can be shared Can be planned.

Moreover, the lighting fixture may be provided with the base part which has a fixing | fixed part attached to a partition plate. The base part can be attached to the partition plate by the fixing part.
Moreover, it is preferable that the lighting fixture was provided with the base part provided with the light source of this lighting fixture, the fixing | fixed part which formed the recessed part or the hollow part in the back surface of this light source, and the cover member provided ahead of the light source.
By forming the concave portion or the hollow portion on the back surface of the light source of the base portion, heat due to lighting of the light source can be dissipated, so that deformation or deterioration of the storage portion or the mirror door due to heat can be suppressed. Moreover, since the lighting fixture can be installed between the adjacent mirror doors on the front surface of the partition plate, the appearance of the mirror cabinet is good.

The lighting fixture may be operable by a remote control operation unit.
Since the remote control operation unit can be provided separately from the mirror cabinet, it is convenient because it is easy to use and can remotely control lighting fixtures.

Moreover, the signal receiving part of a remote control operation part may be provided in the edge part of the longitudinal direction of a lighting fixture, and the receiving part may protrude ahead from the mirror door.
By causing the receiving unit of the remote control operation unit to protrude from the mirror door at the end of the lighting fixture, it is possible to easily and reliably receive the signal from the remote control operation unit and operate the lighting fixture.

Moreover, you may provide the light control means which can adjust the intensity | strength of the light of a lighting fixture in a lighting fixture.
Since the intensity of the irradiation light of the luminaire can be adjusted by the light control means, the intensity of the light can be increased or decreased according to the user standing in front of the mirror cabinet and according to necessity.

  According to the mirror cabinet of the present invention, since the lighting fixture can be installed between adjacent mirror doors on the front surface of the partition plate of the storage unit, the lighting fixture is small and inexpensive, and the irradiation direction can be changed regardless of whether the mirror door is opened or closed. It can be specified as the area facing the cabinet. Therefore, there is no need to manufacture a dedicated mirror with an illumination device, the irradiation direction does not change even when the mirror door is opened and closed, and the partition plate can be standardized by using, for example, a common type.

1 is a perspective view of a vanity with a mirror cabinet according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the mirror cabinet shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a front view, (b) is a top view, (c) is a bottom view. It is an AA line horizontal sectional view of the mirror cabinet shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the B section expanded section showing the lighting fixture between the mirror doors in FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view of a mirror cabinet.

Hereinafter, a mirror cabinet provided in a vanity according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
A bathroom vanity 1 according to this embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is installed in a bathroom or the like. In this vanity table 1, a wash bowl 5 having a faucet 3 and a handle 4 is provided on the upper surface of a lower wash stand 2, and a mirror cabinet 6 of a multifaceted mirror is provided above the wash bowl 5 via a support. is set up. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5, the mirror cabinet 6 includes a plurality of, for example, three storage portions 9 each having a storage space in the cabinet body 8. A three-sided mirror door 10 for opening and closing is attached.

As shown in FIG. 3, each storage section 9 of the mirror cabinet 6 is divided into a storage space by a partition plate 12, with a central storage section 9 a having a relatively large storage space and storage sections 9 b and 9 c on both sides thereof. ing. Each mirror door 10 is formed by attaching a mirror 14 to the surface of a door plate 13 and has a relatively wide central mirror door 10a and mirror doors 10b and 10c on both sides thereof.
In FIG. 3, the center mirror door 10a has an inset-type slide hinge 15 connected to the partition plate 12 at the right end portion thereof, and both ends thereof are within a base portion 18 provided on the partition plate 12. Is in the range. The right and left mirror doors 10b and 10c on both the left and right sides have an outset type slide hinge 16 connected to the partition plate 12 at the right and left ends, and the other ends of the mirror doors 10b and 10c are It is installed on the front side of the side plate 11 outside the cabinet body 8. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the center and left mirror doors 10a and 10b are left-open, and the right mirror door 10c is right-open.

Moreover, the partition plate 12 shown in FIG.3 and FIG.4 is flat plate shape, is extended in the up-down direction of the cabinet main body 8, and the base part 18 of horizontal cross section view is attached to the front side. The base portion 18 is made of a metal, for example, an aluminum alloy having good heat conductivity, and is fixed to the front surface of the partition plate 12 and is erected on the front side from the concave portion 18c of the substrate 18a and the concave portion 18c of the substrate 18a. The upright portion 18b is provided with a light source holding portion 18d for fixing, for example, the LED light source 20 as a luminaire on the bottom portion of the upright portion 18b. By forming the claw portion 18e at one end portion of the substrate 18a, the base portion 18 can be positioned when attached to the partition plate 12.
In addition, in the base part 18, it may replace with the recessed part 18c in the board | substrate 18a, and may form the hollow part of a cross-sectional square tube shape, and it contributes to the thermal radiation of the LED light source 20 in any case.

A plurality of LED light sources 20 are attached at predetermined intervals along the vertical direction of the bottom of the light source holding part 18d. A cover member 21 made of synthetic resin, for example, is fitted into the front end opening of the light source holding portion 18d. The cover member 21 is made of, for example, a translucent resin such as polycarbonate and has a diffusing material dispersed therein. It is preferable that the light from the plurality of LED light sources 20 is diffused to the extent that the light sources cannot be seen and radiated forward. .
And the edge part of the mirror door 10 of both sides is arrange | positioned facing both sides of the standing part 18b in the base part 18. FIG. A cover member 21 is provided so as to protrude from each mirror door 10, whereby the illumination light easily proceeds in an oblique direction, and the center of each mirror door 10 is easily irradiated with light. Or the surface of each mirror door 10 and the cover member 21 may be arrange | positioned in consideration of the designability.

  The base unit 18, the LED light source 20, and the cover member 21 constitute a lighting fixture 22. In this embodiment, the luminaire 22 is divided between the front surface of the partition plate 12 between the central mirror door 10a and the left mirror door 10b, and between the central mirror door 10a and the right mirror door 10c. It is respectively installed on the front surface of the plate 12. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, the base portions 18 and the lighting fixtures 22 provided on the two partition plates 12 of the cabinet body are arranged at symmetrical positions, but may be arranged asymmetrically.

  In FIG. 5, a light control means (not shown) for supplying current to the LED light source 20 and adjusting the brightness of the LED light source 20 to the top plate, for example, is provided in the central storage portion 9 a of the mirror cabinet 6. An electric circuit board 23 is installed. The electric circuit board 23 is covered with a cover 24 so that it cannot be directly seen when the mirror door 10a is opened.

  In FIG. 1, a remote control operation unit 26 for transmitting various signals such as infrared rays and ultrasonic signals for turning on the LED light source 20 is attached to a side wall 25 provided on, for example, a side portion of the vanity 1. ing. The remote control unit 26 includes, for example, an ON switch 27 and an OFF switch 28 for the LED light source 20, and the intensity of the light from the LED light source 20 is increased / decreased depending on the number of times the pressing switch 27 is pressed and the length of the pressing time. Switchable. Alternatively, an adjustment switch for reducing the light intensity of the LED light source 20 may be provided in the remote control operation unit 26 separately from the lighting switch 27. The remote controller 26 does not necessarily need to be fixed to the side wall 25 or the like, and may be detachable and placed on the wash bowl 5 or the like.

And the receiving part 30 which receives the signal transmitted from the remote control operation part 26 is attached to the upper end part of the lighting fixture 22 attached to the partition plate 12 in the mirror cabinet 6, for example. Since the receiving part 30 has the mirror doors 10 a and 10 c on both sides of the lighting fixture 22, it is preferable that the receiving part 30 protrudes forward from the cover member 21 and the mirror door 10 in order to improve the signal receiving sensitivity.
A signal received by the receiving unit 30 is transmitted to an electric circuit board 23 fixed in the central storage unit 9a through an electric wiring, and the LED light sources of the respective lighting fixtures 22 on both sides through the electric wiring from the electric circuit board 23. A control signal is output to 20.

Since the mirror cabinet 6 of the vanity table 1 according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, when the mirror cabinet 6 is used, a remote control operation installed on the side wall 25 by a user standing in front of the vanity table 1 When the lighting switch 27 of the unit 26 is pressed, the transmission signal is received by the receiving unit 30 of the mirror cabinet 6. Then, the LED light sources 20 of the respective lighting fixtures 22 provided on the front surface of the partition plate 12 are turned on between the adjacent mirror doors 10a, 10b and 10a, 10c via the electric circuit board 23.
Accordingly, the user can observe his / her face and upper body illuminated brightly by the lighting fixture 22 with the mirror doors 10a, 10b and 10c.

Even if the mirror doors 10a, 10b, and 10c are opened, the illumination direction of the lighting fixture 22 does not change, and the illumination can be continued. When the illumination intensity is high, the illumination intensity can be reduced by operating the remote control operation unit 26.
Further, when the LED light source 20 is turned on, the recess 18c of the base portion 18 is provided on the back surface of the LED light source 20, so that heat can be released through the metal base portion 18 and the cabinet body 8 or the mirror door 10 can be released. Can be prevented from being deteriorated by heat.

  Further, in the base portion 18 on the front surface of the partition plate 12 to which the lighting fixture 22 is attached, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a standing portion 18b is formed on a part of the substrate 18a, and the base is formed on the remaining portion of the substrate 18a. A screw or the like for fixing the portion 18 to the partition plate 12 was attached. The central mirror door 10a fixed with an inset type slide hinge 15 on the front side thereof was slid with the inset hinge 15 to be opened and closed. Therefore, even if the screwing portion of the other substrate 18a is visible, the screwing portion of the substrate 18a of the base portion 18 of the suspension base portion is shielded by the mirror door 10a regardless of the open / closed position, and cannot be visually confirmed from the outside. Is good.

As described above, according to the mirror cabinet 6 of the vanity table 1 according to the present embodiment, since the lighting fixture 22 is installed on the front surface of the partition plate 12 between the adjacent mirror doors 10, the mirror as in the conventional lighting device is provided. Since the luminaire 22 is not installed at the end of the door 10 or inside the partition plate 12, the luminaire 22 does not take up a large space and can be made common without using dedicated parts. The luminaire 22 can be attached to.
Moreover, since the lighting fixture 22 provided the recessed part 18c in the back side of the arrangement position of the LED light source 20 in the metal base part 18 so that the heat of the LED light source 20 was released, the mirror door 10, the partition plate 12, etc. It is possible to suppress deformation or damage due to heat.

Further, since the lighting fixture 22 is operated by the remote control unit 26, it is not necessary to provide a lighting switch on the lower side of the mirror door 10 in the mirror cabinet 6 as in the prior art, and it can be operated at an arbitrary position. In addition, since the brightness of the LED light source 20 of the lighting fixture 22 can be switched by the remote controller 26 and the light control means, the brightness can be adjusted according to the needs of the user.
Furthermore, since the receiving unit 30 that receives the signal from the remote control operation unit 26 can be installed above the lighting fixture 22 so as to protrude from the mirror door 10, the transmission signal from the remote control operation unit 26 can be reliably received.

The mirror cabinet 6 according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately changed or replaced without departing from the gist of the present invention.
For example, in the embodiment described above, the LED light source 20 is used as the light source of the lighting fixture 22, but the light source is not limited to the LED light source 20, and an appropriate light source such as a fluorescent lamp, an incandescent lamp, or a cathode ray tube is used. Can be adopted.
Moreover, although the mirror cabinet 6 was installed in the upper part of the bathroom vanity 1, it is not limited to this, You may comprise the mirror cabinet 6 itself to a wall surface, and can attach it to a suitable position.

Moreover, although the hinge which supports each mirror door 10, 10a, 10b, 10c so that opening and closing is possible was comprised by the slide hinges 15 and 16 of an inset type and an outset type, the attachment to the partition plate 12 of each mirror door 10 is carried out. May be attached with any hinge, and various hinges such as a flat hinge may be used in addition to the slide hinge. Moreover, in each mirror door 10, the attachment position and opening / closing direction of the hinge may be either left or right.
Further, the lighting fixture 22 may be provided not only on the partition plate 12 between the mirror doors 10 but also on the side plates 11 on both outer sides of the cabinet body 8. In this case, the ends of the mirror doors 10 b and 10 c on both sides are installed inside the lighting fixture 22.

  In the above-described embodiment, the three-sided mirror is described as the mirror cabinet 6. However, the present invention is not limited to the three-sided mirror door 10, and an appropriate polygonal mirror such as a two-sided mirror, a four-sided mirror, or a five-sided mirror is used in the present invention. Can be used in mirror cabinets.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vanity 6 Mirror cabinet 8 Cabinet main body 9, 9a, 9b, 9c Storage part 10, 10a, 10b, 10c Mirror door 12 Partition plate 15, 16 Slide hinge 18 Base part 18a Substrate 18b Standing part 18c Recessed part 18d Light source holding Unit 20 LED light source 21 cover member 22 lighting fixture 23 electric circuit board 26 remote control operation unit 30 receiving unit

Claims (6)

A mirror door that opens and closes the opening of the storage unit;
A partition plate for partitioning adjacent storage units;
A mirror cabinet, comprising: a lighting fixture provided between the adjacent mirror doors and provided in front of the partition plate.   The said lighting fixture is a mirror cabinet described in Claim 1 provided with the base part which has a fixing | fixed part attached to the said partition plate.   The said lighting fixture was provided with the said light source of this lighting fixture, the said base part provided with the said fixing | fixed part which formed the recessed part or the hollow part in the back surface of this light source, and the cover member provided in front of the said light source. 2. The mirror cabinet described in 2.   The mirror cabinet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lighting fixture is operable by a remote control operation unit.   5. The mirror cabinet according to claim 4, wherein a signal receiving portion of the remote control operation portion is provided at an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the lighting fixture, and the receiving portion protrudes forward from the mirror door.   The mirror cabinet described in any one of Claim 1 to 5 which provided the light control means which can adjust the intensity | strength of the light of the said lighting fixture in the said lighting fixture.

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