DE10151835C1 - Food display counter with tilting front panel has lugs on tilting brackets to limit panel movement - Google Patents

Abstract

The food display counter has a tilting front panel (1) with holding brackets (2) at each side, with a guide notch (6) to receive a guide bolt (7) attached to a counter support upright (5). The guide notch is shaped to allow tilting before engagement with stop pins (4) limits the movement to approximately thirty degrees. Further opening is allows by lifting the front panel.

Description

The invention relates to a counter top with rotatable Windscreen according to the preamble of claim 1.

Such counter tops limit goods areas from counters to Customer side. They essentially consist of supports, which are built on the counter surface and one front, essentially vertical or slightly inclined Glass pane and usually an upper horizontal shelf made of glass (payment plate).

As the glass surfaces are often cleaned on both sides the front glass pane is advantageous foldable or rotatable. Then you can use the easily accessible customer side both glass sides easier getting cleaned.

The pivot bearing is used for the "bistro supports" that are frequently used usually on the front glass surfaces between the Counter supports arranged and with side clamping devices equipped, which is rotatably mounted on the counter supports are.

In this type of counter tops, the axis of rotation of the front pane of glass usually in the middle of the area Glass pane. For children who like to be on the Pocket, the rotatably mounted disc is a great danger.

As soon as they try to stick to the disc above the Supporting the fulcrum gives way and opens. The child may give in due to the sudden yielding of the disc falling down, the pane can be destroyed by falling back become.

Special precautions must be taken here so that the disc cannot be opened by pressing it gently.  

For example, in DE 298 22 700 U1. B. the lower rosettes of the Provide supports with a groove that holds the disc. The The disc can only be turned after it has been lifted out of the groove become.

The disadvantage of this solution is that you usually get out for reasons of appearance, the rosettes are attached to the bottom Supports with a thickness of less than approx. 4 mm. Since she usually become flatter towards the outside and the Glass panes towards the supports with an air gap of approx. 2 mm must be installed, there is only a minimal Holding surface. This is acceptable in DE 298 22 700 U1, because here due to the high arrangement of the fulcrum, hardly any leverage exerted by pressing on the upper part of the glass sheet can be.

For cleaning, however, is a fulcrum which is approximately in the middle area of the disc is more advantageous.

This changes the leverage, so that a about 10 to 15 times the force on the lower sensitive Glass corners with respect to the fulcrum in DE 298 22 700 U1 acts. Also, in a solution according to DE 298 22 700 U1, always appropriate locking devices or handles attached with which the glass pane is first viewed by the customer can be lifted up here. These handles usually interfere the overall optical picture of a glass attachment. They also form Grip additional dirt corners on the pane, which are difficult to clean.

The object of the invention is to produce an inexpensive To create counter top, which mentioned the above Avoids disadvantages in which the front pane for cleaning can be opened easily and which one is reliable Includes locking device for the rotatable front disc.  

According to the invention, a guide track ( 6 ) is provided on a surface of the retaining clip ( 2 ) which is perpendicular to the front window ( 1 ) and in which a guide pin ( 7 ) connected to the counter support ( 5 ) engages, the guide track ( 6 ) being shaped in this way is that the pane cannot be opened or can only be opened by a limited angle up to approx. 30 ° by pressing on a pane surface above the pressure point ( 8 ) resulting from the receiving opening ( 3 ) and the retaining bolt ( 4 ) and only after lifting the Front window ( 1 ) can be opened further.

If the receiving opening ( 3 ) and the guideway ( 6 ) are designed as a contour open to the outside, there are advantages when installing the front screen ( 1 ). The retaining clips ( 2 ) can be attached to the front screen ( 1 ) and the panel can then simply be placed on the retaining bolts ( 4 ) in the area of the slot using the retaining clips ( 2 ).

By designing the guideway ( 6 ) according to claim 3, the retaining clip ( 2 ) with the guideway ( 6 ) can be easily manufactured.

The drawings illustrate a suitable one Embodiment.

Show it:

Fig. 1 side view with the front window closed

Fig. 2 side view with the front window open up to the attachment point

Fig. 3 side view with the front window raised at the attachment point

Fig. 4 side view with the front window open

Fig. 5 retaining clip in all 3 views

Fig. 6 guideway of the retaining clip in detail

In Fig. 1 is a side view of a suitable embodiment of the counter top with the front window closed ( 1 ) is shown. The counter support ( 5 ), which can be made from a profile tube, is provided at the top with a console ( 21 ) which can accommodate a payment plate ( 20 ). The console ( 21 ) is reinforced with a reinforcing strut ( 22 ).

A holding bolt ( 4 ) and a guide bolt ( 7 ) are fastened to the counter support ( 5 ). A retaining clip ( 2 ) is attached to the windscreen ( 1 ) on both sides with the clamping screws ( 9 ). The retaining clips contain a receiving opening ( 3 ) for the retaining bolt ( 4 ) and a guide track ( 6 ) for the guide bolt ( 7 ).

Fig. 2 shows the first step in opening the front window ( 1 ). The front screen ( 1 ) hangs on the retaining bolt ( 4 ) with the receiving opening ( 3 ). About the guide pin ( 7 ) and the guide track ( 6 ), the rotary movement is stopped, so that the z. B. children who rely on it is greatly reduced. However, since a small rotational movement is permitted by the guide track ( 6 ), a gap is created below the lower longitudinal side of the front pane ( 1 ), through which the pane can be raised.

Fig. 3 shows the front window in the raised state. The guide pin ( 7 ) and the guideway ( 6 ) are no longer an obstacle.

As shown in Fig. 4, the front window ( 1 ) can now be rotated further, the guide pin ( 7 ) leaving the guide track ( 6 ). In this position, the disc can also be completely removed completely.

The upper area of the outgoing guideway ( 6 ) is shaped in such a way that when the front window ( 1 ) is closed, the front window ( 1 ) is correctly lifted into the guideway ( 6 ) again via the guide bolt ( 7 ).

Fig. 5 shows the retaining clip ( 2 ) in all three views. It can be clearly seen that the retaining clip essentially consists of a sheet metal blank that has been folded once. The plastic clamping screws hold two fittings with an internal thread attached to them.

Fig. 6 shows again a preferred embodiment of the guideway ( 6 ) in detail.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

windscreen

2

retaining clip

3

receiving opening

4

retaining bolt

5

counter support

6

guideway

7

guide pins

8th

pivot point

9

clamping screw

20

number plate

21

console

22

reinforcing strut

30

first section of the guideway

31

second section of the guideway

32

third section of the guideway

Claims (3)

1. counter top with rotatable front pane ( 1 ), consisting of holding clips ( 2 ) attached to the side of the front pane ( 1 ), each with a surface perpendicular to the front pane ( 1 ), which contains a receiving opening ( 3 ) for a retaining bolt ( 4 ), The retaining bolt ( 4 ) is fastened to a counter support ( 5 ) arranged to the side of the front pane ( 1 ), characterized in that a guide track ( 6 ) is present on the surface of the retaining clip ( 2 ) perpendicular to the front pane ( 1 ) which engages with a guide pin ( 7 ) connected to the counter support ( 5 ), the guide track ( 6 ) being shaped in such a way that the front pane ( 1 ) is pressed by pressing on a pane surface above the area through which the receiving opening ( 3 ) and the retaining pin ( 4 ) resulting pressure point ( 8 ) cannot be opened or can only be opened by a limited angle up to approx. 30 ° and can only be opened further after lifting the front screen ( 1 ) k ann. 2. counter top according to previous claim 1, characterized in that both the receiving opening ( 3 ) and the guide track ( 6 ) represent a contour open to the outside, the retaining bolt ( 4 ) and the guide bolt ( 7 ) from the outside into the corresponding contours can be performed. 3. counter top according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the guide track ( 6 ) consists essentially of at least three sections, the first section ( 30 ) on a circular path, the center of which is aligned with the upper center of the elongated hole of the receiving opening ( 3 ) coincides, the third section ( 32 ) runs on a circular path with a larger diameter than the first section ( 30 ) and the second section ( 31 ) is arranged substantially perpendicular to the circular tangents and the first section ( 30 ) and the third Section ( 32 ) connects.