Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Hoshizaki Denki Co., Ltd.

Yasuhide Koike

Tomio Suyama

Tsuyoshi Shima

Tatsuo Saeki

Toshiaki Hara

Masaru Hirosawa

Takatoshi Torihata

Masaki Okada

Michiya Abe

Toshinobu Ishihara

Kouichi Yamamoto

Hiroyuki Ichouda

A showcase where an illumination device is placed outside a receiving chamber to enable effective use of the space in the receiving chamber. The inside of an insulated box body () having front glass () fitted in a front opening () is defined to form a receiving chamber (). An upper evaporator () is placed in an upper insulating layer () of the insulated box body () so as to be in contact with a cooling plate () defining the upper surface of the receiving chamber (). An opening () is formed in that portion of the cooling plate () with which the upper evaporator () is not in contact, and a receiving space () is formed in that portion of the upper insulating layer () to which the opening () faces. A holder () is placed at the receiving space (), and inside the holder () is received and fixed an LED illumination device (). The opening () is closed by a cover () with packing () in between, and the inside of the holder () is maintained in a sealed state.

Showcase

Horizontal refrigerator

A refrigerator includes a support panel extending sideways from a bottom of a storage heat insulating box at one side of the box. An evaporator heat insulating box is provided for accommodating an evaporator and is formed at the one side of the storage heat insulating box with an equipment accommodating space being formed between itself and the base panel. A back panel extends from the rear wall of the storage heat insulating box so as to form rear walls of the evaporator heat insulating box and the equipment accommodating space, respectively. A side panel is continuous to the back panel so as to define an air circulation space together with a side of the evaporator heat insulating box. A front panel is continuous to the side panel so as to provide a front of the evaporator heat insulating box and the equipment accommodating space. The front panel has in its lower portion a suction hole communicating with the equipment accommodating space and in its upper portion an exhaust hole communicating with the air circulation space. Also, a fan is provided in the equipment accommodating space, and can be driven to draw air in through the suction hole to cool the condenser and the compressor. The drawn air is discharged as hot air through the air circulation space at one side of the evaporator compartment and the exhaust hole.

Refrigerator

Growing community of inventors

Toyoake, Japan

Yasuhide Koike