JPH09140520A - Display shelf structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and smoothly take out commodities, even when the commodities are arranged immediately under a shelf panel, and fix a guard rail to a mounting wall in a single operation. SOLUTION: A mounting wall 6 standing upward is provided on the front end of a shelf panel 4. A guard rail 5 is jointed and secured to the front of the mounting wall 6, and the lower front end part of the principal plane wall 4a of the shelf panel is opened. In addition, an end cap is forcibly coupled to both ends of the guard rail 5. Also, an engagement tooth 18 is projected from the rear side of the end cap 15, and forcibly engaged with an engagement hole 19 formed on the mounting wall 6, thereby jointing and fixing the guard rail 5 to the mounting wall 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display shelf structure having a card rail at the front end of a shelf panel. This type of shelf structure is often used for product display stands and refrigerated showcases, but it is especially applicable to reach-in type refrigerated showcases that refrigerate bottled products such as beer, liquor, and wine, or brick packs. Is suitable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a shelf structure in which a card rail is provided at a projecting end of a shelf panel, there are, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Nos. 5-18360 and 4-23464, and an end wall protruding downward is provided at a front end of the shelf panel. , The card rail is fixed using this end wall. Between the card rail and the end wall, a receiving plate for preventing the product from falling is provided in a state of protruding upward from the upper edge of the end wall.

[0003]

For example, in a reach-in type refrigerated showcase, in order to effectively utilize the space inside the showcase, the vertical gap between the shelf panels is set to the vertical height of bottled products or brick packs. As close as possible to avoid dead space. In such a usage pattern, when the receiving plate and the card rail are provided so as to project above and below the front end of the shelf panel as described above, the receiving plate and the card rail interfere with each other, making it difficult to take out the product. This is because, for example, when the product is tilted forward and pulled out from between the shelves, the upper end of the bottled product is caught on the card rail. In order to avoid this, it is necessary to secure a space in the front portion of the shelf so that the product can be tilted sufficiently, and the number of products that can be displayed decreases accordingly.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display shelf structure which allows the goods displayed on the upper and lower shelf boards to be more easily taken out while realizing the effective use of the storage space on the shelf. An object of the present invention is to enable a bottled product or a brick pack to be put in and taken out promptly in a reach-in type showcase, and to prevent the dissipation of cold air by that much.

An object of the present invention is to provide a display shelf structure which can omit a dedicated receiving plate for preventing the product from falling and reduce the cost required for manufacturing the shelf structure accordingly.
An object of the present invention is to provide a display shelf structure in which a card rail can be attached to a shelf panel with one touch, and a shelf can be quickly assembled at a construction site such as a refrigerated showcase.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a shelf panel 4 having a card rail 5 at its front end as shown in FIG.
In a display shelf structure arranged in a vertical multi-tiered manner, a shelf panel 4 has a main surface wall 4a that supports a product C, and the front end of the main surface wall 4a also serves as a receiving plate that prevents the product C from falling. The wall 6 is formed so as to rise upward. The card rail 5 is joined and fixed to the front surface of the mounting wall 6 in a state where the front edge space on the lower surface side of the main surface wall 4a is opened.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the end gaps 15 are press-fitted and fixed to both ends of the card rail 5 made of a strip material, and the engaging claws 18 projecting from the back surface of the end cap 15 are provided.
The card rail 5 is joined and fixed to the mounting wall 6 by press-fitting and engaging with the engaging hole 19 provided through the mounting wall 6. The card rail 5 has a card 10 on the front of the rail main wall 7.
The rail main wall 7 is provided with a mounting groove 11 for use with a mounting groove 13 which is open on the rear side. End cap 15
Is a cap main body 16 that is externally fitted to the card rail 5 from the side end surface side, an engagement block 17 that is projectingly provided on the inner side surface of the cap main body 16 and that is internally fitted into the mounting groove 13, and a back surface of the engagement block 17. It is formed of a plastic molded product integrally provided with the protruding engaging claw 18.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the front surface of a case body 1 having a vertically long rectangular box shape, a doorway 3 opened and closed by a swing door 2 is provided.
In the display shelf structure of the reach-in type refrigerating showcase in which the refrigerating space inside the case is divided into a plurality of vertically arranged shelf panels 4 in the vertical direction, the main surface walls 4a of all the shelf panels 4 are At the front end of the product C, a mounting wall 6 that also serves as a receiving plate for preventing the product C from falling is raised and formed, and the card rail 5 is joined and fixed to the front surface of the mounting wall 6.

[0009]

1 to 4 show an embodiment in which a display shelf structure according to the present invention is applied to a reach-in type refrigerating showcase. In FIG. 2, the reach-in type refrigerating showcase has a vertically long rectangular box-shaped case body 1, an entrance 3 that is opened and closed by a swing door 2 on the front surface, and a shelf panel in the refrigerating room inside the case. 4 are arranged in the upper and lower stages. Each shelf panel 4 is horizontally supported by guide frames (not shown) provided on both side walls of the refrigerating room, and a card rail 5 for displaying a commodity price and a commodity name is provided at a front end thereof.

The shelf panel 4 is made of a press-molded product made of an aluminum plate or a thin steel plate, and as shown in FIG. 3, the peripheral side wall 4b is directed downward on both the left and right side edges and the inner inner edge of the main surface wall 4a. The mounting wall 6 for the card rail 5 is bent and formed upward at the front edge of the main surface wall 4a.
The mounting wall 6 rises at a right angle from the main surface wall 4a and also serves as a receiving wall for preventing the product C from falling.

The card rail 5 is made of an extruded aluminum strip, and has vertical ribs 8 and horizontal ribs 9 integrally formed on the upper and lower rear surfaces of the rail main wall 7. The rail main wall 7 is formed by a concave arc wall which is inclined rearward, and loading grooves 11 for the card 10 are provided along both upper and lower edges of the front surface as shown in FIG. The card rail 5 may be a plastic molded product instead of the aluminum extruded shape member. Reference numeral 12 is a cover sheet that holds and holds the card 10, and is formed of a transparent plastic sheet. Due to the ribs 8 and 9 and the rail main wall 7, the mounting groove 13 having a triangular cross section is formed on the back surface of the rail main wall 7.
Is formed. The mounting groove 13 opens rearward of the rail through the upper and lower gaps between the ribs 8 and 9.

The card rail 5 is joined and fixed to the front surface of the mounting wall 6 of the shelf panel 4. In order to facilitate the rail mounting work, the end caps 15 attached to both ends of the card rail 5 are used as a connecting body. As shown in FIG. 3, the end cap 15 has a cap body 16 formed in a similar shape to the card rail 5, and an engagement block 17 having a triangular cross section is provided on the inner surface of the cap body 16 so as to engage with each other. The block 17 is made of a plastic molded product in which an arrow-shaped engaging claw 18 and a rectangular block-shaped positioning rib 20 are integrally projected.

The end blocks 15 are fixed to the card rails 5 by fitting the engagement blocks 17 into the mounting grooves 13 from outside both ends of the card rails 5 and externally fixing the cap body 16 to the rail main wall 7. They can be integrated, and in this state, the engaging claws 18 project backward from the rear opening of the mounting groove 13. After that, the engaging claws 18 and the ribs 20 are respectively inserted into and engaged with the rectangular engaging holes 19 and 21 that are provided on both sides of the plate surface of the mounting wall 6, respectively. The card rail 5 can be joined and fixed to the mounting wall 6 with one touch in a state where the projecting end face of the is closely attached to the mounting wall 6. At this time, the ribs 20 prevent the end caps 15 from moving vertically and horizontally (see FIG. 4). When necessary, the engaging claw 18 can be elastically deformed on the back side of the mounting wall 6 to separate the card rail 5 from the mounting wall 6.

FIG. 5 shows a modification of the mounting wall 6. FIG.
In (a), the mounting wall 6 is formed in the shape of a hollow frame having a U-shaped cross section that bends to the back side, and the engagement claw 18 is not exposed on the back side. In FIG. 5B, the mounting wall 6 is formed of a strip material having an L-shaped cross section, and the lower end wall 6 a thereof is welded to the main surface wall 4 a of the shelf panel 4. In this case, the shelf panel 4 can be shared by only changing the mounting wall 6a according to the change in the vertical dimension of the card rail 5.

In addition to the above, the mounting wall 6 can be formed by a plurality of face walls folded from the main face wall 4a at regular intervals. The mounting wall 6 may be slightly inclined forward or backward with respect to the principal surface wall 4a in relation to the cross-sectional shape of the card rail 5.

[0016]

According to the present invention, a mounting wall 6 which rises upward is provided at the front edge of the shelf panel 4, and the card rail 5 is joined to the front surface thereof to open the entire lower edge front edge space of the main surface wall 4a. Therefore, even when the upper and lower shelves are set to approach the vertical dimension of the product C, the product C can be easily taken in and out quickly. Since the time required for putting in and taking out the product C can be shortened, it is possible to suppress the dissipation of cold air and prevent the temperature rise in the refrigerating room, particularly in a reach-in type refrigerating showcase. Since the mounting wall 6 also serves as a receiving wall for preventing the product C from falling, the structure of the shelf panel 4 can be simplified correspondingly, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Since the end cap 15 is provided with the engaging claw 18 and the engaging claw 18 is press-fitted and engaged with the engaging hole 19 of the mounting wall 6, the card rail 5 is joined and fixed to the mounting wall 6. The card rail 5 can be easily attached to the attachment wall 6 with one touch, and the shelving work at a construction site such as a refrigerated showcase can be simplified and the time required for the work can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a front portion of a shelf panel.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view showing a schematic structure of a reach-in type refrigerating showcase.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a card rail and an end cap.

FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a modified example of a mounting wall.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Shelf Panel 5 Card Rail 6 Mounting Wall 7 Rail Main Wall 11 Loading Groove 13 Mounting Groove 15 End Cap 16 Cap Body 17 Engaging Block 18 Engaging Claw 19 Engaging Hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display shelf structure in which a shelf panel 4 having a card rail 5 at a front end is arranged in a multi-tiered manner in a vertical direction, and the shelf panel 4 has a main surface wall 4a for supporting a product C, At the front end of the main surface wall 4a, a mounting wall 6 which also functions as a receiving plate for preventing the product C from falling down is formed so as to rise upward, and the front edge space on the lower surface side of the main surface wall 4a is opened to open the card. A display shelf structure in which the rail 5 is joined and fixed to the front surface of the mounting wall 6. 2. An end gap 15 is press-fitted and fixed to both ends of a card rail 5 made of a strip material, and engaging claws 18 are provided on the back surface of the end cap 15 so as to project through the mounting wall 6. The display rack structure according to claim 1, wherein the card rail 5 is fixedly joined to the mounting wall 6 by press-fitting and engaging the engaging claw 18 with the dowel hole 19. 3. The card rail 5 has a loading groove 11 for a card 10 on the front surface of the rail main wall 7, and a mounting groove 13 opening on the back side on the back surface of the rail main wall 7, and the end cap. A cap main body 16 is externally fitted to the card rail 5 from the side end surface side, and an engagement block 1 is projectingly provided on the inner side surface of the cap main body 16 and fitted in the mounting groove 13.
7. The display shelf structure according to claim 2, wherein the display shelf structure is made of a plastic molded product integrally provided with an engaging claw 18 protruding from the rear surface of the engaging block 17. 4. A plurality of shelf panels 4 each having a horizontally elongated rectangular box-shaped case body 1 having a doorway 3 opened and closed by a swing door 2 and a refrigerating space inside the case. It is a display rack structure of a reach-in type refrigerated showcase divided into upper and lower multi-stages, and a mounting wall 6 also serving as a receiving plate for preventing falling of the product C is provided at the front end of the main surface wall 4a of all the shelf panels 4. The display rack structure according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the display rack is formed so as to rise upward, and the card rail 5 is joined and fixed to the front surface of the mounting wall 6.