JP2000184941A - Mounting structure of corner bumper for open showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to easily and neatly mount a corner bumper to the corner part of a casing and to prevent the difficulty in mounting of the bumper by dimensional errors by fitting and fixing an outward engaging piece to the outer flank of the corner part of the casing and detaining an inward engaging piece thereto. SOLUTION: The upper edge of the corner bumper 30 is aligned to the position slightly lower than the upper edge of a notched part 25 of a fixture 23 and the engaging piece 31 at the left side edge of the corner bumper 30 is inserted into the spacing between the lower outward engaging piece 26 and a front plate 10 from the left side, following which the engaging piece is lifted until the piece comes into contact with the rear surface of the corner bumper 30. The engaging piece 31 on the left side of the corner bumper 30 is then detained by the outward engaging pieces 26 and 26 on the left side of the fixture 23 and the upper and lower inward engaging pieces 32 and 32 on the rear side of the corner bumper 30 have the height equal to the height of the upper and lower outward engaging pieces 26 and 26 of the fixture 23 to detain the upper and lower engaging pieces 32 and 32 on the rear side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mounting structure for a corner bumper in an open showcase, wherein a corner bumper for protecting the corner is mounted on a corner of a housing of the open showcase.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The prior art of this type of mounting structure is as follows.
For example, there is one described in JP-A-9-56537.

[0003] In this open showcase, a mounting piece of a corner bumper for protecting the corner portion is fixed to each of the ends of the two heat insulating materials at the corner formed by the ends of the two heat insulating materials intersecting each other. Then, a decorative board is attached to the outside of the heat insulating material and the mounting piece, and the end face of the decorative board is aligned with the end face of the corner bumper.

[0004]

However, when the corner bumper is damaged, it is necessary to temporarily remove the decorative plate in order to replace the corner bumper with a new corner bumper. It is troublesome.

If the actual width of the decorative board is slightly smaller than the designed dimension, a gap is formed between the end face of the decorative board and the end face of the corner bumper, which impairs the appearance of the corner portion. If the actual width of the decorative board is slightly longer than the design dimension, the decorative board cannot be attached.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a corner bumper can be easily and conveniently mounted on a corner portion of a housing. An object of the present invention is to provide a mounting structure for a corner bumper in an open showcase, which makes it difficult to perform mounting.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned problem is solved as follows. (1) A mounting structure for mounting a corner bumper for protecting a corner to a corner portion of a housing in an open showcase, wherein the outer surface of the corner portion of the housing has outward engagement pieces on both side edges. The inner surface of the L-shaped mounting member is fitted and fixed, and the outward engaging pieces are engaged with the inward engaging pieces formed on both side edges of the corner bumper.

(2) In the above item (1), a gap substantially equal to the thickness of the inward engaging piece of the corner bumper is formed between the outward engaging piece of the mounting member and the outer surface of the housing. Then, the inward engaging piece of the corner bumper is inserted into this gap.

(3) In the above item (1) or (2), a notch is provided in a vertical intermediate portion of at least one outwardly engaging piece of the mounting member, and the outwardly engaging piece is paired up and down. In addition, a notch is also formed at a vertical intermediate portion of the inward engaging piece that engages with the one outwardly engaging piece of the corner bumper so that the inward engaging piece is The vertical dimension of the notch of the mounting member is larger than the vertical dimension of the upper inward engaging piece, and the vertical dimension of the notch of the corner bumper is It should be larger than the vertical dimension of the piece.

(4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), a corner lower bumper for preventing lowering of the corner bumper on its upper surface is attached directly below the corner bumper at a corner of the housing.

(5) In any one of the above items (1) to (4), the locking piece projecting laterally from the upper end of the mounting member is provided on the inner surface of the corner cover which covers the upper surface of the corner portion of the housing. By locking to the upper surface of the engaging portion, the corner cover is prevented from coming off upward.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A refrigerated showcase as an example of an open showcase provided with an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, the lower left of FIG. 1 is “forward”, and the upper right is “rear”.
And

The housing (2) of the refrigerated showcase (1) has a substantially U-shape when viewed from the side, and has a housing (3) formed therein for displaying products (not shown). It comprises a body body (4) and a side plate (5) for closing a side surface of the housing body (4).

The side plate (5) is provided with a window hole (6) having an open front surface and an upper surface inclined forward and upward,
At the lower edge of the window hole (6), a metal lower trim (7) facing the front and rear direction as a handrail rail is mounted. From the rear edge of the window hole (6) to the upper edge, the upper edge is provided. An upper trim (8) whose half is curved obliquely forward and upward is mounted. By the lower trim (7) and the upper trim (8), a side plate trim is provided.
(9) is formed.

A metal handrail rail (11) having substantially the same cross-sectional shape as the lower trim (7) is mounted on the upper edge of the front plate (10) of the housing body (4) over its entire length. I have. Window hole
The front edge of the windshield (G), which is almost complementary to (6), is fitted with a front sash (12) that faces vertically, and the other peripheral edge of the windshield (G) is A lower sash (13) facing the front-rear direction and an upper sash (14) facing the vertical direction and having an upper half curved forward are fitted.

At the upper end of the front sash (12), windshield
(G) An upper mounting piece (15) facing in the same direction as the upper edge portion is protruded, and a frontward horizontal lower mounting piece (16) is protruded from the lower end of the front sash (12). .

At the lower corner of the rear end of the windshield (G), L
The fixing member (17) is fitted into the fixing hole (17). The fixing member (17) is provided with a mounting hole provided at a corner of the lower trim (7) and the upper trim (8).
(18) (see FIG. 1), the lower surface of the lower sash (13) is in contact with the upper surface of the lower trim (7), and the upper mounting piece (15)
Are fixed to the upper trim (8) by set screws (19) (see FIG. 1).

Corner covers shown in enlarged form in FIGS.
(20) is substantially L-shaped in plan view, has an open lower surface, a left side surface, and a rear surface, and has a cross-sectional shape similar to that of the lower trim (7) and the handrail rail (11). An engaging portion (21) extending substantially inwardly and protruding inward from the inner surface of the protruding corner portion of the corner cover (20) is provided on a lower surface of a rear edge portion of the corner cover (20). Is formed with a concave portion (22) complementary to the lower mounting piece (16).

As shown in FIG. 3, on the upper surface of the engaging portion (21) of the corner cover (20), a pair of substantially protruding laterally protruding upper ends of the fixing brackets (23) facing vertically. The horizontal outward locking pieces (24) (24) are engaged. The fixing bracket (23) has a substantially L-shape in plan view, and its left edge and rear edge are outwardly stepped, and a notch (25 ) To form the fixing bracket (2
3) A pair of upper and lower outwardly engaging pieces is provided on the left edge and the rear edge of
(26) is formed.

With the locking pieces (24) and (24) of the fixing bracket (23) locked to the engaging portions (21) of the corner cover (20), the corner cover (20) is removed from the lower trim (7). And the handrail rail (11) lightly cover the adjacent corners, then pull the fixing bracket (23) downward, and insert the through hole (27) formed in the fixing bracket (23) with the side plate (5). Screw holes drilled in the side edges adjacent to each other with the front plate (10)
The side plate (5) and the front plate (10) are fixed by the fixing bracket (23) by screwing the set screw (29) inserted through the through hole (27) into the screw hole (28). Strongly connected.

At this time, the rear part and the left part of the corner cover (20) are fitted on the lower trim (7) and the upper surface of the handrail rail (11), respectively (the rear part of the corner cover (20) is the lower trim ( 7 is shown in FIG. 7), the corner cover (20) is attached to the upper end of the corner of the housing (2), and the recess (22) of the corner cover (20) is Fit the mounting piece (16), press the lower mounting piece (16) against the lower trim (7) side, and lower the front lower end of the windshield (G) with the lower trim.
Fixed to (7).

A corner bumper (30) shown in FIGS.
Has an approximately L-shape in plan view formed by bending a synthetic resin or a steel plate (see FIG. 9), and an inward engaging piece facing rightward over the entire length thereof is provided on the back side of the left edge thereof. (3
1) is provided, and a pair of upper and lower inward engaging pieces (32) (32) are provided on the back side of the rear edge portion. The vertical dimension of the inward engaging pieces (32) (32) at the rear edge of the corner bumper (30) is slightly shorter than the vertical width of the notch (25) of the fixing bracket (23), and The vertical dimension of the notch (33) between the mating pieces (32) and (32) is slightly longer than the vertical dimension of the outward engaging piece (26) of the fixing bracket (23).

Fixing the upper edge of the corner bumper (30)
Align the engagement piece (31) on the left edge of the corner bumper (30) with a position slightly lower than the upper edge of the notch (25) of (23).
Insert the engagement piece (32) above the rear edge of the corner bumper (30) into the gap between the outward engagement piece (26) and the front plate (10) below from the left side, and After inserting into the notch (25) from
Lift the corner bumper (30) until it comes into contact with the lower surface of the corner cover (20).

Then, the left engagement piece (31) of the corner bumper (30) is connected to the left outward engagement piece (26) (2) of the fixing bracket (23).
6), and the upper and lower inward engaging pieces (32) and (32) on the rear side of the corner bumper (30) are upper and lower outward engaging pieces (26) and (26) ( The upper and lower engaging pieces (32) and (32) on the rear side are prevented from coming off.

The gap between each outward engaging piece (26) and the side plate (5) and the front plate (10) is equal to the thickness of the inward engaging pieces (31) and (32) of the corner bumper (30). When the corner bumper (30) is attached to the fixing bracket (23), the outer surfaces of the side plate (5) and the front plate (10) are inwardly engaged with the corner bumper (30) as shown in FIG. The impact applied to the corner bumper (30) from the outside because it comes into contact with the back surface of the mating pieces (31) and (32), and the center of the back surface of the corner bumper (30) abuts the front end corner of the side plate (5). In contrast, the corner bumper (30) is strongly supported, and the corner bumper (30) can be prevented from being deformed.

In this state, the through holes formed in the mounting pieces (35) provided on both sides of the corner lower bumper (34) formed by bending a synthetic resin or a steel plate and having an approximately L shape in a plan view are provided. A set screw (36) (see the dashed line in FIG. 8) is inserted, and the set screw (36) is drilled at the lower end of the side edge of the side plate (5) and the front plate (10) which are close to each other. When screwed into the hole (37),
The corner lower bumper (34) is fixed directly below the corner bumper (30) (see FIG. 9).
Lowering is prevented by the upper surface of the corner lower bumper (34), and falling down is completely prevented.

Thereafter, the lower metal bumpers (39) (4) are attached to the latches (38) provided near the lower edges of the side plate (5) and the front plate (10).
By mounting 0), the refrigerated showcase (1) is completed.

According to the refrigerated showcase (1) having the embodiment described above, the concave portion (22) of the corner cover (20) is provided.
However, the lower mounting piece (16) of the windshield (G) is trimmed to the lower part (7).
Therefore, the front lower end of the windshield (G) can be attached to the window (6) without rattling. Also, through holes (20a) (20) drilled in the rear wall of the corner cover (20)
a) Insert a set screw (not shown) into (see FIGS. 4 and 5), and insert the set screw into a screw hole (not shown) formed in the upper part of the inner surface of the front plate (5) and the side plate (10). If screwed, windshield
The rattle of the front lower end of (G) and the corner cover (20)
More reliably prevented.

Corner cover using fixing bracket (23)
(20) is attached to the corner of the refrigerated showcase (1), so there is no need to screw the corner cover (20), and the set screw is exposed to the outside.
The appearance of (1) is not impaired.

The cross-sectional shape of the corner cover (20) is
Since it is almost the same as that of the lower trim (7) and the handrail rail (11), a shape continuity is generated between these members, and the appearance of the corner portion of the refrigerated showcase (1) is improved. Can be.

The corner bumper (30) can be easily attached to the fixing bracket (23), and if the corner lower bumper (34) is removed from the side plate (5) and the front plate (10),
Since the corner bumper (30) can be easily removed from the fixing bracket (23), the corner bumper (30) can be easily replaced with a new one.

A notch (25) is provided in the fixing bracket (23), and a notch (33) is formed between the upper and lower inward engaging pieces (32) on the rear side of the corner bumper (30). Therefore, the corner bumper (30) can be easily attached simply by slightly fitting the corner bumper (30) into the middle part of the fixing bracket (23) and lifting it upward. The moving stroke at the time of mounting the corner bumper (30) can be shortened as compared with the case where the corner bumper (30) is inserted from the end.

It is to be noted that the fixing fitting (23) with which the long inward engaging piece (31) engages is the outward fitting piece (26) on the left side in FIG.
Is not provided with a notch in the middle,
It may be over the entire length of 3).

Conversely, if a notch similar to the notch (33) is provided in the middle of the inward engaging piece (31), the inward engaging piece (31) is first placed on the outward engaging piece (31). There is no need to engage with 26). That is, the left and right inward engaging pieces (31) and (32) can be simultaneously engaged with the left and right outward engaging pieces (26) from the middle portion of the fixture (23).

The present invention can of course be applied to the corners between the side plate and the rear plate, and the four corners of the flat open showcase described in the above-mentioned publication.

[0036]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (a) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the corner bumper can be easily attached and detached by sliding the inward engaging piece of the corner bumper vertically with respect to the outward engaging piece of the mounting member. In addition to this, the outwardly engaging pieces and the inwardly engaging pieces are concealed by the corner bumpers and are not exposed to the outside, so that the appearance is good. In addition, the mounting of the corner bumper is not affected by the accuracy of the width dimension of the decorative plate provided on the outer surface of the corner portion of the housing.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the corner bumper is attached to the corner of the housing, the back surface of the inward engaging piece of the corner bumper comes into close contact with the outer surface of the corner, and The corner bumper is strongly supported against an impact applied to the bumper from the outside, and the corner bumper can be prevented from being deformed.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, the corner bumper is fitted to the middle portion of the mounting member from the side, and is lifted slightly upward, so that the outward engagement piece and the corner bumper are inwardly directed. The engagement pieces can be engaged with each other and attached easily, and the moving stroke when attaching the corner bumper can be shorter than when the corner bumper is inserted from the end of the attachment member.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the upper surface of the corner lower bumper prevents the corner bumper from descending, it is possible to prevent the corner bumper from dropping below the mounting member.

(E) According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the corner cover can be attached to the housing by the corner bumper attachment member, so that the number of parts is reduced and the structure is simplified. Can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially exploded perspective view of a right side portion of an open showcase including an embodiment of the present invention before assembly is completed.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of a main part.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a fixing bracket is attached to the corner cover.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged rear view of the corner cover.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the corner cover as viewed from the direction of the arrow V in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing a state where a corner cover and a fixing bracket are attached to a corner portion of the open showcase.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged vertical sectional front view taken along the line VII-VII of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view showing a completed state of a corner portion of the open showcase.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional plan view taken along the line IX-IX of FIG.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged rear view of the corner bumper.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Refrigerated showcase (2) Housing (3) Housing (4) Housing body (5) Side plate (6) Window hole (7) Lower trim (8) Upper trim (9) Side plate trim (10) Front Plate (11) Railing rail (12) Front sash (13) Lower sash (14) Upper sash (15) Upper mounting piece (16) Lower mounting piece (17) Fixing tool (18) Mounting hole (19) Set screw ( 20) Corner cover (20a) (20a) Through hole (21) Engagement part (22) Recess (23) Fixing bracket (24) Locking piece (25) Notch (26) Outward engaging piece (27) Through Hole (28) Screw hole (29) Set screw (30) Corner bumper (31) Inward engaging piece (32) Inward engaging piece (33) Notch (34) Corner lower bumper (35) Mounting piece (36 ) Set screw (37) Screw hole (38) Locking bracket (39) (40) Lower bumper (G) Windshield

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mounting structure for mounting a corner protection corner bumper at a corner of a housing of an open showcase, wherein outwardly engaging pieces are provided on both sides of an outer surface of the corner of the housing. The inner surface of an L-shaped mounting member having a plan view is fitted and fixed, and the outward engaging pieces are engaged with inward engaging pieces formed on both side edges of the corner bumper. The mounting structure of the corner bumper in the open showcase. 2. A gap substantially equal to the thickness of the inward engaging piece of the corner bumper is formed between the outwardly engaging piece of the mounting member and the outer side surface of the housing. The mounting structure for a corner bumper in an open showcase according to claim 1, wherein an inward engaging piece of the corner bumper is inserted. 3. A notch is provided in a vertical intermediate portion of at least one outwardly engaging piece of the mounting member to form a pair of upwardly and outwardly engaging pieces, and said one of said outwardly engaging pieces in a corner bumper. A notch is also formed at the middle part in the vertical direction of the inward engaging piece that engages with the direction engaging piece,
A pair of upper and lower inward engaging pieces are formed, and the upper and lower dimensions of the notch of the mounting member are made larger than the upper and lower dimensions of the upper inward engaging piece. The mounting structure of a corner bumper in an open showcase according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the size of the corner bumper is larger than a vertical dimension of a lower outwardly engaging piece. 4. The open according to claim 1, wherein a corner lower bumper for preventing a lowering of the corner bumper on an upper surface is attached to the corner portion of the housing immediately below the corner bumper. Mounting structure for corner bumpers in showcases. 5. The corner cover of the corner cover is locked by engaging a locking piece laterally projecting from an upper end of the mounting member with an upper surface of an engaging portion provided on an inner surface of the corner cover covering the upper surface of the corner portion of the housing. The mounting structure for a corner bumper in an open showcase according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the corner bumper is prevented from coming off upward.