JP2017086420A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a showcase with good visibility even when a display room is formed in a substantially square shape using a transparent plate. A showcase (1) having a display room (2) covered with at least a pair of transparent side plates (7), a transparent ceiling plate (9), and a transparent front plate (6). A corner portion 51 that comes into contact with the face plate 6 and includes a pair of holding members 50 on the inner surface side of the side plate 7, the holding member 50 holding a front edge 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9, a first holding member 61, A second holding member 71 for holding the upper edge of the front plate 6 was provided. [Selection diagram] FIG.

Description

  The present invention relates to a showcase, and more particularly to a showcase in which a display room is configured with a transparent plate.

Conventionally, for example, a showcase that is installed in a store such as a cafe or a convenience store, the display room is covered with a transparent plate, and a product in the display room can be easily seen in a front view is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
In this type of showcase, there is known a showcase in which a display chamber is configured in a substantially rectangular shape by using a front plate and a ceiling plate as separate members. In this case, it is necessary to fix the ceiling plate and the front plate by providing a frame at a contact portion between the front edge of the ceiling plate and the upper edge of the front plate.

JP 2012-239597 A

However, when a frame is provided at the abutting portion between the front edge of the ceiling panel and the upper edge of the front panel, the frame is visible when viewing the showcase in front view, and it is difficult to see the products in the display room. There is.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a showcase with good visibility even when a display chamber is configured in a substantially rectangular shape using a transparent plate.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a showcase comprising a display room covered with at least a pair of transparent side plates, a transparent ceiling plate, and a transparent front plate, wherein the side plates and the ceiling are provided. A corner portion where the plate and the front plate abut, and a pair of holders provided on the inner surface side of the side plate, the holder holding a first holding member for holding a front edge portion of the ceiling plate; It has the 2nd holding member holding the upper edge part of a front board, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the first holding member is formed to extend to a position reaching the upper end of the second holding member.

  In the present invention, the first holding member includes a ceiling plate holding claw for holding the ceiling plate, and the second holding member includes a front plate holding claw for holding the front plate. .

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that the display room includes a door for putting in and out a product on the back surface.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, when the display chamber of a showcase is comprised in substantially rectangular shape, a showcase with sufficient visibility can be provided.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the showcase which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic diagram which looked at the showcase of FIG. 1 from the front. It is the perspective view which decomposed | disassembled the glass plate surrounding the normal temperature display room which concerns on the showcase of FIG. It is an enlarged view of a holder.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a vertical side view of the showcase 1, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the showcase 1 as seen from the front. In addition, below, it is set as the upper and lower sides, front and back, right and left on the basis of the case seen from the front of the showcase 1.
A showcase 1 according to the present embodiment is a two-tiered showcase in which a room temperature display room 2 functioning as a display room is provided above and a cooling display room 3 is provided below, for example, a store such as a convenience store. It is arranged to display products.
The showcase 1 includes a normal temperature display room 2 provided above, a cooling display room 3 provided below the normal temperature display room, and a duct that is provided from the lower side of the cooling display room 3 to the back surface side to send cold air to the cooling display room 3 4 and a machine room 5 located below the duct 4. The room temperature display room 2 is provided at least on the uppermost stage, and the cooling display room 3 is provided below the room temperature display room 2.

The room temperature display room 2 includes a front plate 6 made of a transparent glass plate, a side plate 7 made of a transparent glass plate, a ceiling plate 9 made of a transparent glass plate, and a display functioning as a bottom plate. A sliding door 11 is provided on the back side of the room temperature display room 2 and functions as a door for taking in and out the goods. The room temperature display room 2 becomes a sealed space when the slide door 11 is closed.
The front plate 6 is placed on the front edge 10 </ b> A of the display chamber partition plate 10.
Below the ceiling plate 9, an LED illumination 12 that illuminates the room temperature display room 2 is provided.
A room temperature display room temperature detection sensor 13 for measuring the temperature in the room temperature display room 2 is provided at the lower front part of the right side plate 7 inside the room temperature display room 2.

The cooling display chamber 3 is a display chamber having an opening 21 on the front surface, a display chamber partition plate 10 that functions as a top plate, a side plate 7 that forms a side plate and is integrally formed as a multi-layer glass, and The inner side plate 8, the bottom plate 22, and the back plate 23 are enclosed.
The bottom plate 22 and the back plate 23 are plates that partition the cooling display chamber 3 and the duct 4.
A shelf 29 that divides the cooling display chamber 3 into two upper and lower stages is provided in the cabinet of the cooling display chamber 3.
The side plate 7 is a vertically long glass plate that is substantially rectangular in a side view, and constitutes the side wall of the room temperature display chamber 2 and the side wall of the cooling display chamber 3. The inner side plate 8 constitutes the side wall of the cooling display chamber 3 together with the side plate 7, but does not constitute the side wall of the room temperature display chamber 2. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the height of the inner side plate 8 is formed to be substantially equal to the height of the cooling display chamber 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the side plate 7 is fixed to the outer side surface of the support column 40 described later, and the inner side plate 8 fixes the side wall of the cooling display chamber 3 by fixing the rear end surface to the front side surface of the support column 40. Configure. That is, the depth of the inner side plate 8 is formed to be shorter than the depth of the side plate 7 by the length of the column 40.
An upper flat portion 8A is formed on the upper surface of the inner side plate 8. The display chamber partition plate 10 is placed on the upper flat portion 8A.
A cooling display chamber temperature detection sensor 28 for measuring the temperature in the cooling display chamber 3 is provided at the lower front portion of the right inner side plate 8 inside the cooling display chamber 3.

  The duct 4 is provided below the cooling display chamber 3 and includes a guide portion 4A extending in the front-rear direction and a heat exchange portion 4B provided on the back side of the cooling display chamber 3 and extending up and down. . The duct 4 is surrounded by a heat insulating wall 20. The heat exchanger 4B is provided with an evaporator 24 that constitutes a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration cycle. A cool air discharge port 25 for discharging cool air into the cooling display chamber 3 is formed in the upper part of the heat exchange unit 4B. At the front end of the guide portion 4A, a cold air suction port 26 is formed for sucking cold air from the lower edge of the opening 21 on the front surface of the cooling display chamber 3. Further, a cool air circulation blower 27 is provided inside the guide portion 4A.

  The cool air in the cooling display chamber 3 is sucked into the guide portion 4A of the duct 4 from the cool air suction port 26 by the cool air circulation blower 27, guided in the direction of the evaporator 24, and cooled by the heat exchange with the evaporator 24 and cooled. Rises in the heat exchanging section 4B, is discharged from the cold air discharge port 25 into the cooling display chamber 3, and circulates through the duct 4 and the cooling display chamber 3.

The showcase 1 is provided on a machine room 5 provided in the lower part of the showcase 1, a frame-like frame 5A constituting the machine room 5, and on both sides on the back side of the showcase 1, and is erected from the frame 5A. And two left and right support columns 40.
The periphery of the machine room 5 is covered with a flat cover (not shown).
Inside the machine room 5, a compressor (not shown), a condenser 31, and the like that constitute a refrigerant circuit of the refrigeration cycle together with the evaporator 24 are provided.

  On both sides of the rear side of the showcase 1, there are respectively provided substantially vertical columns 40 that are substantially rectangular in a side view. These hollow left and right support columns 40 are configured to have a predetermined thickness, and as shown in FIG. 2, a machine room 5 is formed over the cooling display room 3 and the room temperature display room 2 that are arranged in the vertical direction. It stands up from the frame-like frame 5 </ b> A that supports the showcase 1. Further, the left and right support columns 40 are provided in contact with the duct 4 on the back side of the cooling display chamber 3 so as to sandwich the duct 4 provided on the back side of the cooling display chamber 3 from the left and right.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the front plate 6, the side plate 7, the ceiling plate 9, and the holder 50 that holds them, which surround the room temperature display chamber 2. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the holder 50.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a frameless structure is provided in which a frame is not provided at a contact portion between the front edge portion 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9 and the upper edge portion 6 </ b> A of the front plate 6. ing. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, no frame is provided at the contact portion between the side edge 9 </ b> B of the ceiling plate 9 and the upper edge 7 </ b> A of the side plate 7. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the frame is not provided at the contact portion between the front edge portion 7 </ b> C of the side plate 7 and the side edge portion 6 </ b> B of the front plate 6.
The portions where these frames are not provided are sealed with a caulking material. Since the front plate 6, the side plate 7 and the ceiling plate 9 are all transparent glass plates, these contact portions are sealed with a caulking material and are constructed frameless, so that the room temperature display room of the showcase 1 can be obtained. The products displayed in 2 and the cooling display chamber 3 can be easily viewed.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pair of holders 50 are fixed to the inner surface side of the side plate 7 at the corner portion 51 where the side plate 7, the ceiling plate 9, and the front plate 6 abut. At the upper part of the front end of the side plate 7, a holder screw hole 60 is provided. The holder 50 is fixed to the holder screw hole 60 from the inside of the side plate 7 and is fixed by a screw 45 inserted from the outside of the side plate 7.
Hereinafter, the holder 50 will be described taking the holder 50 on the left side in FIG. 3 as an example. Note that the left-side holder 50 in FIG. 3 and the right-side holder 50 in FIG. 3 are configured symmetrically on the left and right, and therefore the description of the right-side holder 50 in FIG. 3 is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 4, the holder 50 includes a main body 52, a first holding member 61 provided on the upper surface of the main body 52, and a second holding member 71 provided on the front surface of the main body 52. Yes.
The main body 52 is configured in a vertically long, substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is provided with a side plate flat surface 53 that is in close contact with the inside of the side plate 7, an upper surface flat portion 54 on which the first holding member 61 is provided, and a second holding member 71. And a front flat portion 55. The side plate flat surface 53 is provided with a screw hole 56 for fixing the holder 50 to the side plate 7 with a bolt 45, a washer 46, and a nut 47 via a holder screw hole 60 of the side plate 7. .

The 2nd holding member 71 is provided in the upper part of the front flat part 55, and is formed in the side view substantially U shape. The second holding member 71 includes a front plate holding part 72 provided at the upper part of the front flat part 55, an upper edge pressing part 73 extending perpendicularly from the upper end of the front flat part 55 to the front flat part 55, A front plate holding claw 74 formed at the tip of the upper edge pressing portion 73 and formed vertically downward from the upper edge pressing portion 73 is provided.
The front plate holding part 72 is provided on the upper part of the front flat part 55, but may be configured to cover the lower end of the front flat part 55.
The length of the upper edge pressing portion 73 in the extending direction, that is, the depth direction is substantially equal to the thickness of the front plate 6 so that the upper edge 6A of the front plate 6 can be fitted into the second holding member 71 without any gap. It is configured.
The front plate holding claw 74 holds the front plate 6 fitted in the second holding member 71. The length of the front plate holding claw 74 in the height direction can be appropriately changed according to the size of the front plate 6 or the like.

The 1st holding member 61 is provided in the upper surface of the upper surface flat part 54, and the front-end part of the 1st holding member 61 is formed in the side view substantially U shape. The first holding member 61 is formed to extend to a position reaching the upper end of the second holding member 71, that is, to the tip of the upper edge pressing portion 73.
The first holding member 61 is formed at the tip of the ceiling plate holding portion 62, the front edge pressing portion 63 extending vertically upward from the tip of the ceiling plate holding portion 62, and the front edge pressing portion 63. And a ceiling plate holding claw 64 formed in the vertical inner direction from the portion 63.
The ceiling board holding part 62 is formed up to a position reaching the rear end of the upper flat part 54.
The length of the front edge pressing portion 63 in the extending direction is substantially equal to the thickness of the ceiling plate 9, and the front edge portion 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9 can be fitted into the first holding member 61 without a gap. .
The ceiling plate holding claw 64 is for holding the ceiling plate 9 fitted in the first holding member 61. The length in the depth direction of the ceiling board holding claws 64 can be changed as appropriate according to the size of the ceiling board 9 and the like.

  The length in the depth direction of the ceiling board holding part 62 is configured to be substantially equal to the length in the depth direction of the upper edge pressing part 73. Therefore, the ceiling plate 9 fitted into the first holding member 61 can be placed on the front plate 6 fitted into the second holding member 71, and the ceiling plate 9 can be supported by the front plate 6. The front plate 6, the side plate 7, and the ceiling plate 9 can be held only by attaching the holder 50.

Next, assembly of the showcase 1 will be described.
First, the lower edge 7 </ b> B of the side plate 7 and the lower edge 8 </ b> B of the inner side plate 8 are fitted into the grooves on the upper surface of the frame-like frame 5 </ b> A constituting the machine room 5. The rear edge of the side plate 7 is fixed to the column 40 from the outer side surface of the column 40 constituting the support structure of the showcase 1, and the rear edge of the inner side plate 8 is fixed to the front side surface of the column 40.
The display chamber partition plate 10 is placed on the upper flat portion 8 </ b> A of the inner side surface plate 8. Thereby, the cooling display chamber 3 surrounded by the inner side surface plate 8, the display chamber partition plate 10 functioning as a ceiling plate, the bottom plate 22, and the back plate 23 is formed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the side plate 7 and the holder 50 are brought into close contact with the side plate flat surface 53 on the inside of the side plate 7, and the holder screw hole 60 is aligned with the screw hole 56. The bolts 45 are tightened from the outside of the side plate 7 to be fixed.
As shown in FIG. 1, the front plate 6 is placed on and supported by the front edge 10A of the display chamber partition plate 10, and the upper edge portion 6A of the front plate 6 is supported on the upper edge pressing portion 73 of the holder 50 shown in FIG. Fit. The front edge portion 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9 is fitted into the front edge pressing portion 63 of the holder 50. At this time, the front edge 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9 is placed on the upper edge 6 </ b> A of the front plate 6, and the ceiling plate 9 is supported by the holder 50 and also by the front plate 6.
The room temperature display chamber 2 is surrounded by a side plate 7, a ceiling plate 9, a display chamber partition plate 10 that functions as a bottom plate, and a slide door 11 that covers the back surface.
The side plate 7 is fixed to the display chamber partition plate 10 through a hole 65 provided in the side plate 7.

Contact portion between the front edge portion 9A of the ceiling plate 9 and the upper edge portion 6A of the front plate 6, and contact portion between the side edge portion 9B of the ceiling plate 9 and the upper edge portion 7A of the side plate 7, and the side plate 7 is not provided with a frame at the contact portion between the front edge portion 7C and the side edge portion 6B of the front plate 6.
Seal the area where these frames are not provided with caulking material.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the showcase 1 including the room temperature display chamber 2 covered with at least a pair of transparent side plates 7, a transparent ceiling plate 9, and a transparent front plate 6. The side plate 7, the ceiling plate 9, and the front plate 6 are in contact with each other at the corner portion 51, and the pair of holding tools 50 are provided on the inner surface side of the side plate 7. A first holding member 61 that holds 9A and a second holding member 71 that holds the upper edge portion 6A of the front plate 6 are provided.
According to this configuration, since the holder 50 held by the side plate 7 holds the front edge 9A of the ceiling plate 9 and the upper edge 6A of the front plate 6, the front edge 9A of the ceiling plate 9 and the front plate The side plate 7, the ceiling plate 9, and the front plate 6 can be held without providing a frame at the contact portion with the upper edge portion 6 </ b> A of the display panel 6. It is possible to provide a display room in which no frame is provided at the contact portion.
In addition, since the side plate 7, the ceiling plate 9, and the front plate 6 are transparent plates, a frame should not be provided at the contact portion between the front edge 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9 and the upper edge 6 </ b> A of the front plate 6. Thus, the inside of the room temperature display room 2 can be easily visually confirmed, and the inside of the room temperature display room 2 can be shown wide.
In addition, these effects can be realized with a simple configuration in which only the pair of holders 50 according to the present embodiment is provided.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the holder 50 is formed with the upper flat portion 54 and the front flat portion 55, the first holding member 61 is provided on the upper flat portion 54, and the second holding member 71 is The first holding member 61 is formed to extend to a position reaching the upper end of the second holding member 71.
According to this configuration, the front edge portion 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9 held by the first holding member 61 is disposed above the upper edge portion 6 </ b> A of the front plate 6 held by the second holding member 71. The front edge portion 9A of the ceiling board 9 is placed on the upper edge portion 6A. Therefore, the ceiling plate 9 is supported by the holder 50 and is also supported by the front plate 6, and the ceiling plate 9, the front plate 6 and the side plate 7 are stably fixed only by a simple configuration using the holder. it can.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the first holding member 61 includes the ceiling plate holding claw 64 that holds the front edge portion 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9, and the second holding member 71 is the upper edge portion of the front plate 6. A front plate holding claw 74 for holding 6A is provided.
The first holding member 61 is substantially U-shaped in a side view by the ceiling plate holding claws 64, and the front edge 9 </ b> A of the ceiling plate 9 is held by the holding tool 50 by being fitted into the first holding member 61. The second holding member 71 is substantially U-shaped when viewed from the side by the front plate holding claws 74, and the upper edge 6 </ b> A of the front plate 6 is held by the holding tool 50 by being fitted into the second holding member 71.
Therefore, when the front edge portion 9A of the ceiling plate 9 is held by the first holding member 61 and the upper edge portion 6A of the front plate 6 is held by the second holding member 71, the glass plate such as a bolt is fixed with a component penetrating the glass plate. There is no need, and man-hours are not required for manufacturing the ceiling plate 9 and the front plate 6 which are transparent glass plates.
Further, when holding the front edge portion 9A of the ceiling plate 9 by the first holding member 61 and holding the upper edge portion 6A of the front plate 6 by the second holding member 71, other materials such as an adhesive are not required. Assembly is also easy.
Even in such a simple configuration, the ceiling plate 9 can be stably held by the first holding member 61, and the front plate 6 can be stably held by the second holding member 71.

  The first holding member 61 is not necessarily provided with a ceiling plate holding claw 64 in a substantially U shape when viewed from the side, and the second holding member 71 is not necessarily provided with a substantially U shape when viewed from the side. It does not have to be provided. As long as the front plate 6 can be held or fixed on the front side of the holding device 50 by the holding device 50 and the ceiling plate 9 can be held or fixed on the upper side of the holding device 50, other methods such as screwing or fixing with an adhesive may be used. The method may be used.

Moreover, according to this Embodiment, the slide door 11 which takes in / out goods is provided in the back surface of the normal temperature display room 2. As shown in FIG.
Since it is the showcase 1 provided with the slide door 11 on the back of the room temperature display room 2, the customer service is located on the back of the showcase 1 and takes a customer service. Since the purchaser is located on the front side of the showcase 1 and views the room temperature display room 2 in front view of the showcase 1, the showcase 1 in which the visibility from the front is improved by the holder 50. The advantages of can be demonstrated more.

  Although the slide door 11 is provided as a door in the present embodiment, the door is not necessarily limited to the slide door, and may be a door of another type such as a double door.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on one Embodiment, this invention is not limited to this embodiment. Since only one embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, changes and applications can be arbitrarily made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 Showcase 2 Room temperature display room (display room)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Cooling display room 4 Duct 4A Guide part 4B Heat exchange part 5 Machine room 5A Frame 6 Front plate 6A Upper edge part 7 Side plate 8 Inner side plate 9 Ceiling plate 9A Front edge part 10 Display chamber partition plate 11 Slide door (door)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Thermal insulation wall 22 Bottom plate 23 Back plate 24 Evaporator 31 Condenser 40 Support | pillar 50 Holder 51 Corner | angular part 52 Main body 53 Side plate flat surface 54 Upper surface flat part 55 Front flat part 56 Screw hole 61 1st holding member 62 Ceiling plate holding part 63 Front edge holding portion 64 Ceiling plate holding claw 71 Second holding member 72 Front plate holding portion 73 Upper edge holding portion 74 Front plate holding claw

Claims (4)

In a showcase provided with a display room covered with at least a pair of transparent side plates, a transparent ceiling plate, and a transparent front plate,
A corner portion where the side plate, the ceiling plate, and the front plate are in contact with each other, and provided with a pair of holders on the inner surface side of the side plate;
The holding case includes a first holding member that holds a front edge portion of the ceiling plate, and a second holding member that holds an upper edge portion of the front plate.   The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the first holding member is formed to extend to a position reaching an upper end of the second holding member. The first holding member includes a ceiling plate holding claw for holding the ceiling plate,
The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the second holding member includes a front plate holding claw that holds the front plate.   The showcase according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display room is provided with a door through which goods are taken in and out.

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