CN219800217U - Commodity carrying rack - Google Patents

Abstract

A commodity carrying rack facilitates the setting and changing operation of commodity storage passages. The separation plate is clamped and supported on the carrier base through the clamping unit, thereby arranging the commodity storage passages in parallel, and the clamping unit comprises: an engaging claw having a hook-shaped protrusion formed at a distal end portion thereof; and a locking hole which is locked with the inserted locking claw, wherein the locking hole comprises: a first opening portion that allows insertion and removal of the engaging claw; a second opening portion formed continuously with the first opening portion, and restricting displacement of the engaging claw in the up-down, left-right, and front-rear directions by engaging the protruding portion of the engaging claw displaced from the first opening portion with a part of the edge portion and abutting the engaging claw with a part of the edge portion; and a guide edge portion formed between the first opening portion and the second opening portion, the guide edge portion guiding the engagement claw between the first opening portion and the second opening portion in a state of contact with the engagement claw when the engagement claw is relatively displaced.

Description

Commodity carrying rack

Technical Field

The present utility model relates to a commodity carrying rack, and more particularly, to a commodity carrying rack which is used in a vending machine or the like for vending commodities and which accommodates the commodities.

Background

Conventionally, in a vending machine for vending a commodity, it is known that after a commodity stored in a commodity carrying rack of a commodity storage box is sent out to a carrying tray, the commodity is carried by the carrying tray and sent out to a predetermined commodity take-out area. The commodity take-out area is a space that communicates with the outside of the commodity storage via the commodity take-out port, and when the user inserts his/her hand from the commodity take-out port, the purchased commodity can be taken out.

In general, in such a vending machine, a part of the front surface door constituting the front surface is constituted by a transparent panel such as glass, and it is possible to visually confirm and select the articles stored in the article storage shelves of the article storage container from the outside and to observe a state in which the purchased articles sent from the article storage shelves are transported to the article take-out area by the transport tray. In this way, the vending machine capable of visually checking the inside of the commodity storage box has an advantage of improving the purchasing desire of the user.

In such a commodity shelf of the vending machine, a plurality of partition plates are fastened and supported to a shelf base at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction, for example, by fastening members such as screws, so that a plurality of commodity columns are arranged side by side. Each commodity column constituting the commodity carrying rack has a commodity-accommodating passage extending in the front-rear direction, and is provided with a screw.

The spiral is spirally wound along the extending direction of the commodity-accommodating path, that is, in the front-rear direction. When the driving force is transmitted from the motor as the driving source via the transmission mechanism, the screw rotates around the center shaft.

In the commodity column having such a structure, the commodity is held between the pitches of the screw in a normal state, and when the screw rotates, the commodity held between the pitches is gradually carried forward and the forefront commodity is carried out (for example, see patent document 1).

Prior art literature

Patent literature

Patent document 1: japanese patent application laid-open No. 2021-165870

However, in the above-described commodity shelf, in order to arrange a plurality of commodity columns in parallel, a plurality of partition plates are fastened and supported to the shelf base by fastening members such as screws, and therefore, there are the following problems.

That is, when the setting change operation of the commodity-accommodating path such as the change of the left-right dimension of the commodity column is performed, the operator needs to take not only a tool but also to detach the corresponding partition plate after temporarily taking out the commodity-accommodating rack from the vending machine in order to change the supporting portion of the partition plate, and as a result, the setting change operation of the commodity-accommodating path is complicated.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-described circumstances, an object of the present utility model is to provide a commodity shelf that can facilitate a setting change operation of a commodity storage path.

In order to achieve the above object, a commodity carrying rack according to the present utility model is a commodity carrying rack in which a commodity storage path is juxtaposed in an upper region of a carrying rack base by engaging and supporting a partition member with the carrying rack base via an engaging means, the engaging means comprising: a click claw having a hook-shaped protrusion formed at a front end portion thereof; and a locking hole that is locked with the locking claw when the locking claw is inserted, the locking hole including: a first opening portion that allows insertion and removal of the engagement claw; a second opening portion formed continuously with the first opening portion, and restricting displacement of the engagement claw in the up-down, left-right, and front-rear directions by engagement of the protrusion portion of the engagement claw displaced from the first opening portion with a part of an edge portion of the second opening portion and abutment of the engagement claw with a part of the edge portion of the second opening portion; and a guide edge portion formed between the first opening portion and the second opening portion, the guide edge portion guiding the engagement claw between the first opening portion and the second opening portion in a state of contact with the engagement claw when the engagement claw is relatively displaced.

In the commodity carrying rack, the engaging claw of the engaging means is formed at a lower end portion of the partition member, and the engaging hole is formed at the carrying rack base.

In the commodity carrying rack, the carrying rack base may include: a base portion formed with the engagement hole; and a chassis rear wall portion extending upward from a rear end portion of the chassis base, the engagement unit including: a rear-extending engagement piece formed so as to protrude rearward from a rear end portion of the partition member; and a rear wall regulating hole formed in the rear wall portion of the base, the rear wall regulating hole regulating displacement of the rear engagement piece in the right-left direction when the rear engagement piece passes through the rear wall regulating hole from the front.

In the commodity shelf according to the present utility model, the engagement means includes: a lower extending engagement piece formed so as to protrude downward in a rear region of the engagement claw in a lower end portion of the partition member; and a base restricting hole formed in a rear region of the engagement hole in the base portion, the base restricting hole restricting displacement of the lower extending engagement piece in the left-right direction when the lower extending engagement piece passes through the base restricting hole from above.

According to the present utility model, the engaging unit includes: a locking claw having a hook-shaped protrusion formed at a front end portion thereof; and a locking hole that is locked with the locking claw when the locking claw is inserted, the locking hole including: a first opening portion that allows insertion and detachment of the engaging claw; a second opening portion formed continuously with the first opening portion, and restricting displacement of the engagement claw in the up-down, left-right, and front-rear directions by engagement of a projection portion of the engagement claw displaced from the first opening portion with a part of an edge portion of the second opening portion and abutment of the engagement claw with a part of the edge portion of the second opening portion; and a guide edge portion formed between the first opening portion and the second opening portion, the guide edge portion guiding the engagement claw between the first opening portion and the second opening portion in a state of contact with the engagement claw when the engagement claw is relatively displaced, so that the partition member can be detachably supported. This can facilitate the operation of changing the setting of the commodity storage path.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration of a vending machine to which an embodiment of the present utility model is applied.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional side view schematically showing an internal structure of a vending machine to which the commodity carrying frame according to the embodiment of the present utility model is applied.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the commodity shelf according to the embodiment of the present utility model, which is one commodity shelf shown in fig. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a main portion of the commodity carrying frame shown in fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the divider plate shown in fig. 3 and 4.

Fig. 6 is a front view showing the rear wall restricting hole shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing the base limiting hole shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the engagement hole shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 9 (a) to (d) are explanatory views showing steps of mounting the partition plate.

Fig. 10 (a) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the engaging claw is inserted into the engaging hole, and fig. 10 (b) is an enlarged perspective view showing a state in which the engaging claw is inserted into the engaging hole.

Fig. 11 (a) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the engagement claw inserted into the engagement hole is displaced from the first opening portion to the second opening portion, and fig. 11 (b) is an enlarged perspective view showing a state in which the engagement claw inserted into the engagement hole is displaced from the first opening portion to the second opening portion.

Fig. 12 (a) is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the engagement claw is regulated by the second opening portion, and fig. 12 (b) is an enlarged perspective view showing a state in which the engagement claw is regulated by the second opening portion.

(symbol description)

1, a vending machine; 10a main body cabinet; 11 a commodity storage; 13 commodity carrying frames; 30, carrying a rack base; 31 a pedestal base; 32 base side wall portions; 33a base rear wall portion; 34 base plates; 341 a recess; 342 planar portion; 36 rear wall limiting aperture; 37 base limiting holes; 38 a snap hole; 381 first opening portion; 382 a second opening; 383 leading edge portions; 40 dividing plates (dividing members); 41 engagement claws; 41a protrusions; 42 lower extending clamping pieces; 43, extending the clamping piece; 50 commodity storage paths; 55 screw elements.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the commodity shelf according to the present utility model will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 and 2 are front views showing an external appearance of a vending machine to which an embodiment of the present utility model is applied, and fig. 1 is a cross-sectional side view schematically showing an internal structure of the vending machine.

The vending machine 1 illustrated here is installed in, for example, a store or the like, and includes a main body cabinet 10 as a main body of the apparatus.

The main body cabinet 10 is a rectangular parallelepiped frame having an opening (hereinafter, also referred to as a front surface opening) 10a on the front surface, and has a commodity storage 11 inside. The commodity storage 11 is a chamber surrounded by a heat insulating material and having a heat insulating structure, and the commodity shelf 13 is provided with a plurality of layers in the up-down direction. The commodity carrying frames 13 are respectively installed between not-shown carrying frame supporting side plates erected on both sides of the commodity storage 11, and store commodities.

The commodity storage 11 is provided with an evaporator 14a. The evaporator 14a and the compressor 14b, the condenser 14c, and the expansion mechanism 14d disposed in the equipment room 12 partitioned in the lower region of the commodity storage 11 constitute a refrigerant circuit 14 for circulating a refrigerant, and the refrigerant passing through a refrigerant passage, not shown, and the air passing through the commodity storage 11 around the evaporator are heat-exchanged to cool the air.

By driving the in-house blower fan 15, air cooled around the evaporator 14 is sucked into the ventilation path 16b from the suction port 16a of the back duct 16 provided on the back surface of the commodity storage 11, passes through the ventilation path 16b, and is blown out from the respective blow-out ports 16c, whereby the commodity stored in the commodity shelf 13 is cooled.

In the front region of the commodity shelf 13 of the commodity storage container 11, conveyance rails 17a are disposed in pairs on both sides thereof, and conveyance trays 17b are disposed so as to be movable in the up-down direction between the conveyance rails 17a by a conveyance mechanism, not shown. That is, a conveyance path 17 through which the conveyance tray 17b passes is formed between the conveyance rails 17 a. The conveyance path 17 extends to a front region of the equipment room 12, and a commodity-taking-out region 18 is a lowermost position of the front region of the equipment room 12.

The front surface opening 10a of the main body cabinet 10 is opened and closed by a front surface door 20. The front surface door 20 is a door body having a size sufficient to close the front surface opening 10a, and is swingably provided at a left side edge portion on the front side of the main body cabinet 10.

The front door 20 has a heat insulating structure, and includes a window 21, wherein the window 21 is provided with a heat insulating glass plate 21a to allow the inside to be visually checked from the outside, and a rectangular commodity outlet 22 is formed in a lower portion of the window 21.

The commodity outlet 22 is an opening through which a user takes out a commodity transported to the commodity take-out area 18 by the transport tray 17b, and is opened and closed by a commodity take-out door 23.

The front door 20 is provided with a commodity selecting section 24, a coin insertion opening 25, an amount display 26, a bill insertion opening 27, a coin return opening 28, and the like on the right side of the window section 21.

The commodity selecting section 24 has a button keypad, a display, and the like, and is a member for a user to select a commodity. The coin inlet 25 is an opening through which coins are introduced. The money amount display 26 is constituted by an LCD or the like, for example, and displays the amount of money to be paid.

The banknote insertion slot 27 is an opening for inserting banknotes. The coin return opening 28 is an opening for returning the inserted coins, returning change, or the like. In addition, a reader or the like is provided, and when a recording medium storing amount information called electronic money is held in a predetermined communication-capable area, data relating to money is transmitted or received between the reader and the recording medium.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of the commodity shelf 13 shown in fig. 1 and 2, that is, the commodity shelf 13 according to the embodiment of the present utility model. The plurality of commodity carriers 13 shown in fig. 1 and 2 each have the same configuration, and hereinafter, one commodity carrier 13 will be described, and the description of the other commodity carriers 13 will be omitted. The commodity shelf 13 illustrated here is configured to include a shelf base 30 and a partition plate (partition member) 40.

The rack chassis 30 is made of a metal plate or the like, and includes a chassis base 31, a chassis side wall 32, and a chassis rear wall 33.

The pedestal base 31 is a bottom wall portion having a substantially rectangular shape. The base plate 31 has a base plate 34 at an upper portion. In the base plate 34, a plurality of concave portions 341 extending in the front-rear direction are juxtaposed in the left-right direction, and flat portions 342 of the concave portions 341 adjacent to each other are provided between each other.

The base side wall portion 32 is a pair of left and right side wall portions extending upward from both left and right end portions of the base portion 31. The pedestal rear wall portion 33 is a rear wall portion extending upward from a rear end portion of the pedestal base 31. The base rear wall portion 33 connects rear end portions of the base side wall portions 32 to each other.

The partition plate 40 is provided in plural numbers, and is an elongated plate-like member made of a metal plate or the like. These partition plates 40 are engaged with the chassis base 31 and the chassis rear wall 33, and are supported by the carrier chassis 30 so that the longitudinal direction thereof matches the front-rear direction, as will be described in detail later.

As described above, the plurality of partition plates 40 are supported by the carrier base 30, and thereby the commodity storage passages 50 extending in the front-rear direction are defined between the base side wall portions 32 of the partition plates 40 adjacent to each other and between the partition plates 40 adjacent to each other. The base plate 34 forms a bottom surface of each commodity-accommodating passage 50, and in particular, the plurality of recesses 341 of the base plate 34 form bottoms of the commodity-accommodating passages 50, respectively. In the base rear wall portion 33, a circular coupling hole 33a (see fig. 4) is formed in a portion that becomes a rear surface of each commodity-accommodating passage 50.

A screw 55 is provided in the commodity circulation path 50 to form a commodity column. The screw 55 is formed by, for example, helically winding a metal rod in the front-rear direction. The rear end portion of the screw 55 is connected to a not-shown driving unit provided in the base rear wall portion 33 so that a part thereof is exposed forward from the coupling hole 33a via the transmission member 56, and is rotatable integrally with the transmission member 56 about its central axis by driving the motor incorporated in the driving unit.

The screw 55 rotates around the central axis, and thereby, the commodity constrained between the pitches is gradually carried forward, and the commodity constrained between the foremost pitches is carried out.

In the commodity column having the above-described configuration, the user selects a commodity in the commodity column by the commodity selecting section 24, and inputs a desired money or performs a predetermined money process (subtraction process), and the screw 55 is rotated by the rotation of the transmission member 56, whereby the commodity constrained between the pitches of the screw 55 is carried forward and the commodity constrained between the forefront pitches is carried forward. The commodity sent from the commodity column is received by the conveying tray 17b, conveyed by the conveying tray 17b to the commodity-taking-out area 18, and taken out through the commodity-taking-out port 22.

Next, the supporting structure of the partition plate 40 will be described. As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the partition plate 40 is formed with an engaging claw 41, a lower-extending engaging piece 42, and a rear-extending engaging piece 43.

The engagement claw 41 is formed at a front end portion of the lower end portion of the partition plate 40 so as to protrude downward. The engaging claw 41 has a hook-shaped projection 41a formed at a distal end portion thereof so as to project forward.

The lower extending engagement piece 42 is a tongue-shaped portion formed so as to protrude downward in a rear end portion of the lower end portion of the partition plate 40, that is, in a rear region of the engagement claw 41 in the lower end portion of the partition plate 40.

A left side pedestal piece 44L bent to the left and a right side pedestal piece 44R bent to the right are formed between the engaging claw 41 and the lower extending engaging piece 42 at the lower end portion of the partition plate 40.

The rear engagement piece 43 is a tongue-shaped portion formed so as to protrude rearward from a predetermined height position of the rear end portion of the partition plate 40.

On the other hand, a rear wall restricting hole 36, a base restricting hole 37, and an engaging hole 38 are formed in the carrier base 30. As shown in fig. 4, the rear wall restricting hole 36 is formed at a predetermined height position of the base rear wall portion 33 which is the rear side of the planar portion 342. As shown in fig. 6, the rear wall restriction hole 36 is a shaped hole constituted by a first rear wall restriction opening 361, a second rear wall restriction opening 362, and a third rear wall restriction opening 363.

The first rear wall restriction opening 361 is a substantially rectangular opening portion having a longitudinal direction in the up-down direction. The second rear wall restriction opening 362 is a substantially rectangular opening portion having a longitudinal direction in the up-down direction. The second back wall restriction opening 362 is formed on the right side of the first back wall restriction opening 361 in a continuous manner with the upper end portion of the first back wall restriction opening 361. The third rear wall restriction opening 363 is a substantially rectangular opening portion having a longitudinal direction in the up-down direction. The third rear wall restriction opening 363 is formed on the right side of the first rear wall restriction opening 361 in a continuous manner with the lower end portion of the first rear wall restriction opening 361. Further, a third rear wall restriction opening 363 is formed in a lower region of the second rear wall restriction opening 362.

In the rear wall regulating hole 36, the distance D1 between the right edge portion 361a of the first rear wall regulating opening 361 and the left edge portion 362a of the second rear wall regulating opening 362 and the left edge portion 363a of the third rear wall regulating opening 363 is slightly larger than the thickness dimension (left-right dimension) of the rear retaining piece 43, and the distance D2 between the upper edge portion 362b of the second rear wall regulating opening 362 and the lower edge portion 363b of the third rear wall regulating opening 363 is sufficiently larger than the width dimension (up-down dimension) of the rear retaining piece 43.

As shown in fig. 4, the base restriction hole 37 is formed at a rear end portion of the planar portion 342. As shown in fig. 7, the base restricting hole 37 is a shaped hole formed by a first base restricting opening 371 and a second base restricting opening 372.

The first base restricting opening 371 is a substantially rectangular opening portion having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction. The first base restriction opening 371 is formed on the front side of the first rear wall restriction opening 361. The second base regulating opening 372 is a substantially rectangular opening portion having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction, and is formed on the front side of the second rear wall regulating opening 362 and the third rear wall regulating opening 363. The second base restriction opening 372 is formed on the right side of the first base restriction opening 371 in a continuous manner with the rear end portion of the first base restriction opening 371.

In the base regulating hole 37, the separation distance E1 between the right edge portion 371a of the first base regulating opening 371 and the left edge portion 372a of the second base regulating opening 372 is slightly larger than the thickness dimension of the lower extending engagement piece 42, and the separation distance E2 between the front edge portion 371b of the first base regulating opening 371 and the left edge portion 372b of the second base regulating opening 372 is sufficiently larger than the width dimension (front-rear dimension) of the lower extending engagement piece 42.

As shown in fig. 4, the engagement hole 38 is formed in a front end portion of the planar portion 342. The separation distance between the engaging hole 38 and the base restricting hole 37 is substantially equal to the separation distance between the engaging claw 41 and the lower extending engaging piece 42. As shown in fig. 8, the engagement hole 38 is a shaped hole formed by a first opening 381, a second opening 382, and a guide edge 383.

The first opening 381 is a substantially rectangular opening portion having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction shown by a virtual two-dot chain line in fig. 8. The front-rear dimension F1 of the first opening 381 is sufficiently larger than the maximum front-rear dimension of the engagement claw 41 (the front-rear dimension of the front end portion of the engagement claw 41), and the left-right dimension F2 is sufficiently larger than the thickness dimension (left-right dimension) of the engagement claw 41.

The second opening 382 is a shaped opening shown by a virtual two-dot chain line in fig. 8, and is composed of a rear opening 3821 and a front opening 3822. The rear side opening 3821 is formed on the left side of the first opening 381 so as to be continuous with the front end portion of the first opening 381. The front opening 3822 is formed on the left side of the rear opening 3821 so as to be continuous with the front end portion of the rear opening 3821. The front opening 3822 protrudes forward from the rear opening 3821.

In the second opening 382, a distance F3 between the rear edge portion 3821a of the rear opening 3821 and the front edge portion 3822a of the front opening 3822 is slightly larger than the front-rear dimension of the engagement claw 41 excluding the front end portion and smaller than the front-rear dimension of the front end portion of the engagement claw 41. The separation distance F4 between the left edge 3821b of the rear opening 3821 and the right edge 3822b of the front opening 3822 is slightly larger than the thickness dimension (left-right dimension) of the engagement claw 41.

The guide edge 383 is formed partially from the front end portion of the left edge 381a of the first opening 381 toward the middle of the right edge 3822b of the front side opening 3822 of the second opening 382. More specifically, the guide edge 383 is formed between the first opening 381 and the second opening 382, and is formed so as to gradually incline to the left as going forward.

The partition plate 40 is supported by the carrier base 30 as follows.

As shown in fig. 9 (a), the partition plate 40 is set in an inclined posture with the front side thereof being upward, and as shown in fig. 9 (b), after the rear extension engagement piece 43 is inserted into the rear wall restriction hole 36 from the front, the front side of the partition plate 40 is gradually moved downward and the lower extension engagement piece 42 is inserted into the base restriction hole 37 from the upper side.

As described above, the distance D1 separating the rear wall regulating hole 36 is slightly larger than the thickness dimension of the rear extending engagement piece 43, and the distance D2 separating the rear extending engagement piece 43 is sufficiently larger than the width dimension of the rear extending engagement piece 43, so that the rear extending engagement piece 43 is regulated from being displaced in the left-right direction by being disposed between the right side edge portion 361a of the first rear wall regulating opening 361 and the left side edge portion 362a of the second rear wall regulating opening 362 and the left side edge portion 363a of the third rear wall regulating opening 363.

Further, as described above, the separation distance E1 of the base restricting hole 37 is slightly larger than the thickness dimension of the lower extending engagement piece 42, and the separation distance E2 is sufficiently larger than the width dimension of the lower extending engagement piece 42, so that the lower extending engagement piece 42 is restricted from being displaced in the left-right direction by being disposed between the right side edge portion 371a of the first base restricting opening 371 and the left side edge portion 372a of the second base restricting opening 372.

Then, by gradually moving the front side of the partition plate 40 downward, the left side pedestal piece 44L and the right side pedestal piece 44R are placed on the upper surface of the flat surface portion 342, and as shown in fig. 9 (c) and fig. 10 (a) and fig. 10 (b), the engagement claw 41 is inserted from above into the first opening 381 of the engagement hole 38 whose front-rear dimension F1 is sufficiently larger than the front-rear dimension of the front end portion of the engagement claw 41 and whose left-right dimension F2 is sufficiently larger than the thickness dimension of the engagement claw 41.

In this way, when the engaging claw 41 is inserted into the first opening 381 of the engaging hole 38 from above, as shown in fig. 9 (d), the partition plate 40 is moved forward with respect to the carriage base 30. As a result, as shown in fig. 11 (a) and 11 (b), the engagement claw 41 is displaced from the first opening 381 toward the second opening 382 while being inclined to the left while being in contact with the guide edge 383. At this time, the partition plate 40 is slightly deflected to the left as a whole.

Then, after the engaging claw 41 is brought into contact with the front side edge portion 3822a of the front side opening 3822 in the second opening 382 in a state where the protruding portion 41a is disposed in the lower region of the front side edge portion 3822a, the partition plate 40 is pressed so that the engaging claw 41 is displaced to the left, whereby the engaging claw 41 is brought into contact with the left side edge portion 3821b of the rear side opening 3821 of the second opening 382 and with the front side edge portion 3822a and the right side edge portion 3822b of the front side opening 3822 as shown in fig. 12 (a) and 12 (b).

As described above, the separation distance F3 of the second opening 382 is slightly larger than the front-rear dimension of the engaging claw 41 except for the front end portion and is slightly smaller than the front-rear dimension of the engaging claw 41, and the separation distance F4 is slightly larger than the thickness dimension of the engaging claw 41, so that the engaging claw 41 is abutted against the left side edge portion 3821b of the rear side opening 3821 and the front side edge portion 3822a and the right side edge portion 3822b of the front side opening 3822 in a state in which the protrusion 41a is engaged with the front side edge portion 3822 of the front side opening 3822 of the second opening 382, and the engaging claw 41 is restricted from being displaced in the up-down-left-right and front-rear direction. In this way, the partition plate 40 is supported by the carrier base 30.

On the other hand, when the partition plate 40 is detached from the carrier base 30, the procedure may be performed in reverse to that shown in fig. 9. That is, by moving the partition plate 40 relatively to the rear side with respect to the carrier base 30, the partition plate 40 is deflected and the engaging claw 41 is moved from the second opening 382 of the engaging hole 38 to the first opening 381, and then the front side of the partition plate 40 is rotated upward to assume the inclined posture, whereby the engaging claw 41 is disengaged from the engaging hole 38 and the lower extending engaging piece 42 is disengaged from the base restricting hole 37. Then, the partition plate 40 in the inclined posture is moved forward, whereby the rear-extending engagement piece 43 is disengaged from the rear-wall restricting hole 36, and the partition plate 40 is detached from the carriage base 30.

As described above, the engaging claw 41, the lower-extending engaging piece 42, and the rear-extending engaging piece 43 formed in the partition plate 40, and the rear wall restricting hole 36, the base restricting hole 37, and the engaging hole 38 formed in the carrier base 30 constitute the engaging unit of the present utility model.

Further, according to the commodity shelf 13 of the embodiment of the present utility model, the rear wall regulating hole 36 allows the rear extending engagement piece 43 to be inserted and removed in a state in which the displacement in the left-right direction is regulated, the base regulating hole 37 allows the lower extending engagement piece 42 to be inserted and removed in a state in which the displacement in the left-right direction is regulated, and the engaging hole 38 has: a first opening 381 for allowing insertion and removal of the engagement claw 41 having the protrusion 41a at the front end portion; and a second opening 382 for restricting the displacement of the engaging claw 41 in the up-down, left-right and front-rear directions, wherein when the engaging claw 41 is displaced relatively, the guide edge 383 guides the engaging claw 41 between the first opening 381 and the second opening 382 in a state of being in contact with the engaging claw 41, so that the partition plate 40 can be supported in a detachable manner. As a result, by removing the partition plate 40 while the commodity carrying frame 13 is being held in the commodity storage container 11, the setting and changing operation of the commodity carrying passage 50, such as changing the left-right dimension of the commodity carrying passage 50, can be performed, and the setting and changing operation of the commodity carrying passage 50 can be facilitated without removing the commodity carrying frame as in the prior art.

While the preferred embodiment and the modification of the present utility model have been described above, the present utility model is not limited to this, and various modifications are possible.

In the above embodiment, the rear-extending engaging piece 43 is inserted into the rear-wall restricting hole 36 so as to be able to be inserted into and removed from the base restricting hole 37, and the lower-extending engaging piece 42 is inserted into and removed from the base restricting hole 37, but in the present utility model, the rear-wall restricting hole 36, the rear-extending engaging piece 43, the base restricting hole 37, and the lower-extending engaging piece 42 may not be provided. That is, the rear wall regulating hole 36, the rear engaging piece 43, the base regulating hole 37, and the lower engaging piece 42 may not constitute an engaging unit, and only the tongue-shaped portion formed in the partition member may be inserted into a slit formed in the base of the carrier so as to be able to be inserted and removed, or a plurality of engaging claws and engaging holes may be provided along the front and rear sides.

In the above embodiment, the engaging claw 41, the lower-extending engaging piece 42, and the rear-extending engaging piece 43 formed in the partition plate 40, and the rear wall restricting hole 36, the base restricting hole 37, and the engaging hole 38 formed in the carrier base 30 constitute the engaging unit, but the engaging unit need not be directly formed in the carrier base and the partition member, but may be interposed between these. That is, the engaging hole or the like constituting the engaging means may be formed in another member supported by the base of the carrier, and the engaging claw or the like constituting the engaging means may be formed in another member for supporting the partition member.

Claims (4)

1. A commodity carrying rack in which a partition member is engaged with and supported by a carrying rack base via an engaging means, and commodity storage passages are arranged in parallel in an upper region of the carrying rack base,

the engagement unit includes:

a click claw having a hook-shaped protrusion formed at a front end portion thereof; and

a locking hole which is locked with the locking claw when the locking claw is inserted,

the engagement hole includes:

a first opening portion that allows insertion and removal of the engagement claw;

a second opening portion formed continuously with the first opening portion, wherein the protrusion portion of the engagement claw displaced from the first opening portion engages with a part of the edge portion of the second opening portion and the engagement claw abuts against a part of the edge portion of the second opening portion, thereby restricting displacement of the engagement claw in the up-down, left-right, and front-rear directions; and

and a guide edge portion formed between the first opening portion and the second opening portion, the guide edge portion guiding the engagement claw between the first opening portion and the second opening portion in a state of contact with the engagement claw when the engagement claw is relatively displaced.

2. The article carrier according to claim 1, wherein,

the engaging claw of the engaging unit is formed at the lower end portion of the partition member, and the engaging hole is formed at the carrier base.

3. The article carrier according to claim 2, wherein,

the carrier base has: a base portion formed with the engagement hole; and a pedestal rear wall portion extending upward from a rear end portion of the pedestal base portion,

the engagement unit includes:

a rear-extending engagement piece formed so as to protrude rearward from a rear end portion of the partition member; and

and a rear wall regulating hole formed in the rear wall of the base, the rear wall regulating hole regulating displacement of the rear engagement piece in the right-left direction when the rear engagement piece passes through the rear wall regulating hole from the front.

4. The article carrier according to claim 3, wherein,

the engagement unit includes:

a lower extending engagement piece formed so as to protrude downward in a rear region of the engagement claw in a lower end portion of the partition member; and

and a base restricting hole formed in a rear region of the engagement hole in the base portion of the base, the base restricting hole restricting displacement of the lower extending engagement piece in the left-right direction when the lower extending engagement piece passes through the base restricting hole from above.