JP4867224B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a showcase equipped with a slide-type movable shelf that can be pulled forward in the case body, and more particularly to a stopper mechanism that latches the movable shelf in a pushing position.

For multi-stage showcases with product display shelves lined up and down in the cabinet, the product display shelf has been improved as a slide-type movable shelf that can be pulled forward to improve the convenience of displaying and replenishing products. A showcase is well known, and this movable shelf is constructed via a slide rail between shelf brackets fixed to the back of the case body along both left and right sides of the shelf board. In addition, a leaf spring type stopper is provided at the center of the back surface of the shelf plate as a means for latching and holding the movable shelf at the position where it is pushed into the cabinet. There is known a shelf device for a showcase in which an engaging portion is provided on a handed frame and the stopper is hooked on the engaging portion at a position where the movable shelf is pushed into the cabinet (for example, Patent Documents). 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-115344

By the way, the movable shelf stopper mechanism disclosed in Patent Document 1 has the following problems in terms of structure, function, and operability. That is,
(1) The spring steel that constitutes the stopper cannot be easily processed into a sheet metal like ordinary steel materials, and becomes a custom-made product for a specialized manufacturer, resulting in high cost parts.
(2) In addition, the stopper is easy to come off from the engaging part during the long-term repeated use due to the elastic fatigue of the spring steel material. If the customer pulls the shelf toward you to remove the product lined up, the stopper may easily come off and the shelf may move unexpectedly forward.
(3) In addition, stoppers that use the flexibility of spring steel cannot be painted in general (the painted surface may be peeled off by repeated operations even if it is painted), and the spring steel is left exposed If it is assembled, it does not look good, and the design of the showcase is impaired.
(4) Further, in the configuration in which the stopper is arranged at the center of the back surface of the shelf plate and the engaging portion facing the stopper is provided on the frame laid between the left and right shelf brackets and arranged on the lower surface side of the movable shelf, The products stacked on the movable shelves that are lined up interfere with the stopper mechanism, restricting the product storage space, and the products may push up the leaf springs of the stoppers to disengage the products. Further, the stopper release operation surface also has a usability problem that makes it difficult to manually release the stopper on the upper shelf when the product is obstructed when a large amount of products are stacked on the lower movable shelf.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide an improved showcase so that the stopper function and operability of the movable shelf can be improved by solving the above-described problems.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a showcase equipped with a slide-type movable shelf that can be pulled out forward in the case body, and the movable shelf is provided on the left and right side edges thereof. A self-locking stopper is provided on the front end side of the side frame arranged on the left and right side edges of the movable shelf between the shelf brackets supported on the rear surface of the cabinet along the slide rail. Is an engagement groove on the side of the upper surface, a curl-shaped handle for releasing the lock on the front end side across the engagement groove, and extends obliquely upward on the rear side and rides on the shelf bracket And a guide wing portion, and is composed of a sheet metal member that pivotally supports a rear end of an arm formed on a side portion via a stepped screw on a side surface of the side frame, and the stopper is provided at the front end of the side frame. Down to horizontal posture A pedestal is formed to face the stopper, and an upward claw portion is formed in the upper edge of the shelf bracket facing the stopper to form an upward claw portion. The engaging groove portion is locked to the claw portion of the shelf bracket to be auto-locked, and the arm of the stopper is supported by the pedestal of the side frame , and the movable shelf is locked and held at the pushing position. When pulling forward, the top curl handle portion of the stopper is pulled upward from the front, and the stopper is tilted upward with the stepped screw as a hinge shaft so that the engaging groove portion comes out of the claw portion of the shelf bracket. Configure.

According to the stopper mechanism having the above configuration, a general steel plate can be processed by sheet metal processing without using a special spring steel material for the stopper member, so that the cost of parts can be reduced. In addition, since the stopper is provided on the front end side of the side frame provided on the left and right edges of the movable shelf and is hooked on the claw part formed on the shelf bracket, the stopper is stacked on the movable shelf lined down one step. The stopper can be released easily from the front of the showcase without interfering with the product and without being disturbed by the product stacked on the lower shelf.
Further, the stopper includes an engaging groove portion on the side of the upper surface, a curl-shaped handle portion for releasing the lock on the front end side across the engaging groove portion, and a shelf bracket extending obliquely upward on the rear side. And a guide wing portion that rides on the side, and is composed of a sheet metal member that pivotally supports the rear end of the arm formed on the side portion via a stepped screw on the side surface of the side frame, A pedestal for supporting the stopper in a substantially horizontal posture is formed, and an upward claw is formed in the upper edge of the shelf bracket facing the stopper to form an upward claw portion. with auto lock is applied engages the engagement groove of the stopper pawl portion of the shelf bracket in a state pushed, the arm movable shelves push-in position is supported on the base of the side frame of said stopper When it is held and pulled forward from the inside of the cabinet, the handle on the curl of the stopper is pulled upward from the front, the stopper is tilted upward with the stepped screw as a hinge shaft, and the engagement groove is formed on the shelf. Since it is configured to come out from the claw portion of the bracket, the operability of stopper locking and release is improved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the examples shown in FIGS.
First, the whole structure of the slide-type product display shelf according to the embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIGS. In each figure, 1 is a movable shelf, 2 is a shelf bracket fixed to the back of the interior of the showcase body along the left and right edges of the shelf plate of the movable shelf 1, and 3 is a connection between the bracket 2 and the movable shelf 2. Slide rail (double slide rail combining ball bearing with 3 rail members of outer rail (fixed rail), inner rail (movable rail), and middle rail), 4 is the movable rail member of the movable rail 2 The side frame 5 fixed to the back surface side is a stopper attached to the front end side of the side frame 4 according to the present invention. In the pushed state of the movable shelf 1 shown by the solid line in FIG. The movable shelf 1 is latched and held at this position, and the stopper 5 is released at this position so that the movable shelf 1 can be pulled out to the drawing position indicated by the chain line. Unishi to have. In the figure, L represents the depth dimension of the shelf, T represents the travel distance (the travel stroke amount of the shelf), and P represents the moving direction of the movable shelf 1.

Here, as shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 1A, the stopper 5 is formed with an engaging groove portion 5a on the side portion of the upper surface, and a curled handle portion on the front end side across the groove portion 5a. 5b is a sheet metal product formed with a guide blade portion 5c extending obliquely upward on the rear side, and a screw-through hole 5e into which a stepped screw to be described later is fitted is inserted at the rear end of the arm formed on the side portion. It has a perforated structure, and a stepped screw 6 is screwed into a screw hole 4b perforated on the tip side of the side frame 4 of the movable plate 2, and is pivotally supported with the stopper 5 as a fulcrum. A pedestal 4a for supporting the stopper 5 in a substantially horizontal posture is formed at the tip of the side frame 4. On the other hand, the upper edge of the shelf bracket 2 facing the stopper 5 is formed with an upward claw 2b by notching a groove 2a.
In the above configuration, when the movable shelf 1 shown in FIG. 4 is pushed into the cabinet from the drawer position, the stopper 5 is hooked on the claw portion 2b of the shelf bracket 2 as shown in FIG. The movable shelf 1 is locked at this position. In addition, a stopper latching state is shown to Fig.5 (a)-(c).

That is, when the movable shelf 1 is pushed into the cabinet from the drawer position, if the stopper 5 reaches the tip of the shelf bracket 2 during the pushing process, the guide wing 5c rides on the upper edge of the shelf bracket 2 and proceeds. When the guide wing portion 5c gets over the claw portion 2b and falls into the recessed groove 2a behind it, the engagement groove portion 5a of the stopper 5 is simultaneously locked to the claw portion 2b of the shelf bracket 2 and the automatic lock is applied. 1 is locked and held in this pushed-in position. In this state, even if the movable shelf 1 is pulled forward, the stopper 5 is not removed and moved forward.
On the other hand, when pulling the movable shelf 1 forward from the inside of the cabinet, a finger is placed on the handle 5b of the stopper 5 disposed on the left and right sides of the movable shelf 1 from the front of the showcase and pulled upward. As a result, the stopper 5 tilts upward with the stepped screw 6 as a hinge shaft, and the engaging groove 5a comes out of the claw portion 2b of the shelf bracket 2, and is pulled slightly forward to release the stopper 5, and the movable shelf 1 is released. Subsequently, the movable shelf 1 is moved to a drawing position indicated by a chain line in FIG. 4 by pulling the shelf board to the front.

Further, in the above configuration, since the stopper 5 is assembled to the side frame 4 disposed on the side edge of the movable shelf 1, the lower surface side of the movable shelf 1 becomes free space, and the stopper mechanism is provided as in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1. rather may interfere with the articles stacked in shelves arranged in one level lower and to release operating the stopper 5 from the front of the comb Yokesu such being obstructed in this product in a state of stacking a large amount of product in the lower part of the shelf be able to.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram of the stopper mechanism by the Example of this invention, (a) is a disassembled perspective view of main parts, (b) is a perspective view showing the latching state of a stopper. Front view of sliding product display shelf equipped with the stopper mechanism of FIG. The rear view which looked at the left edge part of the goods display shelf of FIG. 2 from the back side of the shelf board Side view of the product display shelf shown in Fig. 2 It is a figure showing the state which latched the goods display shelf of FIG. 2 on the shelf bracket, (a) is a principal part enlarged view corresponding to FIG. 3, (b), (c) is (a) inside the guide rail, Side view from outside

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Movable shelf 2 Shelf bracket 2b Claw part 3 Slide rail 4 Shelf side frame 5 Stopper 5a Engaging groove part 5b Handle part 5c Guide wing part 6 Stepped screw (pivot)

Claims (1)

A showcase equipped with a sliding movable shelf that can be pulled forward in the interior of the case body, and the movable shelf slides between shelf brackets supported on the back of the interior along the left and right side edges. An auto-locking stopper is provided at the front end side of the side frame disposed on the left and right side edges of the movable shelf, and the stopper is provided with an engaging groove portion on the upper side portion and the engagement groove portion. A curl-shaped handle for releasing the lock on the front end side across the groove, and a guide wing that extends obliquely upward and rides on the shelf bracket on the rear side of the arm formed on the side trailing edge consists sheet metal member which is pivotally supported tiltably through the shoulder screws on the sides of the side frames, to form a base underpinning a substantially horizontal position the stopper on the distal end of the side frame, said stopper The upper edge of the shelf bracket is opposed to the upper edge of the shelf bracket to form an upward claw portion, and the engaging groove portion of the stopper is inserted into the claw portion of the shelf bracket while the movable shelf is pushed into the cabinet. And the stopper arm is supported by the pedestal of the side frame and the movable shelf is locked and held in the pushing position. A showcase, wherein a curl upper handle portion of a stopper is pulled upward, and the stopper is tilted upward with the stepped screw as a hinge shaft so that the engaging groove portion comes out of a claw portion of the shelf bracket.

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