JP7343298B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

The present invention has a plurality of product display shelves along the vertical direction in a product display room, and has a slide deck at the bottom of the product display room, and sells products by displaying them on these product display shelves and slide decks. Regarding the showcase.

Conventionally, in stores such as supermarkets and convenience stores, multiple tiers of product display shelves are arranged vertically in the product display room, and a slide deck is installed at the bottom of the product display room below the product display shelves. Arranged showcases are used.

Regarding the structure of the product display shelf in such a showcase, one is known that is capable of sliding in the front-rear direction and is switchable between a horizontal orientation and an orientation tilted upward toward the rear. By making the product display shelf slidable in the front-rear direction and sliding the product display shelf forward, the work of displaying products on the product display shelf is facilitated. In addition, the product display shelf can be switched between a horizontal orientation and an upwardly sloping direction, and by slanting upwardly toward the rear, the products displayed on the product display shelf can be easily viewed from the front. Furthermore, when the product on the front side is taken out, the product on the back side automatically slides down to the front side, so that it is possible to improve the ease of taking out the product from the product display shelf. An operating lever is provided to easily switch the product display shelf between a horizontal orientation and an upwardly tilted orientation, and the operating lever is placed at the bottom of each product display shelf as shown below. The one described in Patent Document 1 is known.

Regarding the slide deck, in order to make it easier to see the products displayed on the slide deck from the front and to improve the ease of taking out products from the slide deck, the slide deck is oriented horizontally in the same way as product display shelves. It is desirable to be able to switch between an upwardly rearward and an inclined direction.

JP2018-126484A

However, as described in Patent Document 1, there is no space on the underside of the slide deck to install an operating lever for switching the slide deck between horizontal orientation and rearwardly inclined orientation, and even if it is forcibly installed, The operability of the operating lever deteriorates. Moreover, it is difficult to visually confirm whether the operating position of the operating lever is a position in which the slide deck is oriented horizontally or a position in which the slide deck is oriented upwardly toward the rear.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and its purpose is to easily switch the slide deck placed at the bottom of a product display room between a horizontal orientation and an upwardly tilted orientation. An object of the present invention is to provide a showcase equipped with an angle control lever.

The showcase according to the present invention includes a showcase body having a product display chamber therein and an opening on the front surface, and a showcase body arranged at the bottom of the product display chamber, with a rear end side attached to the showcase body and a front end side. A pair of left and right brackets extending to the front side and facing each other in the horizontal direction, a slide deck support frame attached to the brackets so as to be slidable in the front and back directions, and a slide deck support frame that is supported by the slide deck support frame and whose rear end side can be rotated in the vertical direction. a movable slide deck; a first switching position in which the slide deck is advanced horizontally when the slide deck support frame is slid rearward; and a first switching position in which the slide deck is advanced in an upwardly inclined direction toward the rear. a switching mechanism capable of switching between two switching positions; and a switching mechanism that is slidable in the front and back direction on the upper surface portion or side surface portion of the front side of the slide deck support frame , and the switching mechanism can be switched between the first switching position and the second switching position. and an angle operation lever for switching between the positions and the angle operation lever ,
The switching mechanism is
It is attached to the slide deck support frame and can be rotated between a horizontal position where the rear end side extends horizontally and an inclined position where the rear end side rotates upward by switching the angle operation lever. an angle variable plate that contacts the lower surface of the slide deck when the slide deck is rotated to a horizontal position and separates from the lower surface of the slide deck when the slide deck is rotated to a horizontal position; a slide plate that slides the variable angle plate further upwardly to the rear when the variable angle plate rotates to the tilted position rides on the variable angle plate when the variable angle plate is slid rearward;
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The variable angle plate is provided with a guide groove that is located on the front side of the support shaft that is the center of rotation of the variable angle plate, extends in the front-rear direction, and slopes downward toward the front side. The operating lever is provided with a guide pin that slidably engages with the guide groove, and as the angle operating lever is slid back and forth, the guide pin slides within the guide groove and the variable angle plate is moved. It is characterized in that it rotates up and down about the support shaft .

Further, in the above-mentioned showcase, a display section is provided near the angle operating lever on the slide deck support frame to display whether the switching position of the angle operating lever is the first switching position or the second switching position. It is desirable that a

In the showcase according to the present invention, the slide deck can be slid forward and backward together with the slide deck support frame, and products can be easily displayed on the slide deck that has been slid forward. Further, by switching the switching mechanism to the second switching position, when the slide deck support frame is slid rearward, the slide deck can be moved in a direction in which the slide deck is inclined rearward upward. By tilting the slide deck upward to the rear, the products displayed on the slide deck can be easily viewed from the front, and when the product on the front side is taken out, the product on the rear side can be slid toward the front side. This makes it possible to improve the ease with which products can be taken out from the slide deck. Moreover, since the angle control lever for switching the switching mechanism is provided on the top or side surface of the front side of the slide deck, the slide deck can be tilted horizontally or rearward by operating this angle control lever. This operation can be easily performed from the top or side of the slide deck.

In addition, in the switching mechanism, the angle variable plate is rotated to the inclined position by operating the angle operation lever and brought into contact with the lower surface of the slide deck, and when the slide deck support frame is slid rearward, the angle variable plate is rotated to the tilted position. By riding on the slide plate and sliding the slide deck support frame to the rear, the slide deck can be tilted further rearward. Even when products are displayed, the slide deck can be easily tilted rearward. can be done.

In addition, a display section is provided near the angle operation lever on the slide deck to display whether the switching position of the angle operation lever is the first switching position or the second switching position. It can be visually confirmed that when the slide deck support frame is slid rearward, it can be easily confirmed that the slide deck is tilted upward to the rear or is oriented horizontally.

It is a cross-sectional side view showing a showcase for cold and hot storage in a state where an intermediate partition is not used. It is a cross-sectional side view showing a showcase for cold and hot storage in a state where an intermediate partition is used. It is a perspective view showing an intermediate partition. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the slide deck is housed in a product display room in a horizontal orientation. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the slide deck is pulled out to the front side. It is a perspective view which shows the state where the angle variable plate was made to incline backward upward. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the slide deck is slid into the product display room and tilted upward toward the rear. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the angle operation lever is operated toward the front and the switching mechanism is switched to the first switching position (horizontal position). FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the angle operation lever is operated rearward and the switching mechanism is switched to the second switching position (tilted position).

An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. 1 and 2 are cross-sectional side views showing a showcase 1 for cold and hot storage, which is an example of a showcase installed in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store. FIG. 1 shows a state in which an intermediate partition 2, which will be described later, is not used, and FIG. 2 shows a state in which the intermediate partition 2 is used. This showcase 1 for cold and hot storage has a showcase main body 4 having a U-shaped cross section with an opening 3 formed in the front surface, and a product display chamber 5 is provided inside the showcase main body 4. Furthermore, a cold air passage 6 is formed in the rear side of the showcase body 4, through which cold air flows from below to above. A container 7 and a fan 8 for blowing cold air are provided.

An air outlet 9 is formed at the upper end of the front side of the cold air passage 6 to blow out cold air downward. Further, a suction port 10 is formed at the lower end of the front side of the cold air passage 6, into which the cold air blown out from the air outlet 9 is sucked. The cold air sucked into the cold air passage 6 from the suction port 10 is cooled by the cooler 7, and is blown out from the blowout port 9 again.

Inside the product display room 5, a plurality of left and right pairs of brackets 11 facing each other in the horizontal direction are provided along the vertical direction. The rear ends of these brackets 11 are attached to left and right columns (not shown) provided within the showcase body 4, and the front ends of the brackets 11 extend to the front side of the showcase body 4. A partition plate 12 is provided between the left and right columns to partition the product display room 5 and the cold air passage 6, and a portion of the partition plate 12 serves as a damper (not shown) to be described later.

A variable angle bracket 13 is attached to each of the brackets 11 other than the lowest bracket 11 located at the bottom of the product display room 5, which can be rotated horizontally and tilted backwards. A product display shelf 14 is supported by the variable angle bracket 13, which is slidable in the front-rear direction, and which is rotatable together with the variable angle bracket 13 in a horizontal direction and in an upwardly inclined direction.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the lowest bracket 11 located at the bottom of the product display room 5 includes a slide rail 15, a slide deck support frame 16, a slide deck 17, and a switching mechanism 18. An angle operation lever 19 is supported. The switching mechanism 18 is composed of a variable angle plate 20 and a slide plate 21.

The product display shelf 14 is a shelf equipped with a shelf board on which products to be sold are displayed, and this shelf board is provided with a heater (not shown) that is turned on and off as appropriate. There is.

The intermediate partition 2 is a rectangular plate-like member as shown in FIG. 3, and has a duct formed therein, and hooks 22 bent inwardly formed on both sides in the left and right width directions. The intermediate partition 2 is attached so that it can be inserted and removed from the front by hooking the hook 22 into a groove (not shown) formed in the variable angle bracket 13. As shown in FIG. 2, the intermediate partition 2 attached to the variable angle bracket 13 pushes up the damper provided on the partition plate 12 at its rear end and enters the cold air passage 6. The rear end of the intermediate partition 2 pushes up the damper and enters the cold air passage 6, so that the cold air flowing inside the cold air passage 6 is blocked at the insertion position of the intermediate partition 2, and the blocked cold air is transferred to the intermediate partition 2. The liquid flows through a duct inside 2 to the front side of the product display room 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the intermediate partition 2 is not used in the product display shelf 14, the intermediate partition 2 is housed below the slide deck 17.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a pair of right and left brackets 11 located at the bottom of the product display room 5 are connected to a slide deck support frame via slide rails 15 extending in the front and back direction. 16 is attached so as to be slidable in the front and rear directions. A slide deck 17 is supported by the slide deck support frame 16, and the slide deck 17 is supported by a support shaft (not shown) so that its rear end side can rotate in the vertical direction.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, at the bottom of the product display room 5, when the slide deck support frame 16 is slid rearward together with the slide deck 17, there is a hole that allows the slide deck 17 to move horizontally. A switching mechanism 18 is provided that is capable of switching between a first switching position and a second switching position in which the slide deck 17 is advanced in an upwardly inclined direction. This switching mechanism 18 has a variable angle plate 20 attached to the slide deck support frame 16 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction, and a slide plate 21 attached to the bracket 11 in a fixed position. An angle operation lever attachment part 23 is provided on the upper surface of the front side of the slide deck support frame 16, and the angle operation lever attachment part 23 is provided with the switching mechanism 18 between the first switching position and the second switching position. An angle operation lever 19 is provided for switching between the two directions. Note that the switching mechanism 18 and the angle operation lever 19 are provided on both sides of the slide deck 17 in the width direction, respectively.

The variable angle plate 20 is an elongated member that extends in the front-rear direction and is attached to the side surface of the slide deck support frame 16 by a support shaft 24. The variable angle plate 20 is rotatable about the support shaft 24 between a horizontal position where the rear end side extends horizontally and an inclined position where the rear end side is tilted upward. When the variable angle plate 20 is rotated to the inclined position, the upper edge of the variable angle plate 20 is in contact with the lower surface of the slide deck 17, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. On the other hand, when the variable angle plate 20 is rotated to the horizontal position, the upper edge of the variable angle plate 20 is separated from the lower surface of the slide deck 17, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

A guide groove 25 is formed in a portion of the variable angle plate 20 on the front side of the support shaft 24, which extends in the front-rear direction and slopes downward toward the front side.

The angle operation lever 19 is attached to an angle operation lever mounting portion 23 provided on the slide deck support frame 16, and extends upward so as to be slidable in the front and rear directions. This angle operation lever 19 is provided with a guide pin 26, and this guide pin 26 is slidably engaged with a guide groove 25 formed in the angle variable plate 20. By sliding the angle operation lever 19 in the front-rear direction, the guide pin 26 slides while being engaged with the guide groove 25, and as the guide pin 26 slides within the guide groove 25, the angle operation lever 19 is configured to rotate in the vertical direction about a support shaft 24.

The slide plate 21 is a triangular plate member that is fixedly attached to the bracket 11, and is arranged with an upper edge slanting upward toward the rear. When the variable angle plate 20 slides rearward together with the slide deck support frame 16, if the variable angle plate 20 is rotated to the inclined position, the variable angle plate 20 is rotated inward toward the lower surface of the variable angle plate 20. A bent slide portion (not shown) rides on the upper edge of the slide plate 21. On the other hand, when the variable angle plate 20 is rotated to the horizontal position, the sliding portion of the variable angle plate 20 passes below the lower edge of the slide plate 21.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the angle operation lever mounting portion 23 provided on the slide deck support frame 16 has a mark indicating whether the switching position of the switching mechanism 18 is the first switching position or the second switching position. Display sections 27a and 27b are provided for displaying information. These display portions 27a, 27b are round holes formed in the angle operation lever attachment portion 23, and a colored mark 28 provided on a portion that slides together with the angle operation lever 19 faces the display portions 27a, 27b. This makes it possible to visually confirm whether the switching position of the switching mechanism 18 is the first switching position or the second switching position. FIG. 8 shows a state in which the angle operation lever 19 has been operated toward the front, the colored mark 28 is facing the display section 27a on the front side, and the switching mechanism 18 has been switched to the first switching position (horizontal position). You can visually confirm that On the other hand, FIG. 9 shows a state in which the angle operation lever 19 is operated rearward, the colored mark 28 is facing the display section 27b on the rear side, and the switching mechanism 18 is in the second switching position (tilted position). You can visually confirm that it has been switched.

In such a configuration, FIG. 1 shows a case where the intermediate partition 2 is not used in this showcase 1 for cold and hot storage, and all the shelves of the product display shelves 14 and the slide deck 17 are filled with warmed products or , weakly chilled products such as boxed lunches, or chilled products are displayed. The unused intermediate partition 2 is housed below the slide deck 17.

FIG. 2 shows a case where the intermediate partition 2 is used in this showcase 1 for cold and hot storage. For example, heated products are displayed above the location where the intermediate partition 2 is attached, and the intermediate partition 2 Mildly chilled products or chilled products are displayed below the location where the product is installed. The intermediate partition 2 used is attached to a variable angle bracket 13, and the rear end of the attached intermediate partition 2 pushes up the damper provided on the partition plate 12 and enters the cold air passage 6. ing. When the rear end of the intermediate partition 2 enters the cold air passage 6, the cold air flowing inside the cold air passage 6 is blocked from flowing upward from the entry position, and the cold air that is blocked from flowing upward is As shown by the arrow in FIG. 2, the flow passes through the duct inside the intermediate partition 2 to the opening 3 side of the showcase body 4, and flows to the product display shelves 14 and slide deck 17 located below the intermediate partition 2. The products on display are cooled.

Here, the operation of switching the slide deck 17 between the horizontal orientation and the rearward upward tilting orientation will be explained based on FIGS. 4 to 7.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which the slide deck 17 is oriented horizontally and accommodated in the product display room 5. In this state, the angle operating lever 19 is slid to the near side position, and the guide pin 26 that slides together with the angle operating lever 19 is engaged with the near end of the guide groove 25. Further, the variable angle plate 20 is rotated to a horizontal position where the rear end side extends horizontally, and the upper edge of the variable angle plate 20 is separated from the lower surface of the slide deck 17. The slide deck 17 is oriented horizontally.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the slide deck support frame 16 and the slide deck 17 are slid in the direction of the arrow (toward the near side) along the slide rail 15 from the state shown in FIG. 4, and the slide deck 17 is pulled out from the product display room 5. It shows.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which the angle control lever 19 has been slid to the rear position from the state shown in FIG. By sliding the angle operation lever 19 rearward, the guide pin 26 slides rearward together with the angle operation lever 19, and the guide pin 26 is inserted into the rear end side of the guide groove 25 formed in the angle variable plate 20. Slide towards it. When the guide pin 26 slides toward the rear end of the guide groove 25, the portion of the variable angle plate 20 on the front side of the support shaft 24 is pushed down, and the variable angle plate 20 moves rearward with the support shaft 24 as a fulcrum. Rotate so that the end side moves upward as shown by the arrow. With this rotation of the variable angle plate 20, the slide deck 17 is pushed up so as to rotate rearward and upward, and the upper edge of the variable angle plate 20 comes into contact with the lower surface of the slide deck 17.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which the slide deck support frame 16 and the slide deck 17 have been slid in the direction of the arrow (to the rear) from the state shown in FIG. As the slide deck support frame 16 slides rearward, the slide portion of the variable angle plate 20 rides on the upper edge of the slide plate 21, and as the slide deck support frame 16 slides rearward, the tilt angle of the variable angle plate 20 changes. gradually increases, the inclination angle of the slide deck support frame 16 also gradually increases, and the inclination angle of the slide deck 17 also gradually increases.

The upper edge surface of the slide plate 21 is formed not in a straight line but in a wavy shape. Therefore, when the variable angle plate 20 slides rearward while contacting the upper edge surface of the slide plate 21, the variable angle plate 20 and the slide plate 21 come into point contact, and the frictional resistance is reduced, causing the variable angle plate to 20 slides smoothly.

Here, the angle operation lever 19 for switching the slide deck 17 between a horizontal orientation and an upwardly tilted orientation is provided on an angle operation lever mounting portion 23 provided on the upper surface of the front side of the slide deck support frame 16. . Therefore, the operation of turning the slide deck 17 horizontally or tilting upward rearward can be easily performed from the upper side of the slide deck 17.

Further, the angle operation lever mounting section 23 is provided with display sections 27a and 27b that display whether the switching position of the switching mechanism 18 due to the operation of the angle operation lever 19 is the first switching position or the second switching position. Therefore, the display sections 27a and 27b can be easily viewed. Therefore, when the slide deck 17 is slid rearward together with the slide deck support frame 16, it is easy to check whether the slide deck 17 is tilted upward to the rear or is oriented horizontally. can.

Regarding the switching mechanism 18 that switches the slide deck 17 horizontally or in an upwardly tilted direction by operating the angle operating lever 19, the angle variable plate 20 is a member that rotates in the vertical direction by operating the angle operating lever 19. and a slide plate 21 fixedly attached to the bracket 11. With this simple structure, the slide deck 17 can be switched horizontally or tilted upward rearward.

In this embodiment, an example is shown in which an angle operation lever attachment part 23 is provided on the upper surface of the front side of the slide deck support frame 16, and an angle operation lever 19 is provided on the angle operation lever attachment part 23. However, the angle control lever 19 may be installed on the front side surface of the slide deck support frame 16.

Further, in the present embodiment, the showcase 1 for cold and hot storage has been described as an example of the showcase, but the slide deck 17 of the present invention can also be applied to showcases other than the showcase 1 for cold and hot storage. It is.

1 Showcase 2 Intermediate partition 3 Opening 4 Showcase body 5 Product display room 6 Cold air passage 7 Cooler 8 Fan 9 Air outlet 10 Suction port 11 Bracket 12 Partition plate 13 Variable angle bracket 14 Product display shelf 15 Slide rail 16 Slide deck Support frame 17 Slide deck 18 Switching mechanism 19 Angle operation lever 20 Angle variable plate 21 Slide plate 22 Hook part 23 Angle operation lever mounting part 24 Support shaft 25 Guide groove 26 Guide pins 27a, 27b Display section 28 Colored mark

Claims (2)

A showcase body having a product display room inside and an opening on the front;
a pair of left and right brackets arranged at the bottom of the product display chamber, with rear ends attached to the showcase body and front ends extending toward the front, and facing each other in the horizontal direction;
a slide deck support frame attached to the bracket so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction;
a slide deck supported by the slide deck support frame and whose rear end side is vertically rotatable;
When the slide deck support frame is slid rearward, it can be switched between a first switching position in which the slide deck advances horizontally and a second switching position in which the slide deck advances rearward in an upwardly inclined direction. switching mechanism,
an angle operating lever that is slidably provided in the front-rear direction on the front upper surface or the front side surface of the slide deck support frame and that switches the switching mechanism between the first switching position and the second switching position;
has
The switching mechanism is
It is attached to the slide deck support frame and can be rotated between a horizontal position where the rear end side extends horizontally and an inclined position where the rear end side rotates upward by switching the angle operation lever. an angle variable plate that comes into contact with the lower surface of the slide deck when rotated to a horizontal position, and separates from the lower surface of the slide deck when rotated to a horizontal position;
A slide plate that is attached to the bracket and that slides the variable angle plate further upwardly to the rear when the variable angle plate rotates to an inclined position rides on the variable angle plate when the slide deck support frame is slid rearward. and,
has
The variable angle plate is provided with a guide groove that is located on the front side of the support shaft that is the center of rotation of the variable angle plate, extends in the front-rear direction, and slopes downward toward the front side,
The angle operation lever is provided with a guide pin that slidably engages with the guide groove,
The showcase is characterized in that as the angle operation lever is slid back and forth, the guide pin slides within the guide groove, and the angle variable plate rotates up and down about the support shaft. A display section is provided near the angle operation lever on the slide deck support frame to display whether the switching position of the angle operation lever is a first switching position or a second switching position. The showcase according to claim 1 .

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