JP3192952B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a showcase provided with a shade.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional showcase of this type is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-317146 (A47F11 / 10).
For example, the shade is attached by fitting the end of the shade to a forked rail portion, or is fixed with screws or the like using a fixing fixture for fixing the shade. Further, a shade may be provided on the end surface of the top wall of the showcase.

[0003]

When the shade is mounted on the rail, the interval at which the end of the shade fits must be finely adjusted, making it difficult to manufacture the rail member. In addition, if the rail member is not precisely manufactured, the end of the shade may be damaged at the time of attachment, or rattling may occur in the attached shade. On the other hand, when fixing with a fixing bracket for fixing the shade with screws or the like, screw fixing work is required and it is time-consuming.

[0004] A shade is provided on the end surface of the top wall of the showcase. When the showcase is a refrigerated freezer showcase or the like, the top wall has heat insulation properties and is thick. Therefore, when the light source is attached to the lower surface of the ceiling wall, the shade projects greatly below the ceiling wall so that the light beam from the light source projects on the shade. On the other hand, when the light source is mounted on the end face of the ceiling wall, the shade projects greatly outside the refrigerator by the space for mounting the light source. As a result, the portion where the shade is provided becomes large and bulky, the appearance is deteriorated, and the installation place of the shade is limited.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a showcase capable of improving a shade mounting structure. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a showcase in which a shade can be easily attached and detached, and to provide a showcase in which a shade can be mounted in a flexible position.

[0006]

A panel (64) is attached to the showcase (1) body of the present invention. This panel is provided with a shade opening (64e), and the shade (6
7) is arranged. Then, in order to achieve the above object, a shade holding bracket (74) for supporting the shade
Has a shade support portion (74a) formed at one end portion facing the back surface of the shade, and a fixed portion (74b) fixed to the panel at the other end portion. A spacer portion (74c) interposed between the panel mounting portion (64a) and the showcase body is formed between the mounting portion and the panel portion. The spacer is separated from the back of the panel when the panel is not attached to the showcase body. On the other hand, when the panel is attached to the showcase body, the spacer portion approaches the back side of the panel,
Along with this, the shade supporter moves to the shade side to support the shade.

[0007] Further, a storage room (16) for storing goods,
In a showcase having a side plate (15) for closing the side surface of the storage room, a panel having a shade opening is provided, and an upper portion of the panel is provided with an upper portion of the panel.
An attachment portion attached to the showcase body and a contact portion (64d) that contacts the side plate may be formed at a lower end portion of the panel. A shade is arranged on the back side of the shade opening, one surface of the upper portion of the side plate is supported by the showcase body, and the other surface of the upper portion of the side plate is a contact portion of the panel. Supported.

Further, a light source (56) is provided below the top wall of the show case having heat insulation, and a panel mounted on the top wall and having a shade opening formed thereon. A shade disposed behind the shade opening of the panel, and a lower holding member (71) having a first reflecting surface for holding a lower end of the shade and reflecting light rays from the light source upwardly; A reflecting member (6) disposed above the lower holding member and having a second reflecting surface for reflecting light rays from the first reflecting surface in the shade direction;
1) may be provided.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a showcase according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a showcase according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 1 and a II-II sectional view of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 4A and 4B are explanatory views of an end portion of a ceiling wall. FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view before a panel is mounted, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view after a panel is mounted. FIG. 5 is an upper cross-sectional view of the showcase taken along the line VV in FIG. 4B. FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining an attached state of the lower part of the shade.

First, an outline of the showcase will be described. A machine room 3 is disposed below the refrigerated or frozen open showcase 1 as a cooling showcase for displaying various products such as soft drinks, bento, ham and fruit. The machine room 3 is provided with a condenser 4, a blower 5 for the condenser, a compressor and the like. The top wall 8, the right side wall 9 of the showcase 1, and the bottom wall 10, which is a partition wall with the machine room 3, form an insulating box body with three open sides.
The heat insulating material 11 is made of a foamed synthetic resin such as hard foamed polyurethane.

At an appropriate distance from the inner surface of the heat insulating material 11, the inside top plate 12, the inside wall plate 13 and the inside floor plate 1 made of a coated steel plate or a non-rusting metal plate such as stainless steel.
4 are provided. On the left side of the showcase 1, a side plate 15 made of a double glass plate, which is a transparent plate, is provided. The display room 1 as a storage room surrounded by the inside top plate 12, the inside wall plate 13, the inside floor plate 14, and the side plate 15.
6 has an opening 17 for storing and taking out the product on the front surface and the rear surface. Also, in this display room 16,
A pair of right and left columns 18 are vertically provided. A transparent main partition plate 19 is disposed between the columns 18, and a transparent auxiliary partition plate 20 is disposed on the left side of the left column 18, and the display room 16 is located in front of the partition plates 19 and 20. The side display room 16a and the back side display room 16b are substantially equally divided. In each of the front display room 16a and the rear display room 16b, a product display shelf 21 is supported by a pair of left and right support brackets 22 and arranged in multiple stages.

The space between the internal floor plate 14 and the bottom wall 10 is a cooling chamber 23. The three sides of the cooling chamber 23 are covered with a short heat-insulating wall 24, and the remaining right side is The aforementioned side wall 9 is closed. A pair of front and rear cooler blowers 25 is disposed in a left portion of the cooling chamber 23.
On the right side of the blower 25, upper and lower two-stage ducts 26, 27
Extends toward the right end. This upper duct 2
6, a first cooler 28 is disposed, and an upper cover member 31 is provided above the upper duct 26, while a lower cover member 32 is provided between the upper duct 26 and the lower duct 27.
Is arranged. The upper cover member 31 and the lower cover member 32 are each inclined from upper right to lower left. The lower cover member 32 is arranged with a space between the first cooler 28 and the bottom wall 10.

A vertical duct 36 is formed between the inner wall plate 13 and the side wall 9, and a second cooler 37 is provided in the vertical duct 36. The second cooler 37 communicates with the lower duct 27, and is configured so that air from the lower duct 27 flows into the second cooler 37. On the other hand, the upper duct 26 communicates with the space around the second cooler 37, and the air from the upper duct 26 flows upward around the second cooler 37. Then, the flow of air in the second cooler 37 and the flow of air around the second cooler 37 join at the upper part of the vertical duct 36.

A ceiling horizontal duct 41 is formed between the inside top plate 12 and the ceiling wall 8, and the right end, which is one end of the ceiling horizontal duct 41, communicates with the vertical duct 36. ing.

The above-mentioned coolers 28 and 37 constitute a refrigeration cycle with the condenser 4 and the compressor arranged in the machine room 3.
8, 37 become low temperature. Then, when the cooler blower 25 is driven, air flows into the upper duct 26 and the lower duct 27. The air flowing into the upper duct 26 is
Is cooled by the cooler 28, while the air that has flowed into the lower duct 27 is cooled by the second cooler 37 to become cool air. These cool airs join at the top of the vertical duct 36,
It flows into the ceiling horizontal duct 41. Then, the cool air in the ceiling horizontal duct 41 is discharged from the discharge port 44 formed in the front and rear ends of the ceiling of the showcase 1 in the left and right direction to be elongated in the left-right direction. 46 are formed. Further, a suction port 48 is formed to be elongated in the left-right direction on the side of the commodity storing and taking-out opening 17 of the internal floor panel 14, and the cool air forming the air curtain 46 is supplied to the suction port 48.
Flows into the cooling chamber 23 and returns to the blower 25.
In this way, the air is forcedly circulated while the display room 16 is being circulated.
Has cooled.

The left side surface of the showcase 1 constructed as described above is constituted by the side plate 15 as described above, and a front column 51 and a rear column 52 stand upright before and after the side plate 15. Further, the lower end of the side plate 15 is
Is supported by the heat insulating wall 24 on the left side of the main body. And the side plate 1
The structure near the upper part of 5 will be described with reference to FIGS.

At the left end of the ceiling wall 8, a fluorescent lamp 56 as a light source is attached to the lower surface of the ceiling wall 8 so as to extend in the front-rear direction along the end of the ceiling wall 8. In addition, below the front and rear ends of the ceiling wall 8, as shown in FIG. 5, fluorescent lamps 58 are arranged in the left-right direction along the end of the ceiling wall 8. A panel mounting bracket 60 is fixed to an end surface of the ceiling wall 8 made of a heat insulating material.
Support portion 60a projects substantially horizontally outward (to the left). A reflection plate 61 as a reflection member is attached to the panel mounting bracket 60.
Is a substantially vertical fixing portion 61a attached to the panel mounting bracket 60, and a substantially vertical side plate engaging member which bends twice from the fixing portion 61a and engages with the outer side of the side plate 15, that is, the upper end of the front surface. There is provided a joining portion 61b and a reflecting portion 61c which is bent from the lower end of the side plate engaging portion 61b and is inclined upward toward the outside of the storage.

The panel 64 attached to the support portion 60a of the panel mounting bracket 60 has a substantially horizontal attachment portion 64a fixed to the support portion 60a with a screw 65, and a substantially vertical portion from the outer end of the attachment portion 64a. A hanging front surface 64b, a lower surface 64c formed from the lower end of the front surface 64b to the inside of the refrigerator, and a contact formed substantially vertically upward from an end of the lower surface 64c inside the refrigerator. Part 6
4d. The contact portion 64d is in contact with the front side of the side plate 15, that is, the outer surface of the refrigerator. A substantially rectangular shade opening 64e is formed in the front portion 64b.

A light-transmitting shade 67 is disposed behind the shade opening 64e.
Reference numeral 7 is made of, for example, a plate-like resin such as milky white vinyl chloride or acrylic resin. The surface on the front side of the shade 67 is supported in contact with the periphery of the shade opening 64e. The lower end of the shade 67 is the lower surface 64c of the panel 64
Supported by The lower surface of the lower part of the shade 67 has the structure shown in FIG.
The positioning member 69 shown in FIG. 2 is disposed, and the positioning member 69 extends in the longitudinal direction of the panel 64. At both ends of the positioning member 69, a positioning portion 69a is formed so as to protrude toward the panel 64, and the positioning portion 69a positions both ends of the shade 67.

The contact portion 6 between the positioning member 69 and the panel 64
4d, the holding metal fitting 71 is elongated and fitted. The holding member 71 includes a pair of substantially vertical legs, a storage inner leg 71a and a storage outer leg 71b, and a connecting portion 71c that connects the upper ends of both legs 71a and 71b. The connecting portion 71c is inclined downward toward the inside of the storage. Further, the holding metal member 71 is made of sheet metal and has elasticity.
The positioning member 69 is biased toward the panel 64 to prevent the positioning member 69 and the shade 67 from rattling.
In this way, the holding member 71 and the positioning member 69 constitute a lower holding member that holds the lower portion of the shade 67.

On the back surface of the mounting portion 64a of the panel 64, a shade holding metal member 74 made of a leaf spring is arranged. At one end of the shade holding bracket 74,
A shade support portion 74a facing the rear surface of the upper end portion of the shade 67 is formed, and a fixing portion 74b fixed to the rear surface of the panel 64 is formed at the other end portion. A spacer portion 74c is provided between the shade support portion 74a and the fixing portion 74b, and the mounting portion 64a of the panel 64 is provided.
And the supporting portion 60 a of the panel mounting bracket 60.

In the showcase 1 configured as described above, the shade 67 is mounted on the rear surface of the panel 64 in order to attach the shade 67. At this time, the upper end of the shade 67 is inserted into a gap between the shade support portion 74a of the shade holding bracket 74 and the front surface 64b of the panel 64. Then, the positioning member 69 is fitted on the back surface of the lower end of the shade 67 to position both sides of the shade 67, and then the holding metal 71 is fitted between the positioning member 69 and the contact portion 64 d of the panel 64. The positioning member 69 is urged toward the shade 67 by the elastic force of the holding metal 71 to fix the lower end of the shade 67.

Then, the screw 65 is inserted into the hole of the mounting portion 64a of the panel 64 and the hole of the spacer portion 74c of the shade holding metal member 74, and the panel mounting member 60 is inserted.
Into the supporting part 60a. Then, the panel 64 is attached to the showcase 1 main body via the panel attachment fitting 60. Also, by screwing this screw 65,
The mounting portion 64a of the panel 64 is the panel mounting bracket 6
The mounting portion 64a, the spacer portion 74c of the shade holding member 74, and the support portion 60a come into close contact with each other. Accordingly, the state before the mounting of the panel 64 shown in FIG. 4A is changed to the state after the mounting of the panel 64 shown in FIG. 4B, and the mounting part 64a of the panel 64 and the spacer part of the shade holding metal 74 are provided. 74c are close to each other, and accordingly, the shade support portion 74a of the
The shade 67 is fixed by pressing against the back surface of the upper end of the shade 67.

Further, both ends in the longitudinal direction of the panel 64 are screwed to the top wall 8 or the front and rear columns 51 and 52. When the panel 64 is attached, the contact portion 64d of the panel 64 contacts and supports the upper surface of the side plate 15 on the outer side of the refrigerator. Therefore, the upper surface of the side plate 15 is supported on the inner surface of the cabinet by the end surface of the ceiling wall 8, and the panel 6
The outer surface of the refrigerator is supported by a contact portion 64d of No. 4 and attached. Before attaching the panel 64 to the side plate 15, the upper end of the side plate 15 is fixed to the side plate engaging portion 61b of the reflection plate 61.
And is temporarily fixed and arranged at a predetermined position. In this temporary fixing, the side plate 15 is in a rattled state and is not completely fixed.

The light of the fluorescent lamp 56 is transmitted to the transparent side plate 1.
5, the fluorescent lamp 56 is attached to the lower surface of the ceiling wall 8, while the shade 67 is arranged so as to substantially face the end surface of the ceiling wall 8. The direct light does not spread almost uniformly over the entire surface of the shade 67. By the way, in this embodiment, the upper surface of the connecting portion 71c of the holding member 71 is a first reflecting surface, and the reflecting portion 61c of the reflecting plate 61 is a second reflecting surface. Therefore, a part of the light beam from the fluorescent lamp 56 is reflected by the first reflecting surface of the holding member 71, is irradiated on the second reflecting surface of the reflecting plate 61, is reflected again, and is irradiated on the shade 67. As a result, the shade 67 is irradiated with a light beam substantially uniformly.

As described above, in the embodiment, the abutting portion 6 serving as a locking portion for locking the inside leg 71a, which is a portion of the inside of the holding metal 71, is provided below the panel 64.
4d is formed. The holding member 71 has elasticity, and the back surface of the shade 67 and the contact portion 64 d
When pressed in between, the holding metal 71 generates an urging force for elastic return. With this urging force, the outside leg portion 71b, which is the outside portion of the holding member 71, presses the shade 67 against the back surface of the panel 64 via the positioning member 69 and fixes it. Therefore, the shade 6 can be easily formed by simply fitting the holding metal 71 without screwing or the like.
7 can be fixed.

The reflector 61 has a fixing portion 61a attached to the showcase body, a side plate engaging portion 61b on the outside, and a reflecting portion 61c.
Therefore, the upper end of the side plate 15 can be engaged with the side plate engaging portion 61b and locked. As a result, the side plate 15
It is not necessary to hold the side plate 15 with a hand or the like during the mounting work of, and the mounting work of the side plate 15 becomes easy.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above in detail.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
Within the gist of the present invention described in the claims,
Various changes can be made. Modification examples of the present invention are exemplified below. (1) In the embodiment, when the panel 64 is not attached to the showcase body, the mounting portion 64a of the panel 64 and the spacer portion 7 of the shade holding metal 74 are formed by forming the shade holding metal 74 from a spring material.
4c. However, if the mounting portion 64a and the spacer portion 74c can be separated from each other, it is also possible to configure the shade holding metal member 74 with a sheet metal and to increase the gap by the elastic force of the sheet metal. It is also possible to insert an elastic material such as a coil spring, a spring washer, or a rubber material between the panel 64 and the shade holding metal member 74. Further, the mounting portion 64a is formed by means other than the elastic material, for example, gravity or magnetic force.
It is also possible to make the space between the spacer and the spacer portion 74c.

(2) Shade holding fitting 74 is attached to panel 64
As a means for fixing to the panel, various methods such as spot welding, caulking, and engagement with a projection can be adopted as long as the configuration does not allow the shade holding member 74 to be detached from the panel 64. (3) In the embodiment, the shade 67 is formed of a resin such as milky white vinyl chloride or acrylic resin. However, as long as it has translucency, its color and material can be appropriately changed. . For example, it can be made of a glass plate or the like.

(4) In the embodiment, the showcase 1 has the product storage and takeout openings 17 formed on both front and rear surfaces. However, the product storage and takeout openings 17 can be formed only on the front surface. is there.

(5) In the embodiment, the side plate 15 is formed of a double glass plate, but may be formed of another material such as a resin plate. (6) In the embodiment, the holding member 71 and the positioning member 69 are configured separately, but the holding member 7
1 and the positioning member 69 can be integrally formed.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the shade holding member for supporting the shade is formed with the spacer portion interposed between the mounting portion of the panel and the showcase body. When the panel is not attached to the showcase body, the spacer portion is separated from the back surface of the panel, while when the panel is attached to the showcase body, the spacer portion approaches the back surface side of the panel. Then, along with that, the shade supporter moves to the shade side to support the shade. Therefore,
When performing the work of attaching the panel to the showcase body,
At the same time, the shade holding fixture fixes the shade. As a result, it is not necessary to separately perform screw fixing work or the like to fix the shade.

One surface of the upper portion of the side plate is supported by the showcase body. The panel having the shade opening is formed with a contact portion that is in contact with the other surface of the upper portion of the side plate, and the contact portion supports the other surface of the side plate. Therefore, when the shade panel is attached to the showcase body, the side plate is also held and fixed between the showcase body and the contact portion of the panel. As a result, there is no need to separately perform the operation of attaching the side plate.

Further, since the light source is disposed below the top wall of the showcase, there is no need to secure a space for installing the light source outside the end surface of the top wall. Therefore, the panel does not protrude significantly outside.

Since the first reflecting surface is arranged near the lower part of the shade and the second reflecting surface is arranged above the first reflecting surface, the light source is arranged below the ceiling wall. The light from the light source is reflected on the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface and irradiates the shade. Therefore, it is not necessary to dispose the shade below the ceiling wall. As a result, the shade can be arranged at a position substantially opposed to the ceiling wall, and it is less likely that the panel projects greatly downward and becomes unsightly. Moreover, since the first reflection surface is formed on the lower holding member for holding the lower end of the shade,
There is no need to separately perform the work of attaching the reflection surface.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a showcase according to the present invention.

2 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 1 and a II-II sectional view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 2;

4A and 4B are explanatory views of an end portion of a ceiling wall, where FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view before a panel is mounted, and FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view after a panel is mounted.

FIG. 5 is a top sectional view of the showcase taken along the line VV in FIG. 4 (b).

FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining an attached state of a lower portion of a shade.

[Description of Signs] 1 Showcase 16 Display room (storage room) 15 Side plate 56 Fluorescent lamp (light source) 61 Reflector (reflective member) 61c Reflector (second reflective surface) 64 Panel 64a Attachment 64d Abutment 64e Shade Opening 67 Shade 71 Holding metal (lower holding member) 71c Connecting portion (first reflection surface) 74 Shade holding metal 74a Shade support 74b Fixed portion 74c Spacer

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A showcase comprising: a mounting portion mounted to a showcase main body; a panel having a shade opening; and a shade disposed behind the shade opening of the panel. The supporting shade holding bracket has a shading support portion formed at one end portion facing the back surface of the shade, and a fixing portion fixed to the panel at the other end portion, and the fixing portion and the shading support portion are formed. Between
A spacer portion interposed between the mounting portion of the panel and the showcase main body is formed, and when the panel is not mounted on the showcase main body, the spacer portion is separated from a back surface of the panel; When the panel is mounted on the showcase body, the showcase is characterized in that the spacer part approaches the back side of the panel, and accordingly, the shade support part moves to the shade side to support the shade. . 2. A showcase comprising a storage room for storing goods and a side plate for closing a side surface of the storage room, wherein a panel having a shade opening is provided, and an upper portion of the panel is provided. An attachment portion attached to the showcase main body, a contact portion that contacts the side plate is formed at a lower end portion of the panel, and a shade is disposed behind the shade opening. A showcase, wherein an upper surface of the side plate is supported by the showcase main body, and another surface of the upper portion of the side plate is supported by a contact portion of the panel. 3. A light source attached to a lower surface of a top wall of a showcase having heat insulation properties; a panel attached to the top wall and having a shade opening formed therein; and a shade of the panel. A lower holding member having a first reflection surface that holds a lower end portion of the shade and reflects light rays from the light source upward, and a lower holding member that holds the lower end of the shade; And a reflecting member having a second reflecting surface that reflects light rays from the first reflecting surface in the shade direction.