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EP2139360B1
EP2139360B1 EP07723542.2A EP07723542A EP2139360B1 EP 2139360 B1 EP2139360 B1 EP 2139360B1 EP 07723542 A EP07723542 A EP 07723542A EP 2139360 B1 EP2139360 B1 EP 2139360B1
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Ortwin Schäfer
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
    • A47F3/04—Show cases or show cabinets air-conditioned, refrigerated
    • A47F3/0439—Cases or cabinets of the open type
    • A47F3/0443—Cases or cabinets of the open type with forced air circulation
    • A47F3/0452—Cases or cabinets of the open type with forced air circulation with cooled storage compartments

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  • U1 discloses an at least partially refrigerated goods presentation furniture in which at least one island shaped least partially refrigerated goods presentation chest is arranged on top of an island shaped least partially refrigerated goods presentation chest, and in which isolated bottoms of the goods presentation chests are heavily rounded in order to facilitate access to the interior of the goods presentation chests.
  • Exemplary embodiments of the invention include a frigorific sales shelf according to independent claim 1 and a frigorific sales furniture according to claim 5.
  • finorific is to be understood as an umbrella term comprising cooling/refrigerating temperatures above zero degrees Celsius and/or freezing/deep-freezing temperatures below zero degrees Celsius.
  • Figure 1 shows a first frigorific sales shelf 2 comprising a lower freezing chest 4 and an upper freezing chest 22 that both have approximately the same shape and size. They comprise a respective bottom 6, 24 the front portion of which extends upwardly from back to front including an angle of approximately 30° with respect to a horizontal plane, a respective vertical rear side 10, 28, a respective transparent front side 8, 26 extending backwardly from top to bottom including an angle of approximately 15° with a respect to a vertical plane, a respective upper side having a horizontal goods access portion 14, 32 and having a rear portion being slanted downwardly from front to back including an angle of approximately 30° with a respect to a horizontal plane.
  • respective cages 20 and 38 for receiving and carrying goods to be sold.
  • respective evaporators 16, 34, and respective fans 18, 36 of a vapor compression cycle are arranged in the rear portion of the interiors of the freezing chests 4 and 22, and respective fans 18, 36 of a vapor compression cycle.
  • the cages 20 and 38 are spaced-apart from the respective bottom 6, 24, and the respective front side 8, 26.
  • the lower freezing chest 4 is positioned on a base and extends partly into the sales room.
  • the upper freezing chest 22 is disposed above the lower freezing chest 4 in a setback position in regard to the lower freezing chest 4 such that the front portion of the bottom 24 partly rests on the rear portion 12 of the upper side of the lower freezing chest 4.
  • a machinery space 40 is formed behind the lower freezing chest 4, the machinery space 40 accommodating a compressor, a condenser, a throttle valve, refrigerant conduits, and electrical equipment of the vapor compression cycle (not shown).
  • FIG. 2 shows a frigorific sales island 44, which is not part of the claimed invention.
  • a frigorific sales module comprising a first freezing chest 54 and a second freezing chest 72 is disposed on the frigorific sales island 44.
  • the frigorific sales island 44 comprises a first freezing region 46 accessible from a first side of the sales room and a second freezing region 50 adjacent to it and being accessible from the opposite second side of the sales room.
  • first and second freezing regions 46 and 50 there are inserted cages 48 and 52 for receiving and carrying goods to be sold.
  • the other elements of the first and second freezing regions 46 and 50 e.g. elements of the vapor compression cycle are not depicted and described in detail, since they are well-known to the person skilled in the art.
  • both freezing chests 54 and 72 comprise a respective bottom 56, 74, a respective vertical rear side 60, 78, a respective transparent front side 58, 76 as well as a respective upper side having a goods access portion 64, 82 and a rear portion 62, 80.
  • a respective cage 70, 88, a respective evaporator 66, 84, and a respective fan 68, 86 are inserted in the first and second freezing chests 54 and 72.
  • the first freezing chest 54 and the second freezing chest 72 are arranged at the same level such that at least part of the bottoms 56 and 74 rest on the center portion of the upper side of the frigorific sales island 44.
  • the rear walls 60 and 78 of the first and the second freezing chests 54 and 72 are spaced apart forming an machinery space 90 therebetween, in which parts of the vapor compression cycle, comprising at least one of a compressor, a condenser, a throttle valve, refrigerant conduits, electrical equipment, and conduits for warm outgoing air from the condenser can be disposed (not shown).
  • both the first and the second freezing chests 54 and 72 and the first and second freezing regions 46, 50 of the frigorific sales island 44 can utilize a common vapor compression cycle or parts thereof like e.g. a compressor, a condenser, a throttle valve, refrigerant conduits, and electrical equipment.
  • a common vapor compression cycle or common parts thereof can be accommodated in the machinery space 90.
  • the size of the space 90 can be reduced significantly, such that the space 90 has a width of several centimeters for accommodating conduits for warm outgoing air from the condenser, e.g. a width of approximately 5 to 15cm, in particular 9 to 10cm or such that the rear walls 60 and 78 abut. In the latter case conduits for warm outgoing air from the condenser must be arranged elsewhere.
  • separate vapor compression cycles can be provided in the machinery space 90 for both the first freezing chest 54 and the second freezing chest 72.
  • Figure 3 shows a frigorific sales furniture 92 comprising the first lower freezing chest 4 and the first upper freezing chest 22 directed to a first side of the sales room and a second lower freezing chest 94 and a second upper freezing chest 112 directed to a second side of the sales room opposing the first side.
  • the freezing sales chests 4, 22, 94 and 112 all have substantially the same shape and size, the second upper freezing chest 112 has the same setback position in regard to a second lower freezing chest 94 as compared to the setback position of the first upper freezing chest 22 to the first lower freezing chest 4, wherein the second freezing chests 94 and 112 are disposed back-to-back in regard to the first freezing chest 4 and 22 (mirrored along a vertical plane).
  • the second freezing chests 94 and 112 comprise a respective bottom 96, 126, a respective vertical rear side 100, 118, a respective transparent front side 98, 116, and a respective upper side having a goods access portion 104, 122 and having an oblique rear portion 102, 120.
  • a respective cage 110, 128, a respective evaporator 106, 124, and a respective fan 108, 126 are inserted in the second freezing chest 94, 112.
  • the rear walls 10, 100 of the lower freezing chests 4, 94 are spaced-apart forming a machinery space 130 that has approximately double the width of the machinery space 40 of the frigorific sales shelf 2.
  • the machinery space 130 there can be accommodated one or more vapor compression cycles or parts thereof for the four freezing chests 4, 22, 94, and 112, e.g. one separate vapor compression cycle or common parts thereof for each freezing chest 4, 22, 94, and 112, or alternatively one common vapor compression cycle or common parts thereof for two or more of the freezing chests 4, 22, 94, 112.
  • Providing separate vapor compression cycles or parts thereof provides the capability of independent temperatures for the freezing chests 4, 22, 94, 112.
  • one common vapor compression cycle is arranged in the machinery space 130 for all four freezing chests 4, 22, 94, and 112.
  • the rear walls 28, 108 of the upper freezing chest 22 and 112 are spaced apart at a significantly smaller width compared to the width between the rear walls 10, 100 of the lower freezing chests 4, 94.
  • the space 132 accommodates conduits for warm outgoing air from the condenser(s), and it has a width of 5 to 15, particularly 9 to 10 cm.
  • the frigorific sales furniture 92 of Figure 3 can for example be disposed in the middle of a sales room or in the environment of a cash desk.
  • the space 132 can be dimensioned wider such that it can also accommodate at least parts of one or more vapor compression cycles.
  • the rear walls 28, 118 of the upper freezing chests 22, 112 can abut thus providing a more compact configuration of the frigorific sales furniture 92.
  • All the freezing chests 4, 22, 54, 72, 94, and 112 and the freezing regions 46 and 50 comprise side walls (not shown in Figures1 to 3 ).
  • Figure 4 shows a perspective side view of a second frigorific sales shelf 134.
  • the configuration of the second frigorific sales shelf 134 corresponds to that of the first frigorific sales shelf 2, wherein both the lower freezing chest 136 and the upper freezing chest 144 have a lateral machinery space 142, 150, in which parts of the vapor compression cycle, especially at least one of a compressor, a condenser, a throttle valve, refrigerant conduits, electrical equipment, and conduits for warm outgoing air from the condenser can be disposed (not shown). Consequently, the goods access portions 140, 148 extend between the left side walls and the lateral machinery spaces 142, 150 of the freezing chests 136, 144.
  • This configuration renders the second frigorific sales shelf 134 compact and enables it to be positioned with the back of the upper freezing chest 144 directly at a wall.
  • FIG. 4 In the perspective side view of Fig. 4 , the right side walls 138, 146 of the freezing chests 136, 144 are depicted.
  • the same basic unit namely the freezing chests 4, 22, 54, 72, 94, 112, 136, 144 having approximately the same shape and size can be used.
  • the frigorific sales chests can be produced in the same production line and the production costs can be reduced significantly.
  • the frigorific sales shelves 2, 134 and the frigorific sales furniture 92 can be manufactured quite easily and rapidly, leading to a ready-to-use, plug-in frigorific sales shelf 2, 134 and frigorific sales furniture 92, respectively.
  • the described frigorific sales shelves, frigorific sales furnitures, and frigorific sales modules comprise refrigerating chests instead of freezing chests, the refrigerating chests working at cooling/refrigerating temperatures above 0°C.
  • the described frigorific sales shelves, frigorific sales furnitures, and frigorific sales modules comprise a combination of freezing and refrigerating chests.
  • the lower chest 4 of the first frigorific sales shelf 4 can be a freezing chest
  • the upper chest 22 of the first frigorific sales shelf 4 can be a refrigerating chest working at a cooling/refrigerating temperature above 0°C
  • the lower chests 4, 94 of the frigorific sales furniture 92 can be freezing chests
  • the upper chests 22, 112 can be refrigerating chests.
  • Each of the refrigerating or freezing sales chests can be supplied with its own vapor compression cycle. Thereby it is possible to provide refrigerating or freezing sales chests each having an individual cooling or freezing temperature.
  • two or more units can share parts of a common vapor compression cycle rendering the frigorific sales shelf, the frigorific sales island, or the frigorific sales furniture cheaper or more compact, since at least one vapor compression cycle is omitted.
  • the vapor compression cycle or parts thereof like the compressor or the condensor can be positioned externally from the frigorific sales shelf.
  • the accessibility, the visibility, and the presentation of the goods are improved, since the size of the gaps between goods in the frigorific sales shelf, frigorific sales island and frigorific sales furniture is reduced even in the case of low filling heights in the refrigerating or freezing chests.
  • a frigorific sales module comprising at least two refrigerating or freezing sales chests disposed back-to-back onto a frigorific sales island
  • the goods storage capacities and the goods presentation and selling efficiency of such a sales frigorific islands can be improved and the existing sales space can be utilized in an optimized manner.
  • Even existing frigorific sales islands can be retrofitted with such sales modules in particular with ready-to-use, plug-in modules having their own vapor compression cycle.
  • the goods access portions of their refrigerating or freezing sales chests do not necessarily have to be situated in their upper sides.
  • the goods access portions can also be oblique or form at least part of the front side of the refrigerating or freezing sales chest.
  • the described frigorific sales shelves, frigorific sales modules, and frigorific sales furnitures can be constructed having different lengths and thus can be customized for each and every field of application, e.g. having a length of e.g. 1 to 2 m for frigorific sales shelves and frigorific sales furnitures to be arranged in the environment of the cash desk or having a length of e.g. 1,5 to 3 m for a frigorific sales shelf to be disposed at a wall of a sales room and for a frigorific sales module to be mounted on a frigorific sales island.
  • At least one of the goods access portions comprises a transparent door, particularly a transparent or glass sliding door, a transparent lid or a transparent sliding lid for attaining a particularly good visibility of the goods to be sold.
  • the goods access portions can be formed as open upper or front sides of the refrigerating or freezing sales chests or as parts thereof.
  • This embodiment provides an easier access to the goods to be sold but consumes more energy, thus making it particularly appropriate for the use with cooling/refrigerating temperatures above 0°C.
  • the front side of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest extends backwardly from top to bottom thereby providing an enhanced visibility and an enhanced access to the goods contained in the unit thereunder.
  • the front portion of the bottom of the respective upper refrigerating or freezing chest extends upwardly thereby providing an enhanced visibility and an enhanced access to the goods contained in the unit thereunder.
  • At least part of the front side of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest is transparent, particularly made of glass, thereby further improving the visibility of goods.
  • a space at least behind the lower refrigerating or freezing chest and in some embodiments also behind the upper refrigerating or freezing chest is formed for accommodating parts of the vapor compression cycle. Consequently, the available volume is utilized in an optimum manner thereby reducing the total size and volume needed by the refrigerating or freezing sales shelf and rendering the refrigerating or freezing sales shelf more compact.
  • Such a machinery space can be laterally covered by side cover panels, into which ventilation slots can be formed.
  • an evaporator particularly also a fan, is/are arranged in the region of at least one of the refrigerating or freezing chests that is relatively difficult to access. Accordingly, no suitable sales space in the respective refrigerating or freezing chest is wasted and the frigorific sales shelf is made particularly effective and user-friendly.
  • Such difficult-to-access regions can be situated at the inner side wall of the rear wall of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest.
  • a space at least between the lower refrigerating or freezing chests, in some embodiments both behind the lower and the upper refrigerating or freezing chests is formed which can be utilized for disposing therein parts of the vapor compression cycle.
  • at least one conduit for warm outgoing air can be arranged for removal of warm outgoing air from the condenser.
  • the frigorific sales shelf comprises three or more refrigerating or freezing chests disposed one above the other in a stepped arrangement. Accordingly, a frigorific sales furniture wherein two such frigorific sales shelves are disposed back-to-back is also covered by the present invention.
  • At least one of the goods access portions comprises a transparent door, a transparent lid or a transparent sliding lid.
  • the front side of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest extends backwardly from top to bottom.
  • the front side of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest includes an angle of 5 to 25 degrees, particularly an angle of 10 to 20 degrees and more particularly an angle of 13 to 17 degrees with respect to a vertical plane.
  • a frigorific sales module the front portion of the bottom of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest extends upwardly.
  • a frigorific sales module at least part of the front side of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest is transparent.
  • an evaporator particularly also a fan, is/are arranged in a region of at least one of the first refrigerating or freezing chest and the second refrigerating or freezing chest, that is relatively difficult to access.
  • said region of the respective refrigerating or freezing chest is at the inner side of the rear wall thereof.

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  1. Étagère frigorifique pour la vente (2), comprenant :
    un coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) ;
    un coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur (22) étant disposé à niveau plus élevé que le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) et ayant sensiblement la même forme et la même taille que le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) ;
    dans laquelle chacun parmi le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) et le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur (22) comprend un fond respectif (6, 24), un côté arrière vertical respectif (10, 28), un côté avant transparent respectif (8, 26) et un côté supérieur respectif, le côté supérieur ayant une partie d'accès aux marchandises (14, 32) et une partie arrière (12, 30) ;
    les parties d'accès aux marchandises (14, 32) donnant accès aux intérieurs du coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) et du coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur (22) ;
    caractérisée en ce que
    le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur (22) a une position arrière réglée par rapport au coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) de telle sorte qu'une partie avant de son fond (24) repose partiellement sur la partie arrière (12) du côté supérieur du coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) ;
    la partie arrière (12, 30) du côté supérieur est inclinée vers le bas de l'avant vers l'arrière incluant un angle d'approximativement 30° par rapport à un plan horizontal ;
    la partie avant du fond (6, 24) de chacun des coffres de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur et inférieur (22, 4) inclut un angle d'approximativement 30 degrés par rapport à un plan horizontal ; et
    le côté avant transparent (8, 26) de chacun des coffres de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur et inférieur (22, 4) s'étend vers l'arrière de haut en bas incluant un angle d'approximativement 15 degrés par rapport à un plan vertical.
  2. Étagère frigorifique pour la vente (2) selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle au moins une des parties d'accès aux marchandises (14, 32) comprend une porte transparente, un couvercle transparent ou un couvercle coulissant transparent.
  3. Étagère frigorifique pour la vente (2) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle au moins l'un parmi un compresseur, un condenseur, un équipement électrique et des conduits de fluide frigorigène est agencés dans un espace (40) derrière le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) ou dans un espace latéral (142, 150) d'un coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation (136, 144).
  4. Étagère frigorifique pour la vente (2) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans laquelle un évaporateur (16, 34), en particulier également un ventilateur (18, 36), est/sont agencé/s dans une région d'au moins un parmi le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieur (4) et le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur (22), qui est relativement difficile d'accès, dans lequel ladite région du coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation (4, 22) respectif est de préférence au niveau du côté intérieur de la paroi arrière (10, 28) de celui-ci.
  5. Meuble frigorifique pour la vente (92) comprenant une première étagère frigorifique pour la vente selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4 et une deuxième étagère frigorifique pour la vente selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel la première étagère frigorifique pour la vente et la deuxième étagère frigorifique pour la vente sont disposées dos à dos.
  6. Meuble frigorifique pour la vente (92) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel au moins l'un parmi un compresseur, un condenseur, un équipement électrique et des conduits de fluide frigorigène est agencés dans un espace (130) entre les coffres de réfrigération ou de congélation inférieurs (4, 94).
  7. Meuble frigorifique pour la vente (92) selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dans lequel le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur (22) de la première étagère frigorifique pour la vente et le coffre de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieur (112) de la deuxième étagère frigorifique pour la vente sont espacées d'une distance de 2 à 20 cm, en particulier d'une distance de 6 à 12 cm, et plus particulièrement d'une distance de 8 à 10 cm.
  8. Meuble frigorifique pour la vente (92) selon la revendication 7, dans lequel au moins un conduit pour de l'air sortant chaud est prévu dans l'espace (132) entre les coffres de réfrigération ou de congélation supérieurs (22, 112).
  9. Module frigorifique pour la vente à monter sur un îlot de réfrigération ou de congélation pour la vente (44), le module frigorifique pour la vente étant un meuble frigorifique pour la vente (92) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 8.
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