JP2000157378A - Product exhibit rack device for showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent pulling out of a rack plate due to mischief for a pulling-out type product exhibit rack provided in a showcase and realize simple and easy locking/unlocking operation of the rack plate. SOLUTION: This product exhibit rack device consists of a rack bracket 8 which is locked and supported on a rack support 10 of a case main body and is provided with a pair of right and left slide rails 8a and a movable rack plate 9 guided and supported so as to pull out forward across a section between right and left rack brackets. In this case, it is provided with a push type latch 11 which consists of two parts of a latch main body 12 as a stopper means locking the movable rack plate at a pushing-in position in a warehouse and a keeper 13 engaging with a lock claw provided at a front end of the latch main body, locking it by pressing the keeper against the ratch main body from the front, and unlocking it by pressing it once more. Each part of the latch main body and the keeper is installed by sorting on the movable rack plate and the rack bracket, respectively, and is arranged behind a reinforcing rib 8b of the rack plate so that they are not seen from the front and a hand cannot reach them.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drawer type merchandise display shelf apparatus provided in a cabinet of a showcase for an open showcase, a reach-in showcase, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The above-mentioned showcase is provided with goods display shelves arranged vertically in a warehouse. Further, in order to facilitate the work of replenishing the products to be displayed at the back of the shelf, a shelf device configured to be able to pull out the product display shelf forward is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-182865 and the like. It is.

Here, taking a multi-stage open showcase as an example, FIGS. 3 and 4 show the overall structure of the showcase and the structure of a conventional drawer type product display shelf. First,
3 (a) and 3 (b), reference numeral 1 denotes an open front case body serving as a heat-insulating housing, and 2 denotes a case surrounding the product display room 3 in the refrigerator and between the outer box and the inner box of the case body 1. The defined cool air circulation duct, 4 is a cooler (evaporator of the refrigerator), 5 is a fan in the refrigerator, 6 is a condensing unit of the refrigerator, and is drawn out in a vertical order in the refrigerator of the product display room 3. A type product display shelf 7 is provided.

[0004] The drawer-type product display shelf 7 has a structure in which a movable shelf 9 is placed and supported between shelf brackets 8 arranged at both left and right ends in the warehouse for each stage, as shown in FIG. As described above, the shelf bracket 8 is provided with the slide rail 8a, and the corners of the shelf support 10 are provided with the lock claws formed at the rear end thereof arranged on the right and left ends of the case with the rear panel 1a (see FIG. 3) of the case main body 1 being arranged. It is locked and held in a horizontal position so as to be inserted into the hole and protrude forward. On the other hand, the movable shelf 9 is a tray-like shelf having a fence formed on an upper peripheral edge thereof, and is mounted and supported on a slide rail 8a astride between left and right shelf brackets 8 arranged in the same step.

In such a configuration, the movable shelf 9 is normally held at a position where it is pushed into the interior of the refrigerator as shown by the solid line in FIG. On the other hand, when the movable shelf 9 is pulled forward from the front when replenishing goods, the movable shelf 9 is
Is drawn out along the slide rail 8a to a chain line position. FIG. 4 shows a state where the movable shelf 9 is pulled out forward.

On the other hand, in the drawer-type shelf device described above, the movable shelves 7 are locked at the position where the shelves are pushed into the refrigerator, and the movable shelves 9 are prevented from inadvertently moving forward. Stopper means for locking the plate 9 in the pushed-in position, a hook-shaped engaging member provided on the shelf bracket 8 as the stopper means, and a stopper piece provided on the lower surface of the movable shelf plate 9; The movable shelf is engaged with the engaging member in a state where the movable shelf is pushed into the refrigerator to disable the movable shelf from being pulled out. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. HEI 5-115344 discloses a configuration including a guide portion which engages with a lock to be locked and a release button which releases the engagement.

[0007]

By equipping the showcase with a drawer-type product display shelf as described above, the work of refilling the showcase with commodities can be performed easily. Function is required. That is, the stopper that locks the movable shelf in the storage position in the refrigerator is hidden in a position invisible from the front of the showcase in order to prevent the shelf from being pulled out by mischief. When a store clerk pulls out a shelf board for product replenishment or the like, simple operability to release the stopper by a simple operation and to pull out the movable shelf board is desired.

Considering the above-mentioned conventional shelf device from this viewpoint, the stopper is provided on the lower surface side of the movable shelf position which is hard to be seen from the front of the showcase, but the operability of releasing the stopper is taken into consideration. It is located in the front half of the shelf so that it can be reached from the front. On the other hand, in a showcase in which product display shelves are lined up and down, such as a multi-stage open showcase, when a person standing in front bends down one inch, the back of the shelves lined up in the upper part of the cabinet can be seen.
For this reason, even if the stopper is provided on the lower surface side of the movable shelf plate so as to be hard to be noticed, mischief cannot be prevented by a configuration in which the stopper is arranged at a front position accessible from the front in consideration of release operability. Moreover, in order for the clerk to release the stopper, it is necessary to bend down the body, visually check the position of the release button of the stopper, and then insert the hand into the storage to perform the release operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem with respect to the drawer-type merchandise display shelf described above, so that the release operation can be easily performed together with the improvement of the mischief prevention function. It is an object of the present invention to provide a showcase merchandise display shelf device in which stopper means for a movable shelf plate is improved.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a pair of left and right shelf brackets with slide rails, which are locked and supported by shelf supports provided on both right and left ends of a case body. And a movable shelf supported and guided so as to be able to be pulled out forward along a slide rail between the left and right shelf brackets. As a stopper means for stopping and holding, a latch body and a keeper engaged with a lock claw provided at a front end of the latch body are provided.
A push-type latch, which is made up of parts and pushes the keeper into the latch body from the front to lock it and pushes it again to unlock it, has the main body of the latch and the parts of the keeper facing each other, and Specifically, the keeper of the latch is attached to the back of a reinforcing rib protruding from the lower surface of the movable shelf board, and the latch body is opposed to the keeper, and the latch body is attached to the shelf bracket. The keeper of the latch and the main body face each other, and are distributed and installed on the lower rear portion of the movable shelf and the shelf bracket (claim 2).

According to this configuration, the latch that locks the movable shelf at the position where the movable shelf is pushed into the refrigerator is installed at a position where it cannot be seen from the front of the showcase at all and cannot be reached. In the locked state, even if a pulling force is applied to pull the movable shelf board forward, the lock does not come off, and there is no possibility that the movable shelf is pulled forward by a mischief by a third party. On the other hand, when the store clerk pulls the movable shelf forward when refilling the product, the latch can be unlocked and the shelf can be pulled out by a simple operation of pushing the desired movable shelf slightly from the fixed position. it can.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in FIGS. In the drawings of the embodiment, the same members corresponding to FIGS. 3 and 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

First, in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), a shelf bracket 8 of a drawer-type product display shelf 7 supports a horizontal position by inserting a lock claw 8b protruding from a rear end thereof into a square hole 10a of a shelf support post 10. Have been. On the other hand, the movable shelf 9 is provided with a fence 9a around the upper surface, and a reinforcing rib 9b having a U-shaped cross section extending in the left-right direction is formed on the rear surface side. The guide rails are guided and supported on the slide rails 8a so as to form a drawer type product display shelf.

According to the present invention, the shelf bracket 8 and the movable shelf 9 can be fixed to the shelf bracket 8 at the position where the movable shelf 9 is pushed into the cabinet with respect to the drawer-type product display shelf having such a configuration. A push-type latch 11 is provided between them. The push-type latch 11 is composed of two parts, a latch body 12 and a keeper (engaging projection) 13. The latch body 12 is provided on a horizontal rail 14 for anti-sway, which is bridged between left and right shelf brackets 8 arranged in the same step. The keeper 13 is attached to the back surface of the reinforcing rib 9b protruding from the rear lower surface side of the movable shelf 9 facing the mounting.
As a result, the push-type latch 11 is hidden behind the reinforcing rib 9b and cannot be seen at all from the front of the showcase.

Next, the detailed structure and operation of the push-type latch 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, the latch body 12 is a bottomed cylindrical body 12 having an open front surface.
a, a slide piece 12b having a tip protruding from the cylindrical body 12a, and a biasing spring 12c for pressing the slide piece 12b forward, and the slide piece 12b projects right and left from the front surface of the cylindrical body 12. A pair of lock claws (grippers) 12d having elasticity as described above is provided. A projection 12b-1 protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the slide piece 12b, and an irregular guide as shown in FIG. 2 (c) is provided on the inner wall surface of the cylindrical body 12a so that the projection 12b-1 is fitted. A groove 12a-1 is formed.

With this configuration, when the keeper 13 is retracted as shown in FIG. 2A, the slide piece 12b is urged forward by the spring force of the spring 12c, and the pair of right and left lock claws 12d are cylindrical. It protrudes forward of the body 12a and is open. In this state, the projection 12b-1 is stopped at the standby position I with respect to the guide groove 12a-1 in FIG.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the keeper 13 is brought into contact with the tip of the slide piece 12b and pushed in the direction of the arrow P, the slide piece 12b is pushed into the cylindrical body 12a and opened up to now. The locking claw 12d closed by being restrained by the cylindrical body 12a, and the keeper 13 is
In between. In addition, the projection 12b-1 moves the guide groove 1 by this movement.
Move to position II of 2a-1. When the pushing of the keeper 13 is stopped, the projection 12b-1 of the slide piece 12b which has received the spring force of the urging spring 12c moves from the position II to the position III along the guide groove 12a-1, and stops at this position. . As a result, the keeper 13 is locked so as not to come out of this position while being held by the lock claws 12d.

Next, when the pushing force is again applied to the keeper 13 from the locked state of FIG. 2B, the projection 12b-1 moves from the position III to the position IV of the guide groove 12-1, and then the urging spring 12 is moved.
The guide groove 12a-1 is reversed by the spring force c and returns to the initial standby position I from the position IV of the guide groove 12a-1. As a result, the slide pieces 12b and the lock claws 12d return to the positions shown in FIG. 2A, and the lock of the keeper 13 is released.

Next, a description will be given of an operation for putting the drawer-type product display shelf 7 equipped with the push-type latch 11 in and out. 1 (a) and 1 (b), FIG. 1 (a) shows a state where the movable shelf 9 is locked at a position where the movable shelf 9 is pushed into the refrigerator, and FIG. 1 (b) shows a state where the movable shelf 9 is pulled forward. . That is, in the state shown in FIG. 1A, the keeper 13 of the push-type latch 11 is
As described above, the movable shelf 9 is locked and held at this position. In this state, even if the movable shelf 9 is pulled forward from the front of the showcase, the shelf is not pulled out of the refrigerator. On the other hand, when the store clerk pushes the movable shelf plate 9 slightly backward when replenishing the merchandise to the merchandise display shelf, the lock of the latch 11 is released (see FIG. 2A). Therefore, the movable shelf 9 can be pulled forward along the slide rail 8a of the shelf bracket 8 as shown in FIG. When the movable shelf 9 is pushed into the refrigerator after the operation of replenishing the product, the latch 11 is switched to a locked state (see FIG. 2B) and is locked and supported at the position shown in FIG.

[0020]

As described above, according to the structure of the present invention, at the position where the movable shelf is pushed into the refrigerator, the latch of the movable shelf is not visible at all from the front of the showcase and cannot be reached. In the locked state of the latch, the lock does not come off even if the movable shelf is pulled out to pull forward. In addition, when the store clerk pulls out the movable shelf at the time of product replenishment etc., there is no need for a special release operation using the hand, and it is a simple operation of pushing the desired movable shelf slightly from the fixed position. A drawer-type merchandise display shelf excellent in mischief prevention and operability can be provided, for example, the latch can be unlocked and the shelf can be pulled out as it is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a drawer-type product display shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Side view showing the drawer state

FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory views of the configuration and operation of the push-type latch in FIG. 1, wherein FIGS. 2A and 2B are cross-sectional views showing the unlocked and locked states of the latch, respectively, and FIG. Pattern diagram of guide grooves formed in the body

FIGS. 3A and 3B are configuration diagrams of a multi-stage open showcase to which the present invention is applied; FIG. 3A is a longitudinal side view of the showcase, and FIG.

FIG. 4 is a conventional configuration diagram of the drawer-type product display shelf in FIG. 3, which is a plan view showing a state where the movable shelf board is pulled out.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case main body 7 Pull-out type product display shelf 8 Shelf bracket 8a Slide rail 9 Movable shelf board 9b Reinforcement rib 10 Shelf support 11 Push-type latch 12 Latch main body 12a Lock claw

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pair of left and right shelf brackets with slide rails latched and supported on shelf supports erected at both left and right ends in the case body, and can be drawn forward along a slide rail extending between the left and right shelf brackets. In a showcase product display shelf device consisting of a movable shelf plate guided and supported by
As a stopper means for locking and holding the movable shelf at a position where the movable shelf is pushed into the refrigerator, it is composed of two parts, a latch body and a keeper engaged with a lock claw provided at a front end of the latch body. The push-type latch is pressed against the latch body to lock it, and is pushed again to unlock it. The main body of the latch and the parts of the keeper are faced back and forth and distributed to the lower rear side of the movable shelf and the shelf bracket side. A product display shelf device for a showcase, which is installed. 2. The merchandise display shelf device according to claim 1,
A merchandise display shelf device for a showcase, wherein a keeper of a latch is attached to a back surface of a reinforcing rib protruding from a lower surface of a movable shelf plate, and a latch body is attached to a shelf bracket so as to face the keeper.