Air-conditioned display case having a walk-in supply room therein

Abstract

Air-conditioned display case has two separate inside rooms divided by a partition having a plurality of partition members which can be individually opened. One of the two rooms is a display room with a front access opening situated on the front side of the partition for displaying the merchandise therein. Display shelves for displaying merchandise thereon are disposed in the display room extending frontwardly from the partition. The other room is a walk-in supply room situated on the rear side of the partition. Supply shelves are disposed in the supply room extending rearwardly from the partition. The supply room also has a closeable entrance and preliminary storage shelves so that the merchandise can be brought into the supply room by a work personnel through the entrance and can be preliminarily stored therein. The merchandise can further be placed on the supply shelves and, subsequently, slidingly moved onto the display shelves past the partition. The absent states of the merchandise on the display shelves can be detected and, if absent, the merchandise on the corresponding supply shelves can be moved to the display shelves automatically. The display case also includes air passageways having a heat exchanger and air driving fans so as to form aircurtains across the front access opening.