IP Library Granted Patent US 8,640,476
Granted Patent B2
US 8,640,476 · App. 12/196,563 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Showcase with insulated wall separating the machine room from the cooling components

Inventor: Koji Hayase (Ota, JP)
Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,640,476
App. No.
12/196,563
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A showcase in which a cooling fan is provided on a cooling room side and a cooling fan motor is provided on a machine room side, wherein attaching and detaching the cooling fan can be facilitated. The showcase has a display room provided over an insulating wall and the machine room provided under the insulating wall. The machine room has a top plate, with a portion of the top plate being raised above a remaining portion of the top plate. A compressor and a condenser of a cooling unit are disposed in the machine room. The cooling room is provided in the insulating wall and an evaporator and the cooling fan of the cooling unit are disposed in the cooling room. The cooling fan motor is disposed in the machine room to drive the cooling fan. The cooling fan motor is detachably attached, from a lateral direction, to the top plate of the machine room at the raised portion.

Claims (25)

1. A showcase in which a display room is provided over an insulating wall, comprising

an insulating wall;

a machine room provided under the insulating wall, the machine room having a top plate, covering a lower side of the insulating wall, with a portion of the top plate being raised above a remaining portion of the top plate;

a compressor and a condenser of a cooling unit disposed in the machine room;

a cooling room provided in the insulating wall; and

an evaporator and a cooling fan of the cooling unit disposed in the cooling room so that cold air heat-exchanged with the evaporator is circulated in the display room by the cooling fan,

the showcase further including a cooling fan motor disposed in the machine room to drive the cooling fan, the cooling fan motor being detachably attached to the top plate of the machine room from a lateral direction in a state that a rotating shaft of the cooling fan motor passes through the insulating wall into the cooling room, and

the cooling fan being detachably attached on the rotating shaft, wherein

the cooling fan motor is positioned at the raised portion of the top plate, and the cooling fan motor is attached from a lateral direction using attachment plate disposed on an inclined portion of the top plate, the inclined portion being disposed between the raised portion and the remaining portion of the top plate.

2. The showcase in which a display room is provided over an insulating wall according to claim 1 , further comprising

the evaporator and the cooling fan of the cooling unit are disposed in the cooling room so that cold air heat-exchanged with the evaporator is circulated in the display room by the cooling fan,

a bottom frame riming an upper periphery of the insulating wall;

a bottom plate provided in the bottom frame to separate the display room from the cooling room; and

a fan case formed integrally with the bottom frame under the bottom plate, the cooling fan being disposed in a grill of the fan case.

3. A showcase in which a display room is provided over an insulating wall, comprising

an insulating wall;

a machine room provided under the insulating wall, the machine room having a top plate, covering a lower side of the insulating wall, with a portion of the top plate being raised above a remaining portion of the top plate;

a compressor and a condenser of a cooling unit disposed in the machine room;

a cooling room provided in the insulating wall; and

an evaporator and a cooling fan of the cooling unit disposed in the cooling room so that cold air heat-exchanged with the evaporator is circulated in the display room by the cooling fan,

a fan case formed integrally with a bottom frame under a bottom plate; and

a cooling fan motor disposed in the machine room to drive the cooling fan,

the cooling fan motor being detachably attached to the top plate of the machine room from a lateral direction in a state that a rotating shaft of the cooling fan motor passes through the insulating wall into the cooling room, and

the cooling fan being detachably attached to the rotating shaft so as to be disposed in a grill of the fan case, wherein

the cooling fan motor is positioned at the raised portion of the top plate, and the cooling fan motor is attached from a lateral direction using attachment plate disposed on an inclined portion of the top plate, the inclined portion being disposed between the raised portion and the remaining portion of the top plate.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEES STATE/COUNTRY WHICH SHOULD READ AS "JAPAN" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021443 FRAME 0084, ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 17, 2008
From: HAYASE, KOJI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021546/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2008
From: HAYASE, KOJI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021443/0094 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-251254 · Sep 27, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090084123A1 · Apr 2, 2009