JP3998078B2 - Refrigerated showcase - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a refrigerated showcase that can efficiently cool a corner portion of a product storage portion of the refrigerated showcase.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional refrigerated showcases have a linear unit with a product outlet only on the front side, and a corner type unit that is also provided on the front side and one side. Arranged in a row in the direction and connected with corner-type units at both ends of the row, arranged along the wall surface, or arranged in this way, back to back, and arranged in the center of the floor It is done.
[0003]
In the linear unit, a cold air outlet is provided on the lower surface of the front end of the refrigerated showcase ceiling, and a suction port is provided on the upper surface of the front end of the lowermost display stand so that they are arranged in a row in the horizontal direction. The cool air discharged from the air outlet is sucked by the suction port, whereby an air curtain is formed at the product take-out port to prevent the cool air inside the product storage part from being diffused to the outside.
[0004]
Also, in the corner type unit, the same outlet is provided at the front end and the side end of the lower surface of the ceiling, and the same suction port is provided at the front edge upper end and the side edge upper surface of the display stand. An air curtain is formed on the front and side surfaces.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the corner type unit, the front and side surfaces are open, so it is difficult to form a complete air curtain at the corner where the front and side surfaces intersect, and the cooling effect on the corner of the product storage section inside is difficult. There is a problem of lowering.
[0006]
In particular, in recent years, in order to improve the appearance, the depth of the ceiling portion is reduced, and the side edge of the ceiling portion is positioned inside the side surface of the display stand so that the refrigerated showcase as a whole has a mountain shape with the lower portion expanded. Although there is a tendency to make it, the air curtain becomes more difficult to reach the corner portion of the product accommodating portion, and there is a possibility that the cooling effect of the same portion is remarkably lowered.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to provide a refrigerated showcase capable of effectively cooling a corner portion of a product storage portion. .
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) At least a front surface and one side surface are provided with an opening for taking out a product, and a product housing portion having a corner portion between the front surface and the side surface is provided inside, and the rear of the product housing portion and the product housing portion An upward duct that communicates with a cold air passage formed below the product accommodating portion is provided at a site inward from the side end, and a cooler and a fan are provided in one of the cold air passage and the duct, Air sucked from a suction port provided at the outer peripheral edge of the product accommodating portion is cooled by the cooler, and from the air outlet provided at the upper end of the duct to the suction port via the cold air passage and the duct. In the refrigerated showcase in which the air curtain is formed in the opening for taking out the product by blowing out, the corner of the front and side surfaces of the duct is isolated from the space in the duct, and the lower end is connected to the cold air passage. Communicate Together, the corner duct facing the vertical direction of the upper end corner portion only which is closed is provided, at a corner of the corner duct, a blowout hole for blowing cold air toward the corner portion of the product accommodating unit provided side by side in the vertical direction.
[0009]
(2) above (1) Oite the section at the corners of the corner duct, without the required angle between the front及 beauty side of the duct in a plan view, and provided with a diagonal surface facing the corner portion of the product accommodating unit in this oblique plane, it opens toward the corner portion of the article storage portion, and a locking hole for locking the bracket of the shelf plate supporting, provided side by side a number in the vertical direction.
[0010]
( 3 ) In the above item (1) or ( 2 ) , the attachment position of the air outlet is moved backward to the duct side than the attachment position of the suction port.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0012]
The right end portion of the refrigerated showcase (1) of the present embodiment is composed of two corner units (2) and (2) that are symmetrical in the front-rear direction, and there are a plurality of intermediate portions of the refrigerated showcase (1). The linear intermediate units (3) and (3) (only two are shown in the figure) are arranged side by side in the front-rear direction and back-to-back.
[0013]
Next, the front corner unit (2) will be described in detail.
Since the rear corner unit (2) is symmetrical with the front corner unit (2), the same reference numerals as those of the front corner unit (2) are used, and detailed description thereof is omitted. .
[0014]
The intermediate unit (3) indicated by the phantom line has a configuration slightly different from that of the corner unit (2), but has substantially the same configuration as the corner unit (2), and therefore corresponds to the corner unit (2). A detailed description of the members will be omitted, except that the reference numerals in the corner unit (2) are marked with “′”.
[0015]
On the upper surface of the base (5) placed on the floor (4), there is placed a display stand (6) having an open top, left side, and back, and the front plate of the display stand (6) ( The space between 6a), the right side plate (6b) and the bottom plate (6c) is a product storage section (7).
[0016]
Below the bottom plate (6c) of the display stand (6) is a cool air passage (8) in which a cooler and a fan (both not shown) are arranged, and the rear and right side plate ( 6b) has a rectangular shape in plan view and a duct (9) facing upwards, whose front and rear dimensions and left and right dimensions are shorter than that of the bottom plate (6c), is a cold air passage (8). It is set up so as to communicate.
[0017]
At the upper end of the duct (9), there is provided a ceiling (10) that is rectangular in plan view and whose front-rear and left-right dimensions are shorter than that of the bottom plate (6c). A large number of small holes (9a) are formed in the front surface and the right side surface of the duct (9).
[0018]
A large number of air outlets (11) are provided at the front edge and side edge of the lower surface of the ceiling (10), and the cold air blown obliquely downward from the air outlet (11) 6) From the suction port (12) formed at the upper end of the front plate (6a) and the right side plate (6b), it is sent to the cool air passage (8), where the blower outlet (11) and the suction port (12) A cold air curtain (A) is formed between them (see FIG. 3).
[0019]
As shown in enlarged views in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the receiving groove (13), which is formed in the corner portion between the front surface and the right side surface of the duct (9) and is parallel to the vertical direction in the plan view, A hollow corner duct (14) dedicated to the corner portion, which faces the vertical direction and has a joint surface that complements the receiving groove (13), is fitted.
[0020]
The corner between the front and right sides of the corner duct (14) forms a required angle with the front and right sides of the duct (9) and is formed between the front and right sides of the product storage unit (7). An oblique surface (15) facing the corner portion (7a) is formed.
The lower end of the corner duct (14) is opened to communicate with the inside of the duct (9), and the upper end of the corner duct (14) is closed.
[0021]
On both sides of the oblique surface (15), a number of locking holes (16) for engaging a bracket (21) to be described later are formed side by side in the vertical direction. A large number of circular blowout holes (17) are formed in the center portion so as to be arranged in the vertical direction.
[0022]
A hollow square tubular support column (19) facing up and down is fitted in a vertical holding groove (18) formed in the rear corner of the right end of the duct (9). Yes.
A large number of locking holes (20) for locking a bracket (21) to be described later are formed in the right side surface of the support column (19) side by side in the vertical direction.
[0023]
The heights of the corner duct (14) and the locking holes (16), (20) of the support column (19) and a number of locking holes (not shown) arranged in the vertical direction on the front surface of the duct (9), respectively. The hooks (not shown) on the base end side of the almost horizontal bracket (21) are engaged with the upper and lower three stages, and each bracket (21) has a shelf (22) is supported.
The longitudinal and lateral dimensions of the shelf plate (22) at each stage are larger at the lower stage than at the upper stage.
[0024]
The shelf plate (22) of each step is attached so as to surround the rectangular plate (23) having a rectangular shape in plan view and the right end portion of the duct (9) attached to a portion excluding the right end portion of the front surface of the duct (9). Further, it is constituted by a corner shelf (24) having a substantially L shape in plan view.
The corner shelf (24) is attached to the right side of the duct (9) and is attached to the right side of the front surface of the duct (9) and the corner plate (25) having a substantially trapezoidal shape in plan view. The corner plate (25) is in contact with the oblique side of the corner plate (25), and the corner plate (26) has a symmetrical shape.
[0025]
In the present embodiment described above, the cold air blowing hole (17) is provided in the oblique surface (15) of the corner duct (14) facing the corner portion (7a) side of the product storage portion (7). The cool air blown from the blowout hole (17) is directed toward the corner (7a) side of the product storage section (7), and the air curtain (A) is formed at the corner (7a) of the product storage section (7). Even when it is difficult to form, the corner portion (7a) of the product storage portion (7) can be reliably cooled.
[0026]
In the present embodiment, the cold air from the locking hole (16) provided on the oblique surface (15) is directed toward the corner (7a) side of the product storage portion (7). The corner part (7a) of the storage part (7) is cooled more reliably.
[0027]
Furthermore, the cool air in the duct (9) is discharged into the product storage section (7) from the numerous small holes (9a) drilled around the duct (9), and the entire product storage section (7) is effective. It is designed to cool down.
[0028]
In the present invention, a duct having a height substantially equal to the depth of the commodity accommodating portion in the case is erected at the center of the bottom of a rectangular bottomed box-like case having an open upper surface, and the upper end of the duct A so-called flat air curtain can be formed by blowing cool air from the air outlets provided on the front and rear surfaces and the left and right side surfaces of the air intake toward the suction port provided on the upper inner surface of the case. It can also be applied to refrigerated showcases of molds.
[0029]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
According to the invention of (a) according to claim 1, in the corner duct provided at the corners of the duct, the spray Deana of cold air directed to the corner portion side of the commodity storage portion, since there is provided side by side in the vertical direction, the blowing The corner portion of the product storage portion can be reliably cooled by the cool air discharged from the outlet hole.
In addition, since the corner duct is provided exclusively for the corner section, which is isolated from the space inside the duct, the cool air toward the corner section of the product storage section is made independent of the cool air for forming the air curtain, making the corner section powerful. Can be cooled.
[0030]
( b ) According to the invention described in claim 2 , since the locking holes for locking the brackets for supporting the shelf board are formed side by side in the vertical direction facing the corner portion side of the product storage portion, Also from this locking hole, the cool air is directed toward the corner portion side of the product storage portion, and the corner portion of the product storage portion can be cooled more reliably.
[0031]
( c ) According to the invention described in claim 3, since it becomes easy to visually check the product in the product storage section even from above the refrigerated showcase, it is possible to improve the customer's willingness to purchase.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is also a plan view.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal side view along the line III-III in FIG. 1;
4 is an enlarged cross-sectional plan view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a corner portion of the bottom shelf in the same manner.
[Explanation of symbols]
(1) Refrigerated showcase
(2) Corner unit
(3) Intermediate unit
(4) Floor surface
(5) Base
(6) Display stand
(6a) Front plate
(6b) Right side plate
(6c) Bottom plate
(7) Product storage
(7a) Corner section
(8) Cold air passage
(9) Duct
(9a) Small hole
(10) Ceiling
(11) Air outlet
(12) Suction port
(13) receiving groove
(14) Corner duct
(15) Oblique surface
(16) Locking hole
(17) Outlet
(18) Holding groove
(19) Prop
(20) Locking hole
(21) Bracket
(22) Shelf board
(23) Square plate
(24) Corner shelf
(25) (26) Corner plate
(A) Air curtain

Claims (3)

An opening for taking out the product is provided at least on the front surface and one side surface, and a product housing portion having a corner portion between the front surface and the side surface is provided inside, from behind the product housing portion and from a side end of the product housing portion. An upward duct that communicates with a cold air passage formed below the product housing portion is provided at a site inwardly, and a cooler and a fan are provided in one of the cold air passage and the duct, and the product housing portion The air sucked from the suction port provided at the outer peripheral edge of the air is cooled by the cooler and blown out from the air outlet provided at the upper end of the duct toward the suction port via the cold air passage and the duct. In the refrigerated showcase in which the air curtain is formed in the opening for taking out the product,
The corner duct between the front surface and the side surface of the duct is provided with a corner duct that is isolated from the space in the duct, communicates with the cool air passage at the lower end, and faces the up and down direction exclusively for the corner portion with the upper end closed. A refrigerated showcase characterized in that blowout holes for blowing out cool air toward the corner portion of the product accommodating portion are arranged in the vertical direction at the corner portion of the product. The corner portions of the corner duct, without the required angle between the front及 beauty side of the duct in a plan view, and provided with a diagonal surface facing the corner portion of the product accommodating unit, to the oblique surface of the article storage portion refrigerated showcase of claim 1 wherein the open toward the corner portion, and a locking hole for locking the bracket of the shelf plate supporting, characterized in that arranged array of a number in the vertical direction. The refrigerated showcase according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the attachment position of the air outlet is retracted to the duct side from the attachment position of the suction opening.

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