JP6907479B2 - Showcase product display shelves - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a product display shelf of a showcase, and more specifically, a product display of a showcase installed in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store so as to keep the product to be stored in a desired temperature state. It's about shelves.

Conventionally, the following showcases are known as showcases that are installed in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores and that keep the products to be stored in a desired temperature state.

A plurality of product display shelves are provided in the storage room of the case body in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, and products are placed and displayed on each product display shelf. In addition, a cooler is provided inside the case body and outside the storage chamber to cool the air inside the storage chamber sucked through the suction port, and the air cooled by this cooler is provided. By blowing out from the air outlet into the inside of the storage chamber, the products displayed on the product display shelves are adjusted to a desired temperature state.

As the product display shelf in such a showcase, a slide type is known in consideration of convenience of product replenishment and the like. Such a sliding product display shelf is configured to include a bracket and a shelf board.

The bracket supports the back panel that defines the storage chamber, and the engagement holes formed at the rear end are inserted into the predetermined holes with respect to the shelf columns in which the holes are formed at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. It is supported by the shelf support. The upper surface of the shelf board is a flat plate-like member that constitutes a mounting surface for mounting products, and both left and right ends are supported by brackets via slide mechanisms.

In such a product display shelf, the shelf board can slide in the front-rear direction with respect to the bracket (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-161491

By the way, in recent years, the left-right width of the product display shelf tends to be expanded due to a request for an increase in the number of products displayed on the product display shelf.

In the product display shelves whose left and right widths are expanded in this way, in the case where the bracket is supported only by the shelf support as in the conventional case, when the shelf board is slid forward, the rear end of the bracket and the shelf support The moment acting on the engaging portion of the product becomes excessive, and as a result, there is a possibility that the product display shelf may be damaged.

In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a showcase product display shelf that can be satisfactorily supported even when a shelf board is slid forward.

In order to achieve the above object, the product display shelf of the showcase according to the present invention is engaged with a shelf column erected in the storage chamber of the case main body at a rear end portion via a first engaging means. A showcase product display shelf that includes a supported bracket and a shelf board that is slidably provided on the bracket in the front-rear direction, and displays products on the upper surface of the shelf board. The bracket is characterized in that it is engaged and supported by a front shelf column erected in front of the shelf column in the storage chamber via a second engaging means.

Further, according to the present invention, in the product display shelf of the showcase, the first engaging means projects rearward from the first engaging hole formed in the shelf support and the rear end portion of the bracket. It is characterized in that it has an engaging protrusion formed by the above, and the engaging protrusion relatively enters the first engaging hole to engage the bracket with the shelf support.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the product display shelf of the showcase, the engaging protrusions are formed in such a manner that the width becomes smaller toward the rear.

Further, according to the present invention, in the product display shelf of the showcase, the second engaging means includes a second engaging hole formed in the front shelf column and an engaging portion forming a front end portion of the bracket. The bracket is attached to the front shelf column by having an engaging claw formed in the engaging portion relatively entering the second engaging hole and locking the bracket to the edge portion of the second engaging hole. It is characterized by being engaged with.

According to the present invention, the bracket supported by engaging the rear end portion with the shelf support erected in the storage chamber of the case body via the first engaging means is in front of the shelf support in the storage room. Since it is supported by being engaged with the erected front shelf column via the second engaging means, even if the shelf board with the expanded left and right width is slid forward, the shelf board slid forward Since the distance between the bracket and the engaging portion of the front shelf column can be shortened, the moment acting on the engaging portion can be reduced, whereby when the shelf board is slid forward. Has the effect of being able to support well.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a showcase to which a product display shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a showcase to which the product display shelf according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part of the product display shelf shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bracket shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the bracket shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view for showing the engagement state between the bracket and the shelf support. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view for showing the engagement state between the bracket and the front shelf column. FIG. 8 is an enlarged explanatory view showing a main part of a modified example of the bracket.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the product display shelves of the showcase according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are perspective views showing a showcase to which the product display shelf according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied, respectively. The showcase illustrated here includes a case body 10.

The case body 10 is a substantially rectangular heat insulating housing in which the front opening 11 formed on the front surface is opened and closed by the heat insulating front door 12. A storage chamber 13 is formed inside the case body 10.

The storage chamber 13 is a chamber formed so as to face the front opening 11, and a plurality of (seven in the illustrated example) product display shelves 20 are provided side by side in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. The configuration of the product display shelf 20 will be described later.

Inside the case body 10, an air passage (not shown) communicating with the storage chamber 13 through a suction port and an air outlet (both not shown) is formed at a location outside the storage chamber 13, and the air is formed. A circulation fan and a cooler (both not shown) are installed in the aisle.

When the circulation fan is driven, the air inside the storage chamber 13 is sucked into the air passage through the suction port and passed through the air passage, and the air that has passed through the air passage is blown out to the inside of the storage chamber 13 from the air outlet. As a result, the air inside the storage chamber 13 is circulated between the inside and the outside of the storage chamber 13. The cooler cools the air passing through the surroundings, that is, the air passing through the air passage.

Such a circulation fan and a cooler cool the air inside the storage chamber 13, whereby the products placed and displayed on the product display shelf 20 are cooled.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part of the product display shelf shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Although the left side portion of the product display shelf is enlarged and shown in FIG. 3, the description of the right side portion of the product display shelf is omitted because the left and right structures are different from the left side portion. The product display shelf 20 illustrated here includes a bracket 30 and a shelf board 40.

The bracket 30 is a pair of left and right brackets formed by bending a steel plate or the like, and has a bracket main body portion 31 and an engaging portion 32 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

The bracket main body 31 is a long member having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction, and has a main body base portion 311, a main body upper right extension portion 312, and a main body lower right extension portion 313. The main body base portion 311 is a long flat plate-like portion extending along the vertical direction. The upper right extension portion 312 of the main body is a portion extending to the right from substantially the entire upper end edge portion of the main body base portion 311. The lower right extension portion 313 of the main body is a portion extending to the right from the front end region of the lower end edge portion of the main body base portion 311.

In such a bracket main body 31, three engaging protrusions 314 projecting rearward from the rear end of the main body base 311 are formed so as to be separated from each other in the vertical direction. These engaging protrusions 314 project rearward in such a manner that the lengths in the vertical direction, which are the widths, are substantially equal, and the tip portion thereof has a curved shape.

The engaging portion 32 has an engaging base portion 321 and an engaging right extension portion 322. The engaging base portion 321 is a flat plate-shaped portion extending along the vertical direction. The engaging right extending portion 322 is a portion extending to the right from the lower end edge portion of the engaging base portion 321.

In such an engaging portion 32, three engaging claws 323 protruding rearward from the rear end portion of the engaging base portion 321 are formed so as to be separated from each other in the vertical direction. A hook portion 323a projecting downward is formed at the tip portion of these engaging claws 323.

The engaging portion 32 is fastened in such a manner that the lower surface of the lower right extending portion 313 of the main body is in contact with the upper surface of the engaging right extending portion 322 and the engaging base portion 321 is arranged on the left side of the bracket 30 base portion (not shown). It is fastened by a member and attached to the bracket main body 31. That is, the engaging portion 32 constitutes the front end portion of the bracket 30.

As shown in FIG. 6, such a bracket 30 has a corresponding rectangular hole (first engaging hole) formed in the front surface of the shelf support 15 erected in a manner of supporting the back panel 14 of the storage chamber 13. The rear end portion is engaged with the shelf support 15 by the engaging protrusion 314 relatively entering the 16 from the front side.

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the bracket 30 is formed in a hole (second engaging hole) 18 formed so as to straddle the front surface and the inner surface of the front shelf column 17 erected in front of the shelf column 15. The engaging claw 323 enters relatively from the front side and the hook portion 323a is locked to the lower edge portion of the hole portion 18, so that the front end portion is engaged with the front shelf column 17.

The shelf board 40 is a substantially flat plate-like member whose upper surface constitutes a mounting surface on which products are mounted. The left end of the shelf board 40 is attached to the bracket 30 via the slide mechanism 41 (see FIG. 3), and the right end is attached to the bracket 30 via the slide mechanism 41. Here, the slide mechanism 41 is a conventionally known mechanism that allows the shelf plate 40 to slide in the front-rear direction with respect to the bracket 30.

In the product display shelf 20 having such a configuration, when the front door 12 is swung toward the front and the front opening 11 is opened, the shelf plate 40 is allowed to slide forward, and the front The product can be replenished and placed on the upper surface of the shelf board 40 slid to the door.

As described above, according to the product display shelf 20 of the showcase according to the present embodiment, the rear end portion of the bracket 30 is engaged with the shelf column 15, and the front end portion of the bracket 30 is attached to the front shelf column 17. Since it is engaged and supported, even if the shelf board 40 whose left and right width is expanded is slid forward, the shelf board 40 slid forward and the engaging portion between the bracket 30 and the front shelf pillar 17 Since the distance between the two can be shortened, the moment acting on the engaging portion can be reduced, so that the shelf plate 40 can be well supported even when the shelf plate 40 is slid forward.

According to the product display shelf 20, the engaging protrusion 314 at the rear end of the bracket 30 is inserted into the rectangular hole 16 from the front, and the engaging claw 323 at the front end of the bracket 30 is the lower edge of the hole 18. Since the hook portion 323a is locked to the hook portion 323a, the operator may visually lock the engaging claw 323 to the lower edge portion of the hole portion 18, and the operator forgets to lock the bracket 30. Can be suppressed.

According to the product display shelf 20, the hole 18 of the front shelf column 17 through which the engaging claw 323 of the front end portion of the bracket 30 relatively enters is formed so as to straddle the front surface and the inner surface of the front shelf column 17. Therefore, the length of the front shelf pillar 17 in the left-right direction can be reduced, whereby the left-right width of the shelf board 40 can be increased, and the number of products that can be displayed can be increased.

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

In the above-described embodiment, the engaging projection 314 of the bracket 30 protrudes rearward in such a manner that the lengths in the vertical direction, which are the widths, are substantially equal, but in the present invention, as shown in FIG. In addition, the engaging projection 314'may be formed in such a manner that the width becomes smaller toward the rear.

In the above-described embodiment, the engaging portion 32 is fastened to the bracket main body 31 via a fastening member to form the bracket 30, but in the present invention, the engaging portion can be attached to and detached from the bracket main body. It may be provided, or the engaging portion may be provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction or the left-right direction relative to the bracket main body portion. According to this, even if the dimensional error of the distance between the shelf column and the front shelf column becomes large, the dimensional error can be absorbed by relatively displacing the position of the engaging portion with respect to the bracket main body portion. can.

In the above-described embodiment, the pair of left and right brackets 30 are independently supported by the shelf column 15 and the front shelf column 17, respectively, but in the present invention, the pair of left and right brackets are integrally supported with each other. It may be provided, or it may be provided integrally with the shelf board.

10 Case body 13 Storage room 15 Shelf support 16 Rectangular hole 17 Front shelf column 18 Hole 20 Product display shelf 30 Bracket 31 Bracket body 311 Main body base 312 Main body upper right extension 313 Main body lower right extension 314 Engagement protrusion 32 Engagement part 321 Engagement base part 322 Engagement right extension part 323 Engagement claw 323a Hook part 40 Shelf board

Claims (1)

A bracket whose rear end is engaged and supported by a shelf support erected in the storage chamber of the case body via a first engaging means,
A showcase product display shelf provided with a shelf board provided so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction on the bracket, and products are placed and displayed on the upper surface of the shelf board.
The bracket is supported by being engaged with a front shelf column erected in front of the shelf column in the storage chamber via a second engaging means.
The first engaging means is
A plurality of first engaging holes formed in the shelf support,
It has a plurality of engaging protrusions formed in such a manner that it protrudes rearward from the rear end portion of the bracket so as to be separated from each other in the vertical direction and the width decreases toward the rear .
Before Stories second engagement means,
A plurality of second engaging holes formed so as to straddle the front surface and the inner surface of the front shelf column,
Constitute a front end portion of the bracket, and the rear end a plurality of engaging claws are formed in a manner projecting toward more backward Rutotomoni, in a manner protruding downward at the tip portion of each engaging claw It has an engaging part with a hook part formed on it,
In the first engaging means, the plurality of engaging protrusions relatively enter the corresponding first engaging holes to engage the rear end portion of the bracket with the shelf support.
In the second engaging means, the plurality of engaging claws relatively enter the corresponding second engaging hole, and the hook portion is locked to the lower edge portion of the second engaging hole. A showcase product display shelf characterized in that the bracket is engaged with the front shelf column.

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