JPH0519070B2 - - Google Patents

Description

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

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY Showcases equipped with cooling mechanisms are generally divided into two types: direct cooling type and cold air forced circulation type. If the product compartment of these cases is filled with products, there will be no gaps between the products and the natural convection or forced convection of cold air will be obstructed, reducing the cooling efficiency. I try to arrange them in an orderly manner while maintaining the 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 show case equipped with some sort of arrangement member such as compartments or partitions for organizing products, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 42-18290 and Utility Model Publication No. 62-
Publication No. 120855 etc. are listed.

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 stepped open show case. This example is a direct cooling method, and is not one in which the tiers are formed taking natural convection of cold air into consideration, nor is the configuration in which cold air flows between products, making it difficult to use a forced convection method. Not applicable.
On the other hand, in the case of the latter, U
It forms a can guide groove in the shape of a letter, and the bent part is located on the back side facing the opening for loading and unloading products, so that canned beverages (hereinafter referred to as beverage cans) inserted through the opening are guided into the groove. It moves along the groove to the back side, changes direction at the bending part, and moves further along the groove to the opening side. According to this can guide groove, beverage cans are arranged in an orderly manner along the groove, but gaps are not reliably formed between the beverage cans arranged.
There is a problem in that only the beverage cans located in the opening can be taken out, resulting in imbalanced heating of the beverage cans within the refrigerator.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides a show case 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 show case of the present invention includes a product storage section that is surrounded by a see-through member that is held openable and closable and has a display tray at the bottom, and a product storage section that extends from approximately the center of the bottom of the product storage section. A hollow cold air blowing tower having a large number of cold air blowing holes on the circumferential surface, and a ventilation chamber for supplying cold air to the cold air blowing tower and collecting returned cold air from around the product storage section, are formed in the lower part of the product storage section. and a product partitioning member formed in a recess for arranging the products regularly around the cold air blowing tower and individually receiving the lower part of the products, and disposed on the top surface of the display plate. It is something that

Function: The recess in the product partition member, which is placed on the top surface of the display plate and receives the lower part of the product, acts as a product placement section for placing the product on the display plate, and also provides a secure space between the products that are close to each other. It acts as a gap holder to form a gap and stand up the product. The gap formed by this recess acts as a cold air passageway from the cold air outlet to the collection part of the cold air, and also acts to increase the contact area of the product with the cold air.

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

G is a display case placed in a store such as a pharmacy or discount shop to display and sell products. It has doors for loading and unloading, and these form a product display room, and leg members T that form an unused space S under the product display room are provided. In this example, four pillars are displayed as leg materials T, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the unused space can be shielded by a board material that acts as a blinding board over the front and both sides. Good too.

1 is a closed display box 1 having a product storage section 12;
0, compressor 21, condenser 22, and evaporator 25
A machine box 20 that stores machine parts such as, and is formed separately from the display box 10, and the display box 10 and the machine box 20.
This is a separate type of case that is composed of a blower pipe 30 that communicates with the product so that air can flow through it, and can be used for freezing, refrigeration, ice temperature, etc. depending on the type of product to be stored and the temperature range to be controlled. However, in this embodiment, a refrigerated case (hereinafter referred to as a case) will be explained as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to a separate type case, but is directed to a case generally expressed generally.

The machine box 20 includes a compressor 21, a condenser 22, and a condenser blower 2 that constitute a part of the refrigeration cycle.
A first machine room 24 that accommodates 3, etc., an evaporator (=cooler) 25, an evaporator blower 26, etc.,
A cold air outlet 27 that sends out air cooled by the evaporator 25 (referred to as cold air) for air circulation to the blower pipe 30 and air after cooling the storage section 12 (referred to as return cold air) to be described later. ) are arranged in parallel on one wall, and a drainage pan 29A is disposed below, and a second machine room 29 is formed which is adiabatically defined from the first machine room 24. In order to make it difficult to check the machine box 20 from the outside, especially from the customer side of the display case G,
It is arranged in an unused space S formed by the leg material T.

The display box 10 has a substantially spherical shape, and a base 11 that forms the substantially lower half and is substantially circular in top view.
and a product storage section 12, which constitutes the upper half and also serves as a cooling chamber, and has a turntable 44, which will be described later, at the bottom thereof, and is placed on the top of the display case G in this example.

The base 11 has a ventilation chamber 13 at the upper level and a lighting chamber 14 at the lower level, and both chambers 13 and 14 are partitioned by a heat insulating material 15A and a light-transmitting member having heat insulating properties, such as transparent glass 15B. Ru. The ventilation chamber 13 has a cold air supply section 16 as a high-pressure space that introduces the cold air carried through the blow pipe 30 and guides the cold air to the product storage section 12, and a cold air supply section 16 that serves as a high-pressure space that collects the returned cold air and guides it to the blow pipe 30. Cold air return section 1 as a low pressure space
7 are formed into separate sections.

As an example of this ventilation chamber 13, the cold air supply section 16
A cold air blowing 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 tube 31 of the blower pipe 30 described later is provided.
The cold air return section 17 also serves as a product placement plate, has a through hole 43 that penetrates the cold air blowing tower 41, and has an appropriate number of ribs erected on a partition plate 45, which will be described later. A turntable 44 serving as an exhibition plate is rotatably supported on 60 and made of a translucent material such as resin, and the partition forms the upper surface of the turntable 44 and constitutes the outer periphery of the turntable 44 and the bottom of the ventilation chamber 13. The return cold air is sucked in through the gap H between the plate 45 (this is referred to as the return cold air suction section), and the return cold air is sent to the return tube 32 of the blast pipe 30, which will be described later, through the return cold air outlet 62 arranged in parallel with the cold air inlet 42. You will be guided. 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.

In addition, the illumination chamber 14 has an illumination lamp, for example, 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, mounted on a translucent resin constituting the outer shape of the base 11. It is disposed approximately at the center of the main body 11A formed by using the same method. The transparent glass 15 may be a multilayer (three layers in this example) in which a plurality of glasses (three in this example) are arranged in parallel at intervals.
Transparent glass is used to provide insulation through air layers and to provide light transmission.

On the other hand, the product storage section 12 has a substantially hemispherical shape and is surrounded by a hood 50 as a transparent part made of a material that can be seen through, such as a transparent resin. It is attached so that it can rotate. Further, the product storage section 12 is opened and closed by rotating the hood 50. Further, an elastic seal member 52 is disposed around the entire lower end of the hood 50 to maintain airtightness and absorb shock when the hood 50 is closed.

A container (this is referred to as a beverage container) is placed on a turntable 44 located at the bottom of the product storage section 12 and is filled with a beverage such as a drink for sale.
A product partitioning member 54 is disposed on the top surface of the turntable 44 in order to reliably form a gap between the beverage containers 53 when a large number of beverage containers 53 are placed. This product partition member 54
may be formed separately from the turntable 44, but in this example, a case where it is formed integrally with the turntable 44 will be described. The product partitioning member 54 has a through-hole 55 (in this example, rectangular in shape) having a larger diameter than the through-hole 43 formed in its center, and is regularly arranged around the through-hole 55 and has a rectangular cross-section to separate the products. A plurality of recesses 56 are formed into which the lower portions are individually fitted and received. The size and shape of this recess 56 may be arbitrarily selected. When it is desired to display only a specific product, the recess 56 should be shaped in the same shape and size as the bottom shape of the specific product.
6 should be molded. Therefore, by forming the recesses 56, there is a partition wall between the recesses 56 for partitioning, and this partition wall ensures that there is a gap (approximately 1 to 3 mm) between the recesses 56. Therefore, when displaying products 53 for sale on the turntable 44, gaps are always formed between the products, and this gap can be used as a passage for the cold air blown out from the cold air blowing tower 41. The cold air passage is no longer obstructed by the products being displayed, ensuring that the product storage area 1
2, and thus the product 53 for sale can be cooled. Further, since the recess 56 also acts as a positioning member when placing the sales products 53, it is easy to replenish the products, and the products can be regularly arranged.

Note that products can also be placed on a portion of the turntable 44 that does not have a recess. The lower surface of the convex portion 57 formed around the entire circumference of the turntable 44 is supported by the rib 60 of the partition plate 45. Since the convex portion 57 is formed over the entire circumference of the periphery, the turntable 44 is rotatably placed on the rib 60, and the convex portion 57 defines an effective placement area of the turntable 44. Moreover, the structural strength against the load applied to the turntable 44 is improved by the recesses 56 and the protrusions 57, and it is possible to prevent the turntable 44 from being damaged due to the placement of the sales item 53.

On the other hand, the blow pipe 30 has one end connected to the cold air outlet 27.
and a supply cylinder 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 cylinder 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 of the cold air return section 17 and allows the return cold air to flow therethrough, and preferably both cylinders 31 and 32 are respectively flexible and expandable. Let it be configured as you like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the lower part of each product for sale is placed in a regular manner around the cold air blowing tower extending from the approximate center of the bottom of the product storage section (the display tray located therein). By disposing the product partitioning member to be arranged on the top surface of the display plate, the products for sale can be arranged regularly and orderly around the cold air blowing tower, and gaps can be surely formed between the products for sale. Since this gap is applied to the passage of cold air blown out from the cold air blowing tower, the cold air blown out from the sold parts is directed through this gap and flows smoothly to the return cold air suction part, and it also comes into contact with the sold parts. By increasing the amount and contact area, it is 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 case installed in the display case. Exterior perspective view, 3rd
The figure is a plan view of the display plate in Figure 1, Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in Figure 3, Figure 5 is a side view of the display plate with sales items placed on it, and Figure 6 is a side view of the display plate with sales items placed on it. An exploded perspective view of the display box without product partitioning members arranged on the display plate;
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the machine box. 1...Show case, 10...Display box, 11...
... Base, 12 ... Product storage section, 13 ... Ventilation room,
16...Cold air supply section, 17...Cold air return section, 20
...Machine box, 30...Blow pipe, 40...Cold air outlet, 41...Cold air blowing tower, 44...Turntable, 50...Hood, 53...Product for sale, 54...
... Product partition member, 55 ... Through hole, 56 ... Recess, 57 ... Convex portion, 60 ... Rib.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A product storage section surrounded by a see-through member that is held openable and closable and has a display tray at the bottom, and a hollow product storage section that extends from approximately the center of the bottom of the product storage section and has a large number of cold air blowing holes on its circumferential surface. a cold air blowing tower; a base that forms a ventilation chamber for supplying cold air to the cold air blowing tower and collecting returned cold air from around the product storage section; and a base disposed below the product storage section; What is claimed is: 1. A show case characterized in that products are regularly arranged around the display plate, and a product partition member is provided on the top surface of the display plate, forming recesses for individually receiving the lower portions of the products.