EP0836403B1 - Kühlmöbel zum präsentieren von nahrungsmitteln oder dergleichen - Google Patents

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EP0836403B1
EP0836403B1 EP96924945A EP96924945A EP0836403B1 EP 0836403 B1 EP0836403 B1 EP 0836403B1 EP 96924945 A EP96924945 A EP 96924945A EP 96924945 A EP96924945 A EP 96924945A EP 0836403 B1 EP0836403 B1 EP 0836403B1
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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
    • A47F3/04—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
    • 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D15/00—Devices not covered by group F25D11/00 or F25D13/00, e.g. non-self-contained movable devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D19/00—Arrangement or mounting of refrigeration units with respect to devices or objects to be refrigerated, e.g. infrared detectors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2220/00—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings
    • A47B2220/008—General furniture construction, e.g. fittings characterised by materials
    • A47B2220/0083—Furniture made of sheet material
    • A47B2220/0086—Furniture made of sheet material made of cardboard
    • 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
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/10—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands
    • A47F5/11—Adjustable or foldable or dismountable display stands made of cardboard, paper or the like
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
    • F25D2317/065—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air return
    • F25D2317/0651—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air return through the bottom
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2317/00—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • F25D2317/06—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation
    • F25D2317/066—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply
    • F25D2317/0661—Details or arrangements for circulating cooling fluids; Details or arrangements for circulating gas, e.g. air, within refrigerated spaces, not provided for in other groups of this subclass with forced air circulation characterised by the air supply from the bottom
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D2400/00—General features of, or devices for refrigerators, cold rooms, ice-boxes, or for cooling or freezing apparatus not covered by any other subclass
    • F25D2400/32—Removal, transportation or shipping of refrigerating devices from one location to another

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  • the present invention relates to a refrigerated display cabinet and / or conservation of perishable, food or similar products, for example in a shop.
  • the technical field of the invention is that of the manufacture of furniture refrigerated.
  • the object of the present invention is to improve the refrigerated furniture described in the international application mentioned above.
  • the solution to the problem is to provide an exposure module of perishable products according to claim 1.
  • the 2-10 ° handling unit can be fixed in (or constituted by) an area or stiffened part of the module; and can include or be essentially constituted by a rigid pallet or loading support such as a tray.
  • Said module can comprise at least two (for example three to six) ducts air blowing which are parallel to each other, preferably juxtaposed (ie joined) and substantially identical, and if necessary comprises at least two (for example of three to six) return air ducts which are parallel to each other, preferably juxtaposed and substantially identical.
  • rigidified (or rigid) zone or part of the exposure module is meant in the sense of this application. an area or part whose rigidity and / or resistance to bending, crushing (or compression) or traction is significantly greater than the rigidity of side panels (usually vertical) of the exposure module, for example at least 50% higher.
  • This increased rigidity of the rigid area can be obtained for example by a increasing the thickness of the module panels in said zone by at least 50%; this stiffened part can also be obtained by adding a thin piece of a more rigid material than that constituting the panels of the exposure module, which is attached to the lower part of these panels to constitute and / or to surround said handling equipment: said gripping members (such as a handle) can by example be constituted by one (or more) oblong opening (s) provided (s) in a lower part of the left and right side panels of the exposure module, including the thickness in said zone is reinforced, for example doubled.
  • this means is preferably made of a material different from the material of the exhibition module panels; said material constituting the pallet is preferably more rigid than the material constituting the panels of the exhibition module, which pallet (or tray) is suitable for manual handling or by a handling tool such as a trolley for example, in which case said zone or stiffened part is at least partly integrated into said pallet which is itself of preferably integrated in the lower part of said exposure module; this mode of embodiment is more particularly suited to the case where the exposure module filled with said produces a mass which exceeds twenty kilos, for example of the order of fifty to three hundred kilos.
  • a pallet is used (i.e. a tray or loading support, flat or flattened, rigid, suitable for handling by a forklift) suitable for being preferably installed or mounted so easily removable on the air cooling unit, and able to support a unit (at minus) of product display, which pallet includes guide means or air transport, and forms the base of the exposure module which is preferably essentially consisting of corrugated cardboard or plastic material such than polypropylene.
  • the invention also results in a refrigerated cabinet incorporating such product display modules.
  • the invention allows improve the air circulation and the cooling efficiency of the module air cooling and therefore improves the storage conditions of products; these particular characteristics allow in particular and surprisingly to maintain, in furniture of which the superstructure may be essentially constituted by corrugated cardboard or plastic panels (where appropriate in part supplemented by panels of a thermally insulating material such as polystyrene expanded for example), the inside of the cabinet (i.e. the product display unit), temperatures compatible with perfect preservation of goods, in particular temperatures below 0 degree centigrade (depending on the desired performance).
  • the invention makes it possible to facilitate the movement of the exposure module in particular the loading and unloading of the exposure superstructure on the unit air cooling, in particular by making it possible to use handling such as a forklift;
  • the superstructure (or exposure unit products) and the pallet (or handling support tray) which is suitable for this superstructure and air cooling group and which can be integrated into this superstructure, can be made to be used only once (for use unique) for example by being essentially made of cardboard and possibly of polystyrene as regards the superstructure, and made of wood and / or cardboard and / or polystyrene with regard to the pallet; these elements can also be made of preferably recyclable plastic such as polypropylene, so to be used if necessary several times.
  • the invention provides a product display superstructure which can be used as product transport packaging, between a product packaging center in the interior of the exhibition unit and the store (or the sales area of the products or use of the furniture) in which the product display unit is arranged preferably on the air cooling unit.
  • the invention therefore provides a product display unit (adaptable to a unit air cooling to constitute a refrigerated cabinet) which can be either recyclable either for single use, in all cases of very low cost, very low cooling performance high and sufficient strength and rigidity.
  • the invention facilitates the packaging (packaging) of the exposed products, facilitates their transport, their storage in a cold room, and their installation in a store or other sales area.
  • the invention applies to refrigerated furniture (and display units of products included in the constitution of such refrigerated furniture) which allow keep the products they contain at low temperature by air circulation pulsed refrigeration, i.e. powered by fans, for example furniture incorporating a self-contained air cooling unit (i.e. comprising a group refrigerant compression refrigerant as described in the application mentioned above for example) and which can be connected to a source of electrical energy at the exhibition site.
  • a self-contained air cooling unit i.e. comprising a group refrigerant compression refrigerant as described in the application mentioned above for example
  • the furniture and superstructures according to the invention can be used for the storage of various food products, at positive temperatures or below 0 degree centigrade in certain cases (for example of the order of minus 15 to minus 20 degree centigrade).
  • superstructures and refrigerated furniture according to the invention can be mounted at the place of their use, for example for use and integration in exhibition stands of trade fairs or, or use as a closed cabinet for storing food products or the like temporarily, i.e. for several days or weeks.
  • Figure 1 illustrates in schematic perspective a furniture superstructure refrigerated according to the invention used as transport packaging for the products it contains.
  • Figure 2 schematically illustrates in perspective view the establishment of the product display structure on an air cooling module by a trolley forklift.
  • Figure 3 illustrates in simplified perspective view a final operation of setting place a product display superstructure on an air cooling module.
  • Figure 4 is an exploded simplified perspective view of the lower part of a product display module and an air cooling module, explaining the assembly of the various components of the product display module.
  • Figure 5 is a simplified view. in partial section through a vertical plane along V-V of Figure 4, and schematically illustrates the adaptation of a pallet of a module exhibition of products on an air cooling module, and the means assembly of these.
  • Figures 6 and 7 illustrate two preferred embodiments of a pallet entering into the constitution of furniture according to the invention
  • Figure 6 is a sectional view by a vertical plane, according to VI-VI of Figure 4
  • Figure 7 is a view of a variant of also in section on a vertical and transverse plane.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates in simplified perspective view an embodiment of a refrigerated cabinet according to the invention, with a substantially horizontal air curtain which can be used especially for storing products at temperatures below 0 ° C.
  • Figure 9 schematically illustrates in sectional view through a vertical plane, the air circulation in a cabinet according to figure 8, and is a view according to IX-IX of the figure 8.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates in exploded view, in perspective, an alternative embodiment of a refrigerated display cabinet for products according to the invention (with vertical air curtain descending), in which the pallet consists essentially of a thin plate rectangular with two openings.
  • Figure 11 illustrates in sectional view through a horizontal plane, an exposure module of products fitted with shelves.
  • Figure 12 is a sectional view along XII-XII of Figure 11 and illustrates schematically a preferred embodiment of shelves and the structure of panels of a product display module according to the invention.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a detail of embodiment of a cardboard panel entering the creation of a product display module according to the invention (with reference to the figure 11).
  • front, “rear”, “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, horizontal are used with reference to a observer looking at the furniture and / or the exposure unit and standing in front of the opening access to the product and / or standing in the position of the user of the furniture and / or of the buyer exhibited products.
  • a refrigerated cabinet 1 comprises a base 2 constituting an air cooling module and which can receive on its face or substantially horizontal upper wall 36 a product display module 3 for example, packaged in individual packages in the form of tray, marked 11 and shown in particular in Figures 3 and 12.
  • the superstructure or module 3 of product display has in the lower part, a pallet 4 with which it is inscribed in a parallelepiped rectangle whose width 21, depth 22 and height 23 are, in a mode of realization, respectively close to 800 mm, 600 mm, 1200 mm.
  • the exposure module 3 can constitute a module 5 of transport and temporary storage of the products it contains, which storage can be carried out either in a refrigerated room or cold room, or in a non-refrigerated room, the module 3 then being placed on a cooling module 2 in order to allow the conservation during storage of the food products contained in module 3, 5.
  • the base of the exposure module 3 essentially constituted by a pallet 4 is able to receive at least part of the forks 13 of a forklift 14 for handling the exposure module 3 of products in which the products have been previously loaded, to come and put this exposure module on the upper face 36 of the casing surrounding the exposure unit air cooling 2, by a translational movement 18 substantially parallel to the lateral edges 16 of the box followed by a vertical downward movement according to arrow 19 during which the chamfers (item 32 figure 4, 6, 7) provided on the side edges lower of the pallet 4 allow to facilitate the centering and the relative positioning of the module 3 compared to module 2.
  • the exposure module 3 can be supplied with a panel 7, for example made of cardboard, forming a skirt or strip surrounding module 3, capable of sliding around module 3 along the vertical axis longitudinal of module 3, when module 3 is positioned on module 2 of air cooling, by a downward movement, to cover the side walls of the air cooling module 2 so that pre-cut openings 8 or provided in the facets of the sliding panel 7 come opposite the windows 20 (such only ventilation grilles or access hatches) which are provided in the walls side of the air cooling unit.
  • a removable panel 9 for example a vertical front, is provided to close the opening 10 forming a product access area 11 placed on several superimposed shelves 12 provided for in product display unit 3; panel 9 can be removed when putting on in place of the furniture at the point of sale.
  • the nesting or relative positioning of the product exposure unit 3 on the air cooling unit 2 is carried out according to a downward movement identified by the arrows 19, until the base of the module 3 of exposure, which is essentially constituted by the pallet 4, comes to rest on the wall upper 36 substantially horizontal of the air cooling module 2; said wall 36 is pierced with at least one orifice 37 allowing air to enter the module 2 as shown in Figure 5 by arrow 44, and on the other hand an opening 38 for blowing allowing the outlet of the air cooled by the module 2 according to arrow 45 shown in FIG. 5.
  • the cooling module comprises, disposed under the upper wall 36, at minus a fan 42 propelling the air and passing it in contact with an exchanger thermal 43 cooling the air before blowing it into the interior volume of the module 3 product display by the means described below.
  • air sealing means 39 are provided, particularly over the entire periphery of the opening 38, the shape of which is elongated, as illustrated in FIG. 4, preferably substantially rectangular and the length of which is large compared to the width.
  • the pallet 4 constituting the base of the module 3 of exposure allows the introduction inside the volume exinscribed to the palette, forks 13 of a forklift which are shown in Figures 4 and 5 in position external to the pallet (in solid lines), and which are shown substantially in the position of transport of the pallet in FIG. 5, in broken lines, the penetration of the forks 13 to the interior of the free space of the pallet 4 being carried out according to the arrows 29 in FIG. 4.
  • the pallet 4 may include two parallel horizontal battens 30 and 31 arranged at each left or right end of the palette; an additional horizontal strip 33 ( Figure 7) may be provided; the basis of vertical panels 27, 28 (left and right) of module 3 can be fixed with clips 35 on the sides of the cleats 30, 31.
  • the battens 30, 31 and 33 are interconnected by boards 46 to 49 extending horizontally and perpendicularly to the battens, the ends of which are assembled to said cleats by nails 34 ( Figure 6) or by any other means such as staples especially.
  • the boards 46 which extend in part upper part of the pallet 4, substantially flush with the upper edges of the lateral cleats 30, 31, allow the transport of the product display module 3 by the elevator fitted with forks 13, when the underside 50 of the boards 46 rests on said forks, the position (along the battens x 30, 31) of the boards 46 being such that the center of gravity of module 3 is located between them.
  • the upper face 51 of the lower board 47 which is located at immediate proximity of the front edge 52 of the pallet 4, makes it possible to avoid a movement of tilting of the module 3 placed on the pallet, by its contact with the underside of the forks 13, in the event that such a tilting begins to operate.
  • the substantially vertical parallel planks or walls 48, 49 (i.e. on field) provided in the rear part of the pallet 4, serve essentially to delimit a conduit 53 inside which can be fitted (by a vertical movement descendant illustrated in FIG. 4 by the references 80) one or more conduits 54 forming part of the product display module 3: this conduit 53 is used for positioning substantially vertical of these conduits 54 on the one hand. and also serves to ensure continuity in the guiding the air expelled from the cooling module 2 according to arrow 45, so that the air cooled leaving through the opening 38 is guided and channeled in a substantially sealed manner to the conduits 54 integrated into the product display module 3: the fresh air is thus channeled through conduits 54 according to arrow 55, then distributed according to arrows 56 towards the product shelves or exhibition plans. as well as towards the curtain guide sheath air 123.
  • the air is then sucked in (arrow 119), in lower part of the exhibition module.
  • said edge 57 extends above the upper face 151 of the pallet 4 when the latter is posed by its base 150 on the upper panel 36 of module 2 (after the movement descending according to arrows 19), because the height 120 measured between the upper edge 57 (substantially horizontal) of the front flank of the skirt 7 surrounding the refrigeration unit 2, and the upper wall 36 of the product display module 3 (on which the palette). is greater than the height 121 (or thickness) of the pallet 4; the height of the duct 53 delimited by the walls or vertical boards 48 and 49 of the pallet 4, which is by example of around 10 cm, is in this embodiment equal to the thickness 121 of the pallet.
  • the air flow or curtain 123 moving in a movement vertical downward can be at least partially taken up (sucked in) by the return orifice left free between the edge 57 of the front wall of the skirt 7 and the front edge of the board 46 of the pallet 4, to circulate according to the arrows 119 and 44 until the return opening 37 provided in module 2.
  • the module 3 is delimited by side walls verticals 26, 27, 28, the base of which can be fixed (by an assembly movement illustrated by arrows 24) by staples 35 to cleats 30, 31, and which constitute an envelope 25 with 3 vertical flaps, which can be obtained by U-folding of a flank of corrugated cardboard.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention adaptable to the use of plastic for the main components of the module of display of the refrigerated cabinet according to the invention.
  • the piece of furniture whose main components have been schematically represented (in exploded view), includes a group or module 2 of air cooling which receives on its upper face a pallet 4 playing a role of interface between module 2 and module 3 of product exposure as well as a role of module support 3.
  • Pallet 4 has an opening 129 at the front for suction (or recovery) according to arrow 119 of the air flow coming in particular from the air curtain circulating according to the arrows 123 in front of the front part of the trays 58 receiving the products exposed in the module.
  • each of said sections of conduit 54 is constituted by a portion of tube with a vertical axis and of substantially section rectangular and not constant, the section of the upper part of each duct being decreased or narrowed so as to allow nesting and connection substantially airtight of modules 54 when stacked on top of each other along their common longitudinal axis 101 extending vertically.
  • the products to be displayed are contained in four trays 58 self ponant superimposed, among which that which forms the base of the stack rests on the pallet 4; each of said plates is provided with a rear vertical bottom 61 provided with perforations 63. which is substantially pressed against the front face of the modules 54 so that the perforations 63 of the plates extend substantially opposite perforations 157 provided in the front faces of the sections 54, and so as to allow passage (the distribution) of part of the air circulating in the sections 54 towards each plate for maintain the products contained in the trays 58 at the desired temperature.
  • Each tray 58 has a horizontal bottom 59, two side walls 60 with each of an oblong opening 62 allowing the manipulation by hand of each of the plates 58, the panels 59 and 60 being provided with edges folded at 90 ° and forming thus with the bottom 61 a semi rigid assembly which can be made of corrugated cardboard or plastic material.
  • the conduits 54 and the plates 58 are covered with a roof panel 64 ensuring guiding the air leaving the ducts 54 to form the air curtain 123 substantially vertical down; the assembly constituted by the sections 54 and the plates 58 is substantially surrounded by a U-shaped panel 25 which has a bottom vertical 26 and two thin vertical walls left 27 and right 28.
  • FIGS. 11 to 13 An alternative embodiment of a substantially air curtain exposure module vertical is illustrated in FIGS. 11 to 13, in which the distribution and air guide of the product exposure unit, consist of three sections of tubes identical 54 joined and parallel to one another (of longitudinal axis 101 vertical), which can be made of folded corrugated cardboard.
  • the channels 54 are provided in their part or wall frontal 102 of perforations 157 allowing the passage of part of the flow of fresh air guided and distributed through channels 54, to each of the shelves or each exhibition area of products, according to arrows 56; the conduits 54 are of rectangular section substantially constant and communicate (are connected) by their base with the conduit 53 fresh air guide provided in the pallet.
  • Said left side wall 27, said bottom wall 26 and said right side wall 28. which are vertical and obtained by "U" folding of the panel 25 of corrugated cardboard, are constituted, as shown in Figure 13, and in the same manner as for a panel 125 folded into a "U" shape, by two corrugated or fluted 118 vertical sheets which are interposed and laminated with three sheets 117 substantially flat.
  • each of the sides or left and right side 27 and 28 of the panel 25 are provided with openings 112 allowing passage through them and through panel 27, 28, of protruding ends 111 of shelves 12 and of ends 113 of reinforcements transverse 108 of these shelves 12, as also illustrated in FIG. 12.
  • each of the shelves 12 is provided near its front edge 116 of protuberances 110 forming stops intended to prevent slipping and the fall of the products placed on the shelf; these stops can be obtained by cut out part of the main panel 103 of the shelf, which can be essentially made of corrugated cardboard; with reference to FIG. 12, the shelf panel 103 is extended on its front end by a front strip 104 obtained by folding the same flank of cardboard as the flank used to form this panel 103, as well as three other successive folds 105 which surround a transverse reinforcement 108 extending substantially over the entire width of the shelf 12 and increasing its rigidity; 11 products are shown schematically packed in trays 107 which are inclined and whose the latter bears against the front wall 102 of the air distribution channels 54.
  • this is consisting of four successive folds 106 of the cardboard side used for the manufacture of the shelf, which folds 106 provide a rectangular channel in which is housed a second reinforcement 108, preferably made of wood, which also extends through openings 112 provided in the side walls 27, 28 of the panel 25.
  • the assembly is, as illustrated in FIG. 11, surrounded by a second panel 125 thin folded into a U shape with a left vertical side 127, a bottom panel 126 vertical and a straight vertical side 128, which sides 127 and 128 are extended at their front end (or on their front or front edge) by two folds 114 which allow lock shelves 112 in position.
  • an additional panel 109 made of expanded polystyrene 1 to 2 cm thick, can be accommodated between panels 25 and 125 in a U shape to improve in particular the thermal insulation of the rear wall 26, 126 of the unit exhibition; depending on the desired temperatures that it is necessary to maintain inside of such a unit, such panels may be necessary, particularly when the temperature in the cabinet must remain below 0 ° C, for an ambient temperature of 30 degree centigrade; in many cases, achieving the exposure unit from corrugated board panels (single or double corrugated as shown in figure 13), and the presence of air gaps 115 existing between the panels 25 and 125, ensure sufficient thermal insulation.
  • the assembly is surrounded at its base by a skirt 7 surrounding the panels 25, 125 and surrounding the cooling module supporting the module of exposure.
  • FIGS 8 and 9 illustrate respectively in simplified perspective and in simplified section through a vertical plane, an application of the invention to a product display structure equipped with a horizontal air curtain as shown in these figures by the arrows 123, which air curtain extends in the upper part of the module 3 and the corresponding refrigerated cabinet, along the access opening which it protects from heat inputs.
  • a module 3 of general exposure rectangular parallelepiped placed on a pallet 4 in accordance with the invention, the air cooling module not being shown in these figures.
  • the suction of air coming from ducts recovery 540 by the air cooling module fan is carried out according to the arrows 44; following its cooling, the air is blown according to arrow 45 in the conduit 53 provided in the pallet 4, then in the conduit 54 provided in the unit 3 exposure that extends the duct 53.
  • the conduits 54 are not perforated but their front wall 102 is interrupted in its upper part (at a dimension lower than the dimension of the upper end of the conduit 54), so as to release a substantially rectangular opening as illustrated in FIG. 8, allowing the blowing of the air cooled according to the arrows 56 for the formation of the air curtain 123.
  • a horizontal air curtain exposure module can be without shelf or tray, which can also be the case for modules of exposure to an inclined air curtain, in particular vertical, the products exposed then being stacked on the pallet or on a bottom resting on the pallet.
  • Sufficient rigidity of the exposure module is obtained thanks in particular to air guiding tubes or ducts provided in the pallet and / or the exhibition superstructure.
  • the handling pallet can be completed or replaced by handles (154 figure 8 and 10) integrated into the exhibition module, which essentially consist of a opening or recess provided in a rigid lower part 155 of the walls side (such as 27) of it.

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  1. Modul (3) zum Ausstellen von verderblichen Produkten, mit
    einem von Wänden begrenzten Raum mit einer Öffnung (10), durch die auf die Produkte (11) zugegriffen werden kann,
    mindestens einem Kanal (54, 540) zur Luftführung, der mit einer Luftaustrittöffnung versehen ist, um zum Schutz der Öffnung (10) einen Luftvorhang (123) zu bilden,
    einem im unteren Teil des Moduls angeordneten Element (4, 154) zur Handhabung des Moduls, das einen Kanal (53) zur Luftführung aufweist, der mit dem Kanal (54, 540) des Moduls (3) verbunden ist, und eine Öffnung (129) zur Aufnahme des vom Luftvorhang ausgehenden Luftstroms umfasst.
  2. Modul nach Anspruch 1, bei dem das Handhabungselement (4) im wesentlichen aus zusammengesteckten Holzleisten (30, 31, 46 bis 49) gebildet wird und das Handhabungselement vorzugsweise zwei zueinander parallele längliche Seitenelemente (30, 31) aufweist, die in ihrem unteren äußeren Teil mit einer Seitenfase versehen sind.
  3. Modul nach Anspruch 1, bei dem das Handhabungselement im wesentlichen aus Holz, Karton, Kunststoff oder aus einem Verbund von Elementen aus diesen Werkstoffen besteht.
  4. Modul nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, bei dem das Handhabungselement am unteren Teil des Ausstellungsmoduls (3) durch Verbindungsmittel wie zum Beispiel Klammern (35) befestigt ist.
  5. Modul nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, das ein Bedienelement (154) umfasst, wie zum Beispiel einen Knopf, einen Gurt oder einen Bügel, das an der Basis des Moduls integriert oder befestigt ist, oder das zwei längliche, in den zwei Seitenwänden des Moduls vorgesehene Vertiefungen aufweist.
  6. Modul nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5,
    mit mehreren Luftaustrittkanälen (54), die senkrecht in der Nähe oder-längs einer Modulwand verlaufen.
  7. Modul nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6,
    mit mehreren Luftaufnahmekanälen (540), die senkrecht in der Nähe oder längs einer Modulwand verlaufen.
  8. Modul nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7,
    bei dem mindestens eine Wand des oder der für den Luftaustritt bzw. die aufgenommene Luft vorgesehenen Kanäle (54, 540) aus gefalteter Wellpappe besteht und die Kanäle (54, 540) einen länglichen, im wesentlichen rechteckigen Querschnitt aufweisen und das Modul zudem Regalbretter aus verstärkter Wellpappe umfasst.
  9. Kühlmöbel mit einem Modul (2) zur Kühlung der Luft, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ein Modul zum Ausstellen ven Produkten gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8 umfasst, das abnehmbar mit dem Modul zur Luftkühlung verbunden ist.
  10. Kühlmöbel nach Anspruch 9,
    mit einem Element aus Karton oder Kunststoff, das um das Luftkühlmodul herum gleiten kann und mindestens eine Öffnung aufweist, die den Luftdurchgang bzw. den Zugang zu den Sichtklappen des Kühlmoduls ermöglicht, und bei dem die Einheit oder das Modul zur Luftkühlung eine Vorderseite oder obere Wand und Seitenwände aufweist, die sich zum Teil mindestens oberhalb dieser Vorderseite oder oberen Wand erstrecken, und bei dem die Kühleinheit oder das Kühlmodul Füße aufweist, die so geformt und aufgebaut sind, dass mehrere dieser Luftkühleinheiten übereinander gestapelt werden können.
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