JP6289265B2 - Container support tray - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a container support tray. Specifically, the present invention relates to a container support tray for storing a container such as a beverage in an inclined state in a refrigerator.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, beverages and the like are displayed and sold so that the containers containing the beverages can be seen while being cooled in a refrigerator or the like. At the time of sale, it is required that the label on the side of the container is easily visible. For this reason, displaying in the state which inclined the container is proposed (for example, refer patent document 1).

JP 2010-266152 A

  However, in the invention of Patent Document 1, the container is pre-cooled by being stowed and accommodated in the lower stage of the refrigerator, and the container is disposed so as to be inclined only on the upper stage of the refrigerator. For this reason, the number of beverages that can be sold in an inclined state is small. When the container is cooled in a standing state, the space between the containers is narrowed. In addition, since there is a container arranged at a position far from the cooling mechanism, it takes time to reach a temperature suitable for sale. In the invention of Patent Document 1, the number of beverages that can be cooled and displayed at a temperature suitable for sale is limited.

  When beverage sales are good, many beverages in a state that can be sold immediately are required. It is also desirable to quickly cool the beverage to a temperature at which it can be sold.

  An object of this invention is to provide the container support tray which can be cooled more rapidly in the state which inclined the container containing a drink.

  (1) The container support tray of the present invention is a container support tray disposed inside a refrigerator for storing and displaying a vertical container in an inclined state, and the tray main body and an upper surface of the tray main body. An inclined portion that is formed and inclined at a predetermined angle, an upright portion that is disposed at a lower end portion of the inclined portion and rises upward from an upper surface of the tray body, and is formed at a lower end portion of the inclined portion, and the tray body is thickened A through hole penetrating in the direction.

  (2) The inclined portion is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the container, and a plurality of container arrangement portions provided side by side in a direction orthogonal to the inclination direction of the inclined portion, and two adjacent container arrangements It is preferable to provide a partition part provided between the parts.

  (3) The inclined portions are arranged in a plurality of rows in the inclination direction of the inclined portions, and the plurality of container arrangement portions in the two inclined portions arranged adjacent to each other are shifted from each other when viewed in the inclined direction. It is preferable.

  (4) The plurality of rows of the inclined portions include a front inclined portion whose upper end portion is positioned on the front edge side of the upper surface of the tray main body, and a rear inclined portion whose lower end portion is positioned on the rear edge side of the upper surface of the tray main body. It is preferable that the number of the container arrangement parts in the back side inclined part is smaller than the number of the container arrangement parts in the front side inclined part.

  (5) The plurality of rows of the inclined portions include a front inclined portion whose upper end portion is positioned on the front edge side of the upper surface of the tray main body, and a rear inclined portion whose lower end portion is positioned on the rear edge side of the upper surface of the tray main body. It is preferable that the number of the container arrangement parts in the front side inclined part is smaller than the number of the container arrangement parts in the back side inclined part.

  (6) It is preferable to further include an upper support portion that is disposed on the upper end side of the inclined portion and extends upward from the upper surface of the tray body to support the upper portion of the container.

  (7) It is preferable that the tray body is formed in a hollow shape with an open bottom.

  (8) It is preferable that the inclination angle of the inclined portion is an angle of 15 degrees to 30 degrees with respect to the lower end edge of the tray body.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is possible to provide the container support tray which can be cooled more rapidly in the state which inclined the container containing a drink.

It is a front view which shows the refrigerator of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the storage container of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the container support tray of 1st Embodiment. It is a front view which shows the container support tray of 1st Embodiment. It is a side view which shows the container support tray of 1st Embodiment. It is the sectional view on the AA line of FIG. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 2. It is a perspective view which shows the state of use of the container support tray of 1st Embodiment. It is the schematic of the side which shows the state in which the container support tray of 1st embodiment was accommodated in the refrigerator. It is a front view which shows the container support tray of 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the container support tray 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the refrigerator 100 and the storage container 80 in which the container support tray 1 according to the first embodiment is stored will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the refrigerator of the first embodiment. For convenience of explanation, one of the storage containers 80 accommodated therein is shown in a drawn state. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the storage container 80.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the refrigerator 100 includes a refrigerator main body 101, a storage container 80, and a container support tray 1. In addition, the "refrigerator" in this specification includes what cools by a freezing temperature or supercools a drink.

The refrigerator main body 101 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with an open front surface (one side surface), and includes a main body portion opening 111, an article storage portion 112, a door 113, a compressor 114, and a refrigerant pipe 115.
The main body opening 111 is a rectangular opening formed on the front surface of the refrigerator main body 101.
The article storage unit 112 stores articles to be refrigerated by the refrigerator. The article storage unit 112 is partitioned into a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. In the present embodiment, the article storage unit 112 is partitioned into four stages in the vertical direction.
The door 113 has a thick plate shape that opens and closes the main body opening 111 and seals or opens the refrigerator main body 101.
The compressor 114 is arrange | positioned at the back | inner side R below the refrigerator main body 101, and compresses the refrigerant | coolant which performs heat exchange.
The refrigerant pipe 115 extends from the compressor 114 and is disposed above and below each of the article accommodating portions 112. In the refrigerant pipe 115, the refrigerant flows inside.

As shown in FIG. 2, the container 80 has a box shape with an upper portion opened. The storage container 80 is disposed in the article storage unit 112 and can be pulled out and pushed back and forth. In the present embodiment, the storage container 80 is arranged in the upper three stages of the article storage section 112 divided into four. The storage container 80 includes a bottom surface portion 81, a front wall 82, a back wall 83, and a pair of side walls 84.
The front wall 82, the back wall 83, and the pair of side walls 84 stand upward from the bottom surface portion 81. The front wall 82 is disposed on the front surface of the storage container 80, and the back wall 83 is disposed to face the front wall 82. The pair of side walls 84 extend in a direction substantially orthogonal to the front wall 82 and the back wall 83.

The handle portion 85 is disposed at a substantially central portion of the front wall 82 of the storage container 80, and a part of the front wall 82 is recessed toward the back side R.
The container 80 described above is housed in the article housing portion 112 such that the front wall 82 is positioned on the main body opening 111 side (front side F).

  Next, the container support tray 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the container support tray 1. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the container support tray 1. FIG. 5 is a side view showing the container support tray 1. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG.

  The container support tray 1 is a table that is disposed inside the storage container 80 and stores and displays the vertical container 9 filled with a beverage or the like in an inclined state. In this specification, the back side R and the front side F in a state where the container support tray 1 is housed in the refrigerator 100 are referred to as a back side R and a front side F of the container support tray 1, respectively.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the container support tray 1 includes a tray body 10, an inclined portion 20, an upper support portion 30, a through hole 40, and an upright portion 50. The container support tray 1 is integrally formed of resin as a whole.

As shown in FIG. 3, the tray body 10 has a predetermined thickness, and has a substantially quadrangular shape when viewed from the front, as shown in FIG. The tray body 10 has a notch 11 and a lower end edge 12.
The notch 11 is formed by notching one side located on the front side F of the tray body 10 inward.
The lower end edge 12 is an edge at the lower end of the tray main body 10 and extends in a substantially horizontal direction so as to contact the surface on which the container support tray 1 is placed.
The tray main body 10 has a top surface on the front side and a bottom surface on the back side formed in an open hollow shape. That is, when the tray body 10 is turned upside down, a concave portion that is recessed toward the front surface side is formed.

  The inclined portion 20 is formed on the upper surface of the tray body 10. As shown in FIG. 5, the inclined portion 20 is configured by a surface inclined at an inclination angle θ of 15 to 30 degrees with respect to the lower end edge 12 of the tray body 10. From the viewpoint of shortening the distance from the lower end portion to the upper end portion of the container 9 in a state where the container 9 is placed on the tray body 10, the inclined portion 20 further preferably has an inclination angle θ of 18 degrees to 25 degrees.

The inclined portion 20 includes a container placement portion 21, a partition portion 22, a front inclined portion 23, and a back inclined portion 24. The inclined portions 20 are arranged in a plurality of rows along the inclination direction D.
As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the container placement portion 21 is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the container 9, and a curved surface having an arcuate cross-sectional view corresponding to the substantially cylindrical beverage container 9. Have A plurality of container placement portions 21 are adjacent to each other and are arranged side by side in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the inclined portion 20 is inclined.
The partition part 22 is provided between the adjacent container placement part 21 and the container placement part 21, and extends straight along the inclination direction D. The partition part 22 is arrange | positioned between the uppermost part side in the curved surface of adjacent container arrangement | positioning parts 21. FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front inclined portion 23 is configured by arranging a plurality of container placement portions 21 and partition portions 22 on the front side F of the tray body 10. The upper end portion of the front inclined portion 23 is located on the front edge side of the upper surface of the tray body 10. Five container placement portions 21 are arranged adjacent to each other on the front inclined portion 23. As shown in FIG. 6, in the front inclined portion 23, a reinforcing rib 22 a is formed below the lower surface of the partition portion 22, and a hollow space is formed on the back side of the front inclined portion 23.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the back side inclined portion 24 is configured by arranging a plurality of container placement portions 21 and partition portions 22 on the back side R of the tray body 10. The lower end portion of the back side inclined portion 24 is located on the back edge side of the upper surface of the tray body 10. Four container arrangement portions 21 are arranged adjacent to each other on the back side inclined portion 24. The number of container arrangement parts 21 in the back side inclined part 24 is smaller than the number of container arrangement parts 21 in the front side inclined part 23. As shown in FIG. 5, when the container 9 is placed on the front side and the back side, the back side inclined portion 24 is arranged so that the container 9 overlaps vertically. The lowermost end portion is positioned above the lowermost end portion of the front inclined portion 23.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the back side inclined portion 24, the container placement portion 21 is located on the back side R between the container placement portion 21 and the container placement portion 21 disposed in the front side slope portion 23. Is arranged. That is, the container arrangement part 21 in the back side inclination part 24 is arrange | positioned so that it may alternate with the container arrangement part 21 in the front side inclination part 23, and it has shifted | deviated and arranged in the state seen from the inclination direction D. As shown in FIG. 7, in the back side inclined part 24, the reinforcing rib 21a is formed in the back side of the lower end part curved most downward of the container arrangement part 21, and the back side of the back side inclined part 24 is a hollow space. Is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, one through hole 40 is formed at each lower end portion of the container placement portion 21 in the inclined portion 20. The through hole 40 is formed so as to penetrate in the thickness direction of the tray body 10. The through hole 40 is formed to have a size with which at least a part of the lower end of the container 9 can be engaged.

  The upper support portion 30 is disposed on the upper end portion side of the inclined portion 20 and extends upward from the upper ends on the front side F of the container disposing portion 21 and the partition portion 22. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper support portion 30 extends and bends upward from the upper end portion of the inclined portion 20 extending inclined at a predetermined angle.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the standing portion 50 is a wall-like portion that is disposed at the lower end portion of the inclined portion 20 and stands upward from the upper surface of the tray body 10. The standing portion 50 is formed at the lower end portion of the front side inclined portion 23 and the lower end portion of the back side inclined portion 24, and the standing portion 50 formed at the lower end portion of the back side inclined portion 24 is formed on the back wall of the tray body 10. Configure. The upright portion 50 supports a part of the bottom surface of the container 9 when the container 9 is arranged in the container arrangement portion 21.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state in which the container support tray 1 is used. As shown in FIG. 8, a container 9 filled with a beverage is placed on the container support tray 1 described above.
The container 9 is a plastic bottle containing 500 ml of beverage. The container 9 includes a container main body 91, a lid portion 92, and a temperature indicating seal 93.
The container body 91 has an opening at the top.
The lid portion 92 closes the opening of the container main body 91.
The temperature indicating seal 93 indicates the temperature in the container 9 and changes to a predetermined color when the temperature is suitable for sales. The temperature indicating seal 93 is affixed below 1/2 in the height direction of the container 9.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing a state in which the container support tray 1 is accommodated in the refrigerator 100. With reference to FIG.8 and FIG.9, the aspect of use of the container support tray 1 is demonstrated.

  The container support tray 1 is stored in the storage container 80 in advance. The notch 11 of the tray main body 10 is arranged so as to surround the periphery of the handle portion 85 formed to be recessed from the front wall 82 of the storage container 80 to the back side R, and the container support tray 1 is disposed inside the storage container 80. It is configured to be difficult to move.

  First, a hand is put into the handle part 85 of the storage container 80 stored in the article storage part 112 of the refrigerator 100, and the storage container 80 is pulled out to the front. And the container 9 filled with the drink is arrange | positioned at the container arrangement | positioning part 21 in the inclination part 20 of the container support tray 1, respectively. At this time, the upper end portion of the container 9 is placed on the upper support portion 30, and the lower end portion of the container 9 is disposed in the through hole 40. The lower end part of the container 9 is supported by the standing part 50, and the container 9 is supported by the container support tray 1 in a state of being stably inclined. Further, the container 9 is placed so that the temperature indicating seal 93 affixed to the container 9 faces upward.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the upper support portion 30 extends upward at an angle different from the inclination angle θ of the inclined portion 20, so that when the upper support portion 30 supports the upper portion of the container 9, the container 9 and the inclined portion A gap S is formed between the upper surface of 20 (see FIG. 8). Due to the gap S, the side of the container 9 facing the upper surface of the container placement portion 21 also comes into contact with the cooled air and is efficiently cooled.

  When the lower end portion of the container 9 is positioned in the through hole 40, the lower end portion of the container 9 is in contact with the bottom surface portion 81 of the storage container 80 positioned below the container support tray 1. Therefore, the vertical distance from the lower end portion to the upper end portion of the container 9 in a state where the container 9 is inclined is smaller than in the case where the container 9 is not provided with the through hole 40. As shown in FIG. 9, only the bottom surface portion 81 of the storage container 80 is interposed between the article storage portion 112 in the refrigerator 100 and the lower end portion of the container 9 by the through hole 40 without passing through the bottom surface of the tray body 10. Therefore, the cooled air is more directly transmitted to the container 9.

  The inclined portion 20 is inclined at an inclination angle θ of 15 degrees to 30 degrees, preferably 18 degrees to 25 degrees. For this reason, the container 9 is accommodated without protruding upward from the accommodating container 80. And as shown in FIG. 9, the container 80 is accommodated in the refrigerator 100 in three stages. For this reason, more containers 9 are accommodated in the accommodating container 80 and cooled. In addition, the lower the height of the storage container 80, the more storage containers 80 can be arranged in the refrigerator 100. As a result, the number of containers 9 that can be cooled increases. In addition, since the inclination angle θ of the inclined portion 20 is within the above range, the beverage filled in the container 9 does not leave the side surface above the container 9 even when the container 9 is inclined. For this reason, the temperature indicating seal 93 can accurately indicate the temperature inside the container 9.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the refrigerator 100 is provided with the refrigerant pipes 115 above and below the article accommodating portion 112, so that the container 9 accommodated in the accommodating container 80 is cooled from both the upper side and the lower side. . Since the back side of the tray main body 10 is formed in a hollow shape, the cooled air circulating on the lower side can easily cool the container 9 through the back side of the inclined portion 20.

  Five containers 9 are placed on the front inclined portion 23 and four containers 9 are placed on the rear inclined portion 24. Since the containers 9 are alternately arranged on the back side R and the front side F, a portion where the containers 9 on the back side R and the front side F overlap is minimal, and the surface of the container 9 has a large area in contact with the cooled air. . Moreover, since many containers 9 can be arrange | positioned at the front side F, the container 9 is easy to take out.

  According to the container support tray 1 of 1st Embodiment demonstrated above, there exist the following effects.

  (1) A container support tray 1 disposed inside a refrigerator 100 for storing and displaying a vertical container 9 in an inclined state is formed on a tray body 10 and an upper surface of the tray body 10 at a predetermined angle. An inclined portion 20 that is inclined, a standing portion 50 that is disposed at a lower end portion of the inclined portion 20, and a through-hole 40 that is formed at the lower end portion of the inclined portion 20 and penetrates the tray body 10 in the thickness direction. did. Thus, the container 9 is inclined along the inclined portion 20 in a state where a part of the lower end portion of the container 9 is located inside the through hole 40 and is supported by the standing portion 50. Since the through hole 40 penetrates in the thickness direction of the tray main body 10, the lower end portion of the container 9 is in contact with the bottom surface portion 81 of the storage container 80 positioned below the tray main body 10. With this posture, the container 9 is preferably inclined, and the distance from the lower end portion to the upper end portion of the inclined container 9 is shortened. Furthermore, since the lower end portion of the container 9 is arranged inside the refrigerator 100 with only the bottom surface portion 81 of the storage container 80 being interposed without passing through the bottom surface of the tray main body 10, the cooling efficiency is improved.

  (2) The inclined portion 20 is formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the container 9 and a plurality of container arrangement portions 21 provided side by side in a direction orthogonal to the inclination direction D of the inclined portion 20 and two adjacent container arrangements And a partition part 22 provided between the parts. Thereby, the some container 9 can be supported in the state inclined.

  (3) A plurality of the inclined portions 20 are arranged in the inclination direction D of the inclined portion 20. Moreover, the some container arrangement | positioning part 21 in the two inclination parts 20 arrange | positioned adjacently was shifted and arrange | positioned in the inclination direction D view. Thereby, the area which the surface of the container 9 touches air can be increased. Therefore, the cooling efficiency is improved.

  (4) The inclined portion 20 includes a front inclined portion 23 whose upper end portion is located on the front edge side of the upper surface of the tray body 10 and a rear inclined portion 24 whose lower end portion is located on the inner edge side of the upper surface of the tray body 10. Constructed including. Further, the number of container placement portions 21 in the back side inclined portion 24 is less than the number of container placement portions 21 in the front side inclined portion 23. Thereby, since many containers 9 can be arrange | positioned at the front side F of the container support tray 1, the taking-out of the containers 9 becomes easy.

  (5) It further includes an upper support portion 30 that is disposed on the upper end side of the inclined portion 20 and extends upward from the upper surface of the tray body 10 to support the upper portion of the container 9. Since the upper support portion 30 extends upward from the inclined portion 20, when the container 9 is supported by the upper support portion 30, the side surface of the container 9 is separated from the upper surface of the inclined portion. For this reason, the clearance gap S is formed between the container 9 and the inclination part 20, and the side surface of the container 9 touches the cooled air. Therefore, the cooling efficiency is improved.

  (6) The tray body 10 was formed in a hollow shape with an open bottom. For this reason, since the cooled air exists on the back surface of the tray body 10, the cold air is easily transmitted to the container 9 arranged along the upper surface of the inclined portion 20.

  (7) The inclination angle θ of the inclined portion 20 is configured to an angle of 15 degrees to 30 degrees with respect to the lower end edge 12 of the tray body 10. When the inclination angle θ is within this range, when the container 9 is inclined and disposed on the container support tray 1, the distance from the lower end portion to the upper end portion of the container 9 is suitably shortened. In addition, when a temperature indicating sticker indicating the temperature of the beverage is affixed to the container 9, the beverage is filled in a position that is not separated from the upper side surface of the container 9, and the temperature indicating seal 93 accurately indicates the temperature inside the container 9. Can do.

  Next, the container support tray 1A of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a front view of the container support tray 1A of the second embodiment. The point which is not demonstrated about the container support tray 1A is the same as that of the container support tray 1 in 1st Embodiment.

  In 2nd Embodiment, 21A of container arrangement | positioning parts are arrange | positioned more in the back side inclination part 24A than the front side inclination part 23A. The back side R of the refrigerator 100 is far from the main body opening 111 of the refrigerator main body 101 and is surrounded by the inner wall surface of the refrigerator 100, so that the cooling air is difficult to escape. For this reason, if the container arrangement | positioning part 21A is increased in the back | inner side inclination part 24A, many containers 9 can be cooled to predetermined temperature earlier.

As mentioned above, although each preferred embodiment of the present invention was described, the present invention is not limited to each embodiment mentioned above, and can be changed suitably.
For example, in the above embodiment, the container 9 is a 500 ml plastic bottle, but is not limited thereto. The capacity and material of the container may be changed as appropriate according to the beverage to be sold. Further, in the above embodiment, the container arrangement part is provided in two rows on the front side and the back side with respect to the tray, but for example, in the case of a PET bottle having a capacity of 280 ml to 350 ml for cooling, It is also possible to arrange them in three rows on the inner side and the inner side. Moreover, the hole may be formed along the inclined surface of a container arrangement | positioning part.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container support tray 9 Container 10 Tray main body 20 Inclination part 21 Container arrangement part 22 Partition part 23 Front side inclination part 24 Back side inclination part 30 Upper support part 40 Through-hole 50 Standing part 100 Refrigerator

Claims (4)

A container support tray disposed inside a refrigerator for storing and displaying a vertical container in an inclined state,
The tray body,
An inclined portion formed on the upper surface of the tray body and inclined at a predetermined angle;
An upright portion that is arranged at the lower end of the inclined portion and rises upward from the upper surface of the tray body;
Wherein it is formed at the lower end of the inclined portion and a through hole passing through the tray body in the thickness direction,
The inclined portions are arranged in a plurality of rows in the inclined direction of the inclined portion,
The container support trays in which the plurality of container placement parts in the two sloped parts arranged adjacent to each other are shifted from each other when viewed in the tilt direction . The inclined portion is
A plurality of container arrangement parts formed in a shape corresponding to the shape of the container and provided side by side in a direction orthogonal to the inclination direction of the inclined part;
The container support tray according to claim 1, further comprising: a partition portion provided between the two adjacent container placement portions. The inclined portions of the plurality of rows are
A front inclined portion whose upper end is located on the front edge side of the upper surface of the tray body;
A lower side inclined portion located on the inner edge side of the upper surface of the tray body, and a lower end portion,
3. The container support tray according to claim 1, wherein the number of the container placement portions in the back slope portion is smaller than the number of the container placement portions in the front slope portion. The inclined portions of the plurality of rows are
A front inclined portion whose upper end is located on the front edge side of the upper surface of the tray body;
A lower side inclined portion located on the inner edge side of the upper surface of the tray body, and a lower end portion,
3. The container support tray according to claim 1, wherein the number of the container placement portions in the front slope portion is smaller than the number of the container placement portions in the back slope portion.

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