EP2114214B1 - Armoire frigorifique - Google Patents
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- 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
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- A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
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- the present invention relates to a refrigerating cabinet such as a display cabinet with front access, the cooling system thereof providing air flow which maintains such display cabinet in a cool condition.
- Refrigerating cabinets for providing chilled or refrigerated goods to customers, for example in a supermarket, are known to have an open viewing area that permits consumers to have easy access to the storage space of the display case of the cabinet in which products such as milk and diary goods or meat are stored.
- the display case usually has at least one air outlet for directing cooling air towards the goods to be cooled into the open viewing area.
- This has the advantage that ambient air is prevented from entering into the display space heating up the stored goods, improving efficiency of the cabinet. Moreover, deeper temperatures may be achieved.
- the doors can be carried out as sliding doors or hinged doors.
- a refrigeration robinet according to the preamble of claim 2 is disclosed in US 5 675 983 A , and according to the preamble of claim 1 in DE 100 48 490 A1 .
- Refrigeration cabinets of the above types commonly have heat exchanger means built into the cabinet, providing the cooling air of the temperature required for the goods located in the storage space of the cabinet.
- the refrigeration system generally employed in such display cabinets comprises a fan motor to move air across an evaporator, and an expansion valve.
- the fan motor distributes cold air to the cooled chamber or display space in which the goods are displayed and stored.
- such refrigerating cabinet comprises shelves for the bearing of the goods which require refrigeration, the shelves being placed within the display space.
- a insulating air curtain is provided across the open front of the cabinet to insulate the display area from the ambient air temperature and to keep the display area at a lower temperature, the air of the air curtain exiting an outlet in the top area of the cabinet.
- the air enters a bottom portion of the cabinet such as a suction header for collecting the return air and for providing the same to the evaporator.
- the length of the air curtain determines substantially the attainable inner temperature of the cabinet and power consumption.
- the attainable cooling temperatures and power consumption increase correspondingly as a matter of the increased influence of the ambient air.
- Providing glass doors at the front of the cabinet has the advantage that any exchange between the ambient air and the cold air of the refrigerating system is substantially cut off when the doors are closed. Therefore, the temperature increase along the air curtain is reduced, so that deeper temperatures may be achieved and/or power consumption may be reduced.
- a disadvantage of providing glass doors is either an increased area in front of the cabinet when using hinged doors which is required for opening of the doors for accessing the goods, or a constriction of customers when using sliding doors. Further, the handling of loading and removing of the goods is more inconvenient when compared to a cabinet having an open front display space, particularly with respect to goods which are frequently demanded by customers.
- a refrigerating cabinet comprising a display casedefining a display space according to claims 1 and 2.
- the lower range and the upper range combined extend over the overall inner height of the display space.
- the lower range and/or the upper range may cover substantially half of the overall inner height of the display space.
- the door is one of a hinge door (or revolving door), a sliding door, or a lifting door.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematical front view of an embodiment of a refrigerating cabinet according to the invention.
- a display case 13 defines a display space 15 for the storage of goods to be cooled.
- a number of shelves 10 is arranged in the display case for bearing of the goods requiring refrigeration.
- the cabinet may be provided with any number of doors, which may also be provided over the whole length of the cabinet.
- the doors 3 When the doors 3 are in a closed condition, as shown, they extend over a lower range 32 of the display space 15. Within the lower range 32, the display space is accessible from the outside by opening of the respective door 3.
- the display space 15 is freely accessible in an area of the display space 15 which is arranged above the doors 3 within an upper range 31 of the display space 1 S.
- the cabinet may be provided with separating side walls or panels (not shown) for providing a closed space behind the doors.
- the panels may be made e.g. of acrylic glass (plexiglass).
- the display space is covered only partially in the front viewing area by front doors.
- This provides the advantage of combining an open and freely accessible viewing area in the upper region of the display space and a closed type refrigerating cabinet in the lower region of the display space accessible by opening respective front doors, such as glass doors.
- the temperatures may be held lower as a result of the front doors provided in this area, thus reducing the overall energy consumption of the refrigerating cabinet.
- the temperature conditions stabilize in the lower range of the cabinet behind the front doors, so that products may be stored in this area which require rather low temperatures and/or reliable temperature conditions.
- the cabinet still has the character of an open freely accessible cabinet in the upper region where products may be placed which require less cold temperatures. These products are freely accessible, thus increasing the usability of the cabinet.
- the upper range may be used, for example, for products which are frequently demanded by customers.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematical cross-sectional side view of the embodiment of a refrigerating cabinet according to Fig. 1 .
- a rear panel 9 is arranged vertically in the display case 13 and adjacent to a conduit 7 for conducting cooling air along the rear panel 9 and having, in this embodiment, an air outlet 6 in the top area of the cabinet.
- An insulating air curtain is provided across the open front of display space 15 of the cabinet 1 to insulate the display area from the ambient air temperature and to keep the display area at a lower temperature, the air from the air curtain exiting the outlet 6 in the top area of the cabinet.
- the air of the air curtain exiting the air outlet 6 is guided in the lower region of the display space 15 by the glass doors 3, thus stabilizing the air and the temperatures behind the doors as a matter of reducing any air turbulences or the like in this area.
- the display space i.e. the shelves 10 in the upper region are still freely accessible, thus providing the character of an open cabinet or bin.
- the exemplary cabinet of Figs. 1 and 3 further comprises first attaching means 5 for attaching the doors 3 to the display case 13, wherein the first attaching means comprises a substantially horizontal bar 5 extending from the front viewing area to a rear area (here the rear panel 9) of the display case 13 for attaching the door to a portion of the rear area of the display case.
- the first attaching means comprises a substantially horizontal bar 5 extending from the front viewing area to a rear area (here the rear panel 9) of the display case 13 for attaching the door to a portion of the rear area of the display case.
- a frame 5 may be used for attaching the doors 3 on both sides therof to the rear area. It is beneficial if the frame 5 is openly designed in its top region, so that a complete access is achieved when the doors 3 are open.
- the frame or bar 5 is preferably attached to the doors at side bars of the doors running vertically.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematical front view of another embodiment of a refrigerating cabinet 2 according to the invention.
- a display case 23 defines a display space 15 for the storage of goods to be cooled.
- a number of shelves 20 is arranged in the display case 23 for bearing of the goods requiring refrigeration.
- two doors 4 are arranged in the front viewing area of the display space 15, wherein the doors are arranged in an upper area of the display case 23.
- the cabinet may be provided with any number of doors, which may also be provided over the whole length of the cabinet.
- the doors 4 When the doors 4 are in a closed condition, as shown, they extend over an upper range 41 of the display space 15. Within the upper range 41, the display space is accessible from the outside by opening of the respective door 4.
- the display space 15 is freely accessible in an area of the display space 15 which is arranged beneath the doors 4 within a lower range 42 of the display space 15.
- the cabinet may be provided with separating side walls or panels (not shown) for providing a closed space behind the doors.
- the panels may be made e.g. of acrylic glass (plexiglass).
- the display space is covered only partially in the front viewing area by front doors.
- This provides the advantage of combining an open and freely accessible viewing area in the lower region of the display space and a closed type refrigerating cabinet in the upper region of the display space accessible by opening respective front doors, such as glass doors. Accordingly, the temperatures may be held lower as a result of the inner guiding of the cold air along the front doors.
- the amount of cooling air exiting the top region of the cabinet may be reduced as a matter of stabilizing the air curtain and temperature conditions in the upper range of the cabinet behind the front doors. In effect, this reduces the overall energy consumption of the refrigerating cabinet.
- the cabinet still has the character of an open freely accessible cabinet in the lower region where products may be placed which are freely accessible, thus increasing the usability of the cabinet.
- Fig. 4 shows a schematical cross-sectional side view of the embodiment of a refrigerating cabinet according to Fig. 2 .
- a rear panel 9 is arranged vertically in the display case 23 and adjacent to a conduit 7 for conducting cooling air along the rear panel 9 and having, as in the previous embodiment, an air outlet 6 in the top area of the cabinet.
- An insulating air curtain is provided across the open front of display space 15 of the cabinet 2 to insulate the display area from the ambient air temperature and to keep the display area at a lower temperature, the air from the air curtain exiting the outlet 6 in the top area of the cabinet.
- the air of the air curtain exiting the air outlet 6 is guided in the upper region of the display space 15 by the glass doors 4, thus stabilizing the air and the temperatures behind the doors as a matter of reducing any air turbulences or the like in this area.
- the display space i.e. the shelves 20 in the lower region are still freely accessible, thus providing the character of an open cabinet or bin.
- the doors 4 are attached in their lower regions to one of the shelves, such as shelf 21.
- a bar or frame construction such as frame 5 of Fig. 3 may be used analogously.
- second attaching means 8 may be provided for attaching the doors 3, 4 to the display case, wherein the second attaching means comprises a substantially vertical bar or frame 8 extending from the doors 3, 4 to a top or bottom area, respectively, of the display case for attaching the doors to a respective top or bottom portion of the display case.
- the attaching means 8 may be or may be part of a supporting frame extending from bottom to top of the display case. In this embodiment, flexibility with respect to variable arrangement of the shelves may be increased, and this solution may also be more cost efficient.
- Behind the vertical bar or frame 8 lighting devices may be arranged for illuminating the display case.
- the lower range 32 (the door range) and the upper range 31 (the freely accessible range) combined extend over the overall inner height 33 of the display case 13.
- the lower range 42 (the freely accessible range) and the upper range 41 (the door range) combined extend over the overall inner height 43 of the display case 23.
- variations may also be made, e.g. the embodiments may be combined providing an open mid range of the cabinet, and providing doors in a top region and bottom region thereof.
- the lower ranges 32, 42 and/or the upper ranges 31, 41 cover substantially half of the overall inner height 33, 43 of the display space, i.e. the doors cover substantially 50 % of the height of the display space.
- other ranges may also be useful.
- the doors 3, 4 may be one of a hinge door or revolving door, a sliding door, or a lifting door. As schematically illustrated in Fig. 4 , the door may be a lifting door 4' which is lifted manually or automatically, for example when a customer approaches the cabinet in this area.
- FIG. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a storage apparatus provided in a refrigerating cabinet such as shown with respect to Figs. 1 to 4 .
- the storage apparatus comprises shelves, such as shelves 10, 11, 20 and 21 as shown previously.
- the rear panel 9 is adjacent to conduit 7 for conducting cooling air 50 along the rear panel and having at least one or more air outlets 14 towards the display space.
- the cooling air 50 is tapped sequentially and guided into the display space 15.
- the shelf is adapted to communicate with the respective air outlet 14 of the rear panel for receiving a flow of cooling air 40.
- the shelves shown in Fig. 5 comprise a hollow chamber 24 for receiving and guiding the flow of cooling air from the rear plane into the display space on top of the goods placed beneath.
- the hollow chamber shelf is arranged so as to abut against a top portion or top edge of the door, such as shelf 11 with respect to door 3 shown in Fig. 3 .
- FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a front door provided in a refrigerating cabinet according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the door such as doors 3 or 4 described above, comprise a hollow chamber 64 constituted in a hollow space of a multi-panel glass structure 60.
- This multi-panel glass structure 60 has at least two glass panels arranged in parallel.
- the shown multi-panel glass structure 60 comprises a single glass panel 61 at the inner side of the door and a double glass structure (which may be insulated) with two respective panels 62, 63 at the outer side of the door 3, 4.
- the air outlet 6 ( Figs. 3 and 4 ) in the top area of the display case directs cooling air downward the front viewing area within the hollow chamber 64 of the respective door 3, 4.
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- Vitrine frigorifique (1), comprenant :un comptoir (13) définissant un espace de présentation (15) avec accès à l'avant comportant une zone de vision,au moins une porte avant (3) agencée dans la zone de vision de l'espace de présentation (15), dans laquelle la porte avant est agencée dans une zone inférieure du comptoir et, lorsqu'elle est dans une condition fermée, s'étend par-dessus une étendue inférieure (32) de l'espace de présentation, l'espace de présentation étant accessible à partir de l'extérieur au sein de l'étendue inférieure en ouvrant la porte avant,l'espace de présentation (15) étant recouvert seulement partiellement dans la zone de vision par l'au moins une porte avant (3), etcaractérisée en ce que l'espace de présentation (15) est librement accessible à partir de l'avant dans une zone de l'espace de présentation qui est agencée au-dessus de la porte avant (3) au sein d'une étendue supérieure (31) de l'espace de présentation.
- Vitrine frigorifique (2), comprenant :un comptoir (23) définissant un espace de présentation (15) comportant une zone de vision,au moins une porte avant (4) agencée dans la zone de vision de l'espace de présentation (15), dans laquelle la porte avant est agencée dans une zone supérieure du comptoir et, lorsqu'elle est dans une condition fermée, s'étend par-dessus une étendue supérieure (41) de l'espace de présentation, l'espace de présentation étant accessible à partir de l'extérieur au sein de l'étendue supérieure en ouvrant la porte avant,l'espace de présentation (15) étant recouvert seulement partiellement dans la zone de vision par l'au moins une porte avant (4), etcaractérisée en ce que l'espace de présentation (15) est librement accessible à partir de l'avant dans une zone de l'espace de présentation qui est agencée en dessous de la porte avant (4) au sein d'une étendue inférieure (42) de l'espace de présentation.
- Vitrine frigorifique selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle l'étendue inférieure (32, 42) et l'étendue supérieure (31, 41) associées s'étendent par-dessus la hauteur intérieure totale (33, 43) de l'espace de présentation.
- Vitrine frigorifique selon une des revendications 1 à 3, dans laquelle
l'étendue inférieure (32, 42) ou l'étendue supérieure (31, 41) recouvre sensiblement la moitié de la hauteur intérieure totale (33, 43) de l'espace de présentation. - Vitrine frigorifique selon une des revendications 1 à 4, dans laquelle
la porte avant (3, 4) est une parmi une porte à charnière, une porte coulissante, une porte basculante ou une porte basculante automatisée. - Vitrine frigorifique selon une des revendications 1 à 5, comprenant en outre
des premiers moyens de fixation (5) pour fixer la porte avant (3, 4) au comptoir, dans laquelle les premiers moyens de fixation comprennent une barre sensiblement horizontale (5) s'étendant de la zone de vision à une zone arrière du comptoir pour fixer la porte avant à une partie de la zone arrière du comptoir. - Vitrine frigorifique selon une des revendications 1 à 6, comprenant en outre
au moins une étagère (21) agencée dans le comptoir pour supporter des produits, la porte avant (3, 4) étant fixée à l'étagère. - Vitrine frigorifique selon une des revendications 1 à 7, comprenant en outre
des seconds moyens de fixation (8) pour fixer la porte avant (3, 4) au comptoir, dans laquelle les seconds moyens de fixation comprennent une barre sensiblement verticale (8) s'étendant de la porte avant à une zone supérieure ou inférieure du comptoir pour fixer la porte avant à une partie du comptoir. - Vitrine frigorifique selon une des revendications 1 à 8, comprenant en outre
au moins une étagère (10, 11, 20, 21) agencée dans le comptoir pour supporter des produits,
un panneau arrière (9) adjacent à un conduit (7) destiné à conduire de l'air de refroidissement (50) le long du panneau arrière et comportant au moins une sortie d'air (14) vers l'espace de présentation,
l'étagère (10, 11, 20, 21) étant adaptée pour communiquer avec l'au moins une sortie d'air (14) du panneau arrière pour recevoir un écoulement d'air de refroidissement (40), l'étagère étant agencée afin de prendre appui contre une partie supérieure de la porte avant (3). - Vitrine frigorifique selon la revendication 9, dans laquelle
l'au moins une étagère (10, 11, 20, 21) comprenant une chambre creuse (24) pour recevoir l'écoulement d'air de refroidissement à partir du plan arrière. - Vitrine frigorifique selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, comprenant au moins une sortie d'air (6) dans une zone supérieure du comptoir pour diriger de l'air de refroidissement vers le bas de la zone de vision au sein d'une chambre creuse (64) de la porte avant (3, 4).
- Vitrine frigorifique selon la revendication 11, dans laquelle
la chambre creuse (64) est constituée dans un espace creux d'une structure en verre à panneaux multiples (60) comportant au moins deux panneaux de verre agencés en parallèle, fournissant particulièrement un panneau de verre unique (61) sur le côté intérieur et un panneau de verre double (62, 63) sur le côté extérieur de la porte avant (3, 4).
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