JP2001104120A - Wagon for displaying commodity - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the rear end of a commodity mounting body from protruding to the rear of a wagon main body even if the angle of inclination of the commodity mounting body on the wagon main body is changed and to facilitate the changing of the angle of inclination of the commodity mounting body. SOLUTION: By rackably connecting a commodity mounting body 12 mounted on a wagon main body 11 to the wagon main body 11 by a supporting mechanism 13 and rotating the supporting mechanism 13 in the rising direction with respect to the upper surface of the wagon main body 11, it is possible to change the angle of inclination of the mounting body 12 to any angle. By engaging one of the engaging holes 143A-143D of an inclination angle holding mechanism 14, which is provided at the location of the upper surface of a front end part of the wagon main body 11 and the back surface of the mounting body 12 opposite to the upper surface of a front end part of the wagon main body 11, with an engaging claw 141, the inclined posture of the commodity mounting body 12 is held.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wagon for displaying products such as fruits and vegetables, and more particularly to a product display in which a product mounting body for displaying products such as fruits and vegetables on a wagon body can be adjusted to an arbitrary inclination angle. For wagons.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wagon for product display used in the sale of fruits and vegetables such as oranges and apples, and long products such as gobos and green onions, has a product mounting body that is easy to pick up, easy to read, and easy to read. It is configured so that it can be adjusted to any tilt angle so that a voluminous display is possible even with a small amount of goods. Conventionally, as such a wagon for product display, the one shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-128037 is known. Hereinafter, such a conventional product display wagon will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional product display wagon.

In FIG. 6, a wagon 50 for displaying goods is
A wagon main body 52 with a swivel caster 51, a flat product mounting body 53 and the like provided on the wagon main body 52 so as to be tiltable are provided. The product mounting body 53 is the wagon body 5
2 for displaying products such as fruits and vegetables on the upper surface of the wagon 2. The lower front end of the product mounting body 53 is tiltably supported on the front part of the wagon body 52 by a pivoting member 54 such as a hinge. On both left and right sides near the rear end of the product placement body 53, a support mechanism made of a narrow metal plate material for holding the product placement body 53 at an arbitrary angle with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body 52. One end of 55 is swingably connected. Also,
A plurality of locking notches 56 are formed in the support mechanism 55 at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the support mechanism 55,
By locking an arbitrary locking notch 56 of the locking notch 56 to a locking pin 57 provided on the rear support 521 of the wagon body 52, the product placing body 53 is held in an inclined state. It is configured as follows.

[0004]

In the conventional product display wagon constructed as described above, the locking position of the locking notch 56 of the supporting portion 551 with respect to the locking pin 57 is changed. The tilt angle position P1 shown by the solid line in FIG. 6 and the tilt angle position P2 shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
And the like, and the support member 551
If the locking notch 56 is not locked by the locking pin 57, the position indicated by P3 in FIG. 6, that is, the product mounting body 53 is tilted horizontally mounted on the upper surface of the wagon body 52. The angle can be set to 0 degree.

However, in the conventional product display wagon, since the front end of the product placing body 53 is pivotally connected to the front part of the wagon main body 52 by the pivotal support member 54, the product placing body 53 is two-piece. When the position is adjusted from the inclination angle position P2 shown by the dashed line to the position P3 with the inclination angle of 0 degree placed horizontally on the upper surface of the wagon main body 52, as is clear from FIG. There is a problem that the protruding length of the rear end portion of the product placement body 53 changes, and the depth dimension of the product display wagon 50 itself changes. For this reason, when the product display wagon 50 is arranged close to the wall 58 as shown in FIG. 6, when the product placement body 53 is placed horizontally on the upper surface of the wagon body 52, the product placement It is necessary to provide an empty space D so that the rear end of the body 53 does not interfere with the wall 58. Therefore, when the product placing body 53 is tilted to the tilt angle position P1 shown by the solid line in FIG. 6 or the tilt angle position P2 shown by the two-dot chain line, the rear end of the product placing body 53 and the wall 5
8, there is a problem that the product on the product mounting body 53 is dropped from this gap, and there is also a problem that the appearance is bad. Further, in the conventional product display wagon 50, since the depth dimension of the product display wagon 50 itself changes depending on the inclination angle of the product placement body 53, for example, when the product display wagon 50 is arranged along the wall 58, In order to prevent a gap from occurring between the product placement body 53 and the wall 58, it is necessary to move the position of the product display wagon 50 every time the inclination angle of the product placement body 53 changes. There is a problem that the operation becomes complicated.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to prevent the rear end of the product mounting body from protruding to the rear of the wagon main body even if the inclination angle of the product mounting body on the wagon main body is changed. An object of the present invention is to provide a product display wagon that facilitates changing the inclination angle of a table.

[0007]

Under such circumstances, the present inventors have conducted intensive studies and, as a result, completed the present invention. That is, the commodity display wagon according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a wagon body with casters, a commodity mounting body that is placed on the wagon body and that displays products such as fruits and vegetables,
A support mechanism connected to the wagon body so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction of the wagon body, and a support mechanism for supporting the product mounting body on the wagon body so as to be changeable to an arbitrary inclination angle; and And a tilt angle holding mechanism for holding the tilt posture of the article mounting body tilted to an arbitrary angle by rotating in a rising direction with respect to the upper surface of the product mounting body.

[0008] The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the front end of the article placing body is configured to protrude forward from the upper surface of the front end of the wagon body. The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the tilt angle holding mechanism is provided on a front end upper surface of the wagon main body and a rear surface portion of the product placement body facing the front end upper surface.
The invention according to claim 4, wherein the tilt angle holding mechanism is provided with a locking claw provided on one of a front end upper surface of the wagon main body or a back surface of the product placement body facing the front end upper surface, and the wagon A plurality of locking pawls are provided on the front end upper surface of the main body or on the other side of the back surface of the product mounting body facing the front end upper surface in the front-rear direction of the wagon main body corresponding to the inclination angle of the product mounting body. And an engaging hole engaged removably. The invention according to claim 5 is
It is connected between the support mechanism and the wagon main body, and expands and contracts in conjunction with the tilting operation of the product mounting body, and applies an urging force in a direction in which the inclination angle with respect to the product mounting body increases. It is characterized by comprising a force means.

In the present invention, the product mounting body can be changed to an arbitrary inclination angle by rotating the support mechanism in the upright direction with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body, and the product mounting body is tilted by the inclination angle holding mechanism. Can maintain an inclined posture. This makes it possible to prevent the rear end of the product mounting body from protruding outward from the rear end of the wagon main body even when the product mounting body is changed to the inclined position with respect to the upper surface of the wagon main body. Further, in the present invention, by selecting a configuration in which the front end portion of the product placement body placed on the wagon body projects forward from the front end of the wagon body, selection and removal of the displayed products on the product placement body is performed. make it easier. In the present invention, the urging means applies an urging force to the product mounting body in the lifting direction, thereby facilitating the operation of changing the inclination angle of the product mounting body from the front end side of the wagon body, and The holding operation of the product mounting body by the angle holding mechanism can be easily performed.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a wagon for displaying goods according to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a wagon for displaying goods according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is an exploded perspective view of the wagon for goods display in an embodiment.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, a wagon 1 for displaying goods is shown.
0 is a wagon body 11, a product mounting body 12, a support mechanism 1
3, an inclination angle holding mechanism 14 and an urging means 15 are provided. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the wagon body 11 includes four pillars 112 vertically arranged at respective corners of a quadrangle, and the wagon body 11 among the respective pillars 112.
And a pair of upper and lower connecting members 113 for connecting between the front and rear columns 112 located in the left and right directions of the wagon body 11 and the upper end of the left and right columns 112 located at the front part of the wagon body 11 in a crossing state. It is composed of a connecting member 114 and a connecting member 115 for connecting the left and right lower connecting members 113 so as to span each other. A free caster 116 is attached to a lower end of each of the columns 112.

The commodity mounting body 12 is for displaying commodities such as fruits and vegetables on the wagon body 11 and has a lateral dimension substantially equal to a lateral dimension of the wagon body 11 and a depth dimension. A rectangular frame 121 having a predetermined surface area larger than the dimension of the wagon body 11 in the front-rear direction, a plate member 122 attached to the surface of the frame 121, and a frame 12
1 is provided with a product drop-off prevention plate 123 provided at the front edge.

The support mechanism 13 supports the article placing body 12 so as to be changeable to an arbitrary inclination angle on the wagon body 11, and is parallel to the width of the article placing body 12 in the left-right direction. It is composed of a pair of support members 131 arranged and a pair of horizontal members 132 fixed between the two support members 131 in a state of being inserted therebetween. One end of each of the support members 131 of the support mechanism 13 is swingably connected by pins 16 to both sides of the frame 121 that constitutes the product placing body 12 at substantially the middle in the front-rear direction. Support member 1
The other end of 31 is swingably connected by pins 17 to left and right columns 112 located at the rear end of the wagon body 11.
In addition, the product placing body 12 that is swingably connected to the wagon body 11 by the support mechanism 13 is placed in a posture that coincides with the upper surface of the wagon body 11 or that is inclined at an arbitrary angle with respect to the upper surface. At this time, the front end portion of the product placing body 12 projects forward from the front end of the wagon body 11.

The tilt angle holding mechanism 14 includes a support mechanism 1
By rotating the product mounting body 12 at an arbitrary angle by rotating the product mounting body 3 with respect to the upper surface of the wagon main body 11 with the pin 17 as a fulcrum, the connecting member of the wagon main body 11 is connected. A pair of locking claws 141 provided to protrude upward at the left and right portions of the product 114, and the product mounting body 12 is mounted on the frame 121 at the front end side rear surface of the product mounting body 12 facing each of the locking claws 141. A pair of members 142 are provided extending in the front-rear direction. Each of the members 142 has an inclination angle of the product mounting body 12 of, for example, 0 degree, 15 degrees, 22 degrees, and 30 degrees.
A plurality of engagement holes 143A to 143 for setting degrees
D are formed at predetermined intervals, and the engagement holes 143A
143D is engaged with the locking claw 141 so that the article placement body 12 can be held at the above-described inclination angle.

The urging means 15 is connected between the product placing body 12 and the wagon main body 11, and is extended and contracted in conjunction with the tilting operation of the product placing body 12, and has an inclination angle with respect to the product placing body 11. Is applied in the direction in which
For example, a gas spring is used. This urging means 1
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the gas spring comprises a cylinder 151 and a piston with a flow hole (not shown) integrally slidable in the cylinder 151 with the piston rod 152 in the axial direction. ) And cylinder 1
A free piston (not shown) slidably provided in the axial direction is provided in 51. Both cylinder chambers partitioned by the pistons are filled with a liquid such as oil, and the cylinder chamber partitioned by the free pistons It is filled with a compressed gas such as nitrogen gas. The piston rod 152 of the gas spring 15 thus configured is connected to the connecting member 1 of the wagon body 11.
15 through a mounting portion 134 so as to be swingable, and the end on the non-piston side of the cylinder 131
Is swingably connected to the horizontal member 132.

A description will be given of a case where the inclination angle of the commodity placing body 12 with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body 11 is adjusted in the commodity displaying wagon 10 configured as described above. For example, when the product mounting body 12 is set to be substantially horizontal so as to coincide with the upper surface of the wagon main body 11, the product mounting body 12 protruding forward from the wagon main body 11 is gripped by hand in a state where the product mounting body 12 is gripped by hand. The engaging hole 143A of the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 is engaged with the locking claw 141 by moving the entire mounting body 12 forward or backward. Thereby, the product placing body 12 is held at the position P1 indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Similarly, the engaging hole 143B of the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 is
When the product mounting body 12 is engaged with the wagon body 1, the product mounting body 12 is positioned at a position P <b> 2 indicated by a solid line in FIG.
1 is held at a position inclined at an angle of 15 degrees with respect to the upper surface of the first member. Similarly, when the engaging hole 143D of the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 is engaged with the locking claw 141, the product placing body 12 is positioned at the position P3 shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
The product placing body 12 is held in a posture inclined at an angle of 30 degrees with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body 11.

The angle of inclination of the product mounting body 12 with respect to the wagon body 11 of the actual product display wagon 10 is 0 °, 15 °, 22 °, or 24 ° depending on the type of the fruits and vegetables displayed.
It can be adjusted to 30 degrees. Further, the gas spring 15 serving as the urging means is expanded and contracted in conjunction with the tilting operation of the product placing body 12, and a force for lifting the product placing body 11 acts on the product placing body 11. The load of the product placing body 12 when the placing body 11 is tilted is hardly applied to the operator, and therefore,
The tilting operation of the product placing body 11 is facilitated.

In the wagon for displaying merchandise according to the first embodiment, the article mounting body 12 mounted on the wagon main body 11 is swingably connected to the wagon main body 11 by the support mechanism 13 and supported. By rotating the mechanism 13 in the upright direction with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body 11, the product mounting body 12 is changed to an arbitrary inclination angle, and the engagement hole 1 of the inclination angle holding mechanism 14 is changed.
43A to 143D are engaged with the locking claws 141 to maintain the inclined position of the product placing body 12, so that the product placing body 12 can be held in the horizontal position at the position P1 shown in FIG.
And changing to the inclined posture indicated by the position P2 or P3,
As shown in FIG. 1, the rear end of the product placing body 12 is the wagon body 1.
It does not protrude outward from the surface 20 that coincides with the rear end of 1. For this reason, in the state where the product display wagon 10 is arranged along a wall which coincides with the surface 20 shown in FIG.
Even if the inclination angle of 2 is adjusted to 0 degree, 15 degrees, 22 degrees, 30 degrees, etc., there is no gap between the rear end of the product mounting body 12 and the wall, and the displayed products are prevented from falling off. In addition to this, it is possible to save the trouble of moving the position of the commodity display wagon each time the commodity placement body 12 is changed as in the related art.

Further, in the first embodiment, the front end portion of the product placing body 12 placed in a posture coinciding with the upper surface of the wagon body 11 or in a posture inclined at an arbitrary angle with respect to the upper surface. Is configured to protrude forward from the front end of the wagon body 11, so that when the displayed goods on the goods mounting body 12 are picked up, the goods are placed without the feet of the consumer being disturbed by the wagon body 11. In addition to being able to approach the body 12, selection and removal of displayed products is easy, and tilting operation of the product mounting body 11 from the wagon body 11 is easy. In addition, the product mounting body 12 has a gas spring 15
As a result, a biasing force in the direction of lifting the product placing body 11 is acting, so that the product placing body 12
The inclination angle can be changed more easily from the front end side of the wagon body 11 and the engagement with the engagement holes 143A to 143D of the inclination angle holding mechanism 14 at the time of changing the inclination angle. The operation of engaging and disengaging with the pawl 141 is also facilitated.

FIG. 4 is a side view for explanation when the product display wagons according to the first embodiment of the present invention are arranged back to back. In FIG. 4, a wagon 1 for displaying goods is shown.
The 0 wagon bodies 11 are arranged back to back and in close proximity to each other. In this state where the product display wagons 10 are simultaneously placed back to back, even if both the product placement bodies 12 are adjusted to the inclined posture, the rear ends of the product placement bodies 12 may interfere with each other. In addition to this, the gap between the rear ends of both the product placing bodies 12 is small, the appearance is good, and the displayed products can be prevented from falling.

Referring to FIG. 5, a commodity display wagon according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a side view of a product display wagon according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof will be omitted, and the points different from FIG. 1 will be described. As is clear from FIG. 5, the point different from FIG. 1 is that the gas spring 15 as the urging means shown in FIG. 1 is omitted, and the other points are the same as those in FIG.

In the wagon 10a for displaying goods according to the second embodiment having the above-described structure, FIGS.
When the engagement hole 143A of the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 is engaged with the locking claw 141, the front end of the product placing body 12 protruding forward of the wagon body 11 is grasped by hand. By moving the whole of the product placing body 12 forward or backward in the state of being moved, the product placing body 12 is held at the position P1 shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Is done. Similarly, when the engaging hole 143B of the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 is engaged with the locking claw 141, the product placing body 12 is positioned at the position P2 shown by the solid line in FIG. Is held at an angle of 15 degrees with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body 11. Also,
Similarly, when the engaging hole 143D of the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 is engaged with the locking claw 141, the product placing body 12
The position P3 indicated by the two-dot chain line of FIG.
Is held at an angle of 30 degrees with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body 11.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment,
Even if the product placing body 12 is changed to the horizontal posture at the position P1 shown in FIG. 5 and the inclined posture shown at the position P2 or P3, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the rear end of the article placing body 12 does not protrude outward from the surface 20 that coincides with the rear end of the wagon body 11, and the commodity display wagon 10a coincides with the surface 20 shown in FIG. Even if the inclination angle of the product placing body 12 is adjusted to 0 degree, 15 degrees, 22 degrees, 30 degrees, etc. in a state of being arranged along the wall, a gap is formed between the rear end of the product placing body 12 and the wall. This does not occur, and it is possible to prevent the displayed products from falling off. Further, the front end portion of the product placement body 12 placed on the wagon main body 11 projects forward from the front end of the wagon body 11, so that selection and removal of displayed products on the product placement body 12 becomes easy. In addition, the holding operation of the product mounting body by the tilt angle holding mechanism from the front end of the wagon body can be easily performed.

In the above embodiment, the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 is constituted by the engagement holes 143A to 143D and the locking claws 141, and one of the engagement holes 143A to 143D is locked by the locking claw 141. By doing so, the inclination angle of the product placement body 12 can be maintained, but the present invention is not limited to
In short, any configuration may be used as long as the product mounting body 12 can be held at a predetermined inclination angle. Further, the location where the tilt angle holding mechanism 14 of the present invention is provided is not limited to the location shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, and, contrary to the above embodiment, the locking claw 141 is attached to the product placing body 12. Provided, engagement holes 143A-14
The 3D may be provided on the wagon body 11. Further, the urging means 13 in the present invention is not limited to a gas spring, but may be a combination of a normal coil spring.

[0025]

According to the product display wagon of the present invention, the product placement body placed on the wagon body is swingably connected to the wagon body by the support mechanism, and the support mechanism is attached to the upper surface of the wagon body. By turning the product mounting body in the upright direction, the product mounting body is changed to an arbitrary tilt angle, and the tilt angle holding mechanism is configured to maintain the tilt position of the product mounting body. Even if the posture is changed to the inclined position with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body, the rear end of the product placement body can be prevented from protruding outward from the rear end of the wagon body. For this reason, even if the product display wagons are arranged along the wall, or the product display wagons are arranged back to back, a large gap occurs between the product placement body and the wall or between the rear ends of the product placement bodies. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the displayed product from falling from this gap. Further, according to the present invention, by selecting a configuration in which the front end portion of the product placement body placed on the wagon body projects forward from the front end of the wagon body, selection and removal of displayed products on the product placement body is achieved. To facilitate. Further, according to the present invention, the biasing means applies a biasing force to the product placement body in the lifting direction, thereby facilitating the operation of changing the inclination angle of the product placement body from the front end side of the wagon body, and The holding operation of the product placement body by the tilt angle holding mechanism can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a product display wagon according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a product display wagon according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the product display wagon according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory side view when the product display wagons according to the first embodiment of the present invention are arranged back to back.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a product display wagon according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional product display wagon.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10a Wagon for merchandise display 11 Wagon body 12 Merchandise mounting body 13 Support mechanism 14 Inclination angle holding mechanism 15 Gas spring (biasing means) 116 Free caster 141 Locking claw 142 Member 143A to 143D Engagement hole

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A wagon body with a caster, a product mounting body mounted on the wagon body for displaying products such as fruits and vegetables, and connected to the wagon body so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction of the wagon body. A support mechanism for supporting the product mounting body on the wagon body so as to be changeable to an arbitrary inclination angle; and turning the support mechanism in an upright direction with respect to an upper surface of the wagon body to an arbitrary angle. And a tilt angle holding mechanism for holding the tilted posture of the product mounting body. 2. The product mounting body is mounted such that a front end of the product mounting body protrudes forward from an upper surface of a front end of the wagon body. Wagon for product display. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tilt angle holding mechanism is provided on a front end upper surface of the wagon body and on a rear surface of the product placement body facing the front end upper surface. Wagon for product display as described. 4. A locking claw provided on one of an upper surface of a front end portion of the wagon body or a rear surface of the product placement body facing the upper surface of the front end portion, and a front end portion of the wagon body. On the other of the upper surface or the back surface of the product mounting body facing the upper surface of the front end portion, a plurality of the locking claws are provided in the front-rear direction of the wagon body corresponding to the inclination angle of the product mounting body. The wagon for displaying goods according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: an engagement hole to be engaged with the wagon. 5. The product is connected between the support mechanism and the wagon main body, and is extended and contracted in conjunction with a tilting operation of the product mounting body, and is attached in a direction in which an inclination angle with respect to the product mounting body increases. The commodity display wagon according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an urging means for applying an impact.