DE19717896C2 - Product display furniture and device for holding one or more sliding lids - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a product presentation furniture, in particular a refrigerated, goods display furniture open to the top, with at least one cooled Merchandise presentation room in which the access opening (s) in the Product presentation rooms by means of one or more, preferably transparent, guided in the direction of the furniture longitudinal axis in dimensionally stable profile rails, ver sliding sliding lid can be closed.

The invention further relates to a retrofittable profile rail for receiving a or several sliding lids.

The term "product presentation furniture" does not only apply to furniture understand that serve for the presentation of goods within the sales rooms, but also those furniture that are only for storage, but not for Serve presentation of goods.

Chilled or uncooled merchandise display furniture, especially open top Merchandise display furniture, with at least one refrigerated merchandise display space in which the access opening into the goods presentation space by means of a or several, preferably more transparent, in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the furniture Slidable sliding cover can be closed, especially for used the presentation of frozen food and ice cream. Such a thing Merchandise display furniture is e.g. B. known from DE 197 00 273 A1.

Because of the possibility of closing the goods presentation room by means of one or more sliding lids should be in the case of a cooled Merchandise display furniture is one compared to an identical one, but not lockable goods presentation furniture significantly lower energy consumption be achieved.  

In order to increase the attractiveness of such goods display furniture and the Customers are increasingly finding it easier to select the goods presented in them transparent sliding cover, e.g. B. made of hard or plexiglass, use. Usually the goods presentation space of at least two, in the closed position Slightly overlapping sliding lid closed. At a appropriate dimensioning of the access opening can of course also three or more sliding lids are used.

The sliding covers are usually in the upper area of the side walls of the furniture arranged guide rails stored. So in the case of two or more shoots cover sliding over or under is possible, each sliding cover has own pair of guide rails, which are on different levels are arranged.

It has been shown that the opening and closing of the sliding cover, in particular for younger and older customers, is often difficult because of the used materials to (jam) jamming and rubbing the sliding cover the guide rails comes. Guide rails made of a slidable plastic, such as B. PE-HD, can so far hardly in a satisfactory dimensionally accurate quality getting produced.

It is often desirable that the length of a piece of product presentation furniture or a retrofittable device for holding one or more sliding lids the guiding characteristics vary. So are usually in the middle of the range Good product presentation furniture or (retrofittable) device Sliding properties desirable, while poorer towards the edges Sliding properties can be useful because they slow down the Sliding cover takes place, so that a too violent impact of the sliding cover on the Edges of the product presentation furniture or the (retrofittable) device can be avoided.

The object of the present invention is to present a product display and a retrofittable device for holding one or more sliding covers to indicate in each case the type mentioned, in which the mentioned Disadvantages are avoided.  

This is achieved according to the invention in the case of the goods presentation furniture by that the rails at least in the areas where the sliding cover with come into contact with or rest on them, made of a different material with different sliding properties than the rails themselves.

As an alternative to this, the product presentation furniture according to the invention can thereby be characterized in that the side edges of the sliding cover, which in the profile rail intervene, are made of a material or a border of a Have material that has different sliding properties than the material which the profile rail is made of.

The profile rail according to the invention for receiving one or more Sliding lid is characterized by the fact that it is made of a dimensionally stable material exists and at least in the areas where the sliding cover with it in Coming into contact or resting on it, made of a different material with others Sliding properties than the profile rail itself exists.

Also in the case of the profile rail according to the invention for receiving one or several sliding covers, it is conceivable that the side edges of the sliding cover, the in the device made of a dimensionally stable material for receiving the Intervene sliding cover, are made of a material or a border have of a material, this material with respect to the material of Device different sliding properties than the material from which the device exists.

The devices for receiving one or more sliding lids are in the Usually made of rigid PVC or aluminum, while those areas in which the sliding lids come into contact with or on the device lying on, made of PE-HD or PE-HD-UHMW.  

Further refinements of the product presentation furniture according to the invention and the profile rail according to the invention for receiving one or more Sliding lids are characterized in that the areas in which the Sliding lid come into contact with the device or rest on it as Pads, preferably as interchangeable pads, are formed.

In addition to these possibly interchangeable conditions, according to a a further embodiment of the invention, lateral guide strips, these can also be designed to be interchangeable.

The mentioned cushions and / or the lateral ones are advantageous Guide rails are co-extruded.

The merchandise display furniture according to the invention, the inventive Profile rail for holding one or more sliding lids and others Embodiments of the same or the same are explained with reference to the figure.

The figure shows in section the profile rail according to the invention, which serves to hold two sliding covers 1 and 1 '. The retrofittable profile rail according to the invention can, as already described in the aforementioned DE 197 00 273 A1, for. B. consist of two interlocking rails 3 and 4 . Here, the outer profile rail 3 can also perform the function of a cover strip.

The inner profile rail 4 , designed as the actual guide rail, serves to hold the upper and lower sliding covers 1 and 1 ', respectively. Those areas 5 and 5 'into which the sliding covers 1 and 1 ' are received are preferably designed such that both curved 1 and 1 'and straight 1 "sliding covers can be used.

According to the invention, the device for receiving the sliding covers 1 and 1 'at least in the areas in which the sliding covers 1 and 1 ' come into contact with or rest on the device - in the case of the figure with the profiled rail 4 another material. According to the invention, this material has different sliding properties with respect to the material of the sliding cover than the material from which the profile rail 4 is made.

This improvement in sliding properties can e.g. B. can be achieved in that 4 co-extruded guide profiles 2 and 2 'are provided from PE-HD at the support points of the sliding cover 1 and 1 ' on the rail. These guide profiles 2 and 2 'are optionally interchangeable and preferably designed so that they can be used for both curved and straight sliding covers.

Furthermore, lateral guide strips 6 and 6 ', which are preferably also designed to be exchangeable, can be provided. Although such lateral guide strips 6 and 6 'lead to an increase in the cost of the manufacturing process of the product display furniture according to the invention or the profile rail according to the invention for accommodating one or more sliding covers, they effectively prevent jamming of the sliding covers.

The invention enables a significant improvement in the sliding properties of the sliding cover 1 and 1 '. As a result, a product presentation piece of furniture in which the invention is implemented becomes more user-friendly since the opening and closing of the sliding covers 1 and 1 'is made easier, in particular for younger and older customers.

As already mentioned, it is often desirable that the sliding properties change over the length of a product presentation piece of furniture or a retrofittable profile rail for accommodating one or more sliding covers. Good sliding properties are usually desired in the middle area of the product presentation furniture or the (retrofittable) profile rail, while poorer sliding properties towards the edges can make sense, since they slow down the sliding cover so that the sliding cover bounces too violently Edges of the product presentation furniture or the (retrofittable) profile rail can be avoided. In order to achieve this, the co-extruded guide profiles 2 and 2 'made of PE-HD shown in the figure would have to be provided to the edges of the product presentation furniture or the (retrofittable) profile rail for receiving one or more sliding covers made of a material which has poor sliding properties has as PE-HD.

The invention is of course not only with a profile rail, as in the figure shown realizable, but with any sliding cover holder or Sliding lid guide profile.

Claims (7)

1. Goods display furniture, in particular cooled, open goods display furniture, with at least one cooled goods display room, in which the access opening (s) in the goods display room (s) can be moved by means of one or more, preferably transparent, guided in the direction of the furniture longitudinal axis in dimensionally stable profile rails Sliding cover can be closed, characterized in that the profile rails ( 4 ), at least in the areas in which the sliding covers ( 1 , 1 ') come into contact with or rest on them, are made of a different material with different sliding properties than the profile rails 4 exist. 2. Goods presentation furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that the areas in which the sliding cover with the profile rail ( 4 ) come into contact or rest on it, as supports ( 2 , 2 '), preferably as interchangeable supports ( 2 , 2 ' ) are trained. 3. Merchandise display furniture, in particular refrigerated merchandise display furniture that is open at the top, with at least one refrigerated merchandise display space in which the access opening (s) in the merchandise display room (s) can be moved by means of one or more, preferably transparent, guided in the direction of the furniture longitudinal axis in dimensionally stable profile rails Sliding cover can be closed, characterized in that the side edges of the sliding cover ( 1 , 1 '), which engage in the profile rail ( 4 ), are made of one material or have an enclosure made of a material that has different sliding properties than the material , from which the profile rail ( 4 ) consists. 4. Goods presentation furniture according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that in the profiled rails ( 4 ) guide strips ( 6 , 6 '), preferably interchangeable guide strips ( 6 , 6 ') are provided, which are opposite the side edges of the sliding cover ( 1 , 1 ') are arranged. 5. Goods presentation furniture according to one of claims 1, 2 or 4, characterized in that the supports ( 2 , 2 ') and / or the side guide strips ( 6 , 6 ') are co-extruded. 6. Profile rail for receiving one or more sliding lids, characterized in that the profile rail ( 4 ) consists of a dimensionally stable material and at least in the areas in which the sliding lid ( 1 , 1 ') come into contact with it or rest on it , made of a different material with different sliding properties than the profile rail ( 4 ) itself. 7. Profile rail for receiving one or more sliding cover according to claim 6, characterized in that the areas in which the sliding cover with the profile rail ( 4 ) come into contact or rest on it, as supports ( 2 , 2 '), preferably as interchangeable pads ( 2 , 2 ') are formed.