Temperature control plate and self-service shelf with a temperature control plate
AssigneeLidl Stiftung & Co. KG
InventorsHernan De La Vega, Denis Cichuta, Christine Wolff, Benjamin Zilch
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Abstract
To be able to keep warm or to cool products that are placed on the individual shelves (6) of a dispensing shelf (1), the shelves (6) are embodied as electrically operated temperature-control panels (50), wherein the temperature-control panels (50) as well as particularly the base frame (19) of the dispensing shelf (1) are adjusted to each other in a specific manner.
Claims20
A self-service dispensing shelf for storing, presenting and dispensing food products, which are to be hygienically protected, to a removing person, comprising:
- a base frame having front upright profiles and rear upright profiles,
- at least one storage space for storing and presenting products on a respective shelf, so that the products are visible to the removing person,
- a front side arranged to face towards the removing person,
- a back side arranged to face away from the removing person,
- a right side and a left side as seen in a depth direction from the front side to the back side,
- at least one removal space for taking out the products from the dispensing shelf,
- wherein the at least one storage space comprises multiple storage spaces or the at least one removal space comprises multiple removal spaces, and wherein the multiple storage spaces or the multiple removal spaces are at least partially arranged one above the other in levels, which are separated from each other in height by a shelf arranged between them as a dividing element,
- between the front upright profiles and the rear upright profiles of the base frame there are support strips running along the left and right sides of the dispensing shelf for supporting the shelves,
- at least one shelf is embodied as a temperature-control panel,
- sides of the base frame are partially closed by multiple side plates,
- the side plates on each level are arranged to each be pivotable outwardly about a pivot axis extending in the depth direction, so that lower edges of the side plates can be pivoted outwardly in order to be able to lift a side edge of the temperature-control panel and pass the temperature-control panel upwards for removal in an inclined state, wherein one of the side plates is arranged as a pivotable reach back protection device, and the dispensing shelf includes a suspension device for attaching the reach back protection device so that the reach back protection device is pivotably limited.
A self-service dispensing shelf assembly for storing, presenting and dispensing food products, which are to be hygienically protected, to a removing person, the dispensing shelf assembly comprising:
- a base frame having a front side arranged to face towards the removing person, a back side arranged to face away from the removing person, a right side and a left side as seen in a depth direction from the front side to the back side, a front upright profile, a rear upright profile, and support strips between the front upright profile and the rear upright profile;
- multiple shelves that are supported by the support strips and that define multiple storage spaces of the dispensing shelf assembly, each shelf being configured to store and present products so that the products are visible to the removing person, wherein the multiple storage spaces are at least partially arranged one above the other in levels, and at least one of the shelves is embodied as a temperature-control panel;
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- multiple side plates that at least partially close open spaces on the right and left sides of the base frame, wherein the multiple side plates include a side plate on each level that is arranged to be pivotable outwardly about a pivot axis extending in the depth direction so that a lower edge of the side plate can be pivoted outwardly, wherein one of the multiple side plates is arranged as a pivotable reach back protection device that is pivotably limited so that the one side plate is pivotable to a greater extent in a first direction from a suspended start position as compared to in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.