JP6696187B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a showcase, and more particularly to a showcase that holds a product to be stored in a desired temperature state.

  Conventionally, the following are known as showcases for holding products to be stored in a desired temperature state. A plurality of product display shelves are provided along the vertical direction in a storage room inside the case body with an opening formed on the front surface, and products are placed and displayed on each of the product display shelves. .. In addition, a passage for the air in the storage chamber sucked through the suction port is formed at a location inside the case body and outside the storage chamber, and an evaporator is disposed in this air passage. The air passing through the air passage is cooled by the evaporator and then blown out from the air outlet provided at the upper part of the storage chamber. The air blown from the air outlet is sucked into the air inlet and circulates, so that the products displayed on the product display rack are adjusted to a desired temperature and held.

  In such a showcase, a guide member that extends in the up-down direction in a state of being separated from the front end portion of the product display shelf is attached to each product display shelf, and the air blown out from the air outlet is the front end of the product display shelf. An air curtain is formed so as to pass between the portion and the guide member to reduce the leakage of cold air (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP, 2010-207564, A

  By the way, in recent years, for example, convenience stores have been installed in the ticket gates of railway stations and at platforms. In such a convenience store, a showcase may be installed near the doorway of the store due to store circumstances, etc., and depending on the time of day, the doorway is always open, resulting in a semi-indoor showcase. May be used for.

  In such an environment in which the showcase is used semi-indoors, an air curtain is formed between the product display shelf and the guide member like the showcase proposed in Patent Document 1 described above. However, the air curtain may be disturbed by the outside air entering from the entrance and exit, and it may be difficult to maintain the product at a desired temperature. That is, in the conventional showcase, the environmental resistance performance may be insufficient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a showcase capable of improving the environmental resistance performance.

  In order to achieve the above object, the showcase according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of stages along a vertical direction in a case main body having an opening formed in a front surface and a storage chamber facing the opening inside the case main body, Also, the inside and outside of the storage chamber, in a mode in which a product display portion for mounting and displaying a product to be stored is sucked in the air in the storage chamber through a suction port and blows air into the storage chamber through an outlet. And an air circulating means for circulating air between the air circulating means and a temperature adjusting means for adjusting the temperature of the air circulated by the air circulating means to a predetermined temperature, and the products displayed in the product display section are brought into a desired temperature state. A guide member that is provided apart from the front end of the product display section and that forms a passage opening through which the air blown out from the air outlet passes, between the front end and the front end of the product display section; It is swingably provided in the vicinity of the lower side of the guide member along the front-rear direction, and when it is swung rearward, the front side of the product display area of the product display section below the product display section On the other hand, when the cover is swung forward, the face material that allows the products displayed in the lower product display section to be taken out through the opening and the face material that swung forward are provided. And a storage unit for storing the product below the product display unit.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned showcase, the guide member is slidably provided so as to approach and separate from a front end portion of the product display portion.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned showcase, the face material is made of a light transmissive material.

  According to the present invention, the guide member provided apart from the front end portion of the product display portion forms a passage opening through which the air blown from the air outlet passes, between the guide member and the front end portion. An air curtain is well formed by the air to be stored, and the products in the storage chamber can be well adjusted to a desired temperature. Moreover, when the face material that is swingably provided in the vicinity of the lower side of the guide member along the front-rear direction swings rearward, the products in the product display unit below the product display unit are displayed. Since the front side of the area is covered, it is possible to prevent the air curtain from being disturbed by the outside air entering from the entrance of a store or the like even in an environment where the showcase is used semi-indoors. Therefore, there is an effect that the environment resistance performance can be improved.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the storage unit stores the face material that has swung forward, in the lower portion of the product display unit, when the face material is unnecessary in the installation environment of the showcase, the face material is The effect is that it can be stored without removing it from the showcase.

FIG. 1 is a sectional side view schematically showing the internal structure of a showcase that is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view showing one of the product display shelves shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the product display shelf shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a procedure for storing the face material. FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a procedure for storing the face material.

  Preferred embodiments of a showcase according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a sectional side view schematically showing the internal structure of a showcase that is an embodiment of the present invention. The showcase illustrated here includes a case body 10.

  The case body 10 is a heat-insulating housing having an opening (hereinafter, also referred to as a front opening) 10a formed in the front surface, and a storage chamber 11 is defined therein, and an air circulating means 20 is provided therein. There is.

  The storage chamber 11 is a chamber defined so as to face the front opening 10a, and a plurality of product display portions are provided inside the storage chamber 11 so as to be arranged in a plurality of rows in the vertical direction. The description of the product display unit will be described later.

  The air circulation means 20 is configured to include an air passage 21 and a circulation fan 22. The air passage 21 is a passage of air from the suction port 211 to the air outlet 212. The suction port 211 is an opening for sucking air inside the storage chamber 11, and extends along the left-right direction of the storage chamber 11. The suction port 211 is arranged at the lower front edge of the storage chamber 11, that is, at the lower portion near the front opening 10 a of the case body 10.

  The air outlet 212 is an opening for blowing air into the storage chamber 11. The air outlet 212 extends in the left-right direction of the storage chamber 11 and is provided at an upper front edge of the storage chamber 11, that is, an upper portion near the front opening 10 a of the case body 10.

  Such an air passage 21 includes a lower duct 21a outside the storage chamber 11 and below the storage chamber 11, a rear duct 21b outside the storage chamber 11 on the rear side thereof, and above the storage chamber 11 outside the storage chamber 11. And the upper duct 21c in FIG.

  The circulation fan 22 circulates air and is arranged at a predetermined portion of the lower duct 21a. In the present embodiment, the circulation fan 22 is arranged at a predetermined portion of the lower duct 21a, but in the present invention, the arrangement position of the circulation fan 22 is not particularly limited, and the circulation fan 22 described later will be described. It may be arranged anywhere as long as it can exert the function of.

  In the air circulating means 20 as described above, the circulation fan 22 is driven to suck the air (internal air) inside the storage chamber 11 through the suction port 211, and the sucked air is blown in such a manner as to pass through the air passage 21. The air is circulated between the inside and the outside of the storage chamber 11 by sending the air to the outlet 212 and blowing the air sent out through the outlet 212 into the inside of the storage chamber 11.

  An evaporator (temperature adjusting means) 25 is provided in the air passage 21. The evaporator 25 constitutes a refrigerant circulating means for circulating a refrigerant together with a compressor, a condenser and an expansion mechanism (not shown). Here, the compressor compresses the refrigerant, and the condenser condenses the refrigerant compressed by the compressor. The expansion mechanism adiabatically expands the refrigerant condensed in the condenser to bring it into a low temperature and low pressure state.

  The evaporator 25 exchanges heat between the air passing through the rear duct 21b of the air passage 21 from the lower side to the upper side when the circulation fan 22 is driven, and the refrigerant adiabatically expanded by the expansion mechanism. Is to cool the air passing through the rear duct 21b by evaporating the refrigerant. The refrigerant evaporated in the evaporator 25 returns to the compressor and is compressed.

  The product display unit includes a plurality (four in the illustrated example) of product display shelves 30 and a product display deck 40.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each of the product display shelves 30 has a flat plate shape on a pair of left and right brackets 31 that are locked to a shelf column (not shown) that is erected in a pair of left and right on the rear side of the storage chamber 11. The shelf plate 33 is supported so as to be bridged via the rail member 32. That is, each of the product display shelves 30 is arranged at a predetermined height level by the bracket 31 being locked to the shelf post, and the product is displayed by placing the product on the upper surface of the shelf board 33. Is.

  Further, a shelf plate roller (not shown) is rotatably supported by a shelf plate roller supporting portion 331 provided on the lower surface of the shelf plate 33 that constitutes the product display shelf 30, and this shelf plate roller is used for the rail member 32. It is mounted so that it can be rolled. On the rail member 32, a bracket roller (not shown) rotatably supported by the bracket 31 is rotatably mounted at a position different from the shelf plate roller. Thereby, the shelf plate 33 is slidable along the front-rear direction with respect to the bracket 31 by the shelf plate roller and the bracket roller rolling on the rail member 32.

  FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the product display shelf 30 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, each of the product display shelves 30 is provided with a guide member 50, a face material 60, and a storage unit 70.

  The guide member 50 is an elongated member whose left-right direction is the longitudinal direction. The guide member 50 is provided with a pair of left and right arm portions 51 at both left and right ends. A long hole 51a whose longitudinal direction is the longitudinal direction is formed in the arm portion 51, and a fastening member (not shown) that penetrates a through hole (not shown) formed at the front end of the product display shelf 30 is provided. The arm portion 51 is fastened to the front end portion of the product display shelf 30 by penetrating the long hole 51 a.

  Such a guide member 50 is slidable in the front-rear direction in a manner of moving toward and away from the front end portion of the product display shelf 30 by the fastening member relatively moving forward and backward in the long hole 51a. When the guide member 50 slides forward, the guide member 50 is separated from the front end portion of the product display shelf 30, and thus the passage opening 52 (see FIG. 1) is formed between the guide member 50 and the front end portion of the product display shelf 30. ) Is formed.

  The face material 60 is a transparent body formed of a translucent material such as acrylic resin or glass. The face member 60 is a long rectangular plate-shaped member that extends over substantially the entire area between the pair of left and right brackets 31 and has the left-right direction as the longitudinal direction. A shaft-like portion 61 that protrudes to the left and right is formed at the upper end portions (base end portions) of the left and right end surfaces of the face member 60. The shaft portion 61 has a columnar shape. Such a face material 60 is provided on each product display shelf 30 as follows.

  A face material support portion 53 is attached to each of the arm portions 51 described above. The face material support portions 53 are a pair of left and right sides and have a long hole portion 54 whose longitudinal direction is the front-rear direction. The long hole portion 54 has a front end portion closed and a rear end portion open. Further, in the face material support portion 53, a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction is gradually inclined downward as it goes forward, and thus the long hole portion 54 is gradually inclined downward as it is moved forward. is doing.

  By inserting the shaft-shaped portion 61 of the face material 60 from the inner side into the long hole portion 54 of the face material support portion 53, the face material 60 is provided so as to be installed on the face material support portion 53. .. The face material 60 can swing around the central axis of the shaft-shaped portion 61. That is, the lower end portion (tip portion) of the face material 60 can swing along the front-rear direction.

  As described above, since the central portion of the face material support portion 53 is inclined, the shaft-shaped portion 61 of the face material 60 is inserted between the front end portion of the elongated hole portion 54 and the inclined portion.

  Then, in the normal state, the face material 60 is in a standby position in which the front end portion is close to the guide member 50 provided on the product display shelf 30 immediately below the product display shelf 30 due to its own weight. In the normal state, the face material 60 provided on the fourth-stage product display shelf 30 is in the front region of the product display deck 40 and near the upper side of the suction port 211 due to its own weight. Will be placed in the standby position. That is, when the face material 60 swings rearward, the front side of the area S in which the products are displayed in the product display section (the product display shelf 30 or the product display deck 40) immediately below the product display shelf 30. It covers most of the.

  On the other hand, when the face material 60 swings toward the front, in front of the area S where the products are displayed in the product display section (the product display shelf 30 and the product display deck 40) immediately below the product display shelf 30. The side is opened to allow the products displayed in the product display section to be taken out through the front opening 10a.

  The storage portion 70 is a pair of left and right provided below the shelf plate 33 so as to project inward on the inner surface of the bracket 31. Each of the storage portions 70 has a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction, is gradually inclined downward as it goes forward, and forms a long groove portion 71 having the longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction with the lower surface of the shelf plate 33. Is. The longitudinal groove 71 has a vertical width that gradually increases toward the front, and has a size that allows the shaft-shaped portion 61 to be inserted through the entire area. Both of the front end portion and the rear end portion of these long groove portions 71 are open, the front end portion is at the same height level as the rear end portion of the long hole portion 54, and when the arm portion 51 slides rearward. Further, it is possible to communicate with the rear end portion of the long hole portion 54. Reference numeral 72 in FIG. 3 denotes a stopper member provided at the rear end of the storage portion 70, that is, the rear end of the long groove portion 71.

  In the showcase having the above-described configuration, the circulation fan 22 and the compressor are driven so that the air inside the storage chamber 11 is sucked in through the suction port 211, passes through the lower duct 21a, and enters the rear duct 21b. It enters and is cooled by the evaporator 25, becomes cold air, passes through the upper duct 21c, and is blown out from the blowout port 212.

  Then, when each guide member 50 slides forward to form the passage opening 52 between each guide member 50 and each product display shelf 30, and each face member 60 is in the standby posture, Most of the air blown from the blowout port 212 passes through the passing port 52 and is sucked into the suction port 211 to form an air curtain. The products in the storage chamber 11 separated by the air curtain, that is, the products placed on the product display section (the product display shelf 30 and the product display deck 40) are cooled to a desired temperature.

  Further, a part of the air blown out from the air outlet 212 passes along the front side of the face material 60 in the standby position provided in each product display shelf 30 along the extending direction (vertical direction) of the face material 60. After that, it is discharged to the outside through the front opening 10a. That is, the face material 60 provided in the product display section (the product display shelf 30 and the product display deck 40) allows the air blown out from the air outlet 212 to pass through to the front side of itself when in the standby position. is there.

  By the way, when the passage opening 52 and the face material 60 are unnecessary depending on the installation environment of the showcase, the face material 60 can be stored as follows.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the passage opening 52 can be eliminated by sliding the guide member 50 (arm portion 51) backward. In this case, the rear end portion of the long hole portion 54 of the face material support portion 53 attached to the arm portion 51 communicates with the front end portion of the long groove portion 71 of the storage portion 70.

  Then, the shaft-shaped portion 61 that passes through the elongated hole portion 54 is relatively moved from the front end portion to the rear end portion of the elongated hole portion 54, and then the face material 60 is moved forward around the central axis of the shaft-shaped portion 61. Swing towards to make it horizontal.

  As shown in FIG. 5, by moving the face member 60 in the horizontal posture backward, the shaft-like portion 61 relatively moves the long groove portion 71 toward the rear, and as a result, the surface of the storage portion 70 is changed. The material 60 can be stored. Here, the right and left width of the face member 60 is large enough to cover substantially the entire area between the brackets 31, and the storage portion 70 is provided so as to project inward on the inner surface of the bracket 31. The left and right ends of the face material 60 are placed in the storage portion 70.

  As described above, according to the showcase of the present embodiment, the guide member 50 provided on the product display shelf 30 (product display section) blows out from the outlet 212 between the guide member 50 and the product display shelf 30. Since the passing ports 52 for passing the generated air are formed, the air curtain is favorably formed by the air passing through these passing ports 52, and the product in the storage chamber 11 can be favorably adjusted to a desired temperature. In addition, when the face material 60 provided near the lower side of the guide member 50 is in the standby posture, the area S where the products of the product display section (the product display shelf 30 and the product display deck 40) immediately below are placed. Since the front side is covered, it is possible to prevent the air curtain from being disturbed by the outside air entering from the entrance of a store or the like even in an environment where the showcase is used semi-indoors. Therefore, it is possible to improve the environmental resistance performance.

  In particular, since the face material 60 can be stored in the storage portion 70, when the face material 60 is unnecessary in the installation environment of the showcase, the face material 60 can be stored without removing it from the showcase. ..

  According to the above-mentioned showcase, the face material 60 provided in the product display section (the product display shelf 30 and the product display deck 40) has the air blown from the blowout port 212 to the front side of itself when it is in the standby posture. Since it passes through, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of dew condensation or the like on the face material 60.

  According to the above-mentioned showcase, since the face material 60 attached to the product display section (the product display shelf 30 and the product display deck 40) is made of a transparent body, when the face material 60 is in the standby posture, The visibility of the products placed on the product display section (the product display shelf 30 and the product display deck 40) can be ensured.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made.

  In the above-described embodiment, the face material 60 extends over substantially the entire area of the product display shelf 30 in the left-right direction, but in the present invention, a plurality of face materials are attached to one product display shelf. The length in the left-right direction of each may be equal to the left-right width of the row of products placed on the product display section (the product display shelf and the product mounting deck).

  In the above-described embodiment, when the face material 60 is in the standby posture, the tip portion is close to the guide member 50 of the product display shelf 30 immediately below, but in the present invention, the face material has a tip portion. It may be in contact with the guide member.

  In the above-described embodiment, the evaporator 25 is described as an example of the temperature adjusting means, but in the present invention, the heating means for heating the air circulated by the air circulating means may constitute the temperature adjusting means.

10 Case Main Body 10a Front Opening 11 Storage Room 20 Air Circulation Means 21 Air Passage 211 Air Suction Port 212 Suction Port 22 Circulation Fan 25 Evaporator 30 Product Display Shelf 33 Shelf 50 Guide Member 52 Passage Port 60 Face Material 70 Storage Area S Area

Claims (3)

A case body with an opening formed on the front,
A plurality of stages along a vertical direction in a storage chamber facing the opening inside the case body, and a product display unit for mounting and displaying a product to be stored,
Air circulation means for circulating air between the inside and the outside of the storage chamber in a manner that sucks air in the storage chamber through the suction port and blows air into the storage chamber through the outlet.
A temperature adjusting means for adjusting the temperature of the air circulated by the air circulating means to a predetermined temperature, and in a showcase for maintaining the products displayed in the product display section at a desired temperature state,
A guide member that is provided apart from the front end portion of the product display portion, and that forms a passage opening between the front end portion and the air blown out from the blowout opening.
Near the lower side of the guide member, the pair of left and right face material supporting portions forming the guide member are swingably provided along the front-rear direction, and when swinging rearward, the product display portion While covering the front side of the product display area of the lower product display unit, when swinging forward, the product displayed in the lower product display unit is allowed to be taken out through the opening. Surface material,
A storage unit for storing the face material that has swung forward toward the bottom of the product display unit ,
The face material support portion has a long hole portion in which the front end portion is closed and the rear end portion is opened and the front-rear direction is the longitudinal direction,
The elongated hole portion is such that a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction gradually inclines downward as it goes forward, and supports the face member swingably between the inclined portion and the front end portion. Showcase to do.   The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is slidably provided in a manner of approaching and separating from a front end portion of the product display portion.   The showcase according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the face material is made of a light transmissive material.

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