JP6086489B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a showcase having a plurality of product display shelves arranged vertically in a showcase body.

  Conventionally, in supermarkets and other stores that sell products, a product entry / exit port is formed on the front of the showcase body, and a plurality of upper and lower product display shelves on which products are displayed are arranged in the showcase body. Showcase is used.

  In such a showcase, since the space between the upper and lower product display shelves is narrow, it may take time to display the products on the upper surface of the product display shelf. Therefore, various ideas have been made to improve the workability of the work of displaying the product on the upper surface of the product display shelf.

  For example, in the showcases described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below, each product display shelf is provided to be slidable in the front-rear direction. And when displaying goods on the upper surface of a certain goods display shelf, the upper part of the goods display shelf is opened by sliding the goods display shelf which displays goods, and the upper part is opened. Products are displayed on the shelves.

  Moreover, in the mounting shelf apparatus described in the following patent document 3, each merchandise display shelf is provided so that rotation is possible in the direction in which the front end side moves up and down. And when displaying goods on a certain goods display shelf, the goods display shelf which displays goods by rotating the other goods display shelf located above the goods display shelf which displays goods to an upper position. The product is displayed on a product display shelf that is open upward.

JP 09-23953 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-130927 JP 05-89232 A

  However, in the showcase described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the width of the product display shelf must be smaller than the width of the product outlet, and the showcase provided with a door that can be opened and closed at the product outlet. In a showcase with a column in the center of the product outlet, the product display shelf cannot be installed on both sides of the showcase or on the rear side of the column. It cannot be used effectively for display.

  Moreover, in the mounting shelf apparatus described in Patent Document 3, the product display shelf is divided into two vertical rotation positions (a substantially horizontal rotation position where the product is displayed and a product display shelf with respect to the lower product display shelf). As a mechanism for fixing the position at an upward rotation position for performing the display work), a slidable rotation adjusting shaft having a tip head that can be locked in the locking hole, and the tip head being the locking hole It has a spring material that urges the rotation adjustment shaft in the direction to be locked to the pin, a pin that prevents the rotation adjustment shaft from coming off, and so on, and has a complicated mechanism. In addition, when the biasing force of the spring material decreases due to deterioration over time, etc., the tip head of the rotation adjustment shaft may fall out of the locking hole due to vibration during product display, and the product display shelf may rotate downward. There is.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to improve the workability of the work of displaying the product on the upper surface of the product display shelf and to display the product. It is an object of the present invention to provide a showcase in which a mechanism can be simply configured to improve workability.

  The showcase according to the present invention includes a showcase main body having a product insertion / removal port formed on a front surface, a first rotation position arranged in the showcase main body and displaying a product on an upper surface, and the product insertion / removal port side A plurality of upper and lower product display shelves that can be rotated in the up and down direction to a second rotation position in which the front end side is inclined upward, and a rear end of the product display shelf that is provided on the back side in the showcase body A shelf mounting portion to which the side is mounted, a spindle having a horizontal axis, and a pivot for mounting the product display shelf to the shelf mounting portion so as to be pivotable in a vertical direction; A long hole that is inserted and is long in the front-rear direction of the product display shelf, a second rotation position fixing protrusion provided in the product display shelf, and provided in the shelf mounting portion, wherein the product display shelf is the The support shaft rotates to the second rotation position When the product display shelf moves relative to the inside of the long hole and moves to the back side in the showcase body, the front end side of the product display shelf is brought into contact with the second rotation position fixing projection. And a second rotation position fixing contact portion that restricts downward rotation.

  In the showcase according to the present invention described above, the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion provided in the shelf mounting portion and the product display shelf are provided, and the product display shelf is The shelf side first that restricts the front end side of the commodity display shelf from rotating downward by contacting the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion when rotating to the first rotation position. And a rotation position fixing contact portion.

  In the showcase according to the present invention described above, it is preferable that a width dimension of the commodity display shelf is formed larger than a width dimension of the commodity outlet / outlet.

  According to the showcase of the present invention, the product display shelf is positioned below the rotated product display shelf by rotating the product display shelf around the support shaft to the second rotation position where the front end side is inclined upward. The upper part of the other product display shelf is opened, and the workability of the work of displaying the product on the other product display shelf can be improved. After the product display shelf is rotated to the second rotation position where the front end side is inclined upward, the product display shelf is moved to the back side in the showcase body so that the support shaft moves relatively in the elongated hole. The product display shelf is rotated in a direction in which the front end side thereof is directed downward by bringing the second rotation position fixing protrusion of the product display shelf into contact with the second rotation position fixing contact portion of the shelf mounting portion. The product display shelf that is restricted from moving is held at the second rotation position. The product display shelf is held at the second rotation position, the product display shelf is provided with a long hole and a second rotation position fixing protrusion, and the shelf mounting portion is provided with a second rotation position fixing contact portion. This can be done with a simple configuration.

  Further, when the product display shelf is rotated to the first rotation position, the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion provided on the shelf mounting portion is provided on the shelf side where the product display shelf is provided. By contacting the first rotation position fixing contact portion, the commodity display shelf can be stably held at the first rotation position.

  In addition, even when the width of the product display shelf is larger than the width of the product loading / unloading port, the product display shelf can be turned up and down so that the product can be displayed on the product display shelf. In addition, the entire width in the showcase body can be effectively used for displaying products.

It is a perspective view which shows the showcase of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a side view which shows the goods display shelf rotated to the 1st rotation position, and a case main body side bracket. It is a side view which shows the goods display shelf rotated to the 2nd rotation position, and a case main body side bracket. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows a shelf side bracket and a case main body side bracket.

  A showcase according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a showcase 1 has a showcase main body 3 having a product insertion / removal port 2 formed on the front surface, and a plurality of upper and lower product display shelves 4 are arranged in the left and right pairs in the showcase main body 3. Has been. Each merchandise display shelf 4 is vertically moved to a first rotation position that is substantially horizontal in which the products to be sold are displayed on the upper surface, and a second rotation position in which the front end side that is located on the merchandise entrance 2 side is inclined upward. It is provided so that direction rotation is possible. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the uppermost pair of product display shelves 4 is rotated to the second rotation position, and the other product display shelves 4 are rotated to the first rotation position.

  On the back side of the showcase body 3, a case body side bracket 5, which is a shelf mounting portion to which the rear end side of the commodity display shelf 4 is attached, is attached. Further, the width dimension “a” of the merchandise display shelf 4 is formed larger than the width dimension “b” of the merchandise loading / unloading port 2.

  FIG. 2 shows the product display shelf 4 and the case main body side bracket 5 that are rotated to the first rotation position and oriented substantially horizontally. The merchandise display shelf 4 includes a pair of left and right shelf side brackets 6 and a shelf body 7 disposed across the pair of shelf side brackets 6, and these shelf side brackets 6 and the shelf body 7 are not illustrated. It is fixed with screws. A shelf fence 8 located on the front end side of the commodity display shelf 4 is attached to the shelf body 7. The shelf fence 8 is provided to prevent the products displayed on the product display shelf 4 from falling from the front end side of the product display shelf 4. Further, the shelf-side bracket 6 is provided with a shelf-side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 and a long hole 10 that is long in the front-rear direction of the product display shelf 4. The shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 is provided by bending a part of the shelf side bracket 6.

  The case main body side bracket 5 is provided with a hooking claw 11 and a shelf attachment portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion 12. The case body side bracket 5 is attached to the showcase body 3 by inserting and hooking the hooking claws 11 into the shelf attachment holes 14 formed in the back plate 13 of the showcase body 3. The shelf attaching portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion 12 is provided by bending a part of the case body side bracket 5.

  The case main body side bracket 5 and the shelf side bracket 6 are connected to each other by a stepped screw 15 that is a support shaft having a horizontal axis in the horizontal direction so that the case main body side bracket 5 and the shelf side bracket 6 can rotate in the vertical direction. . The stepped screw 15 is inserted into the long hole 10 and provided so as to be relatively movable in the long hole 10 along the longitudinal direction of the long hole 10 when the product display shelf 4 is moved in the front-rear direction as will be described later. It has been.

  When the commodity display shelf 4 is rotated to the first rotation position, the shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 and the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion 12 are opposed to each other. The surface to be touched is in contact.

FIG. 3 shows the product display shelf 4 and the case main body side bracket 5 which are rotated to the second rotation position and the front end side is inclined upward. The shelf side bracket 6 which is a part of the product display shelf 4 is provided with a second rotation position fixing protrusion 16, and the case body side bracket 5 is provided with a second rotation position fixing contact portion 17. ing. The second rotation position fixing projection 16 is provided by bending a part of the shelf side bracket 6. The second rotation position fixing contact portion 17 is provided by making a part of the case main body side bracket 5 into a concave shape. By rotating the product display shelf 4 to the second rotation position and moving the product display shelf 4 to the back side in the showcase body 3 so that the stepped screw 15 relatively moves in the long hole 10. The lower surface portion of the second rotation position fixing projection 16 contacts the second rotation position fixing contact portion 17.

  FIG. 4 shows the case main body side bracket 5 and the shelf side bracket 6 in an exploded manner. As described above, the case body side bracket 5 is provided with the hooking claw 11, the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion 12, and the second rotation position fixing contact portion 17, A round hole-shaped insertion hole 18 through which the stepped screw 15 is inserted is provided. Further, as described above, the case main body side bracket 5 is provided with the shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9, the long hole 10, and the second rotation position fixing protrusion 16. The case body side bracket 5 and the shelf side bracket 6 are rotatably connected to each other with a stepped screw 15 inserted into the elongated hole 10 and the insertion hole 18 with the stepped screw 15 as a fulcrum.

  In such a configuration, the merchandise display shelf 4 arranged in the showcase body 3 and displayed on the upper surface thereof is rotated to a first rotation position that is substantially horizontal, and is placed on the merchandise display shelf 4. The displayed products are taken out from the product slot 2 by the customer.

  When the product display shelf 4 is rotated to the first rotation position, as shown in FIG. 2, the shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 and the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position are fixed. The abutting surface of the product abutment portion 12 is abutted, and by this abutment, the commodity display shelf 4 is restricted from rotating downward at the front end side, and the commodity display shelf 4 is stably in the first rotational position. Retained.

  When displaying a product on the upper surface of the product display shelf 4, a force in the direction of arrow A is applied to the product display shelf 4 rotating to the first rotation position shown in FIG. Thereby, the commodity display shelf 4 rotates with the stepped screw 15 as a fulcrum, and as shown in FIG. 3, the front end side is inclined upward and the shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 and the shelf mounting portion are provided. The side first rotation position fixing contact portion 12 is separated. Then, the commodity display shelf 4 is rotated to the second rotation position so that the second rotation position fixing protrusion 16 is positioned above the second rotation position fixing contact portion 17, and The merchandise display shelf 4 is moved to the back side in the showcase body 3 as indicated by an arrow B in FIG. In this case, the stepped screw 15 relatively moves in the elongated hole 10, and the lower surface of the second rotation position fixing protrusion 16 is brought into contact with the second rotation position fixing contact portion 17.

  When the lower surface of the second rotation position fixing protrusion 16 is brought into contact with the second rotation position fixing contact portion 17, the commodity display shelf 4 rotates downward with the stepped screw 15 as a fulcrum. And is stably held at the second rotational position.

  By rotating a certain product display shelf 4 to the second rotation position, another product display shelf 4 that is positioned below the rotated product display shelf 4 and is rotated to the first rotation position. By opening the upper part of the product, it is possible to improve the workability of the work of displaying the product on the upper surface of the product display shelf 4 opened upward.

  After the product is displayed on the upper surface of the other product display shelf 4 that is positioned below the product display shelf 4 that is rotated to the second rotation position and is rotated to the first rotation position, The product display shelf 4 rotated to the rotation position is moved in the direction opposite to the arrow B direction shown in FIG. 3, and the lower surface of the second rotation position fixing projection 16 is brought into contact with the second rotation position fixing. Separated from part 17. Thereafter, the product display shelf 4 is rotated downward with the stepped screw 15 as a fulcrum, and the product display shelf 4 is rotated to the first rotation position to display the product on the upper surface of one product display shelf 4. Ends.

  In this showcase 1, a mechanism for holding the merchandise display shelf 4 in the second rotation position is provided with a long hole 10 and a second rotation position fixing protrusion 16 in the merchandise display shelf 4, and the case body side A simple configuration in which the bracket 5 is provided with the second rotational position fixing contact portion 17 can be achieved. Further, the mechanism for holding the merchandise display shelf 4 in the first rotation position is provided with the shelf-side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 in the merchandise display shelf 4 and the case body side bracket 5 is provided with the first shelf mounting portion side. A simple configuration in which the one rotation position fixing contact portion 12 is provided can be achieved.

  Further, in the showcase 1, when displaying products on the upper surface of the product display shelf 4, the product display shelf 4 is rotated in the vertical direction within the showcase body 3. Even if the width dimension “a” is formed to be larger than the width dimension “b” of the merchandise loading / unloading port 2, the merchandise can be displayed on the merchandise display shelf 4 without any trouble. In addition, since the width dimension “a” of the merchandise display shelf 4 is formed larger than the width dimension “b” of the merchandise loading / unloading port 2, the entire width in the showcase body 3 can be effectively displayed. It can be used, and it is possible to prevent a dead space that is not used for display of goods in the showcase body 3 from occurring.

  In this embodiment, the shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 is brought into contact with the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion 12 by rotating to the first rotation position. The case where the displayed merchandise display shelf 4 is substantially horizontal has been described as an example, but the shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion 9 and the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion. By changing the angle with 12, the product display shelf 4 rotated to the first rotation position may be inclined so that the front end side is lowered forward.

  In the present embodiment, the open type showcase 1 has been described as an example. However, the present invention can also be applied to a reach-in showcase having a glass door.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. For example, some constituent elements may be deleted from all the constituent elements shown in the above-described embodiments, and the constituent elements according to different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

1 Showcase 2 Product slot 3 Showcase body 4 Product display shelf 5 Case body side bracket (shelf mounting part)
6 shelf side bracket 7 shelf body 8 shelf fence 9 shelf side first rotational position fixing contact portion 10 long hole 11 claw 12 shelf mounting portion side first rotational position fixing contact portion 13 back plate 14 shelf mounting hole 15 Stepped screw (support shaft)
16 Second rotation position fixing protrusion 17 Second rotation position fixing contact portion 18 Insertion hole

Claims (3)

A showcase body with a product outlet on the front,
It is arranged in the showcase body and can be vertically rotated between a first rotation position where products are displayed on the upper surface and a second rotation position where the front end side located on the product loading / unloading side is inclined upward Product display shelves with multiple upper and lower stages,
A shelf mounting portion provided on the back side in the showcase body, to which a rear end side of the product display shelf is mounted;
A support shaft that has a horizontal axis, and that attaches the product display shelf to the shelf mounting portion so as to be vertically rotatable;
A long hole provided in the product display shelf, through which the support shaft is inserted, and long in the front-rear direction of the product display shelf;
A second rotation position fixing protrusion provided on the product display shelf;
The product display shelf is provided in the shelf mounting portion, the product display shelf rotates to the second rotation position, and the support shaft relatively moves in the elongated hole so that the product display shelf is in the showcase body. A second rotation position fixing contact portion that contacts the second rotation position fixing protrusion when moving to the back side and restricts the front end side of the commodity display shelf from rotating downward;
A showcase characterized by comprising: A shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion provided in the shelf mounting portion;
A front end of the product display shelf that is provided on the product display shelf and abuts against the shelf mounting portion side first rotation position fixing contact portion when the product display shelf rotates to the first rotation position. A shelf side first rotation position fixing contact portion for restricting the side from rotating downward,
The showcase according to claim 1, further comprising: The showcase according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a width dimension of the merchandise display shelf is formed larger than a width dimension of the merchandise entry / exit opening.

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