JP3831831B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cool air circulation type showcase for an open showcase or the like, and more particularly to a structure of a deck pan laid at the bottom of the inside of the cabinet.
[0002]
[Prior art]
First, FIG. 2 shows an outline of the configuration of the cool air circulation type showcase, taking the open showcase described above as an example. In FIG. 2, 1 is an open front case body, 2 is a product display chamber in the cabinet, and 3 is a product display chamber 2 that surrounds the product display chamber 2 and is defined between an outer box (heat-insulating housing) 1a and an inner box 1b. 4 is a cooler (evaporator for the refrigerator) placed in the cold air circulation passage 3, 5 is a cold air circulation fan (internal fan), and 6 is an upper and lower stage in the product display room 2. It is a product display shelf installed side by side.
[0003]
When the showcase is cooled in such a configuration, a product (not shown) that is displayed on the product display shelf 6 is formed by blowing cold air that has exchanged heat with the cooler 4 through the cool air circulation passage 3 to the front of the product display chamber 2. It is well known to keep it cool.
[0004]
In the showcase, the defrosted water generated by the defrosting of the cooler 4 at the bottom of the outer box 1 (commonly called “boat bottom”) or the cleaning water generated during the cleaning of the product display room 2 A drain drain port 7 for draining water etc. to the outside is opened, and for the product display that also serves as a partition wall between the product display room 2 and the cold air circulation passage 3 at the bottom of the product display room 2 The deck pan 8 is laid, and in a normal use state, the product is arranged on the deck pan 8 together with the product display shelf 6 to be kept cold.
[0005]
Here, in the conventional showcase, the deck pan 8 is usually made of a single plate and is detachably supported by being placed on a stepped flange formed at the bottom periphery of the inner box 2. In a large-sized showcase with a wide frontage, the deck pan 8 is divided into a plurality of sheets from the handling surface, and then laid side by side on the left and right (in the direction of the frontage of the showcase).
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the above-mentioned showcase, when drainage generated due to defrosting, drainage that flows into the bottom side of the outer box 1a from the inside of the warehouse, when draining to the outside through the drain drainage port 7, waste, vegetable waste, etc. Foreign matter may clog the drain outlet 7. Therefore, as one of the maintenance work of the showcase, the deck pan 8 is periodically removed to clean the bottom of the outer box 1 to remove dust, vegetable scraps, etc. clogged in the drain outlet 7.
[0007]
Thus, in the conventional showcase in which the deck pan 8 is composed of a single plate as described above, in order to clean the area around the drain outlet, all the products arranged on the deck pan are moved to another place. In addition, it is necessary to remove the deck pan 8 from the inside of the cabinet and proceed with the work. Since the work of transferring the product takes a lot of time and effort, the user is demanding an improvement measure. In this case, if the product taken out from the deck pan 8 is placed outside the warehouse, the product temperature rises and the quality deteriorates.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points. The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and move all the products displayed on the deck pan to another place when cleaning the bottom of the boat including the drain outlet. An object of the present invention is to provide a showcase having an improved deck pan structure so that the bottom of the boat can be cleaned without replacement.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a cooler and a cold air circulation fan are arranged in a cold air circulation passage that surrounds a product display chamber and is defined between an inner box and an outer box of a case body. A cool air circulation showcase that cools the displayed products by blowing out a cold air curtain on the front of the product display room, and also serves as a partition wall between the product display room and the cool air circulation ventilation path at the bottom of the cabinet In what has a deck pan for product display and has a drain outlet at the bottom of the outer box,
The deck pan is divided into a plurality of front and rear, for example, two in the depth direction of the commodity display shelf room, and the depth dimension of the front divided deck pan is set smaller than that of the rear divided deck pan and detachably laid.
[0010]
According to the above configuration, when cleaning the periphery of the drain outlet opening at the bottom of the case body, only the products lined up on the split deck pan on the front side, for example, are transferred to the back side, for example. Remove the split deck pan of the case, put your hands into the bottom of the case body from here to remove the drain drainage, and foreign matter such as garbage and vegetable waste collected around it, without much effort Cleaning work can be done easily.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the examples shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b). In addition, in the figure of an Example, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same member corresponding to FIG. 3, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0012]
That is, in this embodiment, the deck pan 8 installed at the bottom of the cabinet is divided into two in the depth direction of the product display chamber 2, and the front side split deck pan 8a as viewed from the front of the case body 1 and the rear The split deck pan 8b on the side has a handle hole 8c in the center thereof and is detachably laid separately. Here, the depth dimension d of the front side divided deck pan 8a is set to be at least larger than the thickness of the human arm and smaller than the depth dimension D of the rear side divided deck pan 8b (the ratio of the dimensions is, for example, 1: 3 or less). ing. Reference numeral 9 denotes a return grill serving as a suction port for the cold air evaporator.
[0013]
Then, when cleaning the bottom of the case body 1 and the periphery of the drain outlet 7, only the products (not shown) arranged on the front side divided deck pan 8a of the deck pan 8 are, for example, the rear side. The product is transferred so as to be overlaid on the products arranged in the divided deck pan 8b, and is then taken out of the cabinet by placing a hand on the handle hole 8c of the divided deck pan 8a. As a result, a gap is formed on the bottom side of the cabinet so that the arm can be freely put in the entire width direction of the showcase at the portion where the front divided deck pan 8a is removed. Therefore, a hand can be inserted into the bottom of the boat of the case body 1 from this gap to remove foreign matters such as dust and vegetable scraps collected on the bottom, and the periphery of the drain discharge port 7 can be easily cleaned. In addition, after the cleaning, the front side divided deck pan 8a is mounted, and the products that have been transferred during the work are rearranged thereon to return to the state before the cleaning work.
[0014]
In addition, in the case of a large-sized showcase, it is not limited to two divisions, and can be divided into three or more divisions within a range in which the drainage port can be cleaned. Moreover, you may divide | segment into the left-right direction in addition to the front-back direction.
[0015]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, the deck pan arranged at the bottom of the warehouse is divided into a plurality of front and rear in the depth direction of the commodity display shelf room, and the depth dimension of the front divided deck pan is made larger than that of the rear divided deck pan. By setting it small and detachably installed, when cleaning the bottom of the case body, only the product displayed on the small front split deck pan is transferred to another position, and the rear split is performed. For the deck pan, remove the front side divided deck pan from the warehouse with the products arranged, and insert a hand into the bottom of the boat from here to remove foreign matter such as garbage and vegetable waste collected around the drain outlet Service that allows you to easily carry out the cleaning work on the bottom of the boat without the need for extensive labor to transfer all the products arranged on the deck pan to another location as in the conventional structure Attained improvement of.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1A and 1B are diagrams showing a structure of a bottom part of a showcase according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a longitudinal side view, and FIG. 2B is a plan view. Overall configuration of the showcase [FIG. 3] A vertical side view showing the conventional structure of the bottom of the showcase in FIG.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case main body 1a Outer box 1b Inner box 2 Commodity display room 3 Cooling air circulation passage 4 Cooler 5 Fan 7 Drain drainage port 8 Deck pan 8a Front side division deck pan 8b Rear side division deck pan

Claims (2)

A cooler and cool air circulation fan are placed in the cool air circulation passage that surrounds the product display room and is defined between the inner box and the outer box of the case body, and a cold air curtain is blown out in front of the product display room. This is a cold-circulation showcase that keeps displayed products cool, and a deck pan for product display that also serves as a partition wall between the product display room and the cold-circulation ventilation passage is laid at the bottom of the cabinet, and the outer box boat A showcase having a drain outlet at the bottom, wherein the deck pan is detachably divided into a plurality of front and rear parts in the depth direction of the product display shelf room. 2. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the deck pan is divided into two in the front-rear direction in the depth direction of the commodity display shelf room, and the depth dimension of the front divided deck pan is set smaller than that of the rear divided deck pan. Case.

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