JP2010259716A - Open showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an open showcase effectively illuminating merchandise displayed in a display chamber even in the open showcase with a case body of low height and obtaining a sufficient illuminating effect even in the case of having no shelf illumination. <P>SOLUTION: The open showcase includes a plurality of support members 12 mounted to the upper face of a ceiling panel 11 of a case body 3 of the open showcase and pointing in the longitudinal direction of the case body, and an illumination mounting panel 13 mounted to the support members and provided with an illumination fitting part 13e at the lower face front end. The illumination mounting panel 13 has the same width dimension as the case body 3, and the rear side of the illumination mounting panel 13 is mounted in a longitudinal position adjustable manner to the support members 12. The side parts of the support member 12 and illumination mounting panel 13 are covered with a side face panel integral with the side face of the case body 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an open showcase, and in particular, relates to an open showcase called a semi-high case having a low showcase body height.

  As an open showcase, by covering the opening of the display room with a cold air curtain that is blown out from the air outlet provided at the upper front end of the display room whose front is open and sucked into the suction port provided at the lower front end of the display room An open showcase for cooling the display room is known. In such an open showcase, in an open showcase called a semi-high case with a low case body, when a shopper purchases a product in the display room, so as not to worry about the protrusion of the canopy part at the top of the case body, The depth dimension of the ceiling panel is made smaller than that of a general open showcase so that the canopy part is retracted (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Utility Model Publication No.57-124093

  However, when the canopy part is moved backward, the air outlet that blows out the cold air is also located at the rear, so there is a difficulty in rectifying the air curtain, and the cooling efficiency in the display room is low compared to a general open showcase, There was a problem of high power consumption. Also, in recent years, from the viewpoint of energy saving in stores, in general open showcases, lighting in the case body, for example, lighting provided on the display shelf, is turned off, so that not only the electricity bill for lighting but also the load on the warehouse. When the interior lighting is turned off in this way, the illumination of the display shelf is secured by increasing the illumination of the canopy portion.

  On the other hand, the above-mentioned semi-high case is frequently used in the Nakajima corner of the store, and the canopy part is retracted. It does not lead to. For this reason, in the case of the semi-high case, special lighting provided with arm-like leg members is added to the ceiling of the case body, but the arm legs may stand up and become unsightly.

  Therefore, the present invention can effectively illuminate the products displayed in the display room even in the case of an open showcase with a low case body height, and can obtain a sufficient lighting effect even without shelf lighting. It aims to provide an open showcase that can be used.

  In order to achieve the above object, the open showcase of the present invention forms a display chamber whose front surface is opened in a case main body constituted by a heat insulating wall, and faces downward from an outlet provided at the upper front end of the display chamber. In an open showcase that cools the display room by covering the opening of the display room with a cold air curtain that is blown out and sucked into a suction port provided at the lower front end of the display room, the open showcase is attached to the upper surface of the ceiling panel of the case body A plurality of support members facing in the front-and-rear direction of the case body, and an illumination mounting panel attached to the support member and provided with an illumination mounting portion at the front end of the lower surface, the illumination mounting panel having the same width dimension as the case body The rear side of the lighting mounting panel is attached to the support member so that the position of the lighting mounting panel can be adjusted in the front-rear direction. It is characterized in that is covered by the side and integral side panels of the case body.

  In addition, a reflection plate for reflecting the light of the luminaire attached to the illumination attachment portion toward the display room is attached to the front lower end portion of the illumination attachment panel, and further, the illumination attachment panel A night cover storage portion is attached to the rear side of the lower surface of the. Further, the support member is characterized in that one of a plurality of support members having different height dimensions is selected and attached.

  According to the present invention, by attaching the lighting mounting panel to the upper surface of the ceiling panel of the case body via the support member, it is possible to effectively illuminate the product displayed in the display room, and the side of the support member or the lighting mounting panel By covering the side with the side panel of the case body, a sense of unity with the case body is obtained. In addition, since the lighting mounting panel is positioned above the top surface of the ceiling panel by the support member, even if the lighting mounting panel projects forward from the upper front end of the case body, the projection of the lighting mounting panel does not matter. , Optimum according to the height of the case body, the place of use, and the product to be displayed Lighting can be arranged at various positions. Furthermore, the night cover storage portion does not hinder the lighting effect by providing the night cover storage portion on the lower surface of the rear side of the lighting mounting portion of the lighting mounting panel.

It is a section side view (a side panel is omitted) which shows one form example of an open showcase of the present invention. It is a perspective view of an open showcase similarly. It is a cross-sectional side view of the principal part of an open showcase similarly. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a reflecting plate. It is a perspective view which shows an example of a supporting member. It is a schematic sectional side view which shows an example of the mounting state of an illumination mounting panel. It is a schematic sectional side view which shows the other example of the mounting state of an illumination mounting panel. It is a schematic sectional side view which shows another example of the mounting state of a lighting mounting panel.

  The open showcase 1 shown in this embodiment has a multi-stage display chamber 4 having a front surface opened in a case main body 3 constituted by a heat insulating wall 2 and provided with a plurality of display shelves 4a. The duct 5 is provided in the lower part of the bottom plate 3a, the rear part of the back plate 3b, and the upper part of the top plate 3c, and the cooler 6 and the blower 7 etc. constituting the refrigerator are arranged in the duct 5, The inside of the display chamber 4 is cooled by covering the opening of the display chamber 4 with a cool air curtain which is blown out from the air outlet 8 provided at the upper front end and sucked into the suction port 9 provided at the lower front end of the display chamber 4. I have to. A ceiling illumination (fluorescent lamp) 10 for illuminating the uppermost display shelf 4a is provided on the lower surface of the top panel 3c on the rear side of the air outlet 8.

  A support member 12 attached to the upper surface of the ceiling panel 11 and a lighting mounting panel 13 attached to the upper surface of the support member 12 with screws or the like are provided on the upper surface of the ceiling panel 11 of the case body 3. A plurality of support members 12 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the front-rear direction of the case body 3, and are fixed to support member mounting rails 11 a provided at the front end of the ceiling panel 11 at the front end of the support member 12. A positioning piece 12a is provided (see FIG. 5). Further, a non-cold nosing 14 that covers the front end of the ceiling panel 11 and a non-cold nodding upper cover 14a attached to the upper part of the non-cold nosing 14 are attached to the front surface of the positioning piece 12a (see FIG. 3). . In addition, a plurality of support members 12 having different height dimensions are prepared.

  As shown in detail in FIG. 3, the lighting mounting panel 13 includes a channel member 13a in the front-rear direction, a lower surface plate 13b attached to the lower surface of the channel member 13a, and a ceiling attached to the upper rear portion of the channel member 13a. The cover 13c is formed of a lighting cover 13d attached to the upper surface of the channel member 13a. The width of the cover 13c is substantially the same as the width of the case body 3. A lighting attachment portion 13e for attaching a lighting fixture, for example, a fluorescent lamp 15, is provided at the front end portion of the lower surface plate 13b. The illumination cover 13d is formed to be bent in a substantially L shape, and is formed so as to cover the front side of the fluorescent lamp 15 that protrudes forward from the channel member 13a and is attached to the illumination attachment portion 13e. In addition, a reflection plate 16 for reflecting light from the fluorescent lamp 15 toward the display chamber 4 is attached to the upper portion of the fluorescent lamp 15 at the front end of the lower surface plate 13b. For example, as shown in detail in FIG. 4, the reflecting plate 16 is formed by bending a substantially rectangular aluminum mirror surface material, and has a lamp holder through hole 16a formed in accordance with the lamp holder position. Yes. Further, a night cover for winding and storing a night cover 17a covering the opening of the display room 4 at the time of non-business at night, on the rear side of the lower surface of the lower surface plate 13b, immediately before the non-cold nosing upper cover 14a. A storage portion 17 is attached.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the support member 12 and the illumination mounting panel 13 are illuminated by selecting the height dimension of the support member 12 and the mounting position of the illumination mounting panel 13 with respect to the support member 12 in the front-rear direction. The position of the front end portion of the mounting panel 13 and the position of the fluorescent lamp 15 can be adjusted.

  For example, FIG. 6 shows an example in which the support member 12 having a relatively large height dimension H1 is used as the support member 12, and the lighting mounting panel 13 is attached at the most retracted position with respect to the support member 12. . By attaching the illumination mounting panel 13 in this manner, the inside of the display chamber 4 can be effectively illuminated by the fluorescent lamp 15 attached to the illumination mounting panel 13, and even if the illumination mounting panel 13 protrudes forward. Compared with the case where the ceiling panel 11 of the case body 3 projects forward, it does not get in the way and does not obstruct the eyes.

  FIG. 7 shows an example in which the support member 12 having a relatively small height dimension H2 is used as the support member 12, and the lighting mounting panel 13 is attached at a position most advanced with respect to the support member 12. Yes. By attaching the illumination mounting panel 13 in this way, the back side of the display chamber 4 can also be effectively illuminated.

  Further, in FIG. 8, as in the example shown in FIG. 6, the support member 12 having a relatively large height dimension H <b> 1 is used as the support member 12, and the illumination mounting panel 13 is the same as the example shown in FIG. 7. Similarly, an example in which the support member 12 is attached at the most advanced position is shown. By attaching the illumination mounting panel 13 in this manner, the interior side of the display chamber 4 can be effectively illuminated without obstructing the illumination mounting panel 13 that protrudes forward.

  Further, by providing the reflecting plate 16 on the upper side of the fluorescent lamp 15, the illumination effect by the fluorescent lamp 15 can be improved, and by disposing the night cover storage portion 17 on the lower surface rear side of the lower surface plate 13b, The night cover storage portion 17 can be provided without hindering the lighting effect.

  The mounting state of the support member 12 and the lighting mounting panel 13 depends on the height of the case body 3, the front end position of the ceiling panel 11, the number of shelves in the display chamber 4, the products to be displayed, the installation position of the open showcase 1, and other conditions. It can be arbitrarily set according to the demand, and can be easily handled at the manufacturing factory of the open showcase 1 according to the demand of the user who uses the open showcase 1. Further, both side portions of the support member 12 and the lighting mounting panel 13 are integrally covered with the side surface of the case main body 3 by the side panel 18 having a size and shape corresponding to these attachment states.

  Furthermore, since the inside of the display chamber 4 can be sufficiently illuminated without providing shelf lighting at the front end of each display shelf, it is possible to reduce the electricity bill for illumination and reduce the load in the warehouse to reduce the electricity for the refrigerator. The cost can be reduced.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Open showcase 2 Heat insulation wall 3 Case main body 3a Bottom plate 3b Back plate 3c Top plate 4 Display room 4a Display shelf 5 Duct 6 Cooler 7 Blower 8 Air outlet 9 Suction port 10 Ceiling illumination (fluorescent light)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Ceiling panel 11a Support member attachment rail 12 Support member 12a Positioning piece 13 Illumination mounting panel 13a Channel material 13b Bottom plate 13c Ceiling cover 13d Illumination cover 13e Illumination attachment part 14 Non-cold nosing 14a Non-cold nosing upper cover 15 Fluorescent lamp 16 Reflection Plate 16a Lamp holder through hole 17 Night cover storage part 17a Night cover 18 Side panel

Claims (4)

A display chamber with an open front is formed in the case body, which is made up of heat insulating walls. In an open showcase that cools the display room by covering the opening of the display room with a cool air curtain,
A plurality of support members facing the front-rear direction of the case body attached to the upper surface of the ceiling panel of the case body, and an illumination mounting panel attached to the support member and provided with an illumination mounting portion at a front end portion of the lower surface; The panel has the same width dimension as the case main body, and the rear side of the lighting mounting panel is attached to the support member so that the position of the lighting mounting panel can be adjusted in the front-rear direction. An open showcase that is covered with a side panel that is integral with the side of the body.   The open showcase according to claim 1, wherein a reflection plate that reflects light from a lighting fixture attached to the illumination attachment portion toward the display room is attached to a front end portion of the lower surface of the illumination mounting panel. .   The open showcase according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a night cover storage portion is attached to the rear side of the lower surface of the lighting mounting panel.   The open showcase according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the support member is selected and attached to one of a plurality of support members having different height dimensions.

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