JPH01169288A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make sure a spacing between commodities for sale as they are neatly arranged by disposing commodities separating members, which regularly arrange recesses that individually support the underside of the commodities around a cold air delivery tower, on the top of a tray. CONSTITUTION:The air draft chamber 13 of a showcase 10 has a cold air supplying part 16 that guides cold air to a commodities arrangement area 12 and a cold air returning area 17 that guides the return cold air out to an air pipe 30, said areas being separated from each other. A cold air delivery tower 41 protrudes from about the center of the base 11 into the cold air supplying part 16, and the top of a turn table 44 having a through-hole to allow the cold air delivery tower to pass through forms the top of the cold air returning area 17. A container is placed on the turn table 44 which is positioned on the bottom of the commodities arrangement area 12. Selling commodities separating members 54 form a through-hole around their center having a diameter greater than afore-said through hole, and are regularly arranged around the center while they form multiple recesses 56 which support the underside of selling commodities by individually inserting them into the recesses. Therefore, commodities can be neatly arranged around the cold air delivery tower as the spacing between commodities can be surely formed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] Industrial Field of Use The present invention relates to a showcase in which cold air blown into a product storage section for storing and cooling products efficiently comes into contact with the products.

Conventional technology Showcases equipped with cooling mechanisms are generally divided into two types: direct cooling type and cold air forced circulation type. If products are stored all at once in the product storage section of these showcases, there will be no gaps between the products and the products will block natural convection or forced convection of cold air, reducing cooling efficiency. They are arranged in an orderly manner while maintaining slight spacing. However, arranging the products in an orderly manner is a very troublesome and troublesome task, and it takes time to replenish and fill the products. Therefore, as a showcase equipped with some sort of arrangement member such as partitions to organize the products,
Publication No. 8290 and Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 62-120855 are cited.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the former publication cited in the prior art section, sections are formed to position each product in a tiered oven showcase. This example uses a direct cooling method, and is not one that takes natural convection of cold air into account and forms a tiered structure.It is not designed to allow cold air to pass between products, but instead is a forced convection type of cold air. is not applicable.

On the other hand, in the latter case, a shelf on which products are placed is formed with a zero-shaped can guiding groove, and the bent part is located on the back side opposite to the opening for putting in and taking out the product. The canned beverage (hereinafter referred to as a beverage can) that is poured from the
1, the direction is changed at the bending part, and the groove is further moved toward the opening side along the groove. According to this can guiding groove, the beverage cans are arranged in an orderly manner along the groove, but gaps are not reliably formed between the arranged beverage cans.
There was a problem in that only the beverage cans located in the opening could be taken out, resulting in uneven heating of the beverage cans within the refrigerator.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides a showcase having a product storage section in which products for sale are arranged in an orderly manner while ensuring gaps are formed between the products for sale.

[Structure of the invention]

Means for Solving the Problems The showcase of the present invention is provided with a product storage section in its second part, which is held openable and closable, is surrounded by a hemispherical see-through member, and has a display tray at the bottom. A ventilation chamber is formed for supplying cold air to a hollow cold air blowout f6 extending from approximately the center of the bottom of the product storage section and having a large number of cold air blowing holes on the circumferential surface, and collecting return cold air from around the bottom of the product storage section. A product partition member is provided on the upper surface of the display plate, with a base provided at the bottom thereof, and recesses for individually receiving the lower portions of the products for sale arranged regularly around the cold air Suita Tower.

By fitting the lower part of the product to be sold into the recess of the product partition member placed on the top surface of the display plate, the product to be sold can be placed on the display plate while ensuring that there is a gap between adjacent products. It can be fixed at 14. This gap serves as a passageway for the cold air blown out from the Suita Tower.

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

(G) is a display case that is placed in stores such as pharmacies and discount shops to display and sell products. It has doors for loading and unloading products, and these form a product display room, as well as legs (T) that form an unused space (S) under this product display room.
has been established. In this example, four pillars are shown as the leg members (T), but the present invention is not limited to this.
The unused space may be shielded by a plate material that acts as a blind plate over the front and both sides.

(1) is a closed display box (12) with a product storage area (12).
1O), a mechanical box (20) that houses mechanical parts such as a compressor (21), a condenser (22), and an evaporator (25), and is formed separately from the display box (10); A blower pipe (3) connects the box (10) and the machine box (20) to allow air circulation.
0), and can be used for freezing, refrigeration, ice temperature, etc. depending on the type of product stored and the temperature range to be controlled. As an example, a refrigerated showcase (hereinafter referred to as "showcase") will be taken up and explained. However, the present invention is not limited to separate type showcases, but is directed to showcases that are normally displayed in multiple stages.

The machine box (20) includes a compressor (21), a condenser (22), and a condenser blower (2) that constitute part of the refrigeration cycle.
3), etc., and a first machine room (24) that houses an evaporator (=cooler) (25), an evaporator blower (26), etc., and a first machine room (24) that houses the evaporator (=cooler) (25), evaporator blower (26), etc. The cold air outlet (27) that sends out the air cooled by (25) (this is called cold air) and the storage section (12) which will be described later are sucked in air that has been cooled (this is called return cold air). The return cold air inlet (28) is installed in parallel with the wall, and the drain pan (29A) is installed below.
), and a second machine room (29) that is adiabatically defined from the first machine room (24) is formed. The machine box (20) has an external structure, especially a display case (G
) to make it difficult to confirm from the customer exhibition side, the leg material (T)
It is arranged in the unused space (S) formed by.

The exhibition box (10) is approximately spherical in shape, and includes a base (11) whose upper surface is a standard circular shape, and a base (11) which forms the lower half and which also serves as a cooling chamber, as well as a base plate (described later) on the bottom. The product storage section (12) is equipped with a turntable (44) for
), and in this example, the display case (G)
It is placed on top of the

The base (11) has a ventilation chamber (13) on the upper level and a lighting chamber (14) on the lower level, and the compartments (13) and (14) are covered with a heat insulating material (15A) and a light-transmitting material with heat insulating properties. It is divided by a transparent glass (15B), for example. The ventilation chamber (13) has a cold air supply section (16) as a high-pressure space that introduces the cold air carried through the blast pipe (30) and guides this cold air to the product storage section (12), and a cold air supply section (16) that serves as a high-pressure space that introduces the cold air carried through the blast pipe (30) and guides the cold air to the product storage section (12). A cold air return section (1
7) are formed into separate sections.

This ventilation chamber (13) - for example, a cold air supply section (16)
A cold air Suita tower (41) that protrudes upward from approximately the center of the base (11) and has a plurality of cold air blowing holes (40) formed on the side surface is provided, and a supply pipe 31 of the blow pipe (30) to be described later is provided.
), the cold air return section (17) also serves as a product placement plate, and the cold air Suita tower (41)
It has a through hole (43) through which it penetrates, and is rotatably supported on a partition plate (45), which will be described later, with an appropriate number of ribs (60) erected thereon, and is made of a translucent material, such as resin, as an exhibition plate. The upper surface is formed by the turntable (44), and the outer peripheral edge of the turntable (44) and the ventilation chamber (13)
The return cold air is sucked in through the gap (H) between the partition plate (45) forming the bottom of the return cold air intake section (this is referred to as the return cold air suction section), and the return cold air is transferred to the return air inlet parallel to the cold air inlet (42). Return of the blast pipe (30) (described later) from the cold air outlet (62) *(32)
I will guide you to. Note that the members constituting the cold air supply section (16) and the cold air return section (17>) are made of a translucent material, such as a milky white resin that is difficult to see through.

The illumination chamber (14) is equipped with an illumination lamp, such as a fluorescent lamp (46), which is part of an annular illumination device with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the circle of the transparent glass (15). It is arranged approximately at the center of the main body (IIA) made of a translucent resin. In addition, as the transparent glass (15), a plurality of pieces of glass (three pieces in this example) are arranged in parallel with an interval between each other.
A multi-WI (in this example, three layers) transparent glass is used to provide heat insulation through an air layer and to provide light transmission.

On the other hand, the product storage section (12) is surrounded by a hood (50) as a see-through member that has a substantially hemispherical shape and is made of a see-through material such as transparent resin, and this hood (50) is surrounded by a hinge part (51). ) is rotatably attached to the base (11). Also, the product storage section (12) is opened and closed by rotating the hood (50). Furthermore, the entire lower end of the hood (50) A sealing member with elasticity (
52).

Containers (53) filled with sales products such as juices and other beverages (these are referred to as beverage containers) (53) are placed on the turntable (44) located at the bottom of the product storage section (12). In order to ensure that a gap is formed between the beverage containers (53) when the beverage containers (53) are placed thereon, a product partition member (54) is installed on the top surface of the turntable (44).
to be placed. This product partitioning member (54) may be formed separately from the turntable (44), but in this example, a case will be described in which it is formed integrally with the turntable (44). The product partition member (54) has a through hole (4) at its center.
3) Larger diameter through-hole (one-sided in this example) (
55), and a plurality of recesses (56) which are regularly arranged around the through-hole (55) and have a rectangular cross section and into which the lower part of the product is individually fitted and received. Note that the size and shape of this recess (56) may be arbitrarily selected, and when it is desired to display only a specific product, the recess (56) may be formed in the same shape and size as the bottom shape of the specific product. do it. Therefore, the recess (56)
By forming the recesses (56), there is a partition wall for partitioning between the recesses (56), and this partition wall ensures that there is a gap (about 1 to 3 mm is sufficient) between the recesses (56). Therefore, when displaying products for sale (53) on the turntable (44), gaps are always formed between the products, and this gap is filled with the cold air blown out from the Suita Tower (41). The cold air flow path is not obstructed by the aisles and the products on display, and the product storage section (12) and ultimately the products for sale (53) can be reliably cooled. Also, the recess (5
6) also acts as a positioning member when placing the products for sale (53), making it easy to replenish the products and to arrange the products in a regular manner.

Note that products can also be placed on a portion of the turntable (44) that does not have a recess. A convex portion (5) is formed all around the periphery of the turntable (44).
7) is supported by the ribs (60) of the partition plate (45). Since the convex portion (57) is formed all around the peripheral edge, the turntable (44) can rotate freely due to the rib (60).
) is placed on top and convex! (57) defines the effective placement area on the turn table (44). Also,
The concave portion (56) and the convex portion (57) improve the structural strength against the load applied to the turntable (44), and the turntable (44) is improved by placing sales items (53) on the turntable (44).
) can be prevented from being damaged.

The air pipe (30) has one end connected to the cold air outlet (27).
a supply tube (31) whose other end is connected to the cold air inlet (42) of the cold air supply section (16), and through which the cold air flows adiabatically;
It consists of a return ring M (32) which connects one end side to the return cold air intake port <28> and the other end side to the return cold air outlet ``1'' of the cold air return section (17), and circulates the return cold air, Preferably both cylinders (
31) and (32) are configured to be flexible and expandable.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the recesses D1 for individually receiving the lower parts of the sales products are formed regularly around the cold air Suita tower extending from the approximate center of the bottom of the product storage section (the display tray located therein). By arranging the product partitioning member on the top surface of the display plate, the products for sale can be arranged regularly and orderly around the cold air Suita Tower, and gaps can be reliably formed between the products for sale. Since this gap is applied to the passage of cold air blown out from the cold air Suita Tower, the cold air blown out from the sold products is directed through this gap and flows smoothly to the return cold air intake, and it is also connected to the sold products. This increases the amount of contact and the area of contact, making it possible to improve the cooling efficiency of sold products.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Each figure shows an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Figure 2 with the product partition member installed on the display tray, and Figure 2 shows the showcase installed in the display case. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the display plate in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a state in which sales items are placed on the display plate. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the display box with no product partitioning member disposed on the display tray.
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the machine box. (1)...Showcase, (10)...Display box,
(11)...Base, (12)...Product storage section,
(13)...Ventilation room, (16)...Cold air supply section,
(17)...Cold air return part, (20)...Machine box, (30)...Blow pipe, (40)...Cold air outlet, (41)...Cold air outlet, ( 44)...turntable, (50)...hood, (53)...
...Sale products, (54)...Product partition members, (5
5) ... penetration hole, (56) ... recess, (57
)...Protrusion, (60)...Rib.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage section that is held openable and closable and surrounded by a hemispherical see-through member and has a display tray at the bottom is disposed above the product storage section, and a product storage section that extends from approximately the center of the bottom of the product storage section and is surrounded by a see-through member that has a hemispherical shape. A base with a ventilation chamber that supplies cold air to a hollow cold air blowing tower with a large number of cold air blowing holes and collects returning cold air from around the bottom of the product storage section is installed at the bottom of the base, and the bottom of the products for sale is The showcase is characterized in that a product partitioning member is disposed on the upper surface of the display tray, and the product partition member has recesses arranged regularly around the cold air blowing tower to individually receive the cold air.