JP2000312631A - Show case - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an exchange workability in an illumination light from being damaged even in the case of intervention by means of the illumination light attached to a storing chamber and tag molds by arranging the tag molds at the front end of shelves and attaching the tag molds to the shelves so as to be movable in left and right. SOLUTION: When the illumination light 14 of a show case 1 is exchanged, a door 7 at a right side, for example, is opened at first and the tag molds 13 attached to the front end of each shelves 9 in the storing chamber 5 are respectively moved to a right side. Thus, a gap S is formed between the left end of the tag mold 13 and a supporter 11. Then a hand is inserted to the gap S, sockets attached to the upper and lower ends of the light 14 are removed and, then, the light 14 is removed from an illumination light holder 15 and taken-out from the gap S. Then the new light 14 is inserted from the gap S to the chamber 5 and held by the illumination light holder 15 which is attached to the supporter 11. Then the sockets attached to the supporter 11 are fitted to the upper and lower ends of the light 14 and the tag molds 13 are returned to original positions.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a showcase in which a column extending vertically is installed in a storage room, and a shelf for placing articles is erected on the column.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a showcase of this type, a column extending vertically is installed in a storage room, and a plurality of shelves for mounting articles are erected on the column. A tag mold is attached to the front end of each of the shelves, and the tag mold can display, for example, the price and name of a product.

On the other hand, the front opening of the storage room can be opened and closed by a plurality of sliding doors (glass doors), and the storage corresponding to the rear of the position where the doors overlap when the openings are closed. In the room, upright supports are installed. In some cases, an illumination lamp (fluorescent lamp) for illuminating the storage room vertically was attached to this support.

[0004]

However, in such a showcase, the illuminator mounted on the column and the tag mold at the front end of the shelf interfere with each other. On the other hand, the lamps need to be replaced, and in order to be able to do so, the front end of the shelf must be spaced further behind the lamps. for that reason,
There has been a problem that the area of shelves installed in the storage room is reduced, and the number of products that can be placed on the shelves is reduced.

[0005] In order to increase the shelf area, it is conceivable to position the front end of the shelf forward.
However, in this case, when replacing the lighting, it is necessary to remove all the products placed on the shelf, remove the shelf and tag mold, and replace the lighting. Becomes extremely complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional technical problem, and even when an illumination lamp mounted on a storage room and a tag mold at the front end of a shelf interfere with each other, the illumination lamp can be replaced. An object is to provide a showcase that does not impair workability.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a showcase comprising a storage room, a column extending vertically, and a shelf on which articles are placed. A tag mold is provided at a front end of the shelf, and the tag mold is mounted on the shelf so as to be movable left and right.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a tag is provided at the front end of a shelf in a showcase in which a vertically extending column is installed in a storage room and a shelf for mounting articles is erected on the column. Since the tag mold is mounted on the shelf so that it can move left and right, the tag lamp can be moved to the left and right even if the tag light interferes with the lighting installed in the storage room. Can be increased. Thus, the illumination lamp can be replaced without removing the shelf, and workability is remarkably improved.

In the showcase according to the second aspect of the present invention, the front opening of the storage room is closed by a plurality of sliding doors so as to be openable and closable, and at the rear of the position where the doors overlap when the openings are closed. A column extending up and down is provided in the corresponding storage room, and a shelf for mounting articles is erected on the column, and an illumination lamp attached to the front of the column and a front end of the shelf are provided. And a tag mold attached to the shelf so as to be movable left and right.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the front opening of the storage compartment is closed by a plurality of sliding doors so as to be openable and closable, and corresponds to the rear side where the doors overlap when the openings are closed. In a showcase that has a column for articles placed on it, a lighting fixture attached to the front of the column and a tag provided at the front end of the shelf are installed on the column. Since the tag mold is attached to the shelf so that it can be moved to the left and right, the shelf is enlarged to the vicinity of the opening of the storage room, and even if the tag mold at the front end is close to the lighting, the tag mold is moved to the left and right. By moving, the distance between the lamp and the lamp can be increased.

[0011] This makes it possible to replace the lamp without removing the shelf, so that the shelf area can be expanded without impairing the workability of replacing the lamp. is there.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a showcase 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. The showcase 1 is a low-temperature showcase installed in a supermarket, a convenience store, or the like, and has a main body constituted by an insulating box (insulating wall) 2 opened at the front.

The heat-insulating box 2 is made of a steel sheet outer box 3 opening to the front, and is incorporated in the outer box 3 with a space therebetween.
It comprises an inner box 4 made of a steel plate or a hard resin opened on the front surface, and a heat insulating material 10 made of foamed polyurethane filled between the outer box 3 and the inner box 4.

A storage room 5 is formed in the inner box 4, and a front opening 6 of the storage room 5 has sliding door-type glass doors 7, 8.
Is openably closed. Further, a cooler and a blower of a cooling device (not shown) are installed in the upper part of the storage room 5, and the cool air from the cooler is forcibly circulated to the storage room 5 by the blower, so that the inside of the storage room 5 is a predetermined space. Cooled to a temperature of

Further, a machine room (not shown) is formed below the heat insulating box 2. This machine room is open on the front side, and this opening is a panel 19 on which a suction port 18 is formed.
It is closed openably by.

Here, in the storage room 5, a column 11 is provided vertically above and below a position where the doors 7 and 8 overlap each other. Further, at the rear part in the storage room 5 corresponding to the support 11, another support 12 that extends up and down is provided.
Are provided, and columns 17 are also provided at the respective corners in the storage room 5 (FIG. 4). The supports 9, 12, and 17 are provided with a plurality of shelves 9,.

A plurality of illuminating lamp holders 15 for holding illuminating lamps (fluorescent lamps) 14 are mounted on the front surface of the column 11. The illumination lamp holder 15 is a substantially circular plate spring member having an opening on the front side, and the illumination lamp 14 is detachably attached and held in the illumination lamp holder 15. Then, sockets 16, 16 for wiring connection of the illumination lamp 14 are attached to the column 11 at positions corresponding to the upper end and the lower end of the illumination lamp 14 when the illumination lamp 14 is attached.

On the other hand, the front end of the shelf 9 is extended to the position of the illumination lamp 14 attached to the front surface of the column 11, and the front end of the shelf 9 is a price card for displaying, for example, the price and name of the displayed product. Or to mount shelves 9
A tag mold 13 for preventing a product displayed above from dropping forward is attached.

The tag mold 13 is made of a hard and rigid resin and has a long shape. The tag mold 13 is engaged with a wire forming the front edge of the shelf 9 and is attached so as to be movable in the left-right direction. The tag mold 13 is located at a position substantially flush with the front end of the lighting lamp 14 in a state where the tag mold 13 is attached to the front end of the shelf 9, and the end is close to the lighting lamp 14 (FIG. 2).

Next, the procedure for replacing the illuminating lamp 14 with the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view of the showcase 1 with the illumination lamp 14 removed, and FIG.
It is an expansion perspective view of a part. When replacing the illumination lamp 14, first, for example, the right door 7 is opened, and the tag mold 13 attached to the front end of each shelf 9 in the storage room 5 is moved to the right. Thereby, a gap S is formed between the left end of the tag mold 13 and the column 11 (FIG. 3).

Next, a hand is inserted into the gap S, and the sockets 16 and 1 attached to the upper and lower ends of the illumination lamp 14 are inserted.
After removing 6, the lamp 14 is removed from the lamp holder 15. Then, the illumination lamp 14 is taken out from the gap S.

Then, a new illumination lamp 14 is inserted into the storage room 5 from the gap S, and is held by the illumination lamp holder 15 attached to the column 11. Next, at the upper end and lower end of the illumination lamp 14, sockets 16
And finally, move the tag mold 13 to the left side to return to the initial position.

As described above, in the present invention, the tag mold 1
Only by moving the lamp 3 to the left and right, the illumination lamp 14 attached to the column 11 can be replaced. Thereby, the workability at the time of performing maintenance such as replacement of the illumination lamps 14 vertically attached to the front opening 6 is determined by removing all the products placed on the shelf 9 and then removing the shelf 9. It is significantly improved as compared to the case where

That is, since the illumination lamp 14 can be replaced only by moving the tag mold 13 left and right,
Even if the front end of the shelf 9 is enlarged to the vicinity of the opening 6 of the storage room 5, the tag mold 13 does not hinder the replacement work of the illumination lamp 14. Therefore, the shelf mounting area can be increased.

[0025]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a showcase in which a column extending vertically is installed in a storage room, and a shelf for mounting articles is erected on the column.
A tag mold provided at the front end of the shelf is provided.This tag mold is mounted on the shelf so that it can be moved to the left and right, so that even if the tag light interferes with the illumination light installed in the storage room, the , The distance between the lamp and the lamp can be increased. Thus, the illumination lamp can be replaced without removing the shelf, and workability is remarkably improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the front opening of the storage room is opened and closed by a plurality of sliding doors, and the rear side of the position where the doors overlap when the openings are closed. Up and down columns are installed in the storage room corresponding to
This support column has a lighting case attached to the front of the support column and a tag mold provided at the front end of the shelf in a showcase having a shelf on which articles are placed, and the tag mold is moved left and right. Since it was mounted on the shelf as much as possible, the shelf was expanded to the vicinity of the opening of the storage room, and even if the tag mold at the front end was close to the lighting, the tag mold was moved to the left and right, so that the space between the lighting and the lighting was improved. Can be expanded.

This makes it possible to replace the lamp without removing the shelf, so that the shelf area can be expanded without impairing the workability of replacing the lamp. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a showcase to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a plan sectional view of a showcase to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a plan cross-sectional view of a showcase illustrating a procedure for replacing a lighting lamp.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of an opening portion of a showcase for explaining a procedure for replacing an illumination lamp.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Showcase 5 Storage room 6 Front opening 7, 8 Door 9 Shelf 11, 12, 17 Prop 13 Tag mold 14 Illumination light 15 Illumination light holder 16 Socket

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) F25D 27/00 F25D 27/00 (72) Inventor Hiroshige Hayashi 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No. Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shigeru Arai 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka F-term in Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. 3B110 GA20 GA25 HA01 HA19 JA06 JA13 3B118 FA14 3L045 AA07 BA01 CA02 DA02 KA08 PA04

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A showcase in which a vertically extending column is installed in a storage room, and the column is provided with a shelf on which articles are placed. The tag is provided with a tag mold provided at a front end of the shelf. A showcase, wherein a mold is attached to the shelf so as to be movable left and right. 2. A front opening of a storage room is closed by a plurality of sliding doors so as to be openable and closable, and when the openings are closed, upper and lower sides of the storage room corresponding to a rear side of a position where the doors overlap each other. In a showcase in which a shelf for mounting articles is erected on the support, an illumination lamp attached to the front of the support and a tag mold provided at the front end of the shelf are provided. A showcase, wherein the tag mold is attached to the shelf so as to be movable left and right.