Counter for presenting and/or selling goods

Counter (10) for presenting and/or selling goods, comprising a body (11) of the counter which has a support surface (13) for the goods,

• with several (17) supports (15) which with their lower end (14) are fastened on the body (11) of the counter,
• with at least one joint member (22) on each support (15) connected by means of a pivot bearing (18) with the support (15), projecting at the support end (16) and having securing means (23) for a glass pane (21) having correlated therewith several supports (15),
• wherein the joint members (22) with the glass pane (21) fastened on its securing means (23) form a modular unit which is pivotable about a horizontal axis defined by the pivot bearings (18) between a closed position (20) covering the goods on the support surface (13), on the one end, and an open position (20′) allowing access to the goods, on the other hand,
• wherein the joint member (22) has an extension arm (24) which—viewed in the closed position—extends in the longitudinal direction of the support (15),
• wherein upon pivoting of the modular unit from its closed position (20) into its open position (20′) the center of gravity of the modular unit is moved from an initial position (27) located on one side relative to the pivot axis (18) into an end position located on the oppositely positioned side of the pivot axis (18),
• and with a parallelogram linkage (80, 24) between the glass pane (21) and the body (11) of the counter which is comprised of a pivot arm (24) and a guide member (80),
• wherein the one end of the pivot arm (24) and of the guide member (80), at a spacing to one another, are connected (88, 90) to the glass pane (21) and are movable together with the glass pane (21),
• and the other end of the pivot arm (28) and of the guide member (80), also at a spacing to one another, are connected stationarily on the support (15) of the body (11) of the counter in a pivotal way (18, 89),
• wherein
• the course of the pivot movement (48, 49) of the glass pane (21) is determined by control members which are comprised of a force-loaded push member (70) and are guided along the support (15),
• that between the pivot arm (24) and the push member (70) a linkage (64, 72) is arranged which converts the pivot movement (48, 49) of the linkage arm (24) into a longitudinal movement (75) of the push member (70),
• and that the push member (70) is loaded by two independent forces (76, 79),
• wherein one force load (76) acts in the closed position (20) of the glass pane (21) and the other (77) acts in its open position (20′) onto the push member (70).