JPH08140792A - Merchandise display shelf - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make it possible to suppress the degradation in merchandise value by damage even if the merchandise is pressed to a guard for preventing the fall of the merchandise by disposing this guard at the front end of a shelf plate for placing the merchandise and mounting elastic buffer members at the guard across the transverse direction. CONSTITUTION: The plural slender elastic buffer members 34 are inserted from slits 34A to wires 33A of a horizontal direction across the transverse direction of the guard 33 for preventing the fall of the merchandise disposed at the front end of the shelf plate 31 and are fixed with adhesives in the positions where the slits 34A are held downward by holding the bores of these members with the wires 33A. The displayed merchandise 35 of the front end is pressed to the guard mounted at the front end of the shelf plate 31 by the load of the merchandise 35 behind this merchandise and its own weight when the merchandise 35 is displayed on the shelf plate 31 in this state, but the load acting on the merchandise 35 of the foremost end is relieved by the elastic buffer members 34. Then, such inconveniences that the soft merchandise 35 is recessed and flawed and the merchandise value is degraded are eliminated and suppressed even if the soft merchandise is displayed on the shelf plate 31.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shelf such as a showcase installed in a supermarket, and particularly to a product display shelf suitable for displaying products such as soft fruits and vegetables.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of showcase, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-27731 (A47F5 /
As shown in FIG. 00), a plurality of shelves for displaying products are installed in the storage. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, this kind of product display shelf 100 is generally mounted with a slight inclination in the front downward direction so that the product 35 such as fruits and vegetables displayed on the shelf plate 31 can be easily seen by the customer. . The guard 3 is provided at the front end of the shelf board 31 in order to prevent inconvenience of the commodity 35 displayed due to the inclination rolling or sliding.
3 is attached. The guard 33 is, for example, a wire material 33A made of metal, resin, or the like, assembled in a net shape, and is held by a shelf decoration 32 attached to the front end of the shelf board 31 and provided over substantially the entire width of the shelf board 31. There is. still,
As the guard, in addition to such a structure, a transparent glass or acrylic resin plate may be used.

[0003]

However, when a plurality of products 35 are lined up on the shelf board 31 as described above, the products 35 tend to drop toward the front of the inclined shelf board 31 by their own weight. The product 35 is in a form in which the load of the product 35 thereafter is applied and pressed against the guard 33. In particular, in the case of a showcase for fruits and vegetables, since soft fruits are pressed against the wire 33A of the guard 33, there is a problem that the portion is dented or damaged and the commercial value is reduced. It was

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional technical problems, and provides a product display shelf capable of suppressing a decrease in product value due to damage even if a product is pressed against a guard. The purpose is to provide.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a commodity display shelf 30 in which a commodity falling prevention guard 33 is arranged at a front end of a commodity placing shelf 31. Three
3, an elongated elastic cushioning member 34 is attached across the width direction. In addition to the above, the product display shelf 30 of the invention of claim 2 has a space between the cushioning member 34 and the shelf board 31.

Further, the commodity display shelf 30 according to the third aspect of the invention.
Is a product placement shelving plate 31 provided with a product drop preventing guard 33 at the front end thereof.
The elastic member 37 is wound in the width direction.

[0007]

According to the product display shelf 30 of the first aspect of the present invention, the product drop prevention guard 33 is provided at the front end of the shelf plate 31.
Since the elongate elastic cushioning member 34 is attached across the width direction, even if the foremost product 35 displayed on the shelf plate 31 is pressed against the guard 33, the elastic cushioning member 34 joins the foremost product 35. The load can be relieved. Therefore, soft goods 35 such as fruits and vegetables are placed on the shelf board 31.
Even when the product is displayed, it is possible to eliminate or suppress the inconvenience that the product value is lowered due to the product 35 being pressed against the guard 33 and being dented or damaged.

In particular, since the cushioning member 34 is elongated in the width direction of the guard 33, the elasticity of the cushioning member 34 does not significantly reduce the visibility, and does not easily interfere with the customer's product selection. Further, according to the commodity display shelf 30 of the invention of claim 2, in addition to the above, since the space is formed between the elastic cushioning member 34 and the shelf plate 31, the commodity 35 by the elastic cushioning member 34.
It is possible to further suppress the deterioration of visibility, and particularly to prevent the air flow from being obstructed by the cushioning member 34 in the mesh-shaped guard 33.

Further, according to the commodity display shelf 30 of the invention of claim 3, since the elastic member 37 is wound over the width direction of the guard 33 arranged at the front end portion of the shelf board 31, the shelf board 31.
Even if the frontmost product 35 displayed above is pressed against the guard 33, the load applied to the frontmost product 35 can be alleviated by the elastic member 34. Therefore, the shelf plate 31
Even if you display soft products such as fruits and vegetables on the top,
Similarly, it is possible to eliminate or suppress the inconvenience that the product value is lowered due to the product 35 being pressed against the guard 33 and being dented or damaged.

In particular, since the elastic member 37 is wound in the width direction of the guard 33, it does not easily interfere with the customer's product selection, and the visibility is not deteriorated. Further, since it is not necessary to fix it with an adhesive or the like, the cost can be reduced.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a vertical side view of a showcase 1 to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a front end of a product display shelf 30 of the showcase 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a guard 33 of the product display shelf 30. Shows. In each drawing, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 8 are used. Example showcase 1
The heat insulating wall 2 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and side plates (not shown) attached to both sides of the heat insulating wall 2. Partition plates 4 and 5 are attached to the inside of the heat insulating wall 2 with a space therebetween, and an inner layer duct 6 is provided between these partition plates 4 and 5, and an outer layer duct 7 is provided between the outer partition plate 5 and the heat insulating wall 2. .

A bottom plate 3 is provided on the lower front side of the inner partition plate 4, and the inside of the partition plate 4 and the bottom plate 3 serves as a storage chamber 8. At the upper edge of the front opening 9 of the heat insulation wall 2, an inner layer discharge port 16 and an outer layer discharge port 17 to which honeycomb materials 14 and 15 are attached are arranged in parallel, and these inner layer discharge port 16 and outer layer discharge port 17 are the inner layer. The duct 6 and the outer layer duct 7 communicate with each other. An inner layer suction port 18 and an outer layer suction port 19 are arranged side by side at the lower edge of the opening 9, and both suction ports 18 and 19 communicate with the inner layer duct 6 and the outer layer duct 7, respectively.

On the other hand, below the bottom plate 3, the bottom wall 2A of the heat insulating wall 2 is provided.
A fan case 10 is installed on the upper side, and a plurality of blowers 11 are attached to the fan case 10 for the inner layer and the outer layer. Further, the space below the bottom plate 3 is divided into two ducts by the dividing member 12, and the inner layer suction port 18 passes through the blower 11 for the inner layer and then the inner layer duct 6.
Further, the outer layer suction port 19 communicates with the outer layer duct 7 via the blower 11 for the outer layer.

A cooler 13 of a cooling device is vertically installed in an inner layer duct 6 behind the partition plate 4 which constitutes the back part. When the blower 11 for the inner layer is operated, cool air exchanged with the cooler 13 is carried out. Ascends in the inner layer duct 6 as indicated by the broken line arrow in the figure, and is discharged from the inner layer discharge port 16 toward the inner layer suction port 18. Then, the cool air sucked from the inner layer suction port 18 is accelerated again by the blower 11 and circulates into the inner layer duct 6.

On the other hand, when the blower 11 for the outer layer is operated, the air in the outer layer duct 7 rises in the outer layer duct 7 as shown by the solid line arrow in the figure, and the outer layer suction port 1 is discharged from the outer layer discharge port 17.
It is discharged toward 9. Then, the air sucked from the outer layer suction port 19 is accelerated again by the blower 11,
It circulates inside the outer layer duct 7. As a result, a double front and rear air curtain is formed in the opening 9, and a part of the inner cool air curtain circulates in the storage chamber 8 to cool the storage chamber 8.

A plurality of stages (two upper and lower stages in this embodiment) of product display shelves 30 and 30 for displaying the products 35 in the storage room 8.
Has been erected. Each product display shelf 30 includes a shelf plate 31 on which products 35 are placed, a shelf decoration 32 attached to the front end of the shelf 31, and a guard 33 held between the shelf decoration 32 and the front surface of the shelf plate 31. Consists of. The shelf plate 31 is attached with a slight inclination in the front downward direction so that the product 35 displayed on the shelf plate 31 can be easily seen by the customer. The guard 33 is provided to prevent the product 35 displayed on the inclined shelf plate 31 from rolling or slipping and falling from the front end of the shelf plate 31. It is provided so as to project.

As shown in FIG. 3, the guard 33 is formed by assembling a plurality of wire rods 33A made of metal or hard resin in a mesh shape at a predetermined interval, and the product 35 displayed on the shelf plate 31 is prevented from dropping. And the dimension over the entire width of the shelf plate 31. A plurality of cushioning members 34 are attached to the horizontal wires 33A and 33A (two wires from the top) that form the guard 33 and are located between the vertical wires. Each of the cushioning members 34 relieves the load of the product 35 displayed on the inclined shelf plate 31 against the wire 33A of the guard 33, and is made of foamed PP (polypropylene).
It is composed of a cushion material having elasticity. Further, the buffer member 34 has a so-called "chikuwa" -shaped elongated cylindrical shape, and a slit (cut) 34A from the outer diameter to the inner diameter is formed on the side surface thereof.

When the buffer member 34 is attached to the guard 33, the lateral wire 33A is inserted into the buffer member 34 through the slit 34A of the buffer member 34. Then, the wire rod 33A is sandwiched by the inner diameter of the cushioning member 34, and the slit 3
4A is fixed at a position on the lower side with an adhesive (not shown). As a result, the cushioning member 34 is attached over the longitudinal direction of the guard 33, and the upper and lower cushioning members 34,
Predetermined intervals are formed between 34 and between the lower cushioning member 34 and the shelf plate 31. The color of the buffer member 34 is the guard 3
It is recommended that the color is the same as or similar to that of No. 3 so as to eliminate a feeling of strangeness.

In this state, the product 35 on the shelf board 31
When the product is displayed, the displayed front end product 35 is pressed against the guard 33 attached to the front end of the shelf board 31 by the load and the own weight of the product 35 behind it. However,
A buffer member 34 is attached to the guard 33, and the front end of the product 35 abuts on the buffer member 34, so that the load is alleviated. Therefore, when the soft products 35 such as fruits are displayed on the shelf board 31, it is possible to prevent or prevent the products 35 at the front end from being damaged by being dented or scratched.

In particular, since the buffer member 34 is elongated in the width direction of the guard 33, the visibility of the product 35 is not deteriorated, and
Since a space is formed between the cushioning member 34 and the shelf plate 31, there is no hindrance to the flow of cold air. Next, FIG. 4 shows the cushioning member 3.
4 shows another embodiment. In this case, the cushioning member 34
Is formed into an elongated shape by double extrusion molding of hard vinyl chloride and soft vinyl chloride. A hard holding portion 36 formed on one side and a soft cushion portion 36A formed on the other side.
It consists of and. The cushion portion 36A has a hollow cylindrical shape and is configured to be easily deformed when the product 35 is pressed. The holding portion 36 has a substantially C-shaped cross section, and the holding portion 36 is attached to the shelf plate 31.
It is inserted and engaged with the uppermost lateral wire 33A of the guard 33 in the width direction thereof.

Then, the cushion portion 36A is arranged on the side of the product 35 (rear), and the holding portion 36 is adhered and fixed to the wire material 33A with an adhesive (not shown). As a result, the guard 33
Even if the cushion 36A is hit with a soft product 35 such as fruits on the shelf plate 31, it can be prevented or suppressed from being dented or damaged and the product value being lowered. Also, FIG.
The buffer member 34 as yet another elastic member is shown in FIG. In this case, the cushioning member 34 is formed in a so-called curl cord state using the elastic material such as the foamed PP (polypropylene) as described above, and the cushioning member 3 in the curl cord state is formed.
The inner diameter of 4 is smaller than the outer diameter of the wire 33A of the guard 33. Then, the buffer member 34 in the curl code state is attached to the uppermost lateral wire 33 of the guard 33.
The wire rod 3 can be mounted by winding it in the width direction of A.
Attach to 3A.

As a result, even if a soft product 35 such as a fruit on the shelf board 31 is hit, the product 35 is prevented from being dented or damaged by the curl cord-shaped buffer member 34 wound around the wire 33A of the guard 33. It can be eliminated or suppressed. In particular, since the cushioning member 34 is wound and fixed in the width direction of the guard 33, the cushioning member 34 does not fall off, and therefore, the trouble of fixing with an adhesive or the like can be omitted. Further, since the buffer member 34 in this case is not provided with the slit 34A as described above, the positioning in the mounting direction is not necessary, and the mounting work is further facilitated.

Further, in any of the above-mentioned FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the visibility of the product 35 is not deteriorated as described above, and a space is formed between the cushioning member 34 and the shelf plate 31, so that the cool air can be obtained. It does not hinder the distribution of. Next, FIGS. 6 and 7 show a configuration in which a transparent glass or acrylic resin plate is used as the guard 33. In the case of FIG. 6, a round bar-shaped cushioning member 34 made of foamed PP (polypropylene) or the like is attached to the upper end of the guard 33. At this time, a slit 34A is also formed in the cushioning member 34, and the guard 33 is fitted into this slit 34A and fixed with an adhesive or the like. Accordingly, even if the cushioning member 34 of the guard 33 is hit by a soft product 35 such as fruits on the shelf board 31, it is possible to prevent or suppress the product value from being lowered due to being dented or damaged.

Further, in the case of FIG. 7, as the cushioning member 34, the one formed into an elongated shape by double extrusion molding of the above-mentioned hard vinyl chloride and soft vinyl chloride is used. This buffer member 3
4 is composed of a hard holding portion 38 formed on one side and a soft cushion portion 38A formed on the other side, and the cushion portion 38A is also cylindrical hollow,
The product 35 is configured to be easily deformed when pressed. Further, the holding portion 38 has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and the holding portion 38 is inserted and engaged with the uppermost portion of the guard 33.

Then, the cushion portion 38A is arranged on the side of the product 35 (rear), and the holding portion 38 is adhered and fixed to the guard 33 with an adhesive (not shown). As a result, the guard 33
Even if the soft product 35 such as fruits on the shelf plate 31 hits the cushion part 38A of 1, the deterioration of the product value due to depression or damage can be avoided or suppressed. Although the showcase has been described in the embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the showcase, and the present invention is also effective for a shelf attached to another commercial refrigerator or the like.

[0026]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the invention, since the elongated elastic cushioning member is attached across the width direction of the guard for preventing the fall of products arranged at the front end of the shelf board,
Even if the frontmost product displayed on the shelf is pressed against the guard, the load applied to the frontmost product can be alleviated by the elastic cushioning member. Therefore, even when a soft product such as fruits and vegetables is displayed on the shelf board, it is possible to eliminate or suppress the inconvenience that the product value is pressed against the guard and is dented or scratched, thereby lowering the product value.

In particular, since the elastic cushioning member is elongated in the width direction of the guard, the elasticity of the elastic cushioning member is less likely to reduce the visibility, and is less likely to interfere with the product selection by the customer.
Further, according to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the above, since a space is formed between the elastic cushioning member and the shelf plate, it is possible to further suppress the deterioration of the visibility of the product due to the elastic cushioning member, and in particular the mesh shape In the guard, it is possible to suppress the obstruction of air circulation by the cushioning member.

Further, according to the invention of claim 3, since the elastic member is wound over the width direction of the guard arranged at the front end portion of the shelf board, the foremost end product displayed on the shelf board. Even if is pressed against the guard, the elastic member can reduce the load applied to the frontmost product. Therefore, even when a soft product such as fruits and vegetables is displayed on the shelf board, it is possible to eliminate or suppress the inconvenience that the product value is similarly pressed against the guard and dented or scratched to lower the product value.

In particular, since the elastic member is wound in the width direction of the guard, it is unlikely to interfere with the product selection by the customer, and the visibility is not deteriorated. Further, since it is not necessary to fix it with an adhesive or the like, the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a showcase to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of the front end portion of the product display shelf of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a guard to which a cushioning member (elastic cushioning member) is attached.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of a front end portion of a product display shelf to which another cushioning member is attached.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a guard to which another cushioning member (elastic member) is attached.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view of a front end portion of a product display shelf when a glass plate or the like is used as a guard.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged side view of the front end portion of the product display shelf when another cushioning member is attached in FIG.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged side view of a front end portion of a conventional product display shelf.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Showcase 30 Product Display Shelf 31 Shelf Board 32 Shelf Decoration 33 Guard 34 Cushioning Member 35 Product

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A product display shelf in which a product fall prevention guard is arranged at the front end of a product loading shelf plate, wherein an elongated elastic cushioning member is attached to the guard in the width direction. Product display shelves characterized by that. 2. The product display shelf according to claim 1, wherein a space is formed between the cushioning member and the shelf plate. 3. A product display shelf in which a product fall prevention guard is arranged at the front end of a product loading shelf plate, wherein an elastic member is wound around the guard in the width direction. A product display shelf characterized by that.