Cooling Cabinet

Abstract

Cooling cabinet, comprising a cooling space (30) enclosed by upright walls (41) and having cooling means which are able and configured to generate and maintain a cooled airflow in the cooling space (30), which cooling space (30) has an elongate lateral section with a longitudinal direction in which at least one console element (60) is placed adjacently of the cooling space (30), which console element (60) comprises at least one air channel which receives the cooled airflow from the cooling means and returns it via at least one outflow opening to the cooling space (30), characterized in that the at least one console element (60) is placed on a central axis of the lateral section of the cooling space (30) and maintains on at least a first side and a second side thereof a distance to an opposite wall of the cooling space (30), that the console element (60) provides on each of the first and second side at least one outflow opening to the cooling space (30) for the cooled airflow, and that at least one product shelf (34) is provided in the cooling space (30) between each of the first side and the second side of the console element (60) and the relevant opposite wall of the cooling space (30).

1 . Cooling cabinet, comprising a cooling space enclosed by upright walls and having cooling means which are able and configured to generate and maintain a cooled airflow in the cooling space, which cooling space has an elongate lateral section with a longitudinal direction in which at least one console element is placed adjacently of the cooling space, which console element comprises at least one air channel which receives the cooled airflow from the cooling means and returns it via at least one outflow opening to the cooling space, wherein the at least one console element is placed on a central axis of the lateral section of the cooling space and maintains on at least a first side and a second side thereof a distance to an opposite wall of the cooling space, that the console element provides on each of the first and second side at least one outflow opening to the cooling space for the cooled airflow, and that at least one product shelf is provided in the cooling space between each of the first side and the second side of the console element and the relevant opposite wall of the cooling space. 
     
     
         2 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the console element maintains on all sides a distance to an opposite wall of the cooling space and provides on each of the sides thereof at least one outflow opening to the cooling space for the cooled airflow, and that at least one cooling shelf is provided in the cooling space between each of the sides of the console element and the relevant opposite wall of the cooling space. 
     
     
         3 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the console element comprises on each of said sides at least one separate air channel which receives a part of the cooled airflow from the cooling means and carries it to the adjacent side of the cooling space via at least one outflow opening. 
     
     
         4 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the console element comprises at least one air channel which is separated therein and which receives a part of the cooled airflow from the cooling means and supplies it in the form of an air curtain from an upper side of the cooling space downward along an opposite wall of the cooling space. 
     
     
         5 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the console element supports at least one platform extending over only a part of said distance to an opposite wall and forming a bottom of the at least one cooling shelf. 
     
     
         6 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 5 , wherein the console element supports a number of platforms which each form a bottom of a cooling shelf, wherein at least one of the platforms is provided on an underside with lighting means. 
     
     
         7 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 5 , wherein at least one of the at least one platform is couplable to the console element at different heights. 
     
     
         8 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the walls of the cooling space surround a lateral section with a substantially polygonal contour and the console element has a polygonal section corresponding therewith. 
     
     
         9 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the opposite walls comprises at least an access door which provides access to an adjacent cooling shelf. 
     
     
         10 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 9 , wherein the walls and the access doors take an at least substantially wholly transparent or at least translucent form. 
     
     
         11 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 10 , wherein the walls and the access doors are each formed at least substantially wholly from a transparent plastic or glass. 
     
     
         12 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least one access door comprises in at least a set of opposite longitudinal sides of the cooling space a set of access doors which are each suspended pivotally about a pivot axis. 
     
     
         13 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 12 , wherein the access doors of the set of access doors are pivotally suspended on mutually facing sides. 
     
     
         14 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the walls of the cooling space comprise a set of polygonal walls which each follow a side of a substantially polygonal section, and that placed between adjacent polygonal walls of successive polygonal sides is a column element which provides a transition between each of the adjacent polygonal sides. 
     
     
         15 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 14 , wherein the column element provides in cross-section a rounding of a polygonal corner. 
     
     
         16 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 12 , wherein the column element comprises on a side directed toward the cooling space a support on which a distal outer end of a platform is received. 
     
     
         17 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 16 , wherein the support comprises a shoulder which is formed by a ridge or protrusion formed on or in the column body, or is formed by a wall of a cavity formed therein. 
     
     
         18 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 12 , wherein the column elements take an at least substantially wholly transparent or at least translucent form. 
     
     
         19 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 18 , wherein the column elements are formed at least substantially wholly from a transparent plastic or glass. 
     
     
         20 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the walls of the cooling space comprise a set of polygonal walls which each follow a side of a substantially polygonal section, and that adjacent polygonal walls of successive cooling cabinets are connectable in order to combine a number of cooling cabinets into a greater whole, particularly with cooling spaces in mutually open communication. 
     
     
         21 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the cooling space is bounded at a base by a bottom element which provides space for an air displacing device accommodated therein for generating and maintaining the cooled airflow, and a heat exchanger accommodated therein, which is in heat-exchanging contact with the cooled airflow on one side and is thermodynamically coupled to a cooling device on the other. 
     
     
         22 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 21 , wherein the cooling device is likewise accommodated in the bottom element. 
     
     
         23 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 21 , wherein the bottom element comprises a bumper all around and thereby protrudes outside the walls of the cooling space. 
     
     
         24 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 23 , wherein the bottom element bounds a recess all around under the bumper and provides a space for feet therein. 
     
     
         25 . Cooling cabinet according to  claim 1 , wherein the cooling space is bounded on an upper side by a roof element with a top sheet, and that the top sheet provides on a free surface additional shelf space.