Shelf apparatus for showcase

• US 20030136750A1
• Filed: 01/21/2003
• Published: 07/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanden Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sanden Corporation (Qingdao Huatong State-Owned Capital Operation (Group) Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Shimamura, Hiroshi, Fujii, Kiyoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/347,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20030136750A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 211/90.02
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0093 movable in a substantially horizontal direction

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a shelf apparatus for a showcase in which work labor can be lessened and a shelf support can be installed at a proper position easily in performing the work for changing a space between shelves or the number of tiers of shelf. In the shelf apparatus for a showcase including a shelf plate on which commodities are placed, a shelf support for supporting the shelf plate, and a connecting member which connects the shelf plate to the shelf support and enables the shelf plate to slide in the depth direction, either one of the connecting member and the shelf plate has a locking wire, and the other thereof has a locking groove which the locking wire can be locked to and unlocked from. When a space between shelves or the number of tiers of shelf is changed, the locking wire is unlocked from the locking groove, by which the shelf plate is removed from the connecting member and the shelf support, so that the shelf apparatus is separated into two parts. Therefore, each part can be installed separately, so that the work for changing the arrangement position of shelf apparatus can be performed easily.

Claims

1. A shelf apparatus for a showcase comprising a shelf plate on which commodities are placed, a shelf support for supporting said shelf plate, and a connecting member which connects said shelf plate to said shelf support and enables said shelf plate to slide in the depth direction, wherein

either one of said connecting member and said shelf plate has a locking member, and the other thereof has a locking groove which said locking member can be locked to and unlocked from.

2. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 1, wherein said locking member is a locking wire fixed to the lower face of said shelf plate, and said locking groove is provided in said connecting member so that said locking wire can be locked to and unlocked from said locking groove.

3. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 1, wherein a stopper for regulating forward sliding motion of said connecting member is provided on the front end side of said shelf support, and a releasing member for releasing the regulation of sliding motion of said stopper is provided on the front end side of said shelf plate.

4. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 2, wherein a stopper for regulating forward sliding motion of said connecting member is provided on the front end side of said shelf support, and a releasing member for releasing the regulation of sliding motion of said stopper is provided on the front end side of said shelf plate.

5. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 3, wherein said connecting member is composed of a connecting plate which can be connected to said shelf plate and a sliding mechanism fixed to said shelf support, and said stopper can be locked to and unlocked from said connecting plate.

6. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 4, wherein said connecting member is composed of a connecting plate which can be connected to said shelf plate and a sliding mechanism fixed to said shelf support, and said stopper can be locked to and unlocked from said connecting plate.

7. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 3, wherein said stopper is made of a plate spring, and has a stop portion which can be locked to and unlocked from said connecting member and a contact portion extending from said stop portion, and

said releasing member has a claw portion which pushes out said contact portion by means of rotation to move said stop portion in a lock releasing direction.

8. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 4, wherein said stopper is made of a plate spring, and has a stop portion which can be locked to and unlocked from said connecting member and a contact portion extending from said stop portion, and

said releasing member has a claw portion which pushes out said contact portion by means of rotation to move said stop portion in a lock releasing direction.

9. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 5, wherein said stopper is made of a plate spring, and has a stop portion which can be locked to and unlocked from said connecting plate and a contact portion extending from said stop portion, and

said releasing member has a claw portion which pushes out said contact portion by means of rotation to move said stop portion in a lock releasing direction.

10. The shelf apparatus for the showcase according to claim 6, wherein said stopper is made of a plate spring, and has a stop portion which can be locked to and unlocked from said connecting plate and a contact portion extending from said stop portion, and

said releasing member has a claw portion which pushes out said contact portion by means of rotation to move said stop portion in a lock releasing direction.