JP2018114208A - Open Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an open showcase capable of facilitating removal of dust and insects without time and labor when the dust and the insects adhere to a filter attached to a suction port.SOLUTION: An open showcase includes: a showcase body 2 whose cross sectional shape is formed to be a U-shape and that includes a merchandise display chamber 3 inside and an opening 4 in a front part; a duct 5 arranged in the showcase body 2, where air flows inside; an air outlet 8 arranged on an upper part of the duct 5 and blowing out the air flowing inside the duct 5; a suction port 9 arranged on a lower part of the duct 5 and sucking the air blown out from the air outlet 8; a filter 12 attached to the suction port 9; a merchandise display body 11 arranged in a lower part of the merchandise display chamber 3 and slidable in a front and rear direction; and a brush 18 arranged in the merchandise display body 11 and having a slidable contact with an upper surface of the filter 12 with a slide motion of the merchandise display body 11.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an open showcase in which an opening is provided on a front surface and the opening is covered with an air curtain that flows downward from above.

  Conventionally, in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store, an open showcase having an opening on the front surface is used. As an example of such an open showcase, an air curtain that covers an opening with an air curtain that flows downward from above is known.

  An open showcase whose opening is covered with an air curtain is formed with a duct extending vertically in the showcase body, an air outlet is formed at the upper part of the duct, and a suction port is formed at the lower part of the duct. ing. And the air curtain is formed when the air which flows in the inside of a duct blows down from a blower outlet, and the air which formed the air curtain is sucked in from a suction inlet.

  In this way, the air blown from the duct outlet is sucked from the duct inlet and circulated to prevent the air blown from the outlet from hitting the customers around the open showcase and causing discomfort. be able to. Furthermore, when the air curtain is formed of cooled air (cold air), the amount of energy used to cool the air can be reduced by circulating the cold air.

  By the way, when circulating the air and cold air forming the air curtain, it is necessary to remove the dust and insects caught in the air curtain, and the dust and insects caught in the air curtain by attaching a filter to the suction port. Can be attached to the filter and removed. As an example of an open showcase in which a filter is attached to the suction port, for example, one disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is known.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-173669

  However, in the open showcase described in Patent Document 1, the suction port cover and the filter are detachably attached to the suction port, and the suction port cover and the filter are detachable individually, and the suction port cover and the filter Can be integrally attached and detached. For this reason, when dust or insects caught in the air curtain adhere to the filter, the dust or insects attached after removing the filter alone or integrally with the inlet cover are removed. It takes time to remove the attached dust and insects.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve such problems, and its purpose is to easily remove dust and insects when the dust and insects adhere to the filter attached to the suction port. Is to provide an open showcase that can be done.

  An open showcase according to the present invention has a U-shaped cross section, a product display chamber inside, a showcase body having an opening on the front surface, and provided in the showcase body. A duct through which the air flows, an air outlet from which the air flowing in the duct blows out, an air inlet from which the air blown from the air outlet is provided at the lower part of the duct, and A filter attached to the suction port, a product display body provided in a lower part of the product display chamber, and slidable in the front-rear direction, provided in the product display body, and with the sliding operation of the product display body, And a brush in sliding contact with the upper surface of the filter.

  In the above-mentioned open showcase, a frame is provided at a position adjacent to the front side of the filter, and this frame has an R-surface shape portion that curves downward from the upper surface side toward the front surface side. Is preferred.

  Further, in the above-described open showcase, the product display body is provided with a ventilation opening located above the suction port when the product display body is slid to a rear position, and a plurality of openings are provided in the ventilation opening. It is desirable that a plate having ventilation holes is detachably attached, and the brush is attached to the lower surface of the plate.

  When air that has blown out from the air outlet of the duct and formed an air curtain is sucked in from the inlet of the duct, dust and insects caught in the air curtain adhere to the filter, and dust and insects enter the duct. Circulation is prevented. When placing a product on the product display, slide the product display to the front position, place the product on the product display at that position, and after placing the product, remove the product display. Slide backwards. When the product display body is slid in the front-rear direction in this way, the brush comes into sliding contact with the upper surface of the filter during the sliding, and dust and insects attached to the filter are removed. For this reason, it is possible to easily remove dust and insects adhering to the filter without trouble.

  Further, dust and insects removed from the filter when the product display body is slid to the front position can be dropped on the floor along the R-surface shape portion of the frame.

  When the brush is dirty, the brush can be cleaned by removing the plate from the ventilation opening.

It is a cross-sectional side view which shows the open showcase of the state which made the goods display body slide to the back side position which is a goods display position. It is a cross-sectional side view showing an open showcase in a state where the product display body is slid to the near side position where the product is placed. It is a cross-sectional side view which expands and shows the part of a filter and a brush.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional side view showing an open showcase 1. This open showcase 1 has a U-shaped showcase body 2 having a cross-sectional shape, a product display chamber 3 is provided inside the showcase body 2, and an opening 4 is provided in front of the showcase body 2. It has been.

  The showcase body 2 is provided with a duct 5 along its inner periphery, and the duct 5 is formed in a U-shaped cross-section that is a shape that follows the shape of the showcase body 2. Inside the duct 5, a cooler 6 that cools the air in the duct 5 and a fan 7 that blows air (cold air) cooled by the cooler 6 are provided. An air outlet 8 through which cool air blown through the duct 5 blows out is provided at an upper portion of the duct 5, and a cold air curtain that covers the opening 4 is formed by the cold air blown out from the air outlet 8. In the lower part of the duct 5, there is provided a suction port 9 through which cool air forming an air curtain is sucked.

  In the product display chamber 3, a plurality of product display shelves 10 arranged in the vertical direction, and a slide deck that is a product display body that is positioned below these product display shelves 10 and is slidable in the front-rear direction. 11 is provided. These merchandise display shelves 10 and the slide deck 11 are portions on which merchandise to be sold is placed. When placing merchandise on the slide deck 11, the slide deck 11 is moved forward as shown in FIG. The product is slid to the position and pulled out from the product display chamber 3, and the product is placed on the slide deck 11 at the pulled-out position. After the product is placed on the slide deck 11, the slide deck 11 is slid to the rear position in the product display chamber 3 shown in FIG.

  A filter 12 for preventing dust and insects from entering the duct 5 from the suction port 9 is attached to the suction port 9.

  A frame 13 is provided at a position adjacent to the front side of the filter 12 in the showcase body 2. The frame 13 is provided with an R-surface shape portion 14 that curves downward from the upper surface side toward the front surface side.

  At the front end of the slide deck 11, there is provided a ventilation opening 15 positioned above the suction port 9 when the slide deck 11 is slid to the rear position shown in FIG. 1. A plate 17 having a plurality of ventilation holes 16 is detachably attached to the ventilation opening 15, and the cold air forming the air curtain is sucked from the suction port 9 through the ventilation hole 16. .

  A brush 18 is attached to the lower surface of the plate 17. The brush 18 is attached to a position where the brush 18 slides on the upper surface of the filter 12 when the slide deck 11 is slid in the front-rear direction in order to place a product on the slide deck 11.

  In such a configuration, by driving the cooler 6 and the fan 7, the cold air cooled by the cooler 6 flows through the duct 5, and the cold air flowing through the duct 5 blows out from the outlet 8. The air curtain of the cold which covers the opening 4 as shown by the arrow A is formed, and the product placed on the product display shelf 10 or the slide deck 11 is cooled.

  The cold air forming the air curtain is sucked into the duct 5 through the ventilation hole 16 and the suction port 9 of the plate 17, and is cooled again by the cooler 6 in the duct 5.

  Dust and insects may be caught in the cold air curtain covering the opening 4, and dust and insects caught in the air curtain are removed by adhering to the filter 12 when cold air is sucked from the suction port 9. Thus, dust and insects are prevented from entering the duct 5.

  When products are placed on the slide deck 11, the slide deck 11 located at the rear position as shown in FIG. 1 is slid to the front position as shown in FIG. 2 and pulled out of the product display chamber 3. . Then, the product is placed on the slide deck 11 at the drawing position, and the slide deck 11 on which the product has been placed is slid to the rear position shown in FIG.

  In this way, by sliding the slide deck 11 in the front-rear direction in order to place a product on the slide deck 11, the brush 18 is in sliding contact with the upper surface of the filter 12 and attached to the filter 12 during the slide. Dust and insects are removed. Therefore, the user does not need to be particularly aware of the removal of dust and insects attached to the filter 12, and can easily remove the dust and insects attached to the filter 12 without trouble.

  Further, the frame 13 provided at a position adjacent to the front side of the filter 12 in the showcase body 2 is provided with an R surface shape portion 14 that curves downward from the upper surface side toward the front surface side. For this reason, dust and insects removed from the filter 12 when the slide deck 11 is slid to the front position are likely to fall on the floor along the R-shaped portion 14 as indicated by an arrow B in FIG. . Therefore, the dust and insects removed from the filter 12 can be dropped on the floor, and the dust and insects that have fallen on the floor can be cleaned during floor cleaning. Therefore, it is not necessary to clean the dust and insects removed from the filter 12, and the removed dust and insects can be easily cleaned without trouble.

  Since the brush 18 is attached to the lower surface of the plate 17 detachably attached to the ventilation opening 15 of the slide deck 11, the plate 17 can be removed from the ventilation opening 15 as necessary. Therefore, when the brush 18 becomes dirty, the brush 18 can be cleaned by removing the plate 17 from the ventilation opening 15.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Open showcase 2 Showcase body 3 Product display room 4 Opening 5 Duct 6 Cooler 7 Fan 8 Air outlet 9 Suction port 10 Product display shelf 11 Slide deck (product display body)
12 Filter 13 Frame 14 R Surface Shaped Part 15 Ventilation Opening 16 Ventilation Hole 17 Plate 18 Brush

Claims (3)

A showcase body having a U-shaped cross section, a product display chamber inside, and an opening on the front surface;
A duct provided in the showcase body, in which air flows;
An air outlet provided in an upper portion of the duct, and from which air flowing in the duct blows out;
A suction port provided at a lower portion of the duct, and into which air blown from the blowout port is sucked;
A filter attached to the suction port;
A product display body provided in a lower part of the product display chamber and slidable in the front-rear direction;
A brush provided on the product display body and in sliding contact with the upper surface of the filter as the product display body slides;
An open showcase characterized by having.   2. The frame according to claim 1, wherein a frame is provided at a position adjacent to the front side of the filter, and an R surface shape portion that curves downward from the upper surface side toward the front surface side is provided on the frame. Open showcase. The product display body is provided with an opening for ventilation located above the suction port when the product display body is slid to the rear position.
A plate having a plurality of ventilation holes is detachably attached to the ventilation opening,
The open showcase according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the brush is attached to a lower surface of the plate.

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