JPH06312783A - Shelf-packing apparatus of cooling cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a shelf-packing apparatus, in which a resin material used for shelf packing to be abandoned immediately after the installation of a product is reduced and environmental protection is contrived and the cost is decreased. CONSTITUTION:Elastic spacers 15A, 15A, 15B with a shelf-mounting part 17 and shelf-regulating part 16 formed threin are arranged in the bottom in a cooling cabinet 5 and shelves 1 are pushed in from above. Then, the shelves 1 rise from the bottom face 5a in the cabinet and are mounted and fixed on the spacers 15A, 15A, 15B so that no damage in the cabinet occurs in transport. Also, neither time nor labor for packing the sheves 1 beforehand is required and resin components necessary therefor can be reduced to a large extent.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shelf packing device for carrying a refrigerator, a refrigerated showcase or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a refrigerator such as a refrigerator or a refrigerating showcase, many shelves are provided as accessory parts.
Here, in a refrigerator, for example, these shelves have conventionally been taken with a packing method as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 during transportation and transportation.

That is, a plurality of shelves 1 such as net shelves are placed on a resin mat 2, and both sides of the shelf 1 are wrapped with the resin mat 2 for protection, and the outside thereof is tied with several resin bands 3. The shelf package 1A shown in FIG. 9 is made. This shelf package 1A
As shown in FIG. 8, the refrigerator 5 is placed on the bottom of the inside of the refrigerator 5 in contact with the bottom surface 5a of the inside of the refrigerator 4, and further left and right sides 5b, 5b of the inside of the refrigerator 5 for preventing rattling. , 5c, a resin spacer 6 having elasticity with the shelf package 1A.
(For example, a styrofoam body) is inserted and fixed, and the shelf 1 is put in the packing method and the product is shipped. In addition,
The front of the inside 5 of the refrigerator 4 is divided into upper and lower parts by a horizontal partition 7 provided at the center, and each opening is opened and closed by doors 8a and 8b provided respectively. Further, when the refrigerator 4 is used, several shelves 1 are vertically installed in the interior 5 in a relationship corresponding to the doors 8a and 8b. Further, a cooler 9 is provided in the upper part of the inside 5 and a compressor 11, a condenser 12, etc. forming a refrigeration cycle with the cooler 9 are housed in a machine room 13 formed in the upper part of the refrigerator body 4A. There is. Further, 14 is a base leg.

[0004]

However, such a packing method has the following drawbacks. 1. Too many resin parts are no longer needed and are discarded when using the refrigerator. 2. It takes time and effort to pack multiple racks in advance. 3. Since the resin mat on which the net shelf is placed is thin and easy to tear, the bottom of the storage room of the refrigerator body may be damaged by the net shelf.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, reduces the resin material used for shelf packaging, contributes to the environment protection, and provides a shelf packaging device that is cost-effective and does not damage the product. The purpose is to do.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a refrigerating cabinet in which a shelf is horizontally set on the bottom of the cabinet for transportation.
A shelf placing portion that abuts a bottom surface inside the cabinet and places a shelf on the top surface, and a vertical direction with respect to the shelf placing portion that abuts on a side surface inside the cabinet and regulates horizontal movement of the shelf. A plurality of elastic spacers having a shelf restricting portion provided on the shelf are arranged at the bottom of the inside of the storage, and the shelf is pushed into the spacer from above to hold the shelf.

Further, according to the present invention, in a refrigerating cabinet having left and right shelves placed on the bottom of the cabinet having a front opening partitioned by a vertical partition plate, the rack is brought into contact with the bottom of the cabinet and the upper surface is brought into contact therewith. A shelf placing part for placing a shelf and a shelf restricting part provided substantially perpendicular to the shelf placing part so as to restrict the horizontal movement of the shelf placed in contact with the inside surface of the refrigerator are formed. While a plurality of elastic spacers are arranged at the bottom of the storage compartment, a surface for contacting the back surface of the partition plate, a surface for contacting the bottom surface of the storage compartment, and a mounting for mounting shelves on the left and right A common spacer having a surface and a partition wall for preventing the left and right shelves from coming into contact with each other is disposed on the mounting surface, and the common spacer and the plurality of spacers are provided on the left and right shelves. It is characterized by fixing.

[0008]

A plurality of elastic spacers, each of which is composed of a shelf placing portion and a shelf regulating portion provided vertically to the shelf placing portion, are arranged on the bottom of the inside of the cabinet, and the shelf is pushed in from above so that the shelf is placed on the shelf placing portion. The shelves that are placed on the shelves are stopped by the shelving control section so that they do not rattle in the horizontal direction, so that the shelves can be easily and securely held and fixed. You can do it.

In a refrigerator having a vertical partition in the front opening, a common spacer that commonly supports the shelves placed on the left and right is placed on the back of the partition, and the contact between both shelves is set on this common spacer. A partition wall is provided to prevent this, and the common spacer and the conventional L-shaped spacer hold and fix the shelf.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the same or equivalent parts as those of the constituent parts shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are designated by the same reference numerals.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment, in which three elastic spacers 15A having an L-shaped cross section,
15A and 15B, of which two spacers 15
A and 15A are brought into contact with the left and right side faces 5b and 5b of the bottom of the inside of the refrigerator 5, and are also positioned near the opening end so as to face each other. The remaining one spacer 15B is arranged in contact with the central portion of the rear surface 5C of the inside 5 of the refrigerator. Therefore, the three spacers 15A, 15A, and 15B are provided in the relationship of being located at the apexes of the triangle. Here, each of the spacers 15A, 15A, and 15B is composed of a vertical portion shelf control portion 16 and a horizontal portion shelf mounting portion 17 as shown in FIG. 3, and the upper surface of the shelf mounting portion 17 serves as a shelf support surface 17C. The shelf 1 is placed on this. And spacer 1
When 5A, 15A, and 15B are arranged at the bottom of the inside of the compartment 5, the shelf regulating portion 16 abuts on each side surface 5b, 5b, 5c of the inside of the compartment 5,
Further, the shelf placement part 17 is in contact with the inner bottom surface 5a.

When the shelf 1 is pushed downward from above with respect to the spacers 15A, 15A, 15B arranged at the bottom of the storage compartment 5 in this way, the shelf 1 has a spacer 15A, which has elasticity.
15A and 15B are held in contact with both the shelf regulating portion 16 and the shelf placing portion 17, and are mounted and fixed on the shelf supporting surface 17C. At this time, the shelf restricting portion 16 and the shelf placing portion 17 of the spacers 15A, 15A, 15B are attached to the side surfaces 5b, 5
b, 5c and the inner bottom surface 5a more firmly. In this way, the shelf 1 is supported at three points by the three spacers 15A, 15A, 15B and is securely fixed. If the next shelf 1 or the next shelf 1 is similarly pushed in, a plurality of shelves 1 can be stacked and fixed. In this case, the shelf 1 has spacers 15A, 15
A, 15B is received by the shelf mounting portion 17, which is a horizontal portion,
The bottom shelf 1 is placed at a sufficient distance from the inside bottom surface 5a so as not to come into direct contact with the inside bottom surface 5a. The inside of the storage 5 is prevented from being scratched by being placed on it. Similarly, the outer peripheral portion of the shelf 1 is the side surfaces 5b, 5b, 5c of the inside 5 of the shelf in the shelf regulating portion 16 which is the vertical portion of the spacers 15A, 15A, 15B.
It prevents the interior 5 from being damaged by directly hitting the
The rack fixing portion 17 prevents the backlash.

Thus, the elastic spacer 15
Only A, 15A, 15B can be used to fix a plurality of shelves 1 so that there is no need for a resin mat or a resin band for packing parts that become waste after unpacking as in the conventional case, and the environment can be protected and the cost can be reduced. Get easy packaging.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show another embodiment which achieves a more reliable shelf fixing. That is, the opposing spacer 1
In 5A and 15A, the part (shelf mounting part 17) that comes into contact with the bottom surface 5a in the refrigerator is turned upside down, and one spacer 15
When A is inserted between the inner side surface 5b and the shelf 1 in the inverted L shape, the shelf 1 is pressed by the shelf mounting portions 17 and 17 from the vertical direction, so that vertical vibration can be prevented.

Next, FIGS. 6 and 7 show another embodiment showing how to fix the shelves in the case of a refrigerator having a vertical partition.

In this case, in the refrigerator 4, the front partition is divided into four by the horizontal partition 7 and the vertical partition 21 and the four doors 8a,
8b. In this case, the shelves 1 are respectively placed on the left and right positions of the partition 21 and held by elastic spacers. The spacer is the cross section L used in the previous embodiment.
In addition to the character-shaped spacers 15A and 15B, a common spacer 22 having a shape as shown in FIG. 7 installed corresponding to the back of the partition 21 is used. That is, this common spacer 22
Has a surface 23a that comes into contact with the back surface of the partition 21, a surface 23b that comes into contact with the bottom surfaces 5a and 5a in the refrigerator, and a shelf receiving surface 23c for placing the shelves 1 and 1 on the left side, and A partition wall 24 is erected on the shelf receiving surface 23c so that the shelves 1 and 1 placed on the left and right sides do not contact the middle partition 21.

Therefore, the common spacer 22 is placed on the bottom of the compartment 5 by contacting the back surface of the partition 21 as shown in FIG.
Then, the remaining spacers 15A and 15B are arranged on the side surfaces 5b and 5b of the interior 5 and the side surface 5c of the back portion. By pushing the shelf 1 from the upper side to the lower side on both the left side and the right side, the shelf mounting portion 1 of the L-shaped spacers 15A and 15B
7, 17 and the shelf receiving surfaces 23c, 23c of the common spacer 22 receive and fix them. At this time, the left and right shelves 1, 1 that have been pushed in and piled up are separated by the partition wall 2 of the common spacer 22.
It is fixed so as not to hit each other at 4.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, when packing a refrigerator or the like for carrying on a shelf, a plurality of elastic bodies having a shape in which a shelf regulating portion is vertically provided from one end of a horizontal shelf placing portion are provided. Only the spacers of (1) are used, and these spacers are arranged so as to be in contact with the inner surface of the bottom of the inside of the refrigerator, and the shelves can be fixed by pushing the shelves into the spacers from above. Therefore, it can contribute to environmental protection by reducing the resin parts that have been used for conventional shelf packaging and are no longer needed immediately after product installation and become dust. In addition, the processing cost of packing multiple shelves in advance is eliminated, and the cost can be reduced. Since the shelves are prevented from directly contacting the bottom surface and the side surfaces inside the storage by the spacer, there is no concern that the inside of the storage will be damaged by the shelves.

Also, in the case of a refrigerator having a vertical partition, in addition to the spacer described above, a shelf that is placed in contact with the back of the partition and placed on the left and right of the partition is placed. Moreover, by using a common spacer having a partition wall that prevents the shelves from contacting each other, it is possible to easily deal with the shelf packaging.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a refrigerator in which shelves are packed by the method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a main part showing a shelf packing structure in a refrigerator.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a spacer used for rack packaging.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of a refrigerator in which shelves are packed by the method according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a main part showing a shelf packaging structure in the refrigerator.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of a case where a shelf is fixed to a refrigerator having a partition according to the method of the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a spacer used for shelf packaging according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of a refrigerator in which shelves are fixed by a conventional method.

FIG. 9 is an external perspective view of a shelf package showing conventional shelf packaging.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Shelf 5 Inside 5b, 5b, 5c Inside Side 5a Inside Bottom 15A, 15A, 15B Spacer 16 Shelf Regulator 17 Shelf Place 21 Middle Partition 22 Common Spacer 24 Partition Wall

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] April 21, 1993

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[Name of item to be corrected] Claim 1

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerating cabinet in which a shelf is horizontally set on the bottom of the cabinet and transported, and a shelf placing section that abuts the bottom of the cabinet and places the shelf on the top, and abuts the side of the cabinet. A plurality of elastic spacers formed with a shelf regulating portion provided substantially vertically to the shelf placing portion so as to regulate the horizontal movement of the shelf placed by A shelf packing device for a refrigerator, characterized in that the shelf is pushed into the spacer from above and held. 2. A refrigerating cabinet having left and right shelves placed at the bottom of the compartment whose front opening is divided by a vertical partition plate into left and right parts for transporting, and the shelves are placed on the top surface by abutting against the bottom of the compartment. Elasticity formed by a shelf placing part to be placed and a shelf regulating part provided substantially perpendicular to the shelf placing part so as to regulate the horizontal movement of the shelf placed in contact with the inside surface of the refrigerator. While arranging a plurality of spacers on the bottom of the storage compartment, a surface that contacts the back surface of the partition plate, a surface that contacts the bottom surface of the storage compartment, and a mounting surface for mounting shelves on the left and right are provided. , A common spacer provided with a partition wall for preventing the left and right shelves from coming into contact with each other on this mounting surface, and the shelves are fixed to the left and right by this common spacer and the plurality of spacers A shelf packing device for a refrigerator, which is characterized in that