JP2945801B2 - Open showcase - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an open show case provided with a main body case having a substantially U-shaped cross section having a product take-out opening on the front surface, and an interior formed in the back of the opening.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A cold air circulation type open showcase is known as this type of open showcase. In this open showcase, a main body case having a substantially U-shaped cross section is constituted by an outer box and an inner box, a cool air circulation path is formed between the outer box and the inner box, and the inside of the box is provided inside the inner box. It is formed. In this compartment, a plurality of shelves are provided to partition the inside of the compartment up and down. Thus, while the goods are displayed on the shelf, the goods are cooled and kept cool by the cooled air in the refrigerator circulating through the cool air circulation path. At stores where the above open showcases are installed, when customers purchase products, they do not select the desired products from the unsold products, but rather select the products they like from abundant piles of products Therefore, it is desirable to display the products on the shelves so as to produce a sense of volume as much as possible, since the effect of increasing the satisfaction of customers and motivating purchase will be obtained. In supermarkets, the number of visitors on weekdays is much smaller than on holidays. In such a case, in order to always sell fresh products, it is necessary to significantly reduce the number of products displayed on the shelf board on weekdays as compared to holidays.

[0003]

By the way, on weekdays when sales are few, goods are displayed on the front of the shelf plate so that customers can easily select. However, in the conventional open showcase, in this case, there is a concern that the rear portion of the shelf board becomes an empty space and the displayed product has an impression that it is an unsold product.

According to the present invention, an open show that can correspond to the number of products to be displayed when the number of sales is large or small, and does not give a customer an impression of unsold products even when the number of products to be displayed is small. The purpose is to provide a case.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, an inner box is provided in a main body case having a substantially U-shaped cross section having a product take-out opening on the front surface. In the open showcase where the interior is formed in
An inner back plate supported by the inner box movably back and forth to expand and contract the depth of the inside, and right and left protruding forward and left and right outside of the inner back plate with a rear end locked to the inner box back wall. A pair of brackets and a shelf comprising a shelf supported by the brackets are provided, and the shelf is divided into two in the front and back, and one of the divided shelves is overlapped with the other in the front and rear while overlapping. It shall be slidably supported.

[0006]

In the case where there is a large number of sales, the inner backboard and the shelf are moved to the rear end to increase the area of the shelf. Also, when the number of products to be displayed is small, the back plate and shelf in the refrigerator are moved forward so that no empty space is created behind the stacked products, so that the products are fully displayed on the shelf. Can direct.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, a main case 1 of an open showcase has a U-shaped cross section having a product take-out opening 1a on the front surface, and is provided with an appropriate space between an outer box 2 made of a heat insulating wall and the outer box 2. An inner box 3 is formed inside the inner box 3. Outer box 2
A cool air circulating path 5 is formed between the inner box 3 and the upper and lower ends so as to form an air outlet 5a and a suction port 5b, and a fan 6 and a cooler 7 are provided here.

[0008] A shelf 10 for vertically partitioning the inside of the refrigerator is provided in the refrigerator 4.
In this case, three stages are provided. The shelf 10 has a pair of left and right brackets 1 that are protruding forward with rear end portions 11a on both left and right sides of the cabinet 4 being removably locked by locking holes in a back wall of the cabinet.
1 and a pair of a front shelf 12 and a rear shelf 13 which are placed and held on the bracket 11 and form a pair. The front shelf 12 has a projection (not shown) formed by the bracket 1.
The bracket 11 fits into the front locking groove 11 b and is fixed and held at the front of the bracket 11. On the other hand, the rear shelf 13 is provided so as to be movable back and forth so as to overlap with the front shelf 12, and engages a projection (not shown) with one of a plurality of locking grooves 11 c provided at the rear of the bracket 11. It is stopped and held at an arbitrary position. Reference numeral 15 denotes a pair of left and right rails provided along the ceiling wall at the upper left and right sides of the interior 4 and extending front and rear. The rail 15 has a large number of grooves 16 which are open upward and are arranged in front and rear.
Reference numeral 17 denotes an inner back plate according to the present invention, which has a width approximately equal to the inner dimension of the pair of brackets 9 and moves the rail 15 back and forth at the upper left and right sides and engages with the groove 16 in a detachable manner. And a back plate leg 19 which is slidable up and down such that the lower end surface is always in contact with the lower surface of the inside of the refrigerator so as to cover the lower end of the inner back plate.

In the above-described configuration, in the open showcase, the internal air is sucked into the cool air circulation path 5 from the suction port 5b by the operation of the fan 6, cooled by the cooler 7 and circulated as cooling air. Air is blown out from the outlet 5a to form a cool air curtain in the opening 1a for shutting off the inside of the refrigerator from the outside air, and also cools the refrigerator 4 inside. The goods 8 are displayed in the inside 4 of the cabinet, but when sales are good such as holidays, the inside back plate 17 is moved to the rearmost position, and the support pins 18 are engaged with the rear grooves 16 and held. A large number of products 8 are displayed on the front shelf 12 and the rear shelf 13 where the shelf area is maximized by sliding the shelf 13 backward. Also, when there are few sales on weekdays, the rear shelf 13 is moved forward in accordance with the amount of the products 10 to be displayed, and the small products 10 are piled up on the shelf with the reduced shelf area. The back plate 17 is moved forward and the rear shelf 1
The support pin 18 is engaged with the groove 16 and held at a position where the support pin 18 comes into contact with or comes close to the rear end face 3. At this time, even if the inner backboard 17 moves slightly upward due to the forward movement, the backboard leg 19 slides downward, thereby preventing an unsightly state due to the formation of a gap below the inner backboard. As described above, since the interior back plate 17 is located at the front, even with a small number of commodities, no empty space is created on the shelf plate, and the customer is given an impression that the commodities 10 are displayed in the full interior 4 of the compartment. It can increase the customer's willingness to purchase.

[0010]

According to the present invention, an inner box is provided in a main body case having a substantially U-shaped cross section having a product take-out opening on the front surface,
In the open showcase in which the interior is formed inside the inner box, an inner back plate that is supported by the inner box so as to be movable back and forth to expand and contract the depth of the inner box, and a rear end portion is an inner box back wall A pair of left and right brackets, which are locked to the left and right sides of the inner back plate and protrude forward, and a shelf composed of a shelf plate supported by the bracket, and divide the shelf plate into two in the front and rear, and One of the divided shelves is supported so as to be slidable back and forth while overlapping the other shelves, so the inner backboard and the shelves are moved back and forth to reduce the number of times when sales are good. At the same time, it is possible to display a corresponding amount of products on the shelf, and even when there are few products to be displayed, it is possible to increase the willingness to purchase and increase the sales volume without giving customers the impression of unsold products it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an open showcase showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an essential part of the invention of the open showcase of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a shelf of the open showcase of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 1a Opening 3 Inner box 4 Interior 10 Shelf 11 Bracket 12 Front shelf 13 Rear shelf 15 Rail 16 Groove 17 Interior back

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-147399 (JP, A) JP-A-3-56284 (JP, A) JP-A-63-61956 (JP, U) JP-A-3-6283 (JP) (U, U) Sho 58-187354 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A47F 3/00-5/16 F25D 25/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An open showcase having an inner box in a main body case having a substantially U-shaped cross section having an opening for taking out a product on a front surface thereof, and an inner space formed inside the inner box, wherein said open case is movable back and forth. A pair of left and right brackets that are supported by the inner box and expand and contract the depth of the inside of the refrigerator, a pair of left and right brackets whose rear ends are locked to the inner box back wall and protrude forward and left and right outside of the inner back plate. A shelf comprising a shelf supported by a bracket is provided, and the shelf is divided into two in the front and rear, and one of the divided shelves is supported so as to be slidable back and forth while overlapping the other shelf. An open showcase characterized by the fact that: