JP4350432B2 - Refrigerated showcase with air rectifier - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is provided with an opening provided on the front surface of the case, a cold air blowing part that blows out cold air across the entire width of the case at the upper part of the case in order to form an air curtain, and the cold air blowing part so as to be removable. The present invention relates to a refrigerated showcase fitted with an air rectifier for rectifying cold air.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a clip-type display case is known as a refrigerated showcase in which an air rectifier is detachably fitted to a cold air outlet for cleaning and replacement (see Patent Document 1). And this clip type thing sandwiches an air rectifier with two clamping parts, forms an engagement male part which can be engaged with a recess or a hole formed in the wall part of the cold air blowing part, and two at the tip part It is made of elastic wire such as a piano wire that has a finger hook. When installing the air rectifier, insert the air rectifier into the cold air outlet with two fingers sandwiched between the finger hooks. When the male part is engaged with a recess or hole formed in the wall part, the finger is released and attached. To remove the air rectifier, the air rectifier can be taken out forward from the cold air blowing part by removing the engaging male part from the hole with two fingers sandwiched between the finger hooks and pulling out the clip.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 60-41491 (first and second pages, FIG. 2)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Although the thing of this patent document 1 can perform attachment and removal of an air rectifier easily by operation of a finger hook part, a clamping part, an engagement male part, and a finger hook part are formed in the clip. Further, the structure is complicated, and when a long clip is used, the product may be caught when the product is taken out and the product may be damaged.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and provides a refrigerated showcase provided with an air rectifier that can easily attach and remove the air rectifier without using a clip or the like. It is intended to do.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, a refrigerated showcase provided with an air rectifier according to the present invention includes an opening provided on the front surface of the case and an upper portion of the case at the upper portion of the case to form an air curtain. In a refrigerated showcase provided with a cold air blowing portion in front of a front plate that blows out cold air over the entire width, and an air rectifier that is detachably fitted to the cold air blowing portion and rectifies the cold air, the air guide member is fitted to the cool air blowout part by overcoming the projection provided on the wall surface forming the outlet section from the front to the rear, the air guide member is constituted by a honeycomb body made of stretchable resin, the air opening of the lower surface can be inserted finger to push upward size of the rectifying body is provided behind the wall projection, overcome forward the projection from the rear air guide member through the opening It is characterized by removing the air guide member from the cool air blowout part by providing a push-up force can and.
According to this feature , the honeycomb body can expand and contract to get over the protrusion by inserting a finger from the opening formed on the wall surface forming the cold air blowing portion and applying a pushing force to the honeycomb body. In addition, the honeycomb body can be easily detached from the cold air blowing portion.
[0009]
In the refrigerated showcase provided with the air rectifier according to the present invention, the protrusion is preferably a mounting guide piece that is inclined toward the front in the insertion direction of the air rectifier.
According to this, it is easy to insert an air rectifier in a cold-air blowing part, and it is hard to drop | omit.
[0010]
In the refrigerated showcase provided with the air rectifier according to the present invention, the protrusion is preferably formed by cutting and raising a part of the wall surface.
According to this, a protrusion can be easily formed only by making a cut in a part of the wall surface.
[0011]
In the refrigerated showcase provided with the air rectifier according to the present invention, it is preferable that the protrusion is elastically supported with respect to the wall surface.
According to this, the air rectifier can be more easily fitted into the cold air outlet by using the elasticity of the cut and raised protrusion.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 is a cross-sectional view of a refrigerated showcase according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a cold air outlet of the refrigerated showcase, and FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a cold air outlet of the refrigerated showcase. FIG. 4A is a partial perspective view showing a state in which an air rectifier having a honeycomb structure is inserted and held in a cold air blowing portion, and FIG. 4B is a perspective view showing a state in which an air-made fluid having a honeycomb structure is taken out. It is.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a refrigerated showcase (called a showcase) for keeping the goods in the warehouse cold. The showcase 1 is widely installed in shopping centers and convenience stores. By attaching a plurality of display shelves 3 to the inside of the showcase 1 so that consumers can easily purchase the products, products can be placed on these display shelves 3 by product.
[0014]
In order to keep the product cold and frozen, a cold air circulation path 11 is formed between the inner box 1a and the outer box 1b as shown in FIG. 1, and the air taken in from the lower cold air inlet 4b by the blower 4c is cooled. It is cooled by being fed into the vessel 4, circulated through the cold air circulation path 11, and discharged from the cold air blowing portion 4 a below the ceiling portion 8.
[0015]
Then, the air discharged from the cold air blowing portion 4a gradually flows down, and an air curtain is formed to cool the inside of the product storage space 2 serving as an opening of the showcase 1, whereby the product storage space 2 of the open showcase 1 is formed. The product stored inside can be stored at a certain temperature.
[0016]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the cool air blowing portion 4a is slightly inclined downward and extends in the longitudinal direction along the width direction of the showcase 1, and the front plate of the inner box 1a. 5. The cold air blowing portion 4a protrudes from the upper end to the front, and the air rectifying body 10 having a horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped structure is supported on the upper surface of the bottom plate 12a. The front and rear end portions are detachably held by a holding member 12 to be described later in a state where they are close to or in contact with each other.
[0017]
The air rectifying body 10 is a synthetic resin product in which a plurality of thin through holes extending in the front-rear direction are formed in a honeycomb structure (honeycomb body), and is deformable in a direction orthogonal to the air rectifying direction. It has a structure with the elasticity of.
[0018]
Since the cold air supplied from the cooler 4 passes through the air rectifier 10 and dust accumulates on the air rectifier 10 when used for a long period of time, it is periodically removed and the accumulated dust is cleaned. There is a need. Therefore, the holding member 12 and the operation hole 16 are formed in the wall surface of the cold air blowing part 4a so that the air rectifier 10 is easy to attach, is held stationary, and can be easily removed.
[0019]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the holding member 12 cuts and raises a part of the bottom plate 12 a constituting the wall surface of the cold air blowing portion 4 a and tilts upward toward the front in the insertion direction of the air rectifier 10. A front cut-and-raised piece 14 having a predetermined height and serving as a mounting guide piece formed on the front and a part of the rear of the upper plate 12b that is behind the front cut-and-raised piece 14 and that constitutes the wall surface of the cold air blowing portion 4a. It is composed of a rear cut and raised piece 15 that is a raised guide piece that is bent and formed, and is arranged upright at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the cold air blowing portion 4a.
[0020]
The air rectifying body 10 has a front end and a rear end sandwiched between a front cut and raised piece 14 and a rear cut and raised piece 15, and behind the front cut and raised piece 14 of the cold air blowing portion 4a, In order to push the lower surface upward, an operation hole 16 serving as an opening of a size into which a finger can be inserted is formed through.
[0021]
Next, a procedure for replacing the air fresh fluid in the refrigerated showcase will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0022]
First, the air rectifying body 10 is cut forward from the rear end side and inserted into the cold air blowing portion 4a against the resistance of the piece 14, the front end surface of the air rectifying body 10 gets over the front cutting and piece 14, and the rear end surface is rearward. The insertion is stopped when it comes into contact with the cut and raised piece 15. The air rectifier 10 is held so as not to be pulled out by the front cut and raised piece 14.
[0023]
Further, when the air rectifier 10 on which dust has accumulated due to its long-term use is periodically removed and cleaned, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the finger F or the finger F or the By pressing the air rectifying body 10 that can be expanded and contracted upward from its lower surface using an appropriate tool, the part can be taken out forward by elastically deforming upward to a position where the part cuts and rises forward.
[0024]
In the above embodiment, the air rectifying body 10 is elastically deformable and the front cut-and-raised piece 14 is not bent. However, the protrusion that is the front cut-and-raised piece 14 is elastically deformed with respect to the bottom plate 12a. If it is configured so as to be supported, the air rectifier 10 can be more easily fitted by the cold air blowing portion 4a.
[0025]
Therefore, according to the refrigerated showcase provided with the air rectifier configured as in the above-described embodiment, the air rectifier 10 has the front cut-and-raised piece 14 provided on the bottom plate 12a of the cold air blowing portion 4a from the front. The air rectifying body 10 is fitted into the cold air blowing portion 4a by getting over the rear, and the finger F is inserted through the operation hole 16 provided behind the front cutting and raising piece 14 so that the air rectifying body 10 is cut and raised forward. By applying a push-up force that can be overcome, the air rectifier 10 can be easily fitted to and removed from the cold air blowing portion 4a.
[0026]
Further, since the operation hole 16 is formed in a size that allows the finger F to be inserted, the air rectifying body 10 can be easily given a pushing force.
[0027]
Further, the air rectifying body 10 is configured to be a stretchable resin honeycomb structure, so that not only air can be blown out in a laminar flow, but also the expansion and contraction motion of the air rectifying body 10 to get over the cut-and-raised piece 14. Can be dealt with.
[0028]
And since the front cut-and-raised piece 14 is configured as a mounting guide piece for the air rectifying body 10 that is inclined upward in front of the air rectifying body in the insertion direction, the air rectifying body 10 is easily inserted into the cold air blowing portion 4a and dropped off. Hard to do.
[0029]
Further, the front cut-and-raised piece 14 can easily form a protrusion only by making a cut in a part of the bottom plate 12a. Moreover, in order to insert the air rectifier 10 easily by the cold air blowing part 4a, the front cut-and-raised piece 14 may be elastically supported with respect to the wall surface.
[0030]
As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to these examples. For example, the cool air blowing portion is configured to be blown out obliquely downward from above. However, the present invention is also applicable to a type in which an air rectifier is attached to a device in which cool air is blown out from above.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention has the following effects.
[0032]
(A) According to the invention of claim 1 , the honeycomb body expands and contracts by inserting a finger from an opening formed in the wall surface forming the cold air blowing portion to give a pushing force to the honeycomb body. Since it is possible to get over the part, it is possible to easily remove the honeycomb body from the cold air blowing part.
[0035]
( B ) According to the invention of claim 2 , the air rectifier is easily fitted into the cold air blowing portion and is not easily dropped off.
[0036]
( C ) According to the invention of claim 3 , it is possible to easily form the protrusion by merely making a cut in a part of the wall surface.
[0037]
(D) According to the invention of claim 4, wherein, by utilizing the elasticity of the projection cut and raised, that of easy air flow controller is more fitted into cold blowing part.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a refrigerated showcase according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view showing a cold air blowing portion of a refrigerated showcase.
FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing a cold air blowing portion of a refrigerated showcase.
4A is a partial perspective view showing a state in which an air-made fluid having a honeycomb structure is inserted and held in a cold air blowing portion, and FIG. 4B is a perspective view showing a state in which the air-made fluid having a honeycomb structure is taken out.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Showcase 1a Inner box 1b Outer box 2 Goods storage space 3 Display shelf 4 Cooler 4a Cold air blowing part 4b Lower cold air inlet 4c Blower 5 Front plate 8 Ceiling part 10 Air rectifier (honeycomb body)
11 Cooling air circulation path 12 Holding member 12a Bottom plate 12b Top plate 14 Front cut and raised piece (projection)
15 Back cut and raised piece 16 Operation hole F Finger

Claims (4)

An opening provided on the front of the case, a cold air blowing part in front of the front plate that blows out cold air over the entire width of the case at the upper part of the case to form an air curtain, and the cold air blowing part are removable. In a refrigerated showcase fitted with an air rectifier for rectifying cold air, the air rectifier moves over the protrusions provided on the wall surface forming the cold air blowout portion from the front to the rear, and the air rectifier the fitted into the cool air blowout portion, the air guide member is constituted by a honeycomb body made of stretchable resin, the lower surface opening portion of the finger can be inserted sized to push upward impact of the air flow regulator provided behind the wall surface of the parts, this removal of the air flow regulator through the cold air outlet portion by applying a push-up force can be overcome in front of the projection from the rear air guide member through the opening Refrigerated open showcase having an air flow regulator, characterized in. The refrigerated open showcase provided with the air rectifier according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is a mounting guide piece inclined toward the front in the insertion direction of the air rectifier. The refrigerating open showcase provided with the air rectifier according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the protrusion is formed by cutting and raising a part of a wall surface. The refrigerated open showcase provided with the air rectifier according to claim 3 , wherein the protrusion is elastically supported with respect to the wall surface.

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