JP7196576B2 - Product shelf and showcase - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to product placement shelves and showcases.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in shops such as supermarkets and convenience stores, for example, showcases in which products are placed on product shelves and housed inside a case body are often used. The product shelf is constructed by supporting a shelf board between a pair of left and right bracket members, for example.

In this type of showcase, for the purpose of making the products easier to see, or for the purpose of allowing the products placed at the back to slide forward when the products placed at the front of the product placement shelf are taken out, There is provided a shelf that can be arranged so that the front edge of the shelf is lowered (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2018-126484 A

By the way, in the above-described product placement shelf, intermediate ducts and partition plates are installed between the pair of left and right bracket members below the shelf plate for the purpose of dividing the storage room of the showcase into a plurality of temperature zones. something is known. Such intermediate ducts and partition plates are supported so as to be sandwiched between guide members provided inside the respective bracket members.

As described above, when the shelves are arranged at an angle so that the front edge is lowered, intermediate ducts and the like are also arranged according to the posture of the shelves in order to suppress the reduction in the effective volume for placing products. must be tilted. In other words, it is necessary to incline the guide member with respect to the bracket member so that the front end thereof is gradually lowered.

Therefore, it is necessary not only to incline the shelf board with respect to the bracket member, but also to incline the guide member with respect to the bracket member. It was a thing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a product placement shelf and a showcase that can simplify installation work and reduce the burden on workers.

In order to achieve the above object, the product placement shelf according to the present invention includes a pair of left and right bracket members, the rear end of which is supported by a vertically extending shelf support, and a pair of left and right bracket members disposed forward of the shelf support. , an auxiliary side wall member attached to each of the bracket members so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction; a shelf plate having a rear end edge vertically movable with respect to the auxiliary side wall members and arranged in a manner straddling between the auxiliary side wall members; and a horizontal position with respect to each of the auxiliary side wall members. and an inclined position, and when the shelf board is placed in the inclined position on the protrusion provided on the bracket member so as to protrude outward, the front edge of the shelf board is lowered. and an arm member that is tilted in a certain manner, and a product is placed on the upper surface of the shelf board, the front end portion of which is supported inside each of the bracket members via a guide support shaft. Accordingly, a guide member is provided whose rear end portion is arranged so as to be vertically movable with respect to the bracket member about the guide support shaft, and the guide member has the protruded portion in which the arm member is in the inclined posture. When it is placed on the shelf, it follows the shelf plate and is inclined gradually from the rear end toward the front end.

Further, according to the present invention, in the product placement shelf, the guide member assumes the inclined state when the shelf plate slides forward with respect to the bracket member.

Further, according to the present invention, in the product placement shelf, when the arm member is in the horizontal position, the shelf board is horizontally positioned, and the guide member is configured to horizontally position the shelf board. It is characterized in that when it is slid backward with respect to the bracket member, it assumes a horizontal state pressed by the shelf board.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a showcase including the product placement shelf described above.

According to the present invention, the front end is supported inside each of the bracket members through the guide support shaft, so that the rear end is vertically movable with respect to the bracket member about the guide support shaft. When the arm member is placed on the protrusion in an inclined posture, the guide member follows the shelf plate and assumes an inclined state that gradually lowers from the rear end toward the front end. Therefore, it is not necessary to individually adjust the attitude of the shelf board and the attitude of the guide member as in the conventional art, and the installation work can be simplified. Therefore, there is an effect that the installation work can be simplified and the burden on the worker can be reduced.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a showcase to which a product shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, that is, a showcase according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the showcase shown in FIG. 1 with the product shelf removed. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing one product placement shelf shown in FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing one product placement shelf shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the left bracket member shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an auxiliary side wall member attached to the bracket member shown in FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the shelf board shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the shelf shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the shelf board shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is attached to the auxiliary side wall member. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the left arm member shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a guide member attached to the bracket member shown in FIG. 5. FIG. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional side view of the article placing shelf in which the arm member is in a horizontal posture and the shelf plate is slid rearward. FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the product placement shelf shown in FIG. 12 as viewed from the front. FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional side view of the product placement shelf with the shelf plate slid forward. FIG. 15 is a side view of the commodity shelf in which the arm member is tilted and the shelf plate is slid backward. FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional side view of the product placement shelf in which the arm member is tilted and the shelf plate is slid backward. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of the product placement shelf shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 as viewed from the front.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of a product placement shelf and a showcase according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 each show a showcase to which a product shelf according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, that is, a showcase according to an embodiment of the present invention. The showcase 1 exemplified here stores products in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores, for example. A case body 1H of the showcase 1 is provided with a bottom surface portion 1A, a rear surface portion 1B and a top surface portion 1C. A commodity storage area 1D is constructed.

Although not shown in the figure, the rear surface portion 1B of the case body 1H has a ventilation duct behind the rear plate 2 forming the rear surface of the product storage area 1D. The ventilation duct is provided with an evaporator and a blower fan (not shown) inside, and by driving the blower fan, it is possible to supply the cooled air after passing through the evaporator to the commodity storage area 1D. . As is clear from the drawing, the rear plate 2 is disposed in a state of being inclined so as to gradually move upward toward the rear. On both left and right sides of the back plate 2, shelf supports 3 are provided that extend vertically in a state of being inclined so as to gradually rearward upward in the same manner as the back plate 2.例文帳に追加

In the product storage area 1D, product placement shelves 10 are provided in a plurality of stages (eight stages at equal intervals in the illustrated example) along the top and bottom. In addition, the product placement shelf 10 of each stage has the same structure. Therefore, one product shelf 10 will be described below.

3 and 4 are perspective views showing one product placement shelf 10 shown in FIG. 1, respectively. The product placement shelf 10 includes bracket members 20 , auxiliary side wall members 30 , shelf boards 40 , arm members 50 and guide members 60 .

The bracket member 20 is arranged so as to protrude forward from the shelf support 3 . In other words, the left and right bracket members 20 are a pair of right and left bracket members that are arranged facing forward in a manner separated from each other in the commodity storage area 1D. For the sake of convenience, the directions in which the two bracket members 20 approach each other will be referred to as the inner side, and the directions in which the two bracket members 20 are separated from each other will be referred to as the outer side.

The bracket member 20 is made of sheet metal or the like, and as shown in FIG. It is composed by

The bracket bottom wall portion 21 is a plate-like portion that extends substantially horizontally along the front-rear direction. The bracket outer wall portion 22 is a plate-like portion that extends upward from the outer end portion of the bracket bottom wall portion 21 . The bracket outer wall portion 22 extends rearward from the bracket bottom wall portion 21 and is an elongated portion whose longitudinal direction is the front-rear direction. The bracket outer wall portion 22 is formed such that the vertical dimension of the rear end portion is larger than the vertical dimension of the front end portion. is formed. These locking pieces 22a can be arbitrarily inserted into the locking holes 3a provided on the front surface of the shelf support 3. As shown in FIG. When the locking piece 22a is inserted into the locking hole 3a, the rear end portion of the bracket outer wall portion 22 comes into contact with the front surface of the shelf support 3, so that the bracket member 20 can be moved to any height of the shelf support 3. can be supported in a substantially horizontal cantilever state.

The bracket top wall portion 23 is a substantially horizontally extending plate-like portion that extends inward from the upper edge portion of the bracket outer wall portion 22 and whose lower surface faces the upper surface of the bracket bottom wall portion 21 . The bracket inner wall portion 24 is a plate-like portion that extends upward from the inner end portion of the bracket bottom wall portion 21 . The bracket inner wall portion 24 has a vertical dimension smaller than that of the bracket outer wall portion 22 , and the outer surface of the bracket inner wall portion 24 faces the inner surface of the bracket outer wall portion 22 .

A protrusion 25 is provided on such a bracket member 20 . The projecting portion 25 is provided in a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction of the outer surface of the bracket outer wall portion 22 so as to protrude outward. An outer component 71 of the slider 70 is attached to the inner surface of the bracket outer wall portion 22, as shown in FIG. The slider 70 is conventionally known, and allows an inner component 72 that constitutes the slider 70 to slide in the front-rear direction with respect to an outer component 71 . Such a slider 70 is omitted from illustration as appropriate.

The auxiliary side wall member 30 is made of sheet metal or the like, and is constructed by molding an auxiliary inner wall portion 31, an auxiliary upper wall portion 32, and an auxiliary outer wall portion 33 integrally.

The auxiliary inner wall portion 31 is an elongated plate-like portion whose longitudinal direction is the front-rear direction. An inner component 72 of the slider 70 is attached to the outer surface of the auxiliary inner wall portion 31 . Thereby, the auxiliary side wall member 30 can slide along the front-rear direction with respect to the bracket member 20 .

The auxiliary upper wall portion 32 is a plate-like portion that extends substantially horizontally outward from the upper end portion on the front end side of the auxiliary inner wall portion 31 . The auxiliary outer wall portion 33 is a flat portion extending downward from the outer end of the auxiliary upper wall portion 32 . The auxiliary outer wall portion 33 is arranged outside the bracket outer wall portion 22 and has an inner surface facing the outer surface of the bracket outer wall portion 22 . The auxiliary outer wall portion 33 is formed with a shelf support shaft hole 33a.

7 and 8 are perspective views of the shelf 40 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively. The shelf board 40 includes a mounting board 41 , a mounting member 42 and a locking member 43 . The placement plate 41 has a rectangular shape, and the upper surface constitutes a placement surface for placing products. Various reinforcing members are attached to the mounting surface.

A plurality of mounting members 42 (two in the illustrated example) are provided. Each of these mounting members 42 is made of sheet metal or the like, and is constructed by integrally forming a mounting base portion 421, a first mounting piece portion 422, and a second mounting piece portion 423. As shown in FIG.

The mounting base 421 is a flat plate-like portion that extends substantially horizontally along the front-rear direction. Such attachment bases 421 are attached to both left and right ends of the lower surface of the mounting plate 41 . The first mounting piece portion 422 is a plate-like portion extending downward from the outer end portion of the front end portion of the mounting base portion 421 . A shelf support through hole 422a is formed in the first mounting piece portion 422 . The second mounting piece portion 423 is a plate-like portion extending downward from the outer end portion of the central portion of the mounting base portion 421 in the front-rear direction. The second mounting piece portion 423 is formed with an arm support shaft hole 423a and an arm guide hole 423b.

A plurality of locking members 43 (two in the illustrated example) are provided. Each of these locking members 43 is made of sheet metal or the like, and is constructed by integrally forming a locking base 431 and a locking action part 432 .

The locking base 431 is a plate-like portion that extends substantially horizontally along the front-rear direction. Such locking bases 431 are attached to both left and right ends of the lower surface of the mounting plate 41 inside the mounting bases 421 . The locking action portion 432 is a portion extending downward from the outer end portion of the locking base portion 431 . A lower end portion 432a of the locking action portion 432 is bent inward. More specifically, the lower end portion 432a of the locking action portion 432 is bent inward in such a manner as to gradually incline downward toward the rear.

As shown in FIG. 9, such a shelf plate 40 has a shelf support shaft 45 that penetrates the shelf support through hole 422a from the outside and penetrates the shelf support shaft hole 33a of the auxiliary outer wall portion 33 (auxiliary side wall member 30). As a result, the rear edge portion is arranged so as to be able to swing up and down with respect to the auxiliary side wall member 30 with the shelf support shaft 45 as the center.

By attaching the shelf board 40 to the auxiliary side wall member 30 provided on the bracket member 20 via the slider 70 in this manner, the shelf board 40 is arranged in a manner straddling between the auxiliary side wall members 30 and is slidable in the front-rear direction. be.

The arm member 50 is made of sheet metal or the like, and as shown in FIG. be. The arm base portion 51 is an elongated portion whose longitudinal direction is the front-rear direction. The arm base 51 has an arm support through hole (not shown) formed at the upper end of the central portion in the front-rear direction, and an elongated arm guide through hole 51a is formed in front of the arm support through hole. be.

The arm member 50 is mounted so that an arm support shaft 54 passing through the arm support through hole from the outside passes through the arm support shaft hole 423a of the second attachment piece portion 423 (attachment member 42), and the arm guide through hole 51a is attached to the arm guide through hole 51a. The arm guide shaft 55 penetrating from the second mounting piece portion 423 is mounted through the arm guide hole 423b of the second mounting piece portion 423, so that the arm support shaft 54 is positioned horizontally and gradually inclined downward toward the front. It is possible to swing between the tilted posture to

The arm member 50 is arranged horizontally in the normal state. Furthermore, since the arm member 50 is attached to the attachment member 42, it can slide in the front-rear direction like the shelf plate 40 described above.

The first arm contact portion 52 is a portion that extends inward from the front upper end portion of the arm base portion 51 . As shown in FIG. 10 , the first arm contact portion 52 extends substantially horizontally when the arm member 50 is in the horizontal posture, and is attached to the lower surface of the mounting plate 41 constituting the shelf plate 40 . abutting.

The second arm contact portion 53 is a portion that extends inward from the upper end portion of the arm base portion 51 on the rear side of the arm support through-hole. When the arm member 50 is in the horizontal posture, the second arm contact portion 53 is gradually inclined downward toward the rear and separated from the lower surface of the mounting plate 41 .

The guide member 60 is made of sheet metal or the like, and as shown in FIG. 11, is constructed by integrally forming a guide base portion 61 and a guide locking portion 62 . The guide base 61 is an elongated plate-like portion whose longitudinal direction is the front-rear direction. The guide locking portion 62 is a portion extending outward from the upper end portion of the guide base portion 61 .

Such a guide member 60 includes a mounting plate 80 in which a guide support shaft 63 passing through a guide support through hole (not shown) formed in the front end portion of the guide base 61 is attached to the inner surface of the bracket inner wall portion 24 . , so that the rear end portion can swing vertically with respect to the bracket member 20 about the guide support shaft 63 .

A holding portion 64 is provided on the inner surface of the guide base portion 61 . The holding portion 64 is an elongated portion whose longitudinal direction is the front-rear direction, and the upper end portion and the lower end portion thereof are bent inward. Such a holding portion 64 is for holding an intermediate duct or the like inserted from the front between the holding portions 64 facing each other.

In a normal state, the rear end portion of the guide member 60 swings upward due to its own weight, and is in an inclined state that gradually lowers from the rear end portion toward the front end portion (see FIG. 14, etc.).

In the product placement shelf 10 configured as described above, when the arm member 50 is in a horizontal position and the shelf board 40 slides backward, the guide member 60 is moved to the shelf board 40 as shown in FIG. When pressed, the rear end swings downward into a horizontal state.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 13 , the lower end portion 432 a of the locking action portion 432 (locking member 43 ) is below the guide locking portion 62 and separated from the guide locking portion 62 . A lower end portion 51 b of the arm base portion 51 (arm member 50 ) is separated from the protrusion 25 below the protrusion 25 . Furthermore, although not shown in the figure, the intermediate ducts inserted between the holding portions 64 are also in a horizontal position like the shelf board 40 .

When the shelf board 40 is slid forward from the state shown in FIG. 12, the guide member 60 is inclined by its own weight, as shown in FIG. Then, when the arm member 50 is swung from the horizontal posture to the inclined posture, and the shelf plate 40 is slid rearward while maintaining the inclined posture, the lower end portion 51b of the arm base portion 51 moves toward the protrusion 25 as shown in FIG. is placed in contact with the As a result, the second arm contact portion 53 of the arm member 50 presses the shelf board 40 from below, and the shelf board 40 is tilted in such a manner that the front edge of the shelf board 40 is lowered. When the shelf board 40 is slid rearward and the arm member 50 is placed on the projecting portion 25 in an inclined posture, as shown in FIGS. It is locked to the lower end portion 432a of the locking action portion 432 to maintain the inclined state. By maintaining the inclined state of the guide members 60 in this manner, the intermediate ducts inserted between the holding portions 64 are also inclined with their front edges lowered in the same manner as the shelf plates 40 .

As described above, in the product placement shelf 10 of the present embodiment, when the shelf board 40 slides backward and the arm member 50 in the inclined posture is placed on the projecting portion 25, the guide member 60 However, since it follows the shelf board 40 and becomes inclined, there is no need to individually adjust the attitude of the shelf board and the attitude of the guide member as in the conventional art, and the installation work can be simplified. Therefore, according to the product placement shelf 10 and the showcase 1 having the same, the installation work can be simplified, and the burden on the operator can be reduced.

According to the product placement shelf 10 and the showcase 1, when the shelf board 40 slides forward, the guide member 60 is inclined. When sliding, the locked state between the lower end portion 432a of the locking action portion 432 and the guide locking portion 62 is released, but the inclined state of the guide member 60 can be maintained. As a result, there is no risk that the guide member 60 will be placed in a horizontal position by itself due to the release of the locked state with the shelf plate 40, and the product will come into contact with and damage the product placed on the product placement shelf 10 immediately below. never let In addition, it is possible to prevent the generation of impact noise or the like due to the guide member 60 being placed in a horizontal state without permission.

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 guide member 60 is in a tilted state due to its own weight in the normal state. It may be biased to be in an inclined state.

In the embodiment described above, the guide member 60 holds the intermediate duct, but in the present invention, it may hold a partition plate.

Reference Signs List 1 showcase 2 back plate 3 shelf support 3a locking hole 10 product shelf 20 bracket member 25 protrusion 30 auxiliary side wall member 40 shelf plate 45 shelf support shaft 50 arm member 54 arm support shaft 60 guide member 61 guide base 62 guide Locking portion 63 Guide support shaft 70 Slider

Claims (4)

a pair of left and right bracket members whose rear ends are supported by vertically extending shelf supports, and which are disposed toward the front of the shelf support;
an auxiliary side wall member attached to each of the bracket members so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction;
The front end portion is supported by the auxiliary side wall member via the shelf support shaft, so that the rear end edge portion is arranged so as to be vertically movable with respect to the auxiliary side wall member around the shelf support shaft. a shelf plate arranged in a manner straddling between the side wall members;
When each of the auxiliary side wall members is provided so as to be able to swing between a horizontal posture and an inclined posture, and is placed in the inclined posture on a protrusion provided on the bracket member in a manner of protruding outward. and an arm member that tilts the shelf board in such a manner that the front edge of the shelf board is lowered, wherein a product is placed on the upper surface of the shelf board,
A guide whose front end is supported inside each of said bracket members via a guide support shaft so that its rear end can move up and down with respect to said bracket member around said guide support shaft. Equipped with components,
When the arm member is placed on the protrusion in the inclined position, the guide member follows the shelf board and assumes an inclined state that gradually lowers from the rear end toward the front end. Characteristic product placement shelf. 2. The product placement shelf according to claim 1, wherein the guide member assumes the inclined state when the shelf plate slides forward with respect to the bracket member. When the arm member is in the horizontal posture, the shelf board is horizontal,
3. The product placement shelf according to claim 2, wherein the guide member is in a horizontal state pressed by the shelf plate when the horizontal shelf plate slides backward with respect to the bracket member. . A showcase comprising the product placement shelf according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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