JP5413089B2 - Open showcase - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an open showcase provided with a shelf for displaying merchandise installed in a display chamber having an open front surface.

  Traditionally, showcases installed in supermarkets and convenience stores, etc., have a duct formed between a partition plate provided inside the insulating wall that opens to the front with a space between them, and a display room is located inside the partition plate. Configure. And it has the discharge port provided in the upper end of the front opening part of a display room, and the suction port provided in the lower end of the opening part of a display room, and installs a cooler and a fan in a duct.

  As a result, when the blower is operated, the display room is cooled by blowing cool air exchanged with the cooler in the duct from the discharge port provided at the upper end of the front opening of the display room, and a part of the cool air is opened. A cold air curtain is formed at the front opening of the display chamber by blowing out toward the suction port provided at the lower end of the unit. In this way, the cold air curtain covers the front opening of the display room to shut off the display room and the outside, thereby improving the cooling efficiency of the display room that is largely open.

  However, the cold air curtain formed at the front opening of the display room is likely to be disturbed by the flow of outside air that comes into contact therewith. When the cool air curtain is disturbed, the cool air staying (circulating) in the display room is likely to leak to the outside, and the cooling efficiency is lowered. In view of this, an open showcase has been developed in which a cold air curtain guide is provided at the front end of a shelf for product display installed in the display room in order to rectify the cold air curtain (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .

  As described above, the cold air curtain guide in Patent Document 1 is configured by attaching a guide plate to the front end of the shelf via a U-shaped attachment plate substantially parallel to the front end surface of the shelf. At this time, the cold air curtain guide was fixed to the front end of the shelf by screwing or welding with a plurality of members, so that the productivity was poor.

  In addition, in order to install the air curtain guide on a shelf constructed in an existing open showcase, special installation work using tools or the like is required, and the work of attaching and detaching the air curtain guide according to the mode of product display There was a problem of being bad.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the conventional technical problems, and provides an open showcase in which an air curtain guide can be detachably provided by a simple mounting structure.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the open showcase of the present invention has a shelf for product display installed in a display chamber whose front surface is open, and discharges cold air from a cold air discharge port formed at the upper edge of the opening. The cool air air curtain is formed in the front opening of the display room by sucking from the cool air suction port formed at the lower edge of the opening, and is attached to the front wall of the shelf board with a predetermined interval. and rail, with a guard of upright goods drop out prevention in the concave portion, the guard consists of a combination of a rod, the guard comprises a body which is fixedly inserted into the recess, provided in the body The main body is composed of a plurality of extending portions, and the main body is configured to extend in the width direction of the shelf, and a horizontal rail configured to extend in the width direction of the shelf on the upper portion of the frame. It consists of a plurality of vertical bars provided over the upper and lower frames of the frame Extending portion has one end in the lateral bars are fixed, after the front end of the extending portion that extends by a predetermined distance forward from the main body, and inclined forwardly downward at a predetermined angle, and then in a substantially horizontal forward After extending by a predetermined dimension, it stands up in a substantially vertical direction, and this rising part is provided with a mounting part that extends over the width direction of the shelf board, and the mounting part is provided with an air curtain guide It is characterized by being.

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the air curtain guide is formed of a transparent member.

  The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in each of the above inventions, the air curtain guide has a holding portion for holding the price card.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the air curtain guide has an inclined surface in which the price card has a lower part behind the upper part than the upper part.

  According to the present invention, it has a shelf for displaying merchandise installed in a display chamber whose front surface is open, and cool air is discharged from a cold air discharge port formed at the upper edge of the opening, and is formed at the lower edge of the opening. In an open showcase in which a cold air curtain is configured at the front opening of the display room by sucking in from the cold air inlet, a guard for preventing the product from dropping is provided at the front end of the shelf. It has an extending part through which cold air can pass, and the extending part is provided with an air curtain guide arranged at a distance in front of the shelf. By allowing the cold air constituting the cold air curtain to pass between the front end of each shelf and the air curtain guide provided on the guard, the effect of guiding the cold air current can be improved.

  As a result, the inconvenience caused by the disturbance of the cold air curtain formed in the front opening of the display room can be effectively eliminated, and the cooling efficiency in the display room can be improved.

  In particular, since this air curtain guide is provided at the extension formed on the guard, the air curtain guide mounting structure can be simplified, and the number of parts and the production cost can be reduced. Can do. Moreover, an air curtain guide can be easily provided in the front end of a shelf by replacing the guard provided in the existing showcase and the guard according to the present invention.

  At this time, since a fixing member such as a screw is not particularly required, the mounting workability can be improved and the convenience is improved. Moreover, the air curtain guide can be provided at an appropriate position by attaching a guard standing on the front end of the shelf.

  According to the invention of claim 2, in the above invention, since the air curtain guide is made of a transparent member, the problem that the air curtain guide blocks products on the lower shelf from view is eliminated. It is possible to improve the visibility of such products.

  According to the invention of claim 3, in each of the above inventions, since the air curtain guide has a holding portion for holding the price card, the price card is held using the air curtain guide capable of rectifying the cold air curtain. be able to. Thereby, the improvement of the display effect of goods can be aimed at.

In addition, since the holding portion is provided in front of the front end of the shelf, the product appeal effect by the price card held by the holding portion can be improved.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the above invention, the air curtain guide is configured such that the price card has an inclined surface with the lower part at the rear rather than the upper part, so that the cold air constituting the cold air curtain is supplied to the air curtain guide. It is possible to easily enter the space between the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, and the effect of guiding the cold airflow can be improved.

It is a perspective view of an open showcase to which the present invention is applied. It is a vertical side view of the open showcase of FIG. It is a partial expanded sectional view of a shelf front part. It is a perspective view of the shelf of the state which removed the air curtain guide. It is a perspective view of the shelf of the state which attached the air curtain guide. It is a partial expanded sectional view of the shelf front part of the state replaced with the other guard. It is a partial expanded sectional view of a shelf front part.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an open showcase 1 to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings for embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an open showcase 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a vertical side view of the open showcase of FIG.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an open showcase 1 to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal side view of the open showcase 1 of FIG. The open showcase 1 is a vertical open showcase that is installed in a store such as a supermarket, for example, and is attached to the side surface of the heat insulating wall 2 at the installation site, and a heat insulating wall 2 having a substantially U-shaped cross section that opens to the front. Insulating side plates 5 and 5.

  A partition plate 4 and another partition plate (not shown) are attached to the inside of the heat insulating wall 2 of the open showcase 1 with a space between them, and two layers (not shown) are provided between the partition plate 4 and the heat insulating wall 2. The duct is formed. A bottom plate 9 is attached in front of the lower end of the inner partition plate 4 with a gap for the duct between the bottom wall 2A of the heat insulating wall 2 and the inside of the partition plate 4 and the bottom plate 9 is connected to the display chamber. 11 is set.

  In the display chamber 11, the height and the mounting angle can be changed, and a pair of brackets 31 attached to a column (not shown) on the back of the display chamber 11 and a shelf 30 for displaying products are configured together with the brackets 31. The shelf board 32 is constructed over a plurality of stages. A price rail 34 formed of hard synthetic resin is attached to the front edge of the shelf board 32, and the price rail 34 also serves as a decorative body for the shelf board 32. Further, a predetermined interval (a recess 50 described later) is formed between the front wall of the shelf plate 32 and the price rail 34, and a guard 35 as will be described in detail later is attached to the interval. Yes.

  An inner layer discharge port 16 and an outer layer discharge port 17 to which honeycomb materials 13 and 14 are respectively attached are arranged in parallel at the upper edge of the front opening 12 of the heat insulating wall 2. The inner layer discharge port 16 and the outer layer discharge port 17 are The inner layer duct and the outer layer duct communicate with each other. Further, an inner layer suction port 18 and an outer layer suction port 19 are arranged in parallel at the lower edge of the opening 12.

  On the other hand, a plurality of blowers (not shown) corresponding to the inner layer duct and the outer layer duct are installed on the bottom wall 2A of the heat insulating wall 2 at the lower rear portion of the bottom plate 9.

  A cooler 39 of a cooling device is provided vertically in the inner layer duct behind the partition plate 4 disposed on the back, and when the blower corresponding to the inner layer duct is operated, the cold air exchanged with the cooler is the inner layer. The inside of the duct is raised and discharged from the inner layer discharge port 16 toward the inner layer suction port 18. And the cold air sucked from the inner layer suction port 18 is accelerated again by the blower.

  On the other hand, when the blower corresponding to the outer layer duct is operated, the air in the outer layer duct is raised in the outer layer duct and discharged from the outer layer discharge port 17 toward the outer layer suction port 19. Then, the air sucked from the outer layer suction port 19 is accelerated again by the blower. Thereby, a front and rear double air curtain is formed in the opening 12, and a part of the inner cool air curtain is circulated in the display chamber 11 to cool the display chamber 11.

  Next, the shelf 30 for displaying products will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the front part of the shelf 30, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the shelf 30 with the air curtain guide removed, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the shelf 30 with the air curtain guide attached, and FIG. The partial expanded sectional view of the front part of the shelf 30 in the state replaced with the other guard 36 is shown, respectively.

  The shelf board 32 which comprises the shelf 30 in a present Example was bent back substantially perpendicularly from the front wall 40 comprised by bending the front edge downward substantially perpendicularly, and the lower end of this front wall 40 It is comprised by the coated steel plate which has the flange 41 facing backward. A price rail 34 that also serves as a decorative body of the shelf board 32 is attached to the front edge of the shelf board 32.

  In this embodiment, the price rail 34 includes a front wall portion 42 positioned on the front surface of the shelf plate 32, a continuous wall portion 43 extending horizontally rearward from the lower end of the front wall portion 42, and the continuous wall portion 43. A rear wall portion 44 connected to the rear end and inclined rearward as a whole is integrally formed of a hard synthetic resin.

  The front wall portion 42 has a concavely curved cross section, and locking pieces are formed along the front surface and the lower edge of the upper edge. These locking pieces detachably hold a price card (not shown) made of paper or a resin sheet on which product names, prices, etc. of products placed on the shelf board 32 are described.

  The front wall portion 42 is formed with a substantially L-shaped projection 46 extending rearward from the rear surface of the upper edge. A forward fitting groove 47 for fitting the flange 41 of the shelf board 32 is formed in the rear wall portion 44. At the upper front end of the rear wall portion 44, a support portion 48 is formed that is positioned in front of the fitting groove 47 and stands vertically. At the top end of the fitting groove 47, the support portion 48 stands vertically and is supported. A support portion 49 is formed to face the portion 48. As a result, the support 50 and the support 49 form a recess 50 that opens substantially vertically upward.

  The lower portion of the guard 35 is inserted into the recess 50. As a result, the lower part of the guard 35 is accommodated in a recess 50 defined by a support part 48 and a support part 49 formed on the rear wall part 44 of the price rail 34, and the rear surface of the guard 35 is the shelf plate 32. The front surface of the guard 35 is supported by the protrusions 46 of the price rail 34 in a state of abutting against the front wall 40. Thereby, the guard 35 is attached to the front end portion of the shelf 30 substantially perpendicularly to the product placement surface 30 </ b> A of the shelf 30.

  As described above, the guard 35 according to the present invention includes a main body 51 whose lower portion is inserted and fixed between the price rail 34 and the front wall 40 of the shelf board 32, and an extending portion 52 provided on the main body 51. It is configured. The main body 51 and the extending portion 52 are configured by a combination of hard synthetic resin rods.

  The main body 51 includes a rectangular frame 51A configured to extend in the width direction of the shelf 30, a horizontal beam 51B provided to extend in the width direction above the frame 51A, and a frame 51A. And a plurality of vertical bars 51C provided over the upper and lower frames. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the horizontal rail 51 </ b> B is provided above the upper end of the price rail 34 with at least the guard 35 attached to the shelf 30.

  And one end of the extension part 52 is integrally attached to this horizontal crosspiece 51B. In the present embodiment, a plurality of the extension portions 52 extend forward from the main body 51 of the guard 35, and in the present embodiment, for example, a plurality of (four in total) extend at both sides and a predetermined interval therebetween. The connecting portions 52A,... And the mounting portions 52B formed at the tips of the connecting portions 52A, and having a predetermined width in the vertical direction.

  Each connecting portion 52A extends forward by a predetermined dimension, and then the front end inclines forward and downward at a predetermined angle. The front end is again forward by a predetermined dimension (for example, the product placement surface of the shelf 30). 30 in a substantially horizontal direction), and is configured to stand upright at the front end thereof in a substantially vertical direction. And the attachment part 52B comprised by the rectangular-shaped frame extended over the width direction of the shelf 30, for example is integrally comprised in the front surface of each connection part 52A.

  An air curtain guide 54 is detachably attached to the attachment portion 52B. The air curtain guide 54 is made of, for example, a transparent hard synthetic resin plate as a transparent material. The upper end of the air curtain guide 54 is an engagement portion 54A that is bent rearward and engages the mounting portion 52B from above, and as a whole, the lower end is folded upward to open upward. A holding portion 54B that has a double structure and holds a price card is formed inside. The holding portion 54B is openable and detachable by inserting a price card made of paper or a resin sheet describing the product name, price, etc. of the product displayed on the product placement surface 30A of the shelf 30 from the upper end. It is possible to hold it.

  As a result, the air curtain guide 54 is disposed at the front end of the shelf 30 (the front end of the main body 51 of the guard 35) with a gap in the front in the width dimension that the extension portion 52 extends forward. At this time, since the main body 51 and the air curtain guide 54 are connected by a plurality of connecting portions 52A, a space 55 is formed between the connecting portions 52A so that cool air can pass vertically.

  In the present embodiment, the guard 35 and the air curtain guide 54 are configured as separate members. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the air curtain guide 54 is attached to the mounting portion 52B of the guard 35. You may comprise integrally.

  Further, the upper end of the air curtain guide 54 provided at the front end of the uppermost shelf 30 has a cold air discharge port 16 at the upper edge of the front opening 12 through which cool air is discharged and a cold air intake port at the lower edge of the front opening 12 through which cold air is sucked. 18 is arranged so as to be located within a cold air discharge range constituted by connecting the two. Moreover, the air curtain guide 54 provided in each shelf 30 shall be arrange | positioned in the position corresponding to the downstream of the cold airflow which flows out between the air curtain guide 54 provided in an upper side, and the shelf 30 front end. .

  With this configuration, the cold air blown from the cold air discharge port 16 at the upper edge of the front opening 12 of the display chamber 11 toward the cold air suction port 18 at the lower edge of the opening 12 is positioned below the cold air discharge port 16. In this case, the air curtain guide 54 provided at the front end of the uppermost shelf 30 and the front end of the shelf 30 are guided into the space (space 55).

  The cold air guided in the space (space 55) between the air curtain guide 54 and the front end of the shelf 30 is rectified and flows out from the lower portion of the space 55 in the process of flowing down. And the cold air which passed the space | interval of the air curtain guide 54 provided in the front-end part of the shelf 30 of the uppermost stage and the front end of the shelf 30 is the air curtain provided in the front-end part of the shelf 30 constructed under it. It flows into the space 55 between the guide 54 and the front end of the shelf 30. Sequentially, the cool air rectified by the air curtain guide 54 provided at the front end of each shelf 30 returns to the duct from the cool air suction port 18 at the lower edge of the front opening 12.

  Thereby, the cold air discharged from the cold air discharge port 16 sequentially passes between the front end of each shelf 30 and the air curtain guide 54 provided at the front end portion of these shelves 30, thereby providing a guide effect of the cold air flow. A rectified cold air curtain can be formed in the front opening 12 of the display chamber 11.

  Therefore, the cold air curtain is less likely to be disturbed by the flow of the outside air that comes into contact, and it is possible to effectively eliminate inconveniences such as leakage of cold air staying (circulating) in the display chamber 11 to the outside. Therefore, the cooling efficiency in the display chamber 11 can be improved.

  In particular, in this embodiment, since the air curtain guide 54 is provided in the extending portion 52 formed in the guard 35, the mounting structure of the air curtain guide 54 can be simplified, and the number of parts can be reduced. Reduction of production cost can be realized.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 6, the air curtain guide 54 can be easily provided at the front end of the shelf 30 by replacing the guard 36 provided in the existing showcase and the guard 35 according to the present invention.

  At this time, since a fixing member such as a screw is not particularly required, the mounting workability can be improved and the convenience is improved. Moreover, the air curtain guide 54 can be provided in an appropriate position by attaching the guard 35 which is erected on the front end of the shelf 30 and has a function of preventing the product from falling.

  In addition, since the air curtain guide 54 in the present embodiment is made of a transparent member as described above, the problem that the air curtain guide 54 blocks the products on the shelf 30 below from the view is eliminated. It is possible to improve the visibility of such products.

  Further, since the air curtain guide 54 has a holding portion 54B for holding the price card, the price card can be held using the air curtain guide 54 that can rectify the cold air curtain. Thereby, the improvement of the display effect of goods can be aimed at.

  Moreover, the holding | maintenance part 54B which is located ahead of the front end of the shelf 30 can improve the product appeal effect by the price card hold | maintained at the said holding | maintenance part 54B.

  In the above-described embodiment, each connecting portion 52A of the extending portion 52 provided on the guard 35 is in a state where the guard 35 is held between the place rail 34 and the front end of the shelf 32. It is good also as a structure contact | abutted with. Thereby, the air curtain guide 54 can be provided more stably.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the attachment portion 52 </ b> C in the present embodiment is provided to be inclined at a predetermined angle so that the lower end portion is behind the upper end portion. As a result, the air curtain guide 54 is disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the product placement surface 30 </ b> A of the shelf plate 30 toward the front and obliquely downward.

  Therefore, the air curtain guide 54 in the present embodiment forms an inclined surface with the lower part rearward of the upper part, and the upper part is wide and the lower part is narrow.

  Thereby, the cold air constituting the cold air curtain can easily enter the space 55A, and the guide effect of the cold air current can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Open showcase 11 Display room 12 Front opening 16, 17 Discharge port 18, 19 Suction port 30 Merchandise display shelf 32 Shelf plate 34 Price rail 35, 36 Guard 51 Main body 51A Frame 51B Horizontal beam 51C Vertical beam 52 Extension Part 52A Connecting part 52B Mounting part 54 Air curtain guide 54A Locking part 54B Price card holding part 55, 55A Space

Japanese Utility Model Publication No.59-174588

Claims (4)

A cool air suction port formed at the lower edge of the opening, having a shelf for product display erected in the display chamber whose front surface is open, discharging cool air from a cold air discharge port formed at the upper edge of the opening In an open showcase comprising a cold air curtain in the front opening of the display room by sucking more,
A rail provided through a recess at a predetermined interval with respect to the front wall of the shelf board;
Comprising a guard for product fall prevention that is erected in the recess,
The guard is composed of a combination of rods,
The guard is composed of a main body inserted and fixed in the recess, and a plurality of extending portions provided in the main body.
The main body includes a frame configured to extend in the width direction of the shelf, a horizontal beam configured to extend in the width direction of the shelf on the top of the frame, and the frame Consists of a plurality of vertical bars provided across the upper and lower frames,
The extension part has one end fixed to the horizontal rail, and the front end of the extension part extends forward from the main body by a predetermined dimension, and then tilts forward and downward at a predetermined angle, and then substantially horizontal. After extending a predetermined dimension forward in the direction, it is configured to stand in a substantially vertical direction, and a mounting portion that extends over the width direction of the shelf board is provided in the standing portion.
An open showcase, wherein an air curtain guide is provided on the mounting portion .   The open showcase according to claim 1, wherein the air curtain guide is made of a transparent member.   The open showcase according to claim 1, wherein the air curtain guide has a holding portion that holds a price card. The air curtain guides, open showcase according to claim 3, characterized in that the price card is an inclined surface in which the lower is the rear than the top.

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