JP2002272570A - Flower showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent dew condensation generated on the glass door of a flower showcase. SOLUTION: In this flower showcase for which a cooling means is provided on a case provided with the glass door 1 from an opened front surface to an upper surface and cooled air inside a container is circulated, by providing a blowing means 28 for blowing the air along the inner surface of the glass door and providing an air layer lowering along the inner surface of the glass door 1 on the outer side of the circulation layer of the cooled air, the circulation layer of the cooled air is not brought into direct contact with the glass door 1 by the air layer and the generation of the dew condensation is prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flower showcase in which dew does not occur on a glass door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a flower showcase used for displaying and selling flowers, the inside of the refrigerator is kept at a low temperature in order to maintain the freshness of the flowers to be displayed.

[0003] As a method of keeping the inside of the refrigerator at a low temperature, an air forced cooling system in which air in the refrigerator is directly cooled by using a cooler and the interior of the refrigerator is cooled by using the cooled cool air is often used.

[0004] By the way, various types of flower showcases are considered depending on the installation location. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, there is a case where a glass door 1 is provided from an open front surface to an upper surface of a case.

[0005] In this apparatus, for example, the total height is set as low as about 1 m, the upper surface of the case is covered with a glass door 1 employing curved glass, and the flowers exhibited therein can be viewed not only from the front but also from above. The aim is to improve the display effect.

Further, a cooling duct 3 having a cooler 2 is provided as a cooling means therein, and an internal fan 4 is attached to the duct 3 so as to circulate the air in the cooler cooled by the cooler 2. ing.

[0007]

However, in the method of circulating the cooled air as described above, the temperature difference between the inside of the cooled room (because there is heating in winter) and the outside of the room is generated, and the inside of the glass door is generated. There is a problem of dew condensation.

[0008] When such dew forms, not only the inside of the showcase becomes difficult to see, but also the dew formed on the glass door on the upper surface falls on the flowers displayed therein, lowering the commercial value of the flowers. Problem.

At this time, it is conceivable to replace the glass door with a paired glass which is less likely to cause dew condensation. There is a problem of getting high.

[0010] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent dew condensation without using, for example, a paired glass having the above-mentioned disadvantages.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, a cooling means for circulating and cooling the cooled air in a case provided with a glass door from an open front surface to an upper surface is provided. In the flower showcase, a configuration was provided in which a blowing means for blowing air was provided along the inner surface of the glass door.

By adopting such a configuration, the air blown by the blowing means along the inner surface of the glass door can prevent the cooled air from directly contacting the glass door, thereby preventing the occurrence of dew condensation. In addition, even when dew condensation occurs, the generated dew can be evaporated by the blowing.

[0013] At this time, the blowing means has an inner panel and a bottom plate provided in the case to form a blowing path between the case and a blower in the blowing path. The air outlet was provided, and a suction port communicating with the bottom plate was provided at the front of the case, and the air from the air outlet was lowered along the inner surface of the glass door, and suction was performed at the air inlet. .

By adopting such a configuration, an air layer descending along the inner surface of the glass door can be provided outside the cooled air circulation layer. Therefore, the circulating layer of the air cooled by the air layer can be prevented from directly touching the glass door, thereby preventing the occurrence of dew condensation. Also, at this time, since the layer of the air descending outside is not cooled, it becomes a circulating layer of air having a relatively high temperature, and even if dew condensation occurs in the circulating layer of uncooled air, the generated dew is evaporated. be able to.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the flower showcase of this embodiment has a rear panel 1 provided on a base 10.
1 is provided with arc-shaped side panels 12 on both sides, and four glass doors 1 are provided from the open front to the top.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, each glass door 1 uses a single curved glass and has an arcuate curved surface shape similar to the periphery of the side panel. Each glass door 1 is supported by rails on the back panel 11 and the front edge 13 of the base 10, and has a pulling moat 14 formed as a handle on the glass door 1, as shown by arrows in FIG. It can be opened and closed freely.

On the other hand, the inside of the refrigerator has a double structure in which an inner panel 15 and a bottom plate 16 are provided as shown in FIG.

That is, the inner panel 15 is the rear panel 1
A gap (blowing passage) d is provided inside 1 and attached.
The upper part of the inner panel 15 is provided with an opening to form a blowout port 17. The outlet 17 is provided on the inner panel 15.
, So that air can be blown to the glass door 1 completely in the width direction of the glass door 1 as described later.

The interior panel 15 has a mirror surface 19 on the inside of the refrigerator (providing a good appearance of displayed flowers) provided with a shelf 18 and the like, and a cooling duct 3 on the rear panel side. Have been. The cooling duct 3 is
The cooler 2 is provided inside, and the in-compartment fan 4 is attached to an intake port 21 below the internal panel 15 provided with the cooler 2. On the other hand, the outlet 23 of the cooling duct 3 with respect to the inlet 21 is provided above the inner panel 15 (below the outlet 17), and when the fan 4 in the refrigerator is operated, the cooled air provided at the outlet 23 is provided. The air is circulated as shown by an arrow a in FIG. 2 to cool the inside of the refrigerator.

On the other hand, the bottom plate 16 is supported by a support portion 24 provided below the inner panel 15 and a support portion 26 of a front panel 25 provided inside the front edge 13 of the base 10. And a ventilation path (gap) d is formed between them.

The air flow path d formed by the bottom plate 16 and the inner panel 15 communicates with each other via a blower fan 28 provided at the boundary between the air flow paths d.

The front panel 25 is provided on the front edge 1 of the base 10.
3, a slit-like suction port 29 is provided at a portion along the front edge 13 thereof. The inside of the front panel 25 is a hollow passage 30, and the hollow passage 30 communicates with an air passage d formed by the bottom plate 16.

Therefore, when the blower fan 28 is operated,
The air sucked from the suction port 29 of the front panel 25 is
It passes through the air passage d by the bottom plate 16, rises the air passage d by the internal panel 15, and blows out from the upper outlet 17, and the blown air descends along the inner surface of the glass door 1, When it reaches the suction port 29 of the front panel 25, it is sucked.

Note that reference numeral L in the figure is an illumination lamp.

This embodiment is configured as described above. In this flower showcase, the inside fan 4 is operated to blow the air inside the cooling duct 3 and the blown air is blown into the cooling duct 3. It is cooled by the cooler 2 and blown out from the discharge port 23 to circulate to cool the inside of the refrigerator.

On the other hand, when the blower fan 28 is operated, the air sucked in from the suction port 29 of the front panel 25 passes through the blower path d of the bottom plate 16 and rises in the blower path d of the inner panel 15, so that the air is blown up. Blows out from the outlet 17. The blown air collides with the inner surface of the glass door 1 as shown by the arrow b in FIG. 2, descends along the curved surface of the glass door 1, and reaches the front panel 25, and is sucked into the suction port 29.

Since the relatively high temperature air circulating layer descending along the inner surface of the glass door 1 is provided, the air circulating layer cooled by the air layer does not directly touch the glass door 1. Therefore, occurrence of dew condensation can be prevented. Further, at this time, since the outer layer of the descending air is not cooled and has a relatively high temperature, it is possible to evaporate the dew condensation even if the dew condensation occurs.

For this reason, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of dew condensation and prevent the dew condensation from falling on the displayed flowers, thereby lowering the commercial value of the flowers. Further, since the occurrence of dew condensation can be suppressed, it is possible to prevent the inside of the showcase from being difficult to see due to the dew condensation.

In the embodiment, the glass door using the curved glass has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is apparent that the glass door may be a combination of a sheet glass.

[0031]

The present invention is constructed as described above and blows air along the inner surface side of the glass door, so that dew condensation on the glass door can be prevented. Therefore, the commercial value of the flower is not reduced.

Further, since the dew can be prevented without using the paired glass, the dew can be prevented at low cost without the risk that the glass door becomes heavy and difficult to handle and the appearance is not deteriorated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Glass door 2 Cooler 3 Cooling duct 4 In-compartment fan 21 Intake port 23 Outlet port 28 Ventilation fan 29 Suction port d Ventilation path

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A flower showcase provided with a cooling means for circulating and cooling air in a refrigerator to a case provided with a glass door from an open front surface to an upper surface, wherein air is blown along the inner surface of the glass door. A flower showcase with ventilation means. 2. The air blowing means includes an inner panel and a bottom plate provided in a case to form an air path between the case and the case. The air path is provided with a blower, and an air outlet is provided above the inner panel. The flower showcase according to claim 1, wherein a suction port communicating with the bottom plate is provided in front of the case, and air blown from the outlet is lowered along the inner surface of the glass door, and is sucked by the suction port. .