JPH0820171B2 - Refrigerator - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a refrigerating showcase and a refrigerating device such as a storycase used for displaying stories in a sushi restaurant or the like.

[Prior Art] As is well known, such a refrigeration system has a machine room containing a compressor and the like, and a display room containing a cooling pipe and the like,
The refrigerant sent from the compressor is expanded and passed through a cooling pipe to cool and display, for example, sushi material in the display room for storage and storage. Various structures have been proposed and used in the past.

However, in any structure, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 62-
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 37666, the bottom plate of the display room was almost horizontal.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, even if the display room is provided with a drain port, when the display room is washed with water, the drainage is poor, and the bottom plate portion far from the drain port is not flushed with wash water. There is a possibility that water drops tend to remain, or if frequent cleaning is neglected, small impurities and the like may be deposited on the bottom plate and redeposit on the object to be displayed, that is, the material.

Therefore, the main object of the present invention is not only to have the function of eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks such as good drainage of water after washing, but also to add the function without sacrificing the space in the display room. It is to provide a refrigerating device provided.

Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerating apparatus having a feature that, in addition to the above-mentioned features, a concave groove portion for improving drainage can also be used for keeping freshness of fresh vegetables and the like. is there.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a refrigerating apparatus including a display chamber having a bottom plate on which a display stand is placed, wherein the bottom plate is one of the display chambers. The groove extends downward from the rear side toward the front side, and at the lowermost part of the inclination, a concave groove portion extending in the longitudinal direction of the refrigerating apparatus is provided, and the groove portion has an upper surface of the remaining portion of the bottom plate. It is characterized in that the flush board is fitted with the flush board and a drain port communicating with the outside is formed.

Also according to the invention, it is advantageous that this drain is provided with a lid.

[Operation] Since the concave groove is formed in the lowermost part of the inclined bottom plate, the cleaning water flows smoothly on the bottom plate, reliably enters the groove, and is discharged to the outside from the drain port formed in the groove. . In addition, since the floor plate flush with the upper surface of the remaining portion of the bottom plate is fitted in the groove portion, during normal use of the refrigerating machine, the material or the like is preferably displayed in the space on the floor plate. It

During use of the refrigerator, the drain outlet is closed with a lid so that the cold air in the display room does not escape to the outside. If closed with a lid, water can be stored in the groove and fresh vegetables can be stored therein.

[Embodiment] Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding portions. Further, the present invention will be described below in the case of being implemented in a story case used in a sushi shop or the like, but as will be apparent to those skilled in the art, it can be used for storage or display of something other than sushi story, It is not limited to the story case.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a news item case (refrigerator) 1 according to the present invention. The news item case 1 has a display room 2 at the top.
A machine room 3 is provided below the display room 2, and side covers 4 fitted to the top cover 34 are attached to both ends of the display room 2. Therefore, almost the entire length between both ends of the neta case 1 is the display room 2. When this material case 1 is placed on a counter (not shown) in a sushi restaurant, the front side in FIG. 1 is arranged toward the customer, and the rear side shown in FIG. 2 is the user side of the material case 1, that is, sushi. Arranged for craftsmen.

On the rear side, as shown in FIG. 2, the power cord 5, the ground wire 6, the drain pipe 7, the rear cover 8, the ventilation port 9, the center frame 10, the sliding door 11, and the power on / off to the machine room 3.
There is an off switch S and the like. In addition, a transparent windshield is installed on the customer side as described later.

3 and 4 are sectional views showing the net case 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 along a vertical cross section and a horizontal cross section in the longitudinal direction, respectively, and can be understood from these figures. As described above, in the machine room 3 surrounding the cooler room 12 defined by the heat insulating structure 21, the electrical board 13, the blower fan 14, and the cooler are installed.
Compressor 1 supported by 15, preferably rubber feet 17
6, condenser fans 18a, 18b, condenser 19, duct forming plate 33
Etc. are arranged. Cooler 15, compressor 16 and condenser 19
Are coupled to each other by a refrigerating pipe (not shown) to form a refrigerating circuit.

Further, the cooler chamber 12 is partitioned into a blower fan side and a cooler side by a partition plate 64, and on the cooler side, a plurality of wind direction plates 32 are radially arranged near the discharge port of the blower fan 14. The air from the blower fan 14 is appropriately directed to the cooler 15. Also, in FIG.
Reference numeral 30 indicates a thermostat, and reference numeral 31 indicates the temperature sensing portion.

Display room 2 that defines a display space 65 inside the story case 1.
Is composed of an inner box and an outer box, and cold air passages 20, 28, 29 and 40 are formed between them. At the upper part of the cooler chamber 12 described above, openings 12a and 12b communicating with the ends of the cool air passages 20 and 29 are formed, and are blown by the blower fan 14 as indicated by the arrow in FIG. The cool air exits the cooler chamber 12 through the opening 12a, passes through the cool air passages 20, 28, 29, and 40, and returns to the cooler chamber 12 from the opening 12b and circulates. The cooling passage 40 is shown in FIG.

The inner box of the display room 2 is composed of a bottom plate 23, side plates 24, a top plate 36 and an inner windshield 39 (see FIG. 5), and an outer box is a heat insulating structure 21, a side frame 25 and an outer windshield 38 ( (See FIG. 5).
As shown in FIG. 3, a heat insulating material 26 is filled between each side cover 4 and the side frame 25.
An appropriate heat insulating member 22 is attached to the back surface of the bottom plate 23 extending from the upper part of the cooler chamber 12 to the cold air passage 28.

The condenser fan described above is not composed of only one large diameter fan, but is composed of two small diameter fans 18a and 18b so that the height of the machine room 3 can be reduced. Further, by adopting the two fans 18a and 18b, each fan can share the cooling area of the condenser 19 by sucking air, so that the heat exchange efficiency of the condenser 19 is reduced even if the diameter is small. There is no. The fan 18a has a compressor 16 on the air discharge side.
The fan 18b is directed to the front side of the machine room 3, that is, the customer side, and the hot air that has been used for cooling the condenser 19 and has increased in temperature is heated to the front cover 52 (fifth part of the machine room 3). (See the figure). The front cover 52 has an opening 51, through which the warm air passes through the passage 50 defined by the air guide 44 as shown by the arrow in FIG. 5, along the outer surface of the outer windshield 38. To prevent fogging of the windshield 38 on the customer side.

As best seen in FIG. 5 which shows a cross section taken along the line VV of FIG. 4, two parallel legs are provided from the bottom plate 58 of the machine room 3.
56 projects, and supports the case 1 on the counter, preferably via a rubber pad 57. In addition, a heat insulating structure including a heat insulating material 27 at the bottom that defines the outer box of the display room 2.
21 is inclined upward from the left side of FIG. 5 toward the right side of FIG. 5, and therefore the space in the machine room 3 is higher on the craftsman side (right side in FIG. 5) than on the customer side. The devices such as the cooler 15, the compressor 16 and the condenser 19 in the machine room 3, which occupy a relatively large space, are configured to be sufficiently accommodated. As shown in the figure, it is installed offset to the craftsman side (upper side in FIG. 4).

The bottom plate 23 of the display room 2 above the heat insulating structure 21 is also arranged at a predetermined distance from the heat insulating structure 21 so as to define the above-mentioned cold air passage 20 and similarly inclined. The heat insulating structure 21 extends to the lower end portions of the outer windshield 38 and the inner windshield 39 or the vicinity thereof. In the preferred embodiment, the bottom plate 23 is bent in front of the lower end to be a heat insulating structure.
A groove 66 having a concave shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the net case 1 is formed near the lower end of the net case 1. Bottom plate like this
The groove portion 66 formed in the lowermost portion of the bottom plate 23 is laid so as to be flush with the upper surface of the remaining portion (the portion other than the groove portion) of the bottom plate 23.
43 is detachably arranged. Although not shown, it is common to lay a display stand such as "Snowboard" or "Ginsu" on the bottom plate 23 and the floor plate 43, and put a story on it.

The bottom plate 23 and the heat insulating structure 21 are formed with drainage ports 45 at appropriate places (two places as understood from FIG. 4 in the embodiment) so as to communicate with the above-mentioned groove 66 via the seal member 48. A drain hose 49 is connected to the drain port 45 via a connection pipe 47, and the drain hose 49 communicates with the drain pipe 7. The seal member 48 having an opening is held by forming an annular projecting portion 46 on the bottom plate 23 and fitting the projecting portion 46 into the opening of the seal member 48. The drainage port 45 is closed by a lid (not shown) during use of the refrigerating apparatus, but can be opened during cleaning. When the drain port 45 is closed by the lid, water can be stored in the concave groove portion 66.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, two rail portions 55 for receiving the upper end of the sliding door 11 are formed at one end along the longitudinal direction of the top cover 34, and the rear cover 8 of the machine room 3 is also provided.
Two rails 53 are formed at the upper end of the sliding door 11 to receive the lower end of the sliding door 11 via a slider 54. The sliding door 11 is left and right along the rails 53 and 55 (in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface in FIG. 5). ) Can be opened and closed. The rail 53 is placed on the upper end of the bottom plate 23 and is stably supported. The bottom edge of the bottom plate 23 is L
The lower end of the inner windshield 39 is supported by a packing 41a, and the upper end of the inner windshield 39 is supported by the top plate 36 and its fixing member 42 via the packing 41b. On the other hand, the lower end of the outer windshield 38 is supported by the lower end of the heat insulating structure 21 via a packing 37a, and the upper end thereof is supported by the other end along the longitudinal direction of the top cover 34 via a packing 37b.

Although not described in detail, reference numeral 59 in FIGS. 3 and 6 denotes a seal member for sealing the cooler chamber 12, and reference numeral 60 denotes drainage from the cooler chamber 12 in FIGS. 4 and 6. A drainage pipe for draining, reference numeral 62 in FIGS. 4 and 7.
Is a mounting plate for mounting the compressor 16, and in FIG. 8, reference numeral 63 is a sealing member.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the bottom plate 23 is disposed in the display room 2
It extends obliquely downward from the rear side toward the front side, and at the lowermost part thereof has a concave groove portion 66 extending in the longitudinal direction of the refrigerating apparatus, and in the groove portion, a drain port 45 communicating with the outside is formed. Therefore, at the time of cleaning, the cleaning water in the display room can be easily drained without adhering as water droplets, and the drainage can be improved. Further, since the floor plate is fitted into the groove portion so as to be substantially flush with the upper surface of the other portion of the bottom plate, the upper portion of the groove portion is also used as a display space for the displayed object while the refrigerating apparatus is in use. By improving the drainage, the space in the display room is not sacrificed.

Also, during use, close the drain outlet with a lid to store water in the groove and put fresh vegetables such as parsley, celery and cucumber in it to prevent it from drying and keep it fresh for a long time. Therefore, the groove portion for improving the drainage can be effectively used for keeping the freshness of fresh vegetables and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the refrigerating apparatus according to the present invention seen from the front side, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the refrigerating apparatus seen from the rear side, and FIG.
1 is a vertical sectional view of the refrigerating apparatus of FIG. 1 cut in the longitudinal direction, FIG. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the machine room of the refrigerating apparatus of FIG. 1 cut in the longitudinal direction, FIG. 5, and FIG. , Figures 7 and 8
The figures are respectively VV line, VI-VI line and VII-VII in FIG.
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VIII-VIII. 1 ... Refrigerator (net case), 2 ... Display room, 23 ...
Bottom plate, 43 ... Floor plate, 45 ... Drainage port, 66 ... Recessed groove.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A refrigerating apparatus (1) having a display room (2) having a bottom plate (23) on which a display stand is placed, wherein the bottom plate (23) is located behind the display room (2). From the side to the front side while inclining downward, at the lowermost part of the inclination, there is a concave groove portion (66) extending in the longitudinal direction of the refrigerating apparatus, and in the groove portion, the concave plate of the bottom plate (23). A refrigerating device characterized in that a flush plate (43) flush with the upper surface of the remaining portion is fitted and a drain port (45) communicating with the outside is formed. 2. A refrigerating apparatus (1) having a display room (2) having a bottom plate (23) on which a display stand is placed, wherein the bottom plate (23) is located behind the display room (2). From the side to the front side while inclining downward, at the lowermost part of the inclination, there is a concave groove portion (66) extending in the longitudinal direction of the refrigerating apparatus, and in the groove portion, the concave plate of the bottom plate (23). The floor plate (43) flush with the upper surface of the remaining portion is fitted, and a drain port (45) communicating with the outside is formed, and the drain port (45) is provided with a lid. Refrigerating device.