JP2011250988A - Glass frame of showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a glass frame of a showcase, in which front and rear members can be commonly used regardless of thickness of a glass, that is effective for cost performance, productivity and inventory control.SOLUTION: The glass frame 18 of the showcase is disposed for forming a mounting groove 10 for vertically installing a glass 9 as a shielding plate at a top of a body case of the showcase composed with an insulating panel. The glass frame 18 accommodates the glasses 9 having different glass thickness by changing an overlap degree to overlap the glass frame 18 at a bottom side of the mounting groove 10 by dividing the glass frame 18 into a front side member 18a and a rear side member 18b.

Description

  The present invention relates to a glass frame of a frozen / refrigerated showcase for the purpose of selling and displaying food.

  There are two types of freezing and refrigerated showcases: a closed type with a door for picking up products and an open type without a door for picking up products. The open type mainly has a display room for keeping prepared foods, drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. There is a multi-stage showcase (ceiling blowout type) with an air curtain on the front without being obstructed by the shelf, and a display room for keeping prepared dishes, drinks, alcoholic beverages, etc. There is a flat showcase with two or more air curtains on the top.

  FIG. 10 shows a freezing and refrigerated double-sided flat open showcase for an event as an example of such an open type, which has a U-shaped main body case 1 whose upper surface is open, and this main body case 1 is an inner panel plate. And an outer panel 2 and an outer box 2 made of a heat insulating panel made of a heat insulating material such as urethane foam filled therebetween, and an inner box 3 arranged with an appropriate gap inside the outer box 2 The cool air circulation path 4 is formed, and the fan 5 and the evaporator (evaporator) 6 are disposed therein.

  During the cooling operation of the showcase, cold air is circulated as shown by the arrows in the figure. During the circulation, cold air that has become cold due to heat exchange with the evaporator (evaporator) 6 blows into the cabinet, and the upper surface of the case body As is well known, a cold air curtain 7 that closes the open surface is formed, and this cools the products displayed in the product storage space 8 in the inner box 3.

Similar flat open showcases are also shown in the following patent documents.
Japanese Patent No. 3186429

  On the top of the main body case 1 of the showcase, a glass 9 as a shielding plate is installed upright with the lower end portion inserted and supported in the mounting groove 10, and the upper end portion is locked in the mounting groove 10 to front the outer box 2. A decorative panel 11 is attached on top. This decorative panel 11 constitutes a price to which a price plate is attached.

  The description of the multistage showcase is omitted.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the mounting groove 10 is formed by a glass frame (made of resin) 12, and the glass frame 12 has its legs 12 a embedded in the heat insulating material 2 c of the outer box 2. Thus, the upper end of the outer box 2 is fixed. FIG. 11 shows the case of a multistage showcase, and FIG. 12 shows the case of a flat open showcase.

  11 shows that the heat insulation panel thickness of the outer box 2 is thin and a relatively thin single plate glass is used for the glass 9, and FIG. 12 shows that the heat insulation panel thickness of the outer box 2 is thick and the glass 9 is a relatively thick glass. This is the case of using pair glass (laminated glass) or the like. In the figure, 16 is a heater.

  FIG. 13 shows a case where a handrail 13 is provided on the top of the main case 1 of the showcase without attaching the glass 9 in a flat open showcase (frozen).

  The handrail 13 is made of a shape material, and the rear side is bent downward at a right angle to form a screw-fastening piece 13a and fastened with a screw 15.

  When such a glass frame (made of resin) 12 or a handrail 13 is used, the decorative panel 11 is accurately locked by hooking an upper end portion on a slit formed in the glass frame (made of resin) 12 or the handrail 13. The lower end is attached to the outer panel plate of the outer box 2 and fixed with screws 15.

  In the figure, reference numeral 14 denotes a front decorative plate, and the upper end is fixed to the decorative panel 11 with screws 15.

  FIG. 14 shows a case of a multistage type showcase without glass, and the handrail 13 is the same as FIG. 13 in that the handrail 13 is provided on the top of the outer case 2 of the main case 1 of the showcase. 17 is attached.

  As described above, the glass frame 12 of the refrigerated / refrigerated showcase must be prepared for each type of glass having a different thickness regardless of the type of the showcase. It is a disadvantage in terms of cost because it is necessary to make a new mold and purchase it as a dedicated part.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a glass frame for a showcase that eliminates the inconveniences of the conventional examples, can use common parts before and after the glass regardless of the thickness of the glass, and is effective in terms of cost, production, inventory management, and the like. There is.

  The present invention according to claim 1 is a glass frame of a showcase provided to form a mounting groove for vertically installing glass as a shielding plate on the top of a main case of a showcase constituted by a heat insulating panel. The gist is that the front member and the rear member are divided so as to be polymerized on the groove bottom side, and the degree of polymerization is changed to cope with glasses having different thicknesses.

  According to this invention of Claim 1, a glass frame (lower) can be divided | segmented in front and back, and it can respond | correspond flexibly to glass thickness.

  The present invention described in claim 2 uses only the front side member of the glass frame, uses a handrail instead of the rear side member, and superposes the front side member and the handrail by installing the lower portions together. To do.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, even when a handrail is provided, it can be installed in combination with the front side member of the glass frame. Effective use of part of the frame can be achieved.

  As described above, the glass frame of the showcase of the present invention can divide the glass frame (bottom) at the front and back, and can respond flexibly to the glass thickness, so the front and rear parts are common regardless of the glass thickness. It can be used and is effective in terms of cost, production and inventory management.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view showing a first embodiment of the present invention, which is a case of a multistage showcase.

  FIG. 1 corresponds to FIG. 11 showing the conventional example, and the same reference numerals are given to the same components, but the inner panel plate and the outer panel plate, and the urethane foam material filled between them, etc. It is a glass frame 18 of a showcase provided to form a mounting groove 10 in which a glass 9 as a shielding plate is installed upright on the top of a main body case of a showcase constituted by a heat insulating panel made of a heat insulating material.

  In the present invention, the glass frame 18 is made of vinyl chloride, and is divided into a front member 18a and a rear member 18b so as to overlap on the bottom side of the mounting groove 10 as shown in FIGS. . Each front member 18a and rear member 18b are formed with overlapping pieces 19a and 19b forming the bottom of the mounting groove 10, and screw holes 20 are formed in these overlapping pieces 19a and 19b.

  A plurality of screw holes 20 are formed in the polymer piece 19a of the front member 18a, and when overlapped with the polymer piece 19b of the rear member 18b, the screw hole of the polymer piece 19a that matches the screw hole 20 of the polymer piece 19b. 20 can be selected by the degree of superposition.

  Further, an upward protrusion 21a is provided on the overlapping piece 19a of the front member 18a, and a protrusion 21b is provided on the overlapping piece 19b of the rear member 18b, and these are engaged with each other to overlap the overlapping pieces 19a, 19b. Consideration was made to prevent misalignment.

  In this manner, when the glass frame 18 is installed on the top of the main body case of the showcase, the superposed pieces 19a and 19b are superposed on the bottom side of the mounting groove 10 and fixed with the screws 22 with the screw holes 20.

  FIG. 4 corresponds to FIG. 12 showing the conventional example. In the case of a flat open showcase, the heat insulation panel thickness of the outer box 2 is thick, and the glass 9 is a relatively thick glass. Glass) or the like.

  FIG. 5 shows the case of the flat open showcase, but the glass 9 is a relatively thin single plate glass.

  The glass frame 18 can correspond to glasses having different thicknesses by changing the degree of polymerization of the polymer pieces 19a and 19b.

  6 and 7 show a case where the handrail 23 is provided without glass, but the handrail 23 uses only the front member 18a of the glass frame 18 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, and instead of the rear member. The handrail 23 is used, and the front member 18a and the handrail 23 are overlapped with each other and fixed with screws 15 for installation.

  The handrail 23 is formed with a polymer piece 23a in the lower part, and this polymer piece 23a is superposed on the polymer piece 19a of the front side member 18a and fixed with screws 15.

1 shows an embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a vertical side view when provided in a multistage showcase. 1 shows one embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a vertical side view in an exploded state. 1 shows one embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a vertical side view in an assembled state. 1 shows an embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase according to the present invention, and is a vertical side view in the case of using a relatively thick glass in the case of a flat open showcase. 1 shows an embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a longitudinal side view in the case of using a relatively thin single plate glass in the case of a flat open showcase. 1 shows one embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a longitudinal side view when a handrail is provided without glass in the case of a flat open showcase. 1 shows an embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a longitudinal side view when a handrail is provided without glass in the case of a multistage showcase. 1 shows an embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a longitudinal side view in an exploded state showing a combination with a handrail. 1 shows an embodiment of a glass frame of a showcase of the present invention, and is a vertical side view of an assembled state showing a combination with a handrail. It is a vertical side view which shows the whole structure of a flat type open showcase. It is a vertical side view in the case of a multistage showcase which shows a prior art example. It is a vertical side view in the case of a flat open showcase which shows a prior art example. It is a vertical side view at the time of providing a handrail without attaching the glass in the case of a flat open showcase, showing a conventional example. It is a vertical side view at the time of providing a handrail without attaching the glass in the case of a multistage type showcase which shows a prior art example.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2 Outer box 2a Inner panel board 2b Outer panel board 2c Heat insulating material 3 Inner box 4 Cold air circulation path 4a Inlet 4b Outlet 5 Fan 6 Evaporator (Evaporator) 7 Cold air curtain 8 Commodity storage space 9 Glass 10 Installation Groove 11 Cosmetic panel 12 Glass frame 12a Leg 13 Handrail 13a Screw retaining piece 14 Front decorative plate 15 Screw 16 Heater 17 Guard 18 Glass frame 18a Front member 18b Rear member 19a, 19b Polymerized piece 20 Screw hole 21a, 21b Protrusion 22 Screw 23 Handrail 23a Polymerized piece

Claims (2)

  In the glass frame of the showcase provided to form a mounting groove for installing the glass as a shielding plate upright on the top of the main case of the showcase constituted by the heat insulating panel, the front side so as to overlap the glass frame on the bottom side of the mounting groove A glass frame for a showcase, characterized by being divided into a member and a rear member and changing the degree of polymerization so as to be able to cope with glasses having different thicknesses.   2. The glass frame of the showcase according to claim 1, wherein only the front side member of the glass frame is used, a handrail is used instead of the rear side member, and the front side member and the handrail are installed by overlapping lower portions thereof.

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