JP2006212302A - Storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storage device which prevents an opening/closing door of a showcase from being deformed at the time of using a cooking implement and the showcase from being stained at the time of cooking in the showcase provided so as to arrange the cooking implement such as a hot plate on the back surface side, and which is easy to handle and hardly damaged. <P>SOLUTION: The storage device 30 for foods is provided with an article storage chamber 31 for heat-insulating and displaying the foods, and a cooking space for cooking the foods is secured on the back surface side provided with the opening/closing door 20 for taking the article in and out. The storage device 30 is fuerther provided with a blowing fan 28 for sending out air from the lower part of the back surface to the upper part along the back surface of the article storage chamber 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage device that stores cooked foods for display and sale and stores them at a predetermined temperature and humidity at a store such as a convenience store.

Conventionally, supermarkets and convenience stores have been provided with showcases for displaying and selling cooked foods. This showcase is provided so that the temperature and humidity are appropriately controlled according to the cooked food to be stored, and a proper texture of the food is maintained.
The applicant can divide the showcase into a dry room and a wet room, and keep the fried food in a dry state in a dry state. Has been proposed (Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-129434).

FIG. 3 is an example of a storage device in which the dry chamber 12 and the wet chamber 14 are individually provided in the showcase 10, and the inner space of the exterior panel 16 formed in a double structure is provided in the wet chamber 14. A dry chamber 12 partitioned by a partition panel 12 a is provided in an arrangement surrounded by the wet chamber 14 at the bottom of the wet chamber 14.
A tray 18 for displaying merchandise is provided in the dry chamber 12 and the wet chamber 14, and an opening / closing door 20 is provided at the rear of the tray 18.
A circulation box 22 that circulates hot air adjusted in humidity with the wet chamber 14 is provided in a lower portion of the dry chamber 12 so as to communicate with the wet chamber 14.

  In the storage device shown in FIG. 3, in order to ensure a good sales space for displaying and selling cooked products and to secure a cooked space, the rear side of the showcase 10, that is, the side where the open / close door 20 is arranged, A cooking space can be ensured in the lower part of the rear surface of the showcase 10 as an inclined surface in which the front and rear width of the showcase 10 is narrower on the lower side than on the upper side. A cooking hot plate 40 is installed in the cooking space so that the food can be heated and cooked.

  However, if the open / close door 20 is opened and a product is taken in / out with the hot plate 40 kept ON, the open / close door 20 is deformed by the hot plate 40 being heated, and the open / close door 20 is deformed. There is a problem that the oil is damaged, and when the fried food is cooked on the hot plate 40, the frying oil is scattered on the door 20 and the door 20 becomes dirty. In the showcase as shown in FIG. 3, since the front and rear width of the product storage portion becomes wider, the heat of the hot plate 40 tends to be trapped on the back side of the showcase 30, and the open / close door 20 is connected to the hot plate 40. Therefore, there is a problem in that it is easily affected by the heat of the hot plate 40.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve these problems, and uses a cooking device in a showcase in which a cooking device such as a hot plate can be arranged on the back surface of a showcase (storage device). It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage device that prevents the opening / closing door of the showcase from being deformed or the showcase is soiled during cooking, is easy to handle, and is unlikely to fail.

The present invention has the following configuration in order to achieve the above object.
That is, a food storage device comprising a product storage room for keeping foods warm and displayed, and having a cooking space for cooking the food on the back side provided with an opening / closing door for putting in and out the products, A blower fan is provided along the back surface of the product storage chamber to send out air from the bottom to the top of the back surface.
By sending air from the lower side to the upper side by the blower fan on the back side of the product storage room, the back side of the product storage room and the open / close door are cooled by the air flow flowing along the back side of the product storage room, and the product storage room This prevents oil and the like generated during cooking from adhering to the back and doors.

  Moreover, the back surface of the said product storage chamber is formed in the inclined surface where the upper part is wide in the front-back direction, and a lower part is narrow, The cooking space is ensured below the said back surface. By forming the back side of the product storage room as an inclined surface, it is possible to easily secure a cooking space on the back side of the product storage room and to operate the blower fan even if heat or oil is generated during cooking. By doing so, it is possible to prevent overheating of the door and the like, and to prevent dirt from adhering to the door.

A circulation box having a heater for air heating and a fan for blowing air that circulates heated air between the product storage room and the product storage room in a heated environment at the lower part of the product storage room Is provided.
The product storage chamber includes a dry chamber maintained at a predetermined temperature and a wet chamber maintained at a predetermined temperature and humidity, and the dry chamber is provided by being partitioned by a partition panel in the wet chamber, A circulation box is provided only in communication with the wet chamber, and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the air flowing into the wet chamber to a predetermined temperature and humidity is provided in the circulation box.
The circulation box is provided in communication with the outside air and is provided with a ventilation chamber for sending outside air by the blower fan, so that the outside air is sent from the blower fan, the cooling action by the blower fan, and the open / close door For example, it is possible to prevent dirt from adhering to the surface.

  The storage device according to the present invention is provided with a blower fan for sending air from the lower side of the back side to the upper side along the back side of the product storage room on the back side of the product storage room for storing and displaying food. Thus, the back surface of the product storage room is cooled by the flow of air sent from the blower fan, and it is possible to prevent the back surface from being overheated by the heat generated from the cooking space. Also, the air flow generates from the cooking space. It is possible to prevent dirt such as oil from adhering to the back surface of the product storage room, and to provide a storage device that is easy to handle.

Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the storage device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of an embodiment of a storage device according to the present invention. A showcase 30 as a storage device of the present embodiment is provided by partitioning a product storage chamber 31 of the showcase 30 into a dry chamber 12 and a wet chamber 14 in the same manner as the conventional showcase 10 described above. The front surface and the upper surface of the product storage chamber 31 are formed by an exterior panel 16 composed of a double panel provided with an air layer 16a as a heat insulating layer in the middle, and the inside of the exterior panel 16 is formed in the wet chamber 14, and the wet chamber 14 The dry chamber 12 is provided on the inner side by a partition panel 12a.

The exterior panel 16 and the partition panel 12a are both formed of a transparent acrylic resin, and the exterior panel 16 is doubled, but the product storage chamber 31 is formed by a single transparent panel in appearance. Is visually recognized.
The front and rear width of the product storage chamber 31 is formed such that the upper portion is wide and the lower portion is narrow, and the back panel 17 of the product storage chamber 31 is attached to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction. On the back panel 17, one tray 18 is attached to the dry chamber 12, and two trays 18 are attached to the wet chamber 14 so as to be separated in the height direction. In the present embodiment, the opening / closing door 20 and the tray 18 are link-engaged so that the tray 18 enters and exits the product storage chamber 31 in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the opening / closing door 20.

  The tray 18 is disposed so that the lower tray 18 extends forward from the upper tray 18 by providing the back panel 17 with an inclination. Thereby, the visibility from the front side of the showcase of each stage of products displayed in the showcase is improved. The tray 18 is supported by a support frame 19a installed in parallel with the back panel 17 and a link support frame 19b for supporting the tray 18 in a substantially horizontal shape and moving it in and out.

  A circulation box 22 is provided below the dry chamber 12. The circulation box 22 is provided with an air outlet 22 a that communicates with the lower part of the frontmost part of the product storage chamber 31 of the showcase 30 and an opening 22 b that communicates with the rear part of the product storage chamber 31. Further, in the circulation box 22, a heater 23 is disposed as a heat source for heating the circulation air so as to face the air blowing port 22 a, a fan 24 is provided in parallel with the heater 23, and the circulation air is disposed upstream of the fan 24. A water tank 25 is provided for humidifying the water.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a blower fan provided in a ventilation chamber 27 provided adjacent to the circulation box 22. The ventilation chamber 27 is provided separately from the circulation box 22 through which the heated air circulates, and the blower fan 28 is arranged above the ventilation chamber 27 so that the blowing direction is parallel to the inclination direction of the back panel 17 of the showcase 30. It is installed with the air blowing surface inclined.
The ventilation chamber 27 is provided in communication with the outside air inlet, and the outside air is introduced into the ventilation chamber 27 by driving the blower fan 28. The ventilation chamber 27, the blower fan 28, and the drive mechanism of the blower fan 28 constitute a heat exhaust mechanism.

FIG. 2 shows a use state of the storage device shown in FIG.
In order to keep the showcase 30 warm, the water tank 25 is heated in the circulation box 22 to adjust the humidity of the blown air, the air is heated by the heater 23, and the fan 24 is heated from the blower opening 22 a to the wet chamber 14. This is done by sending in air with controlled humidity. As indicated by arrow A, the air sent into the wet chamber 14 moves upward in the wet chamber 14 to heat the entire wet chamber 14 and adjust the inside of the wet chamber 14 to a predetermined humidity. . The heater 23, the control mechanism of the heater 23, the water tank 25, the heating mechanism of the water tank 25, etc. constitute an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the temperature and humidity of the warm air sent into the wet chamber 14.

  The air that has moved above the wet chamber 14 moves downward from the rear side of the wet chamber 14 (arrow B), returns to the circulation box 22, is humidity-adjusted again in the circulation box 22, is heated, and is wet. 14 flows in. As described above, the air whose temperature and humidity are adjusted in the circulation box 22 and the wet chamber 14 circulates, whereby the wet chamber 14 is maintained in an environment of a predetermined temperature and humidity.

  On the other hand, the dry chamber 12 is heated (insulated) by heat conduction from the wet chamber 14 through the partition panel 12a. Since the dry chamber 12 is surrounded by the wet chamber 14, the entire partition panel 12a is heated. Since the dry chamber 12 is provided separately from the wet chamber 14, the humidity in the wet chamber 14 is completely shielded and heated in a dry state.

FIG. 2 shows a state where the second door 20 is opened from the bottom. Since the opening / closing door 20 and the tray 18 are linked and connected, the rear side of the tray 18 is pulled out to the opening 17 a of the back panel 17 when the opening / closing door 20 is opened. As a result, the product can be easily put in and out of the tray 18.
The blower fan 28 is operated when opening and closing the door 20 as shown in FIG. 2, thereby generating a flow of outside air toward the upper side of the back panel 17, cooling the door 20, and opening and closing the door 20. This prevents the cooking oil from adhering to the surface.

  If the door 20 is opened while cooking on the hot plate 40, the heat of the hot plate 40 makes the door 20 more likely to be heated, and oil or the like is likely to scatter and adhere to the door 20. By operating the fan 28 and blowing the outside air upward, the opening / closing door 20 is prevented from being cooled by the flow of outside air and the opening / closing door 20 is prevented from being deformed by the heat of the hot plate 40, and oil generated during cooking is opened and closed. Adhering to the door 40 can be prevented.

  In particular, since the blower fan 28 sends outside air along the panel surface of the back panel 17 that is disposed obliquely with respect to the vertical direction, the outer surface of the back panel 17 is shielded in an air curtain shape. Thus, it is possible to protect the back panel 17 from dirt from oil or the like and to prevent the back side of the showcase 30 including the open / close door 20 from being heated by the cooling action by the air flow.

  The operation of the blower fan 28 can be provided so as to be manually turned on and off appropriately. However, when the hot plate 40 is used, the blower fan 28 is automatically turned on, and the hot plate 40 is used. By setting the blower fan 28 to be turned off after a certain time has elapsed, the showcase 30 can be handled efficiently and reliably.

In the above embodiment, as an example of the storage device, the showcase 30 in which the dry chamber 12 and the wet chamber 14 are separately provided has been described. However, the present invention is applied to such a storage device. The present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be similarly applied to a storage device in which the product storage chamber 31 is formed as a single chamber and a cooking device such as a hot plate is disposed on the back side of the showcase to enable cooking.
Further, the form of the exterior panel 16 of the showcase 30, the design of the tray 18, the heating in the circulation box 22, the humidifying mechanism, and the like are not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment, and can be appropriately configured.

It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the storage apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the storage apparatus shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the conventional structure of a storage apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Dry room 12a Partition panel 14 Wet room 16 Exterior panel 17 Back panel 18 Tray 20 Opening / closing door 22 Circulating box 23 Heater 24 Fan 27 Ventilation room 28 Blower fan 30 Showcase 31 Goods storage room 40 Hot plate

Claims (5)

A food storage device having a product storage room for keeping foods warm and displaying, and having a cooking space for cooking the food on the back side provided with an opening / closing door for putting in and out the products,
A food storage device, wherein a blower fan is provided along the back surface of the product storage chamber for sending air from below to above the back surface.   The food product according to claim 1, wherein the rear surface of the product storage chamber is formed in an inclined surface having a wide upper portion and a narrow lower portion in the front-rear direction, and a cooking space is secured below the rear surface. Storage device.   A circulation box having a heater for air heating and a fan for blowing air is provided in the lower part of the product storage chamber to circulate warm air between the product storage chamber and keep the product storage chamber in a warm environment. The food storage device according to claim 1, wherein the food storage device is a food storage device. The product storage chamber includes a dry chamber maintained at a predetermined temperature and a wet chamber maintained at a predetermined temperature and humidity, and the dry chamber is provided by being partitioned by a partition panel in the wet chamber,
4. The circulation box is provided only in communication with the wet chamber, and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the air flowing into the wet chamber to a predetermined temperature and humidity is provided in the circulation box. Food storage equipment.   The food storage device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the circulation box is provided with a ventilation chamber which is provided in communication with the outside air and sends out the outside air by the blower fan.

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