JP2002318063A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a showcase in which a night cover can be protected against damage or lowering of operability even when the upper front part of the body of showcase is formed of a transparent plate. SOLUTION: Since a member 30 for stopping the front end side of a night cover 20 is provided on the lower front wall of a transparent plate 13 such that it can stop at the front end side of the night cover 20 and substantially at the upper end position of the transparent plate 13 by moving freely up and down, the night cover 20 is not required to be extended up to the lower end side of the transparent plate 13. Consequently, the night cover 20 can be protected surely against damage or lowering of operability due to rubbing on the transparent plate 13.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a showcase installed in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a showcase installed in a food section of a store or the like is provided with a showcase main body having an open upper surface and a cooling device for cooling the inside of the showcase main body. There is known one that stores frozen products.

[0003] In this type of showcase,
It has a flexible night cover stored on the upper back side of the showcase body, pulls out the night cover forward and locks its front end to the front side of the showcase body, so that when the store closes, The upper opening is covered with a night cover (for example, see
0-88442).

[0004]

Incidentally, in the above-mentioned showcase, there is a showcase in which the upper part of the front surface of the showcase body is formed of a transparent plate in order to improve the display effect of the internal merchandise. In this case, if a member for locking the night cover is provided on the transparent plate, the appearance is impaired. Therefore, the night cover is locked to a metal fitting attached to a front wall below the transparent plate.

[0005] However, when the night cover is locked to the front wall, it is necessary to extend the night cover 2 not only to the upper surface of the showcase body 1 but also to the lower end of the transparent plate as shown in FIG. At this time, since the night cover 2 is rubbed against the upper end of the transparent plate, there is a problem in that the friction makes it difficult to pull out the night cover 2 and that the night cover 2 is easily damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to prevent the night cover from being damaged and operable even if the upper front part of the showcase body is formed by a transparent plate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a showcase that can prevent the deterioration of the show.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a showcase body having an open upper surface, a transparent plate forming an upper front portion of the showcase body, and a showcase body. A front wall forming the lower front of the showcase body, and a night cover stored on the upper back side of the showcase body, by pulling the night cover forward and locking the front end side to the front side of the showcase body. In a showcase in which a top cover of a showcase body is covered by a night cover, a locking member capable of locking an upper end to a front end side of the night cover is provided on a front wall of the showcase body, and a locking member is provided. Is provided so as to be vertically movable such that the upper end thereof reaches almost the upper end side of the transparent plate.

Accordingly, when the night cover is used, the night cover is pulled out forward, and the locking member is moved to the upper end side of the transparent plate to be locked on the front end side of the night cover. The front end side is locked with the locking member at a substantially upper end position of the transparent plate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the showcase of the first aspect, the locking member is provided so as to be housed inside the front wall.

Thus, in addition to the function of the first aspect, by storing the locking member inside the front wall, the locking member is not exposed to the outside when the night cover is not used.

[0011]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a showcase, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view thereof, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a locking member. FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of the showcase when the night cover is used.

The showcase includes a showcase main body 10 having an open upper surface, a night cover 20 covering an upper surface opening of the showcase main body 10, and a locking member 30 for locking the night cover 20.

The showcase body 10 is surrounded by a heat insulating wall 11 on the lower front side, the bottom side, and the rear side, and the left and right sides are respectively covered by side plates 12 made of transparent glass. The upper part on the front side of the showcase body 10 is formed by a transparent plate 13 made of glass, and the upper end side of the transparent plate 13 is bent obliquely upward toward the rear. The front surface of the front-side heat insulating wall 11 is covered with a decorative plate 14, and the front side heat-insulating wall 11 and the decorative plate 14 constitute a front wall. Further, an upper surface plate 15 is provided at a rear portion of the upper surface of the showcase body 10, and a fluorescent lamp 15a is mounted below the upper surface plate 15.

In the showcase body 10, a front plate 16,
A bottom plate 17 and a back plate 18 are provided, and a ventilation path 19 is formed between these members and the transparent plate 13 and the heat insulating wall 11. The front plate 16 is formed of transparent glass. A cooler 19a and a blower 19b are provided in the ventilation path 19, and the air taken into the ventilation path 19 from the air intake port 10a provided at the front end of the upper opening of the showcase body 10 is cooled by the cooler 19a. The air is discharged from an air discharge port 10b provided on the rear end side of the upper opening of the showcase body 10.

The machine room 1 is located below the showcase body 10.
0a is provided, and refrigeration equipment (not shown) and the like connected to the cooler 19a are accommodated in the machine room 10a.

The night cover 20 is made of a flexible sheet material made of cloth or vinyl, and is wound in a roll shape below the upper surface plate 15 and housed therein. That is, an annular grip portion 21 is provided at the center of the front end of the night cover 20,
The night cover 20 can be pulled out by holding the grip 21.

The locking member 30 is made of a metal wire,
At its upper end, a hook-shaped locking portion 31 capable of locking the grip portion 21 of the night cover 20 is provided. The locking member 30 comprises a front side insulating wall 11 of the showcase body 10 and a decorative plate 14.
And a hole 1 provided in the upper end surface of the decorative board 14.
4a is movably inserted in the vertical direction. That is, when the locking member 30 is pulled up, the upper end thereof is formed to have a length reaching the substantially upper end of the transparent plate 13, and the lower end thereof is bent in the left-right direction so as not to fall out of the hole 14 a of the decorative plate 14. I have. When the night cover 20 is not locked, the locking member 30 is insulated from the front side with only the locking portion 31 at the upper end protruding above the decorative plate 11a as shown in FIG. It is housed between the wall 11 and the decorative board 14.

When the night cover 20 is used in the showcase configured as described above, the night cover 20 is pulled out from below the upper surface plate 15 to the front.
The locking member 30 is pulled up, and the grip 21 of the night cover 20 is locked to the locking portion 31 of the locking member 30 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the front end side of the night cover 20 is locked with the locking portion 31 of the locking member 30 at the substantially upper end position of the transparent plate 13 as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the showcase of the present embodiment, the locking member 30 for locking the front end side of the night cover 20 is arranged on the front wall below the transparent plate 13 and
The locking member 30 is connected to the front end of the night cover 20 and the transparent plate 13.
Is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction so as to be locked at a substantially upper end position of the transparent cover 1 as in the prior art.
3 does not need to be extended to the lower end,
It is possible to reliably prevent the night cover 20 from being damaged and the operability from being lowered due to the rubbing of the 0 against the transparent plate 13.

When the night cover 20 is not used, the locking member 30 is connected to the front heat insulating wall 11 and the decorative plate 14.
Therefore, there is an advantage that the locking member 30 is not exposed to the outside and the appearance of the showcase body 10 is not spoiled.

[0021]

As described above, according to the showcase of the first aspect, it is necessary to extend the night cover to the lower end of the transparent plate even if the upper part of the front surface of the showcase body is formed of a transparent plate. As a result, damage to the night cover and a decrease in operability due to the night cover being rubbed against the transparent plate can be reliably prevented.

Further, according to the showcase of claim 2,
In addition to the effect of the first aspect, when the night cover is not used, the locking member can be prevented from being exposed to the outside, so that there is an advantage that the appearance of the showcase main body is not impaired.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a showcase showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a showcase.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a locking member.

FIG. 4 is an overall perspective view of a showcase when a night cover is used.

FIG. 5 is an overall perspective view of a showcase when a conventional night cover is used.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Showcase body, 11 Heat insulation wall, 13 Transparent plate, 20 Night cover, 30 Locking member.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A showcase main body having an open upper surface, a transparent plate forming an upper front part of the showcase main body, a front wall forming a lower front part of the showcase main body, and housed on the upper back side of the showcase main body. A night cover, wherein the night cover covers the upper opening of the show case body by pulling out the night cover forward and locking the front end thereof to the front side of the show case body. A locking member capable of locking the upper end to the front end side of the night cover is provided on the front wall of the showcase main body, and the locking member is vertically movable so that the upper end reaches almost the upper end side of the transparent plate. A showcase characterized by being provided. 2. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein said locking member is provided so as to be housed inside a front wall.