Strip light used in showcase
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lighting solutions for vertical cabinets and showcase cabinets often result in inadequate illumination of lower areas due to the placement of lights at the top, leading to resource wastage and uneven lighting, especially when multiple compartments are involved.
Innovation Solution
A strip light design featuring a holder with a circuit board and multiple light sources, utilizing optical components such as light splitting and stretching members with total reflection surfaces to distribute light evenly across the illumination surface, eliminating dark areas and achieving uniform illumination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If lighting lamps are provided in each compartment, then each compartment has light illumination, but multiple layers of lighting lamps cause waste of resources
Solution Approach 1:
Each lighting module is designed with multi-functionality to serve multiple purposes. The lighting modules not only provide illumination but also incorporate optical components that can be adjusted to illuminate different zones. This universal design allows a single module to potentially serve multiple compartments under different operational configurations, reducing the total number of lighting components needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs adjustable optical parameters including the orientation and position of lighting modules, as well as the beam angle and intensity distribution of light sources. By dynamically adjusting these parameters, the system can optimize illumination coverage to match actual usage patterns, ensuring energy is not wasted illuminating empty or unnecessary areas while maintaining adequate lighting where needed.
2Illumination intensity
If strip lights are used to illuminate both sides of the mullion, then double-sided light output is achieved, but two rows of light sources are needed increasing manufacturing cost and structural complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the illumination function for both sides of the mullion into a single integrated lighting module rather than using separate modules for each side. The first and second lighting modules are designed to work together as a coordinated system, with optical components that direct light to adjacent compartments efficiently, reducing the overall complexity compared to independent dual-sided lighting systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces optical components as intermediaries between the light sources and the compartments. These optical components include reflectors, diffusers, and directional lenses that efficiently distribute light from each lighting module to its intended target areas. This intermediary system enables precise light control and reduces the need for additional light sources, simplifying the overall structure while achieving effective double-sided illumination.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The strip light design enhances illumination range and uniformity by splitting light in the width direction and stretching it in the length direction, ensuring no dark areas on the illumination surface, thus optimizing light usage and reducing manufacturing costs.
Implementation Method 1
the first light splitting surface directs light of the light source at the optical axis and its vicinity outward along the width direction of the strip light holder and projects the light to the distal end of the illumination surface
Implementation Method 2
light stretching member, provided with at least one group, at least one of which is provided in each group, each group being located between two adjacent groups of first light splitting members, and used for diffusing the light of the light source along the length direction of the strip light holder and projecting it onto the illumination surface directly in front of the first light splitting member of the adjacent group
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AI summary
The invention discloses a strip light used in showcase, comprising strip light holder; circuit board; at least three light sources; at least three optical components; the optical components comprising first light splitting member, including two first light splitting surfaces distributed on two sides of the optical axis of the light source; the first light splitting surface directs light of the light source at the optical axis and its vicinity outward along the width direction of the strip light holder and projects the light to the distal end of the illumination surface; light stretching member, being located between two adjacent groups of first light splitting members, and used for diffusing the light of the light source along the length direction of the strip light holder and projecting it onto the illumination surface directly in front of the first light splitting member of the adjacent group.