JP2859032B2 - Open showcase - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an open showcase having one side open.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional open showcase of this type is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-7905 (F25D17 / 0).
It is open at one side opening as shown in 8),
It is configured such that the customer can easily take out the food inside from the opening. The heat insulating wall of this type of open showcase is configured by connecting a plurality of heat insulating panels so as to have a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the lower edge of the opening is bordered by the front wall of the lower heat insulating panel. It takes shape.

The height of the frontage of the opening differs depending on the model. However, in order to change the height of the frontage, conventionally, generally, the open showcase is generally provided for each model in FIGS.
Bottom insulation panels of completely different dimensions were used as shown in FIG. That is, FIG. 5 shows a vertical side view of the front wall 100A portion of the bottom insulation panel 100 of the open showcase having a low opening height, and FIG. 6 shows the bottom insulation panel 101 of the open showcase having a high frontage height. The longitudinal side view of the front wall 101A part is shown.

[0005] A bottom heat insulating panel 100 shown in FIG. 5 is formed by connecting an outer surface member 102 opened to the upper surface and an inner surface member 103 arranged at an interval in the outer surface member 102 and opened to the upper surface at a connection edge 104 at an opening edge. Connected by double-sided materials 102, 1
03 and a heat insulating material 1 such as polyurethane between the connecting members 104
05 by foam filling. The front wall 102A of the outer surface material 102 and the front wall 103A of the inner surface material 103
Is low, whereby the height of the front wall 100A of the bottom insulation panel 100 is low, and the height of the frontage of the opening of the open showcase is low. An upper auxiliary panel 106, an upper bumper 107, a front panel 108, and a lower bumper 109 are screwed from above on the front surface of the front wall 102A of the outer surface material 102, and a handrail 110 is mounted on the upper surface of the connecting member 104. ing.

On the other hand, the bottom heat insulating panel 101 shown in FIG. 6 has an outer surface material 111 opened to the upper surface and an inner surface material 112 arranged at an interval in the outer surface material 111 and opened to the upper surface at the opening edge. , And the same heat insulating material 105 such as polyurethane is foam-filled between the two-sided members 111 and 112 and the connecting member 104. Front wall 111A of outer surface material 111 and inner surface material 1
The height of the front wall 112A of FIG.
0, so that the bottom insulation panel 10
The height of the front wall 101A is high, and the frontage height of the opening of the open showcase is high. A similar upper auxiliary panel 10 is provided on the front surface of the front wall 111A of the outer surface material 111 from above.
6. The upper bumper 107 is screwed, a lower bumper 109 is attached to the lower end, and a similar handrail 110 is attached to the upper surface of the connecting member 104. The height of the front wall 101A With the increase in size, a front panel 113 having a vertical dimension longer than the front panel 108 is attached.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional open showcase, when the opening height is different, completely different dimensions constituted by the face materials 102, 103 or 111, 112 of completely different dimensions. Since the bottom heat insulating panels 100 and 101 are used, the bottom heat insulating panels are different for each model, and cannot be shared. For this reason, it is not suitable for high-mix low-volume production, and extra products must be stocked. As a result, there is a problem in that manufacturing costs rise and inventory management becomes complicated. In addition, the above-mentioned publication provides a plan in which the height of the frontage can be changed by inclining the front wall of the bottom heat insulating panel, but it is actually difficult to seal between the front wall and the bottom wall. It could not be put to practical use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problem, and provides an open showcase that can share a bottom heat insulating panel even when the height of an opening is different. With the goal.

[0008]

That is, the open showcase 1 of the present invention is open at one side opening 6 and has a bottom heat insulating panel 21 having a front wall 21A located below the opening 6. And a mounting tool (front and rear mounting plate 2) on the upper end of the front wall 21A.
6, 27), and is detachably attached to the front wall 21A.
A heat insulating material 25 extending more continuously and upwardly;
5 is provided with a handrail 31 detachably attached to the upper end of the front wall 21A with the 5 removed.

[0009]

In this configuration, when the open showcase 1 having a small frontage height of the opening 6 is used, the mounting members (front and rear mounting plates 26 and 27) are removed, the heat insulating material 25 is removed, and the bottom heat insulating panel 21 is removed. The handrail 31 is attached to the upper end of the front wall 21A. In the case of the open showcase 1 having a high frontage height, the handrail 31 is detached from the upper end of the front wall 21A of the bottom heat insulating panel 21, and the heat insulating material 25 is replaced by a mounting tool (front and rear mounting plates 26, 27). The front wall 21
A Attaches continuously to the upper end. After that, handrail 3
1 is mounted above the heat insulating material 25. Thereby, the same bottom heat insulating panel 21 can be shared between open showcases having different frontage heights of the opening 6.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a longitudinal side view of the front wall 21A of the bottom heat insulating panel 21 of the open showcase 1 of the present invention in a state where the opening height of the opening 6 is increased. FIG. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional side view of a front wall 21A portion of a bottom heat insulating panel 21 of the open showcase 1 of the present invention in a state, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the open showcase 1 of the present invention, and FIG.
Are shown respectively.

In FIG. 3, an open showcase 1 is a refrigerated showcase for cooling and displaying, for example, refrigerated foods and the like, and a heat insulating wall 8 having a substantially U-shaped cross section opened at a front opening 6; The main body is composed of side plates 11, 11 attached to both left and right sides thereof. A storage room 13 for displaying commodities is formed in the storage of the open showcase 1, and a plurality of shelves 16 are erected in the storage room 13 to be used for displaying commodities. Cool air is supplied from a cooler (not shown) into the storage room 13 of the open showcase 1,
A predetermined refrigeration temperature is set.

The heat insulating wall 8 of the open showcase 1 is formed by connecting a plurality of heat insulating panels, and a bottom heat insulating panel 21 constituting the bottom of the heat insulating wall 8 is provided on the upper surface as shown in FIGS. An open outer member 22, an inner member 23 disposed at an interval in the outer member 22 and opened to the upper surface, and a front wall 22A of the outer member 22 and a front wall 23A of the inner member 23 each having an upper edge. Connection member 4 made of a synthetic resin molded product to be connected at the portions, double-sided members 22 and 23 and connection member 4
A heat insulating material 24 made of polyurethane or the like, which is filled by a foaming method in place.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, a rear mounting plate 26 as a mounting tool is detachably mounted on the connecting member 4 at the upper end of the front wall 21A of the bottom heat insulating material 21 located below the opening 6 of the heat insulating wall 8. On the mounting side 26A of the rear mounting plate 26 located on the upper surface of the connecting member 4, a heat insulating material 25 of a predetermined vertical dimension having the same width as the bottom heat insulating panel 21 is mounted. Is stored. The heat insulating material 25 is formed by molding a polyurethane foam or the like into a rectangular shape.
The front mounting plate 27 serving as a mounting tool is covered from the front with the front mounting plate 27 mounted thereon, and the front mounting plate 27 is detachably screwed to the outer surface plate 22. Thus, the front and rear mounting plates 26,
27, the heat insulating material 25 is provided above the connection member 4,
A front wall 8A of the heat insulating wall 8 is formed in series with the front wall 21A of the bottom heat insulating panel 21.

At the upper ends of the front and rear mounting plates 26 and 27 in FIG.
The handrail 31 is detachably screwed to both sides, and the handrail 31 is attached to the opening 6 of the heat insulating wall 8.
The lower edge is bordered right and left. The rear mounting plate 26
The upper end 26 </ b> B extends to the vicinity of the inner surface of the handrail 31 and is reinforced. The front panel 3 is provided on the front surface of the front mounting plate 27 below the handrail 31 and the front wall 22A of the outer surface material 22.
2 is screwed, and further below the bumper 33 is fixed. On the rear surface of the front wall 21A of the bottom heat insulating panel 21, a duct component 34 constituting a suction duct is screwed and attached to the front wall 23A of the inner surface member 23, and another duct component 35 is formed on the front wall 23A. It is superimposed on the member 34 and attached to the rear attachment plate 26. Furthermore,
Partition plates 36 and 37 are provided in each of the duct components 34 and 35 to partition the inside of the duct back and forth.

The front wall 8A of the heat insulating wall 8 of the open showcase 1 having the configuration of FIG. 1 is higher than the front wall 21A of the heat insulating panel 21 by the height of the heat insulating material 25 and the handrail 31. Therefore, an open showcase having a high frontage height of the opening 6 is provided. In the case of forming an open showcase having a low frontage height, the heat insulating material 25 and the front and rear mounting plates 2 are used.
6 and 27, the duct rail 35 is not attached, and the handrail 31 is directly connected to the front walls 22A,
The connection member 4 is covered with the screw 3A to cover the connection member 4 from above. In this state, the connecting member 4 reinforces the handrail 31 against a load from above corresponding to the inner surface of the handrail 31. The front panel 32 is also a front panel 41 having a short vertical dimension, and forms a front wall 8A having a low height as shown in FIG.

With this configuration, the bottom heat insulating panel 21 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is completely the same, and the handrail 31 is also the same. Therefore, the bottom insulation panel 21 and the handrail 31 can be shared between the open showcases 1 having different frontage heights, and the number of types of parts can be reduced in multi-product small-quantity production.

When the open showcase 1 having the high frontage of FIG. 1 is in stock and the open showcase 1 having the low frontage of FIG. 2 is not in stock, the open showcase of FIG. When order 1 is entered,
First, remove the handrail 31 and then the front and rear mounting plate 2
6 and 27 are removed and the heat insulating material 25 is removed. Also,
The duct constituent member 35 is also removed, and the handrail 31 is screwed directly between the front walls 22A, 23A of the inner and outer facing members 22, 23 to cover the upper part of the connecting member 4. At the same time, the front panel 32 is also replaced with a front panel 41 having a short vertical dimension,
It is modified to the front wall 8A in FIG.

With this simple remodeling operation, the frontage height of the opening 6 of the open showcase 1 is easily reduced by the vertical dimension of the heat insulating material 25, and the open showcase 1 having a low frontage height can be offered for sale. become able to. Conversely, when there is no stock of the open showcase 1 having a high frontage height, the open showcase 1 having the structure of FIG.
By attaching the above components to the open showcase 1, it is possible to easily remodel the open showcase 1 with a high frontage height. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of product stocks in high-mix low-volume production and to perform production management without missing sales opportunities.

[0019]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the bottom insulation panel and the handrail are shared between the open showcase having a low frontage and the open showcase having a high frontage. Therefore, it is suitable for high-mix low-volume production and production cost can be reduced. In particular, since it is possible to easily remodel between open showcases with different opening heights, products that respond to customer requests quickly while reducing product inventory and simplifying inventory management It will be able to realize sales.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a front wall portion of a bottom heat insulating panel of an open showcase of the present invention in which an opening height is increased.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a front wall portion of a bottom heat insulating panel of the open showcase of the present invention in which the opening height is reduced.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the open showcase of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional side view of a front wall portion of a bottom heat insulating panel of a conventional open showcase having a small opening height.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of a front wall portion of a bottom heat insulating panel of a conventional open showcase having a high opening height.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Open showcase 6 Opening 8 Insulation wall 21 Bottom insulation panel 21A Front wall 25 Insulation material 26 Front mounting plate 27 Rear mounting plate 31 Handrail

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An open showcase opened at one side opening, wherein a bottom heat insulating panel having a front wall located below the opening is detachably attached to an upper end of the front wall by a fixture. A heat insulator extending continuously upward from the front wall, and a handrail detachably attached to the upper end of the heat insulator and detachably attached to the upper end of the front wall with the heat insulator removed. An open showcase comprising: