JP2796466B2 - Refrigerated display case - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a refrigerated showcase used in a large-scale store such as a supermarket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Large-scale stores such as supermarkets that sell a large amount of products are equipped with a large number of frozen and refrigerated showcases for selling frozen foods and fresh foods, and particularly for fresh foods and processed foods. The products are processed and packaged at a shop in a store, and then sold for sale in a showcase.

[0003] Fig. 10 shows a conventional structure of a flat open showcase that is often used in large stores as a refrigerated showcase. In the drawing, 1 is a case body with an open top, 2 is an inner box, 2a is a deck pan arranged at the bottom of the inner box, 3 is a product display shelf arranged in the middle of the inner box 2,
4 is a cool air duct partitioned between the case body 1 and the inner box 2, 5 is a cooler, 6 is a blower, and a product 7 is a display shelf 3.
Are displayed side by side. Then, during the cool-keeping operation, the cool air cooled by the cooler 5 circulates through the inside of the refrigerator as shown by an arrow, and cools the products 7 displayed in the refrigerator while forming a cool air curtain on the upper surface of the case body 1.

FIG. 11 shows a standard arrangement of a showcase in a large-scale supermarket. A large number of showcases are arranged at a fresh food section for fish, meat, prepared foods, etc. There is a workshop for processing and packaging. Then, the products processed and packaged at the work place are displayed in a showcase lined up at the sales floor. In this case, in general, carts are used to transport products from the workplace to the showcase at the sales floor, and the clerk moves the cart with the products loaded in the store to the front of the showcase, then removes the products from the cart. At present, they are used to refill the display shelves of showcases. After the store closes, unsold products in the showcase are collected from each showcase again using a cart, transferred to a large refrigerator at the workplace, and stored until the next day before opening.

[0005]

By the way, when replenishing goods to the showcase during the business hours of the store, a method of loading the goods processed and packaged at the work place as described above on a cart and transporting the goods to the showcase is carried out. In this case, not only the work efficiency is poor, but also a cart moving in the store floor obstructs the customer and misses a sales opportunity, and a user of the showcase has strongly desired an improvement measure.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is possible to directly carry a processed and packaged product from a work place into a showcase and display the product without moving the sales floor in the store using a cart. Insulated stock in a place different from the shelf, and when refilling the displayed products, the stock products can be taken directly from the showcase and arranged on the product display shelf. It is intended to provide a refrigerated showcase.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a refrigerator-freezer showcase of the present invention comprises a stocker for storing goods for supplying goods from behind a case body in a lower space in a refrigerator, The product display shelves are arranged to cover the upper surface. Further, as an embodiment of the showcase, there is the following configuration.

(1) A stocker for storing commodities is configured as a drawer type stocker that is put in and out through a stocker doorway opened on the back of the case body. (2) The case described in (1) above, wherein the drawer-type stocker is provided at the rear end of the base, provided with a wheeled base for mounting a product storage box and moving back and forth on a rail laid inside the warehouse. And a door plate for closing the stocker doorway of the main body.

(3) In the above item (2), a partition wall is formed at the rear portion of the base to define a cool air passage between the base plate and the door plate, and the wall surface of the partition wall is separated from the cool air passage. A vent is provided to allow cool air to flow into the stocker to keep the stock items cool. (4) A stocker for storing products is formed as a rack-type stocker constructed on a bottom plate in a warehouse by mounting a product display tray on the upper and lower tiers, and has a door plate on the back of the case body facing the stocker. It is configured by providing a product entrance.

(5) In the above item (4), an opening / closing partition wall is provided on the back side of the stocker so as to face a door plate on the case body side with a cool air passage therebetween, and a cold air passage is provided on the wall surface of the partition wall. A vent is provided to allow the cool air diverted from the inside to flow into the stocker so as to keep the stock items cool. (6) In the above items (2) and (4), the door plate is provided with a handle, a thermometer for displaying the temperature inside the refrigerator, and a transparent window for inspection inside the refrigerator to perform necessary product management.

(7) In the above items (3) and (5), the partition wall is formed of a transparent wall so that the inside of the stocker can be seen from behind. (8) Commodity display shelves arranged on the inner side of the storage so as to cover the upper surface of the stocker for storing goods are used as openable shelves so that products stored in the stocker can be directly taken out from the inner side of the storage.

(9) In the above item (8), a see-through window for viewing the inside of the stocker is provided on the shelf plate of the product display shelf so that the inside of the stocker can be viewed from the front of the showcase when necessary. (10) The case body is provided with a night cover that covers the opening surface, and at nights and holidays outside business hours, the opening surface of the case body is covered with the night cover to keep the stock items in the refrigerator cool.

[0013]

According to the above configuration, the products processed and packaged in the workplace on the back side of the sales floor where the showcases are lined up are transported to the stocker from the workplace on the backside into the stocker at any time without using a cart or the like. A store clerk who patrols the sales floor when directly reloading and stocking the products on the display case display shelves opens the openable shelves from the front of the showcase, removes the products from the stocker in the warehouse, and displays them. You can easily refill products simply by rearranging them on the shelf. Also,
The products stored in the stocker are kept cool by the cool air that circulates through the inside of the showcase, and the temperature inside the showcase and the stock of goods in the stocker are measured by the thermometer and inspection window provided on the door plate. It can be monitored and managed directly from the workplace.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The illustrated embodiment is directed to a flat open showcase, and the same members corresponding to those in FIG. 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals. Embodiment 1 In FIGS. 1 to 4, the space remaining in the lower part of the cabinet of the showcase, that is, the space between the commodity display shelf 3 and the deck pan at the bottom of the cabinet (in the conventional showcase, the commodity display shelf as shown in FIG. 10). A space between the deck pan 3a and the deck pan 2a is not used as a dead space), and a drawer type stocker 8 for storing goods which is put in and out of the rear of the showcase by operation from behind is incorporated.

As shown in FIG. 3, the drawer-type stocker 8 includes a base 10 with wheels, which is mounted on a rail 9 laid on a deck pan at the bottom of the case body 1 and moves in the front-rear direction. And a door plate 11 which is attached to the rear end of the base 10 and closes the stocker entrance 1a opened at the back of the case body 1. The base 10 has a product storage box 12 mounted thereon. A door plate 11 is provided at the rear of the base 10.
And a partition-like transparent partition wall 13 is provided with a cool air passage leading to the cool air duct 4 inside the refrigerator, and a cool air vent 1 is formed in the wall surface of the partition wall 13 and the bottom surface of the base 10.
3a and 10a are open. Further, on an upper surface of the base 10, a conveyor roller 14 used for moving the product storage box 12 is provided.
It has. The door plate 11 is provided with a handle 15 for pull-out operation, an inspection window 16 for viewing the inside of the stocker 8, a thermometer 17 for displaying the temperature in the refrigerator, and the like. In addition,
FIG. 4 is an external view of the showcase as viewed from behind.

On the other hand, the merchandise display shelf 3 inside the warehouse, which is disposed in the middle of the warehouse so as to cover the upper surface of the stocker 8, is configured as a slide openable / closable shelf plate which is divided into two front and rear parts. In addition,
In addition to the slide opening / closing type, a shelf plate having a structure in which the shelf plates 3a and 3b divided into two parts in the front and rear directions can be opened and closed by connecting them with hinges 18 as shown in FIG. In addition,
In FIG. 5, 19 is a see-through window for viewing the inside of the stocker 8 from the front of the showcase, 20 is a handle for opening and closing the shelf, and 21 is a support frame for the shelf.

In the above configuration, the cool air circulating through the cool air duct 4 in the refrigerator during the cool operation of the showcase is supplied to the space between the door plate 11 and the partition wall 13 inside the stocker 8 as shown in FIG. A portion of the cool air is diverted to the inside of the stocker 8 through the ventilation hole 13a of the partition plate 13 while cooling the goods stored in the storage box 12, and then opened to the bottom of the base 10 through the cool air passage. The air flows so as to return to the cool air duct 4 through the ventilation hole 10a.

On the other hand, FIG. 2 shows a state in which commodities are supplied to the stocker 8 from behind the showcase. When the commodities are carried into the stocker 8, the drawer type stocker 8 is used as shown in FIG. The product is pulled out to the rear of the main body 1 and the product is stored in the product storage box 12 in this state. Then, after replenishing the goods, the stocker 8 is again pushed into the case body 1 as shown in FIG.
Close. In addition, the gasket 11
It is better to provide a.

By the way, the above showcase is shown in FIG.
In the same manner as described above, they are installed side by side so as to partition between the sales floor and the workshop in the store. The products processed and packaged at the work place are drawn out of the stocker 8 of the showcase to the work place at any time as described above, placed in the product storage box 12 and carried into the stocker, and the stocker 8 is pushed into the warehouse again. Store in cold storage. On the other hand, when the number of products in the display shelves on the showcase is low and the products are replenished, the clerk who patrols the sales floor opens the openable / closable product display shelf 3 from the front of the showcase, and needs the stocker 8. An appropriate number of products are taken out and arranged on the display shelf 3. Further, the inside temperature of the showcase is directly monitored from the work place by a thermometer 17 provided on the door plate 11, and the stock status of the products stored in the stocker 8 is viewed through the see-through window 16 to perform necessary product management. The unsold products after the store is closed are collected from the display shelves 3 of the respective showcases as needed, and the product containers 12 of the stockers 8 are collected.
And can be stored until the next day. In this case, the case body is provided with a night cover, and after the store is closed, the night cover is pulled out to cover the upper surface of the case body, which is advantageous in that an energy saving effect can be obtained.

Embodiment 2 Next, different embodiments of the present invention are shown in FIGS. In this embodiment, as a stocker for storing goods, a product display tray 22 is provided in a space between a deck pan in the refrigerator and a product display shelf 3 arranged in the middle of the refrigerator.
And a rack-type stocker 23 in which the racks are mounted side by side, and a door plate 11 is provided at a product carry-in entrance opened on the back surface of the case body 1 corresponding to the stocker 23. The product display shelf 3 disposed above the stocker 23 has an openable structure, and the door plate 11 is provided with an inspection window, a thermometer in the refrigerator, and the like, in the same manner as in the first embodiment. .

Next, a specific structure of the rack type stocker 23 is shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 23a denotes a rack body on which the product display trays 22 are arranged in two rows vertically, 23b denotes an openable / closable partition wall covering the back surface of the rack body, 23c denotes a bottom plate, 23
The d-wheel 23e is a tray support provided on the upper rail of the rack, and the partition wall 23b is made of a transparent wall so that the inside of the stocker can be seen from behind, and the partition wall 23b and the bottom plate 23c. Has a vent hole 23h for flowing cool air into the stocker. FIG. 9 shows a mounting structure of the above-described tray support 23e. The tray support 23e is foldably pin-connected to the rack body 23a. When the tray 22 is mounted, the support tool 23e is moved to the position indicated by the solid line, and the tray is mounted thereon.
When the trays arranged on the lower side of the rack are taken out upward, the support 23e is retracted to the retreat position of the chain line in order to avoid interference with the trays.

In the above configuration, during the cold-holding operation of the showcase, as shown in FIG. 6, the cool air circulates through the cool air duct 4 through the cool air duct 4, and a part of the cool air is diverted to the rack-type stocker 23 from the middle of the passage. To keep the goods stored in the stocker cool. In addition, processing at the shop in the store,
When carrying the packed product 7 into the stocker 23 of the showcase, the door plate 11 is opened from the back side of the case main body 1 as shown in FIG. 7, and the partition wall 23b described in FIG.
, And the commodity display tray 2 in which the commodities 7 are arranged in this state
2 is inserted into the stocker 23 and carried in. On the other hand, when replenishing the merchandise 7 to the merchandise display shelf 3 in the refrigerator, the openable merchandise display shelf 3 is opened from the front (the counter side) of the showcase, and the merchandise 7 is singly placed from the stocker 23 or the tray 2.
2 and put it out on the display shelf 3.

The unsold goods after the store is closed are collected from the goods display shelf 3 and stored in the stocker 23 as necessary.
The refrigerated storage is performed until the next day. In this case, as shown in FIG.
After the store is closed, the night cover 24 is pulled out to cover the opening surface of the case body 1, thereby suppressing the invasion of outside air into the refrigerator and achieving an energy saving (power saving) effect.

In each of the above-described embodiments, a stocker for storing goods is incorporated in a refrigerator for a flat open showcase. However, it is needless to say that a multistage showcase can be similarly implemented.

[0025]

The refrigerator-freezer showcase of the present invention is constructed as described above, and has the following effects. In other words, by utilizing the remaining space in the lower part of the warehouse that was not used as a dead space in the conventional showcase for product display, by equipping a stocker for product storage here that can carry products from behind the showcase,
Products processed and packaged at a work place in a store, such as fresh foods, can be directly carried into a stocker in a warehouse at any time from the back of a showcase arranged in a store in the store, and stored in a cold storage state. Furthermore, when replenishing products to the product display shelves in the warehouse, it is not necessary to carry the products from the workplace to the front of the showcase through the sales floor each time, and the openable product display shelf is opened from the front of the showcase. The product can be easily replenished by taking out the product from the stocker and rearranging it on the display shelf.

Also, the products unsold in each showcase after the store is closed can be collected from the product display form and stored in a stocker in the showcase without being returned to the refrigerator provided at the work place each time. It is possible to provide useful showcases for storage management and handling of merchandise as showcases for mobile stores.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a configuration of a showcase corresponding to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a drawing showing a state of pulling out the stocker of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a configuration perspective view of a drawer type stocker in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an external view of the showcase of FIG. 1 viewed from the back side.

FIG. 5 is a configuration perspective view of an application example of the openable / closable product display shelf.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a configuration of a showcase corresponding to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a product loading / unloading operation with respect to the stocker of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a rack-type stocker in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a structural view of the tray support in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing the configuration of a conventional showcase.

FIG. 11 is an installation layout of a showcase in a large-scale store.

[Description of Signs] 1 Case body 3 Commodity display shelf 5 Cooler 7 Commodity 8 Pull-out stocker 9 Rail 10 Base 11 Door plate 12 Commodity storage box 13 Partition wall 13a Vent hole 15 Handle 16 Inspection window 17 Thermometer 22 Commodity display Tray 23 Rack type stocker 23b Partition wall 23f Vent hole 24 Night cover

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Claims (11)

(57) [Claims] 1. A refrigerated and refrigerated showcase in which a case main body is provided with a product display shelf and a cooler, and cool air is circulated and blown into the refrigerator to keep the products arranged on the product display shelf cool. A freezing and refrigerated showcase comprising a stocker for storing goods for supplying goods from behind the main body, and a goods display shelf arranged over an upper surface of the stocker. 2. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the stocker is a drawer-type stocker which is put in and out through a stocker entrance opened in the back of the case body. 3. The showcase according to claim 2, wherein
A drawer-type stocker that mounts a product storage box and has a wheeled base that moves back and forth on a rail laid inside the warehouse, and a door plate that is provided at the rear end of the base and closes the stocker doorway of the case body A refrigerated showcase characterized by the following. 4. The showcase according to claim 3, wherein:
A partition wall is provided at the rear of the base to define a cool air passage between the door plate and the partition wall, and an opening is provided in the wall of the partition wall to allow cool air diverted from the cool air passage to flow into the stocker. A refrigerated showcase characterized by the following. 5. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the stocker is a rack-type stocker in which commodity display trays are mounted on upper and lower tiers and constructed on a bottom plate in a warehouse, and the case body faces the stocker. A refrigerated showcase, characterized in that a product entrance with a door plate is provided on the back of the refrigerator. 6. The showcase according to claim 5, wherein an openable partition wall is provided on the back side of the stocker so as to face a door plate on the case body side with a cool air passage therebetween, and the partition wall has a wall surface. A refrigerating and refrigerated showcase characterized by having an opening for venting the cool air diverted from the cool air passage into the stocker. 7. A refrigerated showcase according to claim 3, further comprising a handle on the door plate, a thermometer for displaying the temperature inside the refrigerator, and a see-through window for inspection inside the refrigerator. . 8. A refrigerated showcase according to claim 4, wherein the partition wall is a transparent wall. 9. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein:
A refrigerating and refrigerated showcase, wherein the product display shelves disposed on the inner side of the storage covering the upper surface of the stocker are openable shelves. 10. The showcase according to claim 9, wherein:
A refrigerated showcase characterized by providing a see-through window on the shelf of a product display shelf to look inside the stocker. 11. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein:
A refrigerated showcase comprising a case body equipped with a night cover for covering an opening surface.