Patent ID: 8070309

Claim:
A showcase in which the inside of a display chamber formed in a main body thereof is illuminated with an illumination apparatus, the illumination apparatus including: a plurality of LED illumination components equipped with LED elements; a holding member attached to the main body to hold the LED illumination components; a wiring connector provided between the LED illumination components; and a reflecting plate covering the connector, wherein the display chamber has a front opening, and cold air is discharged from a cold air outlet provided at the upper edge of the front opening and sucked in from a cold air inlet provided at the lower edge of the opening such that a cold air curtain is formed at the front opening of the display chamber; and the illumination apparatus is attached to a ceiling of the display chamber in the rear of the cold air outlet, and light from the LED elements is radiated backwardly downward and toward the surface of the ceiling.