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Showcase assembly unit for showcase structure

  • US 6,409,026 B2
  • Filed: 02/27/2001
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A showcase assembly unit for a showcase structure, comprising:

  • a roller support frame having a rear end and a front end; and

    parallel sets of rollers mounted on said roller support frame, wherein each of the rollers of each of said parallel sets (i) is rotatably mounted to said roller support frame and arranged one after another from the rear end of said roller support frame to the front end of said roller support frame, (ii) is axially offset relative to a corresponding roller of an immediately adjacent one of said parallel sets in a direction from the rear end of said roller support frame to the front end of said roller support frame, and (iii) has a width that is less than a bottom dimension of a commercial article that is to be supported by the rollers such that when a plurality of the commercial articles are supported by the rollers the commercial articles extend across at least two of said parallel sets and can be moved one by one along the rollers from the rear end of said roller support frame to the front end of said roller support frame, and wherein said roller support frame includes a lower bearing segment and an upper bearing segment mounted on said lower bearing segment, said lower bearing segment having a flat upper surface for supporting a rotary shaft of each of the rollers of each of said parallel sets such that the rotary shafts can be maintained co-planar with one another, and said upper bearing segment having recesses in a lower side that faces said flat upper surface for receiving therein the rotary shafts.

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