JP3764347B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a showcase installed in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, as a showcase installed in a food department of a store, etc., it has a showcase body with an open top and a cooling device for cooling the inside of the showcase body, and stores refrigerated or frozen products in the showcase body. What you do is known.
[0003]
In addition, this type of showcase has a flexible night cover stored on the upper back side of the showcase body, and the night cover is pulled forward and its front end is locked to the front side of the showcase body. By doing so, the opening on the top surface of the showcase body is covered with a night cover when the store is closed (for example, JP-A-2000-88442).
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the showcase, there is one in which a front upper portion of the showcase body is formed of a transparent plate in order to improve the display effect of the internal products. In this case, since the appearance is impaired when a member for locking the night cover is provided on the transparent plate, the night cover is locked to a metal fitting attached to the front wall below the transparent plate.
[0005]
However, when the night cover is locked to the front wall, it is necessary to extend the night cover 2 not only to the upper surface of the showcase body 1 but also to the lower end side of the transparent plate as shown in FIG. At that time, since the night cover 2 is rubbed against the upper end of the transparent plate, there is a problem that the night cover 2 is difficult to pull out due to the friction and the night cover 2 is easily damaged.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the invention is to damage the night cover and lower the operability even if the front upper part of the showcase body is formed of a transparent plate. The object is to provide a showcase that can be prevented.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in claim 1, a showcase body having an upper surface opened, a transparent plate forming an upper front portion of the showcase body, a front wall forming a lower front portion of the showcase body, A night cover housed on the upper back side of the showcase body, the night cover is pulled forward and the front end side is locked to the front side of the showcase body, so that the night cover covers the upper surface of the showcase body. In the showcase configured to cover the opening, a locking member is provided on the front wall of the showcase body so that the upper end can be locked to the front end of the night cover, and the upper end of the locking member is substantially the upper end of the transparent plate. It is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction so as to reach the side.
[0008]
As a result, when using the night cover, the night cover is pulled forward, and the front end side of the night cover is transparent by moving the locking member to the upper end side of the transparent plate and locking it to the front end side of the night cover. The locking member is locked at the substantially upper end position of the plate.
[0009]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first aspect, the locking member is provided so as to be housed inside the front wall.
[0010]
Thus, in addition to the operation of the first aspect, by storing the locking member inside the front wall, the locking member is not exposed to the outside when the night cover is not used.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a showcase, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view thereof, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a locking member, and FIG. It is a whole perspective view of the showcase when using a cover.
[0012]
The showcase includes a showcase body 10 having an upper surface opened, a night cover 20 that covers the upper surface opening of the showcase body 10, and a locking member 30 that locks the night cover 20.
[0013]
The showcase body 10 is surrounded by a heat insulating wall 11 at the lower front side, the bottom side, and the back side of the showcase body 10, and the left and right side surfaces are covered with side plates 12 made of transparent glass. The upper part of the front side of the showcase body 10 is formed by a glass transparent plate 13, and the upper end side of the transparent plate 13 is bent obliquely upward toward the rear. Further, the front surface of the front-side heat insulating wall 11 is covered with a decorative board 14, and the front-side heat insulating wall 11 and the decorative board 14 constitute a front wall. Further, an upper surface plate 15 is provided at the rear upper surface of the showcase body 10, and a fluorescent lamp 15 a is attached below the upper surface plate 15.
[0014]
A front plate 16, a bottom plate 17 and a back plate 18 are provided in the showcase body 10, and a ventilation path 19 is formed between these members, the transparent plate 13 and the heat insulating wall 11. The front plate 16 is made of transparent glass. A cooler 19 a and a blower 19 b are provided in the ventilation path 19, and air sucked into the ventilation path 19 from the air suction port 10 a provided on the front end side of the upper surface opening of the showcase body 10 is cooled by the cooler 19 a. The air is discharged from an air discharge port 10b provided on the rear end side of the upper surface opening of the showcase body 10.
[0015]
A machine room 10a is provided in the lower part of the showcase body 10, and a refrigeration device (not shown) connected to the cooler 19a is accommodated in the machine room 10a.
[0016]
The night cover 20 is made of a flexible sheet material made of cloth or vinyl, and is wound and stored in a roll shape below the upper surface plate 15. That is, an annular grip 21 is provided at the center of the front end of the night cover 20 so that the night cover 20 can be pulled forward by gripping the grip 21.
[0017]
The locking member 30 is made of a metal wire, and a hook-shaped locking portion 31 capable of locking the grip portion 21 of the night cover 20 is provided at the upper end of the locking member 30. The locking member 30 is disposed in the gap between the front-side heat insulating wall 11 of the showcase body 10 and the decorative plate 14 and is inserted into a hole 14a provided on the upper end surface of the decorative plate 14 so as to be movable in the vertical direction. That is, when the locking member 30 is pulled upward, the upper end of the locking member 30 is formed in such a length that it almost reaches the upper end of the transparent plate 13, and the lower end is bent in the left-right direction so as not to come out of the hole 14 a of the decorative plate 14. Yes. Further, the locking member 30 when the night cover 20 is not locked is the front side heat insulation in a state in which only the locking portion 31 at the upper end protrudes above the decorative plate 11a as shown in FIG. 3 (a). It is accommodated between the wall 11 and the decorative board 14.
[0018]
When the night cover 20 is used in the showcase configured as described above, the night cover 20 is pulled forward from the lower side of the upper surface plate 15 and the locking member 30 is pulled upward, as shown in FIG. As shown, the grip portion 21 of the night cover 20 is locked to the locking portion 31 of the locking member 30. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the front end side of the night cover 20 is locked with the locking portion 31 of the locking member 30 at substantially the upper end position of the transparent plate 13.
[0019]
Thus, according to the showcase of the present embodiment, the locking member 30 that locks the front end side of the night cover 20 is disposed on the front wall below the transparent plate 13, and the locking member 30 is placed on the night cover 20. Since the night cover 20 is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction so as to be locked at substantially the upper end position of the transparent plate 13 and the front end side of the night plate 20, there is no need to extend the night cover 20 to the lower end side of the transparent plate 13 as in the prior art. Can be reliably prevented from being damaged by the night cover 20 due to being rubbed against the transparent plate 13.
[0020]
In addition, when the night cover 20 is not used, the locking member 30 is accommodated between the front heat insulating wall 11 and the decorative plate 14, so that the locking member 30 is not exposed to the outside. There is an advantage that the appearance of the showcase body 10 is not impaired.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the showcase of claim 1, even if the front upper portion of the showcase body is formed of a transparent plate, it is not necessary to extend the night cover to the lower end side of the transparent plate. Damage to the night cover and deterioration of operability due to the cover being rubbed against the transparent plate can be reliably prevented.
[0022]
According to the showcase of claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, when the night cover is not used, the locking member can be prevented from being exposed to the outside. There is an advantage that the appearance is not impaired.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a showcase showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the showcase. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a locking member. Overall perspective view of the case [FIG. 5] Overall perspective view of the showcase when using the night cover of the conventional example [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Showcase main body, 11 ... Thermal insulation wall, 13 ... Transparent board, 20 ... Night cover, 30 ... Locking member.

Claims (2)

A showcase body with an open top surface, a transparent plate that forms the upper front part of the showcase body, a front wall that forms the lower front part of the showcase body, and a night cover housed on the upper back side of the showcase body In the showcase in which the night cover is pulled forward and the front end side is locked to the front side of the showcase body, thereby covering the upper surface opening of the showcase body with the night cover,
While providing a locking member that can be locked to the front end side of the night cover on the front end side of the night cover on the front wall of the showcase body,
A showcase characterized in that the locking member is provided so as to be movable in the vertical direction so that the upper end thereof reaches substantially the upper end side of the transparent plate. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the locking member is provided so as to be housed inside the front wall.

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