JPH0649249Y2 - Showcase display device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a display device for a showcase intended for a refrigerated open showcase or the like installed and used in a store such as a supermarket.

[Conventional technology]

The refrigerated open showcase mentioned above is equipped with a mirror that displays the displayed products in order to enhance the display effect of the products displayed in the refrigerator. Next, FIG. 9 shows the configuration of a conventional refrigerated open showcase with a mirror. In the figure, 1 is a cabinet of a showcase, 2 is a product display shelf installed in the cabinet, 3 is an interior lighting lamp, 4 is a product displayed on the shelf 2, and 5 is an upper rear corner of the cabinet. It is a mirror as a reflecting mirror.

With such a configuration, the products 4 lined up on the display shelf 2 of the showcase are displayed on the mirror 5, and an exhibition effect such as giving a volume feeling to the customers viewing from the aisle side of the store can be produced.

On the other hand, on the store side, as a sales promotion measure for products, a panel displaying information contents such as advertisements on sales products and advertisements unique to the store is hung in the front of the showcase or in the warehouse, and these advertisement media are provided to customers. It is often practiced to take display measures to appeal.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

By the way, as described above, in the display method in which a panel for advertising or publicity is hung in the showcase, the appearance is unpleasant, and the panel makes it difficult to see the displayed products. If the front of the mirror installed in the interior is covered with a panel, there is a problem that the display effect of the product by the mirror is impaired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the purpose thereof is to allow a mirror installed in a showcase to have a function as an original reflection mirror, while seeing through the same mirror for advertisements and advertisements. It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device for a showcase, which has a high staging effect and can display and display information contents.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the display device of the present invention uses a half mirror as a mirror installed in a storehouse of a showcase, an information display panel behind the half mirror, and a lighting lamp which is appropriately controlled to blink. Shall be deployed and configured.

In the display device described above, the information display panel is not a series of a plurality of frames whose information display contents are changed for each frame, and the information display panel is appropriately switched through a frame feed mechanism. You can also

[Action]

In the above configuration, the half mirror is also known as a magic mirror, and it functions as a normal reflection mirror in the condition where the front of the mirror is bright and the back is dark, whereas the half mirror is a reflection mirror when the back of the mirror is bright. It loses its function and has the property that it can be seen through like transparent glass.

Here, when the illuminating lamp provided behind the half mirror is turned off, the half mirror displays an image of the display product in the warehouse lined up in front of it as a normal reflection mirror. On the other hand, when the illuminating lamp is turned on, the half mirror becomes translucent and functions so that the display contents of the information display panel provided behind the mirror can be seen through from the front.

Therefore, by controlling the illumination lamps placed behind the half mirrors to blink periodically at appropriate time intervals by a command from the controller, the displayed products in the warehouse are displayed on the same mirror at a certain time, At other times, it is possible to display the display contents such as advertisements and advertisements of products drawn on the information display panel.

Further, the above information display panel is a film-like panel consisting of continuous frames in which information display contents are changed for each frame, and the film-like panel is continuously and selectively switched through a frame feeding mechanism. On the same mirror, the display contents of information are switched from moment to moment. Therefore, a higher display effect can be obtained.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First of all
In the illustrated embodiment, the cabinet 1 has a ninth
At the position of the mirror 5 shown in the figure, a half mirror 6 is installed in place of a normal reflection mirror, and an information display panel 7 and an illumination lamp 8 are provided behind the half mirror 6. Here, the display panel 7 is a transparent panel on which characters, pictures, etc. of an advertisement regarding a product are displayed, and an illumination lamp 8 is located behind the display panel 7. 9
Is a controller that has a built-in timer or the like and controls the blinking so that the illumination lamp 8 is turned on and off at an appropriate time cycle.

When the illumination lamp 8 is turned off with such a configuration, the back side of the half mirror 6 becomes dark, whereas the front side is illuminated by the inside illumination lamp 3 brightly. Therefore, the half mirror 6 functions as a reflection mirror, and as shown in FIG. 2, the half mirror 6 displays the image 4a of the display goods 4 arranged in front of it. on the other hand,
When the illuminating lamp 8 is switched to lighting, the back side of the half mirror 6 becomes brighter, so that it becomes translucent. This allows
When the illumination lamp 8 is turned off, the display content of the information display panel 7 which is hidden behind the half mirror 6 and cannot be seen is projected forward through the half mirror 6 as indicated by reference numeral 7a in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 described above, the information display panel 7 is a translucent panel and the illumination lamp 8 is provided behind it. The information display panel 7 is a non-translucent panel, and its display surface is arranged rearward with the display surface facing forward, and the illumination lamp 8 is installed between the half mirror 6 and the panel 7. Also in this embodiment, the first
By turning on the illumination lamp 8 as in the figure, the display content of the information display panel 7 is projected forward through the half mirror 6.

Further, FIG. 5 is an application example of FIG. 1, and as the information display panel 7 shown in FIG. 1, for example, a transparent acrylic resin plate 70 is engraved and displayed with the characters and designs shown by reference numeral 7a. It is a thing. Here, by making the engraving groove a V-shaped cross section as shown in the drawing, when the light of the illumination lamp 8 is applied from the back of the panel, light and darkness is generated on the panel surface due to the refraction of the light in the engraving groove portion, so that letters and patterns are generated. The display 7a of becomes visible. Alternatively, a fluorescent resin plate, stained glass or the like may be adopted for the information display panel.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the light of the illumination lamp 8 is emitted from the panel 70 to the information display panel 70 in which the display 7a such as characters is engraved on the transparent acrylic plate as described in FIG. It is designed to be applied from the side. This is known as the so-called edge light method, and when a light ray incident from the side end surface of the panel hits the engraved portion of the V groove in the process of passing through the inside of the panel, the light ray is refracted and turned to the front and emitted. As a result, only letters and patterns will appear brightly on the panel surface.

Furthermore, another embodiment is shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the information display panel 7 shown in the embodiment of FIG.
A long film-like panel 71 consisting of continuous frames showing the display contents such as different characters and pictures for each frame is adopted, and this film-like panel 71 is used to continuously or selectively change film frames by the frame-feed mechanism described below. It is designed to be switched. That is, the both ends of the film-like panel 71 are
The roller 10 is wound around 10, 11 and wound around the back of the half mirror 6, and a reversible motor 12 is connected to the roller 10. Incidentally, the rollers 10 and 11 are interlockingly coupled via a belt or the like, or the roller 11 is urged by a string spring to follow the roller 10, and the frame feed mechanism 13 is configured by these. There is. Further, a sensor 14 for identifying each frame is provided on the traveling path of the film-shaped panel 71,
The frame identification signal detected by the sensor 14 is given to the controller 9 to control the frame advance.

With such a configuration, the basic operation of the display device is the same as that described in FIG. 1, and in response to a command from the controller 9, the illumination lamp 8 arranged behind the half mirror 6 is turned on at an appropriate time interval. Flashing is controlled so that it goes out.
Further, the film-shaped panel 71 is frame-fed by rotating the motor 12 of the frame feeding mechanism in the forward or reverse direction in association with the blinking control of the illumination lamp 8. In addition, in this operation process, the half mirror 6
The frame information of the film-like panel 71 moving behind is detected by the sensor 14 and its identification signal is input to the controller 9. Based on this signal, the motor 12 is operated and stopped to perform frame feed control. . Where the controller 9
By setting the frame advance control program appropriately, it is possible to switch the frame advance continuously in the frame arrangement order, or to change the order to selectively pull out the specified frames. is there. As a result, during the lighting period of the illumination lamp 8, the display contents of various patterns such as advertisements and advertisements can be switched and displayed on the surface of the half mirror 6 every moment.

FIG. 8 shows an application example of FIG. 7, which is different from FIG. 7 in that the film-like panel 71 is made endless and is stretched around the rollers 10, 11, and 15. According to this method, the film-shaped panel 71 does not need to be reversibly frame-fed, and the control becomes simple.

[Effect of device]

Since the display device of the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

(1) The same half is provided by arranging a product advertisement, letters for advertisement, information display panel showing a picture, and an illuminating lamp behind the half mirror, and controlling the illuminating lamp to be turned on and off at appropriate timing. It is possible to display the goods displayed in the warehouse on the mirror and the contents displayed on the information display panel. By using the half mirror to selectively use the reflection and translucency functions in this way, a display effect effective as a sales promotion measure for the goods can be obtained. It can be directed.

(2) Further, the information display panel is not formed by continuously connecting a plurality of frames whose information display contents are changed for each frame, and the information display panels are appropriately switched through the frame feed mechanism. The information display content can be switched from moment to moment, and the display effect can be further enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are different display state diagrams of a half mirror, FIG. 4 and FIG.
FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are configuration diagrams of different embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a configuration sectional view of the interior of a conventional showcase. In the figure, 1: Showcase cabinet, 2: Product display shelf, 3: Interior lighting, 4: Product, 4a: Product image, 6: Half mirror, 7,7
0,71: Information display panel, 7a: Information display, 8: Illumination lamp, 9: Controller, 13: Frame advance mechanism.

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Katsuhisa Suzuki 1-1 Tanabe Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Innovator Nobuo Nakayama 1-1 Tanabe Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A showcase equipped with a mirror for displaying displayed products in a warehouse, wherein the mirror is a half mirror, and an information display panel and an illuminating lamp appropriately controlled to blink are provided behind the half mirror. A display device for a showcase that is characterized by 2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display panel is formed by continuously connecting a plurality of frames whose information display contents are changed for each frame, and the information display panel is provided with a frame feed mechanism. A display device for a showcase, characterized in that it is configured to be switched through.