Showcase

• US 8,038,312 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2008
• Issued: 10/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Amari, Yoichi, Otsuki, Atsuo, Oketani, Tetsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): MAY, ROBERT J
• Application Number:
  US12/260,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20090116228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 36224902-24903, 362125-126, 362/92, 362/94
• US Class Current: 362/125
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 3/001 Devices for lighting, humidifying, heating, ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/015 Devices for covering joints between adjacent lighting devices; End coverings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/405 for shop-windows or displays
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An object is to provide a showcase capable of effectively illuminating commodities displayed on a shelf in a display chamber, especially commodities in shelf foremost parts. In the showcase in which the shelf for displaying the commodities is disposed in the display chamber constituted in a main body and in which a front-surface opening of the display chamber is openably closed by see-through doors and in which an illumination device is vertically attached to the main body on an inner side from the edge of the opening, the illumination device is constituted of LED elements, and light from the LED elements is emitted toward front parts of the shelf.

Claims

1. A showcase in which a shelf for displaying commodities is disposed in a display chamber constituted in a main body and in which a front-surface opening of the display chamber is openably closed by see-through doors and in which an illumination device is vertically attached to a pillar of the main body on an inner side from an edge of the opening, light from the illumination device being emitted toward front parts of the shelf, wherein the pillar is disposed in the display chamber between the doors and the shelf, wherein the illumination device includes an LED illumination member having LED elements and includes a holding member,

wherein the holding member includes an attachment surface and a reflective plate portion formed by bending an end of the attachment surface, wherein the attachment surface is in close contact with the main body, wherein the holding member holds the LED illumination member and is attached to the main body, and the reflective plate portion is positioned on the door side of the LED illumination member.

2. A showcase in which a shelf for displaying commodities is disposed in a display chamber constituted in a main body and in which a front-surface opening of the display chamber is openably closed by see-through doors and in which an illumination device is vertically attached to a pillar of the main body on an inner side from an edge of the opening, light from the illumination device being emitted toward front parts of the shelf, wherein the pillar is disposed in the display chamber between the doors and the shelf, wherein the illumination device includes an LED illumination member having LED elements and includes a holding member,

wherein the holding member includes an attachment surface and a reflective plate portion formed by bending an end of the attachment surface, wherein the attachment surface is in close contact with the main body, wherein the LED illumination member includes a substrate having the surface to which the LED elements are attached, and a passage for heat release is formed in the holding member so that the passage is positioned on the side of the back surface of the substrate.