JP4301179B2 - Mirror cabinet with light fixture box - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mirror cabinet with a lighting fixture box.

  Conventionally, what is shown by patent document 1 is known as a mirror cabinet with a lighting fixture. In the conventional example shown in Patent Document 1, a lighting fixture is attached to the upper portion of a mirror cabinet, and upper and lower end portions of a lighting cover having a substantially “F” cross section are attached to the upper and lower locking portions of the lighting fixture. It was detachably attached to. In this conventional example, the light of the lighting fixture comes out from the upper horizontal piece and the inclined front piece of the lighting cover having a substantially “F” -shaped cross section, and is emitted from the inclined front piece. Part of the light illuminates the mirror so that makeup can be done while looking at the mirror.

  However, in the above conventional example, since a lighting fixture and a lighting cover are incorporated as a part of the mirror cabinet, a lighting fixture and a lighting cover corresponding to the mirror cabinet having a different size and shape are required. There was a problem of being. Further, in the above conventional example, when a pushing force from below is applied to the inclined piece of the lighting cover, there is nothing to support the upper surface of the protruding portion of the upper horizontal piece of the lighting cover, and the inclined piece from the back side (that is, Since there is nothing to support (upper surface), there is a problem that the locking is easily released and the lighting cover falls.

  In addition, a lighting fixture box separate from the mirror cabinet is attached to the upper part of the mirror cabinet, and a lighting cover having a substantially U-shaped cross section is arranged on the front side of the lighting fixture box so that upper and lower ends of the rear end portion of the lighting cover A lighting unit having a substantially U-shaped cross section is configured such that a locking part provided in the unit is detachably locked to the top and bottom of the lighting fixture box, and the lighting cover projects forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet. Patent Document 2 discloses that a part of light emitted from a lower horizontal piece irradiates a mirror so that makeup can be performed while looking at the mirror.

  In the conventional example shown in Patent Document 2, since the mirror cabinet and the lighting fixture box are separate, a common lighting fixture box is placed on the upper surface of the mirror cabinet even if the size of the mirror cabinet is different. It has the effect that it can respond by attaching.

  However, even in this conventional example, when a pushing-up force from below is applied to the lower horizontal piece of the lighting cover, there is nothing to support the upper surface of the protruding portion of the upper horizontal piece of the lighting cover, and the lower horizontal piece from the back side (that is, Since there is nothing to support (upper surface), there is a problem that the locking is easily released and the lighting cover falls.

In any of the above-described conventional examples, light is emitted from the entire surface of the lighting cover having a cross-sectional “F” shape or the entire surface of the lighting cover having a substantially U-shaped cross section. There is a problem that the vicinity of the mirror is not concentrated and brightened, and it is difficult to obtain sufficient brightness when applying makeup while looking at the mirror.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-64317 JP 2002-315686 A

  The present invention has been invented in view of the above-described conventional problems, and can be used to effectively illuminate the front surface of a mirror cabinet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mirror cabinet with a lighting fixture box that can prevent a lighting cover from being removed even when an external force that pushes the side cover portion upward is applied.

  In order to solve the above problems, a mirror cabinet with a lighting fixture box according to the present invention has a box 3 having a long opening 3 in the left-right direction in which a front opening 1 opened forward and a lower opening 2 opened downward are continuous. A lighting fixture 6 having a straight tube lamp 5 in the body 4 is mounted in the left and right direction and a lighting cover 7 is removably attached to the opening 3 to form a lighting fixture box 8, and the lighting fixture box 8 is mirrored. The lighting cover 7 is placed on the upper surface of the cabinet 9 and protrudes forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9, and the upper edge of the front opening 1 on the lower surface of the top plate 10 of the box body 4. An upper locking portion 11 is provided in the vicinity of the portion, a lower receiving piece 12 is provided in the left and right direction at the rear end portion of the lower surface opening 2 of the box body 4, and the lower the upper receiving piece 12 is, the lower it is as it goes forward. The upper receiving piece 14 that protrudes into the lower surface opening 2 in the front-rear direction is formed on the left and right edge portions of the lower surface opening 2 of the both side plates 39 of the box body 4. The left and right side plates 39 are shifted from the left and right end portions of the straight tube lamp 5 so that the protruding ends of the left and right upper receiving pieces 14 are positioned. The lower surface side cover portion 16 is integrally extended, and a locking projection 17 is provided projecting from the upper end of the back surface portion of the front surface side cover portion 15 toward the back, so that the front opening 1 of the box body 4 is formed. The lighting cover 7 is covered with the front cover portion 15 and the lower opening 2 is covered with the lower cover portion 16, the locking protrusion is locked to the upper locking portion 11, and the rear end portion of the lower cover portion 16 is When the lower surface is placed and supported on the lower receiving piece 12 over its entire length, In which the upper surface of the left and right end portions of the lower surface cover portion 16 is abutted against the lower surface of the upper receiving piece 14 over the longitudinal direction, characterized by comprising.

  As described above, the separate lighting fixture box 8 is placed on the upper surface of the mirror cabinet 9 so that the illumination cover 7 projects forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9, so that the size of the mirror cabinet 9 is different. By simply mounting a separate lighting fixture box 8 on the upper surface of the mirror cabinet 9 and attaching it, the vicinity of the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9 can be effectively illuminated. In addition, in order to illuminate the vicinity of the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9, the upper surface of the left and right end portions of the lower surface side cover portion 16 extends in the front-rear direction, although the illumination cover 7 portion protrudes forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9 Since it is in contact with the lower surface of the upper receiving piece 14, it can be supported by the upper receiving piece 14 even if an external force pushing upward from below is applied to the lower surface side cover portion 16, and can be prevented from rising. Since the projecting tip of the upper receiving piece 14 is shifted from the left and right end portions of the straight tube lamp 5 toward the left and right side plates 39, the lower cover portion 16 is prevented from being lifted upward. The upper receiving piece 14 does not become an obstacle when the light from the straight tube lamp 5 is irradiated, and no shadow is formed. Further, when attaching the lighting cover 7, the upper locking portion 17 is provided in the vicinity of the upper end edge of the front opening 1 on the lower surface of the top plate 10 of the box body 4. The rear end portion of the lower surface side cover portion 16 is placed and supported on the lower receiving piece 12 with the guide surface 13 as a guide and is brought into contact with the lower surface of the upper receiving piece 14 while being locked to the portion 11. Can be installed easily.

  Further, the upper part of the front cover part 15 of the illumination cover 7 is translucent to transmit light consisting of an upper reflecting plate part 19 made of a vertical piece and a horizontal piece protruding backward from the lower part of the upper reflecting plate part 19. The upper horizontal plate portion 20 and a lower reflecting plate portion 21 made of a vertical piece that hangs downward from the back end portion of the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20, and the lower surface side cover portion 16 is made of light made of a horizontal piece. It is preferable to comprise the translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22 for transmitting light.

  With such a configuration, the light from the straight tube lamp 5 is reflected by the upper reflecting plate portion 19 and the lower reflecting plate portion 21 and is lowered from the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20 and the translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22. It is possible to concentrate on the front side of the mirror cabinet 9 and effectively brighten it, and make up using the mirror cabinet 9 is easy. In addition, the downward light irradiation is performed from two places shifted from the front and back of the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20 and the translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22 and up and down. The front surface of the mirror cabinet 9 (that is, the mirror provided on the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9) is effectively irradiated with the light thus transmitted, and the front position of the mirror cabinet 9 (that is, the mirror) is irradiated with the light irradiated downward from the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20. The position where the user using the cabinet 9 stands) can be effectively irradiated.

  The present invention can effectively illuminate the front surface of the mirror cabinet, can easily attach the illumination cover, and the illumination cover can be mounted even if an external force that pushes up the lower surface side cover portion of the illumination cover is applied. It can be prevented from coming off.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

  The lighting fixture box 8 used in the present invention is as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and includes a box main body 4, a lighting fixture 6 disposed and attached inside the box main body 4, and an opening 3 of the box main body 4. The illumination cover 7 is detachably attached to the light cover 7.

  The box body 4 is formed of, for example, a metal plate and has a box shape that is long in the left-right direction and includes the top plate 10, the left and right side plates 39, and the back plate 23. The front surface of the box body 4 is a front opening portion 1 that opens to the front and is long in the left-right direction, and the bottom surface of the box body 4 is a bottom surface opening portion 2 that opens in the left and right direction and is continuous to the front opening 1. The front opening 1 that opens to the front and the lower opening 2 that opens to the lower side that is continuous with the front opening 1 constitute an opening 3 that is long in the left-right direction.

  A cover mounting bracket 24 is mounted near the upper edge of the front opening 1 on the lower surface of the top plate 10 of the box body 4, and the upper locking portion 11 is provided on the cover mounting bracket 24.

  The front end portion of the side plate 39 has a stepped shape as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, and the lower portion of the side plate 39 below the upper end of the front end portion is a stepped portion 25 that is stepped backward. A lower step portion 26 is provided at the rear end portion of the lower end and is stepped rearward larger than the lower end of the step portion 25. An upper receiving piece 14 which is long in the front-rear direction from the front end of the lower end edge to the upper end of the lower step portion 26 is provided at the lower end edge of the step portion 25 so as to protrude into the box body 4 at a right angle with respect to the side plate 39. That is, the left and right upper receiving pieces 14 projecting from the side plate 39 are formed in the front-rear direction at portions constituting the left and right end edges of the lower surface opening 2.

  A horizontal lower surface plate 37 protrudes forward from the lower edge of the back plate 23 toward the front, and a rectangular piece 27 projecting in a square shape from the front end of the lower surface plate 37 is integrally extended. The upper piece of the letter-shaped piece 27 is a lower receiving piece 12 whose rear end is a free end, and the lower receiving piece 12 is inclined so that the upper surface goes downward as it goes forward. It is a guide surface 13.

  A fixing bracket mounting hole 34 is provided in the back plate 23, and a vertical piece of an L-shaped fixing bracket 35 is brought into contact with the lower portion of the back plate 23, and the fixing bracket is fixed with a screw using the fixing bracket mounting hole 34. 35 is fixed. The back plate 23 is also provided with a wall fixing hole 30.

  A lighting fixture 6 is disposed in the box body 4, and both end portions of a substrate 31 that is long in the left-right direction of the lighting fixture 6 are fixed to the back plate 23 by fixing screws 32. A window portion 33 is provided in a portion of the substrate 31 corresponding to the front of the wall fixing hole 30. When the box body 4 is attached to the wall, a driver or the like is inserted through the window portion 33 to fix the wall surface. A screw can be inserted into the working hole 30 and fixed on the wall by screwing. Socket portions 36 are provided at both left and right ends of the substrate 31, and the straight tube lamp 5 is detachably attached between the left and right socket portions 36. Here, the protruding front ends of the left and right upper receiving pieces 14 are shifted from the left and right end portions (left and right socket portions 36) of the straight tube lamp 5 toward the left and right side plates 39.

  The illumination cover 7 is as shown in FIG. 7, and the illumination cover 7 is configured such that the lower surface side cover portion 16 is integrally extended from the lower end of the front surface side cover portion 15 to the back.

  The front cover portion 15 is a silver-colored upper reflecting plate portion 19 having an upper portion made of a vertical piece, and a translucent upper horizontal plate for transmitting light made of a horizontal piece to the back from the lower portion of the upper reflecting plate portion 19. The front part 20 protrudes integrally, and the lower reflecting plate part 21 made of a silver color consisting of a vertical piece is vertically lowered from the back end part of the translucent upper horizontal plate part 20, and is configured to be integrally formed. A lower surface side cover portion 16 made of a translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22 for transmitting light made of a horizontal piece from the lower portion of the side cover portion 15 to the back is integrally projected. The translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20 and the translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22 are configured to transmit light, but in the embodiment, a rough surface having fine irregularities so that one side or both sides are ground glass-like It has become.

  Further, a locking projection 17 is integrally projected from the upper end portion of the upper reflection plate portion 19 of the front side cover portion 15 toward the back, and the length of the locking projection 17 in the left-right direction is as follows. The length is substantially equal to the length between the left and right side plates 39 of the box body 4.

  The lighting cover 7 is attached so as to cover the opening 3 of the box body 4. When attaching the lighting cover 7, the locking protrusion 17 is locked to the upper locking portion 11, and the rear end of the lower surface side cover portion 16 is fixed. The upper surface of the left and right end portions of the lower surface side cover portion 16 is brought into contact with the lower surface of the upper surface receiving piece 14 in the front-rear direction. As a result, the front opening 1 of the box body 4 is covered with the front cover 15 of the lighting cover 7, and the lower opening 2 is covered with the lower cover 16.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the lighting fixture box 8 having the above-described configuration places the lower surface plate 37 of the lighting fixture box 8 on the upper surface portion of the mirror cabinet 9 having the mirror 9 a on the front surface, and the lighting cover 7 of the lighting fixture box 8. The portion protrudes forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9, and the lower horizontal piece of the fixture 35 fixed to the back plate 23 in this state is fixed to the upper surface portion of the mirror cabinet 9 by a fixing tool. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 40 denotes a wall.

  Here, as described above, the lighting fixture box 8 does not have to have the same length as the horizontal direction of the upper surface of the mirror cabinet 9, and the lighting fixture box 8 and the mirror cabinet 9 are separate from each other, as shown in FIG. It is possible to mount the lighting fixture box 8 so that the lighting fixture box 8 is provided in an arbitrary length in the left-right direction on the upper surface of the lighting fixture box 8, and the size of the mirror cabinet 9 (for example, the length in the left-right direction) differs accordingly. But it can be handled.

  When the straight tube lamp 5 is lit, the light from the straight tube lamp 5 is not only directly radiated downward from the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20 and the translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22, but also the upper in the illumination cover 7. The light reflected by the reflecting plate portion 19 and the lower reflecting plate portion 21 is also irradiated downward from the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20 and the translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22, and thus directed downward through the illumination cover 7. Concentrate and irradiate with light. In this case, the downward light irradiation is performed at two positions shifted from the front and back of the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20 and the translucent lower horizontal plate portion 22 and up and down. The front surface of the mirror cabinet 9 (that is, the mirror provided on the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9) is effectively irradiated with the irradiated light, and the front position of the mirror cabinet 9 with the light irradiated downward from the translucent upper horizontal plate portion 20 (that is, the mirror cabinet 9). The position where the user who uses the mirror cabinet 9 stands) is effectively irradiated, and makeup using the mirror cabinet 9 can be easily performed.

  By projecting the illumination cover 7 forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9 and irradiating light downward from the illumination cover 7 as described above, the front position of the mirror cabinet 9 is effectively illuminated brightly. However, in order to effectively illuminate the front position of the mirror cabinet 9 in this way, if the illumination cover 7 protrudes forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet 9, the illumination cover 7 protrudes and thus the illumination. An external force that pushes the cover 7 upward from below acts on the cover 7, and the lighting cover 7 may be lifted off. Therefore, in the present invention, as described above, the upper surfaces of the left and right end portions of the lower surface side cover portion 16 are in contact with the lower surface of the upper receiving piece 14 in the front-rear direction. Even if an external force to be pushed up is applied, it can be supported by the upper receiving piece 14 and prevented from being lifted. Here, since the protruding front ends of the left and right upper receiving pieces 14 are shifted from the left and right ends of the straight tube lamp 5 toward the left and right side plates 39, the lower cover portion 16 is lifted upward. In order to prevent this, the upper receiving piece 14 for supporting the left and right end portions of the lower surface side cover portion 16 over the entire length in the front and rear is located outside the irradiation range of the light from the straight tube lamp 5. The piece 14 does not become an obstacle when irradiating from the straight tube lamp 5, does not make a shadow, and can effectively irradiate light from the straight tube lamp 5 downward through the lower surface side cover portion 16. become.

  The lighting fixture box 8 used in the present invention can be directly attached to the wall 40. In the usage form attached to the wall 40, the fixing bracket 35 is removed from the lighting fixture box 8, the back plate 23 of the lighting fixture box 8 is brought into contact with the wall 40, and a fixing tool such as a screw is used using the wall fixing holes 30. Is inserted into the wall 40. In this case, a mirror is attached to the wall 40 so that the lighting fixture box 8 is positioned above the mirror, and the front position of the mirror is illuminated by the straight tube lamp 5 provided in the lighting fixture box 8 in the same manner as described above. It is preferable to do so.

It is a side view of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view same as the above. It is a principal part expanded sectional view same as the above. It is sectional drawing which shows the lighting fixture box used for this invention. (A) is a partially omitted front view of the same lighting fixture box, and (b) is a partially omitted lower surface. It is a principal part perspective view of a lighting fixture box same as the above. The illumination cover used for the above is shown, (a) is a sectional view, (b) is a plan view, (c) is a rear view, and (d) is a bottom view.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Front opening part 2 Lower surface opening part 3 Opening part 4 Box main body 5 Straight pipe type lamp 6 Lighting fixture 7 Lighting cover 8 Lighting fixture box 9 Mirror cabinet 10 Top plate 11 Upper latching part 12 Lower receiving piece 13 Guide surface 14 Upper side Receiving piece 15 Front side cover part 16 Lower side side cover part 17 Locking protrusion

Claims (2)

  A lighting fixture with a straight tube lamp is installed in a box body having a long opening in the left-right direction in which a front opening that opens forward and a lower opening that opens downward are continuous. A lighting fixture box is configured by detachably attaching a lighting cover, the lighting fixture box is placed on the upper surface portion of the mirror cabinet, and the lighting cover portion projects forward from the front surface of the mirror cabinet, An upper locking portion is provided in the vicinity of the upper edge of the front opening on the lower surface of the top plate of the box body, and a lower receiving piece is provided in the left-right direction at the rear end of the lower surface opening of the box body. The guide surface is inclined so that the upper surface of the piece becomes lower as it goes forward, and toward the lower surface opening in the front-rear direction to the part constituting the left and right edge portions of the lower surface opening of both side plates of the box body Protruding upper receiving pieces are provided, and the protruding ends of the left and right upper receiving pieces are shifted to the left and right side plates from the left and right ends of the straight tube lamp, and the illumination cover is located behind the lower end of the front cover portion. The bottom cover part is integrally extended to the top, and a locking projection is provided at the upper end of the back part of the front cover part toward the back, and the front opening of the box body is the front of the lighting cover. Cover the lower cover with the lower cover, cover the lower opening with the lower cover, lock the locking protrusion with the upper locking portion, and place the lower surface of the rear end of the lower cover on the lower receiving piece over the entire length. A mirror cabinet with a lighting fixture box, wherein the mirror cabinet has a lighting fixture box, wherein the mirror cabinet is configured to be placed and supported, and the upper surfaces of both left and right ends of the lower surface side cover portion are in contact with the lower surface of the upper receiving piece in the front-rear direction. An upper reflecting plate portion made of a vertical piece on the upper portion of the front side cover portion of the lighting cover, and a translucent upper horizontal plate portion for transmitting light made of a horizontal piece protruding backward from the lower portion of the upper reflecting plate portion, The translucent lower side for transmitting the light made of the horizontal piece on the lower surface side cover part, comprising the lower reflecting plate part made of a vertical piece that hangs downward from the back end of the translucent upper horizontal plate part The mirror cabinet with a luminaire box according to claim 1, wherein the mirror cabinet is constituted by a plate portion.

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