JP2001055146A - Commodities display wagon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a commodities display wagon allowing simple and easy adjustment of angle of inclination of a commodities placing body from the side of the wagon main body. SOLUTION: Both ends of a gas spring 13 are connected between a commodities placing body 12 provided on a wagon main body 11 to be inclined at an arbitrary angle to the horizontal upper surface and the wagon main body 11, and the horizontal upper surface of the wagon main body 11 is provided with an inclination angle setting means 14 for setting the angle of inclining the commodities placing body 12 to different angles. A support means 15 for supporting the commodities placing body 12 in an inclined posture is connected to the commodities placing body 12 to oscillate, and a support rod 3 provided at the oscillating end of the support means 15 is engaged with a cutout part 142 for setting the angle of inclination provided in a channel member 141 of the inclination angle setting means 14, thereby holding the commodities placing body 12 in an arbitrary inclined posture.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wagon for displaying products such as fruits and vegetables, and more particularly to a wagon body for easily adjusting the inclination angle of a product mounting body on which products such as fruits and vegetables are displayed. The product display wagon described above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wagon for product display, which is used for selling fruits and vegetables such as oranges and apples and long products such as gobos and green onions, has an easy-to-take product.
The configuration is such that the tilt angle can be adjusted to any angle so that the product can be easily viewed and a large volume can be displayed even with a small amount of the product. Conventionally, as such a wagon for product display, the one shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-128037 is known. Hereinafter, such a conventional product display wagon will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional product display wagon.

In FIG. 6, a wagon 50 for displaying goods is
A wagon main body 52 with a swivel caster 51, a flat product mounting body 53 and the like provided on the wagon main body 52 so as to be tiltable are provided. The product mounting body 53 is the wagon body 5
2 for displaying products such as fruits and vegetables on the upper surface of the wagon 2. The lower front end of the product mounting body 53 is tiltably supported on the front part of the wagon body 52 by a pivoting member 54 such as a hinge. Support members made of a narrow metal plate for holding the product placement body 53 at an arbitrary angle with respect to the upper surface of the wagon body 52 are provided on both left and right sides near the rear end of the product placement body 53. One end of each 55 is swingably connected. Each support member 55 has a plurality of locking notches 5.
6 are formed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the support members 55, and locking pins 57 are respectively provided on the left and right rear supports 521 of the wagon body 52 so as to correspond to the respective support members 55. Further, by locking an arbitrary locking notch 56 to the locking pin 57, the product mounting body 53 is configured to be held in an inclined state.

[0006] That is, by changing the locking position of the locking notch 56 of the supporting and dividing member 55 with respect to the locking pin 57, the product placing body 53 is moved to the tilt angle position P shown by the solid line in FIG.
It is possible to adjust the inclination angle position P2 and the like shown by the dashed line in FIG.
6 is not locked by the locking pin 57, P in FIG.
3, that is, the product mounting body 53 is
2 can be set to a state of being horizontally mounted on the upper surface of 2 and having an inclination angle of 0 degree.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional product display wagon, when adjusting the inclination angle of the product placement body 53 on which the products are displayed, the store clerk is placed behind the product display wagon. Product placement body 53 in a state of being wrapped around
Is supported from behind, and in this state another clerk supports the support member 55.
The locking notch 56 of the support post 521 is disengaged from the locking pin 57 of the rear column 521, and the product mounting body 53 is inclined at a desired angle. 57, the adjustment of the inclination angle requires at least two people, and when the product display wagon is arranged close to the wall surface, the support dividing member 55 is attached to the wagon. It is necessary to move the product display wagon to a position where it can be operated from behind the main body 52. For this reason,
The operation of adjusting the tilt angle of the product placing body 53 becomes complicated, and there is a problem that much manpower is required.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a product display wagon in which the inclination angle of a product mounting body can be easily and easily adjusted from the side of a wagon body. Is to provide.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a wagon for displaying goods according to the present invention, comprising: a wagon body with casters having a horizontal upper surface; An article mounting body provided to be tiltable at an arbitrary angle, and connected between the article mounting body and the wagon body, and expanded and contracted in conjunction with the tilting operation of the article mounting body, and An urging means for applying an urging force in a direction in which the inclination angle increases with respect to the body, and disposed on a horizontal upper surface of the wagon main body so as to extend in a front-rear direction of the wagon main body, and in the extending direction, the product Tilt angle setting means having a plurality of locking portions for setting the tilt angle of the mounting body to different angles; and a swingably connected to the product mounting body, supporting the product mounting body in an inclined posture. With support means to
The swinging end of the support means can be set to any one of the tilt angle setting means.
The present invention is characterized in that the product mounting body is held in an arbitrary inclined posture by engaging with the two locking portions.

The present invention is also provided in parallel with a desired distance from the inclination angle setting means, and moves the swinging end of the support means in the extending direction of the inclination angle setting means. It is characterized by having a guide means for guiding as possible. The present invention is also characterized in that a lock means is provided for locking the swinging end of the support means to a locking portion of the inclination angle setting means in a locked state. The invention is also characterized in that the support means has a handle for operating the swinging end of the support means along the guide means. The present invention is also characterized in that the biasing means is a gas spring.

In the present invention, the angle of inclination of the article placement body can be easily adjusted by one-handed operation from the side of the wagon body without moving the article display wagon. Further, in the present invention, the guide means is disposed in parallel above the inclination angle setting means at a desired distance, and the swing end of the support means can be movably guided by the guide means. At the time of the tilting operation, the swinging end of the support means does not separate from the tilt angle setting means, so that the tilting operation of the product mounting body is facilitated, and the angle setting of the product mounting body can be easily performed by one-handed operation. Further, in the present invention, by providing the locking means for locking the swinging end of the support means to the locking portion of the tilt angle setting means in a locked state, the product mounting body is stably held at an arbitrary tilt angle. it can.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a product display wagon according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the product display wagon of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a product display wagon of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a side view of the wagon, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part showing details of support means for a product mounting body, guide means of the support means, and lock means in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the present invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of adjusting the inclination angle of a goods mounting body in FIG.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, a wagon 1 for displaying goods is shown.
Numeral 0 denotes a wagon body 11, a product mounting body 12, and an urging means 1.
3. Inclination angle setting means 14, support means 15, guiding means 1
6 and locking means 17. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the wagon body 11 has a rectangular top frame 111.
And a support 11 vertically provided at four corners of the top frame 111.
2 and a connecting member 113 provided between the columns 112 in the front-rear and left-right directions in a cross-over state. A free caster 114 is attached to a lower end of each column 112.

The commodity mounting body 12 is for displaying commodities such as fruits and vegetables on the wagon main body 11, and is made of a square plate having a predetermined surface area.
Product drop-off prevention plates 121 and 122 are attached to the front edge and left and right side edges, respectively. The lower front end of the product placing body 12 is rotatably supported by a pivoting member 18 such as a hinge at the front end on the wagon main body 11, and has a tilt angle of zero which coincides with the horizontal upper surface 11A of the wagon main body 11. The posture and the posture of being inclined at an arbitrary angle with respect to the horizontal upper surface 11A of the wagon body 11 are configured to be adjustable.

The urging means 13 is connected between the product placing body 12 and the wagon body 11, and expands and contracts in conjunction with the tilting operation of the product placing body 12, and has an inclination angle with respect to the product placing body 11. Is applied in the direction in which
For example, a gas spring is used. This urging means 1
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a gas spring is a cylinder 131 and a piston with a flow hole (not shown) provided in the cylinder 131 integrally with a piston rod 132 so as to be slidable in the axial direction. And a free piston (not shown) provided in the cylinder 131 so as to be slidable in the axial direction. Both cylinder chambers defined by the pistons are filled with a liquid such as oil and a cylinder partitioned by the free piston. The room is filled with a compressed gas such as nitrogen gas.

The gas spring 13 constructed as described above
The piston rod 132 is swingably connected via a mounting portion 133 to an intermediate portion of a horizontal member 115 which is horizontally fixed to the left and right of the top frame 111 at a position forward of an intermediate portion of the wagon body 11 in the front-rear direction. And cylinder 1
One end of 31 is swingably connected to an intermediate portion in the left-right direction near the rear end of the product placing body 12 via a mounting portion 134.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the tilt angle setting means 14 displays the commodity mounting body 12 at a plurality of arbitrary tilt angles with respect to the horizontal upper surface 11A of the wagon body 11, for example. 0 degrees, 15 degrees, depending on the type of produce
It is provided to be set at 22 degrees, 30 degrees, or the like, and is disposed so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the wagon main body 11 near a rear portion of the wagon main body 11 opposite to the left and right ends of the product placement body 12. A pair of channel members 141 is provided.
Are formed at arbitrary intervals, for example, at 0, 15, 22, and 30 degrees.

The wagon main body 1 is provided with the inclination angle setting means 14.
As a method of arranging on the top of the wagon body 11, a horizontal member 116, which is horizontally fixed across the top frame 111 in the left-right direction near the rear end of the wagon body 11, is provided in addition to the horizontal member 115. The channel member 141 is disposed between the horizontal member 116 and the horizontal member 115 by fixing both ends of the channel member 141 horizontally. A horizontal member 117 that supports the channel member 141 from the lower surface is fixed to the middle part of the channel member 141 so as to extend across the ceiling frame 111 in the left-right direction.

The support means 15 comprises a pair of support members 151 which are swingably connected to the left and right sides on the front side of the intermediate portion of the product placing body 12 in the front-rear direction, and the support members 151 are parallel to each other. And a support rod 153 that is horizontally fixed between the swinging ends of the support members 151 and that is engaged with and disengaged from each locking notch 142 of the inclination angle setting means 14. An operating handle 154 is provided on each of the support members 151.

The guide means 16 is located above each channel member 141 of the inclination angle setting means 14 as shown in FIGS.
1 and a pair of guide members 161 disposed at a desired distance from the channel members 141 (a distance slightly larger than the diameter of the support rod 153 of the support means 15). Both ends are horizontal members 115 and 11
6 and is fixed to the horizontal members 115 and 116 by bolts and nuts 162. The gap 16 formed between the channel member 141 and the guide member 161
The support rod 153 of the support means 15 has a guide member 16.
1 is movably engaged along the longitudinal direction.

The locking means 17 includes a support rod 153 provided at the swinging end of the support means 15 and a channel member 141.
, And is bent into a substantially U-shape in accordance with the width dimension of the guide member 161 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4. The lock member 171 is engaged with the guide member 161 so as to straddle the guide member 161 from above, and is configured to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the guide member 161. A side piece 172 of the lock member 171 facing the side of the channel member 141 has a channel member 141.
Rod 153 engaged with the locking notch 142
To hold the support rod 153 in the locked state by engaging
A letter-shaped notch 173 is formed. The lock member 171 is fixed to the guide member 161 by a screw 174 or the like.
It is configured to be fixed to.

In the commodity display wagon 10 configured as described above, a case where the inclination angle of the commodity placement body 12 with respect to the horizontal upper surface of the wagon body 11 will be described. For example, as shown in FIG.
In order to set the product mounting body 12 set to (degree) to an inclination angle of 22 degrees, first, the screw 174 of the lock member 171 in the state shown in FIG. 4 is removed, and the lock member 171 is moved to the arrow A1. , The notch 173 of the lock member 171 is removed from the support rod 153.

In this state, one handle 154 of the supporting means 15 is grasped by hand, and the entire supporting means 15 is
The support rod 153 is lifted up in the direction of arrow B1 shown in (A) until it comes into contact with the guide member 161, and the support rod 153 is separated from the notch 142 at the position P1 at the maximum inclination angle of 30 degrees. At this time, since the urging means, that is, the urging force upward of the gas spring 13 is acting on the product placing body 12, the load of the commodity placing body 12 almost acts when the support means 14 is operated. There is no. Thereafter, while holding the handle 154 of the support means 15 by hand, the support rod 153 of the support means 15 is moved to the guide member 161.
Is moved in the direction of the arrow C1 shown in FIG. In conjunction with this, the product placing body 12 is tilted in a direction in which the tilt angle decreases. Then, the support rod 153 is notched at the position P2 shown in FIG.
When the support means 15 has been moved to a state that coincides with, the support means 15 is pushed down in the direction of arrow B2 shown in FIG. 5C, and the support rod 153 is engaged with the notch 142 at the position P2. Thereafter, the lock member 171 is moved to the position P2, the notch portion 173 is engaged with the support rod 153, and the lock member 171 is tightened to the guide member 161 with the screw 174, thereby setting the inclination angle of the support rod 153. It locks to the channel member 141 of the means 14. As a result, the product placing body 12 is held in a posture in which the inclination angle is inclined at 22 degrees.

Further, the supporting rod 153 of the supporting means 15 in the moving process of FIG.
After moving to the position P3 of (C) and engaging with the notch 142, if the lock is performed on the channel member 141 with the lock member 171, the product placing body 12 is in a posture inclined at an angle of 15 degrees. Will be retained. Further, the support rod 153 of the support means 15 in the moving process of FIG. 5B is moved along the guide member 161 to the position P4 of FIG. If the member 171 is locked to the channel member 141, the product
Is maintained at 0 °, that is, in a posture coinciding with the horizontal upper surface of the wagon body 11.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the gas spring 13 is provided between the wagon main body 11 and the product mounting body 12 provided on the wagon main body 11 so as to be tiltable at an arbitrary angle with respect to the horizontal upper surface thereof. Both ends are connected, and an inclination angle setting means 14 for setting the inclination angle of the product placement body 12 to a different angle is disposed on the horizontal upper surface of the wagon body 11. The support means 15 for supporting the body 12 in an inclined posture is swingably connected, and the support rod 153 provided at the swing end of the support means 15 is connected to the tilt angle setting means 1.
By engaging the notch 142 for setting the tilt angle provided in the channel member 141 of No. 4, the product mounting body 12 is configured to be held at an arbitrary tilting posture, so that the product display wagon can be moved. Instead, the angle of inclination of the product placing body 12 can be easily adjusted by one person from one side of the wagon body 11 by one person.

A guide member 161 is disposed in parallel above the inclination angle setting means 14 at a desired distance from the channel member 141, and the guide member 161 and the channel member 1 are arranged in parallel.
Since the support rod 153 of the support means 15 is movably engaged in the longitudinal direction of the guide member 161 in the gap 163 formed between the support members 41, the support rod 153 of the support means 15 is tilted during the tilting operation of the product placing body 12. The product mounting body 12 can be easily tilted without detaching from the tilt angle setting means 14, and the product mounting body 12 can be tilted at 0 degrees, 15 degrees, and 22 degrees.
The angle can be easily set to one degree or 30 degrees by one-handed operation. Further, by providing the locking means 17 for locking the support rod 153 of the support means 15 to the locking notch 142 of the tilt angle setting means 14 in a locked state, the product placing body 12 can be stably maintained at an arbitrary tilt angle. Can be held.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a pair of the inclination angle setting means 14 is provided at the left and right positions on the horizontal upper surface of the wagon body 11, but the present invention is not limited to this. May be one. Correspondingly, only one support member 151 of the support means 15 may be provided. Further, the urging means 1 in the present invention
Reference numeral 3 is not limited to a gas spring, but may be a combination of a normal coil spring.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the commodity display wagon of the present invention, the commodity placing body and the wagon body provided on the wagon body so as to be tiltable at an arbitrary angle with respect to the horizontal upper surface thereof. Between both ends of biasing means such as a gas spring, an inclination angle setting means for setting the inclination angle of the product mounting body to a different angle is provided on the horizontal upper surface of the wagon body, and further, the product mounting body is provided. , A supporting means for supporting the article mounting body in an inclined posture is swingably connected, and a swinging end of the supporting means is engaged with a locking portion for setting the tilt angle of the tilt angle setting means. As a result, the product placement body is held in an arbitrary inclination posture, so the product placement body can be easily adjusted with one hand from the side of the wagon body without moving the product display wagon. can do.

According to the present invention, the guide means is disposed in parallel above the inclination angle setting means at a desired distance, and the support means is provided in a gap formed between the guide means and the inclination angle setting means. Since the swinging end is movably engaged in the longitudinal direction of the guide means, the swinging end of the support means does not separate from the inclination angle setting means during the tilting operation of the product placing body, and the product placing body tilts. The operation becomes easy, and the angle setting of the product placement body can be easily performed by one-handed operation. Further, according to the present invention, by providing the locking means for locking the swinging end of the support means to the locking portion of the tilt angle setting means in the locked state, the product mounting body can be stably set at an arbitrary tilt angle. It has the effect of being able to hold.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a product display wagon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the commodity display wagon in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the product display wagon according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part showing details of support means for the article mounting body, guide means for the support means, and lock means in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram in the case where the inclination angle of the product placement body is adjusted in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional product display wagon.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Wagon for merchandise display 11 Wagon main body 114 Free caster 12 Merchandise mounting body 13 Urging means 14 Inclination angle setting means 142 Notch part (locking part) for locking 15 Support means 16 Guide means 17 Lock means

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A wagon body with a caster having a horizontal upper surface, a product mounting body provided on the wagon body so as to be tiltable at an arbitrary angle with respect to the horizontal upper surface of the wagon body, and the product mounting An urging means connected between the body and the wagon body, which expands and contracts in conjunction with the tilting operation of the product mounting body and applies an urging force in a direction in which the inclination angle increases with respect to the product mounting body; A tilting portion disposed on the horizontal upper surface of the wagon body so as to extend in the front-rear direction of the wagon body, and having a plurality of locking portions for setting the tilt angle of the product mounting body to a different angle in the extending direction; An angle setting means; and a supporting means pivotally connected to the commodity mounting body, the supporting means supporting the commodity mounting body in an inclined posture, and a swing end of the supporting means being any one of the inclination angle setting means.
A wagon for displaying goods, wherein the wagon for displaying goods is engaged with one of the locking portions to support the goods mounting body in an arbitrary inclined posture. 2. A swinging end of the support means is disposed in parallel above the inclination angle setting means at a desired distance from the inclination angle setting means so as to be movable in a direction in which the inclination angle setting means extends. The wagon for displaying goods according to claim 1, further comprising a guide member that performs the operation. 3. The wagon for displaying goods according to claim 1, further comprising a locking means for locking a swinging end of said support means to a locking part of said inclination angle setting means in a locked state. 4. The product according to claim 1, wherein said support means includes a handle for operating a swinging end of said support means along said guide means. Display wagon. 5. The goods display wagon according to claim 1, wherein said urging means is a gas spring.