JP2005074074A - Beverage showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beverage showcase by which a limited space in the beverage showcase is effectively utilized, the showcase is not required to be largely altered even when the size and shape of a beverage vessels is changed, and heating or cooling beverage is promoted. <P>SOLUTION: The beverage showcase (1) heating or cooling the vessel (5) with beverage by placing the vessels on a hot plate (4) consisting of a hot or cold plate includes a plurality of planar heat transfer promoting boards (6) erected from the hot platen and arranged to enclose the vessels. A pair of connection members (7, 8) are arranged at each one end of both the sides of the hot plate, so as to be attachable/detachable, where a plurality of groove parts (9) for disposing the heat transfer promoting boards (6) are formed at interval. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a beverage showcase capable of promoting heating or cooling by placing a beverage in a container such as a can beverage or a PET beverage on a hot plate or a cold plate.

  There is known a so-called beverage showcase with a four-sided glass that is devised so that the contained beverage can be seen from the outside. This type of beverage showcase is widely used for the sale of beverages because it is convenient for the sale of beverages at a convenience store and the like because the buyer can see the products in the showcase well.

  However, since the ratio of the area that can transmit heat to the beverage container cannot be taken so large, it takes a long time to heat or cool, and if the sales volume increases, the problem of heating or cooling the beverage not being in time was there.

In order to solve this problem, a method of promoting heating or cooling by providing a trapezoidal heating portion protruding from the plate portion (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-231835), a plurality of electric heaters attached to the plate, A method of promoting heating by changing the output of the electric heater in accordance with replenishment (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-43012), and a method of promoting heating or cooling by providing a heat sink on the bottom and side surfaces (special feature) (Kaihei 11-154587) is known.
JP-A-7-231835 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-43012 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-154587

  However, in the method of promoting heating or cooling by providing a trapezoidal heating portion protruding from the plate portion (Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-231835), the plate must be replaced when the size or shape of the container changes. In addition, in the method of attaching a plurality of electric heaters to the plate and changing the output of the electric heaters according to the replenishment of the product to promote the heating (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-43012), the heater control becomes complicated and the power consumption is also reduced. There has been a problem that the size of the beverage showcase is increased and the price of the beverage showcase becomes expensive.

  Further, in the method of promoting heating or cooling by providing heat sinks on the bottom and side surfaces (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-154587), since a U-shaped heat sink is used, the size and shape of the beverage container If it changes, the U-shaped heat sink must be exchanged to match the beverage container, and because the U-shaped heat sink is used, the plates rising from the plate part are adjacent and overlapped, and inside the beverage showcase However, there was a problem that the limited space could not be used effectively.

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and to effectively use the limited space in the beverage showcase, and even if the size and shape of the beverage container changes, the beverage showcase It is an object of the present invention to provide a beverage showcase that can promote the heating or cooling of a beverage without the need for major modifications.

  In order to achieve the above object, the beverage showcase of the present invention is a beverage showcase in which a beverage container is placed on a hot plate made of a hot plate or a cold plate and heated or cooled. It is characterized by comprising a plurality of flat plate-like heat transfer promotion plates which stand upright and are arranged in parallel so as to surround the container.

  The hot plate has pins protruding at both ends in the longitudinal direction, and has a rectangular frame that holds the hot plate in a removable and slidable manner, and the frame has the hot plate A pair of connecting plates, and a pair of side plates that connect the connecting plates at approximately the length of the hot plate, and each of the pair of connecting plates can be slid by inserting the pins. A groove is formed.

  The outer surface of the frame is covered with a heat insulating material.

  Further, the heat transfer promoting plate is an aluminum plate material.

  The heat transfer promoting plate may have a thickness of 2 to 6 mm, a height of 20 to 100 mm, and a length that is less than or equal to the length of the showcase.

  In the above-described invention, the heat transmitted from the heat plate is radiated from the heat transfer acceleration plate and transmitted to the container, and is also transmitted to the container in contact with the heat transfer acceleration plate.

  According to the configuration of the present invention, since a plurality of flat plate-like heat transfer promotion plates standing upright from the hot plate and arranged so as to surround the container are provided, the beverage showcase can be remodeled greatly even if the size or shape of the container changes. It is possible to promote warming or cooling of the beverage without having to do so.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, the case of heating will be described as an example, but the same applies to the case of cooling.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a beverage showcase 1 for selling and displaying canned beverages or PET-containing beverage-containing containers 5. The beverage showcase 1 has left and right side walls 2 made of glass plates and four transparent side walls made up of front and rear side walls 3, and an opening / closing door 3a is formed on the side wall 3 on the front side. In the beverage showcase 1, a hot plate 4 made up of several stages, for example, five stages of hot plates or cold plates is disposed. The hot plate is a hot plate 4 for heating, and the cold plate is a hot plate 4 for cooling.

  As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, a plurality of flat plate heat transfer promotion plates 6 arranged in parallel so as to surround the beverage container 5 are arranged on the hot plate 4 so as to stand upright from the hot plate 4.

  The heat transfer promotion plate 6 has a flat plate shape as shown in FIG. 5 and is made of a metal plate material having high thermal conductivity, such as an aluminum plate material. The heat transfer promotion plate 6 has a thickness of 2 to 6 mm, a height of 20 to 100 mm, and a length that is shorter than the lateral length of the showcase, but is substantially the same. These dimensions are set in accordance with once the dimensions of the beverage showcase 1 are set. Two pins 6 a project from each end of the heat transfer promoting plate 6 in the longitudinal direction. The number of pins 6a provided at one end may be one, but preferably two or more.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the plurality of heat transfer promotion plates 6 are held in parallel with the rectangular frame 10 so as to be removable and slidable. The frame 10 has a frame shape surrounding the outer edge of the hot plate 4 and is placed on the hot plate 4. The frame body 10 includes a connecting plate 11 disposed on the front side facing the open / close door 3a, a connecting plate 12 disposed on the back side, and the connecting plates 11 and 12 substantially in the longitudinal direction of the heat transfer promoting plate 6. It is comprised from the side plates 13 and 14 which connect with a screw at a length interval. The connecting plates 11 and 12 and the side plates 13 and 14 are made of a metal material. Each of the connecting plates 11 and 12 is formed with two parallel groove portions 11a and 12a into which the pin 6a is inserted and slidable. A coating film 16 made of a heat insulating material such as a resin material is applied to the outer surface of the frame body 10 in order to make it difficult for heat inside the frame body 10 to be transmitted to the outside. Note that a film or a plate made of a heat insulating material can be attached to the outer surface of the frame 10 instead of the coating 16.

  When the heat transfer promotion plate 6 is held by the frame body 10, the heat transfer promotion plate 6 is placed on the heat plate 4 on which the frame body 10 is placed with the connecting plates 11 and 12 in an appropriately inclined posture. The pin 6a is inserted into the grooves 11a and 12a by making the posture of the heat transfer promotion plate 6 perpendicular to the connection plates 11 and 12, and the heat transfer promotion plate 6 is further connected to the connection plates 11 and 12. The pin 6a is slid along the grooves 11a and 12a so as to be perpendicular to the groove. Next, the heat transfer promotion plate 6 is slid in a state perpendicular to the connection plates 11 and 12, and the distance between the heat transfer promotion plate 6 and the heat transfer promotion plate 6 or the side plates 13 and 14 is set in the container 5. Try to be close. Moreover, when removing the heat-transfer acceleration | stimulation board 6 from the frame 10, the heat-transfer acceleration | stimulation board 6 should just be inclined largely with respect to the connection plates 11 and 12, and the pin 6a should just be removed from the groove parts 11a and 12a.

  As described above, since the heat transfer promoting plate 6 has a flat plate shape instead of a U shape, the plates rising from the plate portion do not overlap adjacently as in Patent Document 3, and the beverage showcase 1 Can be used effectively.

  Further, the heat transfer promotion plate 6 has a simple flat plate shape, and can be easily attached to and detached from the frame body 10 by sliding the pins 6a into the grooves 11a and 12a.

  In addition, by sliding the heat transfer promotion plate 6 through the groove portions 11a and 12a, it is possible to efficiently contact the containers 5 of various dimensions with each other easily and efficiently.

  Thus, even if the size and shape of the container 5 change, it is possible to promote the heating or cooling of the beverage without having to make a large remodeling of the beverage showcase 1.

  Examples of the present invention will be described below. The present invention is not limited to the examples.

  Beverage showcase 1 accommodated 30 beverage-containing PET containers (500 ml). In the example, a heat transfer promoting plate 6 having a thickness of 4 mm, a height of 70 mm, and a length of 350 mm was inserted between adjacent containers 5. In the comparative example, the heat transfer promotion plate 6 was not inserted. A temperature sensor was attached to each container 5 and the change over time after the start of temperature increase was measured and calculated for each container 5.

  The results of measuring the average temperature over all containers 5 are shown in FIG. 6 and Table 1 for the examples and comparative examples. In addition, FIG. 7 and Table 2 show the results of measuring the average temperature for the two rows of containers 5 on the front side of the open / close door 3a located at a position where heat is often exchanged with the outside for the example and the comparative example.

Table 1 Effect of heat transfer promotion plate Average temperature of all 30 (in 500ml PET container)
Heating start Heat transfer promotion plate installed No heat transfer promotion plate installed 0 min 20.3 20.0
60 30.9 30.8
120 41.0 40.7
180 48.8 47.6
240 54.3 51.7
300 57.3 54.2
360 58.9 55.7

Table 2 Effect of heat transfer acceleration plate The average temperature in the previous two rows (with 500ml PET container)
Heating start Heat transfer promotion plate installed No heat transfer promotion plate installed 0 min 20.3 20.0
60 30.0 28.9
120 37.9 37.1
180 45.1 43.1
240 50.7 46.5
300 53.7 48.6
360 55.1 49.7

  6 and Table 1, FIG. 7 and Table 2, it is recognized that the example is heated more efficiently than the comparative example, as is clear when the example and the comparative example are compared.

  Further, in FIG. 7 and Table 2, the container 5 at a position where heat transfer from the outside close to the open / close door 3a easily occurs is also heated to about 55 ° C. in the embodiment. This 55 ° C. corresponds to the temperature in the comparative example when the average temperature across all the containers 5 shown in FIG. As described above, it is recognized that the average temperature of the comparative example is reached also for the container 5 at a position where heat is easily exchanged with the outside near the opening / closing door 3a.

  Thus, even in the case of a beverage that has entered a container 5 having a relatively large capacity and a relatively slow heat transfer, such as a beverage with a 500 mm PET container, by installing the heating promotion plate 6 between the containers 5, It can be seen that heating can be accelerated.

The figure which shows the usage example of the heat-transfer acceleration | stimulation board in the drink showcase of this invention. The perspective view which shows the drink showcase of this invention. It is a figure which shows that a heat-transfer acceleration | stimulation board is detachably hold | maintained at a frame, (a) is a figure which shows the heat-transfer acceleration | stimulation board hold | maintained at the frame, (b) is a connection pain. (C) is a figure which shows a side plate. The figure which shows the connection board in which the groove part which can insert a pin so that sliding is possible is formed. The figure which shows the heat-transfer acceleration | stimulation board by which the pin of the both ends protruded. When a beverage showcase contains 30 beverage-containing PET containers (with 500 ml) and a heat transfer promotion plate is inserted between adjacent containers (shown by dotted lines in the embodiment), the heat transfer promotion plate is not inserted. The figure which shows a time-dependent change after the temperature rising start of the average temperature with respect to all the containers in a case (a comparative example and shown with a continuous line). For the containers on the two rows of shelves on the front side of the open / close door side, the heat transfer promotion plate is inserted between adjacent containers (Example, indicated by a dotted line), and the heat transfer promotion plate is not inserted (Comparative Example, 2 is a graph showing a change with time after the start of raising the average temperature for all containers.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Beverage showcase 2 Side wall 3 Side wall 3a Opening / closing door 4 Hot plate 5 Container 6 Heat transfer promotion plate 6a Pin 10 Frame body 11, 12 Connecting plate 11a, 12a Groove part 13, 14 Side plate 16 Film which consists of heat insulating materials

Claims (5)

In a beverage showcase in which a container with a beverage is placed on a hot plate made of a hot plate or a cold plate and heated or cooled,
A beverage showcase comprising a plurality of flat plate-like heat transfer promotion plates standing upright from the hot plate and arranged in parallel so as to surround the container. The hot plate has pins protruding at both ends in the longitudinal direction,
The frame has a rectangular frame that detachably and slidably holds the hot plate, and the frame has a pair of connecting plates for holding the hot plate, and the connecting plate is substantially spaced apart by the length of the hot plate. The beverage showcase according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of side plates that are connected to each other, and each of the pair of connection plates is formed with a groove portion that is slidable by inserting the pin. . The beverage showcase according to claim 2, wherein the outer surface of the frame is covered with a heat insulating material. The beverage showcase according to claim 1, wherein the heat transfer promotion plate is an aluminum plate. The beverage showcase according to claim 1, wherein the heat transfer promoting plate has a thickness of 2 to 6 mm, a height of 20 to 100 mm, and a length equal to or less than the length of the showcase.

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