JP2002333252A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a showcase which can easily and surely enhance the exhibition effect of goods, according to the storage situation of the goods. SOLUTION: This showcase enables the user to precisely adjust the level position of stored goods, according to the storage situation of the goods such as the kind of the stored goods, the size, the quantity, etc., since this is arranged so that the user can partially change the level of a goods placement face, by being equipped with a plurality of base plates 20 capable of being arranged in backward and forward direction and in width direction of the showcase main body 10 and by the user shifting or piling up each base plate 20 into an optional position.

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 body having an open upper surface, a cooling device for cooling the inside of the showcase body, and a bottom surface in the showcase body. 2. Description of the Related Art There has been known a device which is formed in a planar shape and stores refrigerated or frozen products above it.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned showcase, there is a case where it is desired to adjust the height position of the stored product according to the storage condition of the product, such as the type, size and quantity of the stored product. Since the bottom surface in the main body is formed in a uniform flat shape, for example, when the products on the back side are not conspicuous, the bottom plate 2 of the showcase body 1 is raised as shown in FIG. It is inclined forward.

However, below the bottom plate 2 is a ventilation passage 3.
Therefore, if the bottom plate 2 is not disposed at the normal position, a gap may be formed in the ventilation path 3 to allow air to enter and exit, and in some cases, a product may fall into the ventilation path 3 from the gap. There is a defect. In addition, it was not possible to sufficiently improve the display effect only by tilting or raising the bottom plate 3.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a showcase that can easily and surely enhance the display effect of a product according to the storage state of the product. It is in.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a showcase body having an open upper surface, wherein a bottom surface in the showcase body is formed in a planar shape, and In a showcase adapted to store any product, a plurality of product placement members that can be arranged in at least one of the front-back direction and the width direction of the showcase body on the bottom surface in the showcase body,
Each product placing member is formed so as to be movable to an arbitrary position on the bottom surface in the showcase body.

[0007] Thus, by moving or stacking the product placing members to arbitrary positions, it is possible to partially change the height of the product placing surface in the showcase body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the showcase of the first aspect, each of the commodity placing members is formed so as to be stacked on each other.

Thus, in addition to the function of the first aspect, by arbitrarily stacking the product mounting members, it is possible to change the height of the product mounting surface in the showcase body more variously.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first or second aspect, each of the commodity placing members is formed to be hollow, and a cool storage agent is accommodated inside each of the commodity placing members.

Thus, in addition to the operation of the first or second aspect, the inside of the showcase main body is also cooled by the cold storage agent in each product placing member.

[0012]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a showcase, and FIG.
Is a side sectional view, FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view thereof, and FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a product placing plate.

This showcase includes a showcase main body 10 having an open upper surface, and a plurality of floor boards 20 as product placing members arranged in the showcase main body 10.

The lower part of the front side, the bottom side, and the back side of the showcase body 10 are surrounded by heat insulating walls 11, and both left and right sides are 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.

A front plate 16, a bottom plate 17 and a back plate 18 are provided in the showcase body 10 as inner plates.
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. An inclined portion 18a facing obliquely upward is provided at an upper portion of the back plate 18, and the inclined portion 18a is inclined to the opposite side (the ventilation path 19 side) in the showcase body 10. A cooler 19a and a blower 1
9b, the air taken into the ventilation path 19 from the air inlet 10a provided at the front end of the upper opening of the showcase body 10 is cooled by the cooler 19a, and the air is cooled by the cooler 19a. Air discharge port 1 provided on the end side
0b.

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

Each floor plate 20 is formed in the shape of a hollow square box, and is arranged on the bottom plate 17 of the showcase body 10. Each floor plate 20 is a showcase body 1
When three pieces are arranged in the front-rear direction and the width direction, respectively, the bottom plate 17 is formed so as to cover the bottom plate 17 with almost no gap. In addition, each floor plate 20 can be moved to an arbitrary position on the bottom plate 17 and can be stacked on each other. Further, a new floor plate 20 can be added to the inside of the showcase body 10, and unused ones can be removed from the inside of the showcase body 10 to the outside. In addition, a hole 2 for inserting a fingertip is provided on the upper surface of each floor plate 20.
0a is provided so that each floor plate 20 can be easily lifted.

In the showcase constructed as described above, by arranging the three floor boards 20 in the front-rear direction and the width direction in a total of three pieces each in a vertical direction, the product mounting surface of each floor board 20 is uniform. It becomes planar, and the goods are stored on each flooring plate 20 at a uniform placement position in the vertical direction. In addition, when it is desired to adjust the height position of the stored product according to the storage condition of the product, such as the type, size, and quantity of the stored product, by moving each floor plate 20 to an arbitrary position, the product mounting surface can be adjusted. Height can be partially changed. For example, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, by moving the front row of the bottom boards 20 onto the last row of the bottom boards 20, the bottom boards 20 are moved from the front row to the rear row.
Can be formed such that the height of the product is raised step by step. Also, as shown in FIG. 3, by moving the right row of floor boards 20 onto the center row of floor boards 20, the right row, the left row,
It is possible to form a product mounting surface such that the floor boards 20 are raised one by one in the order of the central row. In addition, it is possible not only to move each floor board 20 but also to add or remove the floor board 20 as appropriate to variously form the product mounting surface.

As described above, according to the showcase of the present embodiment, the plurality of floor boards 20 that can be arranged in the front-rear direction and the width direction of the showcase body 10 are provided, and each floor board 20 is moved or stacked at an arbitrary position. , The height of the product placement surface can be partially changed, so that the height position of the stored product can be accurately adjusted according to the storage status of the product, such as the type, size, quantity, etc. of the stored product And the display effect of the stored goods can be easily and reliably increased.

In the above-described embodiment, the respective floor boards 20 are formed so as to be arranged in the front-rear direction and the width direction of the showcase main body 10, respectively. They may be arranged only on one side in the width direction.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, each floor plate 20 is formed in a hollow shape. However, if a well-known cold storage agent 21 is accommodated inside the floor plate 20 as shown in FIG.
1, the inside of the showcase body 10 can be cooled, and even if the cooling load is high, a decrease in the cooling capacity can be reliably prevented. In this case, the cold storage agent 21 of each floor plate 20 is stored by the cool air in the showcase body 10.

[0022]

As described above, according to the showcase of the first aspect, since the height of the product mounting surface in the showcase body can be partially changed, the type and size of the stored products can be improved. The height position of the stored product can be accurately adjusted in accordance with the storage condition of the product, such as the number, quantity, etc., and the display effect of the stored product can be easily and reliably increased.

Further, according to the showcase of claim 2,
In addition to the effect of the first aspect, the height of the product mounting surface in the showcase main body can be changed more variously, so that it is possible to appropriately cope with the storage state of the product.

According to the showcase of claim 3,
In addition to the effects of the first and second aspects, the inside of the showcase main body can be cooled by the cold storage agent of each product placing member, so that even if the cooling load is high, a decrease in the cooling capacity can be reliably prevented. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway 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 overall perspective view of a showcase showing another arrangement example of the floorboard;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of a floor plate.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a showcase showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... showcase body, 20 ... bedboard, 21 ... cooling agent.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Ryugo Higuchi, 20 Kotobukicho, Isesaki, Gunma, Japan Sanden Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hikaru Yamashita 20 Kotobukicho, Isesaki, Gunma, Japan Sanden Co., Ltd. (72) Invention Investigator Murase Inspection, 20 Kotobuki-cho, Isesaki-shi, Gunma F-term in the Sanden Company (reference) 3B110 AA05 AA10 CA10 HA17 3L044 AA04 BA01 CA11 DC03 3L045 AA01 AA06 BA01 DA01 KA08 KA16

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A showcase comprising a showcase main body having an open upper surface, a bottom surface in the showcase main body formed in a flat shape, and an arbitrary product stored above the showcase main body. A plurality of product placing members that can be arranged on the bottom surface in at least one of the front-rear direction and the width direction of the showcase body, and each product placing member can be moved to any position on the bottom surface in the showcase body A showcase characterized in that it is formed in 2. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein said commodity placing members are formed so as to be stacked on each other. 3. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein each of the commodity placing members is formed in a hollow shape, and each of the commodity placing members contains a cold storage agent.