JP2001137083A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a showcase in which the display work for commodities can be improved and the displayed commodities can easily be taken in and out. SOLUTION: In a showcase, commodities are housed and displayed in a display chamber 9 having an opening part 27 in a front surface. The showcase is provided with a lower display part 26 formed in the deck pan 12 of the display chamber 9 to mount and display the commodities thereon and a commodities rack 10 attached to the upper part of the display chamber 9 and having a zigzag commodities passage 32 extending in upper and lower parts housed therein. The commodities filling port 33 of the passage 32 is formed in the upper part of the rack 10 and the commodities take-out port 34 the passage 32 is formed in the lower part of the rack, respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a showcase having a display room with an opening at the front, and storing and displaying goods in the display room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional showcase of this type is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-63770. That is,
This type of showcase is composed of a heat insulating wall having a substantially U-shaped cross section and side plates attached to both sides of the heat insulating wall at an installation site. An outer partition plate and an inner partition plate are attached to the inside of the heat insulating wall at intervals, and an outer duct is provided between the heat insulating wall and the outer partition plate and an inner duct is provided between the inner and outer partition plates. The inside of the plate is a storage room. In addition, a plurality of shelves are erected in the storage room, and commodities are displayed on the shelves.

[0003]

However, in the case of a conventional showcase, the operation of displaying products on the upper stage is difficult, and in particular, it is difficult for a relatively short store clerk or the like to display products on the back of the upper stage. It was difficult. Also, when a customer or the like takes out a product, it becomes difficult to take out the product if a relatively heavy beverage such as juice is displayed on the upper stage. In particular, children and relatively short customers have a problem in that their willingness to purchase is reduced because it is extremely difficult to take them out.

An object of the present invention is to provide a showcase capable of improving the display operation of commodities and facilitating removal of the displayed commodities.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A showcase of the present invention has a display room with an opening at the front, and stores and displays products in the display room. And a product rack which is attached to the upper part of the display room and has a meandering product passage extending vertically, and the product rack is filled in the upper part of the product rack. A mouth is formed, and a product outlet of a product passage is formed at a lower portion, respectively.

According to the present invention, in a showcase having a display room having an opening at the front surface and storing and displaying products in the display room, a lower display portion for placing and displaying products at the bottom of the display room is formed. In the upper part of the display room, a merchandise rack in which a meandering merchandise passage extending vertically is attached,
Since a product filling port of a product passage is formed at an upper portion of the product rack and a product outlet of a product passage is formed at a lower portion of the product rack, for example, a relatively large product is placed and displayed in a lower display portion of the display room. However, relatively small products can be stored in a product rack above the display room.

[0007] In particular, according to the present invention, by sequentially storing the products from the product filling port on the upper portion of the product rack, the products are filled while descending the product path in the product rack. Significant improvement. In addition, since the filled lowermost product is displayed at the product outlet so as to be freely taken out, the product is displayed without any trouble and the product can be easily taken out.

[0008] In addition to the above-mentioned invention, the showcase according to the second aspect of the invention has a height from the installation surface to the lower edge of the front opening of 60 degrees.
The height is from 0 mm to 1000 mm, the height from the installation surface to the lower end of the product rack is 800 mm to 1200 mm, and the opening dimension from the lower edge of the front opening to the lower edge of the product rack is 150 mm to 400 mm.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the height from the installation surface to the lower edge of the front opening is set to 600 mm to 10 mm.
00 mm, the height from the installation surface to the lower end of the product rack is 800 mm to 1200 mm, and the opening dimension from the lower edge of the front opening to the lower edge of the product rack is 150 m.
m to 400 mm, the product outlet of the product rack has a height substantially extending from the abdomen to the chest of the customer, and the displayability and easy removal of the product in the product rack are improved. Further, since a sufficient opening is formed between the lower edge of the front opening and the product rack, it is possible to take out the product from the lower display portion without any trouble.

The showcase according to a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in addition to the above inventions, the height from the installation surface to the upper end of the product rack is set to 1400 mm to 1900 mm.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above inventions, the height from the installation surface to the upper end of the product rack is 1400 m.
m to 1900 mm, the height of the product filling port of the product rack is within the reach of the worker from the approximate neck and overhead,
This also facilitates the operation of storing the product in the product rack.

A showcase according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in addition to the above-described inventions, a front opening, which is a front side of a product filling port of the product rack, is closed and opened by a transparent door.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the front opening on the front side of the product filling port of the product rack is closed by a transparent door so that it can be opened and closed. The effect can be exerted, and the inconvenience of the customer taking out the product from the product filling port can be avoided.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a showcase 1 of the present invention, and FIG. The showcase 1 of the present invention is a refrigerated vertical open showcase that is installed in a store such as a supermarket, for example. Side plates 3, 3 to be attached
It is composed of The side plate 3 of the present embodiment has a front portion curved from the upper portion to the lower portion, and is formed gradually wider. A partition plate 4 is attached to the inside of the heat insulating wall 2 at intervals, and a duct 5 is formed between the heat insulating wall 2 and the partition plate 4. A display room is provided inside the partition plate 4. 9
Is configured. An outer partition plate 6 is attached to the outside of the heat insulating wall 2 at intervals, and a waste heat duct 7 is formed between the heat insulating wall 2 and the outer partition plate 6.

In the upper part of the display room 9, a plurality of product racks 10, which will be described in detail later, are installed. The bottom of the display room 9 is provided with a roller (not shown), and a deck pan 12 inclined slightly forward is attached.
On the upper surface of 2, a lower display portion 26 for placing and displaying products is formed.

On the front surface of the lower end of the heat insulating wall 2, a front portion 2 A vertically rising up to the position of the deck pan 12.
A front member 28 made of, for example, a glass member is provided from the upper end of the front portion 2A to a position forming the lower display portion 26. The front member 28 also has a gradually curved shape from the upper part to the lower part in order to match the curved shape of the side plate 3.

The lower end of the front member 28 is fixed by a front panel 41 attached to the lower front surface of the heat insulating wall 2. The front panel 41 is a panel made of a hard resin and formed in a substantially U-shaped cross section, and a support portion 42 for supporting the front member 28 is formed on an inner upper portion. The support portion 42 has a plurality of openings (not shown). With the front member 28 fixed by the front panel 41, a small clearance is formed between the front panel 41 and the front member 28.

An acrylic plate 29 is provided inside the front member 28 and stands upright from the front end of the deck pan 12 at a predetermined interval. Such an acrylic plate 2
9 is fixed by a holding member 30 formed in the longitudinal direction.

A first outlet 21 is formed at the upper edge of the front opening 27.
Communicates with the duct 5. In FIG.
Is a wind direction plate for adjusting the direction of cool air in the duct 5. The holding member 30 located between the front member 28 and the acrylic plate 29 has an inlet 22 formed by a plurality of holes by punching, and communicates with the bottom duct 13. A second discharge port 23 is formed on the rear surface of the partition plate 4 at a position slightly lower than the height of the upper end of the front member 28, and the second discharge port 23 projects toward the display room 9 side. A movable fin 24 is formed. The second discharge port 23 is adjusted so that the discharge amount is smaller than the cool air discharge amount discharged from the first discharge port 21.

Below the deck pan 12, a bottom duct 13 communicating with the duct 5 is formed. A blower 14 is provided in the bottom duct 13 and a cooler 16 is provided.

A machine room 17 is formed below the heat insulating wall 2, and the inside of the machine room 17 communicates with the waste heat duct 7. In the machine room 17, the cooler 16
The compressor 45, which together with the annular refrigeration cycle,
A condenser 18 and the like are provided. A front panel 19 is attached to the front of the machine room 18 so as to be freely opened and closed.
A plurality of intake ports 20 are formed on the front surface of the front panel 19.

On the other hand, a door 8 pivotally provided on the left side, for example, is provided in the front opening 27 in the upper part of the display room 9 so as to be openable and closable. The door 8 includes a glass member 11 whose front surface can be seen through, and is closed by door receivers 15 provided on the upper edge and the upper side edges of the opening 21 of the display room 9. When the door 8 is opened, the door 8 is opened by placing a finger on the lower end of the door 8 on which the door receiver 15 is not provided and pulling the door 8 forward.

On the other hand, an outer discharge port 25 is formed in the outer partition plate 6 located at the upper front end of the heat insulating wall 2, and the outer discharge port 25 communicates with the heat exhaust duct 7. . An opening (not shown) is formed at the rear of the upper surface of the outer partition plate 6.

When the refrigeration cycle is operated, the air heated by the compressor 45 and the condenser 18 in the machine room 17 passes through the exhaust heat duct 7, and most of the air passes through the upper surface of the outer partition plate 6. Air is exhausted from an opening formed in the rear part, and a part is discharged to the outside of the door 8 from the outer discharge port 25. Thereby, the door 8 is heated, and the occurrence of dew condensation can be prevented.

Next, the commodity rack 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view of the upper part of the showcase 1, and FIG. 4 is an upper front view of the showcase 1 with the door 8 omitted. In FIG. 4, only the right product rack 10 is shown, and the center and left product racks 10 are omitted. The product rack 10 is formed by stacking a number of product columns 31 in the vertical direction on a steel plate material made of a thermally conductive material. The product columns 31 are divided into columns 31A to 31C, and the columns 31 are divided into columns 31A to 31C.
In A, the same product A1 is stored, and in the column group 31B,
The same product A2 is stored.

Then, the product column 31 of the product rack 10
As shown in FIG. 3, a meandering product passage 32 is formed, and each of the product columns 31 can be vertically stored. Further, a product filling port 33 is formed at the upper end of the product column 31, and a product outlet 34 is formed at the lower end.

The commodity filling port 33 is provided with a pair of bar-shaped commodity holders 35 for preventing the uppermost commodity in the commodity column 31 from rolling. The commodity placed on the commodity holder 35 is provided. The goods filled in each goods rack 10 can be seen at the time of sale through the transparent glass member 11 of the door 8. The product placed on the product holder 35 can be taken out from the product outlet 34 of the product column 10 by pushing the product from the front to the rear when filling the product.

The product outlet 34 is provided with a product holder 36. This product holder 36 is a horizontal portion 36
A and a holding portion 36B prevent the product filled and dropped from above from falling from the product rack 10 by the holding portion 36B. In addition, horizontal section 3
6A, in a state where the product is filled in the product column 31, the product is prevented from falling due to the gravity of the product filled upward. Further, a notch 36C is formed in the holding portion 36B to make it easy to take out the product.

Further, a product holding inclined plate 37 is formed between the product passage 32 of the product column 31 and the product presser 36, which is relatively rearward, so that the product rack 10 projects slightly downward and forward. Is formed. At this time,
The product outlet 34 located at the lowermost stage is formed so as to be located forward of the front surface of the door 8 and located behind the front member 28.

With the above configuration, a relatively small product can be stored in the product rack 10 in the upper part of the display room 9. In addition, since the products are sequentially stored from the product filling port 33 at the upper part of the product rack 10, the products are filled while descending the product path 32 in the product rack 10, the display operation of the products is remarkably improved. . In addition, the filled lowermost product is displayed at the product outlet 34 so as to be freely taken out, so that the product is displayed without any trouble and the product can be easily taken out.

When the blower 14 is operated, the air in the bottom duct 13 is blown out toward the rear duct 5, exchanges heat with the cooler 16, and is blown up. Second discharge port 2 formed on the back surface of plate 4
Slight cool air is discharged from 3. Then, the remaining cool air is discharged from the first discharge port 21 at the upper edge of the opening 27,
Such cool air flows along the inside of the door 8, that is, between the inside of the door 8 and the product held for display on the product holder 35 of the product rack 10 and along the product placed in the product outlet 34. Descends, returns to the bottom duct 13 from the suction port 22 formed at the lower edge of the opening 27, and is sucked into the blower 14 again.

As a result, a cool air curtain is formed in the opening 27 of the display room 9 to prevent or suppress the invasion of outside air from the opening 27. Then, a part of the cool air curtain enters the upper part of the display room 9 and
The upper part, that is, the product in the product rack 10 is cooled, and the lower display part 26 is cooled by the cool air discharged from the second discharge port 23 formed in the partition plate 4.

At this time, the front member 28 near the suction opening formed at the lower edge of the opening 27 is cooled by the cool air curtain, and dew condensation occurs. It flows into the bottom duct 13 through the gap formed between the front panel 41 and the opening formed in the support portion 42, and enters the outside through the drain pan 43 and the drain pipe 44 formed in the bottom duct 13. Drained to

On the other hand, in FIG. 4, reference numeral 38 denotes mounting brackets provided in front and rear at positions corresponding to both ends of the commodity rack 10 in the duct 5 constituting the upper surface of the display room 9, and having a substantially U-shaped cross section. Flanges are formed outward at both ends, and such flanges are attached to the lower surface of the upper wall of the heat insulating wall 2, and the lower surface of the mounting bracket 38 is fixed to the partition plate 4. Also, on the lower surface of the mounting bracket 38,
A suspension rail 39 for suspending the product rack 10 is provided.

Thus, the product rack 10 is moved to the front by sliding the product rack 10 on the suspension rail 39 with the door 8 opened when performing maintenance work or the like. be able to.

Further, the mounting bracket 38 is formed in the duct 5 to have a substantially U-shaped cross section, and is formed forward and backward in the duct 5, so that the cool air flowing in the duct 5 is rectified. Thus, the inside of the display room 9 can be cooled evenly. The product rack 10
Is made of a heat conductive material, the merchandise rack 10 itself is cooled by the cool air evenly distributed, and the cooling efficiency of the merchandise filled in the merchandise rack 10 is also improved.

Further, on the front surface of the product rack 10 at a position corresponding to the lower end of the door 8, a rack fixture 40 is provided removably on the left and right. by this,
The product rack 10 is fixed so as not to protrude forward.

The front member 28 of the front opening 27 is located below the machine room 17 of the showcase 1, that is, from the installation surface.
The height L1 to the upper end is 600 mm to 1000 mm
(In the embodiment, 800 mm) and the product rack 10
The height L2 to the lower end of the is 800 mm or more and 1200 m
m (1000 mm in the embodiment).

As a result, the product outlet 34 of the product rack 10 has a height substantially extending from the abdomen to the chest of the customer, and the display of the products in the product rack 10 and the ease of taking out the products are improved.

The height L3 from the upper end of the front member 28 of the front opening 27 to the lower end of the product rack 10 is 15
0 mm or more and 400 mm or less (210 m in the example)
m). Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the opening of the lower display portion 26 formed by the upper end of the front member 28 and the lower end of the product rack 10 is 150 mm or more and 400 mm or more.
mm (in the embodiment, 210 mm), and the depth dimension L4 from the upper end position of the front member 28 to the lower end of the product rack 10 is 100 mm or more and 2 mm as described above.
It is set in the range of 00 mm or less.

Thus, for example, when a 2.0 L PET bottle is displayed, it can be easily taken out from the opening. Further, since the deck pan 12 constituting the bottom surface of the lower display portion 26 is formed to be slightly inclined and has a roller (not shown), even if the product is placed in the back, the product in the front is taken out. As a result, it can be moved forward and easily taken out. Also, the lower edge of the front opening 27 and the product rack 10
Since a sufficient opening is formed between them, it is possible to take out the product from the lower display portion 26 without any trouble.

Further, the height L5 from the installation surface to the upper end of the product rack 10 is set to 1400 mm to 1900 mm. As a result, the height of the product filling port 33 of the product rack 10 is within the reach of the worker from the approximate neck and overhead, and the product storage operation in the product rack 10 becomes easy.

In this embodiment, a product rack 10 is provided behind the door 8 in the display room 9, and the products are stored and displayed in the product rack 10. A shelf member may be provided.

Further, by adjusting the discharge amount of the second discharge port 23, the inside of the display room 9 at the position corresponding to the rear of the door 8 is in a low temperature zone, the inside of the lower display section 26 is in a high temperature zone, and other doors. The inside of the display room 9 which does not correspond to the rear of the display room 8 can be set to a medium temperature zone. Therefore, each temperature zone is set to an appropriate temperature, for example, yogurt or the like in the low temperature zone, small juices in the middle temperature zone, and 2.0 L in the high temperature zone.
Can be placed and displayed.
Conversely, by increasing the discharge amount of the second discharge port 23, the lower display part 26 can be set to a low-temperature zone and the upper part of the display room 9 can be set to a high-temperature zone.

[0045]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in a showcase having a display room having an opening at the front and storing and displaying goods in the display room, the goods are placed and displayed at the bottom of the display room. A product rack in which a meandering product passage extending vertically is mounted at the upper part of the display room, and a product filling port of the product passage is formed at the upper part of the product rack; Since the product outlets of the product passages are formed in the lower portion, for example, while relatively large products are placed and displayed in the lower display portion of the display room, relatively small products are placed in the product rack above the display room. It can be stored in.

In particular, according to the present invention, by sequentially storing the products from the product filling port on the upper portion of the product rack, the products are filled while descending the product path in the product rack. Significant improvement. In addition, since the filled lowermost product is displayed at the product outlet so as to be freely taken out, the product is displayed without any trouble and the product can be easily taken out.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the height from the installation surface to the lower edge of the front opening is 600 mm to 10 mm.
00 mm, the height from the installation surface to the lower end of the product rack is 800 mm to 1200 mm, and the opening dimension from the lower edge of the front opening to the lower edge of the product rack is 150 m.
m to 400 mm, the product outlet of the product rack has a height substantially extending from the abdomen to the chest of the customer, and the displayability and easy removal of the product in the product rack are improved. Further, since a sufficient opening is formed between the lower edge of the front opening and the product rack, it is possible to take out the product from the lower display portion without any trouble.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned inventions, the height from the installation surface to the upper end of the product rack is 1400 m.
m to 1900 mm, the height of the product filling port of the product rack is within the reach of the worker from the approximate neck and overhead,
This also facilitates the operation of storing the product in the product rack.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above, the front opening on the front side of the commodity filling port of the commodity rack is closed by a transparent door so as to be openable and closable. The effect can be exerted, and the inconvenience of the customer taking out the product from the product filling port can be avoided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a showcase of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the showcase of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of an upper portion of the showcase of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the showcase of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of a central portion of the showcase of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of a lower portion of the showcase of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 showcase 2 heat insulating wall 3 side plate 4 partition plate 5 duct 6 outer partition plate 7 waste heat duct 8 door 9 display room 10 product rack 12 deck pan 13 bottom duct 16 cooler 17 machine room 19 front panel 20 suction port 21 first Discharge port 22 Suction port 23 Second discharge port 25 Outer layer discharge port 26 Lower display part 27 Front opening part 28 Front member 31 Product column 32 Product passage 33 Product filling port 34 Product outlet 35 Product holder 36 Product holder 37 Product Holding inclined plate 38 Mounting bracket 39 Suspension rail

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masaki Negishi 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Shinya Onuchi 2-chome Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 5th-5th Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3B110 JA03

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A showcase having a display room opening on the front side and storing and displaying commodities in the display room, a lower display portion configured at the bottom of the display room, for placing and displaying commodities, A merchandise rack attached to the upper part of the display room and having a meandering merchandise passage extending vertically, the merchandise filling port of the merchandise passage being formed at the upper part of the merchandise rack, and the merchandise being formed at the lower part. A showcase in which a product outlet of a passage is formed. 2. The height from the installation surface to the lower edge of the front opening is 6
00 mm to 1000 mm, and the height from the installation surface to the lower end of the product rack is 800 mm to 1200 mm.
The showcase according to claim 1, wherein an opening dimension from the lower edge of the front opening to the lower edge of the commodity rack is set to 150 mm to 400 mm. 3. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the height from the installation surface to the upper end of the product rack is set to 1400 mm to 1900 mm. 4. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein a front opening, which is a front side of a product filling port of the product rack, is opened and closed by a transparent door.