JPH08320175A - Show case - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a show case capable of effectually accomodating goods having different temperature zones even when number and demand of goods are varied. CONSTITUTION: The volume of an upper accomodation part 2a is increased and the volume of a lower accomodation part 2b is decreased by moving a partition shelf 5 from an upper mount hole 7c to a lower mount hole 7c. Hereby, the volumes of the accomodation parts 2a, 2b can be arbitrarily altered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a showcase for holding a plurality of types of products having different storage temperatures at appropriate temperatures.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of showcase, for example, the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-136671 is known. In this showcase, the product storage section inside the showcase body with the front opening is vertically divided by a partition member with a hollow structure, and cool air is blown to the front of the showcase body to form an air curtain, while the upper product Cool air is separately discharged into the storage unit to keep the temperature lower than that in the lower product storage unit. in this case,
The temperature in the upper product storage part is set to about 5 ° C. to 10 ° C., and for example, dairy products, prepared foods, etc. are stored. Further, the temperature in the lower product storage portion is maintained at about 15 ° C. to 18 ° C., for example, a lunch box or the like is stored.

[0003]

By the way, due to fluctuations in the sales of products and the number of products, for example, the storage space for the products in one temperature zone such as the dairy product or the side dish is insufficient, and the other temperature zone such as the lunch box or the like. Even if there is sufficient room in the storage space for the other product, the product in one temperature zone cannot be stored in the product storage section in the other temperature zone, which causes a problem that storage efficiency is significantly reduced. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to efficiently store products having different temperature zones even when the sales of the products or the number of products change. It is to provide a showcase that can be used.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is characterized in that, in claim 1, the commodity storage portion in the main body of the showcase is vertically divided by a partition member through which air can flow. In the showcase in which the air in the product storage section is sucked into the partition member and circulates in the cooler, and the air cooled by the cooler is discharged into the upper product storage section, the partition member is placed in the product storage section. It is configured to be detachable, and the partition member mounting portions are provided at a plurality of vertical positions in the product storage portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first aspect, the suction side ventilation passage communicating with the cooler is provided on the back side of the commodity storage portion, and the front side wall of the suction side ventilation passage is provided with the suction side ventilation passage. Mounting holes into which the ends of the partition member are inserted are provided at a plurality of positions in the vertical direction, and ventilation holes that connect the inside of the partition member and the suction side ventilation passage are provided at the insertion end of the partition member.

Thus, according to the showcases of claims 1 and 2, by moving the position of the partition member in the vertical direction, the capacities of the upper product storage portion and the lower product storage portion can be arbitrarily changed. Is possible.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first or second aspect, a support member for supporting both widthwise ends of the partition member is detachably provided in the product storage section. As a result, in addition to the effects of the first and second aspects, the partition member is supported by the support member, so that the partition member can be easily and surely attached / detached, and the support member can be attached / detached to / from the product storage unit. Moved with.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first, second or third aspect, air volume adjusting means for providing resistance to the circulating air is provided in the intake side ventilation passage between the respective mounting portions. As a result, when the partition member is mounted at the upper position, the air taken into the suction side ventilation passage is given a flow resistance by the air volume adjusting plate. Therefore, when the partition member is mounted at the upper position, The amount of air discharged into the product storage unit is small, and the amount of air discharged becomes large when mounted below.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first, second, third or fourth aspect, at least the front end portion of the partition member is movable in the front-rear direction of the product storage section. As a result, when the front end of the partition member is moved forward, the amount of leaked cold air flowing from the upper product storage unit to the lower product storage unit is reduced, and when the front end of the partition member is moved rearward, the lower product is moved downward. The amount of leaked cold air that flows into the storage portion increases.

Further, in claim 6, claims 1, 2, 3,
In the showcase described in 4 or 5, an air suction port communicating with the suction side ventilation passage is provided in the lower product storage portion. As a result, the air in the lower product storage unit is sucked into the suction side ventilation passage from the air intake port, so that the leaked cool air from the upper product storage unit positively flows into the lower storage unit.

[0012]

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a showcase, FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of an essential part thereof, and FIG. 3 is a partition. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a main part showing a shelf mounting structure.

This showcase has a product storage unit 2 in a showcase main body 1 having an opening on the front surface.
The upper surface side, the rear surface side and the bottom surface side are surrounded by the heat insulating wall 1a, and a plurality of product shelves 3 are mounted therein. A cooler 4 connected to a refrigeration circuit (not shown) is installed in the lower part of the showcase body 1, and a blower 4a is provided on one end side of the cooler 4. Further, a partition shelf 5 having a hollow structure is detachably provided substantially vertically in the center of the product storage section 2, and the product storage section 2 is divided into an upper storage section 2a and a lower storage section 2b by the partition shelf 5. It is partitioned.

An air discharge port 6 is provided at the upper end of the front opening of the upper storage unit 2a, and the air discharge port 6 is the product storage unit 2a.
Is communicated with the cooler 4 via a discharge side ventilation passage 6a extending along the upper surface side and the rear surface side. Further, an air intake port 7 facing the upper storage part 2a is provided at the front end of the partition shelf 5, and the air intake port 7 is provided inside the partition shelf 5 and in the lower storage part 2b.
Is communicated with the cooler 4 via the suction side ventilation passage 7a extending along the back side and the bottom side. That is, the partition shelf 5 has a shelf plate 5a arranged on the upper surface side and a heat insulating plate 5 arranged on the lower surface side.
b, and a gap communicating with the suction side ventilation passage 7a is formed between the shelf plate 5a and the heat insulating plate 5b. Further, a temperature sensor 8 is provided in the upper storage 2a.

The front side of the suction side ventilation passage 7a is covered with a heat insulating plate 7b extending along the back and bottom surfaces of the lower storage portion 2b, and the partition shelf 5 is inserted in the front surface of the suction side ventilation passage 7a. The mounting holes 7c are provided at a total of two locations at intervals in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 2, each attachment hole 7c is closed by an opening / closing plate 9 attached to the inside of the suction side ventilation passage 7a, and each opening / closing plate 9 has its upper end side fixed by a hinge 9a. There is. in this case,
Each opening / closing plate 9 is biased in the closing direction by a spring or the like attached to the hinge 9a, and when the partition shelf 5 is inserted into the mounting hole 7c, it is pressed by the partition shelf 5 to rotate in the opening direction. Has become.

A ventilation port 5c communicating with the suction side ventilation passage 7a is provided at the end of the partition shelf 5, and as shown in FIG. 3, both widthwise ends of the partition shelf 5 are supported by a pair of left and right support plates 10. It is like this. Each support plate 10 is formed in a substantially U-shaped cross-section so as to surround the end of the partition shelf 5, and is detachably attached to a pair of shelf columns 11 shared with each product shelf 3. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, one end of each support plate 10 has a hook-shaped locking piece 10 that locks in the mounting hole 11a of the shelf 11.
"a" is provided at upper and lower two places, and this locking piece 10a is formed in the same shape as the locking piece 3a of each product shelf 3. Thereby, each support plate 10 can move together with the partition shelf 5. In addition, a bent portion 10b inclined downward is provided on the lower surface on the front end side of each support plate 10, and the bent portion 10b is formed by the partition shelf 5.
Serves as a guide when inserting between the support plates 10.

In the showcase configured as described above, the air in the upper storage portion 2a is sucked from the air discharge port 6 by the operation of the blower 4a, and the air in the partition shelf 5 and the suction side ventilation passage 7a is maintained. Through it, it flows into the cooler 4 arranged at the bottom of the showcase body 1. Further, the air cooled by the cooler 4 passes through the discharge side ventilation passage 6a and the air discharge port 6
It is blown out from and is supplied into the upper storage portion 2a. At that time, the refrigerating circuit of the cooler 4 is controlled based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 8, and the temperature in the upper storage portion 2a is maintained in a predetermined temperature zone (for example, 5 ° C to 10 ° C). Further, the leaked cool air of the upper storage portion 2a flows into the lower storage portion 2b, and the temperature in the lower storage portion 2b is higher than that in the upper storage portion 2a (for example, 15 ° C to 18 ° C). Held in.

Here, due to fluctuations in the sales of products or the number of products, for example, the storage space for the products stored in the upper storage 2a becomes insufficient, and the storage space for the products stored in the lower storage 2b is sufficient. When there is room, the partition shelf 5 is moved from the upper mounting hole 7c to the lower mounting hole 7c as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. As a result, the capacity of the upper storage portion 2a is large and the capacity of the lower storage portion 2b is small, so that the products in each temperature zone are efficiently stored.

As described above, according to the showcase of this embodiment, the partition shelf 5 for partitioning the product storage unit 2 into upper and lower parts is detachably provided, and the position of the partition shelf 5 can be moved to a total of two positions in the vertical direction. Therefore, the upper storage 2a and the lower storage 2
The capacity of b can be changed arbitrarily, and each storage unit 2a, 2
It is possible to appropriately change the storage ratio of the products stored in b according to changes in the sales of the products and the number of products. Also,
Since the partition shelf 5 is supported by the respective support plates 10, the partition shelf 5 can be easily and surely attached and detached, which is extremely advantageous in practical use.

In the present embodiment, the mounting position of the partition shelf 5,
That is, although the mounting holes 7c are provided at two locations in the vertical direction, they may be provided at three locations or more.

5 and 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a showcase, and FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of an air volume adjusting plate. The same components as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

The cooler 12 shown in the present embodiment is formed in a flat shape and is provided in the discharge side ventilation passage 6a so as to be located on the back side of the lower storage portion 2b. Further, a total of two air flow rate adjusting plates 13 located on the downstream side of each mounting hole 7c in the air flow direction are provided in the intake side air passage 7a.
With this, flow resistance is imparted to the air in the intake side ventilation passage 7a. Each air volume adjusting plate 13 is formed in an L-shape as shown in FIG. 6 and is fixed to the inner wall of the intake side ventilation passage 7a, and a large number of ventilation holes 1 are formed on the surfaces facing each other in the ventilation direction.
3a is provided.

In the above structure, when the partition shelf 5 is attached to the upper position as shown in FIG. 5, the suction side ventilation passage 7a is formed.
Since the air sucked in passes through both of the air flow rate adjusting plates 13, the resistance of the air flowing in the suction side ventilation passage 7a increases, and the air flow rate of the air discharged from the air discharge port 6 decreases. . Further, when the partition shelf 5 is attached to the lower position, the air sucked into the suction side ventilation passage 7a passes through only the lower air volume adjusting plate 13, and therefore flows through the suction side ventilation passage 7a. The resistance of the air becomes small, and the air volume of the air discharged from the air discharge port 6 becomes larger than that when the partition shelf 5 is mounted at the upper position. That is, when the partition shelf 5 is installed above, the discharge air volume is small, and when it is installed below, the discharge air volume is large. Therefore, when the partition shelf 5 moves, the capacity of the upper storage section 2a changes. However, it is possible to always discharge an appropriate air volume, and in particular, the air volume for forming the air curtain on the front surface of the upper storage portion 2a can be always made proper regardless of the position of the partition shelf 5.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, by tilting the upper part and the lower part of the front end face of the partition shelf 5, the leaked cool air from the upper storage part 2a can smoothly flow into the lower storage part 2b. it can.

FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of the present invention and is a side sectional view of a showcase. The same components as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

As in the first embodiment, the partition shelf 14 shown in the figure is detachably provided in the product storage unit 2, and
The front end portion is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction. That is, the rear end side of the partition shelf 14 is the shelf board 14 arranged on the upper surface side.
a and a heat insulating plate 14b arranged on the lower surface side,
The shelf plate 14a and the heat insulating plate 14b are formed so that the length in the front-rear direction is shorter than that in the above embodiment. Further, the front end side of the partition shelf 14 is formed of a shelf plate 14c arranged on the upper surface side and a heat insulating plate 14d arranged on the lower surface side so as to be slidable between the shelf plate 14a and the heat insulating plate 14b on the rear end side. An air suction port 7 that is inserted and faces the upper storage portion 2a is provided at the front end thereof.

That is, in this embodiment, when the front end of the partition shelf 14 is moved forward, the amount of leaked cool air flowing from the upper storage section 2a into the lower storage section 2 is reduced, and the partition shelf 14 is reduced.
Since the amount of leaked cool air that flows into the lower storage portion 2b increases when the front end portion of the partition is moved rearward, the lower storage portion 2b can be changed by changing the protruding length of the front end portion of the partition shelf 14.
It is possible to arbitrarily adjust the inflow amount of the leaked cold air into the air.

FIG. 9 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention and is a side sectional view of a showcase. The same components as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

Similar to the first embodiment, the partition shelf 15 shown in the figure comprises a shelf plate 15a arranged on the upper surface side and a heat insulating plate 15b arranged on the lower surface side, and the front end thereof has an upper storage portion. An air suction port 7 facing 2a is provided. Partition shelf 1
At the lower part of the front end face of 5, the inclined surface 15c for facilitating visual confirmation of the inside of the storage portion 2b from the front of the showcase body 1 is shown.
Is provided, and an illumination lamp 16 that illuminates the inside of the storage section 2 below is attached to the lower surface of the partition shelf 15. Further, air suction ports 7d and 7e communicating with the suction side ventilation passage 7a are provided at the front end and the back surface of the lower storage section 2.

That is, in this embodiment, since the air in the lower storage portion 2b is sucked into the intake side ventilation passage 7a from the air intake ports 7d and 7e, the cold air leaked from the upper storage portion 2a is lowered. Can be positively flowed into the storage part 2b.

[0031]

As described above, according to the showcases of claims 1 and 2, since the capacity of each product storage unit can be arbitrarily changed, the storage ratio of the products stored in each product storage unit. Can be appropriately changed in accordance with changes in the sales of products, the number of products, and the like, and a decrease in storage efficiency can be reliably prevented.

According to the showcase of claim 3,
In addition to the effect of claim 1 or 2, the partition member can be easily and surely attached and detached, which is extremely advantageous in practical use.

According to the showcase of claim 4,
In addition to the effect of claim 1, 2 or 3, when the partition member is attached to the upper side, the discharge air amount into the upper product storage portion can be made small, and when it is attached to the lower part, the discharge air amount can be made large. Even if the capacity of the upper product storage portion changes due to the movement of the partition member, it is possible to always discharge an appropriate air volume.

According to the showcase of claim 5,
In addition to the effect of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, it is possible to arbitrarily adjust the inflow amount of the leaked cold air into the lower product storage unit, so that the temperature of the lower product storage unit can be set very easily. You can

Further, in claim 6, claims 1, 2, 3,
In the showcase described in 4 or 5, since the cool air leaking from the upper product storage unit can be positively caused to flow into the lower product storage unit, when the lower product storage unit is set to a low temperature, a cooling effect can be obtained. It is possible to improve.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of a showcase showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Enlarged sectional view of the main part of the showcase

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part showing a partition shelf mounting structure.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional side view showing a mounting structure of a partition shelf.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a showcase showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view of an air volume adjusting plate.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the main part of the partition shelf.

FIG. 8 is a side sectional view of a showcase showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a side sectional view of a showcase showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Showcase main body, 2 ... Product storage part, 2a ... Upper storage part, 2b ... Lower storage part, 4 ... Cooler, 5 ... Partition shelf, 5c ... Ventilation port, 6a ... Discharge side ventilation path, 7a ... Intake side ventilation passage, 7c ... Mounting hole, 7d, 7e ... Air inlet, 10
... Support plate, 12 ... Cooler, 13 ... Air flow rate adjusting plate, 14, 1
5 ... Partition shelf.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A product storage unit in a showcase main body is vertically partitioned by a partition member capable of circulating air inside, and air in the upper product storage unit is sucked into the partition member to flow to a cooler. In a showcase in which air cooled by a cooler is discharged into an upper product storage unit, the partition member is configured to be attachable / detachable to / from the product storage unit, and the partition member mounting portions are provided at a plurality of vertical positions in the product storage unit. A showcase characterized by being installed in. 2. A suction side ventilation passage communicating with a cooler is provided on the back side of the product storage portion, and a mounting hole into which an end portion of the partition member is inserted is vertically formed in a front wall of the suction side ventilation passage. 2. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the showcase is provided at a plurality of positions, and a ventilation port that communicates the inside of the partition member with the suction side ventilation path is provided at the insertion end of the partition member. 3. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein a support member that supports both ends of the partition member in the width direction is detachably provided in the product storage unit. 4. The showcase according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein an air flow rate adjusting means for imparting resistance to the circulating air is provided in the intake side ventilation passage between the respective mounting portions. 5. The showcase according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein at least a front end portion of the partition member is configured to be movable in the front-rear direction of the product storage portion. 6. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the lower product storage portion is provided with an air suction port communicating with the suction side ventilation passage.