JPH05137624A - Construction of cabinet with decorative illumination function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the decorative illumination effect by a method wherein a cabinet consists of a top panel, a bottom panel, left and left side panels and a rear panel and has an opening at the front, and at least one of those panels is made of a light-conductive panel to illuminate through the panel. CONSTITUTION:A cabinet 6 is composed of a top panel, a bottom panel, left and right side panels and a rear panel and has an opening at the front. (the drawing shows only the bottom panel 2 and the rear panel 5) At least one of those panels (the rear panel 5 on the drawing) is made of a light-conductive panel 7 to illuminate through the panel 5. A lighting fitting housing 17 with a lid 18 is provided on the lower part of the cabinet 6. A lighting fitting 8, a stabilizer 15, a color filter 19, a filter support 27, a reflector 26 and others are installed in the lighting fitting housing 17. The light-conductive panel 7 is made by laminating a reflection layer 10 and a plate material 11 on the back of a transparent plate 9. Light is emitted from the lighting fitting 8 to the light-conductive panel 7 from below through the color filter 19 of a desired color. Thereby, color can be freely chosen and the decorative illumination effect, is improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cabinet structure having a light decoration function for efficiently emitting light from the inner surfaces of a top plate, a ground plate, left and right side plates, a back plate, etc. of a cabinet having an open front.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it is known that a luminaire 8 is arranged in a cabinet 6 such as storage furniture to illuminate the cabinet 6 and beautifully illuminate a storage item 20 stored in the cabinet 6. There is. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the lighting fixture 8 is attached to the back of the shelf board 21, and the lighting fixture 8
Thus, the back plate 5 of the cabinet 6 is illuminated to illuminate the storage item 20 placed on the shelf plate 21.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since only a part of the back plate 5 is illuminated by the luminaire 8, the brightness in the cabinet 6 can be sufficiently ensured. However, the lighting effect of the stored item 20 was poor, and the light decoration function was not good. Also, in the past,
Since it was only illuminated with a single color of light, the light decoration function was also monotonous in this respect.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to effectively illuminate the inside of the cabinet and effectively illuminate the contents to be illuminated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cabinet structure having a light decoration function which can enhance the effect and can freely change the color in the cabinet.

[0005]

The structure of a cabinet having a light decoration function according to the present invention has an opening at the front composed of a top plate 1, a base plate 2, left and right side plates 3, 4 and a back plate 5. In the cabinet 6, the at least one of the top plate 1, the ground plate 2, the left and right side plates 3, 4 and the back plate 5 is configured by the light guide plate 7, and light is supplied to the light guide plate 7 to emit the light. The cabinet 6 is provided with a lighting fixture storage section 17 for storing the lighting fixture 8 for making the lighting fixture storage section 17 openable and closable.
8 is provided, and a color filter 19 for coloring the light from the luminaire 8 is detachably arranged in the luminaire housing portion 17, and such a configuration is adopted. By doing so, the problems of the conventional example described above are solved and the object of the present invention is achieved.

[0006]

At least one of the top plate 1, the base plate 2, the left and right side plates 3 and 4, and the back plate 5 is constituted by the light guide plate 7, and the light is supplied to the light guide plate 7 to cause the light guide plate 7 to emit light. Since the device 8 is provided, the light guide plate 7 is caused to emit light so that the cabinet 6
At least one of the inner surfaces of the above is directly illuminated to effectively illuminate the stored items inside with light to enhance the light decoration effect, and the lighting fixture 8 is also stored. The lighting equipment storage 17 is a cabinet 6
The cover 18 is provided in the lighting fixture storage portion 17, and the lid 18 that can be opened and closed is provided, and the color filter 19 for coloring the light from the lighting fixture 8 is detachably arranged in the lighting fixture storage portion 17. By opening and replacing the color filter 19,
The light emission color of the light guide plate 7 which is supplied with light from the lighting fixture 8 and emits light can be freely selected.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The cabinet 6 is formed so that the front side is open as shown in FIG. At least one of the top plate 1, the base plate 2, the left and right side plates 3 and 4, and the back plate 5 of the cabinet 6 is configured by the light guide plate 7. That is, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the back plate 5 is composed of the light guide plate 7. As shown in FIG. 1, the light guide plate 7 is formed by providing a reflective layer 10 (a diffuse reflection layer is preferable as the reflective layer 10) on the back of a transparent plate 9. Here, the reflection layer 10 is formed on the inner surface of the plate material 11, and the transparent plate 9 such as a transparent acrylic plate is further laminated on the inner surface of the plate material 11 to form the light guide plate 7.

In the embodiment, a luminaire storage section 17 is provided on the upper surface side of the main plate 2 of the cabinet 6, and the luminaire storage section 17 has a box shape and serves as an upper surface mounting section of the main board 2. It is the part where the stored items are placed. As described above, by providing the luminaire storage portion 17 on the upper surface side of the main plate 2, the thickness of the main plate 2 portion can be increased and the cabinet can have a luxurious appearance.
Inside the luminaire storage section 17, various components necessary for illumination such as a luminaire 8 such as a fluorescent lamp and a ballast 15 are internally provided, and a switch 16 of the luminaire 8 is provided in front of the luminaire storage section 17. Is provided. And. A lighting fixture 8 such as a fluorescent lamp is arranged below the lower end of the light guide plate 7 that constitutes the back plate 5, and by turning on the lighting fixture 8, light is guided from the lower end of the light guide plate 7 to the light guide plate 7. It is supposed to be supplied. The lighting fixture housing 17 is provided with an opening 25, and the opening 25 is provided with an openable / closable lid 18. A color filter 19 is interposed between the luminaire 8 and the end of the light guide plate 7 in the luminaire housing portion 17. The color filter 19 is detachably inserted into the color filter support portion 27 to be supported. Yes,
The color filter 19 can be replaced by opening the lid 18. Further, reference numeral 26 in the drawing is a reflector.

When the lighting fixture 8 is turned on, light is supplied from the lower end portion of the back plate 5 to make the light guide plate 7 shine. In this case, since the color filter 19 is interposed, colored light is supplied from the lower end portion of the back plate 5 by the color filter 19. As a result, the back plate 5 itself configured by the light guide plate 7 emits colored light in a planar state, illuminates the inside of the cabinet 6 from the back side, and the items stored inside are colored from the back side in a planar state. It enhances the light decoration effect by illuminating with the light of. Here, by exchanging the color filter 19, the color inside the cabinet 6 can be freely changed.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a part of the back plate 5 is constituted by a light guide plate 7 is shown. In this embodiment, the light guide plates 7 are vertically provided in the central portion of the back plate 5, and the central portion of the back plate 5 may emit light in a belt shape to illuminate the inside of the cabinet 6. In this case, the light decoration effect can be enhanced by the novel lighting which has not been hitherto known, in which a part of the back plate 5 emits light in a belt-like colored state to illuminate.

In the above embodiment, the back plate 5
An example is shown in which all or a part of the back plate 5 is formed by the light guide plate 7 so that the whole inner surface or a part of the back plate 5 emits light.
The whole or a part of the top plate 1, the base plate 2, the left and right side plates 3, 4, etc. may be formed by the light guide plate 7, and light may be supplied to the light guide plate 7 from the lighting fixture 8.

[0012]

According to the present invention, as described above, at least one of the top plate, the ground plate, the left and right side plates, and the back plate is formed of a light guide plate, and light is supplied to the light guide plate to form the light guide plate. The cabinet is equipped with a lighting fixture storage section that stores the lighting fixtures that emit light, and a lid that can be opened and closed is provided on the lighting fixture storage section. Since it is arranged freely, at least one of the inner surfaces of the cabinet can be directly illuminated to effectively illuminate the stored items inside with light to enhance the light decoration effect, and also to open the lid. By replacing the color filter, you can freely select the emission color of the light guide plate that is supplied with light from the lighting fixture and emits light, and you can freely change the color in the cabinet New light decoration function It is capable of providing the cabinet with.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a partially omitted perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Top Plate 2 Base Plate 3 Left Side Plate 4 Right Side Plate 5 Back Plate 6 Cabinet 7 Light Guide Plate 8 Lighting Fixture 17 Lighting Fixture Storage 18 Lid 19 Color Filter

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cabinet comprising a top plate, a ground plate, left and right side plates, and a back plate, the front opening of which is at least one of a top plate, a ground plate, left and right side plates, and a back plate. The cabinet is equipped with a lighting fixture storage part that is composed of a light plate, and stores the lighting fixtures for supplying light to the light guide plate to cause the light guide plate to emit light. A structure of a cabinet having a light decoration function, in which a color filter for coloring light is removably arranged in a lighting equipment storage portion.