EP0620996B1 - Comptoir/présentoir de coin - Google Patents

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EP0620996B1
EP0620996B1 EP19940200622 EP94200622A EP0620996B1 EP 0620996 B1 EP0620996 B1 EP 0620996B1 EP 19940200622 EP19940200622 EP 19940200622 EP 94200622 A EP94200622 A EP 94200622A EP 0620996 B1 EP0620996 B1 EP 0620996B1
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Carlo Alberto Marsiletti
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/005—Show cases or show cabinets with glass panels
    • A47F3/007—Cases or cabinets of the counter type
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0439—Cases or cabinets of the open type
    • A47F3/0443—Cases or cabinets of the open type with forced air circulation
    • A47F3/0456—Cases or cabinets of the counter type
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
    • E05F1/00—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass
    • E05F1/08—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings
    • E05F1/10—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance
    • E05F1/1091—Closers or openers for wings, not otherwise provided for in this subclass spring-actuated, e.g. for horizontally sliding wings for swinging wings, e.g. counterbalance with a gas spring
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/005—Show cases or show cabinets with glass panels
    • A47F3/007—Cases or cabinets of the counter type
    • A47F2003/008—Cases or cabinets of the counter type with pivoting front glass panel
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2201/00—Constructional elements; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/40—Motors; Magnets; Springs; Weights; Accessories therefor
    • E05Y2201/404—Function thereof
    • E05Y2201/416—Function thereof for counterbalancing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
    • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
    • E05Y2900/20—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets
    • E05Y2900/204—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for furniture, e.g. cabinets for display counters, e.g. for refrigerated counters

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  • This invention relates to a corner display counter, in particular a refrigerated display window counter according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such counters are usually fabricated in the form of modular assembly elements adapted to be laid side-by-side with other modular elements into a desired layout, or to be fitted with respective lateral sides and used separately, as desired.
  • the term "corner display counter” as used herein encompasses both corner modular elements as used to assemble composite construction counters and the same elements as fitted with lateral sides and used separately.
  • Composite construction display counters may include straight modules and corner modules, with the latter being either of the so-called open corner or closed corner type, these definitions being applicable to corner modules of a counter having a concave, respectively convex, front on their customer side.
  • corner counters usually have, on their customer side, a display window with several glass panes, some of which are openable and some fixedly mounted.
  • the need for plural glass panes, some of which are mounted not to be openable, is dictated by the current design of the hinges whereby the glass panes are attached, where possible, for swinging movement to respective ones of the counter uprights.
  • the constructions of the counter and the hinges are such that the hinge axis about which each glass pane can be swung will lie substantially perpendicularly to the corresponding upright.
  • Prior art display counters are usually provided, to facilitate swinging the glass panes to an open position of the display window, with elastic means such as gas springs which bias the display window to the open position by partly counterbalancing the weight of the glass panes.
  • gas springs have longitudinally opposite ends provided with respective eyes whereby they are pivoted to the uprights with one end and to the glass pane with the other, e.g. at the location of the second hinge member.
  • the pivot axes of both ends are perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the corresponding uprights. For reasons that will appear obvious, such pivot axes extend parallel to each other and to the hinge axis. Unless a separate pair of uprights are provided for each glass pane, therefore, it is impossible for display windows extending at a mutual angle to be both openable, even if they do not utilize the same hinge axis.
  • the technical problem which underlies this invention is to provide a corner display counter which is suitable for use in both open (270°) angle applications and closed (90°) angle ones, while allowing for hinge mounting on one upright two display windows set at an angle from each other even where suitable elastic means are provided for facilitated window opening.
  • a counter as outlined above being characterised in that a follower is pivoted to the corresponding upright about a pivot axis which is not parallel to said hinge axis, said follower being provided between the elastic means and the display window and said follower being in articulated relationship with said elastic means and in sliding relationship with either rubbing or rolling contact with said display window.
  • the elastic means especially when consisting of a gas spring, may be accommodated within the upright, pivoted transversely thereto, although the reaction point of the gas spring on the second hinge member is liable to be shifted along a predetermined path during the display window opening and closing, respectively.
  • FIG. 1a and 1b in the drawings Shown at 1a and 1b in the drawings are two modular corner elements of a refrigerated display counter, being respectively a closed angle and an open angle construction. Such elements may be used to assemble a composite display counter using a technology known per se.
  • the two modular elements being each referred to hereinafter as the corner display counter in the same sense as specified above, are identical with each other in general concept. It should be understood, therefore, that they are made up of similar parts except where otherwise specified.
  • Each counter 1a, 1b comprises an insulated load-bearing structure 2 having respectively a display deck 3, a customer side 4 and a shopkeeper side 5.
  • Standing up from the side 5 of the load-bearing structure 2 are two uprights 6a ( Figure 2) and 6b ( Figure 1) which will be convergent on counter 1a and divergent on counter 1b in a direction away from the side 5.
  • Each of said uprights comprises two plate-like members 7 set parallel apart which are connected rigidly together by spacers, not shown, and fixedly attached with one end to the load-bearing structure 2 of their respective counter 1a,b.
  • each pair of uprights 6a, respectively 6b Carried at the opposite end of each pair of uprights 6a, respectively 6b, are a lighting device 8 for the display deck 3 and a display window 9 having a single arcuate glass pane.
  • a lighting device 8 for the display deck 3 Carried at the opposite end of each pair of uprights 6a, respectively 6b, are a lighting device 8 for the display deck 3 and a display window 9 having a single arcuate glass pane.
  • the side 4 of the load-bearing structure and the corresponding free edge of the glass pane forming the display window 9 are straight opposite to the side 5 of the load-bearing structure which has an angled configuration.
  • each display window 9 is articulated to its corresponding upright 6a,b by means of a respective hinge, denoted by 10a for counter 1a and 10b for counter 1b.
  • Both hinges 10a,b have first and second hinge members 11a, 11b and 12a, 12b, respectively, which are articulated to each other through a respective hinge pin 13a, 13b having an axis Xa, respectively Xb.
  • the first hinge member 11a includes a wedge-shaped body 14 having two opposite faces 15, 16 which are tapered to converge toward the display window 9.
  • the wedge-shaped body 14 of the hinge 10b is identical in concept but tapered in the opposite direction.
  • the body 14 is secured, as by means of screws 17, on one of the plate-like members 7 of its corresponding upright, with the face 15 close against it. That face 15 is formed with a step 18 for a purpose to be explained.
  • the hinge pin 13a is fitted in respective holes, along an axis Xa, which are formed in the free end of the arm 19 and in the wedge-shaped body 14.
  • the axis Xa of such holes, and of the hinge pin 13a lies perpendicular to the face 16 of the wedge-shaped body, and hence, at an angle from perpendicular to the surface of the plate-like members 7 of the corresponding upright 6a.
  • the second hinge member 12a (12b) includes a clamp 20 having jaws 20a, 20b which can be clamped down by means of screws 21 onto the glass pane of the display window 9.
  • the jaw 20a facing the corresponding upright 6a is formed with two L-shaped parallel grooves 22a, 22b.
  • One of the two grooves receives either of two L-shaped lugs 23a, 23b of a bracket 24.
  • the unused lug in this mount would be removed by a machining operation such as milling.
  • the bracket 24 With the aforesaid two lugs, one of which can be removed, and the jaw 20a with both grooves 22a, 22b, one of which is adapted to engage the lug 23a, 23b of choice, the advantage is secured that the configuration of the blanks from which said components of the hinge will be formed can be standardized for both open angle and closed angle counter applications. In fact, these two configurations of the counter involve different relative positioning of the bracket 24 and the clamp 20.
  • jaw 20a is formed, for example, by cutting from an extruded section bar, that same section bar, when cut to a different configuration, can provide both jaw types.
  • the bracket 24 is through-penetrated by a hole 25 in which the hinge pin 13a is engaged, and by a further hole 26 through which a screw (not shown) is passed to engage a threaded hole 27 in the jaw 20a, thereby securing the jaw and bracket together.
  • a plunger spring 30, of the kind commonly known as gas spring, or the like elastic means, is received between the plate-like members 7 to which it is pivotally connected with one end 30a.
  • the opposite end of the spring 30 is attached pivotally to a first arm 31 of a follower 32.
  • the follower 32 is pivoted, in turn, with a second arm 33 on a pin 34 having an axis Ya which lies perpendicularly between the plate-like members 7 and carries a third arm 35 having a pad 36 mounted on its free end.
  • That pad 36 is in either rubbing or rolling contact with the confronting surface of the jaw 20a. It should be noted that with the follower 32 arranged to swing about the axis Ya, which is non-parallel to the hinge axis Xa, the pad 36 will be shifted along a path, schematically indicated at 37 in Figure 4, relative to the jaw 20a as the display window 9 is lifted up, from the closed position shown in Figures 2, 5 and 6 to the open position shown in Figures 7 and 8.
  • the display window 9 can be hinged about a non-perpendicular axis to the longitudinal direction of the uprights without hindering the operation of the elastic means arranged to balance out at least part of the window weight.
  • the pin 34 projects with both ends out of the plate-like members 7, the jutting portion of the pin on the hinge 10a,b side being received into the recess created by the step 18.
  • the structure disclosed above allows the uprights to be mounted along incident directions without restricting the display window opening movement.
  • the uprights themselves are arranged to support, in an openable manner through a conventional hinge, the display windows of any modular display counter elements laid beside them.

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  1. Banque de présentation d'angle comprenant :
    - une structure support de charge (2),
    - au moins deux montants (6a, 6b) qui s'étendent dans une direction principale longitudinale et ont une extrémité fixée à la structure support de charge (2), lesdits montants portant une charnière respective (10a, 10b) à l'extrémité opposée, ladite charnière (10a, 10b) comprenant un premier élément de charnière (11a, 11b) fixé à un montant respectif et articulé sur un deuxième élément de charnière (12a, 12b) pour pouvoir pivoter autour d'un axe de charnière prédéterminé (Xa, Xb),
    - une fenêtre ouvrante (9) fixée audit deuxième élément de charnière (12a, 12b) de manière à pouvoir pivoter sur lesdits montants (6a, 6b) autour dudit axe de charnière (Xa, Xb), en se rapprochant ou en s'éloignant d'une position ouverte, et
    - un moyen élastique (30) qui agit entre au moins l'un des montants et la fenêtre pour solliciter la fenêtre vers sa position ouverte, ledit axe de charnière (Xa, Xb) étant incliné d'un angle sur une direction transversale des montants (6a, 6b), caractérisée en ce qu'un suiveur (32) est articulé sur le montant correspondant (6a, 6b), autour d'un axe de pivot (Ya, Yb) qui n'est pas parallèle audit axe de charnière (Xa, Xb), ledit suiveur étant prévu entre le moyen élastique (30) et la fenêtre (9), et ledit suiveur étant lié audit moyen élastique (30) par une relation articulée et lié à ladite fenêtre (9) par un contact de frottement ou de roulement.
  2. Banque selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit suiveur (32) est en contact de frottement ou de roulement avec ladite fenêtre par l'intermédiaire dudit deuxième élément de charnière (12a, 12b).
  3. Banque selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, dans laquelle chaque montant comprend deux éléments en forme de plaque (7) sensiblement parallèle, ledit axe de charnière (Xa, Xb) étant incliné sur la perpendiculaire auxdits éléments en forme de plaque (7).
  4. Banque selon la revendication 3, dans laquelle le premier élément de charnière comprend un corps (14) en forme de coin agencé pour être fixé à un montant respectif (6a, 6b), présentant deux faces opposées à pente (15, 16), dont l'une fait face à l'élément en forme de plaque (7) correspondant et dont l'autre est perpendiculaire audit axe de charnière (Xa, Xb).
  5. Banque selon la revendication 4, dans laquelle ledit corps (14) en forme de coin porte un bras (19) qui fait saillie perpendiculairement sur la face de ce corps qui est à l'opposé de l'élément (7) en forme de plaque, ledit deuxième élément de charnière comprenant une pince (20), serrée sur ladite fenêtre (9), et une ferrure (24), fixée rigidement à la pince (20), qui est reçue et articulée entre ladite autre face (16) du corps (14) en forme de coin et ledit bras perpendiculaire (19).
  6. Banque selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 3 à 5, dans laquelle ledit moyen élastique comprend un ressort à plongeur (30) placé entre lesdits éléments (7) en forme de plaque et articulé sur ces derniers par une première extrémité (30a), ledit suiveur (32) étant articulé sur lesdits éléments en forme de plaque et sur ledit ressort, pour tourner autour d'axes perpendiculaires auxdits éléments en forme de plaque (7).
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