JPH0457331B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a shelf device used in a display case such as a show case.

(b) Conventional technology Publication of Utility Model Publication No. 11589 (A47F5/00) states,
A decorative body is attached to the front wall of the shelf board, and the decorative body has a locking part for locking a display device such as a product name, price, etc. on the front side, and the decorative body extends rearward and has a raised part at the rear end. A bottom wall and a protruding wall extending rearward from the rear surface and having a shorter dimension than the bottom wall are formed, and a protruding wall extending approximately perpendicularly forward from the front wall is formed on the shelf board, and the bottom wall and the rising part are formed. , the decorative body is provided on the shelf board so as to be in contact with the protruding wall and the front wall, and the decorative body and guard are attached to the shelf board by inserting a guard into the gap formed between the front wall and the projecting wall. The configuration of the featured shelf device is shown.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to the above-mentioned conventional technology, after the protruding wall of the shelf board and the bottom wall of the decorative body are overlapped, the mounting piece of the side plate that restricts the left-right movement of the guard is attached. It is necessary to overlap the protruding wall and the bottom wall with the protruding wall, the bottom wall, and the mounting piece using a fixing device, and to prevent dust and products from entering between the decoration and the front wall of the shelf. In order to remove the drips, not only does it take time and effort to remove the fixing device, but when installing the decoration, the bottom wall is stacked on the bottom of the protruding wall, and then the mounting pieces are overlapped and the fixing device is used to attach the three pieces. There was a problem that required the extremely complicated work of tightening the documents together.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a shelf board having a front wall and a flange extending rearward from the lower end of the front wall, and a shelf board located in front of the front wall. a front wall portion for holding a display card; a continuous wall portion extending rearward from the front wall portion; and a rear wall portion that is inclined rearwardly upward from the continuous wall portion and includes a forward-facing fitting groove into which the flange is fitted. a wall portion, a receiving groove formed along the upper rear surface of the front wall portion, a downward recess formed at the lower portion of the front wall portion, a continuous wall portion, and a lower portion of the rear wall portion, facing this recess; a price rail having an engaging portion formed at a position; a guard that is removably inserted between the front wall and the front wall portion and placed on the price rail; It consists of a side plate part in contact with the end surface, a pair of left and right covers each having an insertion piece inserted into the receiving groove, an engagement piece engaged with the engagement part, and an elastic leg piece inserted into the recess. Provide shelving equipment.

(E) Effect According to the embodiment, both the first and second fitting grooves 38, 3
By selecting 9 and fitting the flange 15, the installation angle of the price rail 25 with respect to the shelf board 12 can be set in two ways, and the installation angle of the price rail 25 adapted to the height and installation angle of the shelf board 12 can be set. Moreover, the flange 15 is inserted into the first fitting groove 38.
Or in any case where it is fitted into the second fitting groove 39,
The price rail 25 is moved forward by the front wall 14.
The rearward movement of the price rail 25 is also prevented by the guard 52 which is inserted between the front wall 14 and the front wall part 26 and acts as a spacer, and as a result, the upper part of the guard 52 This prevents the price rail 25 and the guard 52 from coming off even if an impact is applied from the front.Also, to prevent the guard 52 from moving in the left-right direction, the insertion piece 55 of the cover 53 is inserted into the receiving groove 37, and the leg piece 57 By inserting the cover 53 into the recess 30, it is possible to prevent the cover 53 from moving in the front-rear direction, and the engaging piece 58 is automatically engaged with the engaging portion 40 as the leg piece 57 is inserted into the recess 30. Therefore, lateral movement toward the cover 53 can be prevented.

(F) Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. Reference numeral 1 shown in Fig. 7 is a front-open type low-temperature show case installed in stores such as supermarkets. The main body is composed of a heat insulating wall 2 having an opening 3 formed therein, and first and second partition plates 4, 5 are arranged at an appropriate distance from the inner surface of the heat insulating wall 2.
By arranging them in sequence, a first passage 7 for protective air circulation in which a blower fan 6 is arranged, a second passage 10 for cold air circulation in which a cooler 8 and a blower fan 9 are arranged, and the height and installation angle are created. A pair of changeable left and right brackets 11 and a storage chamber 13 in which shelf boards 12 which are supported by these brackets and constitute the shelf device of the present invention are arranged in multiple stages are formed, and both the blower fans 6 and 9 are connected to each other. While operating, by supplying reduced pressure liquid refrigerant to the cooler 8, a cold air flow and a protective air flow are forcibly circulated as shown by the arrow to form a cold air curtain CA in the opening 3, and an air curtain GA that protects this air curtain from outside air. The inside of the storage chamber 13 is cooled to a predetermined temperature.

Generally, the lengths of the shelf boards 12 are 4 shaku and 3 shaku. If the length of the low-temperature case 1 is 8 shaku, then the shelf boards 12 of 4 shaku will form two rows on the left and right. Furthermore, if the length of the low-temperature show case 1 is 6 shaku, then the shelf boards 12 of 3 shaku are arranged in two rows on the left and right. In addition, the number of shelves 12 and the mounting angle of the shelves 12 arranged in the low-temperature show case 1 are generally determined by the store's requests, and the shelves 12 may be mounted horizontally as shown in FIG. In some cases, the shelf board 12 is installed so as to be tilted downward in order to make it easier to see. Furthermore, when arranging shelf boards 12 in multiple stages, the upper shelf board 12
The depth width of the shelf board 12 is made shorter than that of the lower shelf board 12. This is because the area where the initial velocity of the cold air flow forming the air curtain CA is maintained, that is, the upper shelf board 12 facing the core area is designed so that it does not interfere with the cold air flow in the core area. .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the shelf board 12 has a front wall 14 facing downward at its front edge, and a rearward flange 1 facing rearward at a right angle from the lower end of the front wall.
5. A painted steel plate 18 having a rear wall 16 facing downward at the rear edge, a forward facing flange 17 facing forward at a right angle from the lower end of this rear wall, and a painted steel plate 18 provided along the lower surface of the left and right side edges of this steel plate. , a pair of left and right metal first reinforcing members 1 placed on the bracket 11;
9, and a second metal reinforcing member 2, which is provided along the lower surface in the longitudinal direction of the steel plate 18 and is located between both first reinforcing members, and serves as a fluorescent lamp and a mounting member, which will be described later.
It consists of 0. An elongated fluorescent lamp 22 covered with an elongated transparent cylindrical body 21 is arranged directly below the front portion of the shelf board 12 so as to face the flange 15. This fluorescent lamp 22 is attached to the shelf board 12 via the cylindrical body 21 by fixing a snap-in type holder 23 having an arrowhead-shaped snap 23A to the second reinforcing member 20.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a price rail that is attached along the front edge of the shelf board 12 and also serves as a decoration for the shelf board, which is obtained by extrusion molding a light metal such as aluminum. a continuous wall part 27 that extends diagonally backward and downward from the middle of the back surface of the front wall part, and a rear wall part 28 that is connected to the rear end of this continuous wall part and slopes generally upward to the rear. , each of which is defined by the three walls, and consists of an upward recess 29 that accommodates the flange 15 and a guard described later, and a downward recess 30 that accommodates the leg pieces of the cover described later, and its entire length extends beyond the cover. Due to the installation, it is shorter than the total length of the shelf board 12. The front wall portion 26 is curved, and has first and second locking pieces 31 and 32 along the back surface of its upper edge, and a third locking piece 33 along the front surface of its lower edge. Both the first and second locking pieces 3
Either one of 1 or 32 and the third locking piece 33 can be used as a large size card called a price card made of paper or resin sheet on which the product name, price, etc. of the product placed on the shelf board 12 are written. Different display cards 3
4 is detachably held. Further, this front wall portion 26 has a first L-shaped projection 35 extending rearward from the back surface of the upper edge, and a first projection 35 extending rearward from the middle of the front wall portion 26 so as to be located directly below this projection with a gap. Two protrusions 36 and a receiving groove 37 defined by the first and second protrusions 35 and 36 and accommodating a cover insertion piece to be described later are formed. Moreover, the fluorescent lamp 2
The rear wall portion 28 facing the shelf board 12 has both forward facing first and second fitting grooves 38 and 39 into which the flange 15 of the shelf board 12 is fitted, and a portion facing the recess 30 is cut out to form the cover. An engaging portion 40 that engages a part of the leg piece is formed. The first fitting groove 38 has a first upper wall portion 43 having a protrusion 41 on the lower surface of the distal end that is in contact with the upper surface of the flange 15, an upright strip 42 on the upper surface of the distal end that stands downward from the front, and a stepped surface 44.
and a first reflective surface 45 that slopes upward at the rear.
The second fitting groove 39, which is defined by the lower wall portion 46 and located at the rear of the first fitting groove 38, is inclined rearwardly upward, and has a protrusion 47 on the lower surface of its tip that contacts the upper surface of the flange 15. a second upper wall portion 48 comprising;
It is defined by a second lower wall portion 51 having two reflective surfaces 49 and 50 that are inclined rearward at different angles.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a guard called a balustrade made of transparent glass or resin, which is inserted between the front wall 14 of the shelf board 12 and the front wall 26 of the price rail 25 so that its lower part is in the recess 29. The upper part projects upward from the upper surface of the shelf board 12 to prevent the products placed on the shelf board 12 from falling. This guard 52 is attached to the flange 15 as shown in FIGS.
In the first fitted state in which the When the front wall portion 26 of the price rail 25 protrudes more forward than in the second fitted state, that is, the first fitted state, this lower part is received by the first upper wall portion 43. Therefore, in either case, the action of the spacer to maintain the distance between the front wall 14 of the shelf board 12 and the front wall portion 26 of the price rail 25 at a predetermined width, and the action of the spacer to maintain the distance between the front wall 14 of the shelf board 12 and the front wall portion 26 of the price rail 25 and the price rail 25 from the flange 15
It acts as a detachment prevention member that prevents detachment.
That is, in the first fitted state, the guard 5
Since both the first and second protrusions 35 and 36 are in contact with the front surface of the guard 52 and the price rail 25, rattling in the front and rear directions of both the guard 52 and the price rail 25 can be prevented, and the installation angle of the price rail 25 is changed in the second fitted state. In this case, since the first protrusion 35 and the upright strip 42 come into contact with the front surface of the guard 52, it is possible to prevent both the guard 52 and the price rail 25 from shaking in the front-rear direction. In addition, in both the first and second fitted states, since the rear wall portion 28 facing the fluorescent lamp 22 is inclined upward as a whole, each of the reflective surfaces 45, 4
The light from the fluorescent lamp 22 is directed downward or diagonally forward by the reflection action of the stepped surfaces 9 and 50 and the stepped surface 44.

Note that the guard 52 may not be used when the shelf board 12 is installed horizontally. in this case,
In order to prevent the price rail 25 from moving back and forth, a fastener N such as a screw is used as shown by the chain line in FIG.

Reference numeral 53 denotes a pair of left and right resin covers that cover both left and right sides of the price rail 25, and the inner surfaces thereof are in contact with the end faces of the front wall 26, continuous wall 27, and rear wall 28 of the price rail 25, and the end face of the guard 52. the side plate portion 54 and the front wall portion 2 inserted into the receiving groove 37;
6. An insertion piece 55 in contact with both the first and second protrusions 35 and 36, an elastic front leg piece 56 inserted into the recess 30 and in contact with the front wall part 26 and the continuous wall part 27, and similar to this leg piece. and an elastic rear leg piece 57 which is inserted into the recess 30 and comes into contact with the continuous wall part 27 and the rear wall part 28, and has an engaging piece 58 which is engaged with the engaging part 40. The insertion piece 55 acts as a positioning member when attaching the cover 53 to the price rail 25 and prevents the cover 53 from shaking in the vertical direction when attached.
The length is longer than that of 6,57, and
The leg piece 57 provided with the engagement piece 58 has a longer length than the front leg piece 56 in order to obtain greater elasticity than the front leg piece 56 in order to engage the engagement piece 58 with the engagement part 40. The length is getting longer. Further, the leg pieces 56,
57 prevents the lower part of the cover 53 from wobbling in the front-rear direction because it comes into contact with the front wall 26, the continuous wall 27, and the rear wall 28 of the price rail 25 due to its elastic action. The cover 53 is removably attached to the price rail 25, and in this attached state, it protrudes laterally from the side surface of the shelf board 12, as shown in FIG. 5, to avoid contact between adjacent shelf boards 12. do. Furthermore, although the cover 53 is in contact with the price rail 25, since there is a slight gap between the end surface and the price rail 25, the shelf board 12 is in contact with the cover 53.
Drips of the product that have passed through the front wall 14 and dripped onto the corner between the continuous wall section 27 and the rear wall section 28 are naturally discharged from the gap.

Therefore, according to such a configuration, by selecting both the first and second fitting grooves 38 and 39 and fitting the flange 15, the price rail 25 is fixed to the shelf board 12.
The mounting angle of the flange 15 can be set in two ways, and the price rail can be mounted according to the height and mounting angle of the shelf board 12.
In either case where the price rail 25 is fitted into the fitting groove 38 or the second fitting groove 39, the front wall 14 prevents the price rail 25 from moving forward, and the price rail 25 from moving backward is blocked by the front wall 14. This is prevented by the guard 52 inserted between the wall 14 and the front wall 26 and acting as a spacer, and as a result, even if an impact is applied from the front to the upper part of the guard 52, the price rail 25
Also, the guard 52 can be prevented from detaching.
By inserting the insertion pieces 55 of the cover 53 into the receiving groove 37 and the leg pieces 57 into the recesses 30, it is possible to prevent the cover 53 from moving in the front-back direction. Since the engagement piece 58 is automatically engaged with the engagement portion 40 upon insertion into the recess 30, the cover 53 can be prevented from moving in the lateral direction. In addition, when removing the cover 53, the engaging piece 58
The cover 53 can be easily removed by pushing the cover 53 forward and pulling the cover 53 sideways.Moreover, with the cover 53 removed, the price rail 2
5 is supported by the flange 15, the cover 53 can be attached and removed independently, and not only the cover 53 but also the price rail 25 can be easily handled.

(g) Effects of the invention The present invention described above produces the following effects.

When the flange is fitted into the fitting groove, the price rail is prevented from moving forward by the front wall, and the price rail is prevented from moving backward by being inserted between the front wall and the front wall portion. This is prevented by the guard acting as a spacer, and as a result, even if an impact is applied from the front to the upper part of the guard, the price rail and the guard can be prevented from coming off.

In addition, by inserting the insertion piece of the cover that prevents the guard from moving in the left-right direction into the receiving groove and the leg piece into the recess, it is possible to prevent the cover from moving in the front-rear direction, and the leg piece can be inserted into the recess. As the engaging piece is automatically engaged with the engaging portion, the cover can be prevented from moving in the lateral direction.

When removing the cover, you can easily remove the cover by pushing the engaging piece forward and pulling the cover laterally.Moreover, the price rail is supported by the flange when the cover is removed. The cover can be installed and removed independently, making it easy to handle not only the cover but also the price rail.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings all show embodiments of the shelving device of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the main part, FIGS. 2 and 3 are vertical cross-sectional views with different mounting angles of the price rail, and FIG.
The figure is an exploded perspective view of the main parts, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the corner of the shelf device, Figure 6 is a perspective view of the whole, Figures 7 and 8.
The figure is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a low-temperature show case equipped with a shelf device. 12... Shelf board, 14... Front wall, 15... Flange, 22... Fluorescent light, 25... Price rail,
26... Front wall part, 27... Continuous wall part, 28... Rear wall part, 30... Recess, 37... Receiving groove, 38... First fitting groove, 39... Second fitting groove , 40... Engaging piece, 52... Guard, 53... Cover, 55...
Insertion piece, 57... Leg piece, 58... Engagement piece.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A front wall, a shelf board equipped with a flange extending rearward from the lower end of the front wall, a front wall portion located in front of the front wall and holding a display card, a continuous wall portion extending rearward from the front wall portion, A rear wall section that is inclined rearward upward from the continuous wall section as a whole and is provided with a forward-facing fitting groove into which the flange is fitted, a receiving groove formed along the upper rear surface of the front wall section, and the front wall. the bottom of the section,
between the front wall and the front wall and a price rail having a downward recess formed at the lower part of the continuous wall and the rear wall, and an engaging part formed at a position facing the recess; and the front wall and the front wall. A guard that is inserted and removably inserted and placed on the price rail, a side plate portion that contacts the end surfaces of the price rail and the guard, an insertion piece that is inserted into the receiving groove, and an engagement member that is engaged with the engagement portion. A shelf device comprising a pair of left and right covers each having a mating piece and an elastic leg piece inserted into the recess.