FI88863C - SHOWCASES FOR KYLDISK - Google Patents

Description

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The present invention relates to a cold counter glass according to the preamble of claim 1.

There are currently two types of cold counters used in grocery stores: service counters and selection counters. At the service counters, the glass surrounding the 10 cold pools is open on the seller’s side, and there is a uniform glass on the customer’s side. The roof of the glass forms a shelf level on which brochures, decorations, etc. can be placed. At the selection counters, there is usually no glass above the cold pool, but the pool is open. Such a tis-15 ki is usually placed in the store so that customers can take products from the pool on at least one long side of the pool.

Due to increased labor costs at service counters 2.0. the number of employees is to be varied. . according to the amount. Thus, it would be advantageous to use the same cold shocks as both a selection desk and a service counter. Currently, the following types of convertible glass are used: a glass with an upturned windscreen, a glass with a removable front 25 glass, and a glass with a separate removable top glass.

The reversible windshield is hinged at its top to the body of the glass and the glass can be opened for selection by turning the glass 30 up on these hinges. The glass is locked in its upper position with, for example, gas springs. The disadvantage of this solution is that the customer has to go under a partially turned-up glass when taking the products in the cold pool, which may seem uncomfortable and dangerous. likewise, pu-35 humus through an inverted glass on the opposite side of the counter is uncomfortable. Glass also impairs the visibility of brochures and decorations placed on the roof of the glass, and customers cannot take brochures through the glass.

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Handling and storing a removable top glass or windshield in store premises is cumbersome. They need a lot of storage space and break easily during transfer or storage. In all these cases, the glass must have an additional 5 additional glass, since the upper edge of the front wall must extend to the height of the cold limit of the cold pool, even when the windscreen has been opened or removed. Extra glass increases the surface to be cleaned and raises the price of the glass.

The object of the present invention is to provide a glazing arrangement for refrigeration furniture which can be easily and quickly converted from a service glass to a selection glass.

The invention is based on the fitting of a reversible windscreen, the lower edge of which extends to the height of the cold limit of the cold pool and which is connected to the glass body by support members so that the glass can be pivoted about at least one center of rotation .

More specifically, the glass according to the invention is characterized by what is stated in the characterizing part of claim 1.

The invention provides considerable advantages.

A cold counter with a glass according to the present invention is easy to change from a service counter to a selection counter even in the middle of the sales day. There are few glasses in the glass box and since both long walls of the 0 glass can be opened, the glass is easy to keep clean. Double glazing, i.e. extra cold glass, is not required, so there are fewer surfaces to clean. In the selection position, the front wall of the glass forms a wide and flat surface on top of the glass, on which 35 decorations, brochures or products for sale can be placed. The glass does not get in the way of customers or sellers in any position and does not need storage space.

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The invention will now be examined in more detail with the aid of the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows a side view of an embodiment of a glass according to the present invention in the windscreen service position.

Figure 2 shows the glass of Figure 1 in the windscreen selection position.

Figure 3 schematically shows another embodiment of this glass according to the invention in the windscreen service position.

Figure 4 shows the glass of Figure 3 in the windscreen selection position.

Figure 5 schematically shows a third embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 schematically shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention in the windshield service position.

Fig. 7 schematically shows the embodiment of Fig. 6 in the front selection position.

The refrigeration counter presented in this description means the entire refrigeration unit with refrigeration equipment and basin. The glass is an entity consisting of a frame and glass arranged above the cold-25 basin.

Glass windshield here means glass on the customer side of the glass.

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The front edge of the roof means the point on a straight or panoramic glass pane where the windscreen turns into a glass roof, or a similar point on a round glass pane.

· 35. The shape of the windscreen windscreens may vary. There are currently three basic forms in use. Straight glass is the simplest solution. In addition, single or double-sided 4 88863 so-called panoramic glasses as well as evenly curved glasses. According to the present invention, the glass windshield is pivoted about one or more centers of rotation over the glass roof, with the lower edge of the windshield remaining approximately at the front edge -j of the roof. The invention can be implemented in several ways. These embodiments are illustrated by the following examples.

Figure 1 shows a cold counter with one glass according to our invention. The cold glass comprises a cold basin 1> and an evaporator 2 located on the seller's side.

There is a glass 3-7 on top of the cold pool 1. A luminaire 8 is attached to the ceiling of the glass and the cold side has a low auxiliary level 9 on the customer's side and a worktop 11 on the seller's side. The cold glass is arranged on legs 10 and the necessary refrigeration equipment is placed under the cold pool 1.

The glass in this case comprises two glasses in addition to the end glasses. The end glasses, not shown here, close the ends of the glass, and the side of the glass on the seller's side is completely open in the service position. The cold side 3 of the cold pool 1 has a cold glass 3. This glass 3 delimits the cold pool 1 on the customer side, and its upper edge 19 is at the cold limit of the basin 1, i.e. approximately at the height of the upper edge of the evaporator 2, and delimits the cold room on the customer side. The windscreen 4 is a single-curved panoramic glass. Its lower edge 20 extends, when the glass is in the service position, slightly below the upper edge 19 of the cold glass 3, and the edges of the glasses 3, 4 overlap slightly. The upper part of the windscreen 4 has a bend at which the upper part of the windscreen 4 turns into the roof 12 of the glass.

Below the part forming the roof 12 of the windshield 4 there is a crank 6 attached to both edges of the glass. The cranks 6 are fixed at one end by joints 13 to the support arms 7. The support arms 35 are fixed at one end to the glass body 5.

The end of the support arm 7 and the joint 13 connecting it to the palm 6 are arranged at the desired center of rotation K of the glass 4. The position of the glass 4 88863 when the glass is in the selection position is illustrated by broken lines. Crank 6 is U-shaped. Its second branch is parallel to the roof part of the windscreen 4 and fixed to the lower surface of the glass. The second branch of the letter U is attached at its end to 5 joints l3.

When it is desired to change the glass from the service glass to the selector glass coke, the windscreen 4 is turned from its lower edge 20 by lifting up and back. The glass 4 pivots on the palm 6 around the center K of rotation 10 to a selection position where its straight front is horizontal and the lower edge 20 is at the front edge of the roof. The windshield 4 then forms the roof of the glass and the front wall of the glass is open. It is now easy for customers to take the products they want from the glass. In addition, advertising material and other objects can be placed on the wide level 15 formed by the windshield 4.

The glass is converted into a selection glass by turning the windscreen 4 on the palm 6 around the center of rotation K back to the front position. The shape of the palm 6 is chosen so that it remains behind the support arm 7 and the frame 5 of the glass when the glass-20 is in the selection position and is not disturbingly visible.

Figures 3 and 4 show an alternative crank arrangement. The arrangement has two cranks 14 and 15, the other ends 25 of which are connected to the roof part 12 of the windscreen 4 by joints 18 and 19 spaced apart. At one end, the cranks 14 and 15 are attached by second joints 16 and 17 to the glass body 5 as well as at a distance from each other. The upper crank 15 is angular. In the service position, the windshield 4 is at the bottom, and its lower edge 30 is approximately at the edge of the cold glass 3. In this case, the second arm of the upper palm 15 is parallel to the roof part 12 of the windshield 4, and its second arm as well as the second crank 14 are parallel to the body of the glass. Thus, the cranks 14 and 15 merge into the body of the glass and are not disturbingly visible.

When the windshield 4 is moved to the selection position, the pivot point 18, 19 connecting the palm of each palm 6 88863 14, 15 to the glass 4 moves along the arc of a circle defined by the cranks. At the same time, the arm-side arm 12 of the upper glass 15 of the upper palm 15 pivots away from the glass 4. The windshield 4 pivots as in the previous example so that the front edge 20 of the glass 4 is flush with the roof edge and the straight front of the glass 4 forms the glass roof. The glass is obtained in the service position by turning the windscreen 4 back in front of the glass in a corresponding manner on the cranks 14, 15.

The embodiments described above are suitable for round, straight and panoramic glasses. When using round glass, the cranks can be replaced by a guide rail and sliding members suitable for the rail, for example sliding shoes or wheels. In this case, the center of rotation K is the center of curvature of the guide rail, which is generally the same as the center of curvature of the glass. The slide rails can be attached to the glass frame and the slide members to the glass or vice versa. In this embodiment, the windshield is rotated to the selection position or the service position in the same manner as in the previous examples by rotating about the center of rotation.

The positions of the glass in both positions are the same as in the previous examples, except for differences due to the shape of the glass.

The embodiment shown in Figure 3 is suitable for glasses with a straight windshield. In it, the conventional windshield is divided, as in the previous examples, into a cold glass 3 and a windshield 21. Now the windshield 21 does not turn into a roof part, but the roof glass 23 is a separate glass. The windscreen 21 is hinged at its upper edge by a standard hinge 22 to the glass body 5 and the roof glass 23 by its rear edge by a hinge 24. The windshield 21 is then pivoted backwards onto the roof in a horizontal position. In this embodiment, the roof-glass 15 remains in a horizontal position under the windshield 21 in the selection position. The roof glass can also be hinged so that it pivots on the body 5 of the glass in the selection position.

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Figures 6 and 7 illustrate one embodiment of the invention suitable for many types of glass 4. The structure of the cold counter shown in Figures 6 and 7 differs slightly from the counters of Figures 1 and 2, but this fact is not relevant to the invention.

In this glass, the crank arrangement consists of two chambers 25 and 30 and a gas spring 29. The fixed crank 25 is fixedly attached to the glass glass ceiling 12. This pivot crank 27 is connected to the end of the palm 25 by a rotatable joint 26. The pivot crank (27) is fixed to the glass body 5 near the end opposite the fixed end of its fixed crank 25. A gas spring 29 is attached to the outer end of this palm 30 by a joint 31. The other end of the gas spring 29 15 is fixed to the body 5 of the glass by a joint 28 located near the lamp 8 at the top of the glass.

When such a glass is changed from the service position to the selection position, the windshield 4 is raised, whereby the pivoting crank 27 pivots away from the body 5 on the joint 30 and its end presses the gas spring 29 into the pile. When the pivoting crank 27 is in an approximately horizontal position, the range of motion of the gas spring 29 ends and the movement of the palm 27 stops. The windshield 4 is then pivoted around the joint 26 by pivoting horizontally in positions 2-5 as a glass roof. In this embodiment, the windshield is pivoted around two centers of rotation, and the centers of rotation are a joint 30 with which the pivoting crank 27 is fixed to the body 5 and a joint 26 between the cranks 25, 27.

In this embodiment, the gas pump 29 can be connected to the pivoting crank 27 in several ways, for example by attaching the operating end of the pump 29 to the glass body 5 below the joint 30, whereby the gas spring 29 acts as a tension spring when pivoted.

In addition to the examples described above, the present invention has other embodiments. Refrigerated glass 3 and windscreen 4, 21 not 35 ...

β 88863 need to overlap when the windscreen 4 is in the service position, but the edges 19 and 20 of the glasses 3 and 4 can be exactly opposite. In some cases, it may be advantageous for the windscreen 4 to cover the entire front wall of the glass in the service position. In this case, however, a separate or removable separate cold glass 3 is required. To facilitate the turning of the windscreen 4, one or more gas springs can be connected to the arrangement.

j A statically cooled cold counter is used as an example in this application. Of course, the glass shown can be used in connection with other types of refrigerated counters, for example fan-cooled refrigerated counters. The cold limit of fan-cooled cold counters is determined by the upper edge of the cooling air duct opening.

Claims (10)

9 38863 A convertible cold counter glass for a cold counter comprising: - a cold basin (1) fitted with an evaporator (2), the upper edge of which determines the cold limit of the basin (1), or 10 cooling air ducts, the cold limit being determined by the upper edge of the duct opening, and (1) a glass pane comprising a frame (5) and at least two end panes and a windscreen (4), characterized in that - the front edge (19) of the cold basin (1) extends at least to the height of the cold limit of the basin, - the windscreen (4) ) the lower edge (20) extends in the first, i.e. service position, in front of the glass to at least the cold limit of the cold pool (1), and in the second, i.e. select position, to the front edge of the glass roof so that the downward facing surface of the glass (4) is substantially (5) at the level of the highest point, • and 30. the windscreen (4) is fitted to the frame (5) by transfer members (6, 7, 13; 14-19; 22, 24) fixed on the other hand to the windscreen (4) and to from the father to the glass body (5), and which determine the path along which the windscreen (4) can be moved from the first position 35 to the second position and vice versa by turning around at least one center of rotation (K). 10 88863 Glass according to Claim 1, characterized by a cold glass (3), the lower edge of which is arranged at the front edge of the cold pool (1) and the upper edge (19) of which extends at least to the cold edge of the cold pool (1). 5 Glass according to claim 1, characterized in that the transfer members (6, 7, 13) comprise a support arm (7), the first end of which is fixed to the glass body (5) and the second end is located at the pivot point (K) and the palm (6). ) having a first end fixed to the lower surface of the windscreen (4) and a second end (13) to a pivot point (K) at the end of the support arm (6), (Figures 1 and 2) A glass according to claim 1, characterized in that the transfer members (14-19) comprise two cranks (14, 15), the first ends of which are articulated (18, 19) to the windscreen (4) at a distance from each other, and the second ends is fixed by joints (16, 17) to the glass body (5) at a distance from each other at two pivot points, (Figures 3 and 4) Glass according to Claim 1, characterized in that the transfer means comprise at least one guide rail in the shape of a desired transfer path, the center of curvature of which is a pivot point around which the windscreen (4) can be pivoted, and slide members arranged on the rail. Glass according to Claim 2, characterized in that the cold glass (3) and the windscreen (4) are at least slightly superimposed in the first position. Glass according to Claim 2, characterized in that the upper edge (19) of the cold glass (3) and the lower edge (20) OS of the windscreen (4) are opposite in the first position. Glass according to Claim 1, characterized in that the windscreen consists of an actual windscreen (21) connected to the glass body (5) at the front edge of the roof by a hinge (22) and a roof glass (23) connected to the glass body (5). 5) at the rear edge of the roof with a hinge (24). 5 (Figure 5) Glass according to claim 1, characterized by - at least one pivoting crank (27) fixed to the glass body (5) by a joint 10 (30) arranged between its ends, - at least one joint (26) having a pivoting crank (27) connected to the roof part (12) of the windscreen (4). 15 Glass according to Claim 8, characterized by at least one gas spring (29), the first end of which is arranged in the pivoting crank (27) and the second end in the body (5) of the glass. 12 88863