JP4409117B2 - Showcase - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a showcase installed in a store such as a supermarket or a convenience store.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, as a showcase installed in a food department of a store, etc., a showcase body having an upper surface opened and a cooling device for cooling the inside of the showcase body are formed, and the bottom surface in the showcase body is formed in a flat shape. A product that stores a refrigerated or frozen product above is known.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in the showcase, there is a case where it is desired to adjust the height position of the stored product according to the storage status of the product, such as the type, size, quantity, etc. of the stored product. For example, when a product on the back side is not conspicuous, the bottom plate 2 of the showcase body 1 is raised or inclined forward as shown in FIG.
[0004]
However, since the lower side of the bottom plate 2 is the ventilation path 3, if the bottom plate 2 is not disposed at a normal position, a gap is generated in the ventilation path 3, and air enters and exits, or in some cases, from the gap. There is a problem such as a product falling in the ventilation path 3. Moreover, the display effect could not be sufficiently improved by the inclination and bottom elevation of the bottom plate 3.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a showcase capable of easily and reliably enhancing the display effect of products according to the storage status of the products. .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in claim 1, a showcase body having an open top surface is provided, a bottom surface in the showcase body is formed in a flat shape, and an arbitrary product is accommodated thereabove. In the showcase, a plurality of rectangular shapes that are arranged on the bottom surface in the showcase body and can be arranged in at least one of the front-rear direction and the width direction of the showcase body and can be removed from the showcase body comprising a box-shaped and is product placement member of each product placing member, each product placing member with substantially gap covering without a bottom surface of the showcase body when arranged in a plurality in a vertical one step in the longitudinal direction and the width direction The product placement surface is formed in a dimension that forms a uniform plane, and each product placement member can be moved to any position on the bottom surface in the showcase body.
[0007]
Thus, by causing movement of each product placing member at any position, it is possible to vary the height of the article placing face of the showcase body partially.
[0008]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first aspect, the product placing members are formed so as to be stacked on each other.
[0009]
Thereby, in addition to the effect of claim 1, it is possible to change the height of the product placement surface in the showcase body in various ways by arbitrarily stacking the product placement members.
[0010]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the showcase according to the first or second aspect, each of the product placement members is formed to be hollow, and a cold storage agent is accommodated inside each of the product placement members.
[0011]
Thereby, in addition to the effect | action of Claim 1 or 2, the inside of a showcase main body is cooled also with the cool storage agent in each goods mounting member.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a showcase, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view thereof, FIG. 3 is an overall perspective view thereof, and FIG. It is side surface sectional drawing.
[0013]
The showcase includes a showcase body 10 having an upper surface opened, and a plurality of floor plates 20 as product placement members disposed in the showcase body 10.
[0014]
The showcase body 10 is surrounded by a heat insulating wall 11 at the lower front side, the bottom side, and the back side of the showcase body 10, and the left and right side surfaces are covered with side plates 12 made of transparent glass. The upper part of the front side of the showcase body 10 is formed by a glass transparent plate 13, and the upper end side of the transparent plate 13 is bent obliquely upward toward the rear. Further, the front surface of the front-side heat insulating wall 11 is covered with a decorative board 14, and the front-side heat insulating wall 11 and the decorative board 14 constitute a front wall. Further, an upper surface plate 15 is provided at the rear upper surface of the showcase body 10, and a fluorescent lamp 15 a is attached below the upper surface plate 15.
[0015]
In the showcase body 10, a front plate 16, a bottom plate 17, and a back plate 18 are provided as inner plates, and a ventilation path 19 is formed between these members, the transparent plate 13, and the heat insulating wall 11. The front plate 16 is made of transparent glass. An inclined portion 18 a facing obliquely upward is provided on the upper portion of the back plate 18, and the inclined portion 18 a is inclined to the opposite side (the ventilation path 19 side) in the showcase body 10. A cooler 19a and a blower 19b are provided in the ventilation path 19, and the air sucked into the ventilation path 19 from the air suction port 10a provided on the front end side of the upper surface opening of the showcase body 10 is cooled by the cooler 19a. The air is discharged from an air discharge port 10b provided on the rear end side of the upper surface opening of the showcase body 10.
[0016]
A machine room 10c is provided at the lower part of the showcase body 10, and a refrigeration device (not shown) connected to the cooler 19a is accommodated in the machine room 10a.
[0017]
Each floor plate 20 is formed in a hollow rectangular box shape and is arranged on the bottom plate 17 of the showcase body 10. Each of the floor plates 20 is formed to have a size that covers the bottom plate 17 almost without any gap when a total of three are arranged in the front-rear direction and the width direction of the showcase body 10 respectively. Further, each floor plate 20 can be moved to an arbitrary position on the bottom plate 17 and can be stacked on each other. Furthermore, a new floorboard 20 can be added to the showcase body 10, and unused ones can be removed from the showcase body 10 to the outside. Further, a hole 20a into which a fingertip can be inserted is provided on the top surface of each floor plate 20, so that each floor plate 20 can be easily lifted.
[0018]
In the showcase configured as described above, by placing a total of three each of the floorboards 20 in the front-rear direction and the width direction, one by one in the upper and lower stages, the product placement surface by each floorboard 20 becomes a uniform planar shape. Thus, the products are stored on each floor plate 20 in a uniform mounting position. In addition, when it is desired to adjust the height position of the stored product according to the storage status of the product, such as the type, size, quantity, etc. of the stored product, the product placement surface can be obtained by moving each floor plate 20 to an arbitrary position. Can be partially changed. For example, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, by moving the foremost floor plate 20 onto the last row of floor plates 20, a product placement surface that increases the floor plate 20 from the front row to the rear row one step at a time. Can be formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the product placement surface in which the floor plate 20 becomes higher step by step in the order of the right row, the left row, and the center row by moving the right row of floor plates 20 onto the center row of floor plates 20. Can be formed. In addition, not only the movement of each floor plate 20, but also the floor 20 can be appropriately added or removed to form various product placement surfaces.
[0019]
Thus, according to the showcase of the present embodiment, a plurality of floorboards 20 that can be arranged in the front-rear direction and the width direction of the showcase body 10 are provided, and each floorboard 20 is moved or stacked to an arbitrary position, Since the height of the placement surface can be changed partially, the height position of the stored product can be adjusted accurately according to the storage status of the product, such as the type, size, quantity, etc. of the stored product, The display effect of stored products can be easily and reliably increased.
[0020]
In the above embodiment, each floor plate 20 is formed so that it can be arranged in the front-rear direction and the width direction of the showcase main body 10, but each floor plate is formed horizontally or vertically so that it extends in the front-rear direction or the width direction. It may be arranged only on one side.
[0021]
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although each flooring board 20 is formed in the hollow shape, if the known cool storage agent 21 is accommodated in the inside of the flooring board 20 as shown in FIG. The inside of the main body 10 can be cooled, and even when the cooling load is high, a decrease in cooling capacity can be reliably prevented. In this case, the cool storage agent 21 of each floor plate 20 is stored by the cool air in the showcase body 10.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the showcase of claim 1 , the product is stored on the product placement surface in the showcase body at a uniform placement position, or the product placement surface in the showcase body. The height of the stored product can be adjusted according to the storage status of the product, such as the type, size, quantity, etc. of the stored product. The excellent effect that the effect can be easily and surely enhanced is exhibited.
[0023]
Further, according to the showcase of claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the height of the product placement surface in the showcase main body can be changed in various ways, so that it can accurately correspond to the storage condition of the product. can do.
[0024]
Further, according to the showcase of claim 3, in addition to the effect of claim 1 or 2, the inside of the showcase body can be cooled also by the cool storage agent of each product mounting member, so even when the cooling load is high A decrease in cooling capacity can be reliably prevented.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway entire perspective view of a showcase showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the showcase. FIG. FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a floorboard. FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a showcase showing a conventional example.
10 ... showcase body, 20 ... floorboard, 21 ... cool storage agent.

Claims (3)

In a showcase comprising a showcase body with an open upper surface, the bottom surface in the showcase body is formed in a flat shape, and any product is stored above it.
It is arranged on the bottom surface in the showcase body and can be arranged in at least one direction of the showcase body in the front-rear direction and the width direction, respectively, and has a plurality of rectangular box shapes that can be removed from the showcase body. A product mounting member,
Covering the bottom of the showcase body with almost no gap when each of the product placement members is arranged in a row in the front-rear direction and the width direction, and the product placement surface of each product placement member has a uniform planar shape. Formed to the dimensions to make,
A showcase characterized in that each product placement member can be moved to any position on the bottom surface in the showcase body. The showcase according to claim 1, wherein the product placing members are formed so as to be stacked on each other. Each of the product placement members is formed hollow,
The showcase according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cold storage agent is accommodated in each product placement member.

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