JP4813093B2 - Shelf illuminator for merchandise display shelf - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to shelf lighting in a merchandise display shelf that can effectively contribute to the sales promotion of merchandise by effectively producing the merchandise displayed on the shelves in the merchandise display shelf, enhancing the display effect. Relates to the device.

This type of shelf lighting device is described in, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2, and is well known.
JP 2000-354530 A JP 2005-40272 A

  Each of the shelf illuminating devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 is a single fluorescent lamp having a light source provided on the lower surface of the shelf, and the light from the fluorescent lamp is converted into a translucent plate or a prism. The illumination means is used to illuminate the front and top surfaces of the shelf and the products on the shelf, so the size of the shelf or the positional relationship between the light source and the translucent plate or the polarization means, etc. Thus, the illumination light of the shelf board and the product is likely to be bright and dark, and there is a limit to illuminating the product on the shelf board effectively.

  In addition, since the light source is a fluorescent lamp, the color of the illumination light cannot be changed. Therefore, the effect of the shelf board and the product and the display effect are low, and it cannot greatly contribute to the sales promotion due to the reduction in the ability to attract customers.

  Furthermore, when the light source is a fluorescent lamp, the thickness of the shelf plate becomes large, and the fluorescent lamp provided on the lower surface of the shelf plate located above may be exposed from the lower side, resulting in poor appearance.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and by using a sheet-like light source that is different from a fluorescent lamp, it effectively illuminates a shelf board or a display product regardless of the size of the shelf board. In addition, the shelf lighting device in the product display shelf that can enhance the effect of the shelf board and the product and the display effect by illuminating with a color suitable for the product, and can also reduce the thickness of the shelf board. The purpose is to provide.

According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) Translucent window holes are provided in the left and right directions on the top and front surfaces of the shelf in the product display shelf, and a surface emitting sheet that emits light by applying a voltage to the back surface of these translucent window holes. , And are provided so as to be exposed on the upper surface and the front surface of the both transparent window holes.

(2) In the above item (1), a single sheet of flexible surface emitting sheet is provided on the back surface of the shelf board, and the front end of the surface emitting sheet is bent downward so that It is exposed to the upper surface and the front surface of the transparent window hole.

(3) In the above item (1) or (2), the lower surface and the rear surface of the surface emitting sheet provided on the back surface of the light transmitting window hole on the top surface and the front surface of the shelf plate are detachably attached to the bottom surface of the shelf plate. Pressed and held by the pressing member.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper surface and the front surface of the shelf board emit light beautifully through the transparent window hole, and the products on the shelf board are illuminated by soft light from below, so the shelf board and The effect of the light of the product is enhanced and it is easy to attract attention, so the ability to attract customers can be improved and it can contribute to sales promotion.
Further, since the shelf board is recognized not as a normal shelf board but as a display-only shelf using light, the display effect of the product is enhanced.
Furthermore, since it is also possible to select the light emission color of the surface light emitting sheet as a color suitable for the product, it is possible to further enhance the effect of the shelf board and the light of the product.
Since the surface light emitting sheet is used as the light source, the thickness of the shelf board can be minimized, and the appearance when the shelf board is viewed from below is improved.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the surface emitting sheet is provided on the upper surface of the shelf plate and the rear surface of the light transmitting window hole on the front surface only by bending the front end portion of one surface emitting sheet, and these portions emit light. Therefore, the number of parts can be reduced.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily and detachably attach the surface emitting sheet to the back surface of the shelf board without performing any processing or using a special fixing means. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a merchandise display shelf provided with the first embodiment of the shelf illuminating device of the present invention. The merchandise display shelf (1) has two opposing connecting surfaces (2) ( 2) A pair of left and right columns (3) and (3) connected by 2), a base shelf (4) with a rear end attached to the front of the lower ends of both columns (3), and upper and lower horizontal connection rods (2) And a back plate (5) fitted in a rectangular frame surrounded by the left and right support columns (3), and a plurality of (embodiments) attached to the front surfaces of the left and right support columns (3) above the base shelf (4) Then, two shelf boards (6a) and (6b) are provided.

  As shown in detail in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 2 and the sectional view of FIG. 3, the lower shelf plate (6a) has a curved surface portion (7a) whose front end surface is bent in an arc shape downward and rearward. And a steel shelf body (7) having a downward bent piece (7b) at the rear end, and the both sides of the shelf body are closed and fixed to the lower surfaces of the left and right ends of the shelf body (7). And a reinforcing member (9) having a U-shaped cross section facing upward in the lateral direction and fixed to the lower front surface of the shelf main body (7) by a spot welding. ing.

  A shelf mounting bracket (10) is fixed to the inner side surfaces of the left and right side plates (8) by welding, and a plurality of engaging claws (10a) projecting from the rear ends are attached to the front surfaces of both columns (3). By selectively engaging with the slit-like engagement holes (11) arranged in a row, the shelf plate (6a) is attached to the front surfaces of both columns (3) so that the height can be adjusted.

  On the top surface of the shelf board (6a), that is, the front side of the shelf body (7), there is a horizontally elongated slit-shaped through-hole window (12), and on the front curved surface part (7a), two horizontally long Slit-like through-hole windows (13) and (13) are formed up to the vicinity of both end portions of the shelf body (7).

  (14) is a shelf illuminating device comprising a surface light emitting sheet (16) and a pressing member (17).

  The surface emitting sheet (16) is called an inorganic EL (electroluminescence) sheet, and a light emitting layer made of an inorganic light emitting element is polymerized into a plurality of layers between a transparent electrode sheet and a back electrode. Is covered with a transparent plastic sheet and has a flexible structure so that when a voltage is applied to the transparent electrode sheet and the back electrode, the entire sheet emits light with a preset emission color uniformly and with high brightness. It has become.

  The left and right dimensions and the front and rear dimensions of the surface light emitting sheet (16) are such dimensions that the light transmitting window holes (12) and (13) can be closed from the back surface.

  The holding member (17) includes an L-shaped fixing piece (17a) that can contact the lower surface and the front surface of the reinforcing member (9), and a holding piece (17b) that extends horizontally forward from the upper end. And a pipe-like presser that can be fitted from the rear to the curved surface portion (7a) of the shelf body (7) welded to the front surface of the L-shaped downward support piece (17c) of the front end in a side view. It consists of a tube (17d).

  To assemble the shelf illuminator (14) to the shelf body (7), first round the front end of the surface emitting sheet (16) into a downward arc as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Then, it is inserted into the back surface of the curved surface portion (7a) on the front surface of the shelf body (7).

  Next, the presser pipe (17) of the presser member (17) is fitted to the back surface of the curved surface portion (7a) from the lower rear side, and the rear surface of the surface light emitting sheet (16) rolled into an arc shape is pressed, and The lower surface of the surface emitting sheet (16) behind the curved surface portion (7a) is supported by the upper surface of the horizontal pressing piece (17b).

  Next, the fixing piece (17a) at the rear portion of the pressing member (17) is brought into contact with the lower surface and the front surface of the reinforcing member (9), and a plurality of through holes (18) formed in the horizontal portion of the fixing piece (17a). The presser member (17) is fixed to the lower surface of the shelf board body (7) by fitting the screw (19) inserted from below into the nut (20) welded in advance to the upper surface of the reinforcing material (9). To do.

  Accordingly, the front end surface and the upper surface of the surface light emitting sheet (16) are in close contact with the curved surface portion (7a) of the shelf main body (7) and the back surface of the upper surface, respectively.

  In this way, when the shelf board (6a) with the shelf board illumination device (14) assembled is attached to the column (3) by the shelf board mounting bracket (10), as shown in FIG. 7) A part of the upper surface of the surface light emitting sheet (16) is exposed from the light transmitting window hole (12) on the upper surface of the front end portion, and the left and right light transmitting window holes (13) on the curved surface portion (7a) on the front surface of the shelf board. ) (13), the curved surface portion (16a) rounded in the arc shape at the front end of the surface emitting sheet (16) is exposed.

  In this state, when a voltage is applied to the surface emitting sheet (16) to emit light on the entire surface, the upper and front exposed portions emit light beautifully.

  Thus, when the upper surface and the front surface of the shelf board body (7) emit light beautifully, the product (A) on the shelf board (6a) is also illuminated by soft light from below, so the shelf board (6a) and the product The directing effect and display effect are enhanced.

  As a result, the shelf board (6a) and the product (A) are easy to attract attention from a distance and increase in the degree of attention, so that the ability to attract customers can be improved and contribute to sales promotion.

  In addition, what is necessary is just to select the luminescent color of a surface emitting sheet | seat (16) as what is suitable for the production | presentation of the goods (A) to display, for example, if it is goods (A), such as cosmetics, a blue system, a yellowish green system, etc. The bright emission color is good.

  The upper shelf board (6b) is different from the curved window section (7a) only in the shape of the transparent window hole formed in the curved surface section (7a) on the front surface of the shelf board body (7). A large number of arcuate slit-like light-transmitting window holes (21) are formed at predetermined intervals along the left-right direction, and the surface emitting sheet (16) exposed through the light-transmitting window holes (21) is formed in the left-right direction. The light is emitted at regular intervals.

  Even if it does in this way, there can exist an effect similar to the said downward shelf (6a). Further, the shelf boards (6a) and (6b) are more easily attracted to the eyes than by making the light emission patterns on the front surfaces of the upper and lower shelf boards (6a) and (6b) different.

  4 to 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the shelf illuminating device (14) includes a polarizing prism (22). is there.

  The polarizing prism (22) is formed in the shape of an isosceles triangular prism by transparent glass or acrylic, and its left and right length is a length that can be fitted into the light transmitting window hole (12) on the upper surface of the shelf board body (7). Similarly, the front-rear dimension of the bottom part is slightly larger than the front-rear opening width of the translucent window hole (12).

  In the second embodiment, in order to assemble the shelf illuminating device (14) to the shelf body (7), first, the polarizing prism (22) is placed in the light transmitting window hole (12) of the shelf body (7). Then, after fitting from below so that the apex portion faces upward, the lower surface of the polarizing prism (22) is placed in contact with the upper surface of the surface emitting sheet (16).

  Next, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 5, the front end portion of the surface emitting sheet (16) is rolled into a downward arc shape and inserted into the back surface of the front curved surface portion (7a) of the shelf body (7). To do.

  Next, the presser tube (17) of the presser member (17) whose vertical dimension is slightly smaller than that of the first embodiment is fitted to the back surface of the curved surface portion (7a) from the obliquely rear lower side and rounded into an arc shape. While pressing the surface emitting sheet (16), the lower surface of the surface emitting sheet (16) behind the curved surface portion (7a) is supported by the upper surface of the horizontal holding piece (17b).

  Next, as in the first embodiment, the fixing piece (17a) at the rear part of the presser member (17) is brought into contact with the lower surface and the front surface of the reinforcing member (9) to form the horizontal part of the fixing piece (17a). The presser member (17) is mounted on the shelf by fitting the screw (19) inserted from below into the plurality of through-holes (18) fitted to the nut (20) welded in advance to the upper surface of the reinforcing member (9). Fix to the lower surface of the plate body (7).

  As a result, the front end portion of the surface emitting sheet (16) is in close contact with the back surface of the curved surface portion (7a) of the shelf main body (7), and the lower end portions of both inclined surfaces of the polarizing prism (22) are transparent window holes. By abutting the front and rear opening edges of (12), it is held upward and prevented, and the lower surface of the polarizing prism (22) is in close contact with the upper surface of the surface emitting sheet (16).

  In this way, when the shelf board (6a) with the shelf board illumination device (14) is attached to the column (3) by the shelf board mounting bracket (10), as shown in FIG. The polarizing prism (22) protrudes from the upper surface of the front end portion of 7), and on the left and right sides of the curved surface portion (7a) on the front surface of the shelf, as in the first embodiment, the front end of the surface emitting sheet (16) The curved surface portion (16a) rounded into an arc shape is exposed.

In this state, when a voltage is applied to the surface emitting sheet (16) to cause the entire surface to emit light, the polarizing prism (22) adhered to the upper surface of the surface emitting sheet (16) has the same color as the incident light from the surface emitting sheet (16). The illumination light diffuses and radiates from the front and back inclined surfaces of the polarizing prism (22) toward the front upper side and the rear upper side (in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 6). Thus, the product (A) on the shelf board (6a) is illuminated with soft light from below.
At the same time, the left and right sides of the front surface of the shelf main body (7) emit light by the curved surface portion (16a) of the surface light emitting sheet (16) exposed in the portion.

  Also in the second embodiment, the polarizing prism (22) and the front surface of the shelf main body (7) emit light beautifully, and the product (A) on the shelf (6a) is viewed from below the polarizing prism (22). Since it is illuminated uniformly, the shelf board (6a) and product effects and display effects are enhanced, and the ability to attract customers can be improved and contribute to sales promotion.

  The shape of the polarizing prism (22) is not limited to that of the above-described embodiment, and as shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, use a trapezoidal cross section, a fan-shaped cross section, or a substantially kamaboko cross section. You can also.

  In addition, the surface light emitting sheet that emits light from the front surface of the shelf boards (6a) and (6b) and the surface light emitting sheet that emits light from the polarizing prism (22) are separated, and the surface light emitting sheets emit light with different emission colors. There is also.

It is a perspective view of a goods display shelf provided with 1st Embodiment of the shelf illuminating device of this invention. Similarly, it is a disassembled perspective view of a shelf board and a shelf lighting apparatus assembled thereto. It is the III-III line enlarged vertical side view of FIG. It is a perspective view of a goods display shelf provided with 2nd Embodiment of the shelf illuminating device of this invention. Similarly, it is a disassembled perspective view of a shelf board and a shelf lighting apparatus assembled thereto. It is the VI-VI line expansion vertical side view of FIG. It is a vertical side view of the same site | part as FIG. 6 of the modification which made the polarizing prism trapezoidal cross section. Similarly, it is a vertical side view of the same portion as FIG. 6 of the modified example having a sector cross section. Similarly, it is a vertical side view of the same portion as FIG. 6 of a modified example having a kamaboko-shaped cross section.

(1) Product display shelf
(2) Horizontal connection rod
(3) Prop
(4) Base shelf
(5) Back plate
(6a) (6b) Shelf
(7) Shelf body
(7a) Curved surface
(7b) Downward bent piece
(8) Side plate
(9) Reinforcing member
(10) Shelf mounting bracket
(10a) Engaging claw
(11) Engagement hole
(12) (13) Translucent window hole
(14) Shelf lighting device
(16) Surface emitting sheet
(17) Presser member
(17a) Fixed piece
(17b) Presser piece
(17c) Downward support piece
(17d) Presser tube
(18) Through hole
(19) Screw
(20) Nut
(21) Translucent window hole
(22) Polarizing prism
(A) Product

Claims (3)

  Translucent window holes are provided in the left and right directions on the upper surface and front surface of the shelf board in the product display shelf, and a surface emitting sheet that emits light by applying voltage to the rear surface of these light transmissive window holes. A shelf illuminating device for a product display shelf, which is provided so as to be exposed on an upper surface and a front surface of an optical window hole.   A flexible surface emitting sheet is provided on the back surface of the shelf board, and the front end portion of the surface emitting sheet is bent downward, so that the upper surface of the shelf board and the upper surface and the front surface of the translucent window hole on the front surface are provided. The shelf lighting device for a product display shelf according to claim 1, wherein the shelf illumination device is exposed.   The lower surface and the rear surface of the surface emitting sheet provided on the back surface of the translucent window hole on the top surface and the front surface of the shelf plate are pressed and held by a pressing member that is detachably attached to the bottom surface of the shelf plate. The shelf board lighting device in the commodity display shelf according to 2.

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